National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) National Geospatial-Intelligence College (NGC) Analytic Modernization Program (AMOD)

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is seeking information on sources interested in leveraging coursework offered by regionally accredited academic institutions to support workforce modernization. These courses will augment NGC programs and will be offered at the fundamental, intermediate, or advanced-level to provide employees with the skills and knowledge to support NGA's strategic initiatives. NGA anticipates the need to award a contract or multiple contracts for these services in fiscal fourth quarter 2019 with an anticipated period of performance of up to five (5) years. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, NGA is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. This RFI is open to regionally accredited colleges and universities who have programs accredited by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) under their collegiate Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Program accreditation process. The colleges and universities must deliver synchronous or asynchronous on-line training or instructor-led training in geographic areas located at NGA campuses in Springfield, Virginia or St. Louis, Missouri, or other locations as identified by NGA. NGC is interested in identifying multiple institutions to address the following broad range of topics including, but are not limited to, the following: Spatial statistics Activity Based Intelligence Forensic Network Analysis Big Data Triage Activity Forecasting Activity Modeling Computer vision Machine learning Data visualization Data analytics Structured Analytic Techniques Structured Observation Management GIS & Analysis Tools Remote Sensing & Imagery Analysis Geospatial Data Management Data Visualization NGA is requesting that vendors respond to this RFI with the following information: Describe your institutions capabilities in the following matters: Capability to provide or obtain expertise in one or more of the courses listed areas. Courseware will be at the undergraduate or graduate level offering fundamental, intermediate and/or advanced-level training. Faculty's ability to deliver courses on-line, or at NGA campuses in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO, the university's campus or satellite campus, or at locations as identified by NGA. Delivery of existing courses in a condensed format (e.g. 40 hours over 5 days). Delivery of student materials required to achieve the learning outcomes (i.e. textbooks, articles, exercises, presentations, assignments, etc.). Option for students to register for a maximum of 9 semester hours (12 quarter hours) without being admitted into the college or university and without requiring transcripts. Provide, at a minimum, clearly annotated answers to the following questions: Question 1:What courses would you propose to meet the broad range of topics listed above? Include a course overview with learning objectives. Question 2:Provide examples in addressing the topics listed above for Academic Outreach, particularly for government customers. Address some or all of the topics listed above that your organization has experience in managing. Question 3:How would you meet the institutional topics listed above? Question 4:Do you have a portion of your work that could be set-aside for small businesses? Question 5:Will students in this accelerated program receive academic credit (i.e. semester or quarter hours)? If so, provide the institutional policy supporting this capability. Respondents are hereby notified that more than one Government agency may be provided the responses for review, and the Government may utilize Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) and/or support contractors to provide technical advice on the responses. Information submitted under this RFI will be limited only to the NGA Human Development (HD) Program Office and the support contractors who have signed the requisite non-disclosure agreements. The Government may create a bidders list and may post this list onto FBO. The Government may use the information provided to develop a comprehensive procurement strategy and solicitation. Any information will be used on a non-attribution basis. If you are interested in responding to this RFI, please submit your response via email to James W. Lane, Contracting Officer, at James.W.Lane@nga.mil no later than noon EST on Friday, January 25, 2019. Response should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format with one inch margins and a font size 11 point or higher. The overall page limit is no more than 25 pages. In addition to the above items, please include the following information: Name, mailing address, phone number, institutions website, DUNS, CAGE code, and name and e-mail of designated point(s) of contact. Questions may be submitted at any time to the email address above but NGA may not be able to answer all received and may not post any answers publicly. Responses shall not include proprietary information. Any responses that are marked proprietary will not be considered.