U. S. Army, Europe (USAREUR) Information Technology Training (AE-ITT) Program

Amendment 11 (4/7/2011) is issued to provide additional answers to questions submitted by contractors for this requirement. Please see the attached Q&A document.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Amendment 10 (4/6/2011) is issued to provide the following answers to administrative questions submitted by contractors on submission of proposals.

QA1. On the SF 33 Form, it shows 4 spots to list all the Amendments, however there where 9 (nine) amendments, the most recent being Amendment 09 (4/4/2011), which established the due date.  Furthermore, adding to the confusion, While there are 9 (nine) amendments, ON the FBO site it lists the Amendment 09 as "Amendment 2" along the right-hand column titled "ALL FILES".  Please advise how we should represent this in the SF 33 document. 

AA1. Please list all amendments utilizing a continuation page if neccessary.

QA2. Section K (Section K - Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors) leaves a blank space for listing the NAICS code and the Small business set aside.  Is it necessary to provide this information in the response?  If so, how do we provide?  Should we print out and include full copies of the RFP in our response, with the blank spaces in K filled out?  Or is this unnecessary?

AA2. Please refer to 52.205-8(d). A full printout of Section K is not required.

Also, please note that in the event of a Government shutdown, the proposal due date remains unchanged and Government personnel will be available to receive and accept proposal submissions.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Amendment 09 (4/4/2011) is issued to establish the due date and time for submission of proposals. Proposals, one (1) original and three (3) paper copies, and 1 electronic copy, are due on or before 3:00pm Eastern Time on 04/11/2011 at the GSA/FAS Contracting Office listed below:

GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Mid-Atlantic Region
The Strawbridge Building
20 North 8th Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3191
Attn: Debra Stuart, Contracting Officer, 215-446-5817

This amendment also provides the final answers to questions submitted by contractors for this solicitation. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Disregard RFP attachment with Amendment 08 this post adds correct document for Amendment 08 (R3114361_Q&A_document_03_22_2011_AE_ITT).

Amendment 08 (03/22/2011):  Funding is not yet available.  Proposal due date is not yet established and will be no ealier than 3 business days following date of amendment confirming funding availability.  Amendment 08 revises the Clause 52.227-14 Rights in Data General as follows:  
 

*** NOTE:  The Government retains and acquires unlimited rights in all data, software, programs, database, modifications to source code, and related technical documentation in the Learning Management System (LMS) provided as GFE (reference PWS paragraph 3.4) and maintained and modified under CLIN X001.
Amendment 08 also provides an update of answers to questions received.

Amendment 07 (03/21/2011):  Suspension of solicitation continues.  Funding is not yet available.  The proposal due date will be no earlier than 3 business days following date of amendment confirming funding availability.

For example, if Amendment is issued March 22, 2011 proposal due date will be no earlier than March 25, 2011.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Amendment 06 (03/18/2011) provides an update of answers to questions received.   It is anticipated funding will be available by Tuesday March 22, 2011.  An amendment will be issued with proposal due date at that time.  Proposals will not be due any earlier than 03:00pm Eastern Time Wednesday March 23, 2011.

Amendment 05 (03/16/2011) is issued to clarify Amendment 04.  Funding is currently not available.  The proposal due date has not been reestablished.

Upon receipt of funding, an amendment will be issued reestablishing the proposal due date.  Proposals will not be due any earlier than Wednesday March 23, 2011.

Amendment 04 (03/15/2011) continues this supension of this solicitation.  It is anticipated funding will be available and the proposal due date will be reestablished as March 21, 2011.

Amendment 03 (03/11/2011) continues the suspension of this solicitation pending determination of availability of funds. The Government anticipates issuing another Amendment on or about March 15, 2011, it is anticipated the proposal due date will be reestablished as March 21, 2011. Please note:

Amendment 03 also provides an update of answers to questions received.  A revised pricing template is attached.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Amendment 02 (2/25/2011) continues the suspension of this solicitation pending determination of availability of funds. The Government anticipates issuing another Amendment on or about March 11, 2011 to reestablish the proposal due date or cancel the solicitation. Please note:

L.4 NOTICE TO OFFERORS:- AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING

Funds are not currently available for this requirement. Funds are anticipated to be available by TO BE DETERMINED. The Government intends to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation. This soliciation will be amended and this notice removed as soon as funds are available. Direct proposal costs will not be reimbursed if funding does not become available. Proposal costs are only an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Amendment 01 (2/18/2011) suspends this solicitation pending determination of availability of funds. The Government anticipates issuing another Amendment on or about February 25, 2011 to reestablish the proposal due date or cancel the solicitation.

Amendment 01 also provides answers to questions received. Offerors are reminded to carefully review all attached documents in their entirety. The yellow highlighed information in the question and answer attachment indicates which questions resulted in changes to either the RFP, PWS and/or pricing template. The Government makes no guarantee all changes were captured in this format.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

Solicitation Number R3114361 is being issued by the Federal Acquisition Service of the General Services Administration (GSA), on behalf of the U.S. Army Europe, (USAREUR) on an unrestricted basis to acquire cost-effective, theater-wide Information Assurance (IA) and Information Technology (IT) training for all DoD activities which offers hands-on, state-of-the-art instruction provided by certified training professionals. This training contract is in support of the Army Europe - Information Technology Training (AE-ITT) Program.  The AE-ITT Program is centrally managed by the USAREUR G6 and covers the IT training requirements for USAREUR's Title 10 Area of Responsibility (AOR). This joint program supports the different branches of the U.S. military and their various commands/units that are geographically dispersed across the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) AORs.  The AE-ITT program consists of two training areas: 1) Information Technology Training Program (ITTP): Includes commercially available and Army-specific training courses. 2) Information Assurance Training Program (IATP): Includes commercially available courses and industry standard certifications that map to the Army's Information Assurance requirements under Department of Defense Directive 8570 (DoDD 8570) and applicable Army Regulations. The scope of this effort will provide ITTP, IATP, relevant Army-specific technical training capabilities, and incidental support services to meet the training and certification testing needs of DoD personnel from USAREUR; 5th Signal Command (5 SIG); USEUCOM; USAFRICOM; IMCOM-Europe; and HQ, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). Performance of services under this contract will be Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS). All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. All vendors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov) in order to received Government contracts. It is mandatory that all responding vendors be registered in GSA's IT-Solutions Acquisition System (ITSS). The website is http://it-solutions.gsa.gov. The HelpDesk phone number is 1-877-243-2889. Competitive formal source selection procedures will be used as set forth in FAR Part 15.  Offerors are advised that an award may be made without discussion or any contact concerning the proposals received. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals at any time prior to award; to negotiate with any or all offerors; and to award contracts to other than the offeror submitting the lowest total evaluated cost. Therefore, proposals should be initially submitted on the most favorable terms. Please see and carefully review all attachments. Any questions regarding this solicitiation should be directed to Angela Anderjack, GSA Contract Specialist, at Angela.Anderjack@gsa.gov, and GSA Information Technology Managers, Ruslan Gorbonos at Ruslan.Gorbonos.gsa.gov and Edward Benger at Edward.Benger@gsa.gov. This procurement is being conducted under full and open competition on an unrestricted basis under NAICS Code 611430 Professional and Management Development Training. All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to the above parties no later than 5PM EST February 8, 2011. The incumbent contractor for this requirement is Global Knowledge Training, LLC.

This presolicitation notice synopsizes a proposed contract action as prescribed and in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 5.2 and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.  The Solicitation Number is anticipated to be R3114361.  The Federal Acquisition Service of the General Services Administration (GSA), on behalf of the U.S. Army Europe, (USAREUR), plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) on an unrestricted basis to acquire cost-effective, theater-wide Information Assurance (IA) and Information Technology (IT) training for all DoD activities which offers hands-on, state-of-the-art instruction provided by certified training professionals. This training contract is in support of the Army Europe - Information Technology Training (AE-ITT) Program.  The AE-ITT Program is centrally managed by the USAREUR G6 and covers the IT training requirements for USAREUR's Title 10 Area of Responsibility (AOR). This joint program supports the different branches of the U.S. military and their various commands/units that are geographically dispersed across the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) AORs.  The AE-ITT program consists of two training areas: 1) Information Technology Training Program (ITTP): Includes commercially available and Army-specific training courses. 2) Information Assurance Training Program (IATP): Includes commercially available courses and industry standard certifications that map to the Army's Information Assurance requirements under Department of Defense Directive 8570 (DoDD 8570) and applicable Army Regulations. The scope of this effort will provide ITTP, IATP, relevant Army-specific technical training capabilities, and incidental support services to meet the training and certification testing needs of DoD personnel from USAREUR; 5th Signal Command (5 SIG); USEUCOM; USAFRICOM; IMCOM-Europe; and HQ, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). GSA intends to competitively award a hybrid-firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable, Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with a 12-month base period and four (4) 12-month option periods. Performance of services under this contract will be Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS). All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. All vendors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov) in order to received Government contracts. It is mandatory that all responding vendors be registered in GSA's IT-Solutions Acquisition System (ITSS). The website is http://it-solutions.gsa.gov. The HelpDesk phone number is 1-877-243-2889. Contracts will be awarded to Offerors whose proposals are most advantageous to the Government. The following Technical factors may be considered: OCONUS experience, Custom POI Development experience, range/breadth of current commercial offerings, staffing profile, LMS operations, maintenance and development experience.  Competitive formal source selection procedures will be used as set forth in FAR Part 15.  Offerors are advised that an award may be made without discussion or any contact concerning the proposals received. The Government reserves the right to reject any or all proposals at any time prior to award; to negotiate with any or all offerors; and to award contracts to other than the offeror submitting the lowest total evaluated cost. Therefore, proposals should be initially submitted on the most favorable terms. The Request for Proposal (RFP), consisting of the solicitation and all attachments will be issued and posted electronically on the www.FedBizOpps.gov website. Any questions regarding this synopsis should be directed to Angela Anderjack, GSA Contract Specialist, at Angela.Anderjack@gsa.gov and Edward Benger, Information Technology Manager, at Edward.Benger@gsa.gov. This procurement is being conducted under full and open competition on an unrestricted basis under NAICS Code 611430 Professional and Management Development Training. The solicitation should be available on or about 1/28/2011.  A contract award is anticipated on or about 03/31/2011.