SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- NASA AND THE NAVAJO NATION 2: CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611710
— Educational Support Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- NNA11391874Q-AMG
- Response Due
- 9/15/2011
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2012
- Point of Contact
- Christine M Benavides, Purchasing Agent, Phone 650-604-5807, Fax 650-604-0932, Email christine.m.benavides@nasa.gov - Justin C. Pane, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-5621, Fax 650-604-0932, Email justin.c.pane@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Christine M Benavides
(christine.m.benavides@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/ARC has a requirement for a continuation of work that covers the developmentof planning, implementing, and evaluating two professional development workshops and twosummer enrichment programs jointly with the Navajo Nation as a means of maintaining thesustainable partnership that has been established with the Navajo Nation and to attractand retain Native American students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM). ArtReach will work with Navajo traditional practitioners and consultants tosuccessfully accomplish the following tasks; personnel will liaise with current partnerson the Navajo Nation to plan the workshops and enrichment programs, establish projectroles, workflow, communication modalities, production calendar and milestones. They willexplore and establish scientific and cultural content to present in the workshops andenrichment programs, directly provide training for workshop and enrichment programparticipants, work with the project team to design and administer the evaluation/surveysand collect, process and present survey data. NASA/ARC intends to purchase the services from ArtReach International, under theauthority of FAR 13.106-1(b), for the acquisition of supplies determined to be reasonablyavailable from only one source. The field of delivering educational programming withinthe Navajo Nation is extremely specialized due to the established trust and familiaritynecessary to work in the Navajo Nation education system. ArtReach possesses this uniquecapability as well as extensive experience working in a cross cultural environment. ArtReach has more than 10 years experience implementing cross-cultural educationalprograms on the Navajo reservation. They are located on the Navajo reservation andembedded in the Navajo education community allowing them to develop the relationshipsnecessary to establish the required trust needed to accomplish the proposed tasks. Mostimportantly ArtReach can demonstrate that they have earned the trust and endorsement ofthe Navajo education communitys leadership through letters of commitment which is arequirement for this work. It is believed that no other contractor exists with theestablished relationships and understanding of the political and spiritual protocolswithin the Navajo Nation necessary to get the proposed work done. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon September 15, 2011.Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The installation Ombudsman is DeborahFeng, Chief of Center Operations, NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 200-9, Moffett Field, CA94035-0001.
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