Education

The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (AMA). The Office of the Director OCLP is maintaining the need of education for their workplace within NIH. OCLP needs to build upon existing programs, all of which are carried out on the Web, Social Media, in print, at events and meetings, and through additional methods, approaches, and outlets. Tasks are aimed at enhancing and broadening the range of ORWH outreach efforts in support of the office's Congressionally mandated mission and are outlined below. Task Area 1. Development and Management skills; Task Area 2. Management of the continuing educational credits for professional in the workforce courses and events. Task Area 3. Planning and Logistical Support for the OD Seminars. Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. If you have any comments or questions, please contact the Contract Specialist, Anita Edwards, [email protected], referencing notice number NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI20180762 by 09:00 A.M. on September 21, 2018. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).