MRTC Direct Action IDIQ

What they want

• Three full-time Direct Action High-Risk Training Instructors (CLIN? 0001, 12 months): CLIN is one priced line of the order
• Episodic (as-needed) Direct Action instructors: 2,800 hours (CLIN 0002), and episodic Combat Marksmanship instructors: 1,200 hours (CLIN 0003)
• Instruction for the Marine Raider Course Phase II (including the Guile Strike Field Exercise), the MARSOF Master Assaulters Course and the MARSOC Special Operations Forces (SOF) Fundamentals Course
• Instructors who meet the Statement of Work (SOW) minimum qualifications, keep their instructor currency and hold the required security clearances
• Travel (CLIN 0004, 50,000 Each at $1.00, billed at actual allowable cost) and materials and ancillary services (CLIN 0005, 150,000 Each at $1.00)
• One on-site contractor lead, chosen from the three instructors, as liaison with Government staff
• Monthly status reports, after action reports within 15 calendar days of each event, and logistical resource summaries
• A transition plan and a quality control plan? (the detailed plan is due after award)

What they'll judge offers on

• Qualifying Criteria (pass/fail): required representations, certifications and fill-ins, acceptance of terms, security and DD254 information (Department of Defense Form 254, the security classification specification), and cybersecurity (CMMC and SPRS) information
• Technical Capability: (a) Staffing, Retention and Key Personnel, (b) Transition and Mission Continuity, (c) Management, Safety, Quality Control and Reporting, (d) Materials and Ancillary Support (less important than the other three; (b) and (c) are about equal)
• Past Performance: recency, relevancy and quality; no relevant history gets a neutral rating
• Price: Total Evaluated Price across base, options and the 6-month extension; reasonableness, balance and workforce compensation and retention risk

What to include when you submit

• Send four volumes: I Qualifying Criteria, II Technical Capability, III Past Performance, IV Price. Each email with its attachments must be 10MB or less; if you send several emails, the subject line reads: RFQ No. H9225727QE001 - [QUOTER NAME] - Email [X] of [X].
• Format: 8.5 x 11 inch pages, margins at least one inch, font no smaller than 10-point, single-sided.
• Volume I: legal name, address, CAGE code, Unique Entity Identifier, parent company, authorized representative and business point of contact.
• Volume I: a signed statement accepting all RFQ terms, conditions and amendments without exception; identify and explain any exception separately.
• Volume I: completed representations, certifications and clause fill-ins; security and DD254 information; and CMMC unique identifier(s), SPRS information and affirmations.
• Volume II: resumes (one page each) for the three Direct Action High-Risk Training Instructors, naming one as the On-Site Contractor Lead, each with a Qualification Cross-Reference Matrix that maps every SOW minimum qualification to the resume page and paragraph.
• Volume II: staffing, retention and backfill approach, transition plan, management, safety and quality control approach, and materials and ancillary support approach.
• Volume III: up to three recent, relevant contracts or agreements. Recent means performed in whole or in part in the five years before the quotation due date, with at least six months of performance.
• Volume III: for each reference give title, number, customer, period, total value, contract type, place, services, relevance, customer contact (name, title, email, phone), any teaming or subcontractor role, and outcomes or corrective actions. One reference may be for a subcontractor, teaming partner or joint venture member that will perform major or critical aspects. If you have none, say so.
• Volume IV: the Government's pricing template (enter prices only in the input cells), a price narrative of up to five pages, and Total Compensation Plans for professional labor categories where FAR 52.222-46 and the final solicitation require them. Subcontractors may send theirs directly to the Government.
• Hold prices firm for 180 calendar days after the quotation due date.
• Acknowledge every RFQ amendment.

After award, you must have

• Limitations on subcontracting: the prime may not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities (other small businesses). From Solicitation - H9225727QE001.pdf: …it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that…

Current contractor

No incumbent is named, and the text read gives no previous contract number or estimate.

Not in the notice text

• The SOW (1_Direct Action_SOW_2026.pdf) is attached but not read and is controlled; request access on SAM.gov. It holds the instructor minimum qualifications, clearance levels and detailed duties.
• The pricing template and the question and answer template (both Excel files) are attached but not read, and the draft DD254 could not be read.
• The security clearance levels for the facility and the instructors are not stated in the text read.
• Amendment 1 changes the not-to-exceed amounts on the travel and materials lines, but the old and new amounts are not shown; the solicitation text shows $50,000 travel and $150,000 materials a year ($25,000 and $75,000 in the last 6 months).
• The Teaming Agreement letter (Attachment 6, a subcontractor's promise to pay the minimum salary and benefits in the pricing template) and the Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Disclosure Form (Attachment 7, one per current USSOCOM contract or subcontract your firm or affiliate performs) are attached; the text read does not say if or when they are due.
• No site visit is mentioned in the text read.