Combined Solicitation-Synopsis - NNC J45 Tech Rescue.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE

SPACE OPERATIONS COMMAND

11 May 2026

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

1. Solicitation. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number FA251826Q0001 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the Space Operations Command, (SpOC), Space Acquisition Integration Office (SAIO), Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB), Colorado.

This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The PSC is U099, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 611430, Professional and Management Development Training, and the small business size standard is $15M. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. All prospective Offerors must have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov.

This document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Update 20 Apr 2026 and Revolutionary Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (R-DFARS) DARS 2026-O0002 .

Provision language at RFO 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2026), does not apply to this acquisition with the exception of paragraphs (c) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers and (e) Debriefings. Additionally, provision language at RFO 52.212-2, Evaluation— Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2026) is NOT used in this solicitation. The instructions to Offerors and evaluation procedures are outlined in this document.

RFO clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Mar 2026), applies to this solicitation. All provisions and clauses are listed in Attachment 1 of this RFQ. Additionally, all clauses and provisions may be found in full text at the following site: https://www.acquisition.gov/.

Description of Requirement. The NORAD & USNORTHCOM J45 Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) Program requires trainings developed with and delivered to Mexico’s National Civil Protection School (CENAPRED) including Rope Rescue Awareness, Operations, Technician, Train-the-Trainer, and CENAPRED-instructor-led Courses AND Trench Rescue Awareness, Operations, Technician, Train-the-Trainer, and CENAPRED-instructor-led Courses.

All courses shall be in Spanish, and given to an audience of Mexican responders. FHA requires a complete training curriculum to be developed with CENAPRED and shared with the audience for each course, that is tailored to the organization and suitable for training future course iterations.

FHA requires the Contractor to meet with the CENAPRED organization to present and edit a draft of the curriculum for each course. Following the curriculum development with CENAPRED, FHA requires the Contractor provide each course in-person, in Spanish, with the exception of the http://www.acquisition.gov/ http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.acquisition.gov/

Awareness courses, which will be hosted virtually by CENAPRED after being developed by the Contractor.

The base of this requirement is curriculum development and training for the Rope Rescue courses, and all equipment. This includes:

1) the course development and instruction for the following four courses with all training materials provided to the audience and CENAPRED: Rope Rescue Operations, Technician, Train-the-Trainer, and CENAPRED-Instructor Led Training with Observation,

2) a curriculum development conference for each of the four courses listed in “1,”

3) course development and course development conference only (no in-person instruction) of Rope Rescue Awareness course compatible for CENAPRED to transition to a virtual course, and

4) equipment in Appendix D.

A copy of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) is listed as Attachment 2.

2. Contract Line Item (CLIN). See Attachment 3, CLIN Pricing Sheet.

3. Period of Performance (PoP). See Attachment 3, CLIN Pricing Sheet.

4. Place of Performance/Deliveries. Due to the sensitive nature of the Places of Performance, they will only be released to offerors that are registered and active on SAM.gov. To request this information, send your full company name and CAGE via email to Mrs. Desiree’ Thomas, desiree.thomas.6@spaceforce.mil, and Mr. Flavio Ely, flavio.ely.1@spaceforce.mil. See Attachment 3 NNC Tech Rescue PWS dated 1 May 26 Appendix E for Training Sites.

5. Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) Rating: Not Applicable

6. Quotation Preparation and Submission.

Offerors shall complete and submit a quotation with the following information: Cover Letter, Technical/Management Approach, and Price Schedule as identified in this RFQ. The details for assembly of the quotation are identified below.

Table-1.

Quotation Section Title/RFQ Reference Page

Limit Cover Letter 1 Factor 1. Technical (Subfactor 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5)

Technical 25

Subfactor 1.2 No limit Factor 2. Price CLIN Pricing Sheet 1

Details for assembly of the quotation:

• Table of Contents, Glossaries, Tabs, and List of Acronyms do not count against the page limit.

• Cover Letter: The Cover Letter shall identify the Offeror’s Point of Contact (POC) to include a phone number and email address for any questions regarding the submitted quotation and having the authority to negotiate and bind the company.

mailto:desiree.thomas.6@spaceforce.mil mailto:flavio.ely.1@spaceforce.mil

• Pages shall be single line spaced; with a minimum 1-inch margin all around. The font shall be no smaller than 10 point and no larger than 12 point for general text, text in tables, charts, graphs, and figures. No condensed fonts allowed; Times New Roman or Arial font preferred.

• If page limits are exceeded, the excess pages will not be read or considered in the evaluation of the quotation.

• All quotations must list UIE number, CAGE code, and Federal TIN with Company name, POC, and phone number. To obtain or renew a UIE number or CAGE code, please visit https://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an Offeror ineligible for award.

• Any deviation from the RFQ requirements and format may result in non-consideration of the quotation.

7. Additional Instructions to Offerors. All questions regarding the RFQ package must be submitted to Mrs. Desiree’ Thomas, desiree.thomas.6@spaceforce.mil, and Mr. Flavio Ely, flavio.ely.1@spaceforce.mil, by 26 May 2026 at 12:00 PM (MT). Any questions asked over the telephone will not be answered. Any questions received after this date and time may not be answered.

Offerors shall respond to this RFQ via e-mail by 10 June 2026 at 12:00 PM (MT). All quotations shall be sent to Mrs. Desiree’ Thomas, desiree.thomas.6@spaceforce.mil, Mr. Flavio Ely, flavio.ely.1@spaceforce.mil, before the due date and time specified. Any quotation, modification, or revision of a quotation received after the exact time specified for receipt of quotations is “late” and may not be considered IAW 52.212-1(c).

Offerors must also be registered in Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) to receive payment through electronic funds transfer. If you are not currently registered, please visit the following website https://piee.eb.mil/ to complete your registration.

8. Organizational Conflicts of Interest. All Offerors shall identify any conflict of interest or appearance issues that might be a potential Organizational Conflict of Interest.

9. Notice to Offerors. The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFQ, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an Offeror for any costs. Submitted quotations shall be valid for 120 days after the closing date of the RFQ.

10. Basis for Award. The Government intends to award an FFP contract resulting from the RFQ to the responsible Offeror whose quotation presents the best value to the Government. For this solicitation selection will be made utilizing the subjective trade-off methodology. The Government will use a combination of Acceptable/Unacceptable (pass/fail) and subjective trade-off as the basis for award as described below. The Subfactors 1.1 and 1.2, will be evaluated as Acceptable/Unacceptable and the Subfactors 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6 will be evaluated as a subjective trade-off. Subfactors 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 are considered significantly more important than Factor 2, Price. This may result in an award to a higher rated, higher priced Offeror, where the decision is consistent with the evaluation factors, and the CO reasonably determines that the Subfactors 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 of the higher priced Offeror outweighs the price difference. Factor 2 will be assessed for reasonableness, completeness, and balance.

The Government intends to award based on the initial quotation submission without http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:desiree.thomas.6@spaceforce.mil mailto:flavio.ely.1@spaceforce.mil mailto:desiree.thomas.6@spaceforce.mil mailto:flavio.ely.1@spaceforce.mil interchanges. Offerors are highly encouraged to quote their most advantageous pricing in their initial response. The responses to this RFQ are intended to be evaluated, and award made, without interchanges unless interchanges are deemed to be in the best interest of the Government. Interchanges are fluid interaction(s) between the Contracting Officer (CO) and the Contractors that may address any aspect of the quote and may or may not be documented in real time. Offeror responses to interchanges will be considered in making the award selection decision. Interchanges may be conducted with one (1), some, or all Offeror’s as the Government is not required to conduct interchanges with any or all contractors responding to this RFQ. If the Government enters interchanges, the Government will not request final quote revisions.

Offerors who do not quote the entire package requested will be considered non-responsive and their quotation may not be evaluated. The Government intends to select one contractor;

however, the Government reserves the right to award no contract at all.

10. Evaluation Criteria. Responses to this RFQ will be evaluated against the following factors and subfactors:

Factor 1: Technical

The following ratings shall be used in the evaluation of Subfactors 1.1 and 1.2

Technical Ratings Description Acceptable Quote meets the requirements of the solicitation

Unacceptable Quote does not meet the requirements of the solicitation

Subfactor 1.1: ROPE RESCUE and TRENCH RESCUE Training Capability in Spanish. The Offeror shall demonstrate and provide evidence of training you have conducted in each of the PWS courses (list below). The Offerors potential evidence might include training certificate, published invitation for training, proof of contract, and/or invoice. Identify your customer and his/her contact information for verification of delivery of training.

• Trench Rescue Technician

• Trench Rescue Operations

• Rope Rescue Operations

• Rope Rescue Technician

• Any Technical Rescue topic at the Operations or Technician level taught to Spanish speaking audience, in Spanish, without translation services

Subfactor 1.2: The Offeror shall provide the technical rescue certificates for Trench or Rope rescue - Technician Level for the Spanish-speaking trainer(s) who will train the audience in Mexico.

The following technical ratings shall be used in the evaluation of Subfactors 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6.

Technical Ratings Description

Outstanding Quote meets requirements of the solicitation, contains at least 4 strengths (at least one in each subfactor), and no weaknesses.

Very Good Quote meets requirements of the solicitation and contains 6 or more strengths (at least one in each subfactor); any weaknesses are offset by strengths.

Good Quote meets requirements of the solicitation and contains 3 to 5 strengths (at least one in each subfactor); any weaknesses offset by strengths.

Acceptable Quote meets requirements of the solicitation, contains up to 2 strengths may contain weaknesses. Quote does not contain any deficiencies.

Unacceptable Quote does not meet requirements of the solicitation and contains one or more deficiencies. Quote is un-awardable.

*A strength is defined as an aspect of the quote that exceeds the specified requirement in a way that is advantageous to the government.

*A weakness is defined as a flaw in the quote that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance.

*A deficiency is defined as a material failure of a quote to meet a Government requirement or a combination of weaknesses in a quote that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level

Offerors will be evaluated on their demonstrated ability and detailed plans to develop a comprehensive, tailored, and sustainable training program in trench and rope rescue. The evaluation will assess the following key areas:

Subfactor 1.3: Curriculum Development and Design:

The Offeror shall demonstrate instructional design to meet NFPA standards, including demonstrating a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical application. To demonstrate capability the Offeror shall provide:

• Detailed Syllabus: The Offeror shall provide a detailed syllabus for a Trench Rescue

Technician or Rope Rescue Technician course that meets NFPA knowledge and skills requirements. The syllabus must include:

• A list of all modules and the learning objectives for each.

• The proposed time allocation in hours for both classroom instruction and practical, hands-on training for each module.

• Descriptions of drills and practical application activities.

Subfactor 1.4: Training Materials:

The Offeror shall demonstrate expertise in creating high-quality, effective training materials that support both initial learning and long-term skill sustainment.

• Comprehensive Materials List: The Offeror shall provide a comprehensive list of all materials they will develop for the full training package (Awareness and Operations). This list should include student manuals, instructor guides, presentations, and written examinations.

• Course Manual Sample: The Offeror shall provide a sample chapter from a course manual for one advanced trench or rope rescue skill. The sample must be sufficient to demonstrate its value as both a student learning aid during the course and a post-course reference guide.

• Master Instructor Guide: The Offeror shall provide an example of a "Master Instructor Guide" for one complete course module. This guide should be designed for use by newly certified trainers and must include detailed instructor notes, drill setup descriptions and/or diagrams, evaluation criteria for student performance, safety considerations, and talking points to ensure consistent delivery of instruction.

Subfactor 1.5: Course Tailoring and Collaboration:

The Offeror shall demonstrate significant experience and a clear process for tailoring training in collaboration with a partner organization, particularly in an international context.

• Collaborative Development Plan: The Offeror shall propose a detailed plan for managing the curriculum development conferences with the receiving organization. This plan must include a draft agenda, a methodology for capturing and integrating stakeholder input, and a defined process for resolving differing opinions to finalize the curriculum.

• Demonstrated International Adaptation: The Offeror shall provide a detailed examples of past course tailoring for international partners in at least one of the below ways:

1. Equipment Adaptation: An example where training was adapted to accommodate the partner’s use of limited or non-standard equipment.

2. Doctrinal/Cultural Adaptation: An example where training was adapted to align with significant differences in the partner’s organizational structure, response doctrine, or cultural norms. The Government is looking for cultural sensitivity and integration of non-standard American processes into the training.

Subfactor 1.6: Trainer Development:

The Offeror shall demonstrate a proven methodology for developing trainer capability within a partner organization.

• Instructor Development Methodology: The Offeror shall describe their methodology for developing new trainers. This description must address how their Train-the-Trainer course includes and moves beyond technical skill to effectively teach:

• Instructional techniques and classroom management for adult learners.

• Methods for objective student evaluation (written and practical).

• Safety planning and oversight during high-risk training evolutions.

• Refreshing technical skills for the operations level of the course topic (rope or trench rescue).

Factor 2: Price

Quotes will be evaluated in accordance with RFO 12.203(c) for price fair and reasonable.

DESIREE’ A. THOMAS, DAF

Contracting Officer

Attachments:

1. Provisions & Clauses

2. AF Requirements

3. Tech Rescue PWS Rev A

4. CLIN Price Sheet