Leadership Development Program (LDP) - USACE Portland District

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.

1. Description of Requirement

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps or USACE), Portland District (NWP), seeks the professional services of an academic institution regionally accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or an entity that has access to an accredited academic institution (hereinafter referred to as Contractor ) to work collaboratively with the NWP Program Manager (hereinafter referred to as Program Manager ) and two NWP LDP Facilitators (hereinafter referred to as LDP Facilitators ) to administer a graduate-level Leadership Development Program (LDP) for a maximum of 16 Corps employees (hereinafter referred to as students, or collectively as the cohort) annually.

This is a Firm Fixed Price service contract with a base period of performance of 15 March 2025 through 15 June 2026 and optional periods of performance, which may be exercised at the government's discretion. The period of performance for each option if exercised is from 15 March 2026 through 15 June 2027, and 15 March 2027 through 15 June 2028, respectively.

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, SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI)
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 Jaren Bowman (Jaren.L.Bowman@usace.army.mil) and Darrell Hutchens (Darrell.D.Hutchens@usace.army.mil). To ensure adequate time for Portland District reply prior to the response due date, inquiries must be submitted no later than 08 January 2025.
Please submit documentation in the same order and labeled as shown above. All required documentation shall be submitted via email to Jaren Bowman (Jaren.L.Bowman@usace.army.mil) and Darrell Hutchens (Darrell.D.Hutchens@usace.army.mil) prior to the response due date.

4. Small Business Point of Contact (POC)

POC for small business questions or assistance:
Carol McIntyre - Portland District Deputy for Small Business
Phone: 503-808-4602
Email: Carol.A.Mclntyre@usace.army.mil

Note: All interested vendors should be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov). To be considered for future contract opportunities, registration in SAM is a requirement.