Attachment 1 - Performance Work Statement.pdf.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

FOR

CAREER MANAGEMENT AND TRANSITION SEMINARS

1.0 OBJECTIVE

Naval Special Warfare Command (CNSWC) requires contractor support in the area of career transition for their senior military service members transitioning from a military career to a civilian career. This support shall involve a seminar development that is designed to take an individual through every aspect of career transition with the focus being on re-employment.

2.0 BACKGROUND

The CNSWC Career Management and Transition Seminar is designed for senior military service members, and provides information on transition benefits, job assistance workshops, and automated employment tools in a comfortable learning environment.

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

In support of CNSWC, the contractor shall provide career management seminars four (4) times per year. The following services, are broken down into task areas as described herein:

3.1 TASK 1: DEVELOP COURSE AND COURSE RELATED MATERIALS

The contractor shall develop the course and course related materials such as the student guide.

The student guide shall provide the military service member with sufficient skills to enable them for success in a career search. The course shall address the topics listed in paragraph 3.1.1.

3.1.1 COURSE CONTENT

The course content shall address the following specific topics:

3.1.1.1 Evaluating and deciding on a new career or field

3.1.1.2 Building a winning resume

3.1.1.3 Developing and cultivating contacts

3.1.1.4 Networking inside and outside of the service

3.1.1.5 Effectively marketing oneself

3.1.1.6 Coping with the stress of retirement and transition

3.1.1.7 Effective communication

3.1.1.8 Information and job interview techniques

3.1.1.9 Research and preparation

3.1.1.10 Compensation and salary negotiation skills

3.1.1.11 Business world reality

3.1.1.12 Retirement reality

3.1.1.13 Using social media tactics

3.2 TASK 2: CAREER TRANSITION SEMINAR

3.2.1 Each seminar shall be three days of intensive “participatory” discussions on how to get organized to conduct a job search, ways to negotiate a salary, ways to determine what jobs pay and two days of one-on-one job interview practice and resume screening.

3.2.2 Each seminar shall have at least fourteen service members, plus their spouses, at the members’ discretion. For bidding purposes, the Contractor will propose on 28 student guides, regardless of how many spouses attend the seminars. Spouses will not participate in the interview process.

3.2.3 Each student will receive a student’s guide.

3.2.4 Students will be allowed to “make-up” a day or session without traveling out of town.

3.2.5 Students will be allowed to attend a “review seminar” at anytime and at any place where a seminar is being conducted.

4.0 SEMINAR DATES AND LOCATION

The seminar is an estimated schedule, to be facilitated on the following months for the base year:

Military Personnel Schedule Dates Facility Location Senior Officer/Enlisted (TBD) Dam Neck, VA Senior Officer/Enlisted (TBD) San Diego, CA Senior Officer/Enlisted (TBD) Little Creek, VA (To be Determined – TBD)

5.0 QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFEROR

The Contractor shall:

5.1 Specialize in Military to Civilian Career Transition consulting/counseling.

5.2 Have a minimum of ten (10) years experience in providing the same type of seminar to members of the Naval Service, and must have conducted at least one within the last six months.

6.0 QUALIFICATIONS OF FACILITATORS OR INSTRUCTORS

6.1 The Contractor shall:

6.1.1 Identify the instructor personnel who will work under this contract by name.

6.1.2 Present a copy of a resume for each instructor.

6.2 The Facilitators or Instructors shall:

6.2.1 Be retired military officers.

6.2.2 Be career Navy, Army, or Air Force.

6.2.3 Possess a Master’s degree in a business major.

6.2.4 Be familiar with all current means of negotiating/searching and applying for a job, to include both traditional and non-traditional and utilization of social media.

7.0 SEMINAR SET-UP

The Contractor shall be responsible for:

7.1 Scheduling, set up and arrangement of each training facility.

7.2 Making reservations and paying for the conference rooms at a place of their choosing in

San Diego, CA, Dam Neck, VA, and Little Creek, VA.

7.3 Providing and laying out all participant materials.

7.4 Providing all necessary equipment.

7.5 Preparing all equipment and instructor aids and to ensure that instructors are available on each day of training.

7.6 All travel and lodging arrangements/expenses for any presenters.

8.0 QUALITY CONTROL

The contractor shall implement and maintain a Quality Control Plan (QCP) to ensure work performed conforms to the scope of work and meets the requirements under this PWS. The QCP shall, at a minimum provide a method for performing inspections; identifying, correcting and preventing problems/defective service; addressing customer complaints, and improving the quality of services over the life of the contract.

9.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Government reserves the right to perform inspections and surveillance to evaluate the Contractor’s compliance to the contract terms and performance of the requirements in the PWS.

The Government will make every effort to ensure that the surveillance methods used are conducted in an objective, fair, and consistent manner

10.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance shall commence on the date of award. It shall consist of a five year ordering period.

Ordering Period One: Date of Award – Day 365 Ordering Period Two: Day 366 – Day 731 Ordering Period Three: Day 732 – Day 1,097 Ordering Period Four: Day 1,098 – Day 1,463 Ordering Period Five: Day 1,464 – Day 1,829