6BDE Mobile County STEAM Leadership Academy

Quick Summary

The Department of the Army, MICC-FT KNOX, has issued a Sources Sought Notice (Notice ID: 5334036d295340e390e172af56cf3bce) to identify qualified small businesses capable of providing lodging, facilities, meals, and support services for the 6BDE Mobile County STEAM Leadership Academy. This Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) STEM Leadership Academy will host JROTC Cadets and Cadre from May 31 to June 5, 2026, on a college or university campus in Mobile, AL. This notice is for market research and planning purposes only, to determine if a Total Small Business Set-Aside is feasible. Responses are due by April 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Scope of Work

The requirement is for non-personal services to support approximately 160 JROTC cadets and 30 cadre. Key services include:

• Providing meals, lodging, facilities, equipment, supplies, transportation, and supervision for the six-day academy.
• Developing and executing a curriculum for at least three STEM challenges.
• Offering a residential experience with dormitories, meals, and campus orientations.
• Facilitating team-building and self-awareness activities.
• Providing at least 10 upper-level college STEM/Engineering/Environmental students to mentor cadet groups.
• Ensuring suitable facilities including classrooms, an operations center, medical station, storage, cafeteria, and dormitories with necessary utilities.
• Providing medical support (nurse station, EMTs, on-call physician with air evacuation capabilities).
• Offering training facilities such as a parade field, athletic field, and a helicopter landing area. Performance standards require 100% completion for key objectives, nutritionally balanced meals, and separate lodging for male and female participants.

Contract & Timeline

• Type: Sources Sought (Market Research)
• NAICS: 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (Size Standard: $34.5M)
• Set-Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5), conditional upon sufficient small business responses.
• Place of Performance: A college or university campus in Mobile, AL.
• Period of Performance: May 31, 2026, to June 5, 2026.
• Response Due: April 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET (Fort Knox local time).
• Published: March 26, 2026.

Response Requirements

Interested firms should provide:

1. Firm name, point of contact, phone, email, DUNS, CAGE, and small business status/certifications (e.g., SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB) with corresponding NAICS.
2. Indication of interest as a prime contractor, including any subcontracting, joint ventures, or teaming arrangements.
3. Detailed information on previous experience with similar requirements (size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government/commercial).
4. Information on commercial availability, including pricing, basis for pricing, delivery schedules, terms, and warranties.
5. Recommendations on how to structure contract requirements to facilitate small business competition.
6. Identification of any conditions unnecessarily restricting competition.
7. Recommendations to improve the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Additional Notes

This notice is for information and planning only and does not constitute a solicitation or promise to issue one. The U.S. Government is not seeking quotes or proposals at this time and will not pay for information submitted. Not responding does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. For competition concerns, contact Scott Kukes at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil. Responses should be emailed to Candice M. Hodges (candice.m.hodges.civ@army.mil) and Samuel M. Henderson (samuel.m.henderson1.civ@army.mil).