SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- OII RFI SEED TQP - Attachments
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Education, Contracts & Acquisitions Management, Contracts (All ED Components), 550 12th Street, SW, 7th Floor, Washington, District of Columbia, 20202
- ZIP Code
- 20202
- Solicitation Number
- OII_RFI_SEED_TQP
- Point of Contact
- Endrias Leuleseged, Phone: 2022456171, Ryan Battad, Phone: 2022456527
- E-Mail Address
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endrias.leuleseged@ed.gov, ryan.battad@ed.gov
(endrias.leuleseged@ed.gov, ryan.battad@ed.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Scope of Work Market Research on TQP Evaluation Meta Analysis U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) General Information: This SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE and REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) is for market research and planning purposes only and shall not be considered to be an obligation by the Government to acquire any products or services. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. Responses to this notice are requested to include the following: a) Company name: b) Address: c) Point of contact: d) Number of employees: e) Gross annual receipts: f) Previous contract(s) performing same or similar services as identified in this notice, to include contract type (FFP,T&M,etc.); overall contract value; Agency/Business Entity contracted with; brief overview of services performed: g) Capability statement that addresses the organizations' qualifications and ability to perform as a prime contractor for the work described in the attached SOO. h) GSA Holder? If yes, GSA Contract number: i) Are you a small business/large business/not-for-profit/Educational Institute: i) Are you a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business (Yes/No): j) Are you a certified HubZone Small Business (Yes/No): k) Are you a Woman Owned Small Business (Yes/No): Page limit for capability statements and responses for each PWS/SOW to fifteen 15 pages, single spaced, and 12 point font (excluding tables). Please submit two(2) separate responses and clearly label each response. The capability statements must demonstrate vendors' ability to perform the requirements outlined below. Please address each in the order listed. Interested vendors are to respond to sections below in the order provided below. 1. Describe your ability and experience meeting the objectives identified in the attached documents and provide examples, if possible. Please identify two recent Government or other commercial experiences relevant to this sources sought notice (include contract number, role in the effort (i.e., prime contractor or subcontractor), date, scope, duration, client, and primary consumer audience, and contracting agency contact). This can be included in chart form, single-spaced, minimum 10-point font. For each experience, please indicate direct role(s) in the project. 2. Discuss your technical expertise and experience with the work described in the draft PWS/SOW 3. Identify any areas of risk to achieving the objectives and how your organization would minimize those risks. In addition, vendors are asked to provide feedback on whether or not they believe they can realistically accomplish the work in a firm fixed price environment or they believe this work better fits a time and materials environment. Also, identify any additional information you may require in order to propose a reasonable price ceiling for the T&M tasks, and/or provide a reasonable fixed price quote for the fixed price tasks. 4. Interested parties are requested to submit comments regarding the attached documents and identify competition barriers. Also, please identify which tasks you would subcontract, and to what size of business you would subcontract it to (whether Large or Small business). Please include the rationale for subcontracting that specific work. Please note that this information may help identify the viability of a set-aside acquisition strategy. 5. Please identify and describe any areas in them you believe to be missing, in need of clarification, or needs further explanation. The Government will review each capability statement based on the interested party's demonstrated qualifications, capabilities, expertise, experience and past performance for market research purposes. Responses to this RFI will be accepted via e-mail to the address listed below. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation. Capability statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date. Due Date for Capability Submission: Interested parties having the capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements may submit capability statements via email to Endrias Leuleseged, endrias.leuleseged@ed.gov with a cc: to Ryan Battad, Ryan.Battad@ed.gov by 3:00 PM EST on March 15, 2017. Capability statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date. DISCLAIMER: PARTICIPATION IN THE MARKET RESEARCH IN NO WAY INFLUENCES THE SOURCE SELECTION FOR THESE SERVICES. This is not an invitation for bid, request for proposal or other solicitation. The sole purpose of this Notice is to obtain capabilities for procurement planning purposes. This Notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract nor does the Government intend to directly pay for any information or responses submitted as the result of this Notice. Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this Notice will be the outcome of the competitive process.
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