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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 6,1998 PSA#221711th 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) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0088 19981106\R-0011.SOL)
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