Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
MRTC Direct Action IDIQ
Department of Defense · U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
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AI summaryMarine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) wants a single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed over time) contract for instructors for the Marine Raider Training Center (MRTC) at Sneads Ferry, North Carolina. The statement of work is restricted and must be requested through SAM.gov, and offers are due November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 19, 2026. See the latest version.
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Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) wants a single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed over time) contract for instructors for the Marine Raider Training Center (MRTC) at Sneads Ferry, North Carolina. The statement of work is restricted and must be requested through SAM.gov, and offers are due November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Small business: 100% total small business set-aside
Things to watch
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid.
- Worth checking: Set-aside authority cited may need confirming. SAM.gov lists a Small Business Set Aside - Total, and the text cites FAR Subpart 19.15 and 13 CFR Part 127; ask the contracting officer to confirm who may bid.
- Worth checking: Statement of work is restricted. Bidders must request access through SAM.gov to see the requirements.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Provide full-time and episodic (as-needed) instructors for 1000- and 2000-level Direct Action and Combatives training and readiness standards
- Support the Marine Raider Course Phase II, including the Guile Strike Field Exercise
- Support the MARSOF Master Assaulters Course
- Support the MARSOC Special Operations Forces Fundamentals Course
- Contract type
- Single-award IDIQ, using commercial simplified acquisition procedures
- Place of performance
- Sneads Ferry, NC
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 14, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Request access to the restricted statement of work through SAM.gov before preparing the offer
Not in the notice text
- The restricted statement of work: instructor qualifications, numbers, hours, contract period and ceiling are there
- Evaluation method and factors, how to submit offers and any page limits are not stated in the text
- Estimated value and the length of the IDIQ are not stated
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 611519
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- MARSOC H92257, Sneads Ferry, NC
- Product/service code
- U013 · Education/Training – Combat
- Business type
- Education & training (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 611519)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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