Curriculum Development and Revision Services and Products

Added: Jun 05, 2012 4:46 pm Modified: Jun 25, 2012 10:07 amTrack Changes The solicitation response date is hereby extended to 07/06/2012.  See Attached Amendment 0002.

Added: Jun 05, 2012 4:46 pm The solicitation response date is hereby extended to 6/29/2012.  See Attached Amendment 0001.

Added: Apr 27, 2012 2:36 pm Modified: May 16, 2012 10:46 amTrack Changes  

The pre-solicitation notice associated with this solicitation was posted on 27 April 2012.  This Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation is only available on the FebBizOpps.gov web page at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/.

The Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/National Emergency Training Center (NETC) located in Emmitsburg, MD has a requirement for Curriculum Development and Revision Services and Products. 

This Solicitation is for the following:

Description of Services: Course development/revision services and products in support of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and National Fire Academy (NFA) Training and Education Activities.  The primary services to be performed under this requirement are development of new courses, revision of existing courses, and reformatting of existing courses into alternative media such as web-publishing, CD-ROM, and DVD publishing and publishing of courses/curriculum in other digital formats.  The training materials developed  under this requirement are used to train first responders in the firefighting and emergency response/emergency management arenas throughout the nation.  Work will be performed mainly at the contractors' locales with some work such as, but not limited to, Curriculum Advisory Committee Meetings, Needs Analysis Meetings, and pilot course deliveries may be performed at the National Emergency Training Center, Emmitsburg, Maryland.

This requirement will be set aside 100% for SBA Certified 8(a) business concerns.  The NAICS code for this procurement is 611710, Educational Services, with a size standard of $7.0 million [average annual receipts for three preceding fiscal years].  Award of multiple Hybrid, Fixed-Price/Time and Materials, Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contracts with  a 5-year ordering period is anticipated. 

Prospective offerors interested in submitting an offer on this solicitation must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration. Inactive registration on the CCR database will make a prospective offeror ineligible for award consideration. The website address for Central Contractor Registration is: http://www.ccr.gov

 All questions shall be submitted no later than 4:00 pm, May 23, 2012, by email to Chance Caione, Contract Specialist, DHS/FEMA, Emmitsburg, MD. E-mail address:  chance.caione@dhs.gov.  No phone calls accepted.

 Proposals are due no later than 11:00 am, June 15, 2012.

NOTE:
Any changes to the solicitation will be in the form of an amendment issued by the contracting officer and posted through the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the prospective offeror's responsibility to check the website daily for any updates, amendments or any additional information. The Government will not be held responsible for any information a prospective offeror does not receive once the information is issued on the Internet. For additional information please contact the Contract Specialist, Chance Caione via e-mail at chance.caione@dhs.gov.  The alternate point of contact is the Contracting Officer, Chuck Tama, e-mail:  charles.tama@dhs.gov.

No hardcopy RFP package, attachments, or amendments to the RFP will be mailed out from this office.  Questions with regard to this package will  be addressed via amendment(s) after the due  date set forth in the actual RFP package (or subsequent amendment(s)) for receipt of questions  has passed.  DHS/FEMA posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on the FEDBIZOPPS website.  Potential offerors who download copies of solicitations may register at the FEDBIZOPPS website to automatically receive email notification concerning issued amendments to the applicable solicitation package.  Registration is optional; however, if you register for the solicitation, you will receive a courtesy email from FEDBIZOPPS notifying you of all amendments to the solicitation, all of which will be posted to the website.  Registration does not release offerors from the responsibility of checking the FEDBIZOPPS website for solicitation amendments.   

Added: Apr 27, 2012 2:36 pm  

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/FEMA, National Emergency Training Center (NETC), located in Emmitsburg, Maryland has a requirement for course development/revision services and products in support of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and National Fire Academy (NFA) Training and Education Activities. This requirement will be set aside 100% for SBA Certified 8(a) business concerns.  The NAICS code for this procurement is 611710, Educational Services, with a size standard of $7.0 million [average annual receipts for three preceding fiscal years].  Award of multiple Hybrid, Fixed-Price/Time and Materials, Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contracts with  a 5-year ordering period is anticipated.  The Request for Proposal (RFP) package will be available only on the FEDBIZOPPS website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov.  Prospective offerors are responsible for registering with FEDBIZOPPS and downloading the RFP, its attachments, and any subsequent amendments to the solicitation.  The RFP will be available for downloading on or about 15 days after publication of this pre-solicitation announcement.  No hardcopy RFP package, attachments, or amendments to the RFP will be mailed out from this office.  Questions with regard to this package will  be addressed via amendment(s) after the due  date set forth in the actual RFP package (or subsequent amendment(s)) for receipt of questions  has passed.  Proposals will be due 30 days from the release date of the RFP package to FEDBIZOPPS.  DHS/FEMA posts all required notices of its contracting opportunities on the FEDBIZOPPS website.  Potential offerors who download copies of solicitations may register at the FEDBIZOPPS website to automatically receive email notification concerning issued amendments to the applicable solicitation package.  Registration is optional; however, if you register for the solicitation, you will receive a courtesy email from FEDBIZOPPS notifying you of all amendments to the solicitation, all of which will be posted to the website.  Registration does not release offerors from the responsibility of checking the FEDBIZOPPS website for solicitation amendments.  The primary services to be performed under this requirement are development of new courses, revision of existing courses, and reformatting of existing courses into alternative media such as web-publishing, CD-ROM, and DVD publishing and publishing of courses/curriculum in other digital formats.  The training materials developed  under this requirement are used to train first responders in the firefighting and emergency response/emergency management arenas throughout the nation.  Work will be performed mainly at the contractors' locales with some work such as, but not limited to, Curriculum Advisory Committee Meetings, Needs Analysis Meetings, and pilot course deliveries may be performed at the National Emergency Training Center, Emmitsburg, Maryland.