FY17-MICROSOFT - IT -TRAINING

The United States Department of Agriculture, National Information Technology Center (NITC), has a requirement to acquire contractor services to conduct training for IT personnel to ensure they maintain the requisite training and skill sets necessary for continuous operation of NITC's IT infrastructure, Systems and Data Centers. The Statement of Work for this requirement is attached and will provide specific information on how to respond to this RFQ. All respondents are required to supply their Microsoft Authorized Training Partner information as part of their quote. The company performing this training must be a Microsoft Authorized Training Partner who shall be able to provide training for the four (4) courses listed below. The course material will have up-to-date guidance and include interactive exercises. Participants will receive hands-on instruction and practice administering topics introduced in the course outline. The class is to be a combination of instruction and hands-on exercises. Course Number - Title - Number of Students MS 10969 Active Directory Services With Windows Server ( 1 student) MS 20533 Azure Implementing Infrastructure Solutions (2 students) MS 10979 Azure Essentials/Fundamentals (3 students) MS 20743A Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA; Windows Server 2016 (7 students) All training must be completed by September 30, 2017. Place of Performance: There are three (3) place of performance options: (1) Provide the training at contractor's facility which must be located within a 50 mile radius of the Government's facility; (2) Provide the training at the Government's facility located at 8930 Ward Parkway, Kansas City MO 64114; or (3) Provide on-demand online training. Offeror is responsible for on-time delivery and shipment of all books, materials, and other related coursework to the government facility for Option 2. 508 COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS: The Government is required to determine if the acquisition meets 508 compliance requirements. The following FAR provisions and clauses are applicable to this solicitation: 52-212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Feb 2012) (For full text references, go to https://acquisition.gov/far/ ) All offerors must be registered in SAM.GOV, and current firms must update once a year to maintain active status. Please visit the www.sam.gov website to register or update information. This is a request for quotes; all interested offerors must respond to the requirements listed in the statement of work and submit quotes no later than 5:00 p.m. CST, Monday, February 27, 2017. Please submit your quote to contact@example.gov, Contracting Officer. All quotes must be submitted by the designated date and time indicated. Quotes received after the closing date and time will be processed as late and handled in accordance with FAR 15.208. Telephone calls will not be accepted.