Guard_Services_Solicitation_Amendment_No._9.docx

Amendment No. 9

To

DOT Armed Security Guard Services Solicitation No. 693JK418R500007

This Amendment No. 8 substitutes the revised Solicitation Exhibit 14C which appears between horizontal lines below, for the Exhibit 14C previously published in FedBizOpps.

Exhibit 14C

CONTRACTOR PROVIDED INITIAL

WEAPONS TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Initial Weapons Training/Qualification: Contractor must present a minimum total of 40 hours of firearms (32) and Less-Than-Lethal weapons (8hrs) training. Contractor is responsible for providing PSO’s with a minimum of 32 hours of firearms training prior to initial qualification. A minimum of eight hours of will be dedicated classroom training and a minimum of 24 hours, excluding associated down time, will be dedicated live-fire training. Contractor is responsible for providing four hours baton and four hours OC Spray training/certification as specified by manufacture and in accordance with state/local law.

Lecture and hands-on demonstration of procedures for carrying, drawing and utilizing OC Spray

Lecture and hands-on demonstration of procedures for baton carrying and drawing, as well as striking techniques.

Firearms Maintenance, Safety, and Handling

(NOTE: This segment does not include fundamentals or firing and firearms qualification.) Provide instruction in the handling and control of the security officer’s firearm. Instruction should relate to weapons safety and handling to include: nomenclature, wearing of the weapon, care and cleaning, performing a functions check, storage, and accountability. Special emphasis must be placed on loading, unloading, and the safe lowering of a “cocked” hammer on a live round.

Instruction on live fire with no less than 500 rounds of ammunition. Instructions include transition from other weapons.

Handgun Qualification Course

Firearms: Contract-authorized handgun and ammunition Ammunition: Fifty (50) rounds Target: ICE-QT Target (23” x 35”)

All stages will be fired as a hot range. Once prepared for duty-carry, the shooter will be responsible for maintaining full magazines throughout the course of fire, reloading on command and/or when otherwise necessary.

Course of Fire:

Strong hand only from the holster using the bent elbow position with the support arm/hand placed against the upper centerline of the officer’s chest

On command the shooter will:

Draw and fire one (1) round in two (2) seconds and re-holster.

Draw and fire two (2) rounds in two (2) seconds and re-holster.

Draw and fire three (3) rounds in two (2) seconds and re-holster.

Officers with a magazine capacity of less than twelve (12) rounds will have to conduct a tactical reload or magazine exchange at the end of this stage of fire to be prepared for stage two.

Using two hands from the holster --point shoulder shooting, referencing sights

On command the shooter will:

Draw and fire three (3) rounds in the chest of the target in three (3) seconds, and re-holster. Draw and fire three (3) rounds in three

(3) Seconds to the chest perform a reload (emergency, tactical or magazine exchange) and re-holster.

Body armor and cover drills. Two-handed shooting using the sights

On command the shooter will draw and fire two (2) rounds to the chest of the target and one

(1) round to the head of the target in five (5) seconds and assume a high search position. From high search, move to an aimed in position and fire two (2) rounds to the chest of the target and one

(1) round to the head of the target in four (4) seconds. At the end of this stage, the two (2) headshot rounds must be in the five-ring head area for each to count as five (5) points. The head area outside the five-ring is worth two

(2) points. Officers with a

magazine capacity of less than twelve (12) rounds will have to conduct a tactical reload or magazine exchange at the end of this stage of fire to be prepared for stage four.

shooting

On command, the shooter will draw and fire three (3) rounds, using both hands, then transfer the weapon to the strong hand only and fire three (3) rounds, in ten (10) seconds. Perform a reload (emergency, tactical or magazine exchange), and re-holster. Draw and fire three (3) rounds, using both hands, then transfer the weapon to the support hand only and fire three (3) rounds, in ten (10) seconds. Perform a reload (emergency, tactical or magazine exchange), and re-holster.

Two-handed shooting from the standing and kneeling position On command the shooter will draw and fire six (6) rounds from the standing position in ten (10) seconds. Move to a kneeling position. When the target edges, or command is given that threat has diminished, shooter performs a reload (emergency, tactical or magazine exchange) in five (5) seconds and assumes a ready position. When threat reappears, or command to fire is given, fire six (6) additional rounds from the kneeling position in ten (10) seconds. Officers with a magazine capacity of less than twelve (12) rounds will have to conduct a tactical reload or magazine exchange at the end of this stage of fire to be prepared for stage six (6).

On command the shooter will take one (1) step to the rear and one (1) to the right of the barricade. When the threat appears or command to fire is given, move to cover, draw and fire two (2) rounds from the right side standing barricade position, move to the right side kneeling barricade and fire an additional two (2) rounds, in twenty (20) seconds.

While in a position of cover, perform a magazine exchange.

On command the shooter will take one (1) step to the rear and one (1) to the left of the barricade. When the threat appears or command to fire is given, move to cover and fire two (2) rounds from the left side standing barricade position, move to the left side kneeling barricade and fire an additional two (2) rounds, in twenty (20) seconds.

A total of fifty (50) rounds will be fired with a maximum possible score of two hundred-fifty (250) points.

Minimum qualification score is two hundred (200) out of two hundred-fifty (250) for eighty (80) percent.

Marksmanship Ratings:

220-230 = Marksman 231-240 = Sharpshooter 241-249 = Expert 250 = Distinguished Expert.

This Amendment No. 9 makes no other changes to the subject Solicitation.

James H. Mowery III, for Karen L. Gill Contracting Officer, DOT October 30, 2018