SOURCES SOUGHT
76 -- Develop, Edit and Produce Leadership Education Textbooks, CD. ETC.
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511130
— Book Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell AFB Contracting Squadron, 50 LeMay Plaza South Bldg 804, Maxwell AFB, AL, 36112-6334, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-F2XJA37229A001-A
- Response Due
- 9/4/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- THIS WAS ORIGINAL A SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SET ASIDE, DUE TO LACK OF RESPONSE, IT IS NOW A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Performance Work Statement Leadership Education 400: Principles of Management 1. SCOPE: This PWS defines the effort required for the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of curriculum materials for Leadership Education: Principles of Management (LE: 400). The materials shall consist of: 1) hard copy Student Textbook including corresponding CD bound to the textbook; 2) hard copy Instructor Guide (IG), including Lesson Plans, accompanying PowerPoint slides, Student Workbook answers, answers to text end of chapter questions and Test Bank, plus corresponding CD bound to the inside back cover of the IG containing all IG material cited herein plus the Student Workbook (in Word and PDF formats for the text and PowerPoint format for the slides), and 3) hard copy Student Workbook. This PWS includes the associated curriculum format and content, project management, and product planning requirements. 1.1. Introduction: The Curriculum Division of the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools (AFOATS/CR) is the executive agent for Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) curriculum. AFOATS/CR supports AFJROTC?s mission of ?building better citizens for America?. Additionally, the objectives of AFJROTC are to educate and train high school cadets in citizenship; promote community service; instill responsibility, character, self-discipline; and provide instruction in air and space fundamentals. 1.2. Background: AFOATS/CR is in the process of replacing the AFJROTC Leadership Education 400 textbook and all associated materials. This course is the fourth in a series of four courses in the high school sequence of Leadership Education courses and will provide the student with an introduction to management and an overall look at management principles. The purpose of the revision is to incorporate new areas of instruction into the course and to update and enhance existing material presented in the current LE-400 textbook. A further purpose is to inject ?practical? hands-on exercises, group and leadership activities and problems, case studies, scenarios, role-playing, etc., into the courseware to excite students about management and leadership roles in the AFJROTC Corps as well as outside the Corps. 1.2.1. The title of the current LE-400 text is Leadership Education IV: Principles of Management, 1999, (V-7401T), published by the Junior Program Branch, AFJROTC, Maxwell AFB AL. The current text shall be the primary source from which the revised course is developed. The new text shall follow the current book?s basic sequence of topics and subtopics. The current table of contents & a proposed table of contents for the new book is found at Appendix II. 2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES 2.1. General: The materials shall consist of the Student Textbook including CD bound to the textbook, Instructor Guide (including Lesson Plans, accompanying PowerPoint slides, Student Workbook Answers, answers to text end of chapter questions and Test Bank), plus corresponding CD bound to the inside back cover of the IG containing all IG material cited herein plus the Student Workbook (in Word and PDF formats for the text and PowerPoint format for the slides), and Student Workbook. If the IG hard copy exceeds 500 pages in length, it will be separated into two volumes. In this case, Volume II will have the words ?Volume II: Answer Key and Test Bank? printed on its cover and will contain the answers to student workbook, text end of chapter questions and Test Bank questions and answers. Volume I would then contain lesson plans and have the words ?Volume I: Lesson Plans? printed on its cover. 2.1.1. All materials shall be identically aligned by units, chapters, lessons, numbering system, and titled accordingly (e.g., Unit 1; Chapter 1; Lesson 1). 2.1.2. The contractor shall develop the materials using Instructional System Development in the following order: 1) Lesson Objectives and Samples of Behavior; 2) Student Textbook including CD bound to the textbook; 3) Instructor Guide including Lesson Plans with PowerPoint slides, Student Workbook Answers, text end of chapter questions, Test Bank; and 4) Student Workbook. 2.1.3. Any intellectual property contributed by the contractor shall be used by the government with unlimited copyright rights and may be posted on AFJROTC?s Cyber-Campus password-protected website. 2.1.4. National Education Standards: AFJROTC is required to benchmark its curriculum to a generally accepted set of national standards for educational content, and to publish the same. The contractor shall correlate the Student Textbook to National Educational Standards using the McREL Standards. 2.2. Curriculum Materials: Curriculum materials shall consist of 1) Student Textbook including corresponding CD bound to the textbook; 2) hard copy Instructor Guide (including Lesson Plans, accompanying PowerPoint slides, Student Workbook Answers, End of Chapter ?Checkpoint? Answers and Test Bank), plus corresponding CD bound to the inside back cover of the Instructor Guide containing all IG material cited herein plus (in Word and PDF formats for the text and PowerPoint format for the slides) (in two volumes, if the total hard copy page count exceeds 500?see paragraph 2.1 above); and 3) hard copy Student Workbook. 2.2.1. AFOATS/CRJ will provide updates and changes to the contractor during the Post Award Conference for inclusion in the curriculum materials. 2.2.2. The contactor shall meet or exceed AFJROTC Formatting Standards (Appendix III). 2.3 Content Development 2.3.1. Unspecified Content: AFOATS/CR reserves the right to add unspecified content, up to100 pages from government sources, to the Student Textbook. If this happens, the contractor shall correlate and integrate this material into the Instructor Guide, Student Workbook and related CDs. AFOATS/CR will provide the contractor this material during the Post Award Conference and during the development of the project. 2.3.2. All LE-400 curriculum content will be developed by a team consisting of contractor, any sub-contractors, and AFOATS/CR personnel to ensure that all facets of the curriculum are properly addressed. 2.3.2.1. The new textbook should essentially follow the proposed table of contents at Appendix II, but may be altered to allow for information required by the PWS to be added or additional sections created accommodating any extra information. 2.4. Deliverables 2.4.1. The contractor shall provide the following prior to providing the final deliverables: ? Final review CD containing Student Textbook and corresponding CD ? Final review CD containing Instructor Guide with Lesson Plans, PowerPoint slides, Student Workbook Answers, text end of chapter questions, Test Bank (in Word and PDF formats for the text and PowerPoint format for the slides), plus the Student Workbook (in Word and PDF) ? Final review CD containing Student Workbook ? ?One-off? proof hard copy of Student Textbook ? ?One-off? proof hard copy of Instructor Guide (including Lesson Plans, accompanying PowerPoint slides, Student Workbook Answers, text end of chapter questions and Test Bank), plus corresponding Instructor Guide CD containing all IG material cited herein plus the Student Workbook (in Word and PDF formats for the text and PowerPoint format for the slides) (including both volumes, if necessary) ? ?One-off? proof hard copy of Student Workbook 2.4.2. The contractor shall provide the following final deliverables: ? Student Textbook including corresponding CD bound to the textbook ? Instructor Guide (including Lesson Plans, accompanying PowerPoint slides, Student Workbook Answers, text end of chapter questions and Test Bank), plus corresponding CD bound to the inside back cover of the Instructor Guide containing all IG material cited herein plus the Student Workbook (in Word and PDF formats for the text and PowerPoint format for the slides). The hard copy will be in two volumes, if the IG exceeds 500 pages in length. If this is the case, Volume II will have the words ?Volume II: Answer Key and Test Bank? printed on its cover, with the answers to student workbook questions, text end of chapter questions and Test Bank questions and answers residing in the second volume. Volume I would then contain lesson plans and have the words ?Volume I: Lesson Plans? printed on its cover. ? Student Workbook ? All master electronic files/CDs to include: Student Textbook and CD, Instructor Guide with corresponding CD with all IG and student workbook material cited herein (in Word and PDF formats for the text and PowerPoint format for the slides), and Student Workbook
- Place of Performance
- Address: MAXWELL AFB, AL
- Zip Code: 36067
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 36067
- Record
- SN01387495-W 20070830/070828220942 (fbodaily.com)
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