RFI for TEMS Training at Fort Moore GA.pdf

Office of Acquisition Management U.S. Department of Homeland Security 9495 Delegates Dr.

Orlando, FL 32837

October 16, 2024

TO: All eligible and current contractors with NAICS 611430, Professional and Management Development Training. If your firm can provide the services outlined in the PWS using a different NAICS (other than 611430), please identify the NAICS in your RFI submission.

This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs (OFTP) at the Ft. Moore, Georgia military base. The RFI seeks to find vendors in the marketplace capable of providing Tactical Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) training courses in accordance with the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) dated 10/15/2024. The vendor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items deemed necessary to complete the training courses identified in the PWS.

ICE/OFTP requests information regarding your company’s ability to meet the requirements of the draft PWS and your company’s level of interest in a potential Request for Proposal (RFP). This is a new requirement. If your company believes that it has the capabilities to meet the requirements of the draft PWS and is interested in such a future requirement, please respond by submitting your RFI submission directly to the CO, Tony.Ross@ice.dhs.gov before the due date identified at the bottom of page 2.

Please limit your total response to this RFI to 10 pages maximum, to include any title pages, index, table of contents, draft designs, graphs or charts.

Please do not submit a standard firm capability statement, it will not be considered.

Your concise responses should include the following information:

1. Description of your company’s understanding of the requirement and deliverables/tasks outlined in the draft PWS.

2. Does the vendor have a primary training facility with a classroom, certified armory, med bays, and CQB training areas (all indoors)?

3. Does the vendor have access, within proximity (<1 hour) of their primary training facility, to a high-altitude border-simulating environment?

4. Does the vendor have the capability to conduct advanced skills (to include live tissue) or human analog simulation model labs onsite at their primary training facility?

5. Does the vendor have the capability to provide training that meets NREMT recertification requirements for all levels of medical providers (EMT, AEMT, NRP), NAEMT TECC, and AHA BLS certifications?

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6. Does the vendor have the capability to provide live role players (not to include students attending course) with realistic moulage?

7. Does the vendor have a virtual reality patient treatment simulator with manikin overlay for use during training scenarios?

8. Does the vendor have the capability to provide instructors with extensive experience in law enforcement, SWAT, HRT and/or Military Special Operations (no EMS-only experience)?

9. Does your company have a current GSA Schedule with the required items on it or offer “open market” pricing? Also, please identify and provide your companies POC email/phone number, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and Cage Code.

NOTE: This RFI is being issued solely for information and planning purposes, it DOES NOT constitute an RFP or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to a contract/order for any supply or service whatsoever.

Furthermore, the Government is not at this time seeking quotes and will not accept unsolicited quotes. Responders are advised that the Government will not reimburse for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested parties’ expense.

The information requested is for the purpose of market research ONLY in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10.

The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

Unless advised or indicated on the responses to this RFI, all information furnished will be considered non-proprietary. Questions will not be accepted at this time as we are performing market research.

A. Technical Requirements- See attached PWS dated 10/15/2024

RFI responses are due no later than Tuesday, 10/30/2024, NLT 10:00AM EST.

Tony Ross ICE Contracting Officer