Advanced Homemade Explosives (HME) Course of Instruction

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
N6883627EODHME
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Niceville, Florida, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Naval Supply Systems Command is seeking sources for an Advanced Homemade Explosives (HME) Course of Instruction contract at Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, with responses due by August 27, 2026; the anticipated vehicle is firm-fixed-price IDIQ and the requirement carries a Total Small Business set-aside.

Performance runs April 1, 2027 through March 31, 2028 with four one-year option periods. The contractor must deliver between five and ten five-day Advanced HME courses annually, accommodating up to 24 students per course holding DoD SECRET clearance who have graduated from NSEOD's Joint EOD Basic Common Core course.

Distinctive qualification requirements are stringent. The contractor must supply a PhD-level chemist with five years of HME synthesis experience to oversee chemistry instruction, Bachelor's-level chemists or explosive engineers with three years of HME experience for practical training, and former Master or Senior EOD Technicians with four years of operational EOD experience. All instructors must obtain SECRET-level security clearances, complete high-risk instructor screening including medical, drug, and psychological evaluations, and obtain an ATF Type 20 Manufacturing license. A minimum 1:4 instructor-to-student ratio applies.

The contractor delivers a turnkey solution including labor, equipment, supplies, materials, precursors, chemicals, and personal protective equipment. The contractor manages precursor acquisition, hazardous materials transport, and secure mobile storage meeting Type II magazine requirements, while the Government provides facilities, utilities, and selected materials including military explosives. Minimum liability insurance is $2 million with an explosives rider.

Respondents must submit a five-page executive summary (12-point Times New Roman) describing capabilities, resources, technical competencies, and organizational experience; paraphrasing the draft PWS is insufficient.

Notice text

The source sought notice is to determine potential and capable sources for this anticipated requirement:

Advanced Homemade Explosives Course of Instruction

for the Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Diving at Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NSEOD), Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida

The attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS) contains detailed information on what is expected and the outcomes of a contractor's performance, qualifications, and associated tasks. 

As part of this market research, Naval Supply Systems Command, Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville, is issuing this sources-sought notice to determine if there exists an adequate number of qualified, interested small business contractors capable of fulfilling and understanding the agency's needs as outlined within the draft PWS. 

The Government may use the responses to this notice for information and planning purposes. 

The DRAFT PWS is for performance-based acquisitions and clearly describes the scope of the services and the contractors' expected performance objectives and standards. 

The DRAFT PWS may vary from the work scope in the final PWS included in the request for quotations. 

A firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) IDIQ contract is anticipated. The anticipated performance is 01 April 2027 through 31 March 2028, with four one-year option periods. 

Offers possessing the requisite skills, resources, and capabilities to perform the stated requirement are invited to respond to a source-sought notice by submitting an executive summary of at most five pages. 

Responses must use 12-point Times New Roman font. 

The contractor should briefly describe the responses, including the capability, resources, technical competencies, and organizational experience vital to the warfighter's mission. 

The Government will NOT consider a standard pressure and/or paraphrasing of the DRAFT PWS sufficient to demonstrate an interested party's capabilities. 

  1. Company name, address, and point of contact with corresponding phone numbers and e-mail addresses. 
  2. Unique identity ID number, business size, and classification. 
  3. Relevant corporate experience information 

Relevant and recent corporate experience information is defined as experience (with the past five years) of the same or similar services to that described herein and a technical description of the ability to meet the requirement (2 references). 

The corporate experience should include the following: 

  • The applicable contract numbers. 
  • Contract period of performance. 
  • A brief description of the services provided. 
  • The relevancy of the services to the proposed requirement. 

The contractor shall include a customer point of contact with the corresponding telephone number and e-mail addresses.

This source-sought notice only identifies potential sources as part of the NAVSUP FLC's market research. 

NO RFQ exists; Therefore, DO NOT request a copy of the RFQ. Please restrict all responses to nonproprietary information. The Government will not return responses to this notice. Responders are SOLELY responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice. NAVSUP FLCJ will NOT pay for information received and responses to this notice. 

Do not submit pricing information in response to this SSN. 

All submissions must be submitted via e-mail to yaynel.c.yambo.civ@us.navy.mil  by the above stated close date and time.  

Submissions shall also contain questions or issues concerning the DRAFT PWS of this sources sought notice. 

Files

File Type Posted
1.03_ PWS_Advanced HME IDIQ_24MAR26.docx DOCX document

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