U -- HOMEPORT TRAINING FOR NAVY PERSONNEL IN THE PASCAGOULA/GULFPORT, MS FLEET CONCENTRATION AREA (FCA)

Notice Date

October 19, 2000

Contracting Office

Naval Air Warfare Center TSD, Code 257, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando FL 32826-3275

ZIP Code

32826-3275

Solicitation Number

N61339-01-Q-294R

Response Due

December 4, 2000

Point of Contact

Karen Henderson at (407) 381-8781 or Steven Ograyensek at (407) 380-8093

E-Mail Address

Click here to correspond with the Contract Specialist. (HendersonKD@navair.navy.mil)

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation N61339-00-Q-294R is issued as a request for quote and incorporates the provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-20. This solicitation is not a small business set aside. The NAICS Code for this solicitation is 61121 with a size standard of $5.0M. This combined synopsis/solicitation is to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for a five year period to provide local alternative training sources for responsive, quality training to Navy personnel in the in the Pascagoula/ Gulfport, MS, Fleet Concentration Area (FCA). The service to be purchased under this BPA is a proficiently trained student meeting the performance and course completion standards as determined by the Navy Local Training Authority (LTA). The training provided by the BPA Holder will encompass the course scope and learning objectives identified in Attachments A-D to Purchase description 00280. (See URL at bottom.) The course may be a Government approved vendor's standard, non-modified course, or the Government furnished course tailored to the vendor's instructional methods and strategies. The BPA Holder shall provide the personnel, supervision, management, materials and equipment, and instructional technology needed to conduct training of Navy and civilian personnel in the Shipboard Barber (A-840-0013), Food Service Administration (A-800-0015), Food Service Management/ Automated Recordkeeper (A-800-0027), and Disbursing Clerk Afloat Auto. Pay Specialist (A-542-0015) described in Attachments A-D, and to the specified completion criteria identified within the course objectives. Class scheduling is based upon an eight-hour working day. The BPA Holder shall adhere to the class length allocated for each course class as identified in PD Table A or as negotiated with the LTA. Classes shall be conducted Mondays through Fridays excluding Government Holidays unless otherwise approved by the LTA. The Shipboard Barber class length is 20 days and class size estimated at 6. The Food Service Administration class length is 25 days, estimated class size is 6. The Food Service Management class length is 9 days, estimated class size is 4. The Disbursing Clerk Pay Specialist class length is 25 days, estimated class size is 4. One convening of each course is estimated for each year. The Government will provide initial copies of Government Furnished Information (GFI) and materials identified in paragraph 2.1 of the Purchase Description (PD) and will include the course's performance standards and/or completion criteria. Student course materials consist of approximately: 80 pages per student per class for Shipboard Barber, 220 pages per student per class for Food Service Administration, 100 pages per student per class for Food Service Management, and 260 pages per student per class for Disbursing Clerk Pay Specialist. BPA Holders shall keep the instruction current with the latest technology procedures and standards of the course(s) being offered. The BPA Holder shall be responsible for updates and modifications to the course to meet training proficiency standards and for accomplishing any tailoring needed for compliance or compatibility to BPA Holder instructional methods and strategies for training Navy personnel. In cases where course modifications are accomplished by the Navy to maintain concurrency with equipment changes or procedures, course revisions will be provided to the BPA Holder by the LTA. The BPA Holder instructors shall possess at least the minimum qualifications required by nationally acceptable industry or academic standards for certification as an instructor in their field of expertise per course requirements. Certification credentials shall be provided with vendor's proposal. Additionally, each BPA Holder's instructors shall undergo the Navy instructor qualification process as identified in the LTA Manual for non-traditional training. BPA Holder instructors shall be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). CPR Certification must be achieved within two months after award of the BPA or as agreed upon between BPA Holder and LTA. No Government furnished classroom facilities are provided for the conduct of any course. The BPA Holder's facilities shall be within one hour driving distance from the Pascagoula Naval Station, MS. The BPA Holder facility shall be of adequate size/space and equipped with appropriate training equipment and materials to conduct the training, and shall have acceptable environmental conditions (heat/air) normally found in an academic setting, utilities, and support to ensure undistracted and productive training. No Government furnished equipment will be provided under this BPA. Interested vendors address the following Factors: a. Accreditation. Identify your institution's accreditation and how it meets recognized academic or industry standards. Submit a copy of your accreditation/ certification status with this proposal/response. If your accreditation or certification is pending, so state and identify the date anticipated. (Note that upon award of/entering into an agreement with the Navy, a copy of your accreditation letter or form must be sent to the Navy LTA.) b. Vendor understanding of the Navy courses and skills/competency requirements. Identify by CIN and course title the courses in which your institution wishes to provide instruction. Additionally, describe your understanding of the Navy courses you propose to teach and the skills and competency requirements to be attained through each course. c. HPT Transition Strategy. Describe your institution's strategy/ approach to how it will prepare for and when it can commence training of the courses it proposes to instruct. Identify the instructor qualification, preparation plan. Identify the time required to be ready to instruct the first class in each course. Identify the necessary interface with the Navy LTA and NAWCTSD PJM to ensure instructor qualifications are met, to verify you are ready to commence training, and to report class status and attendance. d. HPT Course Curriculum. Identify whether your institution proposes to use the Government Furnished Course(s) or your commercial curriculum, as approved by the Navy, that meets the Navy course learning objectives. If your institution's curriculum is proposed for training Navy personnel, identify how it meets or exceeds the competence skills required of each course proposed, and your approach to obtaining Navy approval of the course. e. Curriculum Changes/ Recommendations. Describe your process of how courses will be identified to the Navy for change, and the plan for maintaining concurrency of instruction. f. Vendor Instructor Qualification. Identify if your institution either has on staff or proposes to provide instructors possessing the academic and experience qualifications required to maintain its accreditation or certification status. Identify if proposed instructors possess Navy experience and NEC in the course(s) being offered. Describe your partnership approach with the Navy and your strategy of instructor qualification that meets your institution's Governing accreditation standards, and prepares the instructors for assuming training of Navy students. Identify your approach for having your instructors receive training in Navy Core values and sexual harassment that meets the guidelines of the LTA Manual for NTT sites. g. Vendor Facilities/Class convenings/size. Identify your institution's proposed facilities. Identify the distance, in driving time, of your facility from Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion during rush hour traffic. Also identify the number of class convenings per year, FY2001 through FY2005, and class size for each course your institution proposes to offer instruction. h. Academic Credit, license, Certificate. Identify the college credit that will be offered to Navy students for each course proposed and to what type degree such credit may be applied. Identify the basic formula by which the number of credit hours will be applied for lecture versus laboratory classes. If no college credit is offered, identify the type of license or certification your institution can provide a student completing the course of instruction. j. Cost and escalation. (1) Identify the cost per student per class for each HPT course you wish to instruct (or total class cost in instances where you provide a class at a total cost vice by student). Cost is to include all tuition, fees, labs, materials, and such. Identify course materials, kits, books, and such separately from the tuition and lab fees. Identify any costing strategy such as your breakeven point that must be charged for low class size and what the charge per student would be above that breakeven point. Also, the BPA holder will provide all instructional materials required beyond any government furnished initial copies of lesson outlines, course objectives, instructor and student guides, and special handouts. (2) Identify your projected cost escalation over five years from FY 2001 through FY 2005. Identify what the class cost and materials would be each year for each course being proposed. k. Past Performance. Provide examples of past/present experience in training military personnel or to the general public. l. Payment will be by Government Purchase Card. Does your institution accept credit cards for course payment? m.Provide complete institution name/address/point of contact/phone. The following FAR/DFARS provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1, 52.212-2, the following evaluation factors apply: technical capability and past performance when combined are of equal importance to price in determining the best value to the Government. Past performance is less important than technical. Technical factors are your institution's technical competence, instructor' capabilities, training capabilities, and college credit, in descending order. The Government reserves the right to award to multiple offerors in the event one offeror cannot meet the requirements or multiple awards presents the best value to the Government. FAR 52.212-3, (if your institution is NOT FOR PROFIT, disregard paragraph (c), otherwise these paragraphs apply to all offerors: (b), (c),(1)(2)(3), (d), (e) and (h). 52.212-4 (paragraph (i) applies, however, payment is by credit card, and paragraph (m) does not apply). 52.212-5(DEV). The following DFARS clauses apply: 252.212-7000 (clauses 252.227-7015, 252.243-7002 apply),and 252.212-7001. Vendor is required to submit completed copies of FAR 52.212-3 and DFAR 252-212-7001 with their quote. The DPAS rating for this solicitation is N/A. Quotes are due at NAWCTSD, Attn: Karen Henderson, NLT close of business, 1600 hours EST, 4 December 2000, and may be sent by FAX to (407) 380-4164. Quote to be received by closing date. Copies of the Purchase Description Attachments, (Attachment A: Shipboard Barber,; Attachment B: Food Service Administration; Attachment C: Food Service management Automated Records keeper; and Attachment D: Disbursing Clerk Afloat Automated Pay Specialist), Learning Objectives, Course outline and Resource Requirements List,can be requested in hard copy from Karen Henderson at (407) 381-8781.

Web Link

Click on Open Acquisition, then SAP RFQ under Document (http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/EBusiness/BusOps/BusOps.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001023/USOL007.HTM (W-293 SN5047E4)