1.1.4-SOW Firing Range ERO Dallas_active draft_RFI.docx

Dallas Field Office (FDA) Firearms and Tactical Training Facility Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Firearms and Tactical Training Facility for Law Enforcement Agency

1.0 Introduction and Background

The intent of this SOW is to obtain a secure law enforcement training facility to shoot and provide on-site tactical training on an annual basis. The facility shall be within a 60-mile radius of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO), 8101 North Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, Texas 75247, and must accommodate at least 200 ICE personnel per quarter which equates to conducting approximately 800 man-days a year of policy mandated firearms, defensive tactics, and corresponding policy review training.

2.0 Objective

To provide a secure private facility to conduct firearms and tactical training, practice, and qualification shooting and on-site training to a federal law enforcement agency.

3.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance for this purchase order shall be a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods.

4.0 Scope

The contractor shall provide a secure designated portion of a facility for the government’s exclusive use as scheduled within the designated days and hours needed.

Each training day consists of up to six consecutive hours. Scheduling is to be available Monday through Friday between the hours of 07:00 am – 08:00 pm. The actual days needed for training will be mutually agreed upon by and after award. A portion of the contractor’s facility should be for the exclusive/dedicated use of ICE, with unfettered access, and no interruptions to the ICE operations. ICE shall have control over any cease fire. The service contractor shall not have any cease fire determinations over the ICE operations. ICE will have the ability to shoot any pistol or rifle caliber ammunition.

5.0 Requirements – Firing Range

1. Contractor must submit to and pass a site inspection before being eligible for award. Site inspection will include a determination of safety by the ICE Firearms Instructor or designated official.

2. Business Hours, Training/qualifications shall be conducted between the hours of 07:00 am to 08:00 pm Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays and based upon a mutually agreed upon schedule between the contractor and ICE Firearms Instructor or designated official.

3. A ‘Day’ is defined as a consecutive 6-hour session between the hours of 07:00 am through 08:00 pm.

4. A ‘Training Session’ is defined as a day totaling six consecutive hours.

5. Qualification Range Site Requirements:

· Provide an area that will accommodate no less than eight shooting points (pistol and rifle) for five days per week and 52 weeks per year, excluding federal holidays, in accordance with a schedule to be mutually agreed upon.

6. Ability to conduct low light firearms training.

7. Ability to introduce sirens/flashing lights while shooting (or any other Government provided lighting on the range).

8. Facility must provide and maintain the following:

· Proper drainage of all areas utilized by the Government, including but not limited to, the firing range, all areas around and buildings, parking area, and walkways.

· All federal, state, and local code compliance and requirements.

· Utilities at training site to include, but not limited to: water, plumbing, septic, and electricity. All utilities shall provide high functioning service, including strong water pressure and fully functional men’s and women’s restrooms.

· The contractor shall provide adequate parking spaces for up to 30 ICE employees scheduled to shoot on any given training day. Parking area to be well illuminated and adhere to all governing codes.

· Storage containers for targets

· The backstops/Berm must be tall enough to prevent projectiles from going beyond the range property. At a minimum, the backstop/Berm height must meet the current code regulations and will be reviewed by an ICE Firearms Instructor for acceptance

9. Provide range Walkways and Connectors in accordance with the required specifications:

· Walkways shall be 75’ in length and 3’ in width

· Walkways shall be constructed of 4” thick reinforced concrete

· Note-ICE/ERO will establish the target line (approximately 3’ from base of berm).

· Front edge of walkway #1 shall be 1 ½ yards from the target line.

· Front edge of walkway #2 shall be 3 yards from target line.

· Front edge of walkway #3, shall be 7 yards from the target line.

· Front edge of walkway #4, shall be15 yards from the target line.

· Front edge of walkway #5, shall be 25 yards from the target line.

· Walkway shall be connected by a 3’ wide connecting walkway, located in the center of the walkway, constructed of 4” thick reinforced concrete.

· Elevation of walkways shall be 1” above highest ground elevation (to promote drainage and climate aggregate wash over).

· Walkway surface shall be level, smooth, no-textured finish.

10. Firing range training sessions requires use of various size steel targets to improve qualification scores / proficiency (if available).

11. Pistol shooting requirements:

· Delineated distance up to and including 25 yards unobstructed

· The 25-yard point will have option to utilize barricades for shooters to use as cover and concealment.

· The shooter must be able to draw unobstructed from the holster

· The shooter must be able to move from standing to kneeling to prone; with ability to move to the left (one step), right (one step), forward and backwards (one step), while engaging in 90 and 180 degree turning targets.

12. Rifle shooting requirements:

· The shooter will fire three round automatic fire bursts.

· Delineated distances for M-4 up to and including 100 yards unobstructed.

13. Emergency Care. Range must be located within 10 miles of a trauma center – defined as a hospital equipped to handle any level of severity of trauma (gunshot) and has a trauma surgeon on-site 24/7 and an OR ready at all times for critically ill and injured patients.

6.0 Performance Standards

1. Authorized range officer/instructor will be a federal law enforcement officer who has been trained and certified as an ICE Firearms Instructor. ICE will provide its own range officers for all firearms training.

2. Officers must be allowed to arrive and depart the range with duty weapons loaded and ready for duty carry.

3. Scenarios/training sessions to be conducted by an ICE Firearms Training Officer or other ICE approved instructors.

7.0 Quality Assurance

Site visits will be conducted to verify facility can accommodate ICE training requirements and verify that the facility meets the requirements of the Statement of Work. If there are any issues with adherence to this Statement of Work or any terms/conditions within this contract, the Contracting Officer will be notified, and the vendor will be provided an opportunity to cure any deficiencies. If these issues are not corrected the Contractor may face a Termination for Default.

8.0 Quality Control

The contractor shall develop and maintain a Quality Control Program to ensure facility meets requirements as stated in the SOW.

9.0 Administrative

1. Billing. Invoices shall be submitted on a monthly basis. Invoices shall list the purchase order number and the fixed contract price due for each calendar month. Invoices shall list the purchase order number and fixed contract price. Invoices can be submitted in one of the three options:

· By Mail:

Burlington Finance Center

PO BOX 1620

Williston, VT 05495-1620 ATTN: ICE-ERO-FOD-FDA-Invoice

· By Fax at (802) 288-7658 – Include a cover sheet with Point of Contact and number of pages.

· By email to: Invoice.Consolidation@ice.dhs.gov

10.0 Government points of contact

In the event the contractor encounters problems at the on-site training services, contractor shall immediately notify the Government POCs below:

1. ERO MPA/Contracting Office Representative is Latrice Williams, (480) 267-, Latrice.Williams@ice.dhs.gov

2. ERO MSS/Contracting Officer Representative is R. Brice Lunow, (405) 590-7243, brice.lunow@ice.dhs.gov

DEFINITIONS: As used throughout this contract, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below.

CONTRACTOR: The contractor is responsible for all compliance with the provisions of this contract, including those services provided by the Contractor's subcontractors.

CONTRACTING OFFICER: The Contracting Officer has the overall responsibility for the administration of this contract. He or she alone, without delegation, is authorized to take actions on behalf of the Government to solicited, modify or deviate from the contract term, conditions, requirements, specifications, details and delivery schedules. However, he or she may delegate certain other responsibilities to his or her authorized representative.

CONTRACT DISCREPANCY REPORT (CDR): A report, sent by the COR/CO to the Contractor, whereby the contractor is required to complete when performance is unsatisfactory. The CDR requires the Contractor to explain to the COR/CO, in writing within 5 calendar days, why performance is unsatisfactory, how performance shall be returned to satisfactory levels, and how recurrence of the problem shall be prevented in the future.

DEFECTIVE SERVICE: A service, which contains one or more defects, or nonconformance with specified requirements.

NFTTU: The National Firearms and Tactical Training Unit is the single focal point for firearms and use of force issues within ICE, including firearms, ammunition and body armor acquisition and maintenance, inventory control, firearms and defensive tactics instructor certifications, field delivered firearms and force training, specialized tactical team policy and training (SRT), firearms and force policy formulation and all armory operations for ICE. The NFTTU has posted information on advanced firearms training exercises on their website at http://nfttu.ice.dhs.gov

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA): The actions taken by the Government to assure services meet the requirements of the SOW. The procedures used by the Government to inspect the Contractor's Quality Control program and provide control over the quality of services received to ensure satisfactory performance.

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