# W91QV125R0016 Mine Rescue Training Services Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w91qv125r0016 - Solicitation number: W91QV125R0016 - Notice type: Solicitation - Status: Awarded to Paladin Defense Services LLC - Department: Department of the Army - Agency: Department of the Army - Contracting office: W6QM Micc-Ft Belvoir (W91QV1) - NAICS: 611430 Professional and Management Development Training - Product or service code: U099 Other Education and Training Services - Place of performance: Virginia - County: Fairfax County (FIPS 51059). https://abierto.us/counties/fairfax-county-va-51059 - First posted: March 13, 2025 - Last posted: March 20, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d6e9b2407d5945f2ac5690b846ef581f/view ## Description The 911th TREC Mine Rescue Training Program is a structured and intensive program designed to equip personnel with the essential knowledge and hands-on experience needed for mine rescue operations. The training ensures that the Emergency Response Teams are well-prepared to handle various mine rescue scenarios, reinforcing their skills in rescue operations, standby procedures, ventilation, mapping, and troubleshooting. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Mine Rescue Training as defined in this performance work statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract. The 911th TREC Mine Rescue Training Program shall be conducted over a two-week period, spanning a total of ten training days. The initial training will commence with a base year, during which two separate training sessions will be conducted. These sessions are designed to ensure that all personnel from the 911th Mine Rescue Unit receive the necessary training. Services include providing the facilities, instructors, and equipment necessary to train and certify students in Mine Rescue. This training shall include classroom instruction as well as hands on training in an underground mine facility. Training shall be performed at contractor facility. The 911th TREC Unit consists of two sections, each comprising 20 soldiers. These sections function as part of the unit’s Emergency Response Team and operate independently. Due to operational requirements, only one section will participate in training at a time, resulting in two training sessions within the base year. Following ordering period one (1), only one training session per year will be conducted for ordering periods two (2) through five (5). **Underground Mine Facility Specifications:** The underground mine facility must include tunnels and shafts that are constructed to the size, shape, and conditions of actual working mines. It also must incorporate different training levels of the mine from the surface to a depth of greater than 500 feet, contain ramps, and include working vertical shafts. It must support lowering and raising trainees from high angles and/or vertical shafts of at least 50 feet. The mine must be able to support a variety of rescue scenarios for trainees across at least five different locations that do not repeat, i.e., trainees will not see the same scenario nor scenario locations inside the mine twice while conducting the training. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Paladin Defense Services LLC (UEI DK61LGNKRJW1) - Contract: W91QV125FA027 under W91QV125DA002, delivery order - Obligated: $177,599.16 - Competition: Competed Under SAP - Link: solicitation number W91QV125R0016 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office W91QV1 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W91QV125FA027_9700_W91QV125DA002_9700/ - Recipient: Paladin Defense Services LLC (UEI DK61LGNKRJW1) - Contract: W91QV125DA002 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Competed Under SAP, 2 offers received - Link: solicitation number W91QV125R0016 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office W91QV1 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_W91QV125DA002_9700/ ## Publications - March 13, 2025: Solicitation, due April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice 2df856fcae654f2f97afebf10a89823b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2df856fcae654f2f97afebf10a89823b/view - March 20, 2025: Solicitation, due April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice d6e9b2407d5945f2ac5690b846ef581f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d6e9b2407d5945f2ac5690b846ef581f/view ## Points of contact - Francisco J. Velazquez-Salazar, francisco.j.velazquez-salazar.civ@army.mil, 1 520- 672-9948 - Gwendolyn Bridges, gwendolyn.bridges5.civ@army.mil --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/w91qv125r0016.