SUMMARY
General Services Administration (GSA) has established an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide Operational Training Devices (Teaching Machines/Devices, Instructor Led Training, Course Development and Test Administration) and Engineering and Technical Services to US government agencies. Echota Technologies Corporation is the Contractor. General Services Administration, Procurement Division, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 19-108, New York, New York 10278, issued the contract.
WHO CAN USE THIS CONTRACT?
Any Federal agency and activities in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and other government organizations authorized by statute can use this contract.
SCOPE OF TASKS INCLUDED
| Description/Information | Pricelist |
| C 6910 Teaching Machines/Devices C U006 Instructor Led Training C U008 Course Development, Test Administration |
GSA Approved Pricelist |
| C R425 Engineering and Technical Services | GSA Approved Pricelist |
TASKING METHOD
Tasking is by individual Delivery Order (DO). Each DO must contain a Statement of Work (SOW) prepared by the procuring agency which will contain detailed technical requirements and appropriate Contractor Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverable items for the specified task.
PRICING ARRANGEMENTS
This contract authorizes purchase of labor effort on a Fixed Price or Time-and-Materials basis using the approved Echota labor categories and hourly labor rates as found in this GSA Schedule.
Non-schedule labor categories, materials, and travel are outside the scope of this contract and must be purchased separately.
FUNDING
Tasking requirements must be written to comply with the scope of Special Item Numbers (SIN) 6910, U006, U008, and R425 as identified above. The procuring agency must provide funds appropriate for those requirements.
ORDERING PROCEDURE SUMMARY
With this contract vehicle, the procuring agency has a substantial role in the preparation of requirements documents and in the evaluation of contractor-proposed efforts.
For a typical DO, the procuring agency prepares a SOW for the task. The SOW must include the scope of work, deliverable requirements, schedule, and test and acceptance criteria. Additional specifications may be attached to the SOW. Instructions for proposal preparation and proposal schedule may also be included. The procuring agency supplies all of the technical information necessary for the Contracting Officer to initiate a Request for Quote or Information (RFQ or RFI) to Echota. The procuring agency delivers the SOW and related documents to the designated GSA Contracting Officer by submitting appropriate funding with the SOW package. Upon receiving the RFP, Echota will prepare a technical and cost proposal for procuring agency review.
TASKING METHOD
Tasking is by individual Delivery Order (DO). Each DO must contain a Statement of Work (SOW) prepared by the procuring agency which will contain detailed technical requirements and appropriate Contractor Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverable items for the specified task.
