This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued separately. This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-04 dated January 19, 2021. The solicitation number is 2021R3061040 and this solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). This is a 100% Small business Set Aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals., with a corresponding small business standard of 1000 employees. The Product Service code is 6940 Communication Training Devices. Only offers from small businesses will be considered for this solicitation. Offer due date/local time: 3:00 PM Mountain on April 12, 2021. Please reference the solicitation number of 2021R3061040 in the subject. Offers shall be emailed to
[email protected]. FAXED QUOTES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED . Please include your DUNS number with your offer. Only questions submitted by email to
[email protected] will be considered. Questions received from Offerors after 3:00 pm Mountain on April 6, 2021 will not be responded to. All vendors must adhere to COVID-19 requirements for social distancing and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) (i.e. mask and gloves). Vendors will not be permitted access to IBWC facilities without proper PPE. Virtual site visits (video/photographs) are not permitted. COVID-19 Requirements: Contractor employees must adhere to all CDC and OSHA COVID19 requirements while on IBWC property and when participating in any type of function associated with this requirement. Contractor must submit a basic Safety Plan addressing COV19 with their proposal. The safety plan needs to outline safe working procedures for anticipated hazards, including a plan to contain infectious disease pursuant to CDC guidelines. Description: The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), Headquarters Office located at 4191 N. Mesa, El Paso, TX 79902 requires Online Safety Training as outlined in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. Technical acceptability will be based on the Contractor’s Technical Approach, Expertise and Qualified Personnel to provide the services, and Past Performance. Technical Approach - Quote must demonstrate the technical approach by providing a two to three-page narrative addressing the items in the PWS. The narrative shall at a minimum include your plan of action, equipment, key team members, and schedule. Past Performance – Quotes shall demonstrate successful past performance of at least one (1), but not more than three (3) references for similar projects. The information shall include name of person, company, phone number, email address, and brief description of the project. Failure to submit required technical approach and past performance will deem a proposal non-responsive and no consideration for award will be given. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. NOTE: The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed through http://www.acuisition.gov. The clause at 52.212-2 , Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. END of combined synopsis/solicitation. Attachments: Performance Work Statement CLIN Structure Applicable Provisions and Clauses/COVID-19 Requirements SOLICITATION MODIFICATION 001 3/27/21 Q&A Question: Is there an expectation or desire that the LMS provide courses on ALL items listed? Or is it indeed (At a minimum, courses must cover one or more than one, or a combination of topics) that a few/combination of the course topics would be sufficient. The number of courses, unless a course covers other listed topics. Answer: Example: If the first aid course covers snake bites, bees, and other insects, then the number gets reduced. If the crane course covers mobile, overhead and truck cranes, then the number gets reduced. If the confined space course covers, permit required, attendant, supervisor, entrant, then the number gets reduced. Q&A 4/8/21 1. Does the LMS need to be stored locally or will a Secure Cloud based system work? Saas type cloud based service 2. What is meant by “workstation”? If this is a computer that is attached to the internet, content can be added to our cloud based LMS. Workstation – Meaning the administrator (Safety Officer) will upload agency content and create the training from their location (work computer) without having to rely on sending it to the vendor for them to upload and create. Correct, on the cloud based LMS. 3. Please provide a list of your IT requirements. If the vendor is using a cloud based system, the system needs to be FedRAMP compliant. If the vendor uses it's own data center to manage it's training platform, the data must reside in the United States and must have 800-53 controls applied to their data center.