Suicide Interactive Role Players

This is a Sources Sought Notice only for the purposes of market research. This is not a request for proposals and no contract shall be awarded. This request for information should not be construed as a commitment or authorized to incur cost in anticipation of any procurement. A short synopsis required services extracted from the PWS is as follows: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, management, quality control, and any other supplies and services (not government furnished) necessary to develop and execute suicide prevention training, which includes a form of interactive role plays to support the Fort Hood Re-integration Training. The Contractor shall develop an interactive, branching storyline script. The training and role plays shall be performed for Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians, Retirees and Family Members. The Contractor shall provide all requirements for script content and writers, performers, understudies and all other requirements to produce and perform the training and role plays. The Contractor shall execute a 1 - hour facilitated interactive training session, with professional actors, that includes several 10-15 minutes role played scenarios that demonstrate the primary objectives. Training sessions shall be conducted at 1000, 1300 and 1500 hours in the Palmer Theater on Fort Hood for Suicide Prevention training. The play will be conducted every Wednesday with the exception of the two weeks during the Christmas and New Year's holiday. The Contractor shall be responsible for assembly and disassembly of all production and performance equipment. If/when a scheduled training day changes, the Government will notify the Contractor of the change at least 72 hours before the scheduled training day. All training performances will be conducted on Fort Hood and its responsible areas. The Government's primary objectives are: - To promote suicide prevention awareness to Soldiers, DA civilians, Retirees and Family Members. - Minimize the adverse effects of suicidal behavior on unit cohesion. Preserve mission effectiveness and war fighting capability. - To reduce the stigma of seeking mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention services - Provide information to recognize at risk behavior. - Improve reporting and portrayals of suicidal behavior, mental illness and substance abuse in the Army. - Encourage help seeking behavior. - To ensure all members of the military community are aware of tools, programs, services, and resources available to address stressors generated by relationship challenges - Provide information and education designed to support strong, self-reliant Families and to enhance coping skills. Fosters practice of individual well-being, community safety, promote personnel preparedness, self-sufficiency and community cohesion. Personnel: The Contractor shall provide sufficient personnel to execute all work requirements within established standards and timelines, and possessing the skills, knowledge, and training to satisfactorily perform the services required by this contract. The script writers must have a working knowledge and understanding of the military lifestyle, risk factors and warning signs of suicide and resources for helping and assistance for persons at risk of suicide. Personnel performing work under this work statement shall remain employees of the Contractor and will not be considered employees of the Government. The Government anticipates 12-month period of performance. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 611430, Professional and Management Development Training. Small Business Size Standard is $11,000,000. Interested parties should submit a Statement of Capability indicating qualifications and capabilities to perform any/all of the services described above. Information should include any relevant past job experience providing same/similar services. Identify the types of services you have performed, which services you have not performed but have capability to perform, and how long it would take you to be technically and financially prepared to begin performance. The responses must be sufficient to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the requirements. Include business size and type (i.e., Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned Small Business, Section 8(a) Small Business, or Large Business) in relation to the size standard for NAICS 611430. No Government contract can be awarded to a vendor who is not actively registered in the System for Awards Management (SAM). For information regarding registration requirements, you are encouraged to visit https://www.sam.gov. All information collected in response to this request for information will become property of the U.S. Army and will not be returned. All responses must be provided no later 4:00 P.M. CST, 1 May 2017. Firms should provide their information via email to Kendrick Nance, Contract Specialist, at Kendrick.r.nance.civ@mail.mil (254-287-6495) and courtesy copy Mrs. Lewis, Mage, Contracting Officer, at madge.a.lewis2.civ@mail.mil (254)287-1563.