Sources-Sought-Technical-Description-Services-Small Arms Weapons Training.pdf

Version – July 2015

SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FOR SERVICES

INTRODUCTION

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command – Fort Bliss, Texas is issuing this sources sought to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Small Arms Weapons Simulation Training System (SAWSTS). The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

(IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Location

% On-Site Government

% Off-Site Contractor

McGregor Base Camp, Chaparral New Mexico

100% 0%

DISCLAIMER

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. 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 ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS

ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO

THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES

WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO

THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE

REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF

ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED

ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE

RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR

ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

5th Armored Brigade, First Army (Division West) mission comprises of the requirement to train Soldiers in small arms combat skills, to include operations and tactics in a multinational environment, requiring significant efforts to establish and maintain the highest level of proficiency and relevancy in security force operations and combat marksmanship operations. Operations and combat marksmanship training on these skills, includes, but is not limited to, support to doctrine and policy as outlined in FM 3- 22, ATP 3-07-10, TRADOC PAM 325-8-5, CALL Handbook, GUARDIAN ANGEL, ISAF Insider Threat Handbook (2.0), FM 3-50, and TC 3.22.69, as well as, Commander’s Mission Essential Task List (METL) training for the tasks outlined in FM 3-22.9, FM 3- 21.8, FM 3-23.35, FM 3-06, ATP 3-39.11, ATP 3-39.45, ATP 3-06.20 and TC 3-21.8 and TC 90-1, and others. Combat marksmanship requires skills to rapidly recognize, categorize and engage threats in all environments while moving, turning, stationary and using non-standard firing positions. Training on these skills using simulators that specifically enhance human performance factors, provides increased survivability and lethality. The system must be an advanced virtual marksmanship training system that continually stresses Soldier capabilities and drives marksmanship improvement.

Advanced marksmanship training is the ability to perform these same skills with multiple weapons, at varying ranges, under specific time constraints and accuracy requirements.

Further, training these skills through the use of simulators which specifically enhance human performance factors, provides increased survivability and lethality, with significant savings in time, money, and a commensurate statistical analysis of training effect, not achievable on live-fire ranges or current small arms training systems within the Army or DoD.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, tools and materials needed to support Training as a Service via a Small Arms Weapons Simulation Training System (SAWSTS) with Grid pattern sports vision, Cognitive, and human performance drills shot with Synthetic or live fire converted weapons as defined in this Performance of Work Statement (PWS). The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract. Instructor-triggered real-time branching video drill creation. The instructor will select targets in the shoot-house by walking through and selecting branching video threats, hostage threats, non-threats, future threats and furniture in real time. Smooth pursuit sports vision drills where secondary stimulus flashes in the center of the screen to measure smooth pursuit and situational awareness.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

In accordance with FAR 10.001(b), agencies should not request potential sources to submit more than the minimum information necessary.

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall comply with applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures as per the installation SOP. The contractor shall also provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by DOD, HQDA and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes. Berry Amendment

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 611699 with a Small Business Size Standard of $16,500,000. The Product Service Code is U013. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES

STATEMENT)

A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) are attached for review.

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than ten

(10) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. All question responses regarding this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted by email no later than 28 May 2026 at 9:00 MST to ensure the Government can provide a timely response.The deadline for response to this Sources Sought Notice is no later than 9:00

AM, MST, 4 June 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought must be e-mailed to hasan.j.williams.mil@army.mil and susette.lujardolahera.mil@army.mil .

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

1.) What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

2.) Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.

3.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details.

4.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?

5.) Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. Provide an explanation of your company’s ability to perform at least 50% of the tasking described in this PBSOW for the base period as well as the option periods.

6.) Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, DUNs number, etc.

7.) Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business Concern.

8.) Include in your response your ability to meet the requirements in the Facility and Safeguarding requirements.

The estimated period of performance is 15 JULY 2026 – 14 JULY 2027.

The contract type is anticipated to be Firm-Fixed Price.

Please provide Cabilities Brief and Mobilization Schedule

The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement.

Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to mailto:hasan.j.williams.mil@army.mil mailto:susette.lujardolahera.mil@army.mil evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, SSG Hasan Williams, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email hasan.j.williams.mil@army.mil and susette.lujardolahera.mil@army.mil.

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.

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