SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- Project Management Training
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- 935 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20535
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- 0241090
- Response Due
- 3/16/2010
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2010
- Point of Contact
- Name: Charles Jackson, Title: Contracting Officer, Phone: 202-324-7805, Fax: 202-324-8031
- E-Mail Address
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charles.jackson@ic.fbi.gov;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Bids are being solicited under solicitation number 0241090. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; bids are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein. If your company can provide the product/services listed on the solicitation and comply with all of the solicitation instructions, please respond to this notice. To view the specifications, please go to www.FedBid.com and reference Buy No. 177079. GSA Schedule Bids Only: Sellers bidding on this opportunity MUST have the items requested on an existing GSA Schedule. The Schedule must either be in the Seller's name or the Seller must be able to document its ability to act as an agent of a partner's Schedule. Sellers must not bid more than their applicable contract ceiling price, excluding the FedBid Fee, for contract-specific items. If FedBid receives notice that, due to inclusion of the FedBid Fee, the Selected Bid's line item pricing is higher than the Selected Seller's applicable published government contract pricing, the FedBid Fee will be reduced to ensure the Selected Bid's line item pricing does not exceed the Selected Seller's applicable contract pricing. Sellers may offer Open Market items only in accordance with the approved Terms and Conditions of their respective GSA Schedule AND upon approval from the soliciting Contracting Officer. Information regarding GSA Schedules can be found at www.GSA.gov. This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified sellers may submit bids. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2010-03-16 14:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Multiple shipping information. The Federal Bureau of Investigation requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: LI 001, 2-Day Intermediate Level Project Management Training ClassAugust 10-11, 2010J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, DC 205358:30am to 5pm each dayClassroom size is no more than 20 students, 1, EA; For this solicitation, Federal Bureau of Investigation intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. A Seller may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Federal Bureau of Investigation is taking this action in an effort to improve both seller access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time bids. All responsible Sellers that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com. Sellers that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Sellers that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Sellers may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should Sellers require additional clarification, contact FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com. Use of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. Bid MUST be good for 30 calendar days after close of Buy. Shipping must be free on board (FOB) destination CONUS (Continental U.S.), which means that the seller must deliver the goods on its conveyance at the destination specified by the buyer, and the seller is responsible for the cost of shipping and risk of loss prior to actual delivery at the specified destination. Offeror must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database before an award can be made to them. If the offeror is not registered in the CCR, it may do so through the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov. No partial shipments are permitted unless specifically authorized at the time of award. Performance under this contract may require access to FBI locations to provide some service, product, or perform some other official function of interest to the FBI. Requirements, as identified below, to include approval by the FBI's Security Division, must be satisfied prior to access. Contractor's who will require escorted access, to include short-term, intermittent, or infrequent access, to an FBI facility must complete an "Access of Non-FBI Personnel to FBI Facilities, Background Data Information, "(FD 816)", a "Privacy Act of 1974 Acknowledgment Form" (FD 484) and two Fingerprint Cards (FD 258). Completed forms should be provided to the assigned Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) at least 10 days prior to required access. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Proposal, Past Performance, and Price. These factors are listed in descending order of importance. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are significantly more important than price. Offerors shall attach their proposal to this Fedbid buy. Offerors shall enter a bid price to Fedbid. Access to FBI facilities and information is subject to specific security and suitability requirements. The FBI reserves the right and prerogative to deny and/or restrict facility and information access of any contractor employee determined by the FBI, at any time during performance, to be unsuitable for access and/or present a risk of compromising sensitive government information to which he or she would have access to under this contract. Contractors will be allotted a reasonable amount of time, determined by the government, to replace the employee found not suitable for continued contract performance. Failure to replace the employee may result in a no cost termination for cause by the government. Individuals requiring unescorted access to an FBI facility must complete Standard Form (SF86), Questionnaire for National Security Positions, using the Office of Personnel Management's Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) and provide two FD258s. eQIP is a secure website that can be accessed from any computer system which has an Internet connection. Only the signed release forms and FD 258 will need to be mailed to the identified Chief Security Officer, the SF 86 itself will be transmitted to the FBI electronically. To complete the SF 86 using eQIP, the individual requiring unescorted access to the FBI facility must contact (TBD) in order to be initiated into eQIP. Once this action has been accomplished, the individual should be able to access eQIP at the following link in order to initiate and complete the electronic process: http://www.opm.gov/e-qip/browser-check.asp. Thoroughly read and follow the instructions for completing the SF 86. NOTE: To fully address suitability/security issues, the FBI requires individuals to provide responses to questions on the SF 86 for the last ten years. Failure to complete the application as instructed may lead to significant delays in processing the required investigation and approval for unescorted access. Upon logging onto eQIP, there will be a prompt to answer three "Golden" security questions to establish the user account. After completing the electronic SF 86, please print and sign the (1) Certification Form (CER)-Certify Completeness and Accuracy of your Investigation Request; (2) Medical Release Form (MEL) - Authorization for Release of Medical Information; and (3) Release Form (REL) - Authorization for Release of Information. In addition to these SF 86 release forms, the completion of a Non-Personnel Consent to Release Information (FD-979a), the United States Department of Justice Disclosure and Authorization Pertaining to Consumer Reports (DOJ 555) are required. Annotation of the assigned eQIP Investigation Request Number on the upper right corner of each document transmitted to the identified Chief Security Officer is required for coordination with the electronic transmission and to facilitate the investigative process. The eQIP Investigation Request Number, automatically generated by eQIP, is located on both the header and footer of the signature forms. These release forms (five total) and FD 258 should be mailed via Federal Express or UPS Express mail directly to the following address: (TBD). The use of regular U.S. mail channels may cause significant delays in processing the unescorted access request. Upon completion of processing the facility access request, the individual will be required to execute a non-disclosure agreement suitable for their approved access. The course shall address the following project management topic areas:1) Explain fundamental project management concepts2) Develop a project charter3) Create a team operating agreement4) Develop a project management plan5) Create a communications management plan6) Develop a work breakdown structure7) Create a realistic schedule8) Complete project activities given a project budget9) Prepare for change to a project baseline10) Develop a risk plan11) Develop a performance measurement baseline12) Monitor and report project status13) Close out a project and capture lessons learned14) Create an on-the-job action plan The course shall have a combination of the following formats:1) Presentation2) Class Exercises3) Case Studies4) Final Exam The offeror and instructor shall be certified to issue Professional Development Units. A certificate of course completion shall be provided for each student.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/FBI/FedBid/0241090/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Multiple shipping information.
- Zip Code: Multiple
- Zip Code: Multiple
- Record
- SN02086520-W 20100311/100309234538-638ef6b622a2c8ccf27dcdfaec241576 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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