SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- Analytical and Consultation Support
- Notice Date
- 2/20/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Washington Contracting Center (ACW), Attn: ACW Mail Stop D-6 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD, 20816-5003, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NP88G87025AS01
- Response Due
- 3/9/2007
- Archive Date
- 3/24/2007
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation will not be issued and proposal will not be requested. This is not a small business set aside. The National Geospatial ? Intelligence Agency intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source bases with Pherson Associates, Inc. 9902 Deerfield Pond Lane, Great Falls, VA 22066-2831. The Pherson Associates Inc. shall provide Analytical consultation support to the National Geospatial ? Intelligence agency?s (NGA) analysis and Production directorate (P), workforce Development and Tradecraft Office (PD), and the GEOINT quality Assurance Office. The contractor will assist NGA?s analysts on analytical tools and techniques, in direct support of the Analysis and Production directorate?s workforce Development and Tradecraft Program. The contractor will also provide support on Geospatial Intelligence Product Quality assurance, the by product of this analysis. Contractor will provide direct structured analytical consultation and overall quality assessments of NGA?s analytical processes and products against defined operational requirements and priorities. Contractor must be cleared at the TS/SCI level. The contractor shall provide ONE Analytical Consultant to accomplish the following work: ? Conduct five (5) analytical workshops, coordinated with NGA?s Workforce Development and Tradecraft Office, to NGA analysts. ? Provide NGA analysts with training on the effective use of structured analytic tools and techniques. ? Provide training manuals addressing the potential utility of each analytic tool and technique. ? Work with NGA management and senior analysts to develop an agenda appropriate for each workshop to ensure instruction is tailored to NGA specific needs. ? Provide experience methodologists and tools instructors to familiarize the team with the ?Analysis of Competing Hypothesis? and how to apply this methodology to substantive issues. ? Support NGA case studies, assisting the NGA workforce in understanding the use of analytical tools and the creation of training modules building upon NGA ? specific analytic issues. The contractor shall provide TWO Principal consultants to accomplish the following work: ? Provide support to PQ?s Quality review Program. ? Perform sampling of published analytical products for review and feedback. ? Create quality standard checklist. ? Assist in the publication of ?how-to? guides for use by NGA analysts. ? Identify exemplary products for emulation. ? Provide content for PQ?s ?Quality? website and parallel publications and internal marketing materials. ? Provide periodic impact reviews (the products development, tradecraft quality, and impact the product had on customers and the Intel community). ? Support the work of the quality review Team, including the development of marketing materials and publications, quality standards, and support to the Office of the Inspector General. ? Work with other NGA offices to ensure that Quality Assurance activities are prioritized, coordinated, and completed on schedule. ? Represent the quality Assurance Office at scheduled and ad-hoc meetings. ? Provide technical guidance on NGA analysis and production systems that support the analytical programs. ? Keep abreast of NGA developmental projects in order to provide planning and scheduling information to the Quality Assurance Office. ? Provide weekly and periodic status reports. ? Service must be provided during NGA?s core business hours of a 40-hour week. Some overtime may be required, particularly during crisis situations A firm fixed price contract is contemplated for one-year base and one 12 month option year. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis within 15 days after this notice is posted. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. No electronic or facsimile submission or collect calls will be accepted. For deliver though the Postal Service, the address is National Geospatial ? Intelligence Agency 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD 20816 MS: D-6 Point of Contact Harriet Saulsbury, Contract Specialist, phone 301 227-6644, Fax 301 227-5759, email saulsburyh@nga.mil
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Geospatial - Intellignce Agency, 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, Md
- Zip Code: 20816
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20816
- Record
- SN01235429-W 20070222/070220223026 (fbodaily.com)
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