ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP

The Virginia Contracting Activity intends to issue a sole source award to The University of Mississippi. the contract will be made on a sole source basis in accordance with FAR part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures and 13.501(a) - Sole source acquisitions. This notice is issued for information purposes only and is NOT a request for competitive quotes. The contractor shall provide critical services, advice, and assistance to create an academic architecture in support of the Intelligence Community's efforts to provide competency-based training and education for IC analyst candidates as well as IC and non-IC entry-, mid-, and senior-level analysts. The activities associated with this contracting action deal with essential research and development capabilities surrounding the effective application of analytic skills and techniques to intelligence problems, including but not limited to: providing faculty, developing curriculum, conducting research and development in intelligence analytic areas, delivering curriculum, creating partnerships with other academic institutions, developing a capability for and delivering distance learning curriculum, creating formal academic degree granting programs. Pursuant to FAR 6.302-4 the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. Any interested party should submit a statement of capabilities in sufficient detail to determine if the requirements of this notice can be met, no later than 5 days of this announcement. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based on responses from this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement. Responses to this notice must be sent via email to [email protected]. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.