FSI_Industry_Day_Instructions.pdf

FSI Industry Day Instructions

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General Information

As the U.S. government’s premier foreign affairs training provider, the Foreign Service Institute

(FSI) is dedicated to ensuring the career-long learning opportunities required for success in today’s global arena. FSI promotes substantive, regional, and linguistic expertise, leadership finesse, personal resilience and innovative problem-solving. FSI is proud to serve the U.S.

Department of State (DOS) and the entire USG foreign affairs community as a strategic enabler of diplomatic excellence. FSI offers more than 800 courses (nearly 600 on campus and 275 via distance learning platforms) with approximately 170,000 enrollments annually.

This event is being held to provide general information about FSI’s mission needs and future requirements in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.201 as part of continuing market research and planning purposes only. No solicitation exists at this time. Future requirements may include the services of a contractor to provide all computing and support services required to plan, deploy, and integrate an enterprise-wide Learning Management System and collaboration environment into a target environment that is compliant with DOS policies.

Who May Attend

All firms that have expressed interest in attending and have previously registered with the contracting officer are welcome to join.

The government shall ensure to the maximum extent possible that all interested firms will be provided all available information pertaining to Industry Day via FBO.gov. Therefore, firms will need to visit the FBO website regularly for new information releases.

Date

Industry Day is scheduled for January 18, 2018. Attendees are encouraged to arrive on campus around 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time to allow sufficient time to clear security and to be seated. The event will start promptly at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Location

The FSI is located at the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC) in

Arlington, Virginia. Situated in a campus-like setting of 72 acres, the Shultz Center is only ten minutes from the main State Department building in Washington, D.C.

Many online maps label the NFATC by its historical name, Arlington Hall.

The NFATC is a secure facility. Please enter through the Main Gate on Arlington Boulevard.

Upon entry, please continue on the curving asphalt road to the parking lot. You must enter through the Visitor Center. You will need a photo ID.

The NFATC is located between Glebe Road and South George Mason Drive at 4000 Arlington

Boulevard (also known as Route 50), Arlington, Virginia 22204, see Campus Map.

fbo.gov

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Directions

From Washington, DC, travel west on Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard) and exit to the right at

George Mason Drive. Turn left at the traffic light at George Mason Drive. At the next traffic light, turn left onto the small access road. Pass the National Guard Readiness Center main gate and continue on to the next right turn which is the NFATC main gate on Arlington Boulevard, see FSI map on next page.

From the Beltway (495), take the 50 East exit and go about seven miles and exit at George

Mason Drive. At the top of the exit ramp, continue going straight (crossing over George Mason

Drive) onto the access road. Pass the National Guard Readiness Center main gate (on your right) and continue on to the next right turn which is the NFATC main gate on Arlington Boulevard, see FSI map on next page.

FSI Map

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Public Transportation

The closest Metro station is Ballston on the Orange Line. From the Ballston Metro station, board the 22A (to Pentagon Metro) bus to the NFATC entrance on George Mason Drive. You may also board either the 10B (Hunting Towers) bus or 23A (Crystal City) bus to the intersection of South

Glebe Road and Arlington Boulevard. Walk up Arlington Boulevard to the NFATC entrance along the access road.

From the Pentagon Metro station, take the 22A (to Ballston Metro) bus to the intersection of

South George Mason Drive and Arlington Boulevard.

From the Rosslyn Metro station, take the 4A (Culmore) bus traveling west. At the bus stop on

Arlington Boulevard take the pedestrian tunnel under the highway or walk across the overpass, enter the facility at the main gate on Arlington Boulevard.

Parking

All attendees will enter the campus parking lot through the Route 50 Access Road entrance.

Parking is available for $5 per day and is payable in cash at the entrance checkpoint. Attendees are to park in the designated visitor parking lots and enter the campus via Visitor Center where individuals will need to provide a government issued photo ID. No weapons are allowed on campus. Once you have been cleared through security, attendees will proceed to the K building.

There will be signs posted along the way.

Contact

If you have any questions about directions on the day of the event, please contact Mr. Nathan

Falk at 703-302-6772.