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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 6,1998 PSA#2217

11th Contracting Squadron, 110 Luke Ave, Room 200, Bolling AFB, DC 20332-0305

R -- SUPPORT FOR THE GENERAL OFFICER CAREER MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SOL F4964299QN003 DUE 111998 POC Natalie A. Bedwell (Contract Specialist) at (202) 767-7932 or Janice K. McConaha (Contracting Officer) at (202) 767-8095 The 11th Contracting Squadron intends to compete a simplified acquisition purchase order for support services for the Air Force General Officer Career Management Course to be held in Washington DC. This project is a 100% small business set-aside. However, if we don't receive two or more qualified small business offers, this request will be opened up for full & open competition. Conference dates for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4rth quarter of FY 99 are to be determined. IAW this solicitation, the contract award will be based upon a "Best Value" approach which will permit the Government to make tradeoffs and to accept other than the lowest priced offer. Each offer will be compared against the Performance Work Statement and the evaluation criteria (provided below). The evaluation of the technical offers and resumes will be accomplished by a Technical Evaluation Panel. An offer found deficient in the required technical criteria may be considered unacceptable and rejected in its entirety. An overall rating of theoffer as acceptable is required for contract award. Evaluators will assess the offers as either "acceptable" or "unacceptable", which are defined as follows: (a) Acceptable: Offeror meets the minimum standards as stated in the solicitation. (b) Unacceptable: Offeror does not meet the minimum standards as stated in the solicitation. Additionally, information may be requested from an offeror. When requested, additional information is to clarify or resolve deficient areas. To determine the best value, the Government will evaluate offers based on the following evaluation factors in descending order of importance: Technical (with the following subfactors listed in descending order of importance: key personnel, and then technical and corporate capabilities and management (which are equal in importance) and Price. PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT: GENERAL INFORMATION: SCOPE OF WORK. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform an informative Career Management Seminar for U.S. Air Force General Officers as defined in this performance work statement (PWS). The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract as required (Not to Exceed four conferences). CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL: Contract Manager. The contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate or alternates who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent, shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer prior to the contract start date. The contractor must possess the following minimum qualifications: A. Must be present the entire seminar, B. Must have a Master's Degree in any subject area, C. Must have a minimum of three years experience counseling general officers or senior corporate executives, specifically related to out-placement services, D. Must have had prior senior military officer duty (0-6 or higher, active or reserve) or have briefers who do, E. Must have hada minimum of ten years active duty military leadership experience, F. Must have a minimum of five years experience as a senior executive in a public or private corporation. The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available during normal duty hours to meet government personnel (designated by the contracting officer) to discuss urgent contract issues. The contract manager and alternate or alternates must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Contractor Employees. The contractor shall not employ persons for work on this contract if such employee is identified to the contractor by the contracting officer as a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being, or operational mission of the installation and its population. Contractor personnel shall present a neat appearance and be easily recognized as contractor employees. The contractor and all briefers should be dressed in professional business attire at all times. The contractor shall not employ any person who is an employee of the United States Government if employing that person would create a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest. Additionally, the contractor shall not employ any person who is an employee of the Department of the Air Force, either military or civilian, unless such person seeks and receives approval according to DoDR 5500.7, Joint Ethics Regulations (JER). The contractor shall not employ any person who is an employee of the Department of the Air Force if such employment would be contrary to the policies in AFI 64-106, Air Force Industrial Labor Relations Activities. The contractor is cautioned that off-duty active military personnel hired under this contract may be subject to permanent change of station, change in duty hours, or deployment. Military Reservists and National Guard members may be subject to recall to active duty. The abrupt absence of these personnel could adversely affect the contractor's ability to perform, however, their absence at any time shall not constitute an excuse for non-performance under this contract. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR): The COR will act as the Contracting Officer's Representative for technical matters, providing technical direction and discussion, as necessary, with respect to monitoring progress, and quality of performance. The COR is not a Contracting Officer and does not have the authority to direct the accomplishment of an effort that is beyond this Performance Work Statement (PWS). The COR will verify contractor performance based on customer complaints submitted during the Career Management Seminars. The contractor shall provide some method of customer feedback. DEFINITIONS: GENERAL DEFINITIONS: Problems. Any nonconformance with requirements specified in the PWS. Defective Service. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance specified in the contract for that service. CONTRACTOR-FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES: GENERAL INFORMATION. Except for those items or services specifically stated as government-furnished, the contractor shall furnish everything needed to perform this contract according to all its terms. The following mentioned requirements are not all inclusive of the contractor-furnished items and services required in the performance of this contract. The contractor shall: A. Develop and present a curriculum that includes, but is not limited to, the following: Pre-seminar survey form (to develop an audience profile), Career goals, Psychological and job interests, Translating military background into civilian terminology, Skills assessment, Personal Financial planning, Spouse-focused issues, Resume preparation, Networking, Job search methods, Proper civilian senior executive attire, Post-interview actions, Case studies of general officers who have transitioned successfully, Legal/policy constraints unique to general officers, and Inclusion of select military speakers (coordinated with AFGOMO 30 days prior). B. The contractor shall provide the seminar facility, including setup and necessary support equipment, which includes all audiovisual support, screens, view graph machine(s), flip charts, administrative equipment, professional place cards (tent style), and name tags. This equipment will be furnished during the entire period of the seminar even for briefers not scheduled by the contractor. AFGOMO reserves the right to also schedule briefers to fill time during this seminar. If those scheduled by AFGOMO also require audiovisual support, administrative equipment, etc., the contractor will be responsible for providing this equipment as well. C. Facility size should be adequate to seat approximately 15 participants and attending spouses (not to exceed 35 people). The contractor shall provide (and include in the total contract cost) light refreshments in the morning (i.e., coffee, juice, assorted pastries) and in the afternoon (i.e. tea, soft drinks, cookies, crackers, fruit). All menu items must be coordinated through AFGOMO. D. Conduct career transition seminars as scheduled in this PWS. The seminar will be conducted over a consecutive five (5) day period, normally starting with first day service-specific briefings and financial overview (the day one briefers will be provided by AFGOMO, but all audiovisual support for these briefers must be supplied by the contractor details and requirements will be worked through AFGOMO). The following days will include the contractors four (4) day seminar portion. Each seminar will be approximately eight (8) hours per day. All seminars will be conducted exclusively in the Washington D.C. area, inside the beltway (location to be approved by AFGOMO). Each seminar shall consist of approximately 15 general officers (and their spouses) who are nearing or planning for retirement. AFGOMO will provide a list of attendees to the contractor no later than thirty (30) days prior to seminar. E. The contractor shall develop and design a pre-seminar survey. This survey shall be designed and mailed to all attendees (twenty-one [21] days prior to the seminar) to gather information from seminar participants regarding career goals, retirement goals, special interest, work experience, individual concerns, etc. The contractor shall mail pre-seminar surveys to participants prior to the seminar so that results from surveys may be incorporated into the seminar material. F. Concurrent with the seminar, the contractor shall conduct an individual counseling session with each seminar participant (and spouse, as applicable). These counseling sessions shall include the following, as a minimum: 1. In-depth resume critiques with the goal of near final results, 2. An assessment of each participant's skills and experiences to identify professional "strengths" to highlight/stress in the job search process, 3. An in-depth review of the results of psychological and job interest/aptitude inventory administered by the contractor to direct participant into areasof interest and qualification. G. The contractor shall develop and design a post-seminar evaluation form as a means of determining course effectiveness. This evaluation shall include topics such as determination of overall course effectiveness, strong points, suggestions for seminar improvement, weak points, general comments, etc. H. The contractor shall provide up to two hours of "follow-on" services (telephonic or in person) for each seminar participant for a period not to exceed six (6) months following seminar completion. Follow-on services provided by the contractor shall be measured in increments of ten minutes and shall not exceed two hours per person. Follow-on services provided in excess of two hours are not chargeable to the government. Possible follow-on topics include, but are not limited to: Skills assessment, Resume and cover letter updates, Job search methods, including professional employment services/advertisements, Interviewing techniques, and Civilian salary scales and salary negotiations.I. The contractor shall develop and design a "post-seminar report" based on the results of the seminar evaluation responses. The contractors post-seminar report shall address evaluation responses including "lessons learned" and proposed corrective action when deficiencies have been identified. J. The contractor shall submit a monthly report listing the number of seminar participants requesting "follow-up" counseling services as set forth in this contract and the number of hours per participant. Report information shall be grouped according to the seminar the participants attended. Reports shall be submitted to AFGOMO. The period of performance will be from date of contract award through 30 Sep 99. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. All interested parties are to request a copy of the Schedule and Contract Data Requirements List (DD Form 1423-2) prior to submitting your offer. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Offer Number F49642-99-QN003. All offers, schedules, and resumes are due no later than noon eastern standard time on 19 Nov 98. The following FAR Clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.252-2 (Clauses Incorporated by Reference); 52.213-1 (Fast Payment Procedure); 52.213-4 (Terms and Conditions Simplified Acquisitions {Other than Commercial Items}); 52.222-3 (Convict Labor); 52.222.26 (Equal Opportunity); 52.232-1 (Payments); 52.232-25 (Prompt Payment); 52.232-33 (Electronic Funds Transfer Payment Methods); 52.233-1 (Disputes); 52.246-1 (Inspection Requirements); and 52.246-16 (Responsibility for Supplies). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical (with the following subfactors listed in descending order of importance: key personnel, and then technical and corporate capabilities and management (which are equal in importance) and Price. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (End of Provision). Authority is 10 USC 2304(c)(1). The SIC Code assigned to this project is 8299. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Please fax your offer to Natalie Bedwell (Contract Specialist) or Janice K. McConaha (Contracting Officer), 11 CONS/LGCN, at (202) 767-7814. Posted 11/04/98 (W-SN268566). (0308)

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