Instructional Design Services BPA

The opportunity is for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Instructional Design Services for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Employee Development. The BPA is a multiple-award contract, with two awards to be made under SIN/NAICS 512110 (Motion Picture and Video Production) and SIN/NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training). The BPA will have a total value not to exceed $1,000,000 over a five-year period of performance. The services to be provided include course design and development, existing course conversion, video clip conversion, closed-captioning, descriptive audio, and other distance learning services. The place of performance will be off-site at the contractor's facility.

The BPA requires discounted GSA firm-fixed pricing for the services rendered under the specified SINs/NAICS codes. The pricing should be provided for the base period and all option periods, and a cost breakdown of burdened loaded labor rates should also be included. The BPA also includes requirements for key personnel, who should be identified in the proposal along with their resumes.

The BPA calls for various tasks and deliverables related to transcription, captioning, and audio descriptions. Live captioning may be required for webinars and presentations, and transcription services may be needed for recorded presentations. The contractor should have the capability to transcribe live presentations at a minimum speed of 100 words per minute. The BPA also includes requirements for managing the learning management system.

Overall, this opportunity provides contractors with the chance to provide instructional design services to support the training needs of USGS employees.