ATT2 - SOW_MWE Horse Procurement.pdf

1. Objective

Statement of Work (SOW) Military Horse

For The US Army Provisional

Caisson Detachment

The objective of this SOW is to obtain seven (7) Military Working Equine to serve in The Old Guard’s Provisional Caisson Detachment.

2. Scope The government intends to acquire a military horse with the following criteria:

• Horse shall be a "stout," black draft horse or draft mix breed

• Horse shall not have markings

• Horses shall be between the ages of 2 (two) years and 28 (twenty-eight) years old

• All horses will be checked for age according to teeth

• No horse will be accepted with missing or altered teeth or mouth deformities

• Horse shall be 15-19 hands high

• Horse shall have a level of training that is W/T/C with desensitization to normal stimuli:

saddling, mounting, riding, noise, other horses, traffic, and noise

• Horse shall be an "almost finished" horse

• Horse is not required to be microchipped

• Horses shall pass a physical evaluation (PPE) by Army veterinary personnel

• Horses shall have a copy of a current negative EIA (Coggin's) within a year

• Horses shall have a copy of their vaccination records and be current on all vaccination to include Rabies, EEE, WEE, WNV, Tetanus, EHV, and Equine Influenza

• Horses shall have a current health certificate

• Horses shall have a copy of all veterinary records

3. Specific Tasks

The Contractor shall deliver a suitable horse in accordance with the standards specified in the Scope above.

4. Unsatisfactory Performance If the Contractor does not perform satisfactorily, the contract will be terminated in accordance with FAR

49.502 Termination for convenience of the Government.

5. Hours of Operation

The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of 0900 and 1700 EST, Monday through Friday except federal holidays or when the government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar government directed facility closings.

6. Delivery Date

The Delivery Date shall be no later than 27 June 2025.

7. Place of Performance The MWE shall be delivered to a place designated by The Old Guard Provisional Caisson Detachment vicinity Fort Myer, VA between the hours of 0800 – 1700, Monday thru Friday.

8. Type of Contract

The awarded contract will be Firm-Fixed Price (FFP).

9. Recognized Holidays New Year’s Day 1st day of January Martin Luther King Jr. Day 3rd Monday of January Presidents Day 3rd Monday of February Memorial Day Last Monday of May Juneteenth Day 19th day of June Independence Day 4th day of July Labor Day 1st Monday of September Columbus Day 2nd Monday of October Veterans Day 11th day of November Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday of November

Christmas Day 25th day of December

10. Security N/A

11. Government Furnished Items and Services N/A

12. Contractor Furnished Items and Responsibilities: The contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities and services required to perform work under this contract that are not listed under Section 3 of this SOW.

13. Contracting Officer Representative (COR) 1LT Marisol Lacour Marisol.c.lacour.mil@army.mil 805-558-4394.

14. Project Manager N/A mailto:Marisol.c.lacour.mil@army.mil