This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or intent to issue a RFQ in the future. This Sources Sought does not commit the Government to contract for any service whatsoever. Furthermore, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Sources Sought; therefore, all costs associated with responding will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this Sources Sought does not preclude participation in a future RFQ, if one is issued. It is the responsibility of the potential offeror to monitor www.SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The Air Force anticipates procuring this product as a FY24 base effort with three (3) option years. The estimated period of performance for the base year of this is subscription is 30 September 2024 – 29 September 2025. Responses to this sources sought notice will assist in a determination of whether it is in the best interest of the Government to proceed with a competition. 

Period: 30 September 2024 – 29 September 2025
Option Year 1:    30 September 2025 – 29 September 2026
Option Year 2:    30 September 2026 – 29 September 2027

Option Year 3:    30 September 2027 – 29 September 2028

7630 -- Newspapers & Periodicals

516210 -- Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content

Size Standard: $47.0 (standard in millions)

Subscription name: Teachable and Flix

2.0 Background

The 773d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron is seeking potential sources that can provides lesson plans, worksheets, learning games and printables for teachers and parents to use various topics, genres, holidays, and themes. Must also pair classic video storybooks with related nonfiction titles to reinforce early reading skills and develop real-world knowledge. Offers dozens of units to supplement social studies and science core curricula learning. Offering more than 50 complete units of study with over 6500 science-related assets in a variety of media. The product characteristics are listed below:

1. Must be able to provide content that pairs books with videos and reinforces reading skills, supports reluctant readers and builds fluency.
2. Must be able to support social studies, history, and science curriculums with material that assist in building content-area knowledge and has content that helps build critical study skills.
3. Must offer at least 50 study units and 6500 study related assets that cover science in multiple media formats including video, text, and interactive programs.
4. Thematically paired fiction and nonfiction titles are designed to bridge learning-to-read and reading-to-learn. Animated classic storybooks introduce early learners to the delights of reading while paired with nonfiction text for further information.
5. Offering hundreds of units to supplement social studies and science core curricula learning, A highly engaging multimedia resource that can be used in the library, the classroom, on mobile devices, or at home.
6. Must provide eBooks that are enhanced with a deep and diverse reservoir of related content in a variety of text types and media–including primary sources, fiction, videos, audio clips, images, and related websites.
7. Must help students improve literacy skills, build content-area knowledge, and cultivate the critical skills necessary for academic success and college and career readiness.
8. Must provide resources for science in a transformative way giving students access to science topics, acquire scientific knowledge, and build a lasting interest in science, technology, and engineering.
9. Must provide a curriculum-driven leveled content that is integrated with interactive features and intuitive navigation in this highly engaging mobile-ready science resource. With its emphasis on the latest STEM thinking and the Next Generation Science Standards, that provides students with a better understanding of science concepts and ideas through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, and so much more.
10. Must be an online database of tens of thousands of searchable and printable, ready-to-use educational materials. Delivers the highest quality content and the most effective instructional tools to support teachers in their search for reliable, authentic, and proven classroom resources.
11. Must provide 200 plus growing collection of lesson plans, worksheets, learning games and printables for teachers and parents to use various topics, genres, holidays, and themes.
12. Must provide downloadable printables include lessons plans, reading passages, games, puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas and skill sheets for all age/school levels. To include 2000 plus printable mini-books for reading, writing, math, and science for guided reading groups, whole-class lessons, and independent reading.
13. Must provide resources for math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, STEAM, writing, etc. for all grade levels. These resources must work together over themes and genres for teaching.
14. Must be designed to accommodate learning requirements of all students.
15. Must be able to provide monthly usage statistics.
16. Must be able to access via internet connected computer browsers and mobile devices.
17. Must work with contract POC (EBSCO Stacks) to establish authentication methods to provide optimal accessibility for all eligible patrons.
18. Security between the Website and server must be Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3
19. Must have HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with long duration deployed on the servers to mitigate/prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
20. Website certificates should be RSA 2048-bits (SHA256withRSA)

3.0 Requested Information

The Government will consider responses received within ten business days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government competes this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is an administrative decision by the Government that is solely within its discretion.

Vendors responding shall specify that they can meet the requirement and provide detailed company information to show clear technical capability. Please provide the following information:

• Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.  
• Identification as a large U.S. business, a small U.S. business, or a foreign business. Please note that size indicated should be based on the NAICS code for this effort listed above.  
• Company Name, Address, UEI and CAGE
• Identification of business size and whether currently designated as a small business and the appropriate categories (small business, small disadvantaged business, 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, woman-owned small business, HUB zone, minority-owned, etc.)
• Capabilities Statement
• Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED.

The Government will consider responses received within ten days of issuance of this notice. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set aside competitive procurement. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government competes this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603. If this effort becomes a Small Business Set-Aside, FAR 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting, will apply. Therefore, small businesses that want to be considered for a small business set-aside should demonstrate how they intend to comply. A determination not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is an administrative decision by the Government that is solely within its discretion.

Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is strictly voluntary. The Government will not reimburse the respondents for any costs associated with their response. This synopsis does not constitute a Request for Proposals nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach. The Government reserves the right to contact the submitting parties, on an as required basis, for further clarification on material provided. Respondents should not construe this notice as a commitment by the Air Force for any purpose.

All responses must be received no later than 4:00 PM Central Standard Time (CST) on 27 May 2024. Responses shall be emailed to LaTasha Boyd at [email protected].  Any questions should be directed to LaTasha Boyd through email.