Technical assistance to develop content and provide guidance in expanding the use of occupational competency-based and hybrid apprenticeship training approaches

Contracting Office Address: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Contracts Management 200 Constitution Avenue N.W., Roon N4643, Washington D.C. 2020, United States This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the formst in FAR subpart 12.6 as supplimented with additional information included in this notice. This announcment constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested. Soliictation DOL-ETA-15-R-00091 is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is included as an Attachment to this notice. Overview: The United States Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Office of Apprenticeship (OA), in support of the President's American Apprenticeship Initiative and Apprenticeship USA, OA will procure a technical assistance (TA) contractor to develop content and to provide guidance to OA leadership in expanding the use of occupational competency-based and hybrid apprenticeship training approaches. The contractor will provide technical support on special projects that advance the furtherance of Registered Apprenticeship and serve as a resource to OA for occupational competency-based training development processes. The competency-based approach measures skill acquisition through the individual apprentice's successful demonstration of acquired occupational skills and knowledge, as verified by the program sponsor or by a third party. The hybrid approach measures the individual apprentice's skill acquisition through a combination of specified minimum number of hours of on-the-job learning and the successful demonstration of competency as described in a work process schedule. Response Instructions: One (1) electronic copy of the proposal shall be emailed to the following E-Mail address ETA.lockbox@dol.gov. In the subject line of this email please use "RFP DOL-ETA-15-R-00091 hybrid apprenticeship training approaches" - with the Offeror Company Name". All submissions must be received NO LATER THAN Friday, 08/21/2015, by 12:00 PM Noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST). This electronic copy of your Technical Proposal must be word-searchable. In the case of your Business/Price Proposal, your electronic copy of your Price Proposal Section B.1 (Pricing Section) must be in Microsoft Excel. The total size of an offeors electronic response, including all the files required for this response, shall not exceed Twelve (12) Megabytes. All offerors should E-Mail their proposals to the ETA lockbox E-Mail address using the "request delivery receipt" message option. If an offeror does not receive delivery confirmation of their electronically submitted proposal, then the offeror on the same day of their electronic submission and before the due date of Friday, 08/21/2015 by 2:00 PM, Noon EST must notify ,via telephone, the DOL ETA Office of Contracts Management POC: Clyde Trumbore at (202) 693- 2622. Requests for Clarifications (RFC) are to be submitted electronically via email to following E-Mail address ETA.lockbox@dol.gov. In the subject line of this email please use "RFP DOL-ETA-15-R-00091 Questions - with the Offeror Company Name". All RFC submissions must be received NO LATER THAN Wednesday, 07/22/2015, Noon. EST. Only electronic submissions of requests will be accepted. Should any RFC be received after the date stated above, the Government reserves the right not to provide an answer. If, however, the Government determines that a late RFC raises an issue of significant importance, the government will respond. All Government responses will be posted on Fedbizopps. This procurement is an unrestricted "full and open competition". This contract wil be a Time and Materials contract for one base year with four (4) one (1) year option periods. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Questions and e-mails of any nature shall go directly to the ETA Lockbox, ETA.lockbox@dol.gov, and not to the Contract Specialist or the Contracting Officer.