Added: Apr 02, 2008 4:39 pm
Description of Requirement:
This is a Request FOR INFORMATION ONLY. There is no solicitation package available. The U.S. Department of State is seeking sources for the following African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program requirement, to include Large Business, 8(a) Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Hub-zone, and Small Businesses. The Department of State intends to award three or more IDIQ training contracts, utilizing full and open competition, with one award set aside for Small Business. The training requirement is to support the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program. ACOTA is a U.S. Department of State program managed by the Bureau of African Affairs in close collaboration with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The purpose of the ACOTA Program is to enhance the capacity of selected African nations to participate in multinational peace support operations (PSO) in Africa. This purpose is in accordance with U.S. policy objectives supporting the United Nations, the African Union and African Regional Economic Communities. The ACOTA Program will pursue its purpose of enhancing the PSO capacities of selected African nations in three ways. First, The ACOTA program will directly train and equip African peacekeepers, peacekeeping contingents, and associated staffs at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. Second, the ACOTA Program will train African PSO trainers so as to enable African partners to indigenously sustain PSO training over the long term. Third, the ACOTA program will sustain partners over the long term through long through long term mentoring and assistance of indigenous PSO training, updated "train-the-trainer" refreshment training, and limited equipping. The training program for each African partner nation is unique. The training program for each partner nation is tailored to meet that nation's unique training needs, peacekeeping deployment plans, mission specificity, and regional and African Standby Force (ASF) requirements. This uniquely tailored training program is achieved through close collaboration with the partner nation's planners, officials and leadership.
The Government is looking for potential sources for this requirement. It's the Department's intend to award three or more IDIQ contracts. All interested parties should send company capability statements to the undersigned contract specialist. All responses should be received no later than 4:00 PM EST, 9 April 2008. All questions and comments must be in writing, no telephone calls, email is acceptable. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government.
Contracting Office Address:
U. S. Department of State
A/LM/AQM/IP
1701 Fort Myer Drive
Arlington, VA 22209
Attention:
Harold Leo Powell
PowellHL@State.gov
703-875-6071 voice
703-875-7370 fax
