Nationwide Professional Skills Training Program

Added: Oct 30, 2008 2:59 pm This pre-solicitation summary for DE-SOL-0000109 supersedes the pre-solicitation summary initially published on 10/16/2008 at approximately 1:26pm.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is re-competing its DOE Nationwide Professional Skills Training Program. The program includes Program Management, Project Management, Acquisition & Assistance, Financial Management, Interdisciplinary Continuing Education, Technical Headquarters Training, Supervisory Training, Ancillary Support Services, Miscellaneous Training, and Project Management Career Development Program. Course descriptions will be available in the solicitation. The work would require the firm to provide expertise in the design and development, up-grading of existing course materials and course delivery anywhere in the U.S. The majority of the work will be delivered on a firm fixed price basis via Delivery Orders. The solicitation also has a requirement for training needs, studies and general training support services, which will be acquired on a time and material basis. Delivery of courses will be at various DOE sites throughout the country. This Solicitation is 100% set- aside for Small Businesses under NAIC code 611710. Small Business is defined as $7 million in average annual receipts over the last three years. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted. Firms interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation must register at the Department of Energy online procurement system known as FedConnect located at https://www.fedconnect.net/fedconnect/. No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. Once registered, vendors update their profile to include Department of Energy as an agency they wish to be notified of opportunities. Vendors can search for the opportunity within Fedconnect and register as an interested party. For registration and vendor profile issues, please contact the FedConnect helpdesk at support@fedconnect.net. A helpful user guide for getting started in FedConnect can be found as a PDF file on the FedConnect website.This is a re-competition of DOE's Nationwide Training Contract. The previous contract's term and the new requirement is 5 years. It is estimated that the solicitation will be available mid November 2008.