Contract Specialist is being procured by the Department of Justice, specifically the ATF Acquisition and Property Management Division. This procurement falls under the category of Support-Professional: Other. The notice type is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, with a set-aside code of Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5). The primary contact for this procurement is Brian Wilkins, who can be reached at Brian.Wilkins@atf.gov or 2026489120.
The service being procured is a Contract Specialist, which will be awarded through multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA). The BPA will cover a five-year period and will be available for placing BPA Calls for services at different ATF locations throughout the country. The services will include Explosives Specialist (Law Enforcement/Industry Operations Instructor), Fire and Arson Specialist (Law Enforcement Instructor/Program Technical Specialist), Exercise Support Specialist (Raven’s Challenge), and Technical Operations Specialist (Raven’s Challenge).
The locations where the services will be required include the ATF National Center for Explosives Training and Research (NCETR) in Huntsville, AL, the ATF National Academy in Glynco, GA, and the ATF Fire Academy at Emmitsburg, MD.
Prospective vendors must be actively registered with the System for Awards Management (SAM) website. The applicable contract terms and conditions are FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items.
It is important to note that a BPA is not a contract but a streamlined method for acquiring services on an as-needed basis from qualified sources. There is no minimum or maximum guaranteed quantity. All BPA Calls must be acknowledged by the selected vendor/instructor in order to be retained on the ATF BPA calling list.