Sources Sought Notice.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Lethal Means Safety Training

Fort Bliss, Texas

Notice ID: PANMCC-26-P-0000 050100

Notice Type: Sources Sought

NAICS Code: 611430 – Professional and Management Development Training (Small Business Size Standard: $15.0 million)

Product Service Code (PSC): R408 Professional: Program Management/Support

Place of Performance: Fort Bliss, Texas

Anticipated Period of Performance: 01 September 2026 through 01 April 2027 (single seven-month base period; no option periods)

Anticipated Contract Type: Firm-Fixed-Price

Response Deadline: Monday, 20 July 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT

Primary Point of Contact: SSG Whitlock, Cody | cody.w.whitlock.mil@army.mil

1. Purpose and Disclaimer

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This notice is issued solely for market research and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation (Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, or

Invitation for Bid). This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or to award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice; all costs associated with responding are solely at the responding party’s expense. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Government’s review of the information received.

The purpose of this notice is to identify potential sources — including small businesses in all socioeconomic categories — with the capability, experience, and capacity to perform the requirement described below. Responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy, including whether this requirement should be set aside for small business (or any small business socioeconomic subcategory), competed on an unrestricted basis, or otherwise satisfied.

2. Description of the Requirement

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Bliss is conducting market research to identify sources capable of providing peer intervention training on firearms and lethal means safety for

Soldiers assigned to Fort Bliss tenant units. This is anticipated to be a non-personal services requirement performed at Fort Bliss, Texas, over a single seven-month period of performance. The anticipated scope includes (SEE PWS FOR SPECIFICS):

• Individual training: didactic, interactive, and multimedia training that teaches a peer intervention program on firearms and lethal means safety designed for the military community, featuring examples of current or former military members with lived experience managing firearms access when suicide is a risk;

• Training materials: a professionally designed suite of print and electronic educational materials, including conversation guides, written in accessible, non-clinical language, with video, graphic design, and copywriting capability to adapt materials as needed;

• Training assessment: pre-, post-, and follow-up training surveys of Soldiers, conducted in accordance with DoD Instruction 3216.02 (Protection of Human Subjects), with assessment expertise in peer programs and/or suicide prevention;

• Organizational training and engagement: a program equipping organizations (brigades, divisions, etc.) to incorporate peer intervention education into their organizational culture and battle rhythm, including direct training of approximately 25 to 50 percent of Soldiers in participating organizations and leadership development programs;

• Population-level marketing: readily available (off-the-shelf) videos and materials for use in newcomer orientation briefings, unit orientations, and other universal education environments, incorporating geo-locational social media marketing;

• Community engagement: research, assessment, and development of community partnerships — with particular focus on local firearms retailers, gun ranges, and other businesses that engage gun-owning Soldiers — including concept development, planning, coordination, and promotion of installation and community events;

• Qualified instructors: personnel with knowledge of the relationship between firearms and suicide, lethal means safety and firearms safe storage steps, and basic crisis intervention, with effective communication skills regarding firearms and suicide prevention.

4. Requested Information — Capability Statement

Interested parties are requested to submit a capability statement, not to exceed ten (10) pages, that addresses each of the following. Marketing brochures alone will not be considered a sufficient response.

1. Company information: company name, address, CAGE code, Unique Entity ID (UEI), point of contact name, telephone number, and e-mail address, and confirmation of active SAM.gov registration.

2. Business size and socioeconomic status under NAICS 611430 ($15.0 million size standard): large business, small business, 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), veteran-owned (VOSB), woman-owned (WOSB/EDWOSB), or other applicable category.

3. A description of your readily available (off-the-shelf) training program, curriculum, and multimedia products that meet the requirement described above, specifically addressing whether your multimedia content features current or former military members with lived experience managing firearms access when suicide is a risk, and the extent of any tailoring that would be required for the Fort Bliss audience.

4. Instructor qualifications and your capacity to deliver training across an installation the size of Fort

Bliss within a seven-month period of performance, including your approach to scheduling around unit availability.

5. Your training assessment and survey capability, including any experience conducting surveys in accordance with DoDI 3216.02 or comparable human-subjects protections, and experience evaluating peer intervention or suicide prevention programs.

6. Your community engagement experience, including experience working with firearms retailers, gun ranges, and similar community partners, and experience designing and implementing recreational or educational events within the military community.

7. Relevant past performance (up to three references): contract or order number, customer/agency, dollar value, period of performance, and a brief description of the work, with emphasis on training delivered to military installations or Department of Defense customers.

9. Any other information the respondent considers relevant, such as teaming arrangements, standard commercial pricing practices, or published price lists for comparable programs.

5. Submission Instructions

Responses shall be submitted via e-mail to cody.w.whitlock.mil@army.mil and matthew.l.altenberg.mil@army.mil no later than Monday, 20 July 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT. The e-mail subject line shall read: “Sources Sought Response - PANMCC-26-P-0000 050100 - Lethal Means

Safety Training”. Responses shall be submitted in PDF format. Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted in writing to the points of contact above.

6. Additional Information

• Respondents should mark any proprietary or confidential information accordingly; the Government will safeguard properly marked information in accordance with applicable law and regulation.

• All submissions become Government property, will be retained as part of the market research record, and will not be returned.

• Failure to respond to this notice will not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if one is issued. Responding to this notice does not guarantee participation in, or award resulting from, any future acquisition.

• The Government may use the information received to determine its acquisition strategy, including set-aside determinations, and is under no obligation to provide feedback to respondents.

• To be eligible for award of any resulting Government contract, firms must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov.

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