The U. S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (CCNJ), on behalf of the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (CCDC AC) seeks to enter into a Grant for a Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics (STEM) Outreach Program.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
is considered a competitive combined synopsis/solicitation, therefore, this announcement constitutes the only synopsis or solicitation that will be released.
The objective of this FOA, which is being issued in accordance with 10 USC §2192, is to seek application packages from Applicants capable of engaging and improving Grades K-12 Plus (to include colleges, universities, and vocational schools) STEM skills through in person outreach programs and support services on a national level.
The requirement for increased STEM professional development is necessary to meet the long term national defense needs of the United States for personnel proficient in such skills.
The Government will review all submissions and perform an integrated assessment of each submission in accordance with the evaluation criteria and relative order of importance of the criteria as listed in the FOA.
The Government intends to make a single award as a result of this FOA.
The Government reserves the right to select for award, one or none of the application packages received.
An award is anticipated to be made to the Applicant whose application package contains a proposed solution that is most advantageous to the Government’s identified STEM program objectives and tasks.
The Government reserves the right to award to other than the most highly rated application package.
The Government intends to award a contract without exchanges (except for clarification), therefore, each Applicant is urged to provide an application package that contains its most favorable terms in order to reflect its best possible potential in fulfilling the program objectives and tasks.
However, the Government reserves the right to conduct exchanges to permit Applicants to revise their application packages, if necessary.
A notice of the Government’s award selection decision will be announced on FedBizOpps upon the conclusion of the evaluation process.
Any questions related to this FOA must be directed to the Government point of contact identified below by 4:00pm Eastern time on 28 February 2020:
David Grimes Grants Specialist, CCNJ-ET david.m.grimes 2. civ@mail.mil Edward Gorsky Grants Specialist, CCNJ-ET Edward.a.gorsky.civ@mail.mil Morgan Ziatyk Grants Officer, CCNJ-ET Morgan.f.ziatyk.civ@mail.mil All information submitted in response to this FOA will be at no cost or obligation to the Government.
No sensitive or classified information will be discussed.