Virtual Drill Camp Competition Grading

Closed Solicitation Posted Jan 15, 2025

Solicitation number: M00264-25-Q-5529
Agency: Marine Corps Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
Responses due: Jan 24, 2025, 4:30 PM ET
Set-aside: Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

NAICS code: 611620 Sports and Recreation Instruction
PSC: R699 Support- Administrative: Other
Place of performance: Quantico, Virginia 22134, United States
Points of contact: Bradley Hoover bradley.hoover@usmc.mil (703) 432-1684

Danny Ly danny.ly@usmc.mil (703) 784-3564

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated Jan 23, 2025.

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI · Jan 23, 2025

The United States Marine Corps is seeking a contractor to provide virtual drill competition grading services for the Marine Corps JROTC National Drill Championship. The contractor will be responsible for reviewing and scoring 270 video recordings totaling 4,050 minutes (90 hours) of cadet platoons performing three drill events: Regulation Drill, Exhibition Drill, and Color Guard, across both Armed and Unarmed divisions. Key qualifications include a Program Manager with 10 years of government event management experience and a Competition Director with 10 years of drill and ceremony event experience. The evaluation will focus on the contractor's background in hosting similar national video competitions or online judged events, with quotes due on January 21, 2025, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time. Questions from potential offerors must be submitted by January 20, 2025, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

The solicitation is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 611620 with a $9 million size standard, to be awarded as a firm-fixed-price purchase order. The performance period is from February 8 to March 3, 2025, with all services to be performed at the Marine Corps Training & Education Command in Quantico, VA. The contract will require the contractor to provide all personnel, equipment, and services to evaluate performances using MCJROTC Universal Drill Cards, with each event judged by two judges. The contractor must set up video upload capabilities, maintain phone availability during standard business hours, and provide final spreadsheets with team scores and rankings. Award will be based on price and other factors, including past performance evaluated through the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), with a focus on the contractor's ability to effectively manage and grade the virtual drill competition.

Notice text

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As posted on SAM.gov.

Update #2 · Latest · Jan 23, 2025

AMENDMENT 0001: THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE PREVIOUS SOLICITIATION TO CLARIFY SOLICITATION VERBAGE

The action resulting from this opportunity will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Purchase Order

Refer to the attached documents for the required service, details, and instructions(s).

Quoters/Offerors must meet the below expectations:

-Contractor must provide a Program Manager.The Program Manager must have a minimum of 10-years experience working with event management, organization of event structure, and organization of company staffing to ensure adherence to the contract and performance of the work.

-Contractor must provide a Competition Director. The Competition Director must have a minimum of 10-years’ experience working with drill & ceremony events. This person will oversee the drill & ceremony aspect of the competition to ensure integrity of the competition, judge performance and proper performance of the work.

-Contractor must provide information on the Program Manager and the Competition Director and an Alternate to each who shall act for them when these individuals are absent or otherwise unavailable. Both the Program Manager and Alternate Program Manager, as well as the Competition Director and the Alternate Competition Director, shall have full authority to act for the Contractor.

-Contractor must have a solid background in hosting similar previous graded national video competitions or other online judged events that will assure the Government the work can be done effectively. This experience will be a large factor in selecting a QUALIFIED contractor for this contract.

QUOTATIONS ARE DUE (CLOSING DATE/TIME): 24 JANUARY 2025 AT 4:30 PM (Eastern Time).

Quotes/Offers received after this date and time may be deemed ineligible for award.

Update #1 · Jan 15, 2025

The action resulting from this opportunity will be a Firm Fixed Pric (FFP) Purchase Order

Refer to the attached documents for the required service, details, and instructions(s).

Quoters/Offerors must meet the below expectations:

-Contractor must provide a Program Manager.The Program Manager must have a minimum of 10-years experience working with Government contracted event management, organization of event structure, and organization of company staffing to ensure adherence to the contract and performance of the work.

-Contractor must provide a Competition Director. The Competition Director must have a minimum of 10-years’ experience working with Government contracted drill & ceremony events. This person will oversee the drill & ceremony aspect of the competition to ensure integrity of the competition, judge performance and proper performance of the work.

QUESTIONS ARE DUE: 20 JANUARY 2025 AT 11:00 AM (Eastern Time).

QUOTATIONS ARE DUE (CLOSING DATE/TIME): 21 JANUARY 2025 AT 11:00 AM (Eastern Time).