Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Training Instructor Operator Services Support II
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summarySolicitation W900KK-27-R-A0003 (written W900KK27RA003 in the documents), Amendment 02: the Army wants medical training instructors and simulator operators at 25 Army Medical Simulation Training Centers (MSTCs) in the U.S. and overseas. It is a total small business set-aside for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract that requires 110 full-time staff, with a base period starting March 1, 2027 and four 1-year options. The buyer is Army Contracting Command Orlando, for the Capability Program Executive for Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (CPE ST3). Proposals, including slides for oral presentations, are due by the response due date, November 9, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern, through DoD SAFE (a secure file-transfer site). More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. See the latest version.
AI summary Beta
Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 10 attachments weren't read (Attachment 009 -Answers to the TRIOSS RFP (Amendment 02).xlsx, Attachement 003 - TRIOSS Pricing Workbook (Amendment 01).xlsx and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Solicitation W900KK-27-R-A0003 (written W900KK27RA003 in the documents), Amendment 02: the Army wants medical training instructors and simulator operators at 25 Army Medical Simulation Training Centers (MSTCs) in the U.S. and overseas. It is a total small business set-aside for one firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) contract that requires 110 full-time staff, with a base period starting March 1, 2027 and four 1-year options. The buyer is Army Contracting Command Orlando, for the Capability Program Executive for Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (CPE ST3). Proposals, including slides for oral presentations, are due by the response due date, November 9, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern, through DoD SAFE (a secure file-transfer site).
Who can bid
- Small business: the acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 541990
- Provide currently medically credentialed instructors and operators
- Carry Defense Base Act workers' compensation insurance for all personnel working outside the United States, and show a carrier quotation or policy binder from a Department of Labor-approved carrier in the price volume
How to submit: DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil/); first email usarmy.orlando.cpe-st3.mbx.trioss-ii@army.mil with company name, point of contact name and email to get a drop-off link. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (14)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Open to small businesses only. Only firms that qualify as small can send proposals, yet the contract needs 110 full-time staff at 25 sites.
- Serious: Must keep 110 full-time staff on the job at 25 sites. Falling below the minimum staffing baseline cuts the contract's value, and the QASP says a Section H deductions formula applies every day.
- Serious: Labor rates cannot be below union or wage-determination minimums. A rate below a collective bargaining agreement or Service Contract Act minimum makes the proposal noncompliant and it is removed; those rates are in Attachment 007, which could not be read here.
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- Serious: Strict pricing rules can get a proposal rejected. The mission travel line must equal the Government's $12,000.00 per year, and overhead, general and administrative (G&A) and profit percentages are locked for all years.
- Serious: Overseas sites need Defense Base Act insurance and fixed rates. Omitting the insurance cost or its carrier documentation makes the proposal noncompliant, and overseas rates have no exchange-rate adjustment after award.
- Worth checking: Proposal sent through DoD SAFE with a requested drop-off link. You must email for a drop-off link first, and each link is valid for only 14 days from creation.
- Worth checking: In-person oral presentations in Orlando, Florida. Compliant offerors present in person at ACC-APG Orlando, up to five team members, and presentations are projected for November 16-24, 2026.
- Worth checking: Past performance needs three recent examples, two as prime. Experience must be from the last three years, and a firm that has not been the prime contractor twice may be rated lower.
- Worth checking: Mistakes in format or timing can get the proposal rejected. File naming, slide counts, fonts and the deadline are strictly enforced, and exceptions or assumptions make a proposal ineligible.
- Worth checking: Unrealistically low prices can be rejected. Although the price is fixed, the Government checks whether labor rates are realistic and may rate low prices Unacceptable or reject them.
- Worth checking: Start date is tied to the offeror's phase-in. The base period starts March 1, 2027 and nothing is paid before it, so any phase-in work before that date is unpaid.
- Minor: Post award conference timing differs inside the quality assurance plan. One section says within 4 weeks after award and the checklist says within 15 calendar days; ask the contracting officer which applies.
- Minor: Proposal validity period differs between forms. Section L says proposals stay valid for 120 days, while the SF 33 offer block defaults to 60 calendar days unless the offeror inserts another period.
- Minor: Date passed (Sep 21, 2026): Performance work statement date is cited differently. Section M refers to a PWS dated June 18, 2026, while the PWS itself shows September 21, 2026; confirm you are using the current one.
Read from the notice and 7 attachments. 3 of 10 not read. Show which files.
- Solicitation - W900KK27RA003 - Amendment 02.pdf (read)
- Attachment 001PWS TRIOSS II (Amendment 02).pdf (read)
- Attachment 005 - Sections L (Amendment 02).pdf (read)
- Attachment 006 - Sections M (Amendment 02).pdf (read)
- Attachment 002 QASP_TRIOSS II (Amendment 01).pdf (read)
- Attachment 004 Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL) TRIOSS II (Amendment 01).pdf (read)
- Attachment 007 List of Collective Bargaining Agreement and Wage Determinations (Amendment 1).pdf (read)
- Attachment 009 -Answers to the TRIOSS RFP (Amendment 02).xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachement 003 - TRIOSS Pricing Workbook (Amendment 01).xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment 008 - Monthly Invoicing Reconciliation.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Provide continuous, uninterrupted instructor/operator (I/O) support for medical training and simulation at 25 Army MSTCs in the continental U.S. and overseas (OCONUS)
- Keep the Mandatory Minimum Staffing Baseline (MMSB) filled: 110 full-time equivalents (FTEs), emergency medical technician (EMT) and paramedic instructors, at 1,992 productive hours per FTE per year
- Run medical training courses, exercises, after action reviews and the operation of medical training aids, devices, simulators and simulations (TADSS)
- Do onsite operator maintenance and repair of MSTC components and package parts for depot-level repair
- Propose a phase-in of 0, 30, 60 or 90 days; the base period starts March 1, 2027, the day the proposed phase-in starts
- Send a Monthly Staffing Report with each invoice, report vacancies to the contracting officer and the contracting officer's representative (COR), and validate replacements
- Run program management: post award conference, in progress reviews, integrated product team meetings, a quality control plan and phase-out
- Deliver reports: monthly Contractor's Progress and Status Report, quarterly personnel roster (first due 60 days after award) and accident/incident reports as needed
- Contract type
- Single-award firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) Mandatory Minimum Staffing Baseline (MMSB) contract
- Period of performance
- Base period starting March 1, 2027 (the day the proposed phase-in starts) + four 1-year option periods; the Government intends to award in December 2026
- Place of performance
- FL, USA in the SAM.gov fields; the documents describe 25 Army MSTCs in the continental U.S. and overseas, including Vilseck, Germany and Camp Humphreys, Korea
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff. Factor 1 is significantly more important than Factor 2, and the non-price factors combined are significantly more important than price. Factor 1 must be rated at least Acceptable to be eligible for award.
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 9:00 AM ET (Eastern)
- How to submit
- DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil/); first email usarmy.orlando.cpe-st3.mbx.trioss-ii@army.mil with company name, point of contact name and email to get a drop-off link
- Page limits
- Volume I: 20 slides; Volume II: 5 slides; Executive summary: 2 pages; pricing workbook and other Volume IV items: no page limit
What they'll judge offers on
- Factor 1, Program Management Plan (oral presentation): (a) phase-in plan, (b) workforce management and staffing, (c) program health tracking, (d) employee issue resolution, (e) continuity of operations and personnel absences
- Factor 2, Past Performance (oral presentation): recency, relevance and quality of at least three examples
- Factor 3, Total Evaluated Price: compliance, reasonableness, realism and unbalanced pricing checks
What to include when you submit
- Email the company name, point of contact name and email to request the DoD SAFE drop-off link; each link is valid for 14 days
- Volume I, Factor 1 Program Management Plan: one PowerPoint file of up to 20 slides for a 45-minute oral presentation, delivered with the proposal by the response due date
- Volume II, Factor 2 Past Performance: one PowerPoint file of up to 5 slides for a 15-minute presentation; at least three distinct examples within the last three years of the solicitation release, with the offeror as prime on at least two
- Volume III, Factor 3 price: the Excel pricing workbook (Attachment 003) with live formulas, plus a price narrative with basis of estimate and DCAA/DCMA audit information
- Price 110 FTEs at 1,992 hours each, keep CLIN X002 (mission travel) at the Government's $12,000.00 per year, and include Defense Base Act insurance costs with a carrier quotation or policy binder
- Volume IV, General: executive summary (2 pages max), signed SF 33, completed clauses, and teaming agreements, memorandums of understanding or letters of commitment for all proposed subcontractors
- Use Arial 12-point or larger, searchable PDFs, no zip files, no hidden text, and the header and footer text Section L lists on every page
- Name files OfferorName_VOLUME_X_FileName_ORIGINAL, 40 characters or fewer with no special characters; keep pricing out of every volume except Volume III
- Send the oral presentation attendee list (company, name and position, five people at most) by email by the response due date
- Leave out assumptions, caveats and exceptions; remove speaker notes; do not embed documents or hyperlinks in slides or workbooks
After award, you must have
- Fill 100% of the 110 FTE minimum staffing baseline by the end of the 90-day phase-in period From Attachment 006 - Sections M (Amendment 02).pdf:
The viability of the Offeror's plan to achieve 100% staffing of the Minimum…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The documents mention a predecessor TRIOSS contract, used as a price comparison, and moving duties from the incumbent to the new contractor, but name no firm.
Not in the notice text
- Much of the solicitation was not read: the middle of the performance work statement (PWS), parts of the SF 33, Sections L and M and the quality assurance surveillance plan (QASP) were cut off, so check the full files on SAM.gov
- Three spreadsheets are attached but not read: Attachment 009 (answers to questions), Attachment 003 (pricing workbook) and Attachment 008 (monthly invoicing reconciliation)
- Attachment 007 (collective bargaining agreements and wage determinations) could not be read here; check it on SAM.gov for the minimum labor rates
- The full list of 25 sites and the positions at each (PWS section 3.0.4) is not visible; only Vilseck, Germany and Camp Humphreys, Korea are named
- The PWS section on overseas requirements (3.3.4), such as host-country rules, local presence and taxes, is not visible
- The instructor qualification and certification rules (PWS section 3.19 and Appendix A) and the Section H deductions formula are not visible
- No dollar value or Government estimate is given; the $12,000.00 per year travel line is a Government placeholder
- SAM.gov lists solicitation number W900KK-27-R-A0003, while the documents write W900KK27RA003 and W900KK-27-R-A003
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 541990
- How to submit, from the AI summary: DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil/); first email usarmy.orlando.cpe-st3.mbx.trioss-ii@army.mil with company name, point of contact name and email to get a drop-off link. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Apg-Orlando, FL
- Product/service code
- U009 · Education/Training – General
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541990)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 9, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 9, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is Amendment 02.... The purpose of this posting is to notify all interested parties of the release of Amendment 02 for the TRIOSS II Request for Proposals (RFP). This amendment is to clarify some information that the Program Team believes is necessary to make sure all Offerors understand the information that was put out on the last amendment. 1. The Government does intend to award the contract in December 2026. The start date for the contract is going to be the first date of the base period of performance, which is 01 March 2027. This date is the day the Offeror’s proposed phase-in period will start. No work for this contract shall be paid for before the start of the PoP. To note this, Section H on the SF33, along with attached Sections L, M, and the PWS have been update. These sections that have been changed are uploaded today as (Amendment 02) and the wording that changed is highlighted in red. 2. The Government has updated the answers to questions 17, 25, and 32 on Attachement 07. 3. The Government wanted to point your attention to the answer in question 24, Under the Wage Determinations the classifications that are currently being used is under the 15000- Instructional Occupations Series. 15090-Technical Instructor. The section L.3.3.18 was updated on Amendment 01. Please see attachements..... ______________________ ______________________ The U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC-APG) Orlando Contracting Division (OCD), on behalf of the Capability Program Executive Office Simulation, Training, Test & Threat (CPE ST3), is officially announcing the soliciting proposals for the TRAINING INSTRUCTOR OPERATOR SERVICES SUPPORT II (TRIOSS II). This requirement is to procure continuous, uninterrupted I/O support for the MSTCs as well as support for other miscellaneous courses and training events located at Army MSTCs throughout the CONUS and OCONUS. The anticipated contract is for a single award Firm Fixed Price Mandatory Minimum Staffing Baseline (MMSB) contract which has a base period and four 1-year option periods. Detailed instructions, performance work statements, and submission guidelines are fully detailed within the attached solicitation W900KK-27-R-A003. Proposals are due 09 November 2026 at 09:00 EDT. Late submissions will not be considered for evaluation. All questions must be received no later than 15 October 2026 at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST), see Section L for submission instructions. Notice of Intent (Requested): To assist the Government in administrative preparations and oral presentation scheduling, all interested Prime Contractors intending to submit a proposal are requested to notify the Government via email at usarmy.orlando.cpe-st3.mbx.trioss-ii@army.mil within one (1) week of this posting. Note: This notification is voluntary and does not preclude the evaluation of any timely received proposal. Oral Presentations: Will be scheduled for in-person presentations at ACC-APG Orlando Contracting Division in Orlando, Florida and will be coordinated with Offerors after all proposals have been received, logged and reviewed to be compliant.