University Affiliation Services, Master of Social Work Degree

Solicitation W81K04-16-T-0003 Affiliation Services Master of Social Work has been posted to Fedbizopps.

A preproposal conference will be held at 8:30 am on 27 Jul 2016 at HRCO, 2199 Storage Street, Building 4197, Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234. Quoters are urged to attend the preproposal conference.

The Healthcare Readiness Contracting Office (Provisional), Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas has a requirement for university affiliation for a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and associated services. The requirement is for a university to grant university graduate credit and an MSW degree to students who successfully complete the Army Medical Depatement Center and School (AMEDDC&S) MSW Program. The MSW Program spans over 14 months and consists of two phases: a foundation and an advanced concentration phase.  The foundation phase is approximately 32 semester hours and the advanced concentration phase consists of approximately 29 semester hours.  The MSW Program will include a minimum of 900 hours of block field practicum instruction. The contractor shall be accredited by one of six regional accrediting associations (Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; New England Association of Schools and Colleges; North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges; Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; or Western Association of Schools and Colleges), and maintain recognition by the US Department of Education or the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation throughout the life of the contract.  In addition, the contractor’s MSW Program shall maintain accreditation under current Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) standards. The anticipated contract will have a 5-year ordering period from19 September 2016 – 18 September 2017. The class start date is on or about 1 February 2018, however the contractor will be required to perform activities such as a curriculum review and student enrollment prior to the class start date.  The solicitation will be made available on or about May 19, 2016, and will be distributed solely through the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fedbizopps.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. All future information concerning this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will be distributed solely through the fedbizopps website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. A pre-proposal conference will be held approximately 15 days after issuance of the solicitation. The date, time, and location of the pre-proposal conference will be specified in the solicitation. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov. The points of contact for this requirement are Maria Fidone, Contract Specialist, maria.g.fidone.civ@mail.mil and Yesenia Rodriguez, Contracting Officer, yesenia.c.rodriguez2.civ@mail.mil. Please direct any questions to either of these two individuals.