Northern Strike Mortuary Affairs

The United States Marine Corps seeks cadaver specimens and mortuary affairs training support services for the Northern Strike Exercise 26-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, with quotes due July 20, 2026, at 1200 CST and questions due July 17. This is a women-owned small business (WOSB) set-aside with HUBZone evaluation preference allowing a 10% price adjustment. Amendment 0001 was issued July 17 providing vendor Q&A with no change to deadlines.

Place of performance includes multiple training sites at Camp Grayling South Camp, the Prisoners Camp training site, Combat Town training site, Cantonment area, and Grayling Army Airfield. Performance runs August 2–12, 2026, subject to weather changes.

The contractor must provide 15 full-body cadavers delivered simultaneously and remaining on-site throughout the training period, presented intact with no alterations and accompanied by documentation confirming freedom from transmittable disease. The contractor supplies five specimen stewards with military, fire, EMS, or police backgrounds to support setup, management, cleanup, specimen preservation, and simulated medical procedures including suturing and amputations. Injury simulations must progress from lacerations and abrasions through simulated gunshot wounds, amputations, and limited third-degree burn injuries. The government conducts embalming on-site; the contractor supports medical waste disposal. Temperature-controlled storage vehicles with independent power sources are required. The contractor must demonstrate expertise in cadaver transportation, storage, removal, recovery, processing, handling of deceased personnel, and traumatic scenario management, with compliance with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006).

The NAICS code is 611430. Award is based on price, technical capability statement demonstrating ability to provide required services, and past performance evaluated through the Supplier Performance Risk System. Five line items are priced firm fixed-price: cadaver specimens, cremation services, shipping and delivery, tissue steward services (10 days), and instructor services (5 instructors, 10 days). Inspection and acceptance occur at 4th Combat Readiness Regiment, Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia. Standard FAR and DFARS clauses apply, including Buy American provisions and service contract labor standards per Michigan wage determination 2015-4873, Revision 32.