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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 21, 2012 FBO #3862
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U -- TRAINING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE - Justification and Approval (J&A)

Notice Date

6/19/2012
 

Notice Type

Justification and Approval (J&A)
 

NAICS

611430 — Professional and Management Development Training
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veteran Affairs;SAO East;PCAE STL Contracting Officer;11152 South Towne Square;Saint Louis MO 63123
 

ZIP Code

63123
 

Archive Date

6/22/2012
 

Point of Contact

wanakee.strickland@va.gov
 

E-Mail Address

CONTRACT SPECIALIST
(Wanakee.Strickland@va.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Award Number

VA777-12-P-0395
 

Award Date

6/12/2012
 

Description

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Justification and Approval For Other Than Full and Open Competition 1.Contracting Activity Program Contracting Activity East - St. Louis VA Medical Center, Bldg. 2 #1 Jefferson Barracks, Drive St. Louis, MO 63125 2.Nature and/or Description of the Action Being Processed: EES plans to contract by means other than full and open competition for a Firm Fixed-Price contract. The proposed awardee is Creative Training Techniques International. 3.Description of Supplies/Services Required to Meet the Agency's Needs: EES requires sending five employees to the educational training event hosted by Creative Training Techniques International. Creative Training Techniques International will conduct it's branded conference training session for all of its registered participants on September 12th-14th, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. EES will be sending 5 employees to the conference that work at the Minneapolis Employee Education Resource Center (EERC). The estimated cost of this proposed acquisition is $4,975. 4.Statutory Authority Permitting Other than Full and Open Competition: ( X ) (5) Authorized or Required by Statute FAR 6.302-5; 5.Demonstration that the Contractor's Unique Qualifications or Nature of the Acquisition Requires the Use of the Authority Cited Above (applicability of authority): d. Authorized or Required by Statute (FAR 6.302-5) As a recognized expert in their field of expertise, Creative Training Techniques International has scheduled a training conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sept 12th -14th. They are the only vendor that offers the Creative Training International copy written training content. The content of this program meets the needs of EES and its EES employees that work at the Minneapolis, Minnesota EERC. The unique program content includes: Audience Response System Training (ARST), Converting to Web Based Training, Mentoring, Mobile Learning, Evidence based Learning, and Developing Case Studies. This material perfectly dovetails itself to both aligning the EES's desire of moving away from face to face conferences towards distance learning as well as it addresses employee performance gaps within the EERC employees. Also, according to Title 5 of the U.S. Code, Chapter 41 of Government Employee Training Act (GETA), allows the government to take advantage of all avenues, even those outside of government to train its employees. No competition is required. Paragraph 3 of Section 2 of the Act clearly states the intent. It states that "it is intended to improve public service, provide a more efficient workforce in the areas of expense and employee turnover and retain a well-educated workforce that is aware of developments in and out of government. From an administrative side, the intent is to provide uniform training and to ensure that all federal employees are treated equally in regard to job improvement". 6.Description of Efforts Made to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as deemed practicable Creative Training Techniques International is the copyright owner of this program/content and as such is the only vendor that is offering this work shop for end users. Due to the dollar amount this acquisition will not be synopsized in FedBizOpps as required in FAR 5.201. 7.Determination by the Contracting Officer that the Anticipated Cost to the Government will be Fair and Reasonable: This price for the conference has been discounted for government employees due to multiple attendees. This price is only available to government employees. 8.Description of the Market Research Conducted and the Results, or a Statement of the Reasons Market Research Was Not Conducted: The market research conducted searching GSA and Google and this is the only vendor offering locally the required training package (including: Audience Response System Training, Converting to Web Based Training, Mentoring, Mobile Learning, Evidence based Learning, and Developing Case Studies). 9.Any Other Facts Supporting the Use of Other than Full and Open Competition: This training is within local commuting distance for our employees so no travel funding will be expended. Local training opportunities targeted for our education professionals, such as this, are extremely rare. This training conference focuses on improving EES's mission and desire to meet the VHA educational outcomes by converting face-to-face learning into virtual training. 10.Listing of Sources that Expressed, in Writing, an Interest in the Acquisition: None. 11.A Statement of the Actions, if any, the Agency May Take to Remove or Overcome any Barriers to Competition before Making subsequent acquisitions for the supplies or services required: None, the vendor is the only source that provides this conference/training session. 12.Requirements Certification: I certify that the requirement outlined in this justification is a Bona Fide Need of the Department of Veterans Affairs and that the supporting data under my cognizance, which are included in the justification, are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. ______Calvin Mcneal_______________________ __5/31/12_____________ Date Calvin McNeal Administrative Officer MEERCs 13.Approvals in accordance with FAR 6.304 Contracting Officer's Certification: (required) I certify that the foregoing justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. ___Linda Eley________________________ __6/3/2012______________________ Date Contracting Office PCAE St Louis
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/1686f4f816d6b3d8150256777d7919b7)
 

Document(s)

Justification and Approval (J&A)
 

File Name: VA777-12-P-0395 VA777-12-P-0395_1.doc (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=375634&FileName=-1462.doc)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=375634&FileName=-1462.doc

 

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Record

SN02779416-W 20120621/120619234950-1686f4f816d6b3d8150256777d7919b7 (fbodaily.com)
 

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