Iowa National Guard technical instruction services for a Physical Surveillance Basic and Advanced for the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center

The Iowa Army National Guard's Midwest Counterdrug Training Center (MCTC) is seeking a contractor to design, develop, and instruct Basic and Advanced Physical Surveillance courses for law enforcement personnel engaged in counternarcotics and counter-transnational organized crime operations. The Department of the Army's U.S. Property & Fiscal Office in Johnston, Iowa is managing this procurement under solicitation number W912LP-26-R-0009. Contractors must demonstrate prior experience designing and delivering similar surveillance courses to uniformed patrol officers or law enforcement at local, state, or federal levels and be currently engaged in training law enforcement on these subjects. Each proposed instructor must have a minimum of 15 years total law enforcement experience, including 10 years as a civilian narcotics officer, plus five years teaching Physical Surveillance courses to civilian law enforcement. The government will evaluate proposals using a best value trade-off approach considering technical capability, past performance, and price, with the latter two factors being significantly more important than price alone. Written questions are due by March 19, 2026, Past Performance Questionnaires must be submitted by April 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM Central Time, and formal proposals are due April 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM Central Time.

This is an unrestricted small business set-aside under NAICS code 611699 with an applicable size standard of $16.5 million; no incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation materials. The contract structure includes a 12-month base period with up to five course iterations, followed by four optional 12-month periods each containing up to ten additional course iterations, with specific award values to be determined upon proposal evaluation. Each course iteration accommodates up to 24 law enforcement officers over a minimum of 36 instructional hours across five class days, with the contractor responsible for all personnel, equipment, materials, travel, lodging, meals, and supervision included in a firm fixed price per iteration. Performance will take place at the MCTC facilities located at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa 50131, with services delivered Monday through Friday between 0700 and 1700 hours, excluding federal holidays and facility closures. Contractors must possess a current NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment within three years prior to contract award and must comply with Service Contract Labor Standards wage determinations for Iowa counties, with instructor positions subject to prevailing wage rates of $62,223-$80,895 annually plus $5.09 per hour fringe benefits.