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PRESOLICITATION NOTICE

PSC CODE (4 DIGITS): U099 (Education Training/Other)

NAICS CODE: 611519 (Other Technical and Trade Schools)

RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT ACTION: Not applicable

RECOVERY ACT PROJECT NUMBER (IF APPLICABLE): Not applicable

TITLE: Surface Warfare School’s Command (SWSC) Elite Firefighting Course Curriculum

Development Support at PACNORWEST Fleet Concentration Area (FCA)

SOLICITATION NUMBER (NO DASHES): N6134023R0100

RESPONSE DATE (MMDDYY): May 25, 2023

ARCHIVE DATE: 5 DAYS (or no later than 05262023)

SET ASIDE CODE: Not applicable

CS CONTACT NAME & PHONE: Tina Ruscito, 813-956-7086

PCO CONTACT NAME & PHONE: Lisa Mardin. 508-450-0315

SOLICITATION DESCRIPTION: The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

(NAWCTSD) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, a contract to provide subject matter

expertise in the development of formal courseware/curriculum to meet the Navy’s requirement

for an Elite Firefighting Training Course in the PACNORWEST FCA area. The Contractor shall

provide Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support the development of the

courseware/curriculum and conduct a 10-day pilot of Elite Firefighting Training Course at the

Contractor’s Training facility.

The contract is planned for WRG Fire Training Simulation Systems, Inc. (WRG) operating under

Cage Code 1XN19. Ongoing market research performed by the Government supports there does

not exist another company with access to the facility needed to meet this requirement. WRG is

the only vendor that has the capability to provide the Elite Fire Fighting requirements. WRG has

the SME's with firefighting experience necessary to help develop the curriculum and the

facilities to prove the firefighting training course with unique advanced capabilities that meet the

requirements requested by the sponsor and, as such, is the only source capable of responding due

to the unique or specialized nature of this effort. A single award is anticipated for execution in

July 2023.

This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. It is a notice in accordance with FAR

5.201 outlining the Government’s intent to contract on a sole source basis with WRG. Interested

sources are solicited to provide their written technical capabilities. Written response to this

notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the

Government. Interested sources must submit detailed written technical capabilities to deliver the

requirement. Detailed written capabilities must be submitted by email to Tina Ruscito

(christina.r.ruscito.civ@us.navy.mil) in an electronic format that is compatible with

Microsoft Office 2016 applications (MS Word), no later than close of business on

Thursday, May 25, 2023. Verbal submissions via phone will not be honored.

All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. Responses shall be

limited to no more than FIVE (5) pages. A determination by the Government not to compete this

proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the

Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining

whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice is not to be considered a request for

quotations or proposals. No solicitation document is available. No contract will be awarded on

the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a

comparable source is available and more advantageous to the Government. If no written

challenge to this synopsis is received, a justification and approval (J&A) for other than full and

open competition in accordance with the statutory authority of 41 U.S.C. 1901 Simplified

Acquisition Procedures as implemented by FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain

Commercial Itemsbased on the rationale provided above will be initiated. If conducted as a sole

source procurement, a separate synopsis will not follow. This synopsis will satisfy the intent of

the requirements under FAR 5.201 and 5.204. In accordance with FAR 5.102(e), copies of the

solicitation will be available upon request.

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS (IF APPLICABLE): N/A

PLACE(S) OF PERFORMANCE: At the contractor’s facility in Newberg, OR

CS EMAIL ADDRESS: christina.r.ruscito.civ@us.navy.mil