Protection Program Support

The United States Marine Corps is seeking Protection Program Support services through this Sources Sought Notice for market research purposes. The requirement involves providing qualified personnel to support comprehensive Protection Programs including Antiterrorism, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Mission Assurance, Physical Security, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Cybersecurity, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense activities. Key technical capabilities required include program planning, training development, threat analysis, knowledge management, emergency preparedness, and cross-command protection effort integration, with personnel requiring TOP SECRET/SCI clearance to handle sensitive compartmented information. Interested organizations must submit an eight-page capability statement that specifically addresses their ability to process and store TS/SCI materials, provides relevant past performance experience, and offers feedback on the draft Performance Work Statement. The submission deadline is August 18, 2025, at 10:00 AM EST, with evaluation criteria focusing on technical capabilities, security clearance capacity, and relevant experience.

This procurement is designated as a Competitive 8(a) set-aside opportunity, encouraging certified Section 8(a) Small Businesses to respond. The requirement represents a recompete of contract M9549423P0008, which is currently held by Digital Cloak, LLC as the incumbent contractor. The anticipated NAICS code is 541990 with a size standard of $19.5 million in annual receipts for small business qualification purposes. The contract structure includes one 12-month base period followed by four 12-month option periods, totaling a potential five-year performance timeline. Work will be conducted primarily at Pentagon and Russell-Knox Building locations in Washington, DC and Quantico, VA, with required travel to multiple Marine Corps installations both domestically and internationally. Performance standards include stringent quality metrics such as 95% on-time delivery of deliverables, accuracy requirements limiting content errors to no more than three per deliverable, and 95% responsiveness rates to assigned taskings.