Inactive Partial Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The purpose of this synopsis is to announce the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) solicitation for a full-and-open competition with a partial small business set-aside. The National Highway Insti... The purpose of this synopsis is to announce the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) solicitation for a full-and-open competition with a partial small business set-aside. The National Highway Institute (NHI) which is part of the FHWA Office of Technical Services (OTS), has a requirement for non-personal services for the development, update, and delivery of instructor-led training (ILT), Web-Based training (WBT), Web-Conference training (WCT), video conference training (VCT), or flipped classroom training, and training using new technologies such as ePubs, mobile apps, virtual world delivery, and gamification as well as the development or update of supplemental materials and services to support training, advance the state of practice, and implement best practices in the subject areas of Asset Management, Construction & Maintenance, and Pavements & Materials. The NHI’s goal is to provide learner-centric instruction optimized for maximum effectiveness, and ensuring that the greatest amount of learning takes place within defined constraints. Part of this process involves developing and updating course materials responsive to the training needs of the target audience, with clearly articulated learning outcomes. The principles of adult learning and Instructional System Designers must be incorporated into the curriculum materials. Classroom training includes a combination of instructional strategies, such as lectures, facilitated discussions, group exercises, case studies, workshops, interactive knowledge checks/responses, field trips, and/or participant presentations. To be truly effective, instructor-led training requires skilled, competent, and credible instructors with relevant, nationwide project level experience. These instructors must be so well versed in their Asset Management, Construction & Maintenance, and/or Pavements & Materials specialty area(s). Established by Congress in 1970, the National Highway Institute (NHI) is the training and education arm of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). NHI’s mission is to provide technical transportation training and associated materials to the surface transportation community. Since 2004, NHI has been authorized by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to award Continuing Education Units (CEU) to participants who successfully complete selected NHI training courses. Traditionally, the NHI offered instructor-led training (ILT) within a classroom setting. Sensitive to the time and travel constraints of customers and aware of advances in a wide array of instructional technologies, NHI has dramatically expanded their distance learning offerings. These include WBT, WCT, VCT, flipped classroom training, blended learning, new technologies such as mobile apps and virtual world delivery, and new evolving training delivery platforms. NHI delivers its training courses based primarily on demand from customers, thus the number of training sessions delivered is variable and unknown in advance. The NHI website (http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/) provides a listing of current training courses, as well as information on training philosophy, instructor standards, and the NHI Style Guide. In 2018, these NHI program areas delivered classroom-based instructor-led training to 1,018 participants and web-based training to 2,822 participants. Participation has shown a consistent growth trend since at least 2006, with much of the growth resulting from web-based and web-conference trainings. Instructor led training sessions have had generally steady participation and session ordering during this time with some year-by-year variation. The solicitation and all related documents are released electronically via the Government Point of Entry (GPE) otherwise known as Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) or www.fbo.gov. As such, no written, telephonic or other type of request for a copy of the solicitation will be entertained. Potential offerors are encouraged to register on www.fbo.gov to receive any further information in reference to the subject action inclusive of any announcements, and/or amendments to the solicitation after its release. The FHWA intends to award multiple IDIQ contracts as a result of the solicitation. The period of performance shall not exceed 60 months from the effective date of the contract. The NAICS Code for this effort is 611430 with a size standard of $11 Million. This procurement is a re-compete of an existing multiple award IDIQ issued under solicitation DTFH61-13-R-00025 and awarded to the following ten contractors with an expiration date of May 7, 2019: DTFH6114D00014 Wood (formerly known as AMEC) DTFH6114D00015 Applied Pavement Technology DTFH6114D00016 Applied Research Associates DTFH6114D00017 C2 Technologies, Inc. DTFH6114D00018 Collins Engineers DTFH6114D00019 Gordon Procter Associates DTFH6114D00020 National Concrete Pavement Technology Center at Iowa State University DTFH6114D00021 SRA International Inc. DTFH6114D00022 Trauner Consulting Services, Inc. DTFH6114D00023 Texas A&M Transportation