Coast Guard Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL)

The Coast Guard Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) contract, awarded by the Department of Homeland Security's Hq Contract Operations, tasks the contractor with performing extensive research and occupational analysis on military qualifications and training. This effort focuses on linking the specific requirements of 22 enlisted ratings and 54 officer specialties to equivalent civilian jobs, apprenticeships, licensure, and credentialing requirements. The project includes identifying available resources for service members to obtain these credentials and delivering the final analysis through a user interface capable of being hosted on a Coast Guard Workstation or portal site. Under solicitation 70Z02319QPFC02500, the project was executed as a firm-fixed-price task order awarded to Solutions for Information Design, LLC. This award was justified as a limited-sources procurement because the vendor's existing database of military credentials made them the only source capable of completing the portal implementation without incurring duplicative costs or significant delays. The contract falls under NAICS code 541511 and is managed by the Coast Guard's contracting office in Washington, DC.