M00264-20-RFI-0207.pdf

M00264-20-RFI-0207

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Corps Installation Nation Capital Region - Regional

Contracting Office (MCINCR-RCO), Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA is seeking information via this

Request for Information (RFI) for the Training Support Services effort in support of the Chemical

Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) located in Indian Head, Maryland.

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: Marine Corps Installation Nation Capital Region - Regional

Contracting Office (MCINCR-RCO), 2010 Henderson Rd, Quantico, VA 22134

INTRODUCTION:

This RFI is issued to conduct market research and determine the availability and technical capability of all sources to provide the required products and/or services.

This RFI allows potential contractors to submit a non-binding statement of interest and documentation demonstrating their corporate capabilities and suggestions that will allow the Government to refine its potential course of action. The RFI is intended to assess industry service capabilities and solicit feedback for acquisition planning purposes. The qualifying NAICS code for the majority of this effort is

NAICS 611519, Other Technical and Trade Schools. This industry code comprises establishments engaged in offering job or career vocational or technical courses (except cosmetology and barber training, aviation and flight training, and apprenticeship training). The curriculums offered by these schools are highly structured and specialized and lead to job-specific certification.

DISCLAIMER:

THIS RFI IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR

PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE

CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM

ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A

CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS SOURCE SOUGHT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO

PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCE SOUGHT. ANY INFORMATION

SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY

VOLUNTARY.

BACKGROUND:

The CBIRF is a one of a kind organization of approximately 500 Marines and Sailors with a complex mission that requires highly specialized training; this specialized training exceeds the basic training that would typically have been given to a service member in any of the 40+ military occupational specialties that comprise the unit and must be provided after the member is assigned to CBIRF. CBIRF’s mission is to forward-deploy and/or respond with minimal warning to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high yield explosive (CBRNE) threat or event in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and the geographic combatant commanders in the conduct of CBRNE response or consequence management operations, providing capabilities for command and control; agent detection and identification; search, rescue, and decontamination; and emergency medical care for contaminated personnel. To support this mission, every Marine and Sailor is required to complete a resident fifteen-day basic course at CBIRF’s Training Center followed by annual refresher training, and annual advanced training in that individual’s CBIRF assigned specialty. Additionally, CBIRF must conduct unit level and company level exercises each year to ensure mission readiness. Many of these exercises are conducted as part of the United States Northern Command’s (NORTHCOM) annual training plan for the

Defense CBRNE Response Force. This announcement is seeking sources for a training support contractor that can support the entire spectrum of CBIRF’s required specialty training from the basic course through unit level exercises.

CORE OBJECTIVES TO BE ACCOMPLISHED:

There are five (5) Core Objectives that comprises the requirements of this planned effort. These objectives and respective tasks are as follow:

Objective 1 Operational Training Support- The contractor shall provide capabilities to cover instructional support services required. Instructional support provided shall encompass execution of training activities including but not limited to daily performance of all training support and training management; and Consequence Management/Crisis Response related operational training.

Task 1 Response Force Instructor Support (Severable) The contractor shall provide qualified instructor support for unit training at CBIRF’s Training Facility and response force-level exercises conducted at designated venues. Support shall include exercise scenario development, site preparation, execution, control, observation, and evaluation.

Task 2 CBIRF Basic Operations Course (CBOC) (Severable) The contractor training team shall support the CBIRF Basic Operations Course (CBOC) and CBOC Refresher Training

Program at the CBIRF Training Center.

Task 3 Course Content Review (Non Severable) The contractor shall conduct course content reviews of all emergency response training materials used at CBIRF. Contractor shall conduct course content reviews and participate under a Course Content Review Board (CCRB) of all training courses to determine the need for course updates, to eliminate redundancy in courses, or to add/remove courses or content. No final changes will be made to course content until reviewed and approved by government.

Objective 2 Exercise Development and Training Support- Contractor shall provide exercise development support comprising integration with Joint Task Force level exercise planners, coordinating venues and training support, and provide exercise control, observation, and evaluation.

Task 1 Capstone Exercise (Non Severable) Contractor shall plan and facilitate CBIRF’s unit level Capstone Exercise, also known as Scarlet Response. This exercise supports up to 240 personnel for a comprehensive field training exercise including the Command Operations Center

(COC). The goal is to certify CBIRF’s capability to operate in a Joint Task Force during a

CBRNE response. The exercise should consist of at least 3 days of specialized lane training for all personnel and 2 days (48 hours) of a continuous, scenario-based, battalion-level exercise. The exercise shall support meeting the essential tasks (6000 and 7000 level) identified in the CBIRF

Training and Readiness Manual NAVMC 3500.29B.

Task 2 Joint Task Force Training (Non Severable) Contractor shall support CBIRF participation in a Joint Task Force-Civil Support Certification Exercise (Also known as

VIBRANT RESPONSE) with complex exercise design, associated scenario development, and observer controllers for CBIRF’s participation within the exercise framework. Training scenarios to include:

- Conduct search planning and prioritization

- Crisis decision making and rapid response planning in response to constantly changing situations based upon MSEL input

- Integrate into Joint Task Force battle rhythm

- Conduct deliberate and crisis action planning

- Receive IAPs and HHQ fragmentary orders and publish fragmentary orders

- Receive fragmentary orders and generate orders for an IRF and/or attached forces

- Conduct an analysis of the environment

- Conduct expeditionary administration

- Conduct logistical coordination with local and DoD entities to simulate the effective supply of CBIRFs notionally deployed forces

- Conduct CBIRF Operations Center battle drills and routine functions

Task 3 IRF Exercise Training (Non Severable) Contractor shall plan and execute Initial

Response Force level exercises for up to 160 personnel. Exercise should consist of at least one day of lane training and one 24-hour continuous operation (or several lesser operations adding to

24 hours) in a CBRNE environment. The Contractor shall complete all standards that train the

IRF and its personnel to respond to a crisis in a CBRNE contaminated environment.

Task 4 Command Element & Operations Center Training (Non Severable) The Command

Element may operate up to an O-6 level Operations Center in order to maintain operational control of one or more IRFs and other DOD or civilian response forces. Command element personnel require familiarity and training in both Incident Command System processes and the

Joint Operational Planning Process to prepare personnel to respond to a crisis that will involve multiple agencies and departments. Unit staff personnel must be able to respond to crises with a high degree of confidence and integrate seamlessly into a variety of command and control scenarios in support of local, state, or federal agencies and geographic combatant commanders.

Objective 3 Advanced Courses and Regulatory and Compliance Training

CBIRF requires specialized advanced training support to comply with applicable documentation listed in part 2. Specific regulations include 29 CFR 1910.120 Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response, and NFPA 1670 and specific higher headquarters directives include Joint Task Force – Civil Support Operations Plan 3500 and Joint Task Force – National Capitol

Region Operations Plan 3600 Emergency Preparedness in the National Capitol Region (S). Courses shall result in an appropriate certification by International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC), Pro

Board, or FEMA as applicable. In addition, each of CBIRF’s technical specialties requires advanced training that supports the requirements in the CBIRF Training and Readiness Manual.

Task 1 Advanced Decontamination Training (Non Severable) The Contractor shall develop and provide a 5-day training package for 25 students to enhance the proficiency of CBIRF

Decontamination personnel. The purpose of CBIRF decontamination is to ensure that in the event of a CBRNE attack, gross contamination is reduced to a negligible level for CBIRF and response personnel, victims of the attack, and CBIRF organizational equipment, and to maintain the integrity of the non-contaminated zone.

Task 2 Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Training (Non Severable) The

Contractor shall develop and provide a 5-day training package for 10 students to sustain the proficiency of CBIRF Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel.

Task 3 Advanced Identification and Detection Training (Non Severable) The Contractor shall develop and provide a 5-day training package for 15 students to enhance the proficiency of

CBIRF Identification and Detection personnel. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide a capstone exercise that incorporates CBIRF Identification and Detection Training and Readiness skills into a free play scenario that simulates the aftermath of a CBRNE attack.

Task 4 Advanced Medical Training (Non Severable) The Contractor shall develop and provide a 5 day training package for 15 students to enhance the proficiency of CBIRF Medical personnel.

Task 5 Advanced Search and Extraction Platoon Training (Non Severable) The Contractor shall develop and provide a 5 day training package for 50 students to enhance the proficiency of

CBIRF Search and Extraction personnel.

Task 6 Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning Training (Non Severable)

The Contractor shall provide a 5-day scenario-based instruction for 30 students that guides personnel through the application of the Marine Corps Planning Process and Joint Operational

Planning Process. This instruction will focus on development of students’ decision-making and complex problem solving abilities when faced with a consequence management, response scenario. Consideration of the Incident Command System and the National Incident Management

System shall be incorporated in the scenario.

Task 7 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Incident Command System

(ICS) 300 training (Non Severable) The Contractor shall provide ICS 300 courses for no more than 30 students per class. The course will certify students in accordance with FEMA standards and allow them to respond to an event with the proper credentials. Training developed and conducted by Federal, State and Tribal entities as well as private training vendors at the ICS-300 level must include at a minimum, the following topical areas:

- ICS Staffing and organization to include: reporting and working relationships and information flow

- Transfer of Command

- Unified Command functions in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency incident

- ICS forms

- Resource Management

- Interagency mission planning and procurement

Task 8 FEMA ICS 400 Training (Non Severable) The Contractor will provide ICS 400 courses for no more than 30 students per class. The course will certify students in accordance with FEMA standards and allow them to respond to an event with the proper credentials. All courses are to take place in the local area. Training developed and conducted by State and Tribal entities as well as private training vendors at the ICS-400 level must include at a minimum, the following topical areas:

- Command and General Staff

- Deputies and assistants

- Unified command

- Organizational relationships between Area Command, Unified Command, Multi Entity

Coordination Systems, and Emergency Operations centers (EOCs)

Task 9 Rope Level I (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Rope Level I NFPA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report

(AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Task 10 Rope Level II (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Rope Level II NFPA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report

(AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Task 11 Confined Space Level I (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Confined Space Level I NFPA and OSHA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Task 12 Confined Space Level II (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Confined Space Level II NFPA and OSHA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Task 13 Vehicle Rescue Level I (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Vehicle Rescue Level I NFPA requirements.

Task 14 Vehicle Rescue Level II (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Vehicle Rescue Level II NFPA requirements.

Task 15 Trench Rescue Level I (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Trench Rescue Level I NFPA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an After

Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Task 16 Trench Rescue Level II (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or IFSAC) 16 students to the Trench Rescue Level II NFPA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an

After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Task 17 Structural Collapse Technician (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or

IFSAC) 16 students to the Structural Collapse Technician NFPA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Task 18 Hazardous Materials Technician (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro Board or

IFSAC) 30 students to the Hazardous Materials Technician NFPA requirements. The objective of this program is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to mitigate a hazardous materials leak. Technicians will utilize chemical protective clothing and specialized controls and monitoring equipment in order to mitigate the incident.

Task 19 Hazardous Materials Incident Commander (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro

Board or IFSAC) 15 students to the Hazardous Materials Incident Commander NFPA requirements. The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty

(30) days after training completion.

Task 20 Hazardous Materials Operations Course (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro

Board or IFSAC) 30 students to the Hazardous Materials Operations Course NFPA requirements. The objective of this course to provide the student with the knowledge and skills to perform hazardous materials first response. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze a hazardous materials incident, plan an initial response, implement the response, and evaluate the progress of the actions taken.

Task 21 EOD Hand Entry Course (Non Severable) The Contractor shall develop and provide training package for 10 students to sustain the proficiency of CBIRF EOD hand entry and manual disablement. Hand Entry Course with X-Ray Toolkit (XTK) training. XTK is a radiograph acquisition and processing program designed specifically for EOD. XTK supports image acquisition and provides image enhancement, measurement, and markup tools through a modern and user-friendly interface. Other features include mosaic stitching, dose prediction; file management, sharing tools, 3D visualization, and the ability to create training scenarios and after-action reports. Used together with the x-ray, the grid aim system allows for precision disruption shots with multiple explosive tools.

Task 22 SOF Electronics Course Advanced Electronics Training (Non Severable) The contractor shall develop a 5-day training package supporting EOD training & readiness standards in advanced electronics for 10 students. Course objectives:

- Basic Electrical Theory: Conduction and Insulation

- Linear Components: Resistors, Capacitors, Switches, Batteries, Relay

- Non-Linear Components: Diodes, MOSFETs, Bipolar Transistors, SCRs

- Timers, Solid State IED circuits, Modified COTS items, Circuit Speed

- Integrated Circuits

- RCIEDs, Broadband RF circuits, PMRs

Task 23 FEMA Technical Search Specialist Course (Non Severable) Train and certify (Pro

Board or IFSAC) 30 students to the Technical Search Specialist NFPA requirements. The

Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Objective 4 Training Venue Support CBIRF requires suitable training venues and associated venue support for specialized training and exercises to simulate real-life conditions without endangering

CBIRF personnel. Venue support includes required training materials such as mannequins, role players, lighting, training facilities, buildings, command posts, rubble piles, and junk vehicles. Training venues shall be commensurate with the requirements for training a Federal Emergency Management Agency

Certified Urban Search and Rescue Task Force in a CBRNE response scenario.

Task 1 Close Range Contractor Provided Training Venues Contractor shall provide facilities for training execution. Facilities shall be suitable for the performance of each training exercise and events listed under Objectives 2 and 3. Provided venue support shall be within a 150 miles radius from Indian Head, MD. Provided venues’ accommodations shall be classified based on lodging and messing availability (e.g., expeditionary vs. billeting).

Task 2 Mid-Range Contractor Provided Training Venues Contractor shall provide facilities and events listed under Objectives 2 and 3. Provided venue support shall be between a 150 and

350-mile radius from Indian Head, MD. Provided venues accommodations shall be classified based on lodging and messing availability (e.g., expeditionary vs. billeting).

Task 3 Long Range Contractor Provided Training Venues Contractor shall provide facilities and events listed under Objectives 2 and 3. Provided venue support shall be between 350-mile radius and 800-miles from Indian Head, MD. Provided venue accommodations shall be classified based on lodging and messing availability (e.g., expeditionary vs. billeting).

Objective 5 Service Integration Support CBIRF requires program management support to directly manage contractor employees, identify and resolve issues, manage business relations and subcontractors, administer contract requirements, and to conduct planning for execution of task orders. (Severable)

Task 1 Program Management Support Personnel Management: The Government will neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances will the Government assign personal or out of scope tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees, to include members of the training team. It will be the responsibility of the contractor to provide a Program/Contract

Manager to directly manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services. If the contractor believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it will be the contractor's responsibility to notify the COR or contracting officer immediately.

PRINCIPAL GEOGRAPHICAL OPERATION SUPPORT AREAS

Principal support operations will occur at the following locations:

Contractor provided training events shall include performance at a Government venue. The Government will provide training venues at one of a number of government site facilities including, but not limited to the following:

- CBIRF Headquarters, NSF Indian Head, MD

- CBIRF Training Center (Downey Responder Training Facility), Stump Neck Annex, MD

- Fort AP Hill

- Fort Pickett

- MCB Quantico

- Center for National Response, WV

- MOBET Training Facility, Camp Dawson, WV

- Volkstone Facility, Camp Dawson, WV

- Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, IN

- NJ-TF Training Facility in Lakehurst, NJ

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS

The contractor program manager will be required to access Secret level classified material.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents/Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Radiation: Occasionally training will involve live radiological sources. These sources emit actual radiation detectable by equipment in order to increase the realism of the training. Contractor personnel may only be exposed to live radiation at Contractor approved locations. Contractor personnel are required to be monitored by a viable radiological monitoring program and attend and pass all required training classes directed by the

Contractor and the government. Personnel must be in compliance with appropriate Contractor and

OSHA standards governing radiation dosage rates and max accumulations

RFI RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS

Please provide a response to each of the following:

DESCRIPTION OF CAPABILITIES:

The capability statement provides in response to this RFI shall include the following criteria:

1. Service capabilities that the responder currently possesses. Response should include the relevant information regarding specific labor, trades, skills, experience, clearances, and any needed hardware or software that responder possesses to fulfil core objectives;

2. Identify the core objective(s) that responder cannot fulfil and provide an explanation about how to mitigate;

3. Provide a recommendation for contract type for this acquisition (e.g. FFP, FPIF CPIF;

hybrid);

4. Notional schedule and type of plan for transition of this type of service;

5. Extent to which the responder has the ability to meet the proposed acquisition (e.g. Prime or subcontractor);

6. Demonstrate the ability to meet CBIRF’s’s security clearance requirements beginning at contract award and throughout the period of performance;

7. Extent to which the responder is aware of any potential Organizational Conflict of Interest issues or a non-immitigable OCI related to current development work at USMC.

RFI QUESTIONS:

The responder is invited to provide information and recommendations for fashioning this proposed acquisition. Recommendation areas may include the type of contract, anticipated contract terms & conditions, incentives, variations in delivery schedule, price and/or cost proposal support, and data requirements, contract pricing, and any other areas that the responder believes is relevant for the

Government to achieve its stated objectives. The responder may opine regarding what portion of the work could be set-aside for small businesses if all the required work cannot be provided by a small business. Details to support any recommendations for partial small business set-asides should be included.

Specific questions for this RFI are as follows:

1. Please provide a detailed description of the capability you possess to execute the core objectives listed in this RFI. Please reference type of staffing available, overview of credentials (i.e., certifications and training licenses) and available venues (facilities) to execute the objectives listed. Please provide the capacity of the venue (facilities) to include maximum number of people allowed, suitability for the type of trainings listed in the core objectives section, and location(s) of the venue(s).

2. Please provide information regarding which elements from the core objectives listed you have executed at the local, state, federal government or international level. Please provide detailed explanation about the training done and explain if training service were customized for the specific entity served. A customized service is one that has been tailored uniquely for a specific entity and that is unlikely to be suitable for use by someone else.

Relevant details to CBIRF’s proposed acquisition should include, but not be limited to, information regarding the size and length of the effort, responder performing as a prime or subcontractor, customary practices (warranty, financing, discounts, contract types, etc.) under which the sales of the service(s) are made, security details, the customary practices regarding customizing, modifying, or tailoring of a service(s) to meet customer needs and associated costs, the kinds of factors that are used to evaluate performance; the kinds of performance incentives used; the kinds of performance assessment methods commonly used; the common qualifications of the people performing the services; and requirements of law and/or regulations unique to these service(s), that can demonstrate the responder’s abilities and capacity to meet CBIRF’s desired core objectives.

3. Please provide a recommendation regarding the reasonable time needed by your company for coordination and preparation of training executions.

4. Please provide suggestions for tools and/or methodologies best suitable to measure contractor performance of services executed to meet the core objectives listed in this RFI.

5. Please identify any contract(s) on your awareness that cover some or all of the core objectives listed in this RFI. If there are any GSA or any other contract(s) done by federal agency for similar objectives, please provide the contract number and point of contact information.

6. Please provide a recommendation for the NAICS code you think is best suitable for these core objectives. The anticipated NAICS for this requirement is 611519, with the corresponding size standard of $16.5M. Please explain why the recommended NAICS is best suitable than NAICS

611519.

7. Please provide a description of the type and size of your business. If you are a large business, please provide a recommendation for the percentage of work to be assigned to small businesses in a Subcontracting Plan. Please include which elements of the core objectives you recommend for small businesses and why.

If you are a small business, please provide a recommendation regarding your plans to use joint venturing (JV) or partnering to meet each of the requirements areas contained herein. This includes responses from qualified and capable Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged

Businesses, Service Disabled-Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Women-owned Small

Businesses, HUBZone Small Businesses, and 8(a) companies. You should provide information on how you would envision your company's areas of expertise and those of any proposed

JV/partner would be combined to meet the specific requirements contained in this announcement.

Question RESPONSE

Are you a Small Business? (FAR 19.102), If so, which type: □ YES □ NO

Small Disadvantaged small business? (FAR 19.304) □ YES □ NO

Service Disabled small business? (FAR 19.14) □ YES □ NO

8(a) Small Disadvantaged small business? (FAR 19.8) □ YES □ NO

HUBZone small business? (FAR 19.13) □ YES □ NO

Woman-Owned Small Business? (FAR 19.15) □ YES □ NO

Involved in a mentor and/or protégé program? (DFARS 219.71) □ YES □ NO

1. In order to make a determination for a small business set-aside, two or more qualified and capable small businesses must submit responses that demonstrate their qualifications.

Responses must demonstrate the company’s ability to perform in accordance with the

Limitations on Subcontracting clause (FAR 52.219-14).

2. Please provide a determination of intent to participate/solicit as a prime contractor or subcontractor.

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3. Please describe the type and level of Defense facility security clearance held by your company.

4. If your business holds an active Government wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) which can accommodate the scope of the entire requirements outlined above, please provide the GSA schedule number with the capability package submission.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Responses must contain UNCLASSIFIED information only and be marked “UNCLASSIFIED” at least on the first page of the response. No classified information may be included anywhere in the response. Responses must include:

1) Business name and address;

2) Name of company representative and their business title;

3) Business Type and size

4) Cage Code;

5) DUNS Number;

6) Responses shall be in Microsoft Word for Office or compatible format and shall not exceed twenty (20) pages. A page is defined as each face of an 8½” x 11” sheet with information contained within a one inch margin on all sides. Font type shall be Times Roman 12 point;

7) Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED.

To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

Vendors who wish to respond to this RFI should send responses via email NLT 17 August 2020, 12:00PM Eastern Time to Ms. Joy Hughes, joy.hughes@usmc.mil; Mr. Michael Curley michael.t.curley@usmc.mil; and Mr. Christian Hernandez-Soto christian.hernandezsoto@usmc.mil.

Interested vendors should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than twenty (20) pages) demonstrating ability to perform the services listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format.

Proprietary information and trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All Government and contractor personal reviewing RFI responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protection from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described 41 USC 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.

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