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Florida Army National Guard Physical Readiness Enhancement Program (PREP)

Industry Day 05 March 2019 St. Augustine, FL

Agenda

Opening Remarks Senior Leader…

Objectives and Overview Today’s Objective: Conduct fair, even and transparent dialogue with the commercial base to identify industry best practices – Assist the FLARNG in defining our requirements and create a performance work statement for use during the solicitation process.

Current Situation:

FLARNG sees an annual trend of approx. 10-11% Army Physical Fitness Testing (APFT) failures among it’s total population (approx. 950-1050 Soldiers).

FLARNG sees an annual trend of approx. 3-4% Army Body-Composition, or Height/Weight failures among its total population (approx. 285-380) Soldiers).

FLARNG currently employs a 15-day Wellness Camp (fitness intervention strategy for Soldiers who struggle to meet minimum Army fitness/body-composition standards).

Geographical dispersion of Florida creates a multitude of fitness-accountability challenges for the traditional Guard population.

The new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) will present challenges to all Soldiers, with new exercises and techniques. Those who struggle to pass the current APFT will certainly struggle to pass the upcoming ACFT. https://www.army.mil/acft/

Objectives and Overview PREP Objectives:

Provide an app-based fitness improvement protocol to Soldiers who struggle to meet minimum fitness/body-composition standards App-based fitness protocol includes personal coaching, accountability, motivation and customized fitness and nutrition planning.

Contractor provides personal coaching (approx. 4 coaches) at FLARNG Wellness Camp semi-annually in Starke, FL.

Expected Outcomes:

FLARNG sees an annual reduction of 25% Army Physical Fitness Testing (APFT) failures among it’s total population.

FLARNG sees an annual reduction of 25% Army Body-Composition (Height/Weight) failures among its total population

Ground Rules – Communication with Industry

Conflict of Interest (18 U.S.C. § 208) Government officials may not participate in a matter that represents an actual or apparent conflict of interest

Procurement Integrity Act (41 U.S.C. § 208) Government officials may not disclose proprietary or source selection information

Competition in Contracting Act (10 U.S.C. § 2304) Government officials may not give unauthorized preferential treatment to one firm but must treat all firms equally

Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. § 1905) Government officials may not disclose trade secrets or other proprietary information without permission of the owner of the information

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. § App. 2) Government officials must comply with this Act when seeking consensus advice or recommendations from a group that includes non-government employees

Freedom of Information Act (18 U.S.C. § 1905) Government officials must protect procurement-sensitive information and information that would not otherwise be disclosed to the public under the Freedom of Information Act

Questions to Industry Q1 – Is a video-conferencing option available on the application for face-to-face interaction between coaches and Soldiers?

Q2 – What other resources can the contractor provide outside of an application in order to meet the aforementioned goals/objectives?

Q3 – What are the scalability or volume constraints of the contractor (i.e. if FLARNG wants ability to enroll 1,000 Soldiers in 1st year, would there be an option for up to 10,000 enrolled Soldiers in subsequent years)?

Questions to Industry Q4 – What is a realistic percentage of reduction in APFT and/or Body-Composition (Height/Weight) failures over a 1-year period?

Q5 – Does the contractor have the capability to provide in-person coaching (approx. 4 coaches) at the FLARNG Wellness Camp (location: Starke, FL), on a semi-annual basis for a period of 15 days at each camp?

Q6 – Would the contractor have mechanisms in place to monitor and open/restrict app-enrollment based upon the agreed upon capacity (i.e. 1,000 Soldiers)?

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