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Firefighting Training and Certification and Training Center Accreditation

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W564KV-17-R-0025Federal

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The Department of Defense’s 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Theater Contracting Center in Kaiserslautern, Germany, plans to competitively award a contract for firefighting training, certification, and accreditation services at the Fire Fighting Training Center in Katterbach, Germany. The contract aims to establish a professional qualification and certification system for local national firefighters employed by U.S. Army fire departments across the European theater. It includes verifying that firefighters meet National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Job Performance requirements, accrediting the Regional Fire Fighting Training Center, developing and implementing training materials and class schedules, and conducting final testing and certifications. The contract requires instructors and skill test proctors to be certified according to standards set by IFSAC or ProBoard and to be fluent in both English and German. Translators involved in course material development must possess independent certification and at least five years of professional experience in a full-time fire department role. The government will not supervise or control the contractors but holds the contractor accountable for service delivery. The solicitation is expected to be published within 30 days, with the place of performance primarily in Germany, and it is managed by the Department of Defense with designated points of contact for contract specialists and officers.

General Info

DoD to award contract for firefighter training, certification, and accreditation in Germany, requiring bilingual certified instructors.

Agency

Department Of Defense → 0409 Aq Hq Contract

NAICS

611519 - Other Technical and Trade Schools

Place of Performance

Ansbach, Germany, Ansbach, Germany, AE, DEU

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NONE

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PhasePresolicitation

PostedApr 27

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Defense → 0409 Aq Hq Contract

Contacts2 people available

OfficeAPO, AE, 09227, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Defense → 0409 Aq Hq Contract

Office AddressAPO, AE, 09227, USA

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Karin DonnerContract Specialsit

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Douglas E. LindseyContracting Officer

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Full Description

This synopsis is to announce that the 409th CSB, Theater Contracting Center in Kaiserslautern, Germany intends to award a non-personnel contract for firefighting training and certification and training center accreditation services. This will be a competitive action. It is planned to publish and post the solicitation within the next 30 calendar days. Place of performance: Fire Fighting Training Center Katterbach, Germany to provide classes and testing and contractor's location for all other services. Objective and short description of the services: Provide a professional qualification and certification system for local national fire fighters employed by the U.S. Army fire departments. Ensure/certify that fire fighters have all the required skills, knowledge and abilities to meet NFPA Job Performance requirements in a European theater. Provide accreditation of the Region Fire Fighting Training Center, develop and implement training materials and class schedules to train local national fire fighters and perfomr final testion and certifications. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. Instructors and skill test proctors shall be certified IAW the qualification standards established by the IFSAC or ProBoard accredeited entity. At a minimum test proctors shall be IFSA or ProBoard certified as Fire Instructor 1 and for the skills being proctored (i.e. Fire Fighter 1 for a Fire Fighter 1 skill test). Test proctors and instructors shall be fluent in English and German. Translators developing course materials shall be independently certified (i.e. through "Industie und Handelskammer certificate) and must have at least five years of job experience in a career or other full time paid fire department (i.e. industrial, airport, other military fire department).