Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Role Player Support
Dept of Defense · US Special Operations Command (Ussocom) · Sol. H9224026QE
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U.S. Special Operations Command (Naval Special Warfare Command) wants role player support for training exercises, set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. Work is in San Diego, California. The notice says the requirement spans eight role player categories, including linguists, opposing forces, amputee role players and pyrotechnic/weapons experts.
Watch out for
- Password-protected CUI work statement. You must email for a password to see the PWS, so you cannot judge the full scope until you get it.
Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement (PWS) contains Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
- Short-notice, specialized staffing. Exercises can be short-notice and need niche people such as linguists, amputee role players and pyrotechnic experts, which could be hard to staff.
periodic, short-notice advanced training exercises
- Long quote validity. Your pricing must hold for 180 days after closing.
Quotes shall remain valid for no less than 180 days from the date of the RFQ closing.
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Realistic role players for routine unit-level training exercises
- Role players for periodic, short-notice advanced training exercises
- Specialized linguists
- Tactical opposing forces (OPFOR)
- Amputee role players
- Pyrotechnic/weapons subject matter experts
- Eight role player categories in total (the full list is in the PWS)
- Contract type
- Combined synopsis/solicitation (RFQ); contract type not stated
- Place of performance
- San Diego, CA
- Offers due
- 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) on 14 October 2026 (response deadline field: 2026-10-14T10:00:00-04:00)
- How to submit
- Not stated in the notice text; read the solicitation documents. Questions go on Attachment S-1 - Q&A
What to include when you submit
- Email Emily Lonigro at Emily.Lonigro@socom.mil to get the PWS password, referencing solicitation number H9224026QE075 and including your CAGE code and SAM UEI
- Written questions use Attachment S-1 - Q&A and were due by 10:00 AM ET on 24 September 2026
- Each question must cite the document name, document date, and page, paragraph or clause
- Quotes must stay valid for at least 180 days from the RFQ closing date
- Read all solicitation documents in full to ensure compliance
You must have
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside
This solicitation is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB).
- CAGE code and SAM Unique Entity ID needed to get the PWS password
shall include the requesting firm's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code as well as their SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI).
Not in the notice text
- Full list of the eight role player categories, quantities and hours (in the password-protected PWS)
- Contract length, base and option periods
- Evaluation method and factors
- How to submit the quote (method not stated in the notice text)
- Estimated value
- Whether the solicitation number is H9224026QE or H9224026QE075 (the notice shows both)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 14, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- H9224026QE
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · US Special Operations Command (Ussocom)
- Office
- Naval Special Warfare Command
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
- NAICS
- 611699
- Product/service code
- U099
- Business type
- Education & training
- Place of performance
- San Diego, CA
- Contracting contact
- Emily Lonigroemily.lonigro@socom.mil6194159286
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This solicitation is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The objective of this requirement is to provide realistic role player support services in support of the Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) enterprise. These critical role player services include routine unit-level training exercises as well as periodic, short-notice advanced training exercises, both designed to replicate the complex tactical environments and scenarios encountered by Special Operations Forces (SOF). Role player requirements span eight distinct categories, including specialized linguists, tactical opposing forces (OPFOR), amputee role players, and pyrotechnic/weapons subject matter experts. Offerors are strictly required to read all solicitation documents in full to ensure complete proposal submission compliance. Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement (PWS) contains Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Due to strict security and dissemination controls, the PWS is password-protected. Prospective offerors shall email the Contracting Point of Contact, Emily Lonigro, at Emily.Lonigro@socom.mil to obtain the access password. All email requests shall explicitly reference solicitation number H9224026QE075 and shall include the requesting firm's Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code as well as their SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI). Offerors shall submit written questions during the quote and proposal preparation period utilizing Attachment S-1 - Q&A. All questions shall be received no later than 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) on 24 September 2026, as only written questions will receive a formal response. To ensure a timely and precise response from the government, each submitted question shall include the document name, document date, specific page, paragraph, clause, or other definitive citation requiring clarification. Final quotes shall be submitted no later than 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET) on 14 October 2026. Quotes shall remain valid for no less than 180 days from the date of the RFQ closing.
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