FCN 482: Cybersecurity for Contracting Professionals

MARKET RESEARCH / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) - NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS
Product Service Code (PSC) U009 Education/Training
The United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, National Finance Center, NFC, is conducting a market survey to determine the availability of vendors capable of providing an instructor lead training for FCN 482: Cybersecurity for Contracting Professionals In New Orleans, LA. NFC is seeking this information to provide cybersecurity training for up to thirty (30) contracting personnel. The vendor shall provide CLPs at the conclusion of the course. The training will take place in fiscal year 2019 and/or 2020.
The NAICS Code for this requirement is 611430 Professional and Management Development Training.
Interested vendors are requested to submit a capability statement outlining their ability to meet or exceed this requirement no later than 1:00PM (Central Standard Time), Tuesday, April 2, 2019, to Reia Brooks at Reia.Brooks@usda,gov stating the following information: (1) Sources Sought Number FCN482-NFC; (2) Company name, address, POC name, phone number, fax number and email; (3) Contractor (CAGE Code); (4) Size of business; (5) If the Items can be solicited from a General Services Administration (GSA) schedule contract vehicle, NASA SEWP, or Open market.

The Government will use the result of this announcement to determine whether the acquisition of the above requirement should be solicited as a Competitive Set-Aside, or whether Full and Open Competition procedures will be utilized.
Submissions are Not-To Exceed (NTE) 15 Standard typewritten pages. All technical questions and inquiries may be submitted within the response.
DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE. THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITY STATEMENT PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR QUOTE. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT OFFERS AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT.
RESPONSES WILL NOT RESTRICT THE GOVERNMENT TO A PARTICULAR ACQUISITION APPROACH OR BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. EVALUATION RESULTS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED TO CONTRACTORS RESPONDING TO THIS SYNOPSIS. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

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