Solicitation
USAF EOS Fieldcraft Training Support Services FY27-FY32
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA448426R0001
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
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The Air Force's 87th Contracting Squadron, for the USAF Expeditionary Operations School at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, wants a contractor to supply fieldcraft instructors, opposing forces (OPFOR), role players and training vehicles for combat-skills courses. It is a recompete, set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), for one base year plus four option years (12 Dec 2026 to 11 Dec 2031). The notice warns that funds are not yet available and no award will be made until they are.
Watch out for
- Funds not yet available. The Air Force may not award, and may cancel the solicitation at any time without reimbursing your proposal costs.
Funds are not presently available for this effort. No award will be made under this solicitation until funds are available.
- Contractor-furnished vehicles and liability for them. You supply vehicles for high-threat driving at a fixed price, absorb all normal wear and tear and fuel, and bear sole liability for instructor negligence or mechanical failure, which could be very costly for a small business.
The Contractor shall bear sole financial and legal liability for vehicle damage, property damage, or personal injury resulting
- Large instructor workforce with variable volume. Steady state is about 150 students a day (about 20 instructors) and could rise to 480 students, with only 6 to 10 weeks notice, so you must be able to hire and scale quickly on a fixed-price contract.
- Past performance counts more than price. Past performance is weighted significantly above price, so a small business without recent relevant references is likely to get a neutral rating and may lose to the incumbent.
past performance is significantly more important than price
- Strict email submission rules. Proposals must go to two addresses and you must obtain confirmation of receipt or the offer may not be evaluated.
Proposals not sent to both addresses will be considered nonresponsive and will not be evaluated forward.
- Solicitation changed many times. Seven amendments have moved the deadline several times and changed pricing, past performance, insurance and liability terms, so you must work from the latest versions (Amendment 0007 controls).
- Possible overseas travel and weapons-related training. Mobile Training Team work may be OCONUS and requires a valid passport, with travel reimbursed only after Government approval of a travel proposal.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 17 not read in full.
- Solicitation Amendment FA448426R00010007 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment - FA448426R00010007 conformed.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA448426R00010006 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA448426R00010004 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA448426R00010003 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA448426R00010002 SF 30.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA448426R00010001 SF 30.pdf
- Conformed Solicitation Amendment - FA448426R00010001.pdf
- Solicitation - FA448426R0001.pdf
- Fieldcraft_FA448426R00010007_Vendor Questions Revised.pdf
- Fieldcraft_FA448426R00010003_Vendor Questions_24AUG26.pdf
- PWS_FCTxFY27_EOS_20261001_unlockedcopy.pdf
- Solicitation Amendment FA448426R00010005 SF 30.pdf: scanned PDF: no text to read
- Fieldcraft FA448426R0001_GfpGfeAttachment - DRAFT.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- PWS_FCTxFY27_EOS_20261001.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- PWS_FCTxFY27_EOS_20260519_unlockedcopy.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- PWS_FCTxFY27_EOS_20260519.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- PWS Sec 6 Attachment 4_FY27 Notional Example Fieldcraft Course Summary Schedule.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- PWS Sec 6 Attachment 1_EOSI 36-100.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- PWS Sec 6 Attachment 2_CCAF-PPG 01JUL2021.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- PWS Sec 6 Attachment 3_FD PAM 350-3.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- 7D_EOS Clarification for QnA copy.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- QASP_FCTxFY27_EOS_11MAY2026_draft.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- JB MDL AT Awareness for Contractors Trifold 22APR 24.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- JB MDL AT Awareness Guide for Contractors 22APR24.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- PAST PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONAIRE.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Security Forces Appendix 4 .pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- PWS Sec 6 Attachment 5_DD Form 2760.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Burlington County SCA WD 15-4191 Rev 34 dated 22AU26.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
Full brief
What they want
- Program/site manager for the Fieldcraft training program
- General fieldcraft instructors, counter-IED instructors and medical (combat casualty care) instructors at a 2:15 instructor-to-student ratio
- High threat driving instructors, plus contractor-furnished unarmored vehicles (fuel, maintenance and safety gear included in the price)
- OPFOR and role players, ordered by the day with at least 14 days notice
- Mobile Training Team (MTT) support off-site, possibly overseas, with travel reimbursed at cost
- Milestone schedule 10 days before each course, contractor manpower reporting, and a Continuation of Essential Contractor Services plan
- Contract type
- Single firm-fixed-price (FFP) requirements IDIQ contract; task orders for instructors are usually issued in 6-month increments (historically 12-month); MTT travel is cost-reimbursable (capped at $200,000) and not priced
- Period of performance
- Optional 1-month no-cost phase-in (12 Nov - 11 Dec 2026), base year 12 Dec 2026 - 11 Dec 2027, four 12-month options through 11 Dec 2031, plus up to 6 months extension under FAR 52.217-8
- Place of performance
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ; MTT travel may be to other sites, possibly OCONUS
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff: Technical is pass/fail, past performance is significantly more important than price, and a pass/fail Continuation of Essential Contractor Services plan is also required. The lowest-priced technically acceptable offer is checked for Substantial Confidence on past performance, then the next lowest if not.
- Offers due
- 14 October 2026 at 4:00 PM Eastern (extended by Amendment 0007)
- How to submit
- Email to both christina.vargas.1@us.af.mil and lewis.hampton@us.af.mil; you must get email confirmation of receipt from the Contracting Officer
- Page limits
- Part I Technical limited to 50 pages; Parts II, III and IV have no page limit (per revised vendor Q&A)
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical (acceptable/unacceptable)
- Price (total of base plus all options, plus 6 months of the last option year for the extension; checked for unbalanced pricing)
- Past Performance (confidence rating, significantly more important than price)
- Continuation of Essential Contractor Services Plan (pass/fail; failure to submit makes the proposal nonresponsive)
What to include when you submit
- Send to both email addresses or the proposal is nonresponsive
- Include a redacted copy with company names, logos and identifying information removed (per Amendment 0003)
- Provide pricing on every CLIN (except CLIN 0009 MTT travel, which is not priced); missing CLIN pricing makes the proposal non-conforming
- Price the base year, four option years and a six-month extension
- Return 52.212-3 representations and certifications, or show they are current in SAM; include CAGE code, UEI and size under NAICS 611699
- Past performance: list no more than five references, with at least three within the last five years; send the Past Performance Questionnaire to references (it must come from the rater)
- Include a letter from key subcontractors consenting to release of their past performance information
- Include a Continuation of Essential Contractor Services plan
- Joint ventures and teaming: provide the agreements; JV agreements must reach the SBA before the due date
- Acknowledge all amendments (through 0007)
You must have
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside; size standard $16.5 million under NAICS 611699
contract to a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
- Active SAM registration with current representations and certifications
Pursuant to RFO 52.204-7(d), "Processing time, which normally takes 48 hours, should be taken into consideration when registering.
- Joint ventures must have their agreement received by SBA before the due date and approved before award
The SBA must receive Joint Venture Agreements prior to proposal due date and approved before award of a resulting contract.
- Program/site manager with three years of combat-training management experience; instructors need military deployed experience or relevant federal/state experience and must meet EOSI 36-100 instructor requirements
2.5.1. Have three (3) years of management experience in combat training, planning and execution
- No security clearance is required for any position
Contract does not requre security clearance for any positions.
- Commercial automobile liability insurance of at least $200,000 per person, $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $20,000 per occurrence for property damage
Current contractor
Seventh Dimension, LLC (base contract FA448422D0004), per the vendor Q&A; this is described as a recompete
Not in the notice text
- Estimated contract value or budget
- Full Section L and M detail (instructions for the technical volume and relevance criteria for past performance) because the middle of the main solicitation and conformed amendment documents was not provided
- Full text of the PWS instructor qualifications, security forces appendix, weapons handling and other PWS sections (middle of the PWS was left out and several attachments were too large to read)
- Government furnished property list, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, notional course schedule and Past Performance Questionnaire (not read)
- Wage determination (Burlington County SCA WD 15-4191 Rev 34) rates
- Amendment 0005 (scanned PDF, no text)
- Whether and when funding will become available
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 14, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 5, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- FA448426R0001
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA4484 87 Cons PK
- 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
- Joint Base MDL, NJ, 08641
- Contracting contact
- Christina Vargaschristina.vargas.1@us.af.mil
- Versions
- 10 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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