SOF RAPTOR IV

The intent of this announcement is to provide the Draft Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Special Operations Forces Requirements Analysis, Prototyping, Training, Operations, and Rehearsal (SOF RAPTOR) IV, Solicitation No. W900KK-19-R-0078 (previously W900KK-18-R-0051). The Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), Draft Sample Task Orders (STO) PWS's, Draft Contract Deliverable Requirements Lists, and Draft Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, among other supporting documentation have been provided for your reference and review. All documents may be subject to change. In accordance with Section L of the Draft RFP, questions regarding this draft solicitation shall be submitted by email to the above POCs with the solicitation number in the subject line. The Government will answer questions through the issuance of the final solicitation provided those questions are received by 12:00 p.m. (1200 hours) EST, 25 September 2018. Offerors shall use the Solicitation Clarification Form included as Attachment 8 in Section J of this draft solicitation. Questions received after the deadline may not be answered. Questions shall not include proprietary data. This is not a formal RFP and no proposals are being requested at this time. The Government will not pay for any information received or costs incurred as a result of this announcement. Any cost associated with a response is solely at the interested respondent's expense. We anticipate issuing the Final RFP electronically via the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fbo.gov) in October of 2018. This date is subject to change. Additional Information: The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Project Manager for SOF Training Systems (PM STS) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for SOF RAPTOR IV. SOF RAPTOR IV is a flexible and responsive contract vehicle designed to deliver services and capability to United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) forces and SOF-like Other Government Agency (OGA) organizations with Counter Terrorism (CT), Counter Narco Terrorism (CNT), Counter Proliferation and Unconventional Warfare (UW) missions. Special Operations Forces (SOF) requirements are typically unique, challenging, and time sensitive requiring highly skilled and experienced individuals to perform the tasks. Task Orders (TO) under this contract regularly include advanced (tier 1/tier 2) SOF support. Contractors performing SOF RAPTOR IV TOs often require a staff that includes highly skilled individuals with this advanced tier 1/tier 2 SOF experience. Contractor shall support a SOF RAPTOR IV Integrated Product Team (IPT) that includes Government and subcontractors (as appropriate) to facilitate professional and timely management.