950 millions de dollars pour former 3500 opérateurs des forces spéciales de l'USAF

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http://lignesdedefense.blogs.ouest-france.fr/archive/2020/09/01/950-millions-de-dollars-pour-former-3500-operateurs-des-forc-21402.html

Externaliser la formation militaire et la confier à des prestataires civils, ça n'a rien de nouveau aux USA. Mes posts, par exemple sur l'externalisation dans le domaine aérien et les prestations de type Adversary Air Services, en témoignent. 

En voici une autre illustration, toujours au profit de l'USAF mais plus précisément de ses "Special Warfare Operators".

Deux sociétés: Quantico Tactical et Rapid Response Defense Systems Inc., vont rejoindre un groupe de 5 autres firmes dont les noms avaient été annoncés le 19 juin: Federal Resources, W.S. Darley & Co., US21 Inc., Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. etTactical & Survival Specialties Inc.

Elles se partageront une enveloppe de 950 millions de dollars (sur dix ans), pour équiper et former 3 500 membres des forces spéciales de l'US Air Force (l'AF SOC en compte 20 000). Ces sociétés interviendront au profit de 32 unités, sur des théâtres OCNUS et OCONUS (Italie, Japon). 

Voici l'avis:
Quantico Tactical, Aberdeen, North Carolina (FA8629-20-D-5059); and Rapid Response Defense Systems Inc., Irvine, California (FA8629-20-D-5060), have collectively been awarded a $950,000,000, 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide equipment, training and product support to approximately 3,500 Air Force Special Warfare operators, as well as authorized users in support of Special Warfare mission requirements. Work will be performed in various U.S. locations and is expected to be completed June 2030. These awards are the result of a competitive acquisition and 17 offers were received. Fiscal 2019 other procurement funds in the amount of $2,000 are being obligated on the initial order placed against each of the contracts. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

Mardi soir, un autre avis d'attribution portait sur ce type d'externalisation, plus précisément sur la fourniture de plastrons humains et de figurants ("role player training"), au profit cette fois des forces spéciales de l'US Army (USSOCOM):

Oak Grove Technologies LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, received a $10,527,760 ceiling increase modification to fixed-firm price contract H92239-20-C-0002 for role-player training support to the Army component of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This modification raises the contract ceiling to $24,803,704 and extends the contract by six months for a total performance period of one year. The work will be performed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by February 2021. This modification was awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-2. USSOCOM, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Aug. 31, 2020).

Des sociétés comme Summit Technologies, Inc., Xator Corporation, Constellis, Seventh Dimension etc..., recherchent régulièrement des figurants (dont certains très spécialisés comme des psychologues et des médecins) pour prendre part aux exercices grandeur nature des forces US.