CIVILIAN GUARDIAN COURSE (CGC) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ITERATION
Contract Overview
Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.
AI Contract Overview
The Civilian Guardian Course (CGC) Curriculum Development and Iteration solicitation, issued under FA254926R0002 by the Department of Defense through Starcom Contracting at Patrick SFB, Florida, seeks a vendor to develop a high-intensity, four-month curriculum focused on space awareness and superiority for civilian personnel. The effort demands the full creation of course materials—including classes, instructor guides, student handouts, assessments, and multimedia elements—aligned with Instructional Systems Design principles and Air Force standards, all to be built and configured within a government-provided Learning Management System. The foundation is a 40-hour, multi-modal curriculum that blends synchronous and asynchronous learning with mandatory readings, interactive videos, group collaborations, and direct expert interaction, culminating in a one-week immersive capstone involving high-fidelity simulations. The vendor must collaborate closely with government teams developing inherently governmental content to ensure branding and instructional continuity, with all materials subject to formal government review and approval before deployment. No government-furnished materials are available for the space element, making the vendor’s input critical from the outset. The contract requires the immediate engagement of key personnel, including a dedicated Space Subject Matter Expert, an Instructional Systems Design Specialist for ten months, a Multimedia Specialist, and a Contract Program Manager, with pricing structured as Firm Fixed Price for delivery of materials and Fixed Price Level of Effort for staff roles. The vendor is responsible for the complete technical build-out, ongoing curriculum iteration, and adherence to strict quality control standards, including submission of a Quality Control Plan and compliance with safeguarding measures for Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. Proposals must be submitted electronically in four volumes—Administrative, Technical (including a 10-minute capabilities video), Past Performance with three references, and Price—with strict formatting, file type, and page limits imposed. Evaluation will be based on equal weights for Technical Proposal, Past Performance, and Price, with technical acceptability and price completeness serving as mandatory pass/fail gates. The award will be made through a best-value trade-off process under FAR Part 12.2 and DFARS 215.100. The period of performance runs from August 14, 2026, to May 14, 2027, with deliverables due within that timeframe. All contractors must comply with extensive security and legal requirements, including CUI handling, NDA obligations, Buy American provisions, trafficking-in-persons prohibitions, and full adherence to FAR and
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Colorado Springs, CO, 80930, USASet-Aside
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Full Description
This is a prelimary draft with no expected changes when the final is issued. All interested vendors should immediately begin preparing their offer process. Once the final solicitation has been issued is no expected change in the due date.
The project scope encompasses the creation of classes, lessons, instructor guides, and student-facing training materials as described in the PWS. The selected vendor must collaborate closely with the government, which will simultaneously develop the inherently governmental portion of the curriculum, to ensure overall continuity and cohesive branding. This highly compressed effort has an expected completion window of less than four months, with all vendor-developed elements delivered in that time window. Furthermore, all lessons, activities, templates, and assessments are subject to formal government review and approval prior to deployment. There is no government furnished information on the space element of the course.
The initial phase of the program consists of a 40-hour, high-engagement, multi-modal curriculum that avoids static lectures or slides. This 40-hour block integrates synchronous and asynchronous elements, including mandatory readings, interactive instructional videos, independent assignments, knowledge assessments, synchronous online group collaboration, and direct interaction with instructors and subject matter experts. The course culminates in an intensive, one-week capstone event focused on high-fidelity, performance-based activities and instructor-led simulations ensuing knowledge of space awareness and their role in superiority. A critical element is the space expert consultant.
The Vendor will be required to participate in all curriculum development and iteration efforts from pre-execution through post-execution. The Vendor shall be responsible for the complete build-out and technical configuration of all assigned portions of course content within the Government-provided Learning Management System (LMS). Curriculum maintenance and updates will occur on a consistent and reoccurring schedule during the development stage as part of this effort. Additionally, all required multi-media support and Instructional Systems Design (ISD) support for the performance period are outlined in the PWS. The Government will retain final authority on all course content, instructional methodologies, and learning activities.
Any vendor who would like to recommend an award be made using a different NAICS code may make that recommendation due to the nature of the project. Please note U008 will not be changed.