Sources Sought Notice - Digital Encyclopedia for Youth Sports.pdf

Sources Sought

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis published by the United States Air Force (the Government or USAF).

There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to conduct market research to determine whether there are businesses available capable of providing an alternative product that meets the characteristics below. The

Air Force anticipates procuring this product as a FY25 base effort with four (4) 12-months periods. The projected Period of Performance (PoP) for this subscription is:

Base Period: 30 September 2024 – 29 September 2025

Option Period 1: 30 September 2025 – 29 September 2026

Option Period 2: 30 September 2026 – 29 September 2027

Option Period 2: 30 September 2027 – 29 September 2028

Option Period 2: 30 September 2028 – 29 September 2029

Responses to this Sources Sought notice will assist in a determination of whether it is in the best interest of the Government to proceed with a competition.

FSC: 7630

NAICS: 519290– Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services

Size Standard: 1000 employees

Subscription name: DoD Digital Encyclopedia for Youth Sports subscription

Description: DoD Libraries need a commercial off the shelf (already established in the marketplace) e-learning platform that offers asynchronous instruction via short-form videos and quizzes in a scaffolded skill progression across multiple sports and physical wellness activities. This should enable customers to explore interests and programs to learn physical fitness in sports through a digital encyclopedia for youth sports and activities that offers an innovative and expansive learning platform for kids and youth to explore sport and physical activity. Course content should be designed by experienced physical educators and meets national standards for physical education as set forth by SHAPE America. Product must be designed to develop physical literacy, confidence and mind+body wellness and provide unlimited access to all DOD families to 15 sport/activity courses inclusive of hundreds of scaffolded, skill-based lessons.

Accessibility is key to support access for neuro and physio-diverse learners. The digital encyclopedia must be fully available in English and Spanish and provide additional resources to connect literacy and physical literacy through recommended reading based on sports.

Product Characteristics an equal item must meet to be considered:

• Must be able to provide online digital encyclopedia for youth sports training giving families access to quality remote instruction across a variety of sports, a minimum of 15 sports.

• Must be able to provide courses including aquatics, basketball, dance, field hockey, fitness, gymnastics, lacrosse, mindfulness, pickleball, self-defense, soccer, strength and conditioning, tennis, volleyball, yoga.

• Must be able to provide access to quality remote instruction across a wide range of sports and physical activities so that kids and youth can build fundamental skills from anywhere at any time.

• Must be able to provide a scaffolded learning methodology to skill progression takes the thinking out of “what to work on” and “where to go from here” so that learners can focus on being active, learning and having fun exploring.

• Must provide content that is designed to meet kids where they are at, motivating them to find the joy in moving their bodies and promotes the idea of Progress over Perfection, with content designed to get 1% better every day.

• Must provide interactive course player that allows for progress to be tracked, provides quizzes to check for understanding and assess retention, and goes beyond just fitness with in-depth movement skills, technique and engaging challenges throughout each course.

• Combined with unlimited full access to over 1800 videos with new ones being produced monthly

• Must be designed by physical educators with experience with youth sports

• Must provide an interactive course layer that allows for progress to be tracked offer quizzes to assess retention

• Must include provide in-depth movement skills, technique and challenges throughout the lessons.

• Must provide a database comprised of athlete-led instructional videos designed by top physical educators.

• Must be in both English and Spanish languages and for learning disabilities

• Must be a commercial off the shelf product in the library marketplace

• Must be able to interface with all 4 service branch library and Military OneSource websites using industry standard authentication methods to ensure only eligible patrons can access resources from any internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices.

• Must work with contract POC to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons.

• Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3

• Must be able to supply or allow retrieval of database usage statistics by Branch of Service (Air

Force, Army, Marine Corps, Military OneSource/Other, and Navy)

• Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.

• Website certificates should be RSA 2048-bits (SHA256withRSA).

• VCL must be able to test the platform to evaluate if it meets requirements. The vendor must provide a temporary username and password to the VCL for testing purposes.

The Government will consider responses received within 15 days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The

Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement.

If the Government competes this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-

Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is an administrative decision by the Government that is solely within its discretion.

Contractors should be aware of the following information:

1. Contractors must include the following information:

a. Points of contact, email addresses, phone numbers, company address, and website.

b. Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.

c. Identification of any other socioeconomic status including: Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Small Business, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

Business, Veteran Owned Small Business or HUBZone.

d. Company CAGE Code and UEI.

e. Capabilities Statement

2. This requirement is not intended for specific brand name products. Offerors are encouraged to suggest products other than those that may be specifically referenced by brand name. Responses must address how alternate product meet the product characteristics specified above.

3. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

4. Responses are limited to 10 pages in an Adobe PDF format.

Any information submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought notice is strictly voluntary. The

Government will not reimburse the respondents for any costs associated with their response. This synopsis does not constitute a Request for Proposals nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach. The Government reserves the right to contact the submitting parties, on an as required basis, for further clarification on material provided. Respondents should not construe this notice as a commitment by the Air Force for any purpose.

Responses shall be emailed to Contract Specialists, Jackelin Guerrero Funes at jackelin.guerrero_funes@us.af.mil and Gustavo Guadron at gustavo.guadron@us.af.mil no later than 20 May 2024, 4:00 PM CDT. Any questions should be sent via email to both Contract Specialists aforementioned.