Northwestern Division Regional Leadership Development Program (RLDP)

Sources Sought for USACE Portland District Leadership Development Program

This announcement is a Sources Sought Synopsis (market survey). This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). This announcement is not a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to determine interested parties, socioeconomic status availability, capabilities, and qualifications. The Government intends to use responses to this sources sought synopsis to make appropriate acquisition decisions for future acquisitions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is seeking sources registered under NAICS Code 611430 - Professional and Management Development Training.

Anticipated Schedule Items (subject to change): 

Responses to Sources Sought Due                            1 Feb 2023

Advertise Requirement                                                 17 Feb 2023

Proposals Due                                                                   21 Mar 2023

Award                                                                                   17 Apr 2023

Contract Performance Start Date                              1 May 2023

1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Northwestern Division (NWD) is pursuing a non-personal service contract for the Regional Leadership Development Program (RLDP).  This contract requires professional services of an entity to provide transformational leadership development experiences and instruction. This contractor will work collaboratively with NWD Program Manager (hereinafter referred to as “Program Manager”) and two NWD RLDP Facilitators (hereinafter referred to as “Facilitators”) to administer a regional leadership development program for a maximum of 12 Corps employees (hereinafter referred to as participants, or collectively as the cohort) annually.

The anticipated Firm Fixed Price service contract will include a one base and three optional cohort/instruction years.

See attached Performance Work Statement for complete requirement. See attached anticipated evaluation criteria to determine areas of focus for Portland District in selecting a contractor.

2. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

1. Point of Contact name, email address, and phone number.
2. CAGE Code, DUNS, SAM Unique Entity ID
3. Small Business Status; In the event that you are a small business under NAICS 611430 or that of a similar size standard, state the category of small business, such as 8(a), HUBZone, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business, or SDVOSB.
4. Statement of Capability; Statement of skills, knowledge, experience and capability of your firm to perform the requirements described in the PWS, including a statement you are able to submit all information required by the evaluation criteria of the forthcoming solicitation. NOTE:  A statement of capability must be detailed enough to validate the firm’s capability to perform, similar to the requirements of the attached draft evaluation criteria, for the government to confidently determine the firm’s ability to provide the required services.

3. INSTRUCTIONS

Submit technical inquires and questions relating to this sources sought in writing via email to Mitchell Johnson (Mitchell.J.Johnson@usace.army.mil). To ensure adequate time for Portland District reply prior to the response due date, inquiries must be submitted no later than 25 Jan 2023.

Please submit documentation in the same order and labeled as shown above. All required documentation shall be submitted via email to Mitchell Johnson (Mitchell.J.Johnson@usace.army.mil) prior to the response due date.

4. SMALL BUSINESS POINT OF CONTACT

The Point of Contact for small business questions or assistance is the Portland District Deputy for Small Business:
Carol McIntyre
Phone:  503-808-4602
Email:  Carol.A.McIntyre@usace.army.mil

All interested vendors should be registered in the System for Award Management.