908 FTW SMA Training SOW 2.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

TITLE OF PROJECT: U.S. Air Force MH-139A Special Mission Aviator (SMA) Transition Training

GENERAL INFORMATION: The purpose of this SOW is to obtain training support services for U.S. Air Force Reserve Command and Air Education and Training Command MH-139A Helicopter Aircrews. The USAF is transitioning from the UH-1N to the MH-139A helicopter which will provide primary mission support for airlift of emergency security forces, security and surveillance of off-base nuclear weapons convoys, and distinguished visitor airlift. Other essential ancillary operational mission uses include disaster response operations, search and rescue, medical evacuation, airborne cable inspections, support to aircrew survival school, aerial testing, aerial fire-fighting, routine missile site support and transport.

Specifically, this SOW requires the Contractor to have proven AW139 experience and established commercially off the shelf training (COTS) 1) Instructor-Led AW139 hoist SAR, Aerial Use of Force/Gunnery, and Utility Mission Training Program which has been audited/approved by relevant Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),

2) Qualified and Experienced AW139 Mission Instructors 3) Synthetic Mission Trainers employing both a AW139 Hoist Procedural Tower (HPT) and AW139 Virtual Simulation Training Device 4) AW139 Live Flight Training course delivery experience on all relevant SAR, Aerial Use of Force/Gunnery, Fast-Rope, Rappelling, and Utility Mission missions to ensure integration of proven best practices and methods to employ by the USAF on the MH139A airframe.

The Contractor will be required to provide USAF Special Mission Aviators (SMA) with Instructor-led MH-139A ground school, academics, student manuals and workbooks, Synthetic and Live Flight Mission Training on the following disciplines:

• MH-139A Hoist Search and Rescue (Class D Human External Cargo-HEC)

• MH-139A Aerial Gunnery

• MH-139A Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction (FRIES)

• MH-139A Helicopter Rappelling

• MH-139A Helicopter External Sling Load Operations (Class B Cargo- HESLO)

• MH-139A Aerial Firefighting

• MH-139A Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS)

The Contractor must have existing AW139 mission training courses, Instructor-led training presentations and academics, AW139 HPT, AW139 Virtual Simulation Training Device, AW139 mission training manuals and student workbooks, Computer Based Training (CBT), eLearning, and qualified AW139 Synthetic and Live Flight Instructor Staffing

CONTRACTOR MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS:

1. Instructor-led AW139 Aircrew Mission Training Program The Contractor must have an existing Aircrew Instructional Training Program including but not limited to AW139; Hoist SAR Class D Human External Cargo (HEC) day and night, (HESLO) Class B Cargo, FRIES, Rappelling, Aerial Firefighting, M240 Aerial Gunnery, and NVIS used to teach and qualify AW139 pilots, SMAs, Rescue Specialists/Tactical Aircrews to safely and effectively execute missions in relevant areas of operations in all weather conditions, day or night. The Instructor-led AW139 Aircrew Mission Training Program must be effectively integrated for all mission disciplines on both Synthetic HPT and Virtual Simulator Training Devices, and further integrated in all the relevant live flight training.

2. Live Hoisting: AW139/MH-139A Hoist Procedural Tower (HPT) Training

• The Contractor must have an AW139 Live Hoist/Fast-Rope/Rappel Procedural Training Tower with Hoist elevated a minimum of 18 feet above the ground.

• HPT must be structurally engineered and fabricated as a permanent fixture and be able to accommodate min. 6 students during hoisting, rappelling, and fast-roping operations

• Training Service Provider must have a compliant, audited, and approved OSHA Fall Protection program in place for HPT usage.

• HPT must be configurable to replicate the MH-139A cabin dimensions and layout,

• HPT must have FRIES/Rappel attachments,

• HPT must have an actual 600lb Breeze Eastern Hoist and Hoist Pendant

• HPT must have a fully capable and functioning Breeze Eastern External Hoist maintained in accordance with the OEM maintenance manuals.

• HPT must be able to accomplish live human hoists with simulated day/night normal operating and emergency procedures in the HPT as per AW139 OEM RFM and MH-139A flight manuals.

• HPT must be able to accomplish simulated day/night Live FRIES/Rappelling normal operating and emergency procedures in the HPT as per MH-139A flight manuals.

• HPT must have a minimum proven Training Reliability Rate of 95%, with a minimum of 7,500 hoist iterations accomplished per year, over the past 5 years.

3. Virtual AW139/MH-139A Virtual Simulation Training Device

• The Contractor must have Virtual Simulation Training Devices configurable to the AW139/MH-

139A encompassing training scenarios in the following day/night mission disciplines: Hoist SAR, Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction (FRIES) / Rappelling, Helicopter External Sling Load Operations (HESLO), Aerial Use of Force and Gunnery (equipped with min. two M240 crew served weapons), NVIS (NVG/IR) systems.

• The Virtual Simulation Training Device must have a minimum proven Training Reliability rate of 95% with a minimum of 7,500 multi-mission iterations accomplished per year, over the past 5 years.

• The internal cabin of the AW139 Virtual Simulation Training Device must be configurable to the full cabin USAF MH-139A to include the ability to train on both sides of the device simultaneously.

• Must have transportable AW139 Virtual Simulation Training Device for qualifying MH-139A SMAs and providing continuous program proficiency and standardization training at the unit level.

4. AW139 Live Flight Mission Training

• The Contractor must currently possess all required AW139 live flight training programs and live-flight training experience, having performed a minimum of one live-flight training class for each of the relevant mission training requirements on the AW139 to include: Hoist SAR (HEC Class D) Day and Night, Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction (FRIES), Helicopter Rappelling, Helicopter External Sling Load Operations (HESLO Class B), Aerial Use of Force and M240 Gunnery (inland/overwater),and NVIS (NVG/IR) systems.

• Training Service Provider’s AW139 Live Flight Qualification Training Program must be in full compliance with relevant Federal Air Regulations and have been audited / approved by FAA.

5. Training Service Provider

• The Contractor must have a minimum of 10 years of AW139 Helicopter mission operations and training experience with proven methods required to develop continual Industry Best Practices

• Must have prior experience in outfitting AW139 SAR/Tactical and mission role equipment, and providing instructional use integrated in the training courses.

• The Contractor must have experience training on the UH-1H HUEY with Tactical and SAR operations utilizing the internal hoist, FRIES, Rappelling, HESLO

• The Contractor must have provided a minimum of 1 instructor-led Synthetic training class for the USAF and be familiar with the relevant training in tactics, techniques, and procedures.

• The Contractor must have provided a minimum of 1 instructor-led Live Flight training class for the USAF and be familiar with the relevant training in tactics, techniques, and procedures.

• Must have a minimum of 10 years’ experience providing instructor-led mission training with AW139 virtual simulation and hoist procedural towers.

• Must have current proof of performance and experience within the last 5 years with similar training programs of equivalent size of student throughput training for up to 125 students, mission scope, and complexity

• Must show Training Course standards comply with all relevant Federal Aviation Regulations and the code of Federal Regulations and OSHA regulations.

• Contractor shall provide their current Safety Management System (SMS) and OSHA Fall Protection Program and Risk Assessment Program for Workplace Procedures and Guidelines when conducting training in the Hoist Procedural Tower

• HEC training courses must have been audited and approved by the FAA

• HEC training courses must have been audited and approved by the Department of Homeland

Security (DHS)

• Must provide AW139 SAR/Tactical training manuals and student workbooks, eLearning, student management system, computer-based training currently being provided and approved.

• The Training Service Provider must have an existing “brick and mortar” training facility (to accommodate multiple training stations simultaneously), instructional training classrooms, existing elevated HPT and Virtual Simulation Training Devices with the ability to provide immediately available commercially off the shelf training (COTS).

• The Training Service Provider must have existing Aviation General Liability (min $10M coverage), Non-Owned Aircraft Liability (min $10M coverage), and Professional Training Liability (min $3M Coverage) covering training errors/omission for all training conducted in the Hoist Procedural Tower, Virtual Hoist Simulation Training and during Live Flight Training .

• The Training Service Provider must have a minimum of $1M worker compensation insurance coverage for their employees.

• Must have provided AW139 instruction to a minimum of 125 students in: Hoist SAR (HEC Class D), Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction (FRIES), Helicopter Rappelling, Helicopter External Sling Load Operations (HESLO Class B), Aerial Use of Force and M240 Gunnery (inland/overwater), and NVIS (NVG/IR) systems

• Must have provided a minimum of 10 different instructor-led AW139 mission training courses incorporating both synthetic devices (incorporating AW139 HPT/Virtual Simulation Training Devices) and AW139 Live Flight training courses.

• Must prove that they have a comprehensive and standardized COTS MH139 mission training programs with immediate availability to meet all aspects of the U.S. Air Force MH-139A Special Mission Aviator (SMA) Transition Training program.

6. Instructors Subject Matter Expertise

• Qualified instructional personnel: Training Service Provider must have full-time qualified and proficient AW139 Instructors/SMEs in both a live flight and synthetic training environment with a minimum of 3 years of HEC experience working on the AW139.

• Training Service Provider must provide a minimum of three (3) qualified and proficient AW139 Hoist SAR/Tactical/Aerial Gunnery/Utility instructors to provide a 3:1 student to instructor training ratio

• Must provide a minimum of 1 AW139 Hoist/HEC SMA HPT Instructor, 1 AW139 Hoist/HEC Rescue Specialist Instructor, and 1 AW139 Hoist/HEC Instructor/Simulator Instructor

• Training Service Provider must list a full complement of primary instructors to include alternate secondary instructors with the same level of qualification and proficiency.

• Training Service Provider must provide proof the Instructors/SMEs have trained and operated on the AW139 performing the exact AW139 Hoist SAR (HEC Class D), AW139 Fast Rope Insertion and Extraction (FRIES), AW139 Helicopter Rappelling, AW139 Helicopter External Sling Load Operations (HESLO Class B), AW139 Aerial Use of Force and AW139 M240 Gunnery (inland/overwater), AW139 NVIS (NVG/IR) systems mission training requirements to be provided for the USAF SMA MH139A training.

• Training Service Provider must provide current qualifications and proof of performance that all AW139 Instructors/SMEs have delivered the Training Providers offered AW139 mission training courseware to students in both a live flight and synthetic training environment

• Must have experience in instructing over 75 AW139 students in helicopter hoist/HEC operations.