The Columbia, South Carolina, Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO) in accordance with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has a requirement for a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract to provide training-related services associated with the following project objectives:

• Facilitate a group coaching training event in Columbia, South Carolina, for approximately seventy (70) VARO employees to incorporate self-management, interpersonal effectiveness, and work environment support;
  
  


• Furnish instruction materials of prescriptive data along with descriptive data and live instructor(s) to accomplish a successful face-to-face training program over three (3) consecutive days for five (5) hours each;
  
  


• Issue individual assessments for each VARO employee to measure personality characteristics that influence behaviors, motivations, and perceptions during group tasks as well as a group analysis for team building; and
  
  


• Conduct one-on-one coaching sessions with supervisors for self-awareness, team building, leadership development, and stress management.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611430 and the small business standard is $15 million. Any interested Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), or Small Business (SB) must indicate interest for this project, in writing, to the Contracting Officer no later than March 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm EST via e-mail to Dirk.Kelley@va.gov.

To qualify as interested in this project, information pertaining to the following six (6) components must be submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice on or before March 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm EST:

(1) Statement of Intent that a Quotation will be submitted to the potential future Solicitation for this project, which said Statement of Intent shall include the company’s System for Award Management Unique Entity Identifier (SAM UEI) Number;

(2) Verification through the Small Business Administration (SBA) Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) and/or SBA Dynamic Small Business System (DSBS) as a SDVOSB or VOSB under the NAICS Code of 611430, if applicable;

(3) Provide the assessment type and/or method that would be utilized for this group coaching training event, which addresses the approach of group tasks;

(4) Evidence that the proposed instructor(s) for the group coaching training event is a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with at least twenty (20) years of coaching experience;

(5) Evidence that the proposed instructor(s) for the group coaching training event is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) as well as a Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach; and

(6) Evidence of the company’s ability to perform at least fifty percent (50%) of this requirement in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14: Limitations on Subcontracting.

All six (6) components must be submitted, in sufficient detail, prior to the designated deadline for a determination on available and interested SDVOSBs, VOSBs, or SBs. Failure to submit each of the six (6) components, as identified above, will result in a Contractor not being considered as an interested SDVOSB, VOSB, or SB.

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to determine if set-aside procedures will be utilized. If adequate interest is not received to this Sources Sought Notice by SDVOSBs, VOSBs, and/or SBs, then this project will not be set-aside. As indicated above, interested businesses may reply to this Sources Sought Notice via e-mail to Dirk.Kelley@va.gov.

Businesses must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). To register in the SAM database, visit www.sam.gov. SDVOSBs or VOSBs must also be verified in the VetCert database administered by SBA via https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ and/or SBA DSBS via https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_dsbs.cfm. Any interested SDVOSB or VOSB must represent the status as an SDVOSB or VOSB concern in SAM.gov and in SBA VetCert or SBA DSBS.

This Sources Sought Notice was prepared and considered in accordance with FAR 5.203. FAR 5.204, and FAR 5.207.

DISCLAIMER: This Source Sought Notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes only. This Sources Sought Notice does not constitute a Solicitation (Request for Quotation, Request for Proposal, or Invitation for Bid). All information received in response to this Sources Sought Notice is marked as proprietary and will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this Sources Sought Notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Sources Sought Notice.