U008--DAU-equivalent, Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) CON courses

Synopsis The U.S Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Office of Procurement, Acquisitions, & Logistics (OPAL), Strategic Acquisition Center-Frederick (SAC-F), in accordance with Public Law 109- 461: Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 specifically, the Veterans First Contracting Program outlined in 38 USC § 8127(c), intends to solicit and award a single source contract to Stafford Consulting Company, Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), 1765 Greensboro Station PL, STE 900, Mc Lean, Virginia 22102-3470, for the procurement of Contracting Certification Courses for the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy (VAAA) Contracting Professional School (CPS). Purpose and Objective The contractor shall provide instructional services including DAU-equivalent, Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) CON courses. The scope of COTS acquisition training courses is limited to two sessions of CON 170 (Fundamentals of Cost and Price Analysis), two sessions of CON 280 (Source Selection and the Administration of Service Contracts), five sessions of CON 1100V (Guiding Principles), and four sessions of CON 1200V (Pre-Award). The contractor must provide experienced instructor(s) with demonstrated classroom management skills; expert(s) with creating a positive and productive learning experience and knowledgeable acquisition professional(s) able to review, mark up and provide individual feedback on each exercise for each course. Period of Performance The anticipated period of performance for the awarded contract is: Five (5) months 01 May 2023 through 30 September 2023. Single Source Circumstances The proposed source for this acquisition is a certified SDVOSB, technically qualified to meet the requirement. In accordance with VAAR 819.7007(b), the determination to make a sole source award to an SDVOSB is a business decision wholly within the discretion of the contracting officer; therefore, the requirement to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable is not applicable to this procurement. In addition, VAAR 819.7007(c) further authorizes the contracting officer to make the award without first determining that only one SDVOSB source can meet the requirement. Additional Information The North American Industry classification (NAICS) Code is 611430 Professional and Management Development Training with a size standard of $15 Million. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR A COMPETITIVE QUOTE. Any response to this notice must be submitted in writing to the Government POC listed above and show clear and convincing evidence that another source can meet the Government s requirements and that competition of the requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Respondents must also include their Unique Entity ID number and CAGE / NCAGE number. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. Respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov . A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Responses must be received within fifteen (15) calendar days after the initial publication of this posting and must reference synopsis number 36C10X23Q0117 and shall be submitted electronically to all POC s noted within this announcement.