Sources_Sought_Implicit_Bias_1.pdf

Sources Sought Notice National Park Service – Implicit Bias Training Product

Purpose

This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only. This is not a solicitation or a request for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations and does not commit the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award, or reimburse respondents for any costs associated with responding to this notice. The Government will treat each response submitted in confidence.

This sources sought is issued for the purpose of conducting market research to: 1) identify potential qualified Small Businesses, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a) Businesses, SBA certified HUBZone Small Businesses, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses, and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses; 2) assist the Contracting Office in refining its requirements and acquisition strategy; and 3) receive information and feedback on vendor capabilities and mandatory elements of the requirement as described below.

The NPS may engage vendors that respond to this request by seeking further information about capabilities and pricing.

Vendors may submit questions in accordance with the instructions in the complete Sources Sought document.

Program Background

A. The National Park Service (NPS) Division of Law Enforcement, Security, and Emergency Services (LESES) provides policy formulation, oversight, support services, guidance, training, and leadership to assist park managers and Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) in accomplishing NPS visitor and resource protection goals and objectives. LESES is responsible for national in scope programs, including emergency services, investigative services, security and intelligence, firearms, and other law enforcement operations. The NPS Law Enforcement Training Center (NPS-LETC), a division of LESES, has the responsibility of providing Seasonal, Basic, Advanced, and Field Training to all NPS LEOs.

Requirements

B. NPS-LESES has a requirement for a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) training product that has been minimally modified to include NPS based language, themes & situations, and features the diverse backgrounds of the NPS and its’ employees.

The final product shall be a Self-Paced eLearning Course (SPeC) to instruct Law Enforcement Officer’s on understanding and identification of implicit bias, how to reduce implicit bias, and how this relates to law enforcement in the NPS.

The training product must be customizable, including incorporating the use of NPS vernacular, circumstances, situations, photographs, videos and discussions with personnel focusing on day-to-day operations of law enforcement officers, including how they interact with members of the public. For example, Police, Sheriff, or other law enforcement monikers will be replaced with Law Enforcement Officer or Ranger to assist in ensuring the content is relevant and relatable to land management LEO’s.

The training product will remain consistent with maintaining the original tactics, techniques, and procedures of the original COTS product.

The product shall incorporate video recordings, and the use of a "Case Study" would be value-added, to serve as an example. The Contractor will complete the filming and production of the video content incorporating NPS employees at a National Park Site. The final product would offer Level 1 (Passive-no interaction) eLearning interactivity.

The product shall include specific NPS-based vocabulary and language, NPS-based themes, and situations, and feature the diverse backgrounds of the National Park System and its diverse employees.

The final product will be between two and three hours of appropriate training content.

After receipt of the final training product, the contractor shall provide one year of product support should any issues be identified during product use that were not identified during the draft submission periods.

The Government shall have unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software produced under this contract, shall be Government owned and shall be the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials shall not be used or sold by the Contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

Travel may be required for contract performance.

Set-Aside

C. TBD. Results from this Sources Sought Notice will assist the Government in determining whether some or all of the scope of work can be performed by a small business entity.

Anticipated Contract Type

D. The Government anticipates that this requirement will be a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order.

North American Industry Classification System Codes (NAICS)

E. The anticipated NAICS code for this acquisition is 611430 “Professional and Management Development Training”. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is $12,000,000.00. If interested businesses believe an alternate NAICS code is more appropriate for this acquisition, please include the NAICS code and description as part of the capabilities statement package for review.

Anticipated Period of Performance:

F. It is anticipated that the draft period shall be 210 calendar days, with a support period of one from the date of approval of the final product.

Request for Information Submission

G. It is requested that interested businesses submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package (no more than six (6) pages in length exclusive of cover and table of content pages, single spaced, and 12-point font minimum).

The capabilities statement package shall address, at a minimum, the following items related to the product required:

• Prior/current capability to satisfy the requirements as listed above. Please include contract number, organization supported, indication of whether you company was a prime or subcontractor, contract value, and a brief description of the equipment provided under the contract.

• Estimated total price, showing, at a minimum, the estimated price* of the following categories:

o Final Product o Product Support o Travel (*travel shall be limited to $2,000.00)

• Company profile to include Company name, address, phone number, number of employees, annual revenue history, DUNS Number, CAGE Code, socioeconomic status, and a statement regarding current size status.

• Company POC to include first and last name, email, and phone number

Responses to this RFI announcement shall be submitted in electronic format only. Electronic submittals shall be in .pdf format and submitted by email to christopher_rasmussen@nps.gov.

Submissions must be received by the Government no later than 3:00 PM ET on 06/28/2021. Questions or comments regarding this notice shall be submitted to christopher_rasmussen@nps.gov by 3:00 PM ET on 06/23/2021.

The subject line of all email submissions shall begin with “Sources Sought 140P2121Q0035” in order to ensure receipt.

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