Army seeks small biz for live-fire range support deal

The Army has developed a small business task order contract to support live-fire ranges.

The contract – the Western Hemisphere Command Sustainable Range Program – will provide support to several ranges around the country for the Western Hemisphere Command and the U.S. Army Reserve.

Ranges are located at Fort Campbell and Fort Hunter-Liggett. The contractor also will rehab equipment at the now obsolete Stationary Infantry Target lifters at the Fort Campbell range.

The Army will make a single award for the $49 million contract. Task orders under the vehicle will be fixed price, according to solicitation documents.

The winning contractor will provide subject matter experts in areas such as environmental land rehabilitation, erosion and sediment control, training facilities operations, data collection and studies, and range-related compliance work.

The contractor also must provide personnel with technical knowledge equivalent to a military master gunner, including knowledge of gunnery methodologies, vehicle-mounted weapons, and training platform parameters. The knowledge will be used for assessment and strategy work.

The Army will evaluate proposals on three factors. The most important is the technical approach, where bidders will need to demonstrate their knowledge of live fire training. They also must understand the Army’s live-fire training investment strategy described in the solicitation.

The second factor is past performance, which will be judged on recency and relevancy.

The third factor is the least important – price.

The Army will use a best-value tradeoff to pick the final winner.

Proposals are due Sept. 3.