Artificial Intelligence (AI) Training for Contracting Personnel

Updated Nov 14, 2026

Sources Sought from the Department of the Army, for work in Washington. Due Nov 20, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-8), 6 days left.

Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Washington Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Artificial Intelligence (AI) Training for Contracting Personnel The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District is seeking sources capable of providing comprehensive Artificial Intelligence (AI) training for its contracting and acquisition workforce. The training will be delivered virtually and is intended to establish a common baseline of advanced AI proficiency across the team.

This sources-sought announcement is a market research tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work described herein. This is not a solicitation. No proposals or quotes are requested at this time.

Further information regarding this requirement will be available through SAM.gov upon release of any subsequent solicitation. NAICS Code: 611430 – Professional and Management Development Training. The associated small business size standard is $15,000,000.

REQUIRED RESPONSE INFORMATION All interested offerors are required to provide the following: A list of current or past projects (within the last five years) demonstrating technical experience with work of a similar nature to that listed in the Summary Scope of Work. For each project submitted, provide a brief narrative statement of the work involved, your firm’s role, the number of participants trained, delivery method (virtual/in-person), the dollar value, and the completion date.

Include any special qualifications, certifications, or relevant experience with federal acquisition/contracting training or AI applications in a government context. A reference list for each of the projects submitted in item 1 above. Include the name, title, phone number, and email address for each reference.

A statement of your firm’s business size (Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, or Other-Than-Small Business) with regard to the NAICS code listed above. A statement that your firm intends to submit an offer on the project when it is advertised. Your firm’s CAGE Code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).

Confirmation that your firm can comply with FAR 52.219-14 (Limitations on Subcontracting), if applicable, by performing at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel with its own employees or similarly situated entities. Answers to the following capability questions: Experience with Federal Acquisition/Contracting AI Training: Describe your firm’s experience developing and delivering AI-related training specifically tailored to federal acquisition, contracting, or procurement professionals (GS-1102 series or equivalent).

Include examples of topics such as AI for market research, Performance Work Statement (PWS) development, prompt engineering for acquisition documents, AI agents for workflow automation, or compliance/governance of AI in acquisition. Ability to Meet Required Learning Outcomes: The Government requires approximately 20 hours of interactive virtual instruction (structured as five roughly 4-hour modules or an equivalent modular structure) that produces the following learning outcomes for a contracting/acquisition workforce.

Please describe how your firm’s existing or customizable curriculum maps to each outcome, or how you would structure training to achieve them: Foundational AI and data literacy appropriate for federal employees, including responsible use, bias awareness, security considerations, and compliance frameworks. Practical prompt-engineering skills that enable participants to generate high-quality, usable outputs for acquisition-related work products.

Application of AI tools and techniques specifically within the federal acquisition lifecycle (market research, requirements development, documentation, analysis, and related processes) while maintaining FAR and agency compliance. Identification and practical use of AI agents or automation approaches to streamline routine contracting and acquisition workflows. Advanced prompt-design and reasoning strategies that enable participants to evaluate AI-generated content for accuracy, sufficiency, and regulatory compliance in a contracting context.

Virtual Delivery & Interactivity: Describe your capabilities for delivering high-quality, interactive virtual instructor-led training (VILT) for groups of up to 30 participants. What platforms do you use? How do you ensure engagement, practical exercises, and hands-on application during virtual sessions?

Tailoring Capability: With adequate notice (ideally 4–6 weeks), can you tailor course exercises and examples to the USACE contracting environment (e.g., drafting/editing PWSs, market research reports, acquisition strategies, or notional purchasing data)? Describe your process for incorporating customer-provided or jointly developed relevant examples. Instructor Qualifications: What are the typical qualifications and experience of instructors who would deliver AI training focused on federal acquisition?

Do instructors have practical experience in contracting/acquisition, AI/ML applications in government, or both? Certificates & CLPs: Do you issue completion certificates? Can training be structured to support Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) for the Defense Acquisition Workforce (approximately 20 CLPs total for a 20-hour curriculum)?

Pricing Structure: What pricing structures are most standard for group virtual training of this nature (e.g., firm-fixed-price per course/module for up to 30 participants, per-student pricing, or package pricing for a multi-module curriculum)? Provide rough order of magnitude (ROM) pricing if available for planning purposes. Capacity & Schedule: Can your firm support delivery of approximately 20 hours of virtual instruction during the February–March 2027 timeframe (or similar Q2 FY27 window), with scheduling flexibility for the Government?

What is your typical lead time for group enrollments and any minor course tailoring? Session Recording for In

The description continues in the official notice.

Contracting contact

• Brooke MOORE · [email protected]

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 611430, a business counts as small if it has no more than $15.0 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for professional and management development training work, who also hold Army contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• Amentum Technology, Inc. $72.8 million in this trade
• The Boeing Company $61.5 million in this trade
• Calibre Systems Inc $8.2 million in this trade
• Bloomsburie LLC $7.2 million in this trade
• OSI Vision LLC $6.8 million in this trade

About the buyer

The Department of the Army awarded $123.6 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Boeing Company and Raytheon Company. See what Army is buying now.

Professional and Management Development Training contracts right now

There are 22 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 611430), 12 posted in the last 7 days; 55% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Navy, Department of the Army and Drug Enforcement Administration. Most of the work with a stated place is in Virginia, Washington and District of Columbia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 14 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 7 days.

All open professional and management development training contracts

Coming up in this trade

Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.

Similar open professional and management development training bids