R -- Public Announcement of A-76 Study for Human Resources and Training Services

The U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Management is conducting a standard competition, in accordance with OMB Circular A-76 (Revised May 29, 2003) for human resources and training services. The competition will include services that are currently performed nation-wide at all ED facilities and locations. Services being competed include, for the entire department, staffing, classification, hiring, employee relations, and training and development activities. Currently, the incumbent service provider is 123 full-time equivalent ED employees with support from the private sector through contracts and from other agencies through fee-for-service agreements. ED anticipates awarding a service provider agreement (contract, fee-for-service or letter of obligation) with a base period of one year and four one-year option periods. A fixed-price contract type is anticipated. The ED Competitive Sourcing Official is Jack Martin; the Contracting Officer is Gary Weaver; the Agency Tender Official is Vicki Trietsch. The projected end date of the competition is September 30, 2003. A pre-solicitation notice will be posted to FedBizOpps on or about June 16, 2003. Interested parties should monitor FedBizOpps for more information about this A-76 standard competition.