Training Support to Master Breacher Course
Overview
Buyer
Place of Performance
NAICS
PSC
Set Aside
Original Source
Timeline
Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Department of the Army is seeking sources to provide Training Support for the Master Breacher Course run by the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, GA. This Sources Sought notice aims to identify qualified contractors capable of providing target support and training aids for demolition, assault breacher, ballistic, thermal, and mechanical breaching training. This opportunity is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. Responses are due February 27, 2026.
Scope of Work
The contractor will be responsible for providing comprehensive training site support, including the construction and provision of various training aids and targets. This involves:
- Supplying materials for wood, brick, CMU (filled, unfilled, reinforced) doors, walls, and associated barriers.
- Constructing targets before and during the course, and cleaning up targets during and post-course execution.
- Providing specific items such as steel sheets, expanded steel, steel plates, CMU blocks, chain-link fencing, steel I-beams, oxygen bottles, and target vehicles.
- Constructing and installing various types of doors (medium, heavy fire/filled wood, light/heavy metal, custom "Middle Eastern" type, "Jail Door" type) with specific hardware and barricading.
- Building concrete rebar reinforced walls, cinder block walls (filled/unfilled), double thickness red brick walls, and "Race Walls" with specific layering.
- Constructing wood stud framed sandbag bunkers and unfilled cinder block buildings for shoulder-fired ranges.
Key Requirements & Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of special operations experience with intimate knowledge of 75th Ranger Regiment breaching TTPs.
- Minimum 5 years past performance in supporting similar special operations breaching contracts.
- On-call/recall capabilities within a 60-minute response time.
- Expert understanding of Net Explosive Weight (NEW) calculations, demolition charge construction, blast overpressure effects, explosives theory, energetics, and military range operations.
- Expert level post-breach structural analysis and technical evaluations.
- Ability to assist in developing targetry for tactical, special operations full mission profile (FMPs) scenarios.
- Adherence to safety, environmental compliance, and security requirements (Secret clearance preferred).
Contract & Timeline
- Type: Sources Sought (Market Research)
- Duration: Base year with options for additional courses (minimum 3 courses per year).
- Set-Aside: Total Small Business
- Response Due: February 27, 2026, 11:00 PM EST
- Published: January 22, 2026
Additional Notes
This is a Sources Sought notice for market research purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. The Government will not pay for information received. Interested parties should contact Jack Konrat at jack.konrat.mil@army.mil or 571-801-3876 for inquiries.