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Pope AAF - Role Players for SUT and OPFOR   2

ID: FA480924Q0051 • Type: Presolicitation

Description

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE: This is NOT an invitation or request for bids. The 4th Contracting Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, announces the anticipated release of Solicitation Number FA480924Q0051 being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This RFQ is set-aside for firms registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. All applicable provision and clauses will be included in the actual solicitation. This electronic announcement constitutes a pre-solicitation notice. Anticipate release of the RFQ on or about 27 September 2024.

Interested parties should register online and subscribe to receiving procurement announcements related to this solicitation via this website. There will be no paper copies of the RFQ. All solicitation information may be obtained through https://sam.gov. Any questions regarding this pre-solicitation notice must be submitted electronically via email to both franco.chiappori.1@us.af.mil and aaron.vanvynckt.1@us.af.mil. Please reference Solicitation FA480924Q0051 ATF RLF in the email subject line on all correspondence.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This contract is to provide specialized role player and opposition forces (OPFOR) support to the 352d Special Warfare Training Squadron (SWTS) during the Small Unit Tactics (SUT) and Field Training Exercise (FTX) iterations of the Combat Control and Special Reconnaissance Apprentice Courses. The Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached. Offerors are cautioned this may change between now and solicitation issuance and offerors shall review the PWS provided with the RFQ.

Background
The 4th Contracting Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina, is issuing a Request for Quote (RFQ) for specialized role player and opposition forces (OPFOR) support to the 352d Special Warfare Training Squadron (SWTS).

This contract aims to enhance training realism during the Small Unit Tactics (SUT) and Field Training Exercise (FTX) iterations of the Combat Control and Special Reconnaissance Apprentice Courses. The 352d SWTS conducts three classes per year, each requiring extensive role player support to facilitate effective training.

Work Details
The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other non-personnel services necessary for specialized role player and OPFOR support.

Key tasks include:
1. Providing labor, lodging, transportation to exercise sites, supervision, and necessary supplies for SUT/FTX missions executed by Special Operation Forces (SOF) units.
2. Assisting in Full Mission Profile iterations by supplying a Contractor Planner, Role Player Manager (RPM), OPFOR personnel, and access to a simulated village.
3. Ensuring that role players simulate various roles including partner force military leaders, casualties, security forces, unarmed civilians, enemy sympathizers, etc.
4. Providing a minimum of 10 personnel as opposing forces who will utilize automatic or semi-automatic rifles with blank ammunition and Night Vision Goggles (NVG).
5. Maintaining continuous support during specified operational hours for both SUT and FTX events.
6. Submitting a comprehensive after-action report detailing performance and activities within 15 days post-exercise completion.

Place of Performance
The primary location for performance will be Fort Liberty Ranges including Camp Mackall in North Carolina. A simulated village within a 10-mile radius of Camp Mackall may also be utilized.

Overview

Response Deadline
Sept. 20, 2024, 12:00 p.m. EDT Past Due
Posted
Sept. 11, 2024, 5:48 p.m. EDT
Set Aside
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSBC)
Place of Performance
Pope Army Airfield, NC 28308 United States
Source
SAM

Current SBA Size Standard
$19.5 Million
Pricing
Multiple Types Common
Est. Level of Competition
Average
Odds of Award
57%
Signs of Shaping
The solicitation is open for 8 days, below average for the Air Combat Command. 94% of obligations for similar contracts within the Department of the Air Force were awarded full & open.
On 9/11/24 Air Combat Command issued Presolicitation FA480924Q0051 for Pope AAF - Role Players for SUT and OPFOR due 9/20/24. The opportunity was issued with a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSBC) set aside with NAICS 541990 (SBA Size Standard $19.5 Million) and PSC U013.
Primary Contact
Name
Franco Chiappori   Profile
Phone
(919) 722-1577

Secondary Contact

Name
Aaron VanVynckt   Profile
Phone
(919) 722-1732

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Additional Details

Source Agency Hierarchy
DEPT OF DEFENSE > DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE > ACC > FA4809 4TH CONS SQ CC
FPDS Organization Code
5700-FA4809
Source Organization Code
100258156
Last Updated
Oct. 5, 2024
Last Updated By
franco.chiappori.1@us.af.mil
Archive Date
Oct. 5, 2024