Director, USAMRAA, 820 Chandler St, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014

U -- MEDICAL NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL (NBC) TRAINING TO UNIFIED COMBATANT & U.S. ARMY MAJOR COMMAND SENIOR LEADERS AND THEIR STAFFS SOL W25MWY9118N301 DUE 063099 POC Mr. B.C. Baker III (301) 619-2035 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, BC.Baker@det.amedd.army.mil. 1. The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) anticipates awarding a contract for ) to provide Medical Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) training to Unified Combatant and U.S. Army Major Command senior leaders and their staffs. CBAT seminar war games at U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. European Command, the Joint Medical Planners Korea'98 and at U. S. Central Command have been contracted since 1996. The contract shall be awarded for a five year period, base period of 1 year with four one year options, if exercised by the Gov't. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared IAW the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested & a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a request for proposal (RFP) & the solicitation document & incorporated provisions & clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-3. The contractor will plan and prepare simulation exercises (Seminar Games) to train senior commanders and their staffs to respond to the threat that Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) pose to U.S. and coalition forces during a conflict or contingency operation in a given geographical area of responsibility. The Seminar Games will portray the effects of an enemy's use of NBC warfare agents against U.S. and coalition forces in order to elicit the tactical, operational, strategic and national NBC defense, medical and other responses currently available or required in areas of training, doctrinal, plans, policy and program development. The exercise will also address U.S. military preparedness, training, and policy and program development related to NBC defense and health service support. The contractor will assist player units in conducting the Seminar Games and provide player preparation documents and post-exercise reviews and reports. In general, the contractor will: Perform the requirements of the contract independently and not as an agent of the Government. Make no decisions relating to the review of work (e.g., research, materiel production) proposals, the award or status of contracts, or the content or direction of assigned medical programs. Employ or have access to personnel with knowledge and/or experience with game (simulation) design and execution, NBC weapon characteristics and threat capabilities, and U.S. force structure, command and control procedures, doctrine, plans, policies, strategy, capabilities, medical readiness, and logistics. The Contracting Officer will give verbal direction to proceed on the contract as necessary to accomplish the contract scope of work. A Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) designated for this contract will provide the contractor with a written synopsis of individual projects within the contract. Most preparatory work under this contract will be performed off-site and the actual exercises will be conducted on-siteat the exercise unit location. The contractor will perform work on-site in government furnished space with government furnished automation and office equipment. For on-site (U.S. Army Office of The Surgeon General, Directorate of Health Care Operations, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3258) work the contractor will provide all personnel and subject matter experts to accomplish the work. Most preparatory work shall be performed off-site at the contractor facility. Conduct of actual exercise shall be on-site at the unit conducting the exercise. For any off-site work performed under this contract, the contractor will provide all personnel, subject matter experts, facilities, material, state-of-the-art computer equipment, computer and graphics output devices and administrative capability necessary to perform any or all of the work. FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors Commercial Items (Oct 1995) is incorporated by reference. Applicable is FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items: The Government will award a contract resulting from this synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous, representing the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. Evaluation of offers shall be based on the following factors: (1) Past Performance on Work of Similar Nature; (2) Personnel; (3) Contract Management and Technical Approach; (4) Cost. Factors are listed in their relative order of importance. The technical proposal shall include any information the offeror deems relevant & pertinent to these requirements. As a minimum, the offeror's understanding of the requirement, offeror's corporate structure & how the offeror will manage the games. Identify a minimum of 3 Federal, State, local Gov't, or private contracts for which the offeror has performed the same or similar services within the last 3 years, including name, address & current phone telephone number, POC's, contract number, date and amount of award. Offerors arereminded to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The following clauses are incorporated into this solicitation: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. FAR clauses 52.204-6, 52.216-18, 52.216-19, 52.216-22, 52.217-8, 52.217-9, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-41, 52.222-42, (The DOL Wage Determination No. 94-2167 rev 10, applies), 52.222-46, 52.224-1, 52.232-19, 52.232-33, 52.237-2, 52.242-15, and 52.242-17 apply, as well as DFARS clauses at 252.205-7000,252.212-7001, 252.227-7015, 252.227-7037, and 252.232-7007 and the USAMRAA local clause at 52.0027-4004-Safeguarding Proprietary Information. Questions are due by 2:30 PM EST, 18 June 1999. Proposals are due by 2:30 PM EST 30 June 1999 via email (Microsoft Word and Excel format requested) to USAMRAA, ATTN: MCMR-AAA-V, 820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014. The full SOW can be obtained by contacting the POC to request a copy via email. POC is B.C. Baker III (301) 619-2035, fax (301) 619-2505 and email BC.Baker@det.amedd.army.mil. Posted 06/09/99 (W-SN341020). (0160)

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