This Performance Work Statement outlines a non-personal services contract for the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) Valor 2026, scheduled from March 19-23, 2026. The contractor will provide all necessary personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, and services for 250 cadets and 50 cadre from 14 high schools. Key requirements include lodging, meal services (3,600 hot meals and 1,200 evening snacks, plus one bag lunch), transportation via 15 gas-powered golf carts, and 50 two-way radios with a two-mile range. The camp location must be within 70 miles of Astronaut High School and provide specific training facilities such as a rappelling tower, land navigation course, COPE course, rope bridge, swimming pool, lake, canoes, and a lifeguard. The contractor is responsible for maintaining a safe, crime-free environment, adhering to fire and safety codes, and implementing a quality control program. The government will ensure compliance through a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.

The U.S. Government has issued a Sources Sought Notice to identify small businesses capable of providing meals, lodging, and facilities for high schools in Florida during JCLC Valor. This notice aims to determine if a small business set-aside is feasible, requiring at least two qualified small businesses to respond. The government is not currently soliciting bids but is gathering information for future planning. The anticipated NAICS code is 721214 – Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) with a $9M ceiling. Interested small businesses, including all socioeconomic categories, must submit their capabilities, interest in competing as a prime contractor, relevant experience, commercial availability information, and recommendations for structuring the contract to enhance small business competition by December 22, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET. Responses should be emailed to Jazlyne T. Barnes and Ranetta M. Deramos.