Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Pre Solicitation Notice (23 STS RECCE SHOOTING) ** DD 254 NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS REQUIREMENT ** Description: Provide personnel, facilities, and equipment for a one-hundred-eighty-two hour (182) reconna... Pre Solicitation Notice (23 STS RECCE SHOOTING) ** DD 254 NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS REQUIREMENT ** Description: Provide personnel, facilities, and equipment for a one-hundred-eighty-two hour (182) reconnaissance based long range marksmanship course. Instructor Requirements: Instructor Qualifications (Minimum of 2 instructor resumes shall be provided in the capability statement): 1.4.1. Instructor to student ratio shall not exceed 1:2 and must be prepared to provide assessment and performance evaluation to sustain and enhance the requisite levels of knowledge, understanding and basic skills in the below listed subject areas. Multiple training locations running at the same time and cycling groups through each location is acceptable. 1.4.2. Instructors must have a minimum of 5 years in a Special Mission Unit (SMU) and 10+ post 9/11 combat rotations to applicable areas of operation (AOR) 1.4.3. All instructors must have/maintained a Secret clearance (due to operational TTPs). 1.4.4. A minimum of 1 instructor must have completed Special Activities Training Course (SATC) 1.4.5. Primary instructor must have graduated from a JSOC OTC course and held a position of Team leader or above on a Special Mission Unite (SMU) RECCE team. 1.4.6. Secondary instructors shall be experienced with the discipline being trained and provide useful input and instruction to enhance training to the standards in this PWS. 1.4.7. The instructors shall explain proper procedures verbally, demonstrate physically, and provide hands-on opportunities for each student. 1.4.8. Instructors shall provide instruction on Marksmanship Fundamentals in reconnaissance scenarios that provides students with progressive and increasingly difficult training scenarios and operating skills. Instructors shall break down the training curriculum into separate subjects and key skill demonstrations /execution evolutions in order to better observe the students, provide guidance, and critique student execution. 1.4.9. The instructors must be able to provide necessary documents as credentials, i.e. career brief, job history, orders, or retirement summary. 1.4.10. All Instructors proposed for this effort shall be considered Subject Matter Experts (SME). SME's are certain experienced professional and/or technical personnel that are essential for successful accomplishment of the work to be performed in support of this requirement. If any of the proposed personnel become unavailable for performance prior to or during performance of this requirement, the contractor shall promptly notify the contracting officer within 24 hours. The resume(s) of the replacement personnel shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer for review and approval within 48 hours of notification that contracted personnel are unavailable. Notification of approval or disapproval will sent to the contractor within 48 hours after receipt of the resume(s). The Government will list the Key Personnel in the resulting contract through a contract modification. 1.4.11. The instructors shall explain proper procedures verbally, demonstrate physically, and provide hands-on opportunities and feedback/progress reports for each student. The course shall not be in the lecture format. A ‘learn by doing’ approach shall be used in conjunction with an advanced learning philosophy, repetition, varying degrees of stressors and all practical learning environments. Facility Requirements (Facility information/teaming agreement (if facilities are not owned by the prime) is required to be submitted in capability statement): 1.5.1. The awarded contractor’s training complex shall be located within the Continental United States and possess, at a minimum, the below listed specialty ranges, training areas and facilities to fulfill the training and logistical requirements of this PWS: 1.5.1.1. To ensure operators are trained in proper shoot/ no shoot decision making, contractor must provide realistic operational targets on the extreme edge of capability to ensure safety of uninvolved civilians in theater of conflict. Contractor to provide no less than 3 different targets within a 1-hour drive of lodging with greater than 25 permanent structures that can support live role player activities scripted to the FMP objectives. 1.5.1.2. Contractor to provide NREMT certified medical support to overnight and austere FMP’s within close proximity of students engaged in CULEX during overnight FMP’s. 1.5.1.3. Contractor must supply factory approved optics course by an AFSW supplier of current long range shooting optics such as Night Force or Leopold. Class will include but not be limited to, scope set-up, maintenance, windage dots, range milling tool, and moving targets. 1.5.1.4. The contractor’s chosen location shall have available DoD Compliant Arms, Ammunition Storage Rooms, Magazines and Bunkers IAW the DoD 5100.76-M (Physical Security Manual). 1.5.1.5. To support around the clock training, security of GOV personnel/ equipment, training efficiency and cost reduction, Contractor must supply a facility that is within 100 miles of Nellis, AFB Nevada and the Nevada Test and Training Range (or alternate/ similar size MOA in close proximity to Nellis, AFB). Facility will include, at a single physical location: classrooms, on site mobility garage, (secure) paved driving surface, adjacent to alpine and off-road terrain/ training areas and 24/7 security. Facility must be within 15 miles of meals, lodging and a fitness center. 1.5.1.6. Contractor must supply within 30 minutes of MSF, live fire weapons training range. On site must be a wide array of steel targets to include “pop-up” AR500 targets that allow shooter to engage multiple targets at varying distances in a dynamic manner. Range must be capable of shots exceeding 1,000 meters. 1.5.1.7. MSF must be within 30 min of elevated terrain that allows for SR observation and shooting training conducted IAW AFSOC safety regulations and procedures. To ensure realistic mountainous/ high angle scenario-based training, training area to be supplied must have at least 1 location above 8,000 Ft. MSL. 1.5.1.8. To allow for safe mounted mobility lanes and scenario-based training without having to cross or drive long distances on a public highway in GTV’s or NSTV’s, MSF must be co-located to an off-road training area of greater than 100,000 acres containing NLT 25 miles of continuous/ non repeating off road routes. 1.5.1.9. Contractor must provide thermal and IR detection capability (Night Vision Goggles and/ or sUAS) to evaluate team during stalking and movement lanes, FMP’s and CULEX. 1.5.1.10 The contractor’s training location shall provide high angle ranges exceeding 2000 yards and provide elevation changes up to 500 feet. Material Requirements: 1.6.1. Any personal protective equipment (PPE) required for safe training that is not government provided (helmet, body armor, eye protection, uniform, boots). Any such equipment must be in quantities/sizes sufficient to protect all students. Equipment shall be in good condition and working order and be properly sized to each student. 1.6.2. The contractor shall provide: All required target materials including, but not limited to paper re-faces, steel targets, specialty target arrays/systems like pneumatic (or similar technology), barriers/blockades/vehicles to move around and inside. 1.6.3. The contractor shall provide all weapons, ammunition, supplies and materials to be used by instructors during training. 1.6.4. Contractor to provide both on and off-road mobility vehicles for training on both paved and unpaved surfaces Quantity: one-hundred-eighty-two hour (182) course Unit of Issue: Job Contract Type: Single Award Contract Destination: Performance at Contractor’s facility How to Obtain Solicitation: Provide capability statement proving how the contractor meets the specifications/qualifications to John Miner, john.miner.3@us.af.mil, AND Jaime Collins, jaime.collins.2@us.af.mil. Sufficient documentation must be provided to demonstrate how the contractor meets those requirements. Set-aside: SB Set-aside