U--Force Protection/Drivers Training

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Quotes shall reference solicitation number W911RZ-10-T-0067. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-32. Fort Carson intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract for Force Protection/Drivers Training. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 611699 with a small business size standard of $7.0 million. This requirement is set aside 100% for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. The Contractor shall propose the following Contract Line Item Number (CLIN): CLIN 0001 Force Protection/Drivers Training $____________ in Accordance with the Statement of Work (8 Persons) CLIN 0002 Contractor Manpower Reporting $____________ TOTAL PRICE $____________ Statement of Work 1. Training Dates: Thirteen (13) Days, 28 Feb 12 Mar 2010. The contractor shall propose training dates and alternate training dates that are available. 2. Training Location: Training shall be conducted at a contractor-provided off-site training facility. The contractor shall propose and provide a suitable and safe location for the training. Training location and specifics shall be included in the contractors proposal. The proposed location will be evaluated and the cost to the Government for travel will be considered in the best value determination. 3. Number of Personnel to be trained: Eight (8) 4. Performance Work Statement I. Courses/Modules Specifications: 1. Mobile Force Protection Module: Condensed practical training in effective countermeasures, while approaching their vehicle, traveling in their vehicles and leaving their vehicle. Lectures, practical threat scenarios and timed exercises covering all topics below. Vehicles Required: A selection of sedan, SUV and pickup trucks with gasoline and diesel engines Topics required to be covered: " Identify Individual Protective Measures (IPM) " Observation and Identification Techniques " Area Familiarity and Route Reconnaissance " Evasive Driving " Counter Vehicular Ambush " Counter Force Off Techniques " Forward and Reverse Tactical Ramming " Bail Out " Vehicle Commandeering " Break out drills " Dead Man drills " Bailout and Break Contact Immediate Action Drills " Counter VBIED Tactics " Tactical Vehicle Intercept Techniques " Counter Snap Ambush Drills " Tactical Vehicle Rollover with wounded teammate break contact drills " Counter Ambush " Convoy Counter Ambush " Live Fire moving Vehicle Counter Ambush Drills " Live Fire Drills in Close Proximity Vehicular Ambush " Using a Vehicle for Cover " Disaggregated Terminal Ballistic Drills " Live Fire Static Vehicle Counter Ambush Drills " Live Fire Break Contact Drills " Live Fire Break Contact Drill while using a Vehicle for cover with M-9 pistol " Live Fire Break Contact Drill while using a Vehicle for cover with 5.56 Assault Rifle " Field Expedient Bulletproofing Practical Exercises Required: " Identify Individual Protective Measures (IPM) " Observation and Identification Techniques " Area Familiarity and Route Reconnaissance " Evasive Driving " Counter Vehicular Ambush " Counter Force Off Techniques " Forward and Reverse Tactical Ramming " Bail Out " Vehicle Commandeering " Break out drills " Dead Man drills " Bailout and Break Contact Immediate Action Drills " Counter VBIED Tactics " Tactical Vehicle Intercept Techniques " Counter Snap Ambush Drills " Tactical Vehicle Rollover with wounded teammate break contact drills " Counter Ambush " Convoy Counter Ambush " Live Fire moving Vehicle Counter Ambush Drills " Live Fire Drills in Close Proximity Vehicular Ambush " Using a Vehicle for Cover " Disaggregated Terminal Ballistic Drills " Live Fire Static Vehicle Counter Ambush Drills " Live Fire Break Contact Drills " Live Fire Break Contact Drill while using a Vehicle for cover with M-9 pistol " Live Fire Break Contact Drill while using a Vehicle for cover with 5.56 Assault Rifle " Field Expedient Bulletproofing 2. Off-Road Driver Training: Teaches skills in negotiating extreme terrain using four-wheel-drive SUVs. Experience driving on terrain such as mud, water, rocks, logs, and extreme hills. Practical and timed exercises covering all topics below. Lectures covering all topics below. This training requires a track. Vehicles Required: SUV (four-wheel-drive). Topics required to be covered: " Driving Techniques " Angles " Engine " Equipment " Trail Driving " Tire Change " Log Crossing " Rock Climbing " Recovery and Recovery Practical Exercises Required: " Trail Driving " Tire Change Immediate Action Drills " Log Crossing " Rock Climbing " Recovery 3. Night Mobility Module: Condensed practical training in mobile force protection during limited visibility, lectures, practical threat scenarios and timed exercises covering all topics below. Vehicles Required: HMMWV Topics required to be covered: " Evasive Driving at Night Practical Exercises Required: " Bailout and Break Contact Force on Force at Night 4. Clandestine Weapons Training Module: Condensed practical training on concealed weapons defensive and offensive techniques in close quarters. Lectures, practical threat scenarios and timed exercises covering all topics below. Vehicles Required: Sedan Topics required to be covered: " Spatial Awareness Techniques " Reactionary Gap Drills " Sight-Line Denial Techniques " Preparing the Battle Space Techniques " Clandestine Weapons Drills Practical Exercises Required: " Spatial Awareness Techniques " Reactionary Gap Drills " Sight-Line Denial Techniques " Preparing the Battle Space Techniques " Clandestine Weapons Drills II. Driving/Training Facility Requirements: " The contractor is responsible for providing fully qualified instructors for the training, all instructional materials; and the facilities required to support delivery of the type of training. " The driving facility shall be safe defined as free of hazards, within 30 feet of each side of the road, such as broken pavement, potholes, road-edge drop-offs of more than eight inches, trees, barriers, ditches, or any other dangerous obstructions too close to the road course endangering students. " Appropriately paved, two-lane, asphalt or concrete, closed loop road courses are required. " The road courses must be a minimum of 1.5 miles in length to allow drivers maximum safety in acceleration and deceleration. " Site shall be secluded to prevent public observation of the training activities. " In order to provide multiple vehicle-handling situation, the driving tracks must include the following as a minimum: --flat straight-aways and uphill/downhill (must be suitable in length to achieve at least 90+ mph emergency speeds) --uphill and downhill turn --constant radius turn --increasing and decreasing radius turns --flat turn --negative and positive camber turns --S-turns --and at least two turns that can be continually covered with water if required " The shoulder(s) of two-lane road courses shall be of natural terrain, i.e., gravel, dirt or grass to allow the student a sense of off-road surface and experience the loss of vehicle control due to differing conditions. This will also allow the student to employ proper off-road recovery techniques enabling them to regain control and safely re-enter the road. " The driving facility shall have safe skid pads. " The driving facility shall be capable of being completely flooded with water for instruction of over and under steering skid control. " The road courses shall allow for realistic surprise/off-road obstacles i.e. steep ascents/descents, rocks and rock climbs, logs, holes, mud and sand. " The road courses shall allow for realistic vehicle and on-foot attack and ambush scenarios. (I.e., natural foliage and/or natural terrain cover and concealment areas along straight-aways and turns). III. Vehicle/Equipment Requirements: " The contractor shall provide all vehicles being used in the training exercises/scenarios, per course being offered. " Vehicles needed include: automatic transmission, four-door sedans, suitable for safe training in defensive driving maneuvers. " Vehicles must contain operable air conditioning/heating system " Fully operational front and rear window defogging system " Simple On/Off ABS switch, designed to preclude turning the ignition on and off to reset the ABS system except disposable ramming/PIT vehicles, four-wheel drive vehicles, necessary for off road or adverse terrain. " All vehicles used must be kept in operable condition for the duration of the training, or replacement vehicles shall be readily available. " No more than five minutes of student down time shall be allowed due to inoperable vehicles. IV. Specifications: " The Contractor shall be responsible for providing all necessary course lesson plans, training aids, student handouts/guides, and training evaluation tools. Instructor is responsible for providing enough primary and assistant instructors to provide the training based on course size and curriculum. Each student will receive a minimum of two (2) hours actual driving time per day of instruction. Replacement tires and brakes for the contractor-provided sedans for the duration of the training. V. Additional Requirement: " Contractor shall provide all training ammunition to include simunition round and upper receiver barrel. Also the contractor shall provide soldiers with all necessary protective clothing. Contractor Manpower Reporting (CMR) The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the contractor will report ALL contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. The contractor is required to completely fill in all the information in the format using the following web address https://cmra.army.mil/. The required information includes: (1) Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, Contracting Officers Technical Representative; (2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number; (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period; (4) Contractor name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of contractor employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-contractors); (6) Estimated direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including sub-contractors); (7) Total payments (including sub-contractors); (8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-contractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (the Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information); (11) Locations where contractor and sub-contractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website); (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and (13) Number of contractor and sub-contractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country). As part of its submission, the contractor will also provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Reporting period will be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each Government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year. Contractors may use a direct XML data transfer to the database server or fill in the fields on the website. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a contractors system to the secure web site without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the web site. The specific formats for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the web site. OFFERORS SHALL COMPLY with instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, applies to this solicitation [Contractor shall submit their proposal on company letterhead, provide solicitation number, the time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers, name, address, and telephone number of the offeror, unit price, an over all total price. The offeror shall include, any discount terms, cage code, DUNS number, tax identification number, size of business, acknowledgement of solicitation Amendments (if any), warranty information, shipping/handling charges (must be specified), FOB Destination and a statement that the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, has been completed electronically online at http://orca.bpn.gov/publicsearch.aspx] The provisions at FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. The factor used to evaluate offers will be Price and Past Performance. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Additional FAR clauses cited in this clause applicable to this acquisition are: 52.219-27 Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation [The Contractor represents that it ( ) is, ( ) is not a small business concern under NAICS Code 611692] 52.222-3 Convict Labor 52.222-21 Prohibition Of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity 52.222-36 Affirmative Action For Workers With Disabilities 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.222-42 Service Contract Act 52.222-41 Equivalent Rate of Fed Hire 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer Central Contractor Registration The following FAR clauses are applicable to this acquisition. 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference The following DFAR clauses are applicable to this acquisition: 252.201-7000 Contracting Officers Representative 252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product 252.204-7004 Alt A Central Contractor Registration Alternate A 252.223-7006 Prohibition On Storage and Disposal Of Toxic and Hazardous Materials 252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources As Subcontractors 252.212-7001 Contract Terms And Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders Applicable To Defense Acquisitions Of Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Additional DFARs clauses cited in this clause applicable to this acquisition are: 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program, 252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. To be awarded this contract, the offeror must be registered in the CCR. CCR information may be found at http://www.ccr.gov. Proposals are due No Later Than 11:00 AM MT, 17 February 2010 at the Fort Carson Directorate of Contracting, 1676 Evans Street, Bldg 1220, 3rd Floor, Fort Carson CO 80913-5198. Hand delivered or emailed proposals are acceptable. The assigned Contract Specialist is La Quita Mox, commercial +1 (555) 000-0000 or email contact@example.gov.