Campus Lab License for Course Evaluation w/IDEA SRI Instrument

Campus Lab on a brand Name Only basis.
THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government, Mission & Installation Contracting
Command, West Point, NY is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market
research to identify potential sources having an interest and the ability to perform this
requirement. The requirement is for Campus Lab Course Evaluation with IDEA SRI Intrument a brand
Name Only basis.

The statutory authority for this Brand Name Requirement is 10 United States Code 2304(c)(1) as
implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and
No Other Supplies or
Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The Course Evaluation must be 100% compatible with the
Campus Lab. Furthermore, the Course Evaluations must be seamlessly compatible with the Campus Lab
Course Evaluation with IDEA SRI Instrument. This is a brand name requirement for the Course
Evaluation with IDEA SRI Instrument Campus Lab with the following features/characteristics.

• Collect evaluation data using the Student Ratings of Instruction © (SRI) instrument which is
designed to control for extraneous circumstances (e.g. class size or student motivation), provide
comparative scores, and provide actionable steps to improve learning

• Establish appropriate measures of student and faculty classroom performance using the Diagnostic
Feedback, Teaching Essentials, and Learning Essentials instruments designed to collect summative
and formative feedback about student progress on relevant course objectives, instructor teaching
methods, and student impressions of
their course experience

• Gather immediate student responses after each class or unit using an Instant Feedback instrument,
delivered to students via their mobile devices that shows faculty whether students understood
instructional material delivered during a given session

• Integrate with your student information system (SIS) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
through secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) or application programming interface (API) methods
designed to securely transfer course, section, student enrollment and instructor assignment
information

• Enable faculty members to choose appropriate learning objectives per course

• Provide a link to students within your learning management system (LMS) or through e-mail

• Customize evaluation instruments by college, department, course, course type, or other attributes
• Automate the delivery of faculty electronic reports via e-mail or the web

• Produce one page summary reports (per term) for faculty promotion and tenure files
• View open-ended comments separate from quantitative responses

• Export results into Excel for additional review or analysis
Product Configuration Services:

configuration of Course Evaluations to include special custom questions for each administration.
Specific activities involved in producing these custom questions include:
• Building the attribute questions into the system
• Ensuring the hierarchy of question order is correct
• Managing changes to existing custom attribute questions
No gray market product offers will be entertained. Offerors must be an authorized distributor,
valued added vendor, or authorized reseller for Campus Lab.

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.
All small business set-aside categories will be considered. However, the Government is actively
seeking vendors that may be able to perform this requirement in order to support a competitive
procurement. Accordingly, the U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large
and small) to respond to this sources sought synopsis. In addition,

small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program,
Small
Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned,
Women-
Owned Small Business concerns), must describe their identifying capabilities in meeting the
requirements at a fair market price, i.e., information which may help support a set-aside.

DISCLAIMER: This notice does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid
(IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This
notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S.
Government is not
• seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time,
• will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice,
• will not pay for any information, and
• will not pay administrative costs incurred in response to this notice.

Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this requirement,
based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if
a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government wide Point of
Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government wide Point of Entry
for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

ELIGIBLITY: The applicable NAICS code(s) is 511210 /Software Publishers with a Small
Business Size Standards of 41,500,000 employees.

In response to this sources sought, please provide:

1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code,
identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement
regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB,
8(a), HUB Zone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the
corresponding NAICS code.

2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor
or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if
any.

3. Information, in sufficient detail to facilitate making a capability determination. In example:
lead time after receipt of order, shipping terms if other than FOB Destination, evidence of status
to sell the brand name required,
authorized distributor, valued added vendor, or authorized reseller for Campus Lab, as well as
previous experience on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government
or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc.

4. Information to help determine if the requirement for Campus Lab Course Evaluaion w/IDEA SRI
Intrument requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the
pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms
and conditions, warranties, etc.

5. Not required, but requested, identify how the Army can better structure these contract
requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns.

6. Recommendations to improve the Army's approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the
identified
items/services.