Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

INTRODUCTION: The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando (ACC-Orlando) is issuing this Presolicitation Notice on behalf of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), 3D Special Forces Group (... INTRODUCTION: The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando (ACC-Orlando) is issuing this Presolicitation Notice on behalf of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), 3D Special Forces Group (A) to alert potential vendors of a potential forthcoming solicitation to support the requirement for Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training support services for 3D SFG (A). The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis. The Government anticipates a proposed three-year contract, with a one-year base and two, one-year option periods with an approximate start date of Feb/Mar 2023. DISCLAIMER: THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY PROGRAM BACKGROUND: U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), 3D Special Forces Group (A) has a requirement for Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training support services to ensure that USASOC’s readiness requirements are met for their Special Forces Sniper Course (SFSC) Level 1 and 2 Snipers. This training is part of a fourteen-day course that is conducted and offered quarterly in order to (IOT) meet the up-tempo and availability of all 3D SFG (A) Snipers throughout the fiscal year. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: 3D Special Forces Group (A) is seeking a facility that can provide for the Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training in order to increase the operational capacity and capability required of a SFSC Level 1 and Level 2 Sniper. The facility shall include Housing, Food, Range Facilities, Basic Life Services, Off-Road Vehicles, and a Classroom for the Special Forces Instructors to instruct all classes. The Contractor shall provide range facilities with high angle capabilities for three (3) Advanced Sniper Courses (five days per course) annually at a venue that can support all scheduled Program of Instruction (POI). The 3D SFG (A) Advanced Skills Company (ASC) Sniper Detachment will provide all training, technical direction, and ammunition. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training, as defined in the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). ELIGIBILITY: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 611699 (All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction), with a Size Standard of $14.5M. The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is X1PZ (Lease/Rental of Other Non-Building Facilities). The Government intends to solicit this acquisition as a full and open competition, set-aside for small business. The basis of award is anticipated to be best value trade-off. The solicitation for this requirement is expected for release in subsequent weeks after this notice. This notice does not constitute a commitment on the part of the Government and does not guarantee that an actual solicitation or a contract will be issued. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. All information/materials received in response to this Presolicitation Notice that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. *NOTE (LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING): If you are a small business interested in being the prime contractor for this effort, please be advised that FAR clause 52.219-14 (Limitations on Subcontracting) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008) was updated in September 2021. The current clause adds the definition of “Similarly Situated Entity” and the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small business prime contractors may now count “first tier subcontractor” work performed by a “Similarly Situated Entity” as if it were performed by the prime contractor itself. No additional information regarding this requirement will be available prior to the release of the RFP. The online version of the RFP shall include all documents of the solicitation package. No hard copy of the RFP will be issued. Amendments, if any, will be posted at the same location as the RFP. The complete solicitation package, including amendments, should be received, and reviewed prior to submitting a response. It is the responsibility of those responding to the solicitation to obtain all amendments and/or other applicable documents associated with the RFP. Interested parties may address questions, via email only, to Tom Halverson at thomas.l.halverson.civ@army.mil.

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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE INTRODUCTION: The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando (ACC-Orlando) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice (SSN) on behalf of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)... SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE INTRODUCTION: The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Orlando (ACC-Orlando) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice (SSN) on behalf of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), 3D Special Forces Group (A) as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having the interest, resources and facilities available to support the requirement for Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training support services for 3D SFG (A). The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis. The Government anticipates a proposed three-year contract, with a one-year base and two, one-year option periods with an approximate start date of February 2023. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought Notice/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part), procured through full and open competition or sole source. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding submissions. DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. PROGRAM BACKGROUND: U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), 3D Special Forces Group (A) has a requirement for Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training support services to ensure that USASOC’s readiness requirements are met for their Special Forces Sniper Course (SFSC) Level 1 and 2 Snipers. This training is part of a fourteen-day course that is conducted and offered quarterly in order to (IOT) meet the up-tempo and availability of all 3D SFG (A) Snipers throughout the fiscal year. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: 3D Special Forces Group (A) is seeking a facility that can provide for the Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training in order to increase the operational capacity and capability required of a SFSC Level 1 and Level 2 Sniper. The facility shall include Housing, Food, Range Facilities, Basic Life Services, Off-Road Vehicles, and a Classroom for the Special Forces Instructors to instruct all classes. The Contractor shall provide range facilities with high angle capabilities for three (3) Advanced Sniper Courses (five days per course) annually at a venue that can support all scheduled Program of Instruction (POI). The 3D SFG (A) Advanced Skills Company (ASC) Sniper Detachment will provide all training, technical direction, and ammunition. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training, as defined in the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). ELIGIBILITY: The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 611699 (All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction), with a Size Standard of $14.5M. The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is U099 (Education/Training - Other). SUBMISSION DETAILS: All interested parties shall submit a Statement of Capability (SOC) that explicitly demonstrates their capability to provide/perform the requirement stated in this notice. The capabilities statement should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate an ability to meet the stated requirement. The response must not exceed 15 pages to include attachments. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist via thomas.l.halverson.civ@army.mil with a copy (Cc) via email to benjamin.blanton@socom.mil, mark.dimayo@socom.mil and jackson.t.funke.mil@socom.mil, no later than 3:30 p.m. (EST) on 18 NOV 2022 and reference this synopsis number in the subject line of the e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be awarded a DoD contract. Written responses to this Sources Sought should consist of the following: (1) Describe your company’s experience in providing Advanced Sniper Sustainment Training. (2) Describe the Housing, Food, Basic Life Services, Off-Road Vehicles and Classroom Facilities at your company’s Range Facilities. (3) Describe your company’s Range Facility and how it meets all the initial required performance parameters as described in section 5.3 (Range Facilities) of the attached draft PWS. (4) A statement indicating if your firm is a large or small business under NAICS 611699; if small business, please indicate any applicable socio-economic status [i.e., 8a, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), HUBZone, Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)] under NAICS 611699. (5) If you plan on subcontracting to other companies in order to deliver technical capability, please provide details on exactly which tasks will be assigned to those subcontractors; in addition, provide the names of those anticipated subcontractors, and list the anticipated percentage of small business subcontracting. The Government will base its decision as to whether this acquisition shall be full and open competition, small business set-aside, or sole source based upon responses to this synopsis and other market research. All interested sources shall submit their SOC to the Primary Point of Contact listed below. Proposals are not being requested or accepted at this time. As stipulated in FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation (Request for Proposal) exists at this time; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. All information/materials received in response to this Sources Sought Notice that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. *NOTE (LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING): If you are a small business interested in being the prime contractor for this effort, please be advised that FAR clause 52.219-14 (Limitations on Subcontracting) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008) was updated in September 2021. The current clause adds the definition of “Similarly Situated Entity” and the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small business prime contractors may now count “first tier subcontractor” work performed by a “Similarly Situated Entity” as if it were performed by the prime contractor itself. To assist in our market research and set-aside determination for this effort, if you are a small business interested in priming this effort and plan to utilize a “Similarly Situated Entity” to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting requirements, please identify the name & Unique Entity ID/CAGE Code of the specific firm(s) you intend to partner/subcontract with to meet the requirements as well as their SB size status under the NAICS that you as the prime would assign for their workshare. Information regarding any planned “Similarly Situated Entity” should be included in answering any questions outlined in the SSN in order to assist the Government's capability determination.