This is a Request for Information OPM2132428 to determine commercial best practices when procuring instructional design, delivery, facilitations, or coaching services for leadership and professional development services. OPM recognizes the current instructional environment has changed significantly due to COVID-19 and requests industry feedback to questions about the current instructional marketplace. Vendors may answer all or some questions, and unless otherwise stated, vendors shall limit their answer to any question to three sentences or less. Vendors are invited to submit standardized line sheets or lists of offered courses. As OPM is in the early stages of developing its requirement capability statements outside of what is included in standardized line sheets are not requested and will not be reviewed. This notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposals or Request for Quotations. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract, nor do they affect a potential offeror's ability to respond to any future synopsis/solicitation, which may or may not follow or restrict the U.S. Government's eventual acquisition approach. Additionally, the U.S. Government will not provide reimbursement for any information that may be submitted in response to this notice. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding. Instructions for Responding to the Request for Information: Responses shall include the response sheet attached and may include a completed standardized line sheet or list of courses offered, as well as a cover letter. The cover letter shall, at a minimum, include the following information: 1. Response to Request for Information OPM2132428 2. Vendor's Company Name, Address, Contact Person (2 POCs) Information; 3. Vendor's DUNS Number; and 4. Business Size and Size Standard / Classification relative to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 611430 5. Specify small business profile, i.e., Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) Program, HUBZone, women-owned, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned or small disadvantage business schedule contractor; and 6. GSA schedule contract as applicable to NAICS 611430. OPM requests that the response not exceed eight (8) single spaced pages; to include a cover page. Each response should use the following Page Setup parameters: • Font size - 10 points or larger (Body) • Font size - smaller than 10 points (text in diagrams or other graphics) • Margins - Top, Bottom, Left, Right - 1" • At a minimum, your organization's name and a page number should appear in the header or footer of all pages that constitute the body of your response. All responses shall be in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Please note that the collection of this data does not obligate the U.S. Government to the incorporation of the solicited comments in any future procurement action nor does it obligate the Government to the procurement of any services or products related to this notice. Proprietary information should not be included in the responses, further, responses to this notice will not be returned. Information Submission Instructions: All responses must be submitted electronically (via email) to the following: Laurie Griffin, Contract Specialist Email:
[email protected] All questions shall be submitted to Laurie Griffin (
[email protected] ), via email, no later than 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on October 6, 2020. Additional Information: There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, to make an award(s), or to be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties in support of any effort in response to this request for information. Any information submitted in response to this request for information is strictly voluntary. This request for information is for information planning purposes and the Government will not pay or otherwise reimburse respondents for information submitted. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. All documentation shall become the property of the Government. Unless otherwise stated herein, no additional information is available and any request for additional information will be disregarded.