Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI2)

The Air Force Reserve Command HQ is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in a Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for a total of 5 years (base plus 4 one-year options) and the resources to support the requirement to provide professional Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI2) Black Belt support for CI2 cultural transformation and innovation for the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). These services include facilitation, mentorship, and data analytics support to agency personnel to transfer the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and sustain a data driven CI2 culture. The following terms are used interchangeably throughout this document: candidate, trainee, mentee, practitioner, Process Manager and unit member across all AFRC bases throughout the United States. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought Notice, this requirement may be set-aside for small business (in full or in part) or will be solicited through full and open competition. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. The solicitation may be set-aside as WOSB, SDVOSB, or 8(a) depending on the responses to this solicitation. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE AFRC locations throughout United States DISCLAIMER - THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A - REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE RFQ OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services and the associated small business size standard is $24,500,000.00. The product/service code is R420 Support - professional: certifications and accreditations (other than educ or info tech c&a). Each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT) Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten (10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 4:00 PM EST, 13 February 2025 via email send to jacqueline.anthes.3@us.af.mil.