JROTC Academic Challenge Bowl

The 42nd Contracting Squadron at Maxwell AFB, AL intends to award a sole source contract to College Options Foundation, LLC., to furnish all tools, labor, supplies, shipping and handling, and materials for the following: CLIN 0001: Support/Execution for JROTC Academic Challenge Bowl, including complete logistical support for online preliminary academic and game competition rounds between AFJROTC units and all meals, lodging, transportation, supplies and logistics required for final, live championship round for 16 teams. Qty: 1 Each There will be no written solicitation issued. This is an intent to purchase a sole source procurement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This will be a firm-fixed price contract. If there are any other businesses that can provide the specified legal publications, interested parties must be able to show they have the proper distribution rights for these products, they must respond to this notice before 12:00 PM (Central Time) on 21 August 2012. If no responsible, responsive offers are received by the above date, a sole source contract will be issued to College Options Foundation, LLC. The POC for this notice is 2Lt Tamara Duff, who can be contacted through the following means: E-mail [email protected]; phone - (334) 953-5861. Alternate POC: Kimberly Knott, E-mail [email protected]; phone - (334) 953-3518. Facts Justifying Sole Source: The Holm Center AF Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AF JROTC) has participated in the competitive Academic Bowl Challenge with the Army and Navy military service JROTC programs for the last four (4) years. Participation in the Academic Bowl challenge contributes to the academic advancement of JROTC cadets. All three military services sponsoring JROTC program use the same non-profit source, College Options Foundation (COF). Both Army and Navy use the same title and components provided by COF and mirror the program used by AF JROTC. The COF hosts a proprietary on-line academic challenge that provides a proven method for improving cadet college entry ACT/SAT and military ASVAB scores. This is the same academic challenge successfully used by Army, Navy, and AF JROTC for several years. Winners of the preliminary rounds (16 teams) travel to compete in the Final Round of the competition at a selected site, this next year at George Mason University in Fairfax County Virginia. The final round of the competition is a live, in-person, championship round. The COF provides professional moderators and organizers to coordinate all logistics including lodging, transportation and meals for all cadets, instructors, and guests and provides all questions, buzzer systems, materials and supplies for the live event. College Options Foundation is the only vendor that can provide the Academic Bowl Challenge due to proprietary data and trademark and licensing of the games and online software used in the competition.