The U.S. Army National Guard is soliciting contract support to facilitate and execute a 36 hour, full scale, multi-agency, all-hazards collective training exercise in Seward, Alaska.
The event will be held April 20-24, 2015 and involve the Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST) from Alaska, Nebraska, Oregon, North Dakota and Montana. Local and state first responders will also participate.
The exercise will create an environment to exercise the mission essential tasks outlined in the current Combined Arms Training Strategies (CATS), CBRN: WMD – Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) (TDA) (0300627-35).
The contractor will develop scenarios to address the full spectrum of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) hazards as well as force protection threats such as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), in a realistic Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) operating environment.
The scenarios should be designed to stress the team’s performance of its Mission Essential Tasks. It must also provide an environment ready for on-the-fly injects as necessary to ensure all of the CATS WMD-CST Mission Essential Tasks are exercised.
The full scenario should provide one complete, continuous, and demanding training not to exceed 36 hours.
Further details are available via Solicitation Number: W91ZRU-15-T-0005. The response deadline is February 25, 2015.