SOURCES SOUGHT
U -- Request for Information (RFI) - Air Force Safety Center Safety Education Program
- Notice Date
- 11/13/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 377 CONS - Kirtland (Operational Contracting Squadron), 377 CONS/LGC Operational Contracting Squadron 2000 Wyoming Blvd SE, Kirtland AFB, NM, 87117-5606
- ZIP Code
- 87117-5606
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AFSCSEP11132003
- Response Due
- 12/10/2003
- Point of Contact
- Jim Cochran, Contract Specialist, Phone 505.846.8146, Fax 505.846.8925, - Pamela Stern, Contract Specialist, Phone (505) 846-4674, Fax (505) 846-8925,
- E-Mail Address
-
jim.cochran@kirtland.af.mil, pamela.stern@kirtland.af.mil
- Description
- Request for Information (RFI) for Air Force Safety Center Safety Education Program Description This is not a request for proposal or an invitation for bid and is not to be construed as a commitment to award one or more resulting contracts. The Air Force Safety Center?s Education and Media Division (AFSC/SEM) solicits a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) and responses from interested and qualified parties that address high priority training needs in the area of safety investigations and mishap prevention, predominantly aviation and ground. AFSC/SEM is revising its training program. The current academic program encompasses 9 courses instructing approximately 1500 students a year that include: Aircraft Mishap Investigation Course - Provides instruction on aircraft mishap investigations and analyses of human and material factors to personnel who will be primary members on Class A flight mishap investigation boards. A normal throughput of students is 300-330 per year. Chief of Safety Course - This is a management course for newly assigned chiefs of safety responsible for supervising the management of safety programs at wing or base level. A normal throughput of students is 130 ? 150 per year. Flight Safety Officer Course - Provides safety education for officers assigned to manage wing level Air Force flight safety programs and serve as an investigating officer on a formal Safety Investigation Board. A normal throughput of students is approximately 270 per year. International Flight Safety Officer Course - Safety education for international officers assigned to manage aviation safety programs. Provides students with an understanding of safety program management fundamentals, safety principles, and mishap investigation techniques. A normal years throughput of students is 52 ? 60. Mishap Investigation Non-aviation ? Safety education designed to teach the non-aviation mishap investigation process to investigators with 2 years or less experience. A normal throughput of students is 110 ? 150 per year. Safety /Accident Investigation Board President - Provides future flight, space, and missile Safety Investigation Board Presidents and Accident (Legal) Investigation Board Presidents with an explanation of the investigation board process, make-up, duties, and responsibilities. A normal throughput of students is 180 - 270 per year. Operational Risk Management (ORM) - Course provides "how-to" instruction in applying primary and select ORM tools and techniques. In addition, the integration of ORM into organizational activities is covered. The course is intended for personnel serving as organizational ORM focal points, ORM trainers, lead planners, and other personnel requiring a more in-depth understanding of ORM principles, tools and application. A normal throughput of students is 288 ? 360 per year. System Safety Management ? Safety education designed for officers and civilians performing system safety management, system acquisition and development, or systems engineering tasks. Intended for product center, air logistics center, program office, and using command personnel who have system safety management responsibilities during design, development, or modification of weapons systems or who are involved in the definition, review, and evaluation of systems design efforts. A normal throughput of students is 30 per year. System Safety Analysis ? Safety education designed to provide a practical application of system safety and reliability analysis techniques. A normal throughput of students is 10 per year. The envisioned new comprehensive training program adapts and continually revises existing core material and instructional methods incorporating evolving technologies. The new program includes the following courses: Flight Mishap Investigation Course (FMIC) ? The purpose of this course is to train USAF safety personnel and selected technical experts in the techniques and procedures of investigating aviation mishaps. The course emphasizes USAF investigation and reporting procedures and processes, technical systems investigations, and those human factor topics directly related to mishaps according to AFPD 91-2, AFI 91-202, AFI 91-204, AFI 91-216, and DoDI 6055.7. The graduate must be prepared to perform their duties at home station including setting up and operating at a bare base forward operating location. This course will replace the current Aircraft Mishap Investigation Course. Mishap Investigation Course (MIC) ? The purpose of the Mishap Investigation, Course instruction is to train ground, weapons, and space safety personnel and other selected individuals to use techniques and procedures required in the investigation of all classes of other than aviation mishaps. This course objective is to enable the student to comprehend and apply mishap reporting procedures and investigative techniques. The course shall emphasize how investigation techniques and technical items are used relative to ground, space, missile, and explosive mishaps; and the impact of human behavior and culture related to mishaps. Graduates of MIC must be prepared to perform their duties at home station and deployed for contingency, including setting up and operating at a bare base forward operating location. This course will replace the current Mishap Investigation Non-aviation Course. Flight Safety Program Management ? This course is specifically designed for the Wing level Flight Safety Officer. It is oriented to officers that are performing duties as a Flight Safety Officer, or anticipated to do so in the future. The course emphasizes aviation safety program management, but also includes ground and flightline safety. This course will be developed as a Computer/Web based offering. This course in conjunction with the new Flight Mishap Investigation Course will replace the current Flight Safety Officer Course. A normal throughput of students is approximately 270 per year. International Flight Safety Officer Course - Safety education for international officers assigned to manage aviation safety programs. Provides students with an understanding of safety program management fundamentals, safety principles, and mishap investigation techniques. A normal years throughput of students is 52 ? 60. Chief of Safety Course ? This course is specifically designed for USAF personnel who are serving as Wing level Chiefs of Safety. It is oriented to officers that are performing duties as a Wing Chief of Safety, or anticipated to do so in the future. The course emphasizes aviation, ground, and weapons safety program management. Graduates must be prepared to perform their duties at home station and deployed for contingency, including setting up and operating at a bare base forward operating location. A normal throughput of students is 130 ? 150 per year. Safety/Accident Investigation Board Presidents Course ? This course is specifically designed for USAF personnel who will serve as formal Safety Investigation Board and Accident (Legal) Investigation Board Presidents. The course emphasizes aviation mishap investigation and reporting techniques and procedures according to AFI 51-503, AFPD 91-2, AFI 91-202, AFI 91-204, AFI 91-216, AFPAM 91-211, and DoDI 6055.7. A normal throughput of students is 288 ? 360 per year. Operational Risk Management Application and Integration ? The purpose of this course is to train USAF members in Operational Risk Management techniques and procedures. It also trains the graduates to teach the usage of the ORM processes. A normal throughput of students is 288 ? 360 per year. System Safety Analysis ? This course is specifically designed for engineers involved in the actual development of fault-tree or definition, evaluation, and review of contractor's fault-tree efforts. It will focus on practical application of system safety and reliability analysis techniques. A normal throughput of students is 30 per year. System Safety Management ? This course is specifically designed for officers and civilians performing system safety management, system acquisition and development, or systems engineering tasks. Intended for product center, air logistics center, program office, and using command personnel who have system safety management responsibilities during design, development, or modification of weapons systems or who are involved in the definition, review, and evaluation of systems design efforts. A normal throughput of students is 30 per year. Safety Leaders Course ? This new course is aimed at Air Force leadership at the squadron commander level. This is a prevention course based on management of human factors. This course prepares squadron commanders of all AF squadrons to proactively intervene in the mishap prevention process. It is expected this course will be approximately one week long and concentrate on behavioral sciences at the graduate level. Expected throughput is 360-500 students per year. This course may be taught at the AFSC or at MAJCOMs. It is expected that the contractor will hold functional control of students, and the Air Force will hold operational control. AFSC/SEM administers the AFSC education program. The program is focused to provide safety training in program management and mishap investigation. The objective of this project is to revise the education program to increase the investigation comprehension, and mishap prevention skills of the graduates. The end product will be multiple courses of instruction in the safety investigation and safety program management fields. These training needs focus on 3 areas: 1. Course development and maintenance of instructor lesson plans, course syllabi, student guide/materials, case studies/exercises, and exams for the program?s courses. Contractor will also be responsible for accomplishing curriculum reviews in conjunction with the course maintenance aspects. 2. Conduct classroom instruction with qualified and experienced instructors. 3. Student Administration: (a) Provide and manage a Learning Management System that will screen, register, and track students beyond graduation. Tracking will include database necessary for the Learning Management System (LMS) and Military Personnel Data System ?oracle Training System (MilPDS-OTA) data entry. (b) Provide, administer, and manage a system for collecting student feedback, both end-of-course and post-graduate. These training needs focus on areas of course development for the program?s courses. The objective of this request for information is to secure and evaluate responses that demonstrate the ability to: develop using Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) for Web based instruction and traditional classroom instruction; incorporate evolving technology, manage a Learning Management System that will register and track students beyond graduation, and conduct classroom instruction. All developed products will be property of the US Air Force. Contractor personnel involved in this effort will likely need to access government computer network/systems and must comply with AFI 33-202 security requirements. Along with the ROM, capabilities statements should be in a narrative font with appropriate graphics using Microsoft Word or PDF. Font size should be no smaller than 10 point. In order for AFSC Education Branch to effectively assess the capabilities of a given response, the respondent must provide the following information: 1. A discussion of the respondent?s recent and relevant past experience including a list of contracts/subcontracts, points of contact, dates of performance, contract value, and a brief description of the quality of performance under these contracts. 2. A brief description of the respondent?s staffing levels, facilities, and qualifications of key personnel to include: instructors, course developers, and program managers necessary for conducting the targeted activity. 3. A demonstration of the respondent?s knowledge of the Instructional System Development process used in Air Force design of instructional courses. AFSC/SEM will use the following criteria to assess the capability packages: 1. Past performance history and the depth and relevance of experience. 2. The adequacy and availability of necessary staffing, facilities, and other resources for conducting the course development. 3. Innovative methodology proposed in format and delivery. The NAICS code is 611430, Professional Development Training, SIC Code is 8299, and the size $6.0 million. The Government Points of Contact are Mr. Jim Cochran at 505.846.5883. Mr. Cochran?s email address is jim.cochran@kirtland.af.mil and Ms. Pamela Stern at 505.846.4674. Ms. Stern?s email is pamela.stern@kirtland.af.mil. If you have any questions please submit them in writing to both of the individuals listed above. Please send your responses to: 377th CONS/LGCA, 2000 Wyoming Blvd., SE, Bldg. 20604, Room B-14, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5606. Response date of ROM and capabilities statements is NLT 10 December 2003.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 2000 Wyoming Blvd, SE, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM,
- Zip Code: 87117-5606
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 87117-5606
- Record
- SN00468958-W 20031115/031113212344 (fbodaily.com)
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