SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Financial Training Service
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Defense Contract Management Agency, Defense Contract Management Agency, DCMA Procurement Center (DCMAC-W), ATTN DCMAC-W 6350 Walker Lane Suite 300, Alexandria, VA, 22310-3241
- ZIP Code
- 22310-3241
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-DCMA01-02-Q-0003
- Response Due
- 2/8/2002
- Archive Date
- 2/23/2002
- Point of Contact
- Christine Jiongco, Contract Specialist, Phone 703 428-1546, - Kevin Conneen, Contracting Officer, Phone (703) 428-0995, Fax (703) 428-3435,
- E-Mail Address
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cjiongco@hq.dcma.mil, kconneen@hq.dcma.mil
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation, DCMA01-02-Q-0003, is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC# 2001-03. (iv) This solicitation is UNRESTRICTED. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 511199 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The small business competitiveness demonstration program does not apply. (v) A list of contract line item numbers (CLINs)is as follows: 0001 Financial Training Service, 1 job in Clearwater, FL; 0002 Financial Training Service, 1 job in Long Beach, CA (vi) Description : Performance Work Statement (PWS) is as follows: 1. Background: Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is an agency that performs contract administration services for the Department of Defense and other Federal Agencies. Monitoring a contractor?s financial condition is a fundamental part of our contract administration services. Performing financial analysis encompasses the inclusion of the affects of contract financing arrangements, i.e., Progress Payments, Advanced Payments and Performance Based Payments. Contract financing puts the Government at risk for not receiving items it has paid for through financing. DCMA desires to further train and develop DCMA Contract Specialist/Cost Price Analysts (GS-11-12-13) in assessing the financial conditions of various size companies who contract with DoD. 2. Objectives: The objective of the training is to provide the DCMA Contract Specialist/Cost and Price Analysts with learning exercises/activities that they can apply on the job to analyze accurately a Government contractor?s financial capability to remain solvent throughout the duration of the Government contract(s) in order to successfully complete the contract work. The DCMA analysts must be capable of performing comprehensive financial analyses on various size contractors/companies using the proper and generally accepted methods of performing those analyses, including the consideration of industry standards, economic outlooks, trend analysis and forecasting in order to achieve reliable results and conclusions that can be solidly justified. 3. Scope - Training. The Contractor shall perform services required to prepare instruction for and teach a workshop style class on the subject of financial analysis and the concepts as it pertains to both large and small businesses and their liquidity and financial viability. The training must cover fundamental principles and processes, as well as provide hand-on exercises for solvency prediction/financial capability analysis. The training shall be conducted in Clearwater, FL during the May 14-16, 2002 time frame and in Long Beach, CA in the June 4-6, 2002 time frame. Approximately 25 DCMA students will need to be trained at each site. If the bidder provides the facilities as part of their cost and it remains within the funds available for this training, then the vendor?s location within the listed geographical areas would be considered. Training includes standardized materials (i.e., final lesson plans, instruction guides, appropriate handouts, exercises, participant guides/references, certificates). Topics that need to be covered in this financial analysis training include: How to read and interpret a company?s financial statements Standard Financial ratios- what they are and what they mean- include an exercise or demonstration on how to perform the most commonly used ratios. This must include how to compare the ratios within the same industry types. The contractor?s business base- the importance of knowing what constitutes it and what implications or influence the private work portion may have on the government work portion of the base. Cash Flow Analysis-How to review/analyze and what to look for as warning signs. Debt load and debt repayment- how do they affect the company short term and long term? Economic Analysis- Understanding how economic climates/conditions affect the contractor?s financial condition. Trend Analysis- review fundamentals and application Forecasting- Basic Principles of forecasting to apply to make a complete financial analysis /financial viability assessment of the company. Altman?s Z Score- Explain it?s use and the assumptions inherent in the model as well as how to consider it in the overall financial review? Dun and Bradstreet ratings- Understanding their rating information and how it is derived Risk Management Associates (RMA)-Understanding the comparisons and the application/use of the information. Any other related information used to make reliable financial analysis/assessments of a company?s financial condition. Ensure that topics and conditions relevant to both small, privately owned businesses as well as large publicly held companies are covered. 4. Plan of Instruction (POI). In addition to basic academic instruction on how to perform financial analysis, the contractor is to provide three case studies/ simulations to work through and analyze during the class that will contain and consider Government financing arrangements as part of the scenario in at least two of the cases. DCMA will provide input and feedback during the preparation of the case studies so that business-financing arrangements that are applicable to Government contracting are incorporated into at least two of the cases. Government Business financing arrangements to be used are progress payments, and advance payments. The contractor?s course content and case study/simulation exercises must be reviewed and accepted by DCMA. The contractor must submit the instruction plan content and case studies/simulations to the DCMA POC within 30 calendar days after contract award. DCMA will review and return acceptance or rejection within 20 calendar days after receipt of the plan. Comments for improvement will be supplied to the contractor if rejected and 10 calendar days will be allowed for correction/resubmission. 5. Deliverables: Training Aids. The contractor will provide training aids to reinforce the instruction to complement the lectures, specifically for the exercises and case studies. Training aids are considered to be materials presented as handouts to students with information that helps reinforce the learning process. There must be enough paper copies of the handouts to provide each student with a copy and to provide the DCMA POC an electronic copy, which must be formatted to be useable with DCMA standard software, Microsoft 2000 Office Suite. Deliverables, including the electronic copy will become Government property and will be used in the future as DCMA reference material. 6. Government- furnished Support: DCMA representatives will determine, find and book the facilities for the training and notify the contractor. 7. Qualifications: The successful bidder must be a recognized, reputable leader in the risk management industry for credit analysis, known for providing training and assessments for solvency predictions or credit risk ratings on various size companies. Furthermore, the bidder must have demonstrated capability in default probability and risk assessments. The successful bidder must be able to provide an instructor with proper credentials such as: Education: B.S. in Finance and MBA from accredited University, 5 years of experience in teaching financial analysis along with related business and accounting topics in a post secondary education level environment, plus documented practical experience in performing comprehensive financial analyses such as credit risk ratings or solvency predictions on private and publicly owned companies for a minimum of 4 years. Additionally, the instructor must be a good communicator in order to present information clearly and effectively to an audience of students comprised of diverse backgrounds. 8. Documentation: The contractor shall ensure that all deliverables are prepared in a clear and concise manner, properly formatted, spell checked, and grammatically correct. 9. Travel Cost: Travel and lodging costs will be included in the contractor?s offered price. 11. Period and Hours of Performance: Government employees normally have work hours that are between 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. For the period of this contract the contractor will adhere to those hours. (vii) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point: The week of May 14-16, 2002 in Clearwater, FL; and the week of June 4-6, 2002 in Long Beach, CA. (viii) FAR 52.212-1 (Oct 2000), Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial, applies to this acquisition. (ix) FAR provision 52.212-2 (Jan 1999), Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers in descending order of importance. 1) past performance ? minimum of three (3) references including complete address, point of contact, telephone and fax; 2) technical capability of the item offered to meet Government requirement and resumes for all individuals who will be performing the instructions; 3) price ? fixed price including travel cost (x) Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3 (Dec 2001), Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items and DFARS clause 252.212-7000 (Nov 1995), Offeror representations and certifications-Commercial Items (xi) FAR clause 52-212.4 (Dec 2001), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) FAR clause 52.212-5 (Dec 2001), Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, and DFARS clause 252.212-7001 (Nov 2001), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisition of Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. FAR clause 52.212-5 (Dec 2001) (b)(22) and 52.212 (l) apply. FAR clause 52.204-6 (June 1999) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and DFARS 252.204-7004 (Nov 2001), Required Central Contractor Registration, apply to this acquisition. (xiii) Additional contract requirements: not used. (xiv) not used. (xv) not used. (xvi) Submission of written quote is due on February 8, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. All responsible sources may submit a quotation that shall be considered by the agency. Quotes shall be submitted via fax at (703) 428-3579, Attention: Christine C. Jiongco, HQ DCMA Procurement Center (DCMAC-W). No telephonic responses will be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1) Clearwater, FL, 2) Long Beach, CA
- Zip Code: 33767&9080
- Country: U.S.A.
- Zip Code: 33767&9080
- Record
- SN20020126/00018244-020124210027 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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