Space Short Course Sources Sought

SOURCES SOUGHT: The Air Force Test Center (AFTC) is soliciting information and comments from industry on its ability to provide Space Test Course Curriculum Development. Responses are being sought from entities that are represented as a: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. The applicable NAICS code is 611710 - Educational Support Services. Information Requested The Government is interested in receiving input from industry on its ability to provide: Development of a Space Test Short Course Curriculum which will produce adaptive, critical-thinking test professionals who can conduct full-spectrum test and evaluation of space weapons systems. The course should be approximately 3-months long and incorporate test foundational elements, test concepts related to pertinent mission systems, and address the space sciences. The course will include academic lectures, hands-on practical exercises, seminars on relevant space test issues, and field trips as necessary to expose the students to different space test capabilities. This project will first refine the desired learning objectives for a Space Test Short Course graduate, then will determine and develop academic lecture material in concert with determining appropriate practical exercises including defining resource requirements. This project will leverage the test foundations and mission systems academic material that already exists at USAF TPS. ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION INFORMATION: The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. While the Government intends to use this information for future acquisition planning purposes, it will not release any information about your approach that might in any way compromise your competitive posture or proprietary information. All information received in response to this Sources Sought shall be safeguarded adequately from unauthorized disclosure. All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked PROPRIETARY will be handled accordingly. The Government will not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. Respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Air Force is not at this time is not 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 Sources Sought; all costs associated with responding to this Sources Sought will be solely at the interested party's expense. Failure to respond does not preclude participation in any future associated request for proposal or white papers that may be issued. Information provided in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) website: www.fbo.gov. It is the potential vendor's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. HOW TO RESPOND: Interested parties shall respond with solutions that meet all or a subset of the aforementioned attributes. Written responses shall not exceed five (5) pages in length using Microsoft Office. The first section of the response will provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum: organization name, address, and name and e-mail of designated point of contact. The second section of the response should include a summary of the extent to which the contractor can meet the requirements listed in this Sources Sought. Additionally the contractor may include a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Estimate. Respondents should submit, at a minimum, their qualifications and any other information considered pertinent to the requirement to the Contracting Officer no later than the response date of this notice. Information considered to be relevant to this sources sought should be sent electronically to: Primary: James Helmick James.helmick.2@us.af.mil Contracting Officer: Monika Masei monika.masei@us.af.mil