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THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY.

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, NGA is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.

The purpose of this RFI is to determine those who can satisfy the requirements for the following requirement for training subscriptions. NGA is interested in training platforms that can meet the requirement without excessive courses. NGA is interested in industry’s feedback on the sought-out capabilities.

1. Requirement

1.1. Data Science

NGA seeks an online training platform that provides self-paced, formalized data science training to enhance novice through expert competencies and enable data professionals to apply new methodologies across any mission space. Specific topic areas shall include Python (data analysis), Excel, SQL (data queries), Scala (machine learning), Tableau (data vis), R (data analysis), Power BI(data vis), Oracle (data analysis), git (version controlling), >_shell (automation),and Spark (big data processing). NGA seeks a platform with automated dashboard reporting, ad hoc reporting capabilities and/or data extraction, data visualization tool integration, customer independent learning path development, learning management system integration, and customer administrative management of licenses, assignments, competency development, assessments, and participant progression. Requirements listed above shall be available “out-of-the box” with no development required. NGA is seeking licenses for approximately 5,000 users.

2. Requested Information

2.1. Administrative

• Interested parties are directed to include the following as a minimum: company name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, company website, and e-mail of designated point(s) of contact.


• Business Type: Based upon the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 611420, Computer Training Services, applicable to this acquisition, the responder is to provide answers to the following questions:

• Are you a Small Business? (FAR 19.102)


• If you are a Small Business, which type:

Small Disadvantaged small business? (FAR 19.304)

Service Disabled small business? (FAR 19.14)

8(a) Small Disadvantaged small business? (FAR 19.8)

HUBZone small business? (FAR 19.13)

Woman-Owned Small Business? (FAR 19.15)

Involved in a mentor and/or protégé program? (DFARS 219.71)

• Recommendation for another NAICS Code? Provide rationale for any NAICS Code applicable to the planned acquisition.


• Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code:

• Do you hold a Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (e.g., GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract) applicable to the NAICS code(s) identified above? If yes, provide the contract number(s):

3. Responses

Interested parties shall respond to this RFI with a white paper and include the following:

• Short description of the company’s capabilities.


• Response for fulfilling the requirements in Section 1 above.


• Response to Section 2 above.


• If a subscription can be customized to specific courses or subject matter areas that would eliminate excess courses not part of NGA’s requirement, please include this information in the response.


• Enterprise level pricing.

Written responses shall not include proprietary information (excluding price information). Any responses that are marked proprietary will not be considered.

To aid in the Government review, all responses shall be in Microsoft Word or compatible format and shall not exceed 10 pages. Font type shall be set at Times Roman 12 point.

The first page of the submission must state the RFI title and provide the requested information from Section 2.1 above.

Responses submitted should not exceed 25 Megabytes (MB).

4. Summary

This RFI is only intended for the Government to identify sources that can provide the needed services and determine the best way forward. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding to the Government. The Government has not made a commitment to procure any of the RFI requirements discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

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