Instructor Services_Advance Notice_Sources Sought_Rev 01.pdf

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIVISION

SCSTC Instructor Services Follow-on

The following is being provided in advance to enhance competition and allow industry adequate time to develop acquisition strategies. Due to a change in contracting strategy to comply with Executive Order 14402 (EO 14402), the Government is revising the anticipated contract type to be a hybrid Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Level of Effort (LOE) and Firm

Fixed Price (FFP) Task Order. As a result of this change, all interested vendors must submit a capability statement, even if one was previously submitted.

This is a combined Sources Sought/Advance Notice only. This is not a request for proposals (RFP) and does not obligate the Government to award a contract or task order.

This effort is in support of Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC). The Contractor shall support:

Schoolhouse Training, Mobile Training Teams, Limited Training Teams, Combat Information Center Training Teams, Testing and Train the Trainer events at various brick and mortar schoolhouses and Fleet Concentration Areas (FCAs) to include Foreign Military Sales Training locations. Instructors, facilitators and Subject Matter Experts should be distributed among the various SCSTC schoolhouses and FCA’s in a manner that minimizes individual travel requirements. However, resources may be reallocated on a unique basis to support training requirements and schedules.

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Training Facility (LTF) provides Billet Specialty Training to support Train-to- Qualify (T2Q) and TYCOM certification for Officer and Enlisted personnel. A combination of Virtual Reality courseware and high-fidelity simulation is utilized to deliver operations, maintenance and Watch-Station Training.

The Zumwalt Training Facility (ZTF) provides Billet Specialty Training to support Ready for Qualification (RFQ) for DDG 1000 Officer and Enlisted personnel. A combination of Interactive Multimedia Instruction and Instructor Led Training is delivered utilizing Electronic Classrooms and simulators to deliver Operations, Maintenance and Watch-station Training.

The traditional schoolhouses provide Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) and Officer Billet Specialty Training (BST) using various blends of training techniques including group paced collaborative learning exercises using Technical Training Equipment (TTE), Part Task Trainers (PTT), Surface Training Program (STP) Systems, and individual paced exercises using computer-based simulations.

All schoolhouses will transition to the Career Training Continuum (CTC) and Surface Training Program STP - Combat Systems (STP-CS) concepts. Both concepts will require application of distributed and networked learning concepts, which will require schedule coordination among Instructors, classrooms and labs in different time zones.

Both concepts will also require Instructors and Facilitators who are well informed in multiple training systems and networked learning concepts.

The Contractor shall provide: Instructor and Training Facilitator Support; Subject Matter Expert Support;

Curriculum Support; Program Management Support; and International Program Support across SCSTC. All support shall be for: the U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales as well as other U.S. military services as assigned.

SCSTC consists of the Command and Staff located in Dahlgren, Virginia, as well as SCSTC Units, Sites, and Detachments worldwide.

The current effort is supported under Seaport-NxG Contract No. N0017819D7693, Task Order N0017823F3012, awarded to General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

Attachments – A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and draft Labor Category Qualifications (Labor Quals)/Level of Effort (LOE) (Rev 01).

Contract Type – Due to a change in contracting strategy to comply with Executive Order 14402 (EO 14402), the Government is revising the anticipated contract type to be a hybrid Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Level of Effort (LOE) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Task Order.

Period of Performance – The resultant order will have a Base Period of twelve (12) months and four (4) Option Years, each consisting of twelve months, for a total of sixty (60) months, if all options are exercised.

Geographical Zone – Seaport-NxG does not have zones. Opportunity open to all geographical areas within Seaport- NxG.

OCI - An Organizational Conflict of Interest Clause (OCI) as defined by FAR 9.505 will be included in the resultant RFP and task order. Offerors must either certify they have no organizational conflicts of interest or submit an approved plan to mitigate any potential conflicts.

Industry Day – NSWCDD and SCSTC hosted a Virtual Industry Day Brief for this requirement on 31 March 2026 via Microsoft Teams.

RSVP Information – There was no cost associated with attending the Industry Day. To have received the link for the Microsoft Teams event, interested parties had to have emailed Brooke Lindner, brooke.n.lindner.civ@us.navy.mil with SCSTC Industry Day in the Subject line by 1200 EST on 30 March 2026.

Individuals were to provide company name, CAGE code, and registration was confirmed via email with a corresponding link to the event. The presentation and attendance list were posted after the event.

Milestones – It is anticipated that the Solicitation will be available quarter two (2) of Fiscal Year 2027 and will be open for approximately thirty (30) calendar days. Performance is anticipated to begin no later than May 2028.

RFP – The RFP number is N0017827R3102.

Request for Capability Statements – The purpose of Capability Statements is to identify any businesses (small and large) with the appropriate expertise that might be interested in responding to a formal solicitation. Interested Seaport-NxG businesses shall submit capability statements, not to exceed a total of ten (10) pages in length with font size nine (9) or greater describing their ability to fulfill this requirement. Capability statements shall include the following:

(1) A brief description of the Offeror’s capabilities relating to the draft SOW.

(2) The qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the contractor’s personnel that would be available to support the effort and number of cleared personnel to potentially support this effort.

(3) Specific certifications of personnel related to the SOW.

(4) Relevant Corporate experience – Specific past performance on the same or similar work performed by the offeror, including a description of the services provided, period of performance, contract number, and dollar value of the effort.

(5) Provide a statement and metrics that contain sufficient information concerning the ability to meet the Government limitations in FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (FEB 2023)(DEVIATION 2021-O0008).

(6) Interested Offeror(s) shall identify any potential “similarly situated entity” arrangements being considered. A

“similarly situated entity” means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor that has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award and that is considered small for the NAICS code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract the subcontractor will perform. If “similarly situated entity” subcontracting is contemplated, the capability statement shall contain detailed information concerning the planned “similarly situated entity” subcontracting/consulting arrangement(s) (including proposed work share, DUNS number(s), and all applicable categories of Small Business status) to assure the Government that the limitations of FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (FEB 2023)(DEVIATION 2021-O0008), can be met for each contract period. The limitations identified in the aforementioned clause require the Offeror/Contractor to agree that in the performance of the resultant contract it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.

Request for Additional Information – In addition to Capability Statements, the Government is also requesting input from industry on anything that may be prohibiting competition on this requirement. This information is not included in the 10 page limitation set above.

No telephone responses will be accepted. All interested vendors must submit a capability statement, even if one was previously submitted in response to the original Sources Sought Request.

Responses must be received no later than NOON EST on 16 October 2026 via e-mail to brooke.n.lindner.civ@us.navy.mil. Responses should reference “Instructor Services Follow-on Hybrid Task Order.”

Note: The requested information is for planning purposes and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. All information and data received in response to the sources sought marked or designated as corporate proprietary information will be fully protected and held in strict confidence.

The Government will be accepting comments from industry. Comments will be considered in drafting the final requirement documentation. Comments will only be accepted via the Contracting office. All questions shall be submitted via the PIEE Solicitation Module Q&A Function. Responses will be posted within the PIEE Solicitation Module. Each question should identify document, page number, paragraph number or other identifier relating to the question. Questions without this information may not be answered. Acknowledgment of questions received will not be made.