Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (MCJROTC) Combined Senior Leadership Camp (SLC) and STEM Camp

The United States Marine Corps is preparing to procure a seven-day residential MCJROTC Combined Senior Leadership Camp (SLC) and STEM Camp under a Total Small Business set-aside, with responses due November 18, 2026. The camp runs July 7-13, 2027, at St. John's Northwestern Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, for 240 cadets (120 SLC and 120 STEM). The contractor bears all costs for personnel, travel, facilities, equipment, supplies, and operational support, while the government provides the Flight Roster, cadet selection, and curriculum approval authority.

Staffing requires a dedicated Project Manager and a separate Camp Commandant, 12 instructors (six SLC and six STEM, with one senior lead per discipline), and 10 cadre (five SLC and five STEM) plus relief staff. Cadre maintain 24-hour cadet supervision with a minimum of two awake roving cadre during sleeping hours. Personnel with cadet contact must meet Wisconsin secondary-school teacher background screening standards and youth protection training requirements. A continuous on-duty EMT is required.

The five-day SLC follows MCJROTC Leadership Education III/IV standards and Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 6-10. Three concurrent STEM tracks cover Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, and Commercial Drone Pilot (FAA Part 107). The Cybersecurity and AI tracks align with Shenandoah University standards for three college credits each upon 70 percent grade achievement, and university confirmation is required before camp execution.

Logistics include billeting for 240 beds minimum in 120 rooms, male and female separated; 4,320 cadet meals plus 408 designated staff meals; and four 56-seat motor coaches, overflow vans, and a school bus for Part 107 testing. Airline tickets and confirmed itineraries for 230 cadets from designated airports to Chicago O'Hare are due February 15, 2027. Deliverables also include 480 olive drab cadet identification T-shirts with color-coded sleeve markings by July 6, 2027, and Part 107 examination vouchers at $175 each for 40 drone cadets. Curricula, management plans, risk assessments, and instructional schedules require government approval 30-45 days before camp, and final readiness documentation is due seven days prior.