Leadership Development Services

In February 2017 the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (NWP), issued a Notice of Intent to Single Source the Leadership Development Services for a one year bridge contract. A number of interested vendors responded to the announcement indicating they, too, could provide the requested services. We are grateful to our industry partners for their response, and are requesting additional information as we further define our requirement for 2018.

NWP seeks the professional services of an accredited academic institution, or an entity that has access to an accredited academic institution (hereinafter referred to as "Contractor"), to work collaboratively with district facilitators to administer a graduate-level Leadership Development Program (LDP) for a maximum of 16 Corps employees annually. This proposed firm fixed price contract will have a period of performance from June 01, 2018 through May 31, 2021 and consists of one 12-month base period and two 12-month option years, if exercised.

The Notice of Intent issued February 2017 resulted in a number of responses from industry. This requirement has now been further developed and it is necessary to request additional information from industry. Attached to this announcement is criteria needed to verify a contractor's capability to facilitate the leadership development program required by NWP. The ability of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Businesses (including 8(a) firms), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HubZone) Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) (including Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB)) to meet these requirements is important in determining our strategy. The response of large business vendors is important to verify the availability of competition for this work.

The point of contact for small business questions or assistance is the Portland District Deputy for Small Business, Carol McIntyre, at 503-808-4602 or Carol.A.Mcintyre@usace.army.mil.

All other questions concerning this opportunity may be addressed to the buyer listed on this announcement. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice may be submitted electronically to the buyer listed on this announcement and should be provided by the date and time indicated. Please limit responses to five (5) double sided pages and include the following information:
a. The company's name, address, point of contact, phone number, email address, CAGE and DUNS number.
b. The company's small business category (i.e., Small Business, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a) firm, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Woman Owned Small Business(WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)) and business size.
c. Relevant information responsive to the attached criteria. Information may include any information the respondent feels verifies their capability to perform leadership development services meeting the criteria attached. Information could include past contracts, and customer satisfaction information. The Government reserves the right to verify information provided in government performance reporting systems such as CPARS or PPIRS.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This is a SOURCES SOUGHT for informational/market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION, OR BID, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. Any future solicitation will be issued via this Federal Business Opportunities site (www.fbo.gov), at a later date. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Sources Sought Notice or any follow-up information. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses a solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

All interested vendors should be registered in the System for Award Management.