Attachment 1 - Standalone SOW Assistance in Chad.pdf

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SBU - CONTRACTING AND ACQUISITIONS

Statement of Work (SOW) Global Peace Operations Initiative Capacity Building Assistance in Chad

March 1, 2024

1. GENERAL

1.1. Background. The Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) is a U.S. Department of State security assistance program focused on building international peacekeeping capacity worldwide in close collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The GPOI program’s mission is to strengthen the effectiveness of the United Nations (UN) and regional peace operations by enhancing partner countries’ capacities to prepare, deploy, and sustain peacekeepers and reinforcing UN and regional organizations’ performance and accountability frameworks. State’s Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Office of Global Programs and Initiatives, Peace Operations Capacity Building Division (PM/GPI/POCB) serves as the GPOI Program Office.

1.2. GPOI Program Objectives.

Support partner countries’ development of critical mission capabilities.

Enhance partner countries’ peace operations planning, training, and readiness competencies.

Enable partner countries to conduct effective operations and sustainment.

Reinforce UN and regional organizations’ performance and accountability frameworks.

1.3. Context. The Chadian National Army (in French – Armée Nationale Tchadienne (ANT)) will hereafter be referred to as the ANT in this SOW. Chad deployed peacekeepers to Mali from 2013 to its withdrawal in December 2023. In Mali it had two (2) infantry battalions and a special operations force company for a combined total of 1,425 soldiers located at three (3) different locations in the austere, improvised explosive device (IED)-riddled Sector North, a mission environment to which few other troop contributing countries were willing to deploy. There had been mixed reports about Chad’s performance in mission. In general, the Chadian units have a reputation for being willing to take robust action to repel attacks by terrorist groups but also for being unpredictable and have difficulty navigating the UN directives for Rules of Engagement (ROE) or Use of Force (UOF). From a mission support perspective, the ANT has a request process and supply chain from N’Djamena to Sector North;

however, they lack technical maintenance and sustainment skills, as well as in depth understanding of UN Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) policy application. Chad has consistently demonstrated a willingness to accept training assistance and advice from the international community to improve performance in key areas.

Chad did not consistently demonstrate the capability to adequately prepare its peacekeeping forces for MINUSMA, and the ANT was perpetually under-resourced with the staff, facilities, and equipment necessary to conduct effective pre-mission training. While the ANT has a small, dedicated staff assigned to their training site at Camp Moussoro, the trainer cadre is mostly stationed in N’Djamena and travels to Camp Moussoro to conduct training. Camp Moussoro lacks all necessary life support to properly support the large influx of personnel arriving to receive training, including infrastructure, the basic classroom resources and training aids, institutional processes, and staff continuity required to plan and implement comprehensive, mission-focused training for the ANT’s peacekeeping forces.

1.4. Purpose. The overarching purpose of this project is to build the ANT staff’s capacity to plan, prepare, deploy, and sustain effective peacekeeping forces in support of UN-mandated tasks. The activities in this SOW shall complement broader GPOI programming efforts and support U.S. Government (USG) peacekeeping policy priorities for Chad and the region. Required tasks, as described in the Scope of Work, consist of three (3) distinct but interconnected activities:

The development and delivery of high-quality staff-focused training that is informed by the latest

UN policy, doctrine, and guidance and that incorporates partner nation doctrine, processes, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Global Programs and Initiatives (PM/GPI) 19AQMM24R0147 SOW – GPOI Capacity Building Assistance in Chad

(2) practices, and lessons learned; mission-specific and responsive to changing mission trends;

adaptive to both formal classroom and field training environments; and carried out using sound adult learning principles with consideration for a variety of trainee skill levels to execute a combination of classroom, hands-on learning/practical exercises, and field training exercises.

Strategic, responsive, collaborative, and respectful mentorship and engagement before, during, and after training activities which builds partner confidence, addresses unique training requirements, and develops institutional capacity to advance the partner toward self-sufficiency and improved operational readiness.

Procurement and delivery of equipment and supplies for use in pre-deployment training the same way that partner employs the equipment and supplies in the mission. Training aids and support material should be introduced for added realism and scenario flexibility. The contractor shall mentor and assist the partner’s peace operations training center (POTC) staff to further develop procedures for maintaining, repairing, accounting, issuing, and storing equipment, supplies, and training support material after the completion of training as specified by the contract.

2. REQUIREMENTS.

2.1. Summary of Requirements. The Contractor shall provide all management, training, personnel, equipment, training support materials, technology, supplies, and incidentals necessary to meet the performance objectives defined in each required task of this SOW. The Contractor shall update all training content provided by the Program office.

2.2. Required Tasks. Tasks, as outlined below, shall complement broader U.S. Government (USG) efforts to strengthen Chad’s peace operations capacity building efforts.

REQUIRED TASKS DAYS

TASK A. In-Country Training Preparation and Partner Engagement (TPPE) 15 TASK B. ANT Peacekeeping Training Resource Management (PRTM) 20 TASK C. Instructor Development Course (IDC) 30 TASK D. Multi-Dimensional Security Battalion (MDSB) Cadre Mentorship 45 TASK E. Lessons Learned Workshop (LLW) 5 TASK F. Training Equipment 5

2.3. Training Sequence. The anticipated training sequence is listed below but may vary at the discretion of the GPOI training team and ANT trainer cadre to promote training efficiencies.

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2.4. Training.

2.4.1. The Contractor shall ensure that all training is mission-specific and responsive to recent lessons learned. The Contractor shall further ensure that training programs of instruction address considerations for mission and sector-specific tasks that the respective unit will support.

2.4.2. The Contractor shall request access from the Program Office to All Partner’s Access Network Peace Operations Resource Portal (APAN- https://community.apan.org/wg/peace-operations-resource-portal/) to ensure that all training is informed by the latest UN policy, doctrine, and guidance. The Contractor shall, where appropriate and as directed by this contract, deliver, or draw upon existing UN-published standardized and specialized training materials (e.g., UN Core Pre-deployment Training Materials (CPTMs) or recently published UN Infantry Battalion Specialized Training Materials (UNIBAT STMs)). CPTM and STM is located on the UN Peacekeeping Resource Hub at https://peacekeepingresourcehub.un.org/en/

2.4.3. The Contractor shall ensure that all training delivered on this task order (pre-deployment, institutional, and other) is aligned to partner nation doctrine, processes, and practices adaptive to both formal classroom and field training environments.

2.4.4. The Contractor shall ensure that all training delivered on this contract uses the principles of adult learning with varying training audience skill levels. The definition and expectations for adult learning are outlined in Appendix 6.

2.4.5. The Contractor shall ensure all training delivered on this contract prioritizes the use of hands-on learning and practical exercises.

2.4.6. All training on this contract order shall reinforce key themes of preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), operationalizing protection of civilians (POC), increasing women’s participation and gender integration, and other important human rights (HR) topics.

Reinforcement of these themes shall be achieved throughout all training and engagement tasks through competency-based instruction, structured discussions, and assessment-based practical exercises. Contractor shall draw upon additional guidance and definitions of SEA and POC outlined in Appendix 7.

2.4.7. The GPOI Program Office will provide a set of training materials.

2.4.7.1. The Contractor shall refine PowerPoint (PPT) presentations to meet objectives outlined for each task. The Contractor will be required to develop no more than 20% content to fill gaps in training content.

2.4.7.2. Class material must be adaptable for a classroom using a projector or in the field using an easel.

2.4.7.3. Presentation Standards: The intent is to have standardized presentations so that it does not matter who teaches the course lessons, contractor or partner trainer, the lesson content will be the same.

2.4.7.4. PowerPoint (PPT) Presentation. Each task consists of PPT slides and slide notes. The slides concisely highlight key points to achieve task objectives. The notes section provides instructor dialogue to explain the slide and conduct the class. All required changes are made to this document, instead of multiple documents.

2.4.7.5. Training Schedule. The Contractor shall develop a detailed daily training schedule for each task based on eight (8) hours training day. The Contractor shall submit the training schedule to the COR prior to start of training once confirmed by partner POTC.

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2.4.7.6. Lesson Plans and Student Handouts. The PPT presentations may be converted to Microsoft Word documents to produce lesson plans or produce handouts of the slides (multiple slides per page) for the trainees/students.

The Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) copies of the revised training materials upon completion of all training.

2.5. Partner Engagement and Mentorship.

2.5.1. Across the execution of all training and equipping tasks, the Contractor shall pursue an approach that fosters engagement and mentorship to build partner confidence, trust, and ownership in ways that effectively advance that partner towards increased peace operations institutional capacity.

2.5.2. The Contractor shall ensure that its trainers’ approach to engagement and mentorship is adaptive to the partner’s existing technological, environmental, and human resource constraints.

2.5.3. The Contractor shall, at every appropriate opportunity, encourage the ANT to increase and enhance the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women in peacekeeping unit deployments and selection or assignment as POTC trainers. The Contractor should encourage the partner to identify and reinforce the advantages to women’s participation in peacekeeping units, particularly pointing to the international consensus that women’s participation is a proven means of enhancing operational effectiveness.

2.5.4. The Contractor shall ensure that all personnel performing on this contract possess the skills and temperament to conduct collaborative and respectful engagement and mentorship activities. The Contractor shall ensure their personnel are fully prepared for all engagements.

2.5.5. The Contractor shall ensure that all personnel performing on this contract understand that while they are not under Chief of Mission authority; they represent the GPOI Program Office, the U.S. Embassy, and USG. Any incident indicating contract personnel engaging with the partner in ways that are disrespectful, inappropriate, or otherwise antithetical to the partner engagement guidance defined in this contract shall be considered a significant risk to contract performance and referred immediately to the CO.

2.6. Equipment and Supplies.

2.6.1. The Contractor shall provide all equipment, supplies, and technology required to execute the tasks under this SOW as per Appendices 1 and 2. No U.S. government property will be provided.

2.6.2. The Contractor shall provide all fuel and oil necessary for the actual conduct of training, but not for partner country transportation between training sites and home station.

2.6.3. Equipment. The Contractor shall provide all equipment and materials as specified in this SOW.

The Contractor shall complete a 100% trilateral equipment inventory annotating a DS-127 Receiving and Inspection Report with each item’s quantity. In case of missing and/or damaged items, the Contractor shall indicate an estimated remedy date. The inventory must be signed by the partner, a USG representative and Contractor prior to handover of items.

2.6.4. Supplies. The Contractor shall provide training aids, training materials, and administrative supplies, and other consumables necessary for conducting training. These items shall be priced and accounted for in the vendor’s technical proposal. They may be locally procured and shall be priced as a single lot under each task. The supplies do not require a signed inventory, however, the Contractor is required to report the delivery of these items to the

COR.

2.6.5. Licenses. The Contractor shall obtain all licenses required to procure, ship, and deliver equipment and supplies specified in the SOW to the place of performance.

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2.6.6. Timely Delivery. The Contractor shall ensure timely procurement and delivery of all equipment and training materials so those items can be fully utilized during training or POTC staff development as specified by the SOW. The Contractor shall inform the COR of any equipment and supplies that will not be delivered to the place of performance for availability as required.

2.7. Contract Management

2.7.1. The Contractor shall provide contract management through a dedicated Project Manager (PM) possessing the background and skills to effectively serve as the principal point of contact for contract performance issues and communications between the COR, CO, and Program Office.

2.7.2. The Contractor shall manage all personnel performing work on the SOW, including those CONUS personnel conducting contract management and those personnel working on each required OCONUS task, including all key personnel and all non-key personnel requiring COR review and approval.

2.7.3. The Contractor shall conduct all routine management and supervision required to successfully achieve all performance and quality assurance objectives of the SOW. This shall include primary responsibility for supervising the performance objectives described in the table below:

TABLE 2.7: CONTRACT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS

1. Conduct routine supervision and oversight of the in-country Team Lead (and all other personnel performing on the contract.

2. Establish processes for receiving, analyzing, incorporating (as needed), and disseminating any external reference materials provided to the Contractor by the Program Office or other outside organizations, including newly published UN documents and training materials, feedback from mission areas, partner requests/feedback, and other appropriate materials relevant to contract performance.

3. Designate a single point of contact or contacts such as the Program Manager or Deputy Program Manager to ensure streamlined and efficient communications between the CO and COR and all other appropriate members of the Contractor’s management and support team (e.g., contract managers or logistics managers).

4. Ensure routine communications with the CO, COR, and Program Office during all phases of the contract’s life cycle, including the timely, substantive, and error-free submission of all required written performance deliverables, attendance at all scheduled meetings, and timely responses to all written requests.

5. Ensure responsive updates to scheduling or personnel changes.

6. Attend in-person and/or virtual conferences and scheduled meetings on SOW-related subjects as directed by the COR.

7. Mobilize and de-mobilize all personnel and training teams performing on the contract, to include the recruitment, on-boarding, and compliance with all pre-travel (e.g., vaccinations and visas) and post-travel requirements.

8. Plan and supervise the provision of all lodging, transportation, life support, contract support (e.g., laptops, cell phones, and interpreters), and all other basic life support (e.g., uniforms, PPE, and hygiene needs) for all personnel at the place of performance. Neither the Department of State nor U.S. Embassy N’Djamena will provide lodging, other accommodations, or logistical arrangements for contracted personnel operating in Chad.

9. Ensure the timely submission and resolution of all issues and requirements pertaining to invoices and other financial/billing requirements on the contract.

10. Manage the timely procurement, staging (consolidated warehousing), and shipment of all equipment (including locally procured training support materials), including the delivery, inventory with USG, and hand-over of equipment as indicated in SOW.

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11. Manage timely completion of all Contractor responsibilities before, during, and after any contract modifications, including communicating any partner nation or Contractor -generated change requests.

2.7.4. The Contractor shall submit a weekly report to the COR and Program Office. The report shall include a summary of ongoing activities, a list of all contract staff actively performing on each task. and shall highlight any event or technical issue that jeopardizes contract performance.

The Contractor should indicate notable trends and observations regarding the ANT’s participation in, support for, and performance during the reporting period. The format of this report shall be provided by the COR.

2.7.5. The Contractor shall notify the COR and CO immediately of any serious incident or technical issue that jeopardizes or may impact contract performance. Issues or incidents may include but are not limited to formal requests or correspondence from the U.S. Embassy, security incidents, new travel restrictions, natural/environmental incidents (e.g., floods or pandemics), political incidents (e.g., presidential resignations or military coups), serious injuries to personnel working on the contract, or significant misconduct by personnel working on the contract.

2.7.6. The Contractor shall participate in a bi-weekly conference or MS Teams call with the COR and Program Office to review the weekly reports. The teleconference agenda format shall be provided by the COR. On a routine basis, these calls shall also be used to formally review contract performance.

2.7.7. Contractor shall conduct a quarterly meeting with COR and Program Office to formally review contract performance. COR shall provide the agenda and any pre-meeting submission requirements. Meetings may be conducted in-person if requested by the Contractor and at no additional cost the Government.

2.7.8. Contractor shall accomplish all requirements on this task with a minimum of one (1) Project Manager. Contractor may propose the additional management personnel as part of their technical proposal. Qualifications for the Project Manager are defined in Appendix 3.

2.8. In-Country GPOI Team Lead (TL)

2.8.1. The Contractor shall provide in-country management through a dedicated in-country GPOI

Team Lead possessing the background and skills to effectively manage the scope of training and mentorship activities on the ground. The Team Lead serves as the Project Manager’s primary point of contact for contract execution, coordination, and management of contract activities in Chad.

2.8.2. The GPOI Lead shall be the primary interface with the U.S. Embassy, ANT military leadership, other U.S. and international trainers, and all other stakeholders associated with contract execution on the ground in Chad.

2.8.3. The GPOI Team Lead is accountable to the Project Manager for all personnel performing on the contract in Chad and for all contract requirements at the place of performance in Chad.

This shall include primary responsibility for the performance objectives described in the table below:

TABLE 2.8: IN-COUNTRY TEAM LEAD PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

1. Supervising and quality assurance of all training and mentorship activities required by the contract at the place of performance in Chad.

2. Supervising and quality assurance of all equipment deliveries, inventories, and handovers at the place of performance as required by the contract.

3. Supervising of all personnel performing at the place of performance in Chad; ensuring personnel maintain the highest standards of professionalism, performance, and accountability; ensuring continuous life

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TABLE 2.8: IN-COUNTRY TEAM LEAD PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

support (lodging, meals, and transportation) and administrative support (supplies and technology) for all personnel working at the place of performance; ensuring the coordination of all transportation, administrative, and logistics support for personnel traveling to and departing from the place of performance; ensuring appropriate levels of security and safety at the place of performance and for all life support, and ensuring immediate resolution and reporting of any personnel conduct and discipline issues.

4. Analyzings and disseminating to the team any reference materials necessary to improve understanding and instruction of training tasks, such as newly published UN documents and training materials, feedback from mission areas, partner requests/feedback, and other appropriate materials.

5. Ensuring streamlined and efficient communications between the personnel on the ground and the U.S.

Embassy.

6. Maintaining continuous communications on routine contract activities and deliverables with respective POCs in the GPOI Program Office, ensuring all issues affecting contract performance or contract deliverables are communicated immediately. This includes but is not limited to formal requests from the U.S. Embassy, significant incidents in the partner country (such as new travel restrictions or significant security incidents), natural/environmental incidents (e.g., floods or pandemics), political changes (e.g., election-related incidents or military coups), and / or injuries to personnel working on the contract.

7. Ensuring routine coordination and confirmation of all contract requirements with the partner nation, U.S.

Embassy, and other stakeholders involved in the contract (NOTE: Contractor shall review specific task requirements and general SOW requirements for more detailed, task-specific confirmation and coordination performance objectivities for which the Team Leader or his/her designated in-country representative may be responsible).

3. PERSONNEL.

3.1. Supervision. The Government shall not exercise any supervision for personnel performing on this contract who are the service providers performing the services described in this SOW. Service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the U.S.

Government.

3.2. Required Personnel. All personnel performing work on this contract at the place of performance shall meet minimum personnel qualification requirements outlined in Appendix 3. Personnel requirements fall into one of the four (4) categories listed below. As noted in the fourth category, though not required by this SOW, the Contractor may also propose additional personnel as part of their technical proposal. All personnel positions will be billed against labor categories defined in the contract’s proposal instructions.

3.2.1. Key Personnel.

Contract Project Manager In-Country Team Lead

3.2.2. COR-Approved Personnel.

Senior Technical Trainer

3.2.3. Required Personnel.

Technical Trainer Curriculum Specialist

3.2.4. Other Non-Required Personnel. Positions like those in the following list may be proposed as part of the Contractor’s technical proposal as direct labor costs. This list serves as an example only and shall not limit what types of other non-required personnel may be proposed to perform work on the contract. Positions not specifically proposed in technical proposal shall not be billed directly to the contract. Instead, they must be invoiced as part of Contractor’s fully burdened overhead rates.

Deputy Project Manager

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In-Country Logistics Manager Curriculum Developer Travel and Deployment Specialist Specialty Trainer

3.3. Proposed Personnel. The Contractor shall assign to this contract all the personnel whose resumes are submitted at the time of proposal. Resumes shall be submitted for all key personnel and COR-approved personnel using the template provided in Appendix 4.2. The Contractor shall also complete the qualifications crosswalk template for key and COR-approved personnel provided in Appendix 4.1.

The Contractor shall provide the CO and COR a signed written agreement between the candidates and the Contractor as evidence of his/her commitment to work on the contract.

3.4. Key Personnel Changes. Changes to key personnel require CO approval and a contract modification.

Key personnel modification requests shall be submitted to the CO at least 45 days prior to their proposed performance start date. The Contractor shall make no change to key personnel unless the substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or some other documented change of employment.

3.5. Other Personnel Changes. The COR shall formally review the qualifications for any proposed substitutions of COR-approved personnel prior to that person performing any work on the SOW. The Contractor shall make any requests to change COR-approved personnel in writing at least 30 days prior to their proposed performance start date. Resumes for all other required personnel are subject to COR review upon request.

3.6. Personnel Support. The Contractor shall ensure that all personnel performing work on this contract have the support and resources required to achieve performance objectives. This includes but is not limited to food, lodging, and medical support; vaccinations, prophylactics, and personal protective equipment (PPE); passports, visas, and other travel documents; transportation, interpreters, and other training supplies; laptops, mobile phones, and internet hot spots; and any other life support or training support required.

3.7. Personnel Availability to Program Office. Key personnel and COR-approved personnel performing on this contract must be available for routine meetings with the Program Office during core business hours (Eastern Standard Time). Meetings will be conducted via video or teleconference.

4. SCOPE OF WORK.

4.1. TASK A. In-country Training Preparation and Partner Engagement (TPPE)

4.1.1. The Contractor shall conduct up to fifteen (15) days of in-country planning and engagement of

ANT POTC staff, ANT trainer cadre, and other ANT leaders responsible managing Chad’s training and possible deployment of its peacekeeping forces to prepare for and enable the successful execution of training and equipment tasks.

4.1.2. The Contractor shall provide responsive, collaborative, and respectful partner engagement in support of the following performance objectives for this task:

TASK A. TPPE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

1. Prepare for and coordinate for other contract activities, including training activities and equipment deliveries.

2. Confirm and synchronize the training schedule.

3. Review, refine, and update POIs and produce additional training materials as necessary with the trainer cadre.

4. Review newly published UN Specialized Training Materials (STMs).

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TASK A. TPPE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

5. Request and review mission specific documentation required for use in upcoming training such as mission orders, Rules of Engagement (ROE), Statement of Unit Requirements (SURs), Mission Mandate, Mission Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), etc.

6. Ensure the partner coordinates logistics and administrative support such as training ammunition, training aids, vehicles, and equipment for scheduled training.

7. Coordinate and conduct bilateral equipment inventories.

8. Conduct in-country planning and coordination for contract support requirements (e.g., lodging, food contracts, and other locally procured support services, including locally procured training support materials).

9. Coordinate and participate in site surveys and inspections of training venues and partner-provided training equipment.

10. Ensure partner conducts re-training for poorly executed training, select capability gaps, and focus areas as the deployment schedule can support.

11. Review of conclusions and incorporation of training-related action items, captured in after action reviews (AARs), Lessons Learned Workshops (LLW), UN/AU pre-deployment verifications (PDVs), and/or UN/AU military skills validation visits (MSVs).

12. Conduct engagements with POTC and ANT staffs to review in-mission performance, in-mission maintenance and sustainment challenges, and new UN/AU guidance or training documents to encourage the partner to incorporate relevant changes into lesson plans for scheduled training.

13. Reinforce with the partner the importance of refining and sustaining effective forecasting, procurement, and coordination of training resources and equipment for scheduled training.

14. Attend other POTC and ANT meetings, conferences, and engagements as requested by the partner and approved by the COR.

4.1.3. The Contractor shall request COR approval to perform in-country on this task no less than ten

(10) business days in advance of the proposed start date and shall include a summary of planned activities and objectives with their approval request.

4.1.4. The Contractor shall include a summary of performance objective activities, including personnel invoicing against them to perform on the task, as appropriate, in the weekly activities report. Upon request, the Contractor shall provide the COR with additional evidence and documentation of task performance prior to accepting any corresponding invoices.

4.1.5. The Contractor shall require the Team Lead to be present for all work performed under this task. Additional personnel may join the Team Lead to perform on the task with COR notification and approval.

4.1.6. Contractor shall propose a not-to-exceed pricing along with a detailed list of anticipated equipment and supplies as part of their technical proposal. Procurement of equipment requires COR approval.

4.1.7. Required Personnel. Conduct the TPPE with a minimum of two (2) personnel.

4.1.7.1. The Team Lead

4.1.7.2. One (1) Senior Technical Trainer – Staff or Unit Tactics

4.1.7.3. Additional personnel may perform on the task with COR notification and approval.

4.2. TASK B. ANT Peacekeeping Training Resource Management Course (PTRM) and PPT Presentation Update

4.2.1. The Contractor shall develop and deliver one four (4) week Peacekeeping Training Resource

Management Course for up to fifty (50) officers and noncommissioned officers who have responsibilities to develop and resource training of contingents deploying to peacekeeping missions. The overarching objective of this course is to train ANT Exterior Operations personnel, senior staff cadre, and other partner country training managers involved in developing training directives and guidance; annual, quarterly, and weekly training plans; and

(11) training resource planning. A secondary, but equally important, objective is to review the PowerPoint Presentations and further refine training content and instructors notes started in Task A above.

4.2.2. The Contractor shall develop and deliver training to achieve the following performance objectives for this task.

TASK B. ANT PTRM COURSE AND POI UPDATE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

1. Training Management.

a. Understand key UN peacekeeping themes.

b. Understand UN mandate(s) for mission(s) to which contingents are deploying, as well as Force Commander-directed tasks for contingents.

c. Understand UN-directed pre-deployment training requirements, as they apply to specific units as well as to all deploying peacekeepers.

d. Cross walk UN mission-specific tasks into contingent mission essential tasks at the battalion, company, platoon, squad, individual, leader, and staff level.

e. Assess lessons learned from previous deployments to inform training design.

f. Apply UN or appropriate doctrine to develop training requirements.

g. Develop resource-informed multi-echelon training plans that train both the identified mission-specific essential tasks and UN directed pre-deployment requirements.

h. Develop realistic mission-specific, externally evaluated exercises to serve as a means to certify readiness for deployment by the appropriate national authorities in accordance with national and UN standards.

i. Apply the correct training standards and, where necessary, develop training standards to meet mission requirements and inform time and resource considerations.

2. Training Resource Management

a. Conduct resource analysis of training plans to discern the resource requirements. This will include funds, land, ammunition, training aids, transport, life support, cadre, role players, opposing force, controllers, and other requirements to properly support a training plan.

b. Forecast requirements and process timely resource requests within respective national system.

c. Manage limited resources to best support pre-deployment training.

3. POI Update.

a. Review, refine, update POIs and produce additional training materials as necessary with the ANT trainer cadre.

b. Have updated POIs and training materials translated to French.

4.2.3. Contractor shall submit to the COR and Program Office a final Training Activity Report (TAR) and the final Trainee/Trainer roster no later than twenty (20) business days after the completion of this task. Contractor shall ensure that general pricing information is included in the TAR as required.

4.2.4. The Contractor shall require the Team Lead to be present in Chad for all performance under this task.

4.2.5. Required Personnel. Conduct training with a minimum of four (4) trainers.

4.2.5.1. At least one (1) trainer shall be a Senior Technical Trainer with training resource management experience.

4.2.5.2. All other trainers shall have the skills and experience necessary to achieve the task’s performance objectives.

4.3. TASK C. ANT Peacekeeping Instructor Development Course (IDC)

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4.3.1. The Contractor shall develop and deliver thirty (30) days of Peacekeeping Instructor Development training for up to fifty (50) ANT trainer cadre members preparing to train a UN or AU peacekeeping contingent. The overarching objective of this POI is to train a Peace Operations Training Center (POTC) Instructor Cadre on how to effectively deliver pre-deployment training in preparation for a UN or AU peacekeeping deployment. This training will be conducted in the following primary areas:

- Conduct of Effective Military Peacekeeping Instruction

- General Staff Subjects

- Staff Section Training

- UN Military Decision-Making Process

- Operations of the Tactical Operations Center (TOC)

- Knowledge and training the Infantry Battalion Tactical Mission Tasks

4.3.2. The Contractor shall ensure trainees meet the following task performance objectives:

TASK C. ANT IDC PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

1. Demonstrate proficiency in the fundamentals of Effective Military Peacekeeping Instruction

(EMPI).

a. Understand how to analyze tasks to identify training requirements specific to a unit’s roles and responsibilities in a specific peacekeeping mission.

b. Distill operational doctrine and accepted tactics, techniques, and procedures for identified training requirements into specific and measurable performance measures.

c. Understand how to analyze tasks to identify training requirements specific to a unit’s roles and responsibilities in a specific peacekeeping mission.

a. Develop and adapt modules of instruction (i.e., refining Task, Conditions and Standards) for training based on pre-existing mission essential tasks and other training tasks.

b. Develop training schedules and lesson plans.

c. Understand adult learning instruction of individual, leader, collective and staff tasks.

d. Prepare and facilitate classroom instruction using a variety of multi-media and training aid resources.

d. Assess individual, collective, leader, and staff performance of a task against performance measures.

e. Demonstrate proficiency in the conduct of After-Action Reviews (AARs).

- Explain the purpose and methods for conducting an after-action review.

- Describe the planning and preparation for the conduct of an after-action review.

- Describe the conduct of an after-action review.

- Describe the follow-up from an after-action review.

- Plan, prepare, and conduct after-action reviews of individual and collective tasks.

- Conduct follow-up actions to improve performance to include written performance plans.

2. Provide General Essential Instruction.

a. Understand UN core pre-deployment training requirements, including human rights topics, as they apply to the specific unit(s) being trained and how these topics should be addressed across training modules.

b. Understand the operationalization of POC tasks as relevant for specific unit being trained and how to incorporate POC instruction across training.

c. Understand how to reinforce expectations regarding peacekeeper conduct and discipline, including the prevention of SEA, across training modules.

d. Understand how gender integration is a force multiplier because it offers a diversity of skill sets, perspectives, and approaches needed to help achieve mandated tasks.

e. Understand how to incorporate and assess performance measures for training topics, including POC, HR, and conduct and discipline.

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TASK C. ANT IDC PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

f. Conduct effective practical and field training (non-live fire) based on classroom-to-field modality.

g. Apply effective risk management for training.

h. Develop effective capstone training exercises, including a command post exercise (CPX), a table-top training exercise (TTX), and field training certification exercise (FTX/CERTEX).

i. Manage and facilitate effective capstone training exercises (CPX, FTX. CERTEX).

3. Conduct Staff Section Training.

a. UN Logistics Staff Section (S4) Performance Objectives.

- Understand basic UN Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) System concepts.

- Understand UN HQ U4, U5, U8 and Mission Support Structure. Trainees have to know the key positions authority, duties, and responsibilities in order to coordinate support.

- Understand Transportation Operations including dispatch procedures, distribution methods, cargo load planning, dangerous goods handling, and vehicle safety.

- Understand Supply and Warehouse Operations including stockage considerations, organization, and procedures for requests, receipts, issuance, and disposals.

- Understand Maintenance Operations including commanders repair priorities, service schedules, serviceability status reporting procedures, cannibalization process, and maintenance plan.

- Understand Personnel Management Operations to include unit strength, personnel replacements, leave balances, claims, and pay inquiries.

- Determine Battalion requirements for ammunition and weapons accountability, disposal, and security. Manually calculate requirements for ammunition and catering (dry good, fresh foods, frozen food, and rations) per scenario(s).

- - Understand Medical Level 1 Operations including roles and responsibilities, organization, administrative requirements, professional requirements, and field sanitation oversight.,

- Understand Environmental Management Requirements

- Understand Logistics Planning Considerations to complete a logistics estimate and Paragraph 4: Administration and Logistics of the Operations Order.

- Understand COE verification inspection requirements; how to plan, coordinate, and execute vehicle and equipment inspections.

- Understand and develop process for daily status reports (personnel status reports, vehicle and equipment serviceability report, supply and parts requisition status report, vehicle repair maintenance status report, class of supply status – Class I-IX)

b. UN Military Peacekeeping-Intelligence (MPKI) Section Performance Objectives.

- Ability to manage the UN Inf Bn MPKI Cycle to support tthe Battalion Commander’s decision-making process with peacekeeping-intelligence products.

- Ensure that UN Inf Bn information acquisition activities are conducted in support of

Sector Priority and other Information Requirements (IRs).

- Maintain an Information Acquisition Plan (IAP) that fully aligns with Sector

Headquarters IRs. This will be regularly updated.

- Understand how, in conjunction with the S3 cell, to determine and task acquisition assets to get relevant information.

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- Understand the requirements to produce timely, relevant, concise, and predictive peacekeeping-intelligence products to support the protection of UN personnel and civilians for operational activity down to section-level operations.

- Develop operational threat mitigation briefing for “most likely” and “most dangerous” threats/actors course of actionforl patrol commanders and staff planners.

- Identify relevant trends and threats.

- Understand how to conduct a full AOE and Actor Analysis for the entire Bn AOR in accordance with the UN MPKI Handbook.

- Understand requirements for subordinate units to complete a full AOE, and Actor

Evaluation whenever a new TOB is established.

- Understand how to work with the Military Gender and Protection Advisor to include gender and protection perspectives in all peacekeeping-intelligence products.

- Understand peacekeeping-intelligence reporting requirements and timelinessto higher and subordinate units.

- Ability to effectively track missions and troops throughout task execution while operating as part of a tactical operations center 24-hours a day in a peacekeeping environment.

c. UN Operations (Mobility and Maneuver) Staff Section (S3) Performance Objectives. (See the UN Infantry Battalion Manual, Annex H: UN Inf Bn Tasks, Conditions and Standards)

- Plan and Conduct Command and Control

- Plan a Reconnaissance (to include Drones)

- Plan Patrols

- Plan Casualty Evacuation

- Plan Convoy Escort/Tactical Moves

- Plan and Establish a Checkpoint (CP)

- Plan and Conduct a Cordon and Search

- Plan and Prepare a Base Defensive

- Plan on Establish an Observation Post (OP)

- Plan a Temporary Operating Base

- Plan a Relief in Place

- Provide Support to Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

- Plan Crowd Control and Reacting to Civil Disturbances

- Plan Reinforcement

- Plan the Execution of a Withdrawal/Evacuation

- Plan Extractions

- Plan Offensive Operations

- Assure Protection of Civilians

- Issue Fragmentary Orders

- Issue Operations Orders

- Plan Military operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT)

d. UN Engagement Platoon (EP) / Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC) Section (S9) Performance Objectives.

- Introduction to UN-CIMIC

- Principles and tasks of UN-CIMIC

- Structures and personnel

- Development of the UN concept of CIMIC

- UN-CIMIC in the mission environment

- Humanitarian coordination (UN-CMCOORD)

- UN-CIMIC officers’ role as staff officers

- Liaison, information sharing, planning and reporting

- Engagement planning and coordination

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- Conduct Engagement and reporting

- Effective coordination with Internal and external counterparts

- Analysis of the Operations Environment and develops an engagement plan

- CIMIC section and engagement platoon maintain Situational Awareness (SA) of the civilian situation in the AOR.

4. Conduct UN MDMP Training.

a. UN MDMP Performance Objectives

- Understand and practice the 5-step UN-MDMP.

- Understand and practice each staff section’s role and contribution to each step of the process.

- Identify products required at the end of each step.

- Understand and practice briefing requirements for each part of the process.

- Understand and practice an After-Action Review following each step of the process.

- Understand warning order, fragmentary orders, and operations orders.

- Understand techniques to develop and brief both leaders and subordinates on all types of orders, formal presentations, and back briefs.

- Demonstrate a complete development orders process from receipt of mission from higher headquarters to orders production.

5. Conduct training on UN Tactical Operations Center (TOC) Organization and Planning a

Command Post Exercise (CPX).

a. TOC Organization and planning a CPX Performance Objectives.

- Understand and execute a TOC battle rhythm as a collective battalion staff.

- Understand how TOC operations directly support the battalion’s mission and essential mandated tasks, including protecting civilians.

- Understand how TOC operations promote good order and discipline, including preventing SEA.

- Conduct collective staff processes to address and answer CCIR.

- Conduct collective staff processes to perform routine reporting “pulls” from subordinate units and “push” routine reporting to higher headquarters.

- Conduct collective staff processes to perform routine change over briefs and battle update briefs.

- Conduct TOC “battle drills” and other “crisis action” TOC action.

- Conduct collective staff processes and follow established SOPs on TOC information management and communications.

- Conduct collective staff processes to support current operations, future operations, and plans.

- Design a CPX scenario.

- Develop vignettes that reinforce skills included in the staff training and bolster to the unit’s comprehension of SOPs, UN mandate, ROE, and POC responsibilities.

6. Conduct training on the UN Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion Tactical Tasks

a. UN Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion Tactical Tasks Performance Objectives. (See the UN Infantry Battalion Manual, Annex H: UN Inf Bn Tasks, Conditions and Standards)

- Conduct a Patrol (Mounted and Dismounted)

- Conduct a Reconnaissance with Drones

- Treat and Evacuate Casualties

- Conduct Convoy Escort/Tactical Moves

- Establish and Operate a Checkpoint (CP)

- Conduct a Cordon and Search

- Conduct a Base Defense Operations

- Establish and Conduct an Observation Post (OP)

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- Conduct an Offensive Operation

- Conduct Military operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT)

- Conduct Live Fire Rifle Marksmanship Training (day and night)

- **Conduct Crowd Control and React to Civil Disturbances

- **Perform Squad/ Platoon Battle Drills Note: Tasks with the ** receive special dedicated emphasis.

4.3.3. ANT trainer cadre members shall be designated as primary and alternate instructors for each of the classes in Task D. Multi-Dimensional Security Battalion (MDSB) Training Cadre Mentorship and shall be provided lesson plans for all classes they are designated to instruct.

4.3.4. The Contractor shall provide the GPOI Program Office the final assessment of the partner trainers using the format in provided by the COR and Program Office no later than five (5) business days after the conclusion of the task.

4.3.5. Contractor shall provide the COR, CO, Program Office with Training Activity Report (TAR) and final Trainee/Trainer roster for this task within 45 days of course completion. Trainee satisfactory completion is measured by attendance in a minimum of 80% of the course modules The TAR shall include the rating (T, P, or R) for trainee proficiency, and Contractor shall use Block 26 narrative section of the TAR for a more though analysis and report of trainee proficiency.

4.3.6. The Contractor shall require the Team Lead to be present for all performance under this task.

4.3.7. The Contractor shall conduct a minimum of eighty (80) hours of planning prior to the start of this task. The Contractor shall maintain an accurate registry of planning hours used and include a summary of those activities, including personnel invoicing against them to perform on the task, as appropriate, in their weekly report. Upon request, the Contractor shall provide the COR with additional evidence and documentation of planning hours performed prior to accepting any corresponding invoices.

4.3.8. Required Personnel. Conduct training with:

4.3.8.1. For Week 1 EMI and Week 2 General Subjects, conduct training with a minimum of three (3) trainers.

4.3.8.1.1. At least one (1) trainer shall be a Senior Technical Trainer with the skills and experience necessary to achieve the task’s performance objectives.

4.3.8.1.2. Additional trainers shall have the skills and experience necessary to achieve the task’s performance objectives.

4.3.8.2. For Weeks 3 through 6 Staff Section, MDMP, & TOC OPS/CPX; conduct training with a minimum of four (4) trainers.

4.3.8.2.1. At least one (1) trainer shall be a Senior Technical Trainer – Logistics.

4.3.8.2.2. At least one (1) trainer shall be a Senior Technical Trainer – MPKI.

4.3.8.2.3. At least one (1) trainer shall be a Senior Technical Trainer – Operations.

4.3.8.2.4. At least one (1) trainer shall be a Senior Technical Trainer – EP/CIMIC.

4.3.8.3. For Weeks 2 through 6, Infantry Battalion Tactical Mission Tasks, conduct training with a minimum of six (6) trainers.

4.3.8.3.1. At least three (3) trainers shall be a Senior Technical Trainer- Unit Tactics.

4.3.8.3.2. At least three (3) trainers shall be a Technical Trainer- Unit Tactics

4.3.8.3.3. Additional trainers shall have the skills and experience necessary to achieve the task’s performance objectives.

4.4. Task D. Multi-Dimensional Security Battalion (MDSB) Training Cadre Mentorship.

4.4.1. The Contractor shall mentor, advise, and assist ANT trainers as they plan, design, and conduct forty-five (45) days of training for an ANT MDSB (consisting of approximately 850 officers, (17)

NCOs, and soldiers preparing for a possible peacekeeping mission) and mentor and assist the ANT trainers as they conduct the training.

4.4.2. The anticipated 9-week training sequence is listed below but may vary at the discretion of the GPOI training team and ANT trainer cadre to promote training efficiencies.

4.4.3. Contractor shall provide all…