This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals, nor will any award be made as a result of this Request for Information (RFI). The Air Force will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in response to this RFI. This FedBizOpps notice is an announcement seeking market information for businesses capable of providing the product as described herein. The 6th Contracting Squadron (6 CONS) is currently conducting market research to determine qualified, experienced, and interested potential sources. The information requested by this RFI will be used within the Air Force to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. Such information will be evaluated solely for the purpose 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 open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice. Sources shall include in their information, a detailed capabilities statement stating their experience in providing the same or similar items described in this notice, a point of contact with phone and e-mail information, business status (Socio-Economic Factors: 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business), business size based on NAICS 611710, and a positive statement of interest to submit a proposal.

The Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) is an accredited institution that requires application and sustaining fees to maintain accreditation of current courses and new courses at the graduate level as developed to meet the needs of our Special Operations Forces.

Without attaining graduate level accreditation, JSOU will be unable to attain accreditation for any courses that are taught at the upper division or graduate level equivalency for Special Operations Forces. The Joint Special Operations University is currently an accredited education and training institution through ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training) which is only able to grant accreditation at the lower division undergraduate level. JSOU is seeking a National Council approved by the Department of Education that provides upper division and graduate level accreditation to universities that offer some graduate level classes but not graduate degrees.

For the purpose of this RFI, the anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 611430, Educational Support Services, and the small business size standard is $15.0 million. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities, and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to Joyce Wright at [email protected] no later than 11:00 AM EST on Thursday, 20 November 2014.