U--Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts with Firm-Fixed Price Task Orders, Provide a full range of Training and Educational products, services and simulation for The Army Distributed Learning Program.

It is the intent of the Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Center - Ft Eustis, VA to contract for continued training tools and deliverables in support of the Army Distributed Learning Program for the U.S. Army Training Support Center (ATSC), Individual Training Support Directorate (ITSD), Fort Eustis, VA. The contractors shall provide Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation (ADDIE) training and education in accordance with the Systems Plan to Training process as described in TRADOC Regulation 350-70, Systems Plan to Training Management, Processes and Products. Training and education products ordered under these task orders will include courseware; reusable content objects (reusable computer or web delivered objects such as animation, 3D models, gaming scenarios for use as part of a course and reuse as needed in other courses), analysis products such as critical task analysis reports, training task data, learning objective data and knowledge and skills analysis data; and other training and education products such as scripts, narration, graphics, animations, lesson plans, training support packages and student guides. These contracts provide for many on-going initiatives and future development efforts to produce a coherent, integrated network of systems and strategies to ensure Soldiers and units are trained to meet Army needs. The Army Training System shall produce a full range of Training and Educational (T&E) products, services and simulation. These contracts will be used by the Army to develop T&E products for The Army Distributed Learning Program (ADLP). The ADLP provides T&E, which can be delivered anytime and anywhere, with or without an instructor. The Government contemplates awarding up to four (4) Multiple Awards of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts with Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Task Orders, but reserves the right to award more or less contracts depending on what is determined to be in the best interest of the Government. The requirement will be solicited as a full and open after exclusion of sources competition to eligible 8(a) contractors. All other firms are deemed ineligible to submit offers. The designated NAICS Code is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services, with a size standard of $25 million. The Government anticipates a contract length of one base year, plus four one year option periods. The solicitation will be issued as a request for proposal (RFP) utilizing FAR Part 15, lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. The Government anticipates release of the solicitation on or about 11 April 2011, with a projected closing date of 10 May 2011. These are projected dates and are subject to change. This solicitation and all amendments will be issued to Federal Business Opportunities Website (FedBizOpps) at http://www.fbo.gov/. REMINDER: This is not a Request for Proposal; only a Presolicitation Notice. A solicitation will be issued at a later date. All interested parties shall respond to that announcement once it is published. All correspondence and questions regarding the requirement shall be directed to Rick Shannon......via e-mail only......at ricky.shannon@us.army.mil.