Training and Analysis Support Services

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)/Solicitation for the acquisition of Contractor instructional, training, and assessment support services that will take place primarily at USCG Training Centers throughout the United States. Contractor support services include performance analysis, instructional systems development (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation), training support services and training delivery. The USCG intends to award a Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with a five (5) year ordering period. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 611519 - Other Technical and Trade Schools, the applicable small business size standard is $15M. This acquisition will be a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside. The policies and procedures of FAR Part 15 will be used. Selection under this solicitation shall be based on the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value for the Government using the tradeoff approach. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO MAKE AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS. All Offerors must have a active Top Secret level or higher facility clearance level for the prime, and for sub-contractors proposed to perform classified work at a level equal to or higher for work they are being proposed to perform (pending facility clearances will not be considered compliant and will be considered a technical deficiency). This will be an electronic solicitation released on FedBizOpps. Proposals shall be submitted electronically through FedBizOpps. No hard copy proposals will be accepted. It is anticipated the solicitation will be released between 15 days of this notice through on or about 25 JAN 2016. The Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Planning Forecast System (http://apfs.dhs.gov/) number for this effort is F2014024664. This effort is not for information technology services. A sources sought under number HSCG23-14-I-PFC999 was posted on 15 July 2014. The work forecast under F2014021557 for Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) is not part of this solicitation. The ADL requirement will be solicited separately, please continue to monitor either FBO or GSA E-Buy for that requirement. Questions related to that procurement will not be addressed in response to this solicitation. The incumbent is Lockheed Martin. Contract number HSCG23-11-DBT000 with a ceiling of $86,477,077. Further information concerning contract HSCG23-11-D-DBT000, including information related to all task orders and modifications can be found on the flowing links: Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDSNG): https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?desc=N&sortBy=WHO_CAN_USE_ORDER&s=FPDSNG.COM&q=hscg2311ddbt000+PIID%3A%22HSCG2311DDBT000%22+PIID%3A%22HSCG2311DDBT000%22&indexName=icdindex&templateName=1.4.4 The previous solicitation (HSCG23-10-R-DBT000) can be found on FedBizOpps at the following link. https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/USCG/GACS/HSCG23-10-R-DBT000/listing.html USASpending.gov: https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/Default.aspx All future information concerning this acquisition will be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring these sites to ensure you have the most up to date information about this acquisition. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov.