SPECIAL NOTICE
U -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Elite Software, Counseling Training
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2020 4:07:09 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- Contracting Office
- FA3300 42 CONS CC MAXWELL AFB AL 36112-6334 USA
- ZIP Code
- 36112-6334
- Response Due
- 8/26/2020 7:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/10/2020
- Point of Contact
- Jerry Gould, Phone: 3349535530, Mark K. Restad, Phone: 3349533521
- E-Mail Address
-
jerry.gould.4@us.af.mil, mark.restad.1@us.af.mil
(jerry.gould.4@us.af.mil, mark.restad.1@us.af.mil)
- Description
- The 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL hereby gives NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE to the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT) to provide virtual reality counseling training to officer candidates at Air Force (AF) Officer's Training School (OTS) and Air Force Reserved Officer's Training Corps (AFROTC) detachments at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), in accordance with (IAW) the attached Statement of Work (SOW).� This is a follow-on to a previously developed program. Brief Description of Requirement: This proposed project will convert the Emergent Leader Immersive Training Environment (ELITE) counseling to a web-based application for the US Air Force (ELITE Air Force). There will be U.S. Air Force related updates to the underlying instructional design framework, Up-front Instruction (UFI), Animated Demonstration Videos (ADVs), and practice scenario content of the ELITE Counselingv1.0 application.� The vendor must provide scenario-based training via virtual reality technology to allow OTS and ROTC students to practice counseling skills, such as, communicating, listening, and empathy. � Vendor will provide the following support with; (1) Ability to track student progress using ELITE software (2) Have a staff development portion for future instructors to be able to practice their counseling skills with students. (3) Gear counseling scenarios toward the US Military and not just generic counseling scenarios, such as Absent Without Leave and repercussions of sexual harassment in the military. Period of Performance: 26 September 2020 - 25 September 2022 Base Period: 26 September 2020 � 25 September 2021 Option Period: 26 September 2021 � 25 September 2022 Place of Performance: Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex, AL The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 611430, Professional and Management Development Training. There will be no written solicitation issued. This is an intent to purchase a sole source procurement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 � Contracting by Negotiation. The contractor needs to be registered in the DoD System for Award Management (SAM).� Register via the SAM website https://www.sam.gov, and also be eligible to process invoices through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF).� Register via the WAWF website https://wawf.eb.mil. Those capable of meeting the requirement are requested to provide the following information in their response: 1) Current capability that demonstrates your company's ability to meet the above requirement, 2) Company name, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, type of business and size, Cage Code and DUNS number.� IMPORTANT NOTES: 1) Information submitted will not be returned to the respective respondents. Oral submissions of information are not acceptable and will not be accepted in response to this notice. 2) Respondents may respond via e-mail no later than 25 August 2020, 0900, Central Daylight Time (CDT) to Mr. Jerry W. Gould, jerry.gould.4@us.af.mil; (334) 953-5530 or Mr. Mark Restad at mark.restad.1@us.af.mil; (334) 953-3521. If no responsible, responsive offers are received by the above date, a sole source contract will be issued to USC ICT under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. �
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/728a4472f8ef42f5bfeb46abb391ec8b/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Montgomery, AL 36112, USA
- Zip Code: 36112
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 36112
- Record
- SN05766620-F 20200822/200820230148 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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