Request for Proposal (RFP) – Systems Engineering (SE) Fundamentals Course, and Requirements and Statement of Work (SOW) Development for a System Course
BACKGROUND
The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement for the development and delivery of a five-day System Engineering (SE) Fundamentals course, as well as the development and delivery of a two-day Requirements and Statement of Work (SOW) Development for a System course.
REQUIREMENT
The period of the contract, if awarded, will be approximately three and a half years (based on up to six months after contract award to produce the course packages and three years of course delivery), followed by a two (2) one-year option periods for further course delivery. The course delivery of the period of the contract will be four (4) courses per year for the Systems Engineering (SE) Fundamentals Course and six (6) courses per year for the Requirements and Statement of Work (SOW) Development for a System Course. Each one-year option period will include approximately four (4) Systems Engineering (SE) Fundamentals courses and six (6) Requirements and Statement of Work (SOW) Development for a System courses.
Tasks and Deliverables are detailed in Annex “A” of the Request for Proposal.
Mandatory Criteria include, but are not limited to, the following:
The Bidder must demonstrate that they have delivered a technical course (in the domain of Systems Engineering) with a minimum duration of three (3) working days within the past 36 months as of bid closing using a minimum of three (3) of the following adult education techniques:
Lecture;
Questioning Techniques;
Discussion Groups;
Case Study;
Group Work;
Role-playing;
Simulations and Games;
Independent Learning Packages;
Job Aids; and
Self-directed Learning Techniques.
2. The Bidder must demonstrate that they have an established capability to develop and deliver a technical training course in the domain of Systems Engineering in English or French with a minimum duration of three (3) working days.
3. The Bidder must provide:
One (1) bilingual Instructor (English and French); or
One (1) English Instructor and one (1) French Instructor.With the following qualifications (for each Instructor):
Have taught a minimum of two (2) Course serials in English and/or French of a technical course , within the past four (4) years; and
Have a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience** in the domain of System- Engineering (SE).**Experience is based on the SE Learning Objectives of MT4. The Instructor(s) must (each) have experience with at least 10 out of 20 Learning Objectives.
4. The Bidder must demonstrate that they have delivered within the past 36 months as of bid closing, a course or combination of courses in English or French, which jointly cover at a detailed level, at least 10 of the following Mandatory Learning Objectives:
Use of Systems Engineering Standards and guidelines: ISO/IEC 15288;
Apply the ISO/IEC 15288 system life cycle model with its stages and processes;
Apply System thinking to the solution development (including sustainment);
**Define what are requirements and their characteristics (e.g., achievable, testable).
**Capture and analyze Requirements;
**Perform trade-off studies;
**Develop a system Performance/Technical Requirements Specification;
**Develop a Statement of Work (SOW) for the acquisition of a system;
Identify, analyze, manage technical risks;
Recognize the importance of logical (functional) and physical architecture design as part of the development stage for a system, and the use of associated models;
Perform system integration;
Verify and validate throughout the entire life cycle of the system;
Use requirements traceability tools;
Use test/verification traceability tools;
Develop a typical Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP);
Develop a typical Test and Evaluation Management Plan (TEMP);
Develop a Requirements Verification Matrix (RVM);
Describe the fundamental Requirements Management activities;
Describe the fundamental Configuration Management activities; and
Describe the types of configuration baselines.**These Learning Objectives are specific to the Requirement and SOW Development for a System Course.
The Mandatory Criteria and Rated Criteria are detailed in the Request for Proposal (RFP).
Where this notice and the RFP differ, the RFP will prevail.
The Department of National Defence reserves the right not to award a Contract, regardless of the responses it receives.
