Defense Information Systems Agency, DITCO-NCR, 701 South Court House Road, Arlington, VA 22204-2199

U -- EDUCATION & TRAINING SERVICES SOL DCA100-98-Q-0063 DUE 081298 POC Mary Dalida, Contract Specialist, (703) 607-4607; George Robertson, Contracting Officer, (703) 607-4604) Fax (703) 607-4611 The Defense Information Systems Agency is soliciting quotations for educational services. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services is prepared in accordance with the format of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; PROPOSALS ARE BEING SOLICITED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Quotations are to be supplied to DITCO-NCR, Attn: DTN4 (Mary Dalida), 701 S. Court House Road Bldg. T-5, Arlington, VA 22204-2199 until 2PM (local time) 12 August 1998. Facsimile quotations are acceptable. This acquisition for educational services is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under solicitation DCA100-98-Q-0063. The acquisition is a total small business set-aside under SIC code 8299 with a size standard of $5M. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. The Governmentanticipates one award to be made from this solicitation. The Government requires each offeror to present a priced listing of the training for items 0001-0008. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUBMIT A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTRACTOR'S BUSINESS, ALONG WITH EXAMPLES OF RECENT PERFORMANCE OF OTHER GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS. THE DESCRIPTION SHALL INCLUDE PHONE NUMBERS AND NAMES FOR POINT OF CONTACT. THE DESCRIPTION SHALL BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IF NEEDED, TO VERIFY ACCEPTABLE PAST PERFORMANCE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO SUBMIT A COPY OF THE APPLICABLE PORTIONS OF THEIR COURSE CATALOG. The Government requires training in blocks of approximately one-week duration. A shorter period will not be sufficiently in-depth. A longer period will interfere with personnel availability. The following is a description of the training requirements for line items 0001 through 0008: Line item 0001, Windows NT Workstation and Server Course, for five individuals; requirements: Five days Monday through Friday 9:00AM to 4:30PM, course content: Provide comprehensive and practical knowledge of Windows NT components and capabilities. Includes hands-on training to implement and configure customer's system. Line item 0002, Windows NT4 Optimization on Troubleshooting, for five individuals; requirements: Five days Monday through Friday 9:00AM to 4:30PM, course content: Focus on real world NT issues faced in supporting new standard operating systems. Includes hands-on training in troubleshooting and managing the total NT environment. Line item 0003, Implementing Windows NT Security, for five individuals; requirements: Five days Monday through Friday 9:00AM to 4:30PM, course content: Focus on the security of Windows NT using Hands-on training on implementing and maintaining data and systems security for Windows NT environment. Line item 0004, Hands-on TCP/IP Internetworking on Windows NT, for five individuals; requirements: Four days Monday through Thursday 9:00AM through 4:30PM, course content: Provide hands-on training in installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting TCP/IP on Windows NT workstations to correctly locate WINS and DHCP servers on multiple subnets, to insure users can maintain connectivity with the NT servers. Line item 0005, Hands-on PC Configuration and Troubleshooting, for five individuals; requirements: Four days Monday through Thursday 9:00AM to 4:30PM, course content: Hands-on training on how to safely disassemble and reassemble a complete PC system, fix PC hardware and software problems, and install and configure hard disks, CD-ROMS, and other peripheral devices. Line item 0006, Advanced PC Configuration, Troubleshooting and Data Recovery, for five individuals; requirements: Four days Monday through Thursday 9:00AM to 4:30PM, course content: Hands-on instruction in basic data recovery, recovering files and directories, recovering from disk disasters, virus detection, prevention, and backing up of critical data systems. Line item 0007 Hands-on PC Networking, for five individuals; requirements: Four days Monday through Thursday 9:00AM to 4:30PM,course content: Hands-on instruction in using Windows NT, Netware and TCP/IP by providing an extensive LAN/WAN background for client systems personnel to adequately troubleshoot LAN/WAN problems. Line item 0008 Hands-on Intranetware: Netware 4.x Administration, for five individuals; requirements: Five days Monday through Friday 09:00 to 4:30PM, course content: Provide training to learn proper configuration of Novell Directory Services, manage Netware 4.1 workstation services, create user and group objects, use administration tools to manage user accounts, and manage Netware print services. The delivery schedule for these services will be a flexible schedule with class availability beginning 1 October 1998 through 30 September 1999. The Government and the Contractor will schedule a definitive time for each class at a mutually acceptable date. The Government will require evaluation of each class by individuals attending. The provisions at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to thisacquisition. The provisions at DFARS 252.204-7004,, Required Central Registration (CCR) and subparagraph(b)(1) applies to this acquisition; and is hereby incorporated by reference as follows: By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. The Government will award a contract, resulting from this solicitation, to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to this solicitation, is the lowest price and technically acceptable. The points of contact for information regarding this solicitation are Mary Dalida at (703) 607-4607 or George Robertson at (703) 607-4604. The FAR clause 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement States for Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation. The following additional FAR and DFARS clauses cited are applicable: FAR 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, DFARS 252.212-7001, 252.225-7001, and 252.225-7015. Posted 07/31/98 (W-SN231290). (0212)

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