Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

1.0 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This a... 1.0 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. 1.1 The combined synopsis is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) under solicitation number : W912LP-22-R-0007 1.2 This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-07 (10 Aug 2022). 1.3 Small Business Set-Aside: 100%; Applicable Size Standard is $14.5M 1.4 NAICS Code: 611699 1.5 Product or Service Code (PSC): U006 1.6 Posting Date: 26 August 2022 1.7 Response Date: 15 September 2022 1.8 Contracting Office: USPFO – Purchasing & Contracting, 7105 NW 70th Ave, Johnston, IA 50131. 1.9 Government Points of Contact: Contracting Officer: Vicky L. Williams, vicky.l.williams10.civ@army.mil and Contract Specialist: Kelsey Letcher, kelsey.l.letcher.civ@army.mil 1.10 Line item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure: 0001 Technical Instruction Services – Base Period. The contractor shall design, develop, and teach a “Drug Unit Supervisor” course for the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center (MCTC). See Performance Work Statement (PWS) for details. The contractor shall provide up to two (2) iterations of the course during the base period of performance (POP). 1001 Technical Instruction Services – Option 1. The contractor shall provide up to four (4) iterations of the “Drug Unit Supervisor” course during the Option 1 POP. 2001 Technical Instruction Services – Option 2. The contractor shall provide up to four (4) iterations of the “Drug Unit Supervisor” course during the Option 2 POP. 3001 Technical Instruction Services – Option 3. The contractor shall provide up to four (4) iterations of the “Drug Unit Supervisor” course during the Option 3 POP. 4001 Technical Instruction Services – Option 4. The contractor shall provide up to four (4) iterations of the “Drug Unit Supervisor” course during the Option 4 POP. 1.11 Description of requirements for the services to be acquired: See Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement 1.12 Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point: See Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement 1.13 Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and addendum applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses 1.14 Offerors shall include a completed copy of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services with their proposal. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses 1.15 FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses 1.16 FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. See clause below, in full text, for list of additional applicable clauses. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses 1.17 Additional contract provisions and clauses are applicable. See Attachment 2 – Provisions and Clauses 1.18 Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems (DPAS) Rating: Not rated. 1.19 Questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted by 11:00 a.m. (local) on 8 September 2022. Questions and Answers will be recorded on a consolidated Question and Answer document on a non-attribution basis and posted to Contract Opportunities. Offerors shall monitor Contract Opportunities frequently, as no other distribution will be made.

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The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center (MCTC) requires technical instruction services for a “Drug Unit Supervisor” course for a base (approximately 10 months, depending on date of award) with two (2)... The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center (MCTC) requires technical instruction services for a “Drug Unit Supervisor” course for a base (approximately 10 months, depending on date of award) with two (2) iterations, plus four (4) 12-month option periods with up to four (4) iterations. We are in the market research stage of this acquisition and are searching for vendors who can provide the following services. The requirements below are copied and pasted from the Performance Work Statement (PWS) draft. Please understand some changes may be made on the PWS when the official solicitation is posted. I request your responses to the following questions for the requirements provided below: 1. Is your organization able to provide these services for the requirements provided below? 2. Do the requirements appear to be too restrictive? 3. Do the requirements appear to be “copied and pasted” from another vendor’s course? 4. Do the requirements appear to be too general/generic? Is there a requirement you believe should be added? 5. Is there anything else not listed above that you believe the Government should know about the requirements outlined below? Please review the specifications below and respond to this email by no later than Friday, 29 July 2022, 2:00 p.m. local (central) time. Requirements: 5.0 Requirements: The contractor shall: 5.1 Provide a Drug Unit Supervisor Course for up to 30 law enforcement officers and military personnel directly involved in counternarcotic missions per iteration. The course length shall be a minimum of 36 hours of instruction over a period of five (5) class days. The Contractor shall provide multiple iterations of the course, at dates and locations to be coordinated with MCTC during the contract performance period. Dates and locations for each course iteration are selected based on training requests submitted by law enforcement agencies. The course title may change during the life of the contract per MCTC’s needs, but the course topics will remain constant. The Contractor shall update the content within the course topics upon MCTC’s request, and as necessary to keep the course current and relevant throughout the contract PoP. 5.1.1 The contractor shall develop the course in a manner that shall be presented in person or via DL. The course objectives, content, slide presentation, pre-tests and post-tests shall remain constant whether the course is presented in person or via a DL platform. 5.1.2 Course Iterations. The contractor shall provide the course on dates and at locations to be determined by MCTC, based on training requests from law enforcement agencies. All locations will be within the MCTC service area described in paragraph 1.4.1. 5.1.2.1 The contractor shall provide two (2) course iterations in the base period. 5.1.2.2 The contractor shall provide up to four (4) course iterations in each of the option periods. The number of iterations in the option periods will be determined by funding availability and the Government’s need. 5.2 Target Audience: Up to 30 law enforcement officers to include local, state, tribal and federal law enforcement officers with an emphasis on drug unit supervisors, senior drug law enforcement agents, senior patrol officers assigned to highway or domestic drug and contraband interdiction operations, and canine handlers, and military personnel directly involved with counternarcotics missions; 5.3 Course Content. Course content shall be unique to this course, current, and shall not duplicate the content of other courses provided by MCTC or other National Guard Training Centers, with the exception of case law examples. To ensure that MCTC is teaching constitutionally permissible practices, a professional who has legal training and experience in the conduct of criminal court proceedings on behalf of the Government (e.g., current or former attorney, District Attorney, etc.), shall vet the course. The course of instruction shall cover the following topics (learning objectives), at a minimum: 5.3.1 Management of a drug unit 5.3.2 Current local and national drug trends 5.3.3 The role of transnational criminal organizations (TCO) in the domestic drug trade 5.3.4 Analyzing narcotics-related data from local jurisdiction 5.3.5 Critical Tasks for drug unit supervisors 5.3.6 Task force personnel selection 5.3.7 Organizing a narcotics investigation 5.3.8 Development of agency standard operating procedures (SOP) 5.3.8.1 Budget management 5.3.8.2 Equipment management 5.3.9 Drug unit field operations 5.3.9.1 Managing a confidential informant program 5.3.9.2 Managing physical surveillance operations 5.3.9.3 Development of a tactical operations plan 5.3.9.4 Areas of operation (i.e., open-air drug locations, drug houses, hot spots for use/dealing) 5.3.9.5 Search warrant utilization and manpower deployment 5.3.10 Violence and risk management in undercover (UC) operations 5.3.10.1 Best practices for safety of UC 5.3.10.2 Planning for the worst case (i.e., UC extraction and abort operation) 5.3.10.3 UC burnout and integrity issues 5.3.11 Buy money management 5.3.11.1 Current price trends 5.3.11.2 Officer handling 5.3.11.3 Disbursements 5.3.11.4 Third party audits 5.3.12 Memorandum of Understanding 5.3.12.1 How to draft 5.3.12.2 When to use 5.3.13 Documentation of unit progress and setbacks 5.3.13.1 Lessons learned 5.3.13.2 Post mission after-action reviews 5.3.14 Leadership skills development 5.3.14.1 Integrity and ethics in supervising a drug unit or drug task force 5.3.14.2 Multi-jurisdictional and multi-agency deconfliction, collaboration, and best practices 5.3.15 Legal aspects of conducting drug investigations 5.3.15.1 Civil liability for drug unit supervisors 5.3.15.2 Basic liability principles 5.3.15.3 Legal advisory and update of U.S. Supreme Court decision 5.4 A slide presentation is required. 5.4.1 Slides shall display the MCTC logo (a mock-up of the MCTC logo is authorized for proposal submissions; the official MCTC logo artwork will be provided upon award). No other corporate logos shall be displayed. 5.4.2 Slides shall be unique to this course and shall not duplicate the slide content of other courses provided by MCTC or any other National Guard Counterdrug Training Centers. 5.5 Pre-test and Post-test. The contractor shall administer a pre-test and post-test to each student. 5.5.1 Pre-test and post-test may be written or practical, or a combination thereof. 5.5.2 Pre-test shall assess students’ pre-course knowledge and understanding of the course topics. 5.5.3 Post-test shall assess students’ post-course knowledge and understanding of the course topics. 5.6 PEs. The contractor shall incorporate PEs into the instruction to reinforce teaching points. All PEs will be clearly defined and structured for review in the submission. Preference will be given to contractors that can include practical scenarios that combine several course topics, when possible. 5.6.1 The contractor shall provide a deconfliction report to the COR at least seven (7) days prior to each course iteration. The deconfliction report shall contain information on the vehicles, the people involved, and the locations for each PE. MCTC will distribute the deconfliction report to affected agencies upon review/revision, as appropriate. The contractor shall acknowledge this in their proposal. 5.6.2 The contractor shall provide role players for the PE scenarios. 5.6.2.1 The contractor shall provide the names of the role players to the COR at least seven (7) days prior to each course iteration for approval. The contractor shall acknowledge this in their proposal. 5.6.2.2 The contractor shall provide a list of all materials and equipment required to conduct the PEs in the submission, in adequate quantity to accommodate all instructors, role players, and students. 5.7 Student manual. The contractor shall provide a student manual, which shall be used as a reference/resource for students to use during and after the course. The contractor shall ship student manuals for course iterations to the location disclosed by the MCTC no less than one (1) week prior to the scheduled course date. The contractor shall provide a student manual to each course participant the 1st day of each in-person course iteration. The contractor shall provide student manuals to the COR no later than 21 days prior the scheduled start date of each DL iteration. The COR will ensure each DL student is issued a student manual prior to the first scheduled course iteration. The contractor shall acknowledge these requirements in their proposal. The student manual shall be: 5.7.1 Professionally and thoroughly researched and developed. 5.7.2 Comprehensive, current, and relevant. 5.7.3 Professionally organized, assembled and securely bound (hard copy student manual is required) 5.7.4 Include a copy of the DEA Controlled Substance Registration Certificate (required in order to transport and handle the Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 (controlled) narcotics). 5.7.5 Display the MCTC logo in color on the front cover (a mock-up MCTC logo for proposal submission is acceptable; official MCTC logo artwork will be provided by MCTC upon award); shall not include any other logos 5.7.6 Digital media. A copy of the student manual on digital media is optional, but if provided, it shall: 5.7.6.1 Display the MCTC logo in color on the front cover, shall not include any other logos. 5.7.6.2 Also be provided to each student physical/hard copy on the first day of each in-person or DL course iteration. Offeror and Instructor Qualifications: Offeror Qualifications. The contractor shall meet the following minimum qualifications: Offeror (contractor) shall have prior experience in the design, development, and delivery of law enforcement courses to civilian law enforcement personnel at the local, state, or federal level. Offerors (contractors) who have developed and delivered a Drug Unit Supervisor course of at least 36 hours in length are preferred. Instructor Qualifications. Each proposed instructor shall meet the following minimum qualifications: Instructors shall have a background in training law enforcement personnel and be currently engaged in training law enforcement officers on the subject of supervising narcotics units. Instructors shall have studied, practiced, and taught or consulted on police administration and leadership. Instructors shall have a minimum of five years of experience as a drug unit supervisor. Instructors with five or more years of experience in instructing and training drug unit supervisors are preferred. It is preferred that the entire instructor faculty has an undergraduate degree in criminal justice or another relevant field. Instructors with twenty or more years of law enforcement experience may be rated more highly than instructors with education and less experience.