Entrepreneur Learning Initiative

INTRODUCTION
Strong, sustainable business is a cornerstone of America's economic success. In May 2018, the National Federation of Independent Business recorded the highest readings in the Small Business Optimism Index. Entrepreneurship is woven into the American identity, yet, many small business owners lack the resources to start and scale their businesses. The Small Business Administration is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit a contractor to address this problem through a proposed e-learning solution for entrepreneurs ready to start and scale their businesses. This initiative will create a modern, e-learning approach, initially targeting women who want to scale their business, then expanding to other entrepreneurs who want to start and grow their business.

General online learning resources that are available may lack an experiential learning approach, which is both engaging and encouraging to entrepreneurs, especially women. This initiative will be a first-in-class project, delivering a modern, complete learning experience that includes synchronous and asynchronous learning, networking and peer-to-peer learning components--two of the seven critical domains for supporting women entrepreneurs outlined by the National Women's Business Council (available here).
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICIATION

73351018R0018

Small Business Administration
Entrepreneur Learning Initiative

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 73351018R0018 is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-99 (effective 16 July 2018). It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. The North American Industrial Classification System Code is 611430 Professional and Management Development Training. This is a Small Business set-aside with a size standard of $11M. This requirement is being issued as Firm Fixed Price Contract. Proposal shall be detailed in the attached Solicitation.

This solicitation will result in non-personal services, single award contract to develop and release a Digital Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to meet the unique needs of small business owners who want to start and scale their business.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
See Attached Solicitation for detailed days.
Initial MVP prototype due January 31, 2019, Refined MVP prototype due March 1, 2019, with periods of performance for Operations Support, Licensing, and Moderation extending for several option years.

52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. (Oct 2014)
(A) THE GOVERNMENT MAY AWARD ONE CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS SOLICITATION TO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFEROR WHOSE OFFERS CONFORMING TO THE SOLICITATION THAT WILL BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, PRICE AND OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS SHALL BE USED TO EVALUATE OFFERS:

TECHNICAL IS SIGNFICANTLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRICE

Those offerors selected for participation are required to submit the following factors

Factor 1: Performance Work Statement
Factor 2: Past Performance and Experience
Factor 3: Price Proposal

ATTACHMENTS:

Solicitation Document (includes Statement of Objectives) with Provisions and Clauses
Appendix 1 - IT Security Acquisition Language
Appendix 2 - Demographic and Business Info Requirements
Appendix 3 - 73351018R0018 - Training Inventory
Past Performance - Experience Submittal

Clauses and provisions incorporated by reference may be accessed via the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

To be considered for this award, Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov/ prior to award. Lack of registration will make an offeror ineligible for award. This notice does not obligate the Government to award the contract; it does not restrict the Government's ultimate approach; nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. Proposals must be for all services stated, partial proposals will not be considered. Only firm fixed price offers will be evaluated.

Point of Contact/Questions
The point of contact for this solicitation is Brandon Maness, Contracting Officer, Brandon.Maness@sba.gov and 303-844-2002.

All questions related to the solicitation are due to the Contracting Officer at Brandon.Maness@sba.gov no later than 11:59PM Eastern Time, 9 August 2018. The email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Questions."
Letter of Intent

To be eligible to be considered for Entrepreneur Learning Initiative award, offerors interested in this procurement must email a letter of intent to brandon.maness@sba.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 13 August 2018. The letter must be signed by an authorized representative of the applicant and should be included as an email attachment in Adobe portable document format (PDF) (preferred). Letters of intent should not exceed one double-spaced page (at least 12 point font). The email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Letter of Intent."

Changes to Solicitation
Notification of any changes to the RFP (amendments) shall be posted to FBO.

Proposal Due Date
Proposals are due at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time 24 August 2018 to Brandon.Maness@sba.gov. Email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Proposal."

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INTRODUCTION
Strong, sustainable business is a cornerstone of America's economic success. In May 2018, the National Federation of Independent Business recorded the highest readings in the Small Business Optimism Index. Entrepreneurship is woven into the American identity, yet, many small business owners lack the resources to start and scale their businesses. The Small Business Administration is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit a contractor to address this problem through a proposed e-learning solution for entrepreneurs ready to start and scale their businesses. This initiative will create a modern, e-learning approach, initially targeting women who want to scale their business, then expanding to other entrepreneurs who want to start and grow their business.

General online learning resources that are available may lack an experiential learning approach, which is both engaging and encouraging to entrepreneurs, especially women. This initiative will be a first-in-class project, delivering a modern, complete learning experience that includes synchronous and asynchronous learning, networking and peer-to-peer learning components--two of the seven critical domains for supporting women entrepreneurs outlined by the National Women's Business Council (available here).
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICIATION

73351018R0018

Small Business Administration
Entrepreneur Learning Initiative

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 73351018R0018 is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-99 (effective 16 July 2018). It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. The North American Industrial Classification System Code is 611430 Professional and Management Development Training. This is a Small Business set-aside with a size standard of $11M. This requirement is being issued as Firm Fixed Price Contract. Proposal shall be detailed in the attached Solicitation.

This solicitation will result in non-personal services, single award contract to develop and release a Digital Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to meet the unique needs of small business owners who want to start and scale their business.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
See Attached Solicitation for detailed days.
Initial MVP prototype due January 31, 2019, Refined MVP prototype due March 1, 2019, with periods of performance for Operations Support, Licensing, and Moderation extending for several option years.

52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. (Oct 2014)
(A) THE GOVERNMENT MAY AWARD ONE CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS SOLICITATION TO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFEROR WHOSE OFFERS CONFORMING TO THE SOLICITATION THAT WILL BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, PRICE AND OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS SHALL BE USED TO EVALUATE OFFERS:

TECHNICAL IS SIGNFICANTLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRICE

Those offerors selected for participation are required to submit the following factors

Factor 1: Performance Work Statement
Factor 2: Past Performance and Experience
Factor 3: Price Proposal

ATTACHMENTS:

Solicitation Document (includes Statement of Objectives) with Provisions and Clauses
Appendix 1 - IT Security Acquisition Language
Appendix 2 - Demographic and Business Info Requirements
Appendix 3 - 73351018R0018 - Training Inventory
Past Performance - Experience Submittal

Clauses and provisions incorporated by reference may be accessed via the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

To be considered for this award, Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov/ prior to award. Lack of registration will make an offeror ineligible for award. This notice does not obligate the Government to award the contract; it does not restrict the Government's ultimate approach; nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. Proposals must be for all services stated, partial proposals will not be considered. Only firm fixed price offers will be evaluated.

Point of Contact/Questions
The point of contact for this solicitation is Brandon Maness, Contracting Officer, Brandon.Maness@sba.gov and 303-844-2002.

All questions related to the solicitation are due to the Contracting Officer at Brandon.Maness@sba.gov no later than 11:59PM Eastern Time, 9 August 2018. The email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Questions."
Letter of Intent

To be eligible to be considered for Entrepreneur Learning Initiative award, offerors interested in this procurement must email a letter of intent to brandon.maness@sba.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 10 August 2018. The letter must be signed by an authorized representative of the applicant and should be included as an email attachment in Adobe portable document format (PDF) (preferred). Letters of intent should not exceed one double-spaced page (at least 12 point font). The email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Letter of Intent."

Changes to Solicitation
Notification of any changes to the RFP (amendments) shall be posted to FBO.

Proposal Due Date
Proposals are due at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time 24 August 2018 to Brandon.Maness@sba.gov. Email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Proposal."

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INTRODUCTION
Strong, sustainable business is a cornerstone of America's economic success. In May 2018, the National Federation of Independent Business recorded the highest readings in the Small Business Optimism Index. Entrepreneurship is woven into the American identity, yet, many small business owners lack the resources to start and scale their businesses. The Small Business Administration is issuing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit a contractor to address this problem through a proposed e-learning solution for entrepreneurs ready to start and scale their businesses. This initiative will create a modern, e-learning approach, initially targeting women who want to scale their business, then expanding to other entrepreneurs who want to start and grow their business.

General online learning resources that are available may lack an experiential learning approach, which is both engaging and encouraging to entrepreneurs, especially women. This initiative will be a first-in-class project, delivering a modern, complete learning experience that includes synchronous and asynchronous learning, networking and peer-to-peer learning components--two of the seven critical domains for supporting women entrepreneurs outlined by the National Women's Business Council (available here).
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICIATION

73351018R0018

Small Business Administration
Entrepreneur Learning Initiative

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 73351018R0018 is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-99 (effective 16 July 2018). It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. The North American Industrial Classification System Code is 611430 Professional and Management Development Training. This is a Small Business set-aside with a size standard of $11M. This requirement is being issued as Firm Fixed Price Contract. Proposal shall be detailed in the attached Solicitation.

This solicitation will result in non-personal services, single award contract to develop and release a Digital Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to meet the unique needs of small business owners who want to start and scale their business.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
See Attached Solicitation for detailed days.
Initial MVP prototype due January 31, 2019, Refined MVP prototype due March 1, 2019, with periods of performance for Operations Support, Licensing, and Moderation extending for several option years.

52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. (Oct 2014)
(A) THE GOVERNMENT MAY AWARD ONE CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS SOLICITATION TO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFEROR WHOSE OFFERS CONFORMING TO THE SOLICITATION THAT WILL BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT, PRICE AND OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS SHALL BE USED TO EVALUATE OFFERS:

TECHNICAL IS SIGNFICANTLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRICE

Those offerors selected for participation are required to submit the following factors

Factor 1: Performance Work Statement
Factor 2: Past Performance and Experience
Factor 3: Price Proposal

ATTACHMENTS:

Solicitation Document (includes Statement of Objectives) with Provisions and Clauses
Appendix 1 - IT Security Acquisition Language
Appendix 2 - Demographic and Business Info Requirements
Appendix 3 - 73351018R0018 - Training Inventory
Past Performance - Experience Submittal

Clauses and provisions incorporated by reference may be accessed via the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

To be considered for this award, Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://www.sam.gov/ prior to award. Lack of registration will make an offeror ineligible for award. This notice does not obligate the Government to award the contract; it does not restrict the Government's ultimate approach; nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. Proposals must be for all services stated, partial proposals will not be considered. Only firm fixed price offers will be evaluated.

Point of Contact/Questions
The point of contact for this solicitation is Brandon Maness, Contracting Officer, Brandon.Maness@sba.gov and 303-844-2002.

All questions related to the solicitation are due to the Contracting Officer at Brandon.Maness@sba.gov no later than 11:59PM Eastern Time, 9 August 2018. The email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Questions."
Letter of Intent

To be eligible to be considered for Entrepreneur Learning Initiative award, offerors interested in this procurement must email a letter of intent to brandon.maness@sba.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 10 August 2018. The letter must be signed by an authorized representative of the applicant and should be included as an email attachment in Adobe portable document format (PDF) (preferred). Letters of intent should not exceed one double-spaced page (at least 12 point font). The email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Letter of Intent."

Changes to Solicitation
Notification of any changes to the RFP (amendments) shall be posted to FBO.

Proposal Due Date
Proposals are due at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time July 31, 2018 to Brandon.Maness@sba.gov. Email subject line should read "73351018R0018 - Proposal."

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