What this opportunity is
The Department of Defense is seeking a provider for the JPRA Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance Vehicle Tradecraft Course, categorized under NAICS 611699. This opportunity is a Sources Sought notice, indicating that the government is looking for potential vendors to gauge interest and capabilities rather than soliciting bids at this stage. Small businesses with expertise in training and technical surveillance may find this opportunity suitable, particularly those interested in government contracting in Washington.
Analysis by Mindy, grounded in the SAM.gov notice.
Description
STATEMENT OF WORK
FOR
Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance (UTS) Vehicle Tradecraft Training
July 2026
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Statement of Work (SOW)
For
Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance (UTS) Vehicle Tradecraft Training
Fairchild AFB, WA
1. BACKGROUND: The Personnel Recovery Academy (PRA) is the primary training arm for
the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA). The PRA trains military and civilian personnel
designated as high-risk-of-isolation in advanced SERE tactics, techniques, and procedures
(TTPs). As global adversaries deploy increasingly sophisticated Ubiquitous Technical
Surveillance (UTS) networks, the PRA must constantly modernize its curriculum. Modern
vehicles present an extreme tracking vulnerability due to integrated telematics, digital networks,
and physical sensor systems. The PRA requires a customized, vehicle-focused UTS tradecraft
course to train its instructional cadre in mitigating these modern threats.
2. SCOPE OF WORK: The Contractor shall provide an on-site, multi-day Mobile Training Team
(MTT) to deliver a specialized UTS Vehicle Tradecraft Course for approximately 12–20
Personnel Recovery Academy instructional staff. The contractor is responsible for providing all
instructional materials, specialized vehicle-system demonstration aids, and technical equipment
required to conduct both classroom instruction and hands-on, vehicle-based practical
applications.
3. OBJECTIVES:
• Identify and map modern vehicle tracking mechanisms, including telematics, cellular
modems, infotainment systems, and onboard diagnostics (OBD-II).
• Analyze the "digital exhaust" of vehicles (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RFID, and TPMS
sensors) and how adversaries exploit these signatures to locate evaders.
• Develop and execute physical and technical tradecraft to minimize, mask, or defeat
vehicular tracking systems during an active evasion scenario.
• Prepare PRA cadre to integrate vehicle UTS threat mitigation into the core Personnel
Recovery Academy curriculum.
4. REQUIREMENTS: To successfully meet the training objectives, the Contractor’s training
program must cover the following core technical performance areas:
• Performance Area 1: Vehicular Digital Vulnerability Assessment
o Instruction must cover the theory and mechanics of how modern consumer and
commercial vehicles capture, store, and transmit data.
o Must include the analysis of onboard data networks (such as telematics,
infotainment systems, and onboard diagnostics) and how these systems present a
tracking risk to isolated personnel.
• Performance Area 2: Signature Management & Non-Attribution
o Training must address methods for minimizing the physical and digital footprint
of operators utilizing local, rental, or non-standard tactical vehicles in hostile
environments.
o Must cover the identification and mitigation of passive tracking infrastructure
(e.g., license plate readers, toll transponders, and roadside sensors).
• Performance Area 3: Technical Evasion & Inspection Tradecraft
o Instruction must provide practical, field-expedient methods for inspecting a
vehicle to detect unauthorized tracking devices or active beacons.
o Must include safe, non-destructive physical mitigation techniques (e.g., system
isolation, power-source disruption) to neutralize tracking capabilities without
compromising the vehicle's primary mobility.
• Performance Area 4: Practical Application & Scenario-Based Evaluation
o The course must culminate in hands-on, field-based practical exercises where
students are required to conduct technical inspections of vehicles, implement
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signature reduction techniques, and demonstrate successful evasion tradecraft
against a simulated technical surveillance threat.
5. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES: The Government shall
provide the necessary classroom facilities, standard audio/visual equipment (projector/screen) to
support presentation delivery, and access to relevant unclassified JPRA doctrinal publications
required to align the training context.
6. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: All personnel employed by the Contractor in the
performance of this contract, or any representative of the Contractor entering the government
installation, shall abide by all Fairchild Air Force Base security regulations. Personnel
performing the work requested will be escorted for the duration on the installation. Individuals
must be able to pass a background check that will be conducted prior to entry of the installation.
Individuals performing the work will be required to provide their full name, DOB, SSN, driver’s
license issuing state and license number to gain access to the installation.
7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: PRA 11604 W Newkirk Rd Spokane, WA 99224
8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 20 Sept –3 December 26
9. GENERAL INFORMATION:
9.1. HOURS OF OPERATION: Hours of operation are 0700-1630 Monday through Friday, excluding
Federal Holidays and any other designated down day. Work can be done at other than the normal hours of
operation with the approval of the Contracting Officer. The contractor shall coordinate in advance all
hours of work and any service interruptions with JPRA points of contact.
January 1 New Year’s Day
3rd Monday in January Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
3rd Monday in February President’s Day
Last Monday in May Memorial Day
June 19 Juneteenth
July 4 Independence Day
1st Monday in September Labor Day
2nd Monday in October Columbus Day
November 11 Veterans Day
4th Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Christmas
10. APPENDICES:
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