According to a Situational Awareness Brief issued by one law enforcement organization on 18 December 2012, there has been a 'surge' in the number of 'Active Shooter' incidents around the United States in recent weeks, totaling 15 events just since 15 November. These events have included both actual incidents that took place, such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings this past week, and events disrupted in their planning stages, as well as a number of 'false alarms' sufficient to trigger a tactical response. In addition to schools, these events also took place at hospitals, shopping venues, and office buildings. Predictably, this most recent event at Newtown, CT in which 20 children were gunned down in the supposed safety of their elementary school has brought about renewed cries from both gun control advocates and regular citizens frustrated with Government's inability to solve the problem of rampant gun violence. And therein lies the problem; people have become accustomed to out-sourcing their personal security and therefore expect the Federal, State, or Local goverment and law enforcement agencies to assure that the individual is always safe. This is completely unrealistic and a recipe for failure.

TridentCMG personnel have been following 'Active Shooter' incidents since the 2004 Beslan School massacre in North Ossetia, Russia where 184 children and 148 adults - 332 persons in total - were brutally murdered by Chechen terrorists. History is clear that increased 'gun control' measures do not reduce violent crime, and gun-related violence in particular. In fact, law enforcement statistics both in America and elsewhere show the exact opposite effect occurs. Therefore, TridentCMG has developed the Defensive Shield Program geared specifically to help management personnel responsible for the safe continued operation of 'soft targets' (churches, schools, hospitals, shopping malls, nursing homes, office buildings, etc) through a highly structured training program adapted from training already provided to government agencies and law enforcement professionals worldwide.

For additional information, contact John Jenco at TridentCMG-Charlotte at +1.704.944.5583.

DHS-Wide Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. HSCG-12-D-ATB017

As one of the eight members of 'TEAM IMMERSION', TridentCMG is pleased to announce that we are ready to immediately begin pursuing contracts under Domain 1, Track 2 of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Technical, Acquisition, Business, and Support Services (TABSS) contracting vehicle, under our Prime Contract Awardee team leader, Immersion Consulting, Annapolis, MD.

TABSS is a DHS IDIQ Multiple Award Contract vehicle divided into three domains for DHS to procure technical, acquisition, and business support services. Domain 1 Track 2 (the Small Business track) provides DHS customers with Program Management, Engineering and Technology Support Services. TABSS IDIQ contracts will be issued and administered by the United States Coast Guard (USCG).

According to the contract award, Support Services provided under TABSS Domain 1 include, but are not limited to the following:

• Acquisition Program Management
• Business Process Reengineering
• Capital Planning
• Certification and Accreditation
• Communications and Public Affairs
• Configuration Management
• Earned Value Management
• Engineering Services
• Enterprise Architecture and Program Planning
• Enterprise Resource Management
• External Coordination
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• Information Assurance
• Information Technology
• International Programs
• Interoperability
• Lifecycle Cost Estimating
• Logistics Support, including Training
• Market Assessments
• Modeling and Simulation
• Organizational Assessment
• Performance Management
• Program Analysis and Reporting
• Program Tracking and Guidance
• Quality Assurance / Management
• Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability
• Research and Development
• Risk Management
• Security, Contingency, and Safety Planning
• Software Engineering
• SOW, SOO, and PWS Development
• Program Management, Engineering and Technical Service Studies and Analyses
• Strategic Planning and Analysis
• Strategic and Tactical Planning
• Systems Design Documentation
• Systems Engineering Support, e.g., C4ISR
• Technology Research & Technical Feasibility
• Test and Evaluation Support / Trials
• Transition / Change Management
• Workforce Management and Training

TABSS Features and Benefits

• Available to all DHS Components and Headquarters elements
• Streamlined ordering with rapid turnaround for task orders
• FFP and T&M options with pre-negotiated fair and reasonable pricing
• Ability to add labor categories for specialized requirements or tasks
• High ceiling value of $11 Billion (across all awardees)
• Additional partners may be added at the task level
• Centralized task-level ordering with decentralized task execution allowing agencies to assign their own task-level Contracting Technical Officer Representative (COTR)
• Multi-year task orders with options to extend
• May include personnel, materials, equipment, facilities, travel and other services incidental to the implementation of solutions
• DOD Facilities Clearance up to Top Secret/SCI

 TABSS Task Order Competition Under Domain 1 Track 2

Issuing solicitations under TABSS Domain 1 Track 2 is an easy and straightforward process that ensures getting your requirement fulfilled.  Contact your IDIQ Contracting Officer for more information to start the process or go to the TABSS Ordering Guide online at the DHS portal.   

As a part of their continuing training program, TridentCMG was engaged to conduct a free fall parachute training course for the Nigerian Air Force. The course was held at a NAF training facility located in Kaduna, Nigeria.  NAF personnel were taught to pack and jump the MC-4 Ram Air parachute.  All students completed the course without incident and subsequently successfully performed a demonstration jump during their May 2012 Air Show for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.