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Solicitation No: FA8201OnLineTraining Libraries Notice Type: Sources Sought This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS for INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY; it is not a solicitation. Intent of this Sources Sought Synopsis is to determine what possible sources exist, and to assist in determining if this effort can be competitive and/or a total Small Business Set Aside. There is no guarantee a solicitation will be issued. Responses are due on or before 31 July 2015 . The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is: 611420. Requests for solicitations will not receive any response. Any information submitted to this sources sought is strictly voluntary . The government will neither award a contract solely on the basis of this notice, nor pay for any information that may be submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought. This notice is a request by the government to collect information from on-line educational schools and/or other purveyors of on-line education for the purpose of Market Research. Not providing a response to this Sources Sought will not prohibit/exclude your company from participating in any future solicitations. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice and if applicable and identify your small business status to the above identified NAICS code. Any responses involving teaming arrangements should delineate between work that will be accomplished by the prime and that accomplished by other teaming partners. If teaming additionally, please identify any teaming arrangements along with a description of similar services offered to the government for the past three years. The government will use information received to determine the best acquisition strategy for this envisioned procurement. The government is interested in all small businesses; to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Hubzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. Program Details: The Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) is interested in locating sources with existing on-line scientific and engineering training libraries that would best benefit AFSC's current diverse target community of approximately 300 scientists and 4,200 engineers. Sources with relevant engineering and scientific on-line training courses, that enhance (rather than duplicate) AFSC's available educational resources to enable this AFSC workforce to better perform its mission, are being sought. Obtaining information from industry will allow the AFSC to identify, quality, best value, quality on target, on-line modular classes currently available in the marketplace; that if acquired will significantly and cost effectively augment existing courses currently available through This AFSC workforce community possesses varying levels of education and hands on learning in a variety of scientific and engineering (including aerospace) disciplines. The customer sees it as advantageous if course length average around 16 to 45 hours; are segmented into 2 or more modules that last from 20 to 90 minutes. Note. The Air Force currently uses locally developed in-house training, as well as training developed by others; e.g. the Department of Defense. The intent of this program at present is to augment, not replace, existing training. Any resulting contract for additional training courses of the types identified herein or attached hereto; will be clearly written so as to not restrict the governments' rights to acquire existing or additional educational training for the above stated target audience via existing or other alternative sources. The current applicable Department of Labor Wage Determination, mandated by the Service Contract Act, will apply and be incorporated into any resulting contract; unless vendor certifies and the Contracting Officer affirmatively determines they are exempt from this requirement. The intent of this sources sought solicitation is not find (not limit) innovative ways to deliver the desired mass data training content to a large community of students. If Industry responds with an alternate proposal that can address these future requirements; all responses will be considered. Key element to the training being sought is that it is cost effective. The government customer is seeking access to libraries of relevant on-line play listed courses, with an expectation that such training average around $250 per student per year. Access/use licenses should allow the student access to all respondents on-line training repository of library/libraries during this learning period. Potential respondents to this sources sought whose on line training system does not have student performance analytical tools are still encouraged to respond. Sources Sought Requirements and attached list of courses the AFSC is interested in the following areas of training as identified within this solicitation. Requirements: •1) Contract type: Firm Fixed Price basic year with up to four annual option periods •2) Ability to purchase more or less licenses at the end or beginning of any annual renewal periods; •3) Ability to expand number of licenses to other DOD Agencies incrementally; if such action remains within scope of the contract if/once written •4) Ability to purchase and renew competitive course licensing ( lower prices for higher license quantities purchased (pricing ranges e.g. from 1 to 24, 25 to 49, 50 to 99, 100 to 499, or 500 to 1000 licenses (etc.)) •5) All licenses, for the basic or a renewal period, for new and existing customers, will be the same for all student licenses issued and reflect the applicable stair step pricing for the aggregate quantity of licenses ordered at the time or ordering/award; and less for prorated licenses. •6) Prorated pricing for new licenses awarded during 2 nd , 3 rd , or 4 th Quarter use periods •7) Yearly access/use license to vendor's on-line libraries to be quantity sensitive; ie. decrease with increased volume of license purchases •8) Modular courses that of from 16 to 45 hours in duration •9) Modular courses that are further broken into manageable segments of 15 to 90 minutes •10) Modular courses that students to easily save and restart courses without losing their progress •11) Identify if provider's course management software is capable of providing both student and supervisor a quantitative measurement of a student's progress through to course completions •12) Identify all library courses where Industry recognized professional certification is/can be bestowed upon a student's successful completion of a course; and identify any associated additional fees associated with issuance of said certifications •13) Identify courses that will assist AFSC diverse community of students in passing industry recognized certifications and in achieving enhanced proficiency on the job. •14) Respondents are asked to describe robustness of respondent's on-line library or libraries in meeting the Air Force Sustainment Center's (AFSC's) Scientific and Engineering community requirements as identified under included course list ; •15) Responses are asked to describe how their courses as crafted, structured, an presented; optimally enhance/augment the students learning experience; in areas of learning, comprehension, and retention •16) Course structure and content should be of sufficient breadth and depth to provide students of the AFCS Scientific and Engineering Community, at all levels of the learning spectrum in a given field of targeted classes, a satisfactory learning experience that enhances the students skill set. •17) Course software should allow students the ability to test their learning of completed courses •18) Students must be able to access the course content from different types of devises (work computer, home computer, mobile, tablet, etc.) •19) All courses should allow students the ability to retake/remediate courses taken •20) Air Force utilizes firewalls, successful on-line libraries provider's on-line system will need to be compatible with and configurable to access students at home and at different government sites through multiple types of firewalls List of subjects by field Ada - computer science Adaptive arrays - electrical engineering Additive manufacturing - mechanical engineering Aeronautics - aerospace engineering Aerospace systems engineering - aerospace engineering Agile software development - computer science Aircraft Design - aerospace engineering Aircraft Engine design - aerospace engineering Aircraft external load analysis - aerospace engineering Aircraft external load analysis - aerospace engineering Aircraft health management - aerospace engineering Aircraft performance - aerospace engineering Aircraft structural repair - mechanical engineering Airframe stress analysis - aerospace engineering Airworthiness - aerospace engineering Anti tamper - Approaches to business excellence - Auditing - accounting AutoCad - drafting Brazing - material science Briefings - english Briefings (power point) - English Business communications - personalities Business communications - teamwork tools Business communications - time management C# - Computer Science C++ - Computer Science Casting and Forging - mechanical engineering Certified information system security professional - computer information technology Cisco networks (SWITCH) - computer information systems Cisco networks (TSHOOT) - CMMI - computer science Coaching and mentoring - communications Commissioning (energy) - mechanical engineering Comp TIA - A+ boot camp - computer information technology Composition - English Compressed Air Systems - Mechanical engineering Computational electromagnetics - electrical engineering Configuration Management (general) - Industrial Engineering Conflict resolution skills - communications Corrosion - material science or engineering Creo simulation - applications multidisciplinary Cybersecurity - computer information systems Cycle analysis of gas turbine engines - mechanical engineering Data ONTAP 7 - Mode Administration (D7ADM) - computer information systems Databases - computer science Databases (access) - computer science Databases (SQL server) - computer science DIACAP essentials - Digital Radio Frequency Memory - electrical engineering Document detective - Effective communications - communications EIAP/NEPA - environmental engineering Electric motors/drives - mechanical engineering Electrical system design - electrical engineering Electrical systems - electrical engineering Electro optical sensor systems - electrical engineering Electro plating & surface finishing - mechanical engineering Electronic instruments - electrical engineering Electronic materials - material science or engineering Electronic Warfare - electrical engineering Electronics (general) - electrical engineering Electronics of industrial automation - electrical engineering EMA Autodesk inventor - EMA Autodesk inventor (sheet metal) - EMI/EMC - engineering Engineering in the Federal Government - Engineering (multi-disciplinary) Environmental awareness - environmental engineering ESOH training - environmental engineering Ethical hacker - computer information systems EWIRDB producers Excel programming with VB - computer science Experimentation - Industrial Engineering FAA certification procedures & airworthiness Facility cost estimation - civil engineering Failure analysis and prevention - mechanical engineering Finite element analysis - multi disciplinary Flight controls - mechanical engineering Flight test - aerospace engineering Flight test and evaluation - aerospace engineering Fracture mechanics - mechanical engineering Geometric dimensioning and tolerance - mechanical engineering GPU technologies - electrical engineering Grounding and shielding - mechanical engineering Guidance and navigation - Heat treatment - Mechanical engineering Helicopter performance - aerospace engineering HTML - computer science Human machine interface - industrial engineering HVAC systems - mechanical engineering Hydraulic systems - mechanical engineering ICND (Cisco) - computer information systems Industrial applications of lasers - mechanical engineering Industrial electrical service - electrical engineering Industrial Pressure Level and Density Measurement Engineering Information assurance - computer information systems Information security management - computer information systems Information System Security - computer information systems Infrared countermeasures - electrical engineering Intrusion detection Ipen U vaccum ISO 9001 - industrial engineering JAVA - Computer Science Labview - computer science Leadership skills - management Life safety code - safety engineering Link 16 / F - Linux Low observable coatings - mechanical engineering M9 digital test instruments - computer science Managing multiple projects Manufacturing processes - industrial engineering Mapreduce programming Material design - material science or engineering Mathworks (MATLAB) - Multi-disciplinary Metal Fatigue -Material science and engineering Metallic materials - materials science or engineering Metallurgy - material science and engineering Microscopy and micro analysis - MIL STDs Mishap Investigations of airplane parts - mechanical engineering Missile performance - aerospace engineering Modeling and simulation - Industrial engineering Modeling and simulation of aircraft - aerospace engineering Modeling and simulation of antennas - electrical engineering Modeling and simulation of missiles - aerospace engineering MS Project - Industrial engineering MULTI integrated development environment Multi-sensor data National electric code - electrical engineering NEC Network Centric Warfare - military science Network_ Networks - computer information systems Non-destructive inspections - mechanical engineering Nuclear certification process - nuclear engineering Nuclear hardness - nuclear engineering Operations research - industrial engineering OrCAD Penetration testing Performance and diagnosis - aerospace engineering Perl - computer science PHP training - Physical Security - PLC automation Pneumatic systems - mechanical engineering Pointwise software - computer science and aerospace engineering Polymeric materials - material science or engineering Proactive structural health monitoring -mechanical engineering Probability - Mathematics Process Controls - industrial engineering Process improvement - industrial engineering Production drafting - drafting Programmable logic controllers - electrical engineering Programming for embedded systems Project management - industrial engineering PSpice - Python - Computer Science Radar - electrical engineering Radar cross section reduction - electrical engineering and mechanical engineering Radiation safety - Radio Frequency defense electronic systems - electrical engineering RAIMA database training - Red hat system administration - computer information systems Relational database design concepts Reliability - industrial engineering Repair of composites - mechanical engineering Requirements definition Root cause analysis - industrial engineering ROUTE - Cisco IP routing Routing and Switching - computer information systems S7 Science in the Federal Government - Science (multi-disciplinary) ScrumMaster - computer information systems Self-protection of aircraft - aerospace engineering Six sigma - industrial engineering Software functional testing - computer science Software quality engineering - computer science Software system safety - computer science Solidworks - drafting SPC Special access programs Spectrometer oil analysis - mechanical engineering Spreadsheets (excel) - application multidisciplinary SQL Statistical distributions - Statistical process control - industrial engineering Steam systems - mechanical engineering Structural design - civil engineering Supercomputers - computer engineering Surface plate inspection techniques - mechanical engineering Symantec - computer information systems System Center Configuration Manager - computer information systems System safety (general) Systems engineering (general) - industrial and systems engineering TCP/IP networking - Team Foundation server - computer information systems Team leadership - management Technical data and software rights - computer science Test and evaluation - systems engineering TFS Transition to management (engineers and CS) - management T-Tech QCJ5 - Uncertainty Analysis - Industrial Engineering Unified access networks Validation - Industrial Engineering Visual studio and TFS - Vmware VNX VxWorks Welding technology - mechanical engineering Windows Server - computer information systems Windows servers - computer information systems XML