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THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. There is no solicitation available at this time. This Sources Sought Notice is issued for the sole purpose of conducting market research in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this notice. If a solicitation is later released, it will be synopsized in FedBizOps. It is the potential business concerns responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any synopsis or solicitation. This effort is to seek qualified sources capable of fulfilling a requirement for a 40-Hour Core Coastal Oil Spill Control Course emphasizing oil spills in estaurine and coastal environments for individuals required to respond to an oil-spill incident. The course will utilize lecture, multimedia presentations and practical hands-on field exercises in order to provide the students with essential training and information required to effectively respond and manage an oil spill event. Students shall assume leadership roles and direct simulated response operations under the supervision of instructors. The primary place of performance will be at the Contractor's facility which shall include classrooms, training equipment and an operational training. The Contractor shall provide an oil spill control operational training area with a marine slip to support training equipment staging and deployment of spill response equipment; training area must provide access for staging and deployment of on-water spill control and shoreline oil spill control equipment. The training center shall include the following: • operational lifeboat • operational davit system • floating dock • shoreline boom deployment course • waterway containment course with culverts The Contractor shall provide appropriate health and safety items and equipment based on the outdoor weather conditions (i.e. bottled water, foul-weather gear) and shall provide a Site Safety Plan (SSP) in accordance with OSHA regulations for each course. The Contractor's Instructors shall maintain an environment conducive to learning and shall provide group paced instruction; lectures, demonstrations, simulation exercises, and role-plays to ensure students meet and are capable of fulfilling the following course objectives: Demonstrate an understanding of spill response actions in various environmental conditions (current, wave action, wind, etc.), including lakes and rivers; Demonstrate understanding of the response and contingency planning process and response team building as related to the Incident Command System (ICS); Demonstrate familiarization with wave and current movement patterns and containment and recovery methods of discharged oil; Identify skimmer design to include but not limited to weir (bucket & desmi), suction, submersion, drum, sorbent surface, and vortex/centrifugal. Also identify support items necessary to conduct skimming operations; Identify how environmental factors affect skimmer performance (sea state, water depth, debris, and oil thickness/viscosity; Identify and describe boom components, types and uses to include but not limited to curtain boom with internal/external foam, fence boom, and external tension member boom. Identify advantages and disadvantages of using each; Identify uses for special purpose boom to include but not limited to shore sealing boom, fire boom, ice boom, absorbent boom, and netting boom; Demonstrate boom deployment (and anchoring) techniques to include but not limited to exclusion, diversion, and containment; Understand the operating failures of boom to include but not limited to entrainment, drainage, splash-over, submergence, and planning; Demonstrate physical containment methods to include but not limited to trenching, berming, and dams and the advantages; Demonstrate ability to assess color/appearance and approximate quantity, and distribution of oil spilled on open water; Understand importance of shoreline protection, clean-up, and restoration; Demonstrate an understanding of oil recovery from sand and rocks; Understand methods used to containing and recover oil on surface of water; Understand the importance and complexities of working with oil spill contractors and cooperatives; Understand the role of the organization in spill response oversight; Provide practical, hands-on exercises to manage a mock spill response operation to include but not limited to Incident Command Post organization, resource ordering/placement, and forecasting of oil movement; Provide an 8-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Refresher training found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 1910.120. The Contractor shall also provide an eight (8) Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER). Note: This Sources Sought Notice is open to large businesses, small businesses and all other social economic businesses. Competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS MUST RESPOND TO THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION VIA INTERNET E-MAIL NO LATER THAN THE DATE SPECIFIED ABOVE. TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The solicitation, if issued, will be available on the Internet at www.fbo.gov. NO SOLICITATION EXISTS AT THIS TIME.