FAR_Training_-_PWS.PDF

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

FOR

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Intensive Training Course

Part 1

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide instructional training on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to personnel of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command – Fort Carson (MICC-FC). This training targets a need within the command to improve advanced functional knowledge and skills of our Contracting Officers (KOs) and Contract Specialists (KSs). This training course shall provide instruction over and above mandatory training classes in order to address the overall requirement of contracting actions to reference the FAR and for contracting personnel to understand the correct applicability. Work under this Performance Work Statement (PWS) is UNCLASSIFIED and a security clearance is not required. Contractor personnel shall comply with all applicable Department of Defense (DoD) security regulations and procedures during the performance of work. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service provider shall be accountable solely to the Contractor, who in turn in responsible to the Government.

1.1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES: the Contractor shall provide FAR Intensive Training to MICC-FC contracting professionals and supply all materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to complete training.

1.2 SCOPE: The Contractor shall conduct FAR Intensive Training for a period of not less than four (4) days, but no more than five (5) days, for up to 25 students at Fort Carson, CO.

1.3 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The Contractor shall select one of the below weeks to provide training.

a. 08 July to 12 July 2019; or

b. 15 July to 19 July 2019; or

c. 22 July to 26 July 2019.

1.4 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.4.1 Recognized Holidays: The Contractor is not required to perform services on holidays.

1.4.2 Hours of Operation: The Contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of 0830 and 1600, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or other Acts of God.

1.4.3 Place of Performance: Services for this contract shall be provided at Room 151, Building 1220, 1676 Evans Street, Fort Carson, CO 80913-5198.

1.4.4 Security Requirements: Contractor personnel performing work under this contract are not required to have a security clearance.

1.4.5 Physical Security: The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all Government equipment, information, and property provided for Contractor use. At the close of each work period, Government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

1.4.6 Installation Passes: Contractor personnel will be required to comply with local installation entry procedures, which will be provided at the time of award.

1.4.7 Contractor Travel: Contractor will be required to travel within the Continental United States (CONUS) during the performance of this contract. All travel, lodging, and material transportation costs shall be included in the total cost of the class, and not separately priced.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS

2.1 CONTRACTOR: A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or services to the Government. The term used in this contract refers to the Prime Contractor.

2.2 C ONTRACTING OFFICER: An individual with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings.

2.3 PHYSICAL SECURITY: Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.4 WORK DAY: The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3.1 SERVICES: Not applicable

3.2 FACILITIES: The Government will provide an adequate facility for the Contractor to conduct training, to include: group-style table seating for up to 25 attendees, podium and chair for instructor, flipchart easel, and

3.3 UTILITIES: Not Applicable

3.4 EQUIPMENT: The Government will provide the ability to utilize projectors though either an HDMI cable and a Contractor provided laptop OR utilizing the Government’s laptop via Contractor provided compact disk (CD). No Contractor laptop will be authorized to connect to the Government’s network.

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4.1 GENERAL: Contractor shall provide all course materials, attendance sheets, course evaluations, and training certificates.

4.2 SECRET FACILITY CLEARANCE: The Contractor is not required to possess and/or maintain a SECRET facility clearance from the Defense Security Service.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5.1 BASIC SERVICES: The Contractor shall provide FAR Intensive Training, similar to The FAR Bootcamp®, for a period of not less than four (4) days, but no more than five

(5) days in accordance with the PWS. Training shall be conducted on consecutive days, and does not include the weekend. Contractor shall develop instructor-led interactive class on the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Course offerings shall be commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and have been offered “as-is” for the preceding 24 months. No tailoring of training shall be made to satisfy this requirement.

5.2 METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: The Contractor’s course shall utilize the Socratic Method of instruction and not a lecture based method. To that end, the combined total number of slides for all Contractor PowerPoint presentations shall be limited to 50 slides; less slides are preferred. The preponderance of the training should be exercise based.

5.3 MINIMUM EXPERIENCE OF INSTRUCTOR: The Contractor shall provide an instructor with the minimum level of experience provided below. Contractor shall submit proof of such experience through submission of a resume of the instructor.

a. Six years experience as a Federal Contracting Officer (KO) within the

Department of Defense (DoD);

b. Defense Acquisition Work Force Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III certified in Contracting;

c. Relevant contracting experience at any level within the DoD on such topics as: pre-award, post-award, services and construction, source selection, etc.;

d. Knowledge and experience in acquisition functional and related management areas, providing insight, guidance, complex analysis, and advice concerning direction and applicability of solutions; and

e. One year experience as an instructor;

5.4 MINIMUM TOPICS COVERED:

a. Provide introduction to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and a history of the FAR, to include what led to its inception;

b. Interpreting the FAR and familiarization with determining the legitimacy of the regulation and Presidential Executive Order;

c. Understanding how the regulation promulgated properly in accordance with 41USC regarding notice and the opportunity to comment in accordance with the Federal Register Act;

d. Familiarization with the Congressional Review Act, knowledge of the relationship between the FAR and other regulations, and the relative priority;

e. Familiarization with the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) and the FAR’s implementation of the CDA;

f. Comprehensive coverage of FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, and review of FAR rules on competitive negotiation;

g. Analysis of the decision in Reflectone vs. Dalton;

h. Understanding of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) and its mandate for full and open competition in Federal contracting;

i. Understanding of challenges to Government contract awards, (i.e. the protest process), and its regulatory implementation;

j. How to analyze FAR regulations dealing with bid protests;

k. Regulatory guidance on Government award decisions;

l. Calculating damages according to the FAR and current case law;

5.5 TRAINING CERTIFICATES: Contractor shall provide training certificates upon successful completion of the course.

5.6 Contractor shall provide the attendee with general content of the FAR and with course tools for doing research; students will not utilize their own computers. Attendees will learn the FAR by working through exercises and problems, which shall become more complex and difficult as the week progresses. Each attendee shall receive a paper copy of the FAR. Student to teacher ratio shall be no more than 25:1.

5.7 CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING (CMR): The office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the Contractor shall report ALL Contractor manpower (including Sub-contractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. The Contractor is required to completely fill in all information in the format using the following web address https://cmra.army.mil/. The required information includes: (1) Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, Contracting Officers Technical representative; (2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number; (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period; (4) Contractor name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of contract employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-Contractors); (7) Total payments (including sub-Contractors); (8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by Contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-Contractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity ( the Army requiring Activity is responsible for providing the Contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information); (11) Locations where Contractor and Sub-contractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website); (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and (13) Number of Contractor and Sub-contractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country). As part of its submission, the Contractor shall also provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Reporting period shall be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each Government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year. Contractors may use a direct XML data transfer to the database server or fill in the fields on the website. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a Contractors system to the secure web site without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the web site. The specific formats for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the web site.