Sources-Sought-Technical-Description-Services- LLC Help Desk.pdf

Version – July 2015

SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FOR SERVICES

INTRODUCTION

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Bliss, Texas is conducting a sources-sought inquiry to identify interested and capable firms that can provide Digital Learning Environment and Learning Management System (LMS) Support Services.The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

(IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Location

% On-Site Government

% Off-Site Contractor

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PROGRAM BACKGROUND

This is a non‑personal services contract under which the personnel rendering the services are not subject, either by the contract’s terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the Government and its employees; such contract employees shall be accountable solely to the Contractor, who in turn is responsible to the United States Government. This contract provides technical, administrative, and learning‑environment support to the United States Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy (USANCOA) and the Sergeants Major Course (SMC) under the U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command (T2COM). The purpose of this requirement is to sustain a modern, reliable, and accessible digital learning environment that supports the education and development of noncommissioned officers and senior enlisted leaders. The Contractor shall provide the personnel, expertise, and services necessary to maintain the Academy’s learning management capabilities, academic support systems, and associated instructional technologies that enable resident and distributed learning for USANCOA and SMC students and faculty.

The digital learning environment supporting the USANCOA and the SMC serves as the technical hub for delivering training, education, collaboration, and courseware essential to developing noncommissioned officers and senior enlisted leaders under the T2COM.

This environment provides students and faculty with access to course content, assessments, discussions, academic resources, and student management functions that enable monitoring, managing, and supporting learner progress throughout each program. It includes capabilities for content creation, storage, delivery, and academic administration, along with user support and troubleshooting to ensure reliable access to instructional technologies. The Contractor shall sustain these capabilities, maintain the associated learning systems, and provide responsive technical and academic support to ensure uninterrupted resident and distributed learning for USANCOA and SMC.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

This is a non‑personal services contract to provide learning management system support, academic technology support, and digital learning environment sustainment for the USANCOA and the SMC. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, expertise, and services necessary to operate, maintain, and support the USANCOA and SMC’s digital learning platforms, instructional technologies, academic support systems, and associated technical functions required to enable resident and distributed learning for USANCOA and SMC.

USANCOA and the SMC deliver advanced professional military education to develop noncommissioned officers and senior enlisted leaders across the Army. To support this mission, the USANCOA and SMC relies on a modern, reliable, and accessible digital learning environment that enables course delivery, student management, academic administration, collaboration, and instructional support. As the Army transitions under the T2COM, sustaining these digital learning capabilities is essential to ensuring continuity of instruction, academic rigor, and the ability to support both resident and distributed learning students. Contractor support is required to maintain the USANCOA and SMC’s learning management systems, instructional technologies, and academic support tools that underpin daily operations and the successful execution of USANCOA and SMC programs.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

In accordance with FAR 10.001(b), agencies should not request potential sources to submit more than the minimum information necessary.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall comply with applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures as per the installation SOP. The contractor shall also provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by DOD, HQDA and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes. Berry Amendment

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 611710 with a Small Business Size Standard of $24,000,000. The Product Service Code is U012. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES

STATEMENT)

A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) are attached for review.

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten

(10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 9:00 AM, MST, 03 August 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought must be e-mailed to hasan.j.williams.mil@army.mil and susette.lujardolahera.mil@army.mil .

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

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1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.

3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details.

4.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?

5.) Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PBSOW for the base period as well as the option periods.

6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc.

7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business Concern.

8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements.

The contract type is anticipated to be Firm-Fixed Price.

Please provide Cabilities Brief and Mobilization Schedule

The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement.

Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, SSG Hasan Williams, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email hasan.j.williams.mil@army.mil and susette.lujardolahera.mil@army.mil.

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All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.