SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- Military Skills Enhancement (MSE) Instruction - Performance Work Statement 14-D-0001-0038
- Notice Date
- 3/12/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611210
— Junior Colleges
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - Fort Hood, 761st Tank Battalion Ave., Room W103, Fort Hood, Texas, 76544-5025, United States
- ZIP Code
- 76544-5025
- Solicitation Number
- w91151-14-d-0001-0038
- Archive Date
- 3/29/2018
- Point of Contact
- Mary A. Chamberlin, Phone: 2542877638
- E-Mail Address
-
mary.a.chamberlin4.civ@mail.mil
(mary.a.chamberlin4.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Performance Work Statement SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS This is a Sources Sought Notice only. The U.S. Government currently intends to award a task order modification for Military Skills Enhancement (MSE) instruction on a sole source basis for the period of 1 May 2018 through 30 June 2018. The U.S. Government is seeking vendors that may be able to perform this requirement in order to support a competitive procurement. Accordingly, the U.S. Government highly encourages all interested businesses (large and small) to respond to this sources sought synopsis. In addition, small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), must describe their identifying capabilities in meeting the requirements at a fair market price, i.e., information which may help support a set-aside. The proposed sole source firm fixed price task order modification to Central Texas College is for a non-personal services requirement. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform MSE instruction for Soldiers, Department of the Army (DA) Civilians and other Mission Critical Personnel (MCP) vital to the installation mission designated by the government,, or other sites directed by the Government as defined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. MSE instruction are courses taught in Troop School for Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) improvement, or other courses, defined by the Government to enhance Soldier job performance, provide certification in technical skills, or supplement knowledge, skills and abilities essential to mission success. The Contractor shall provide personnel, management, and any other items and services, not Government furnished, necessary to conduct MSE instruction for Soldiers, DA Civilians and other MCP vital to the installation mission designated by the government, or other sites directed by the Government. The statutory authority for the sole source procurement is 10 United States Code 2304(c)(1) as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements). Attached is the PWS. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. A determination not to compete this MSE requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. However, if a competitive solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The NAICS code is 611210 Professional and Management Development Training. In response to this sources sought, request responses to the items below by 12:00 noon central time on March 14, 2018: 1. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solution solutions. Also contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. 2. Provide name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, identify business size (large business or a small business), and if applicable, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 3. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 4. Provide information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. 5. Provide information to help determine if the requirement (service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc. 6. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition, including competition among small business concerns. 7. Provide recommendations to improve the Army's approach/specifications/PWS to acquiring the identified services.
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