DMAFB-RQSC Boat PWS.pdf

Performance Work Statement For Combat Leaders Course Water Vessel Support and Transportation Services

1.0. Description of Services. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, parts, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, personnel, management, and supervision necessary to support open-water Pararescue support services in support of the Davis-Monthan AFB Rescue Squadron Community

(DMAFB-RQSC).

1.1 Scope. The contractor shall provide the use of civilian water vessels capable of supporting Pararescue support services in support of the DMAFB-RQSC and Guardian Angel training scenarios.

The contractor shall provide crew and support staff in order to meet all training requirements and to support all logistical requirements during extended training scenarios.

1.2. Specific Instructions. CLC water training shall occur at approved locations within 150 nautical miles of Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) or San Clemente Island (SCI), CA. The government will provide the contractor with the approved training locations NLT 60 days prior to phase start date.

The contractor will load personnel and equipment at a government approved pier located at NASNI or surrounding San Diego area. The government will provide planned loading instructions NLT 30 days prior to phase start.

1.3. Water Full Mission Profiles. The contractor will provide one (1) crew boat with an attached crane to support training scenarios over two (2) days in the vicinity of Beiringer Drop Zone, San Diego, CA.

The vessel and crew shall be made available for 10 hours each day starting and ending at a government selected pier. Minimum water vessel requirements are defined in 3.5. The crew boat shall be operated by contractor approved crew. Minimum crew requirements are defined in 3.5.1.

1.3.1. The crew boat will be prepared to serve as a large vessel for a Mass Casualty (MASCAL) event. It must be able to have up to 50 personnel on board to perform medical triage during training events. It must be able to pick up combat rubber raiding crafts and aerial delivery platforms from the ocean with a crane and secure items on deck to return to base. The crew boat must be prepared to allow military or government-contracted rotary wing recovery operations utilizing a hoist system from the deck of the boat.

1.3.2. The contractor will not be required to provide food and lodging for military personnel during this phase. The boat will be equipped with a latrine and sanitary items for personnel during this phase. The crew boat will also have hard floatation made readily available for all personnel throughout the duration of the phase.

1.4. CLC Maritime Warfare SCI. The contractor will provide one (1) crew boat with an attached crane to support open-water rescue scenarios over two (2) continuous days in the vicinity of SCI. The vessel and crew shall be made available for 48 continuous hours starting and ending at a government approved pier on San Clemente Island or other approved location within 150 nautical miles of SCI.

1.4.1. The crew boat may be required to load equipment aboard the vessel at NASNI prior to departure to SCI. Minimum water vessel requirements are defined in 3.5. The crew boat shall be operated by contractor approved crew. Minimum crew requirements are defined in 3.5.1.

1.4.2. The crew boat will be operating multiple training scenarios during this phase that work late into the evening or throughout the night. This would include moving in and around from SCI within a 70 NM radius of the island. The crew boat must be prepared to support up to 12 military personnel for a maximum of 48 hours during the training scenario with food, water, beds, latrines, and other logistical items.

1.5. CLC Extended Isolated Personnel (IP) Recovery. The contractor shall provide a minimum of one

(1) crew boat with an attached crane to operate an extended personnel recovery operation over two (2) continuous days within a 150NM radius of SCI. The government may request two (2) crew boats to support larger class requirements. The government shall order the amount of vessels required NLT 60 days prior to phase start. The vessel(s) and crew shall be made available for a minimum of 56 continuous hours starting and ending at an approved pier on San Clemente Island or other government approved location. The crew boat(s) will load equipment aboard the vessel at a government approved pier on NASNI prior to departure to SCI if requested by the government. Minimum water vessel requirements are defined in 3.5. The crew boat shall be operated by contractor approved crew. Minimum crew requirements are defined in 3.5.1.

1.5.1. The crew boat will arrive at SCI with loaded equipment and/or personnel and offload any items needed onto a government approved pier. The crew boat will load additional personnel and equipment onto the crew boat and receive a briefing from a government instructor. The crew boat will then depart for an approved training location and/or drop zone within 150 nautical miles of SCI. Students may perform a parachute jump in and around the vicinity of the crew boat and drop zone or be helo-casted onto the crew boat. The crew boat will recover students and all equipment and begin extended IP recovery scenario. Students will perform medical training scenarios for up to 48 hours. The crew boat must be prepared to support up to 16 military personnel for a maximum of 56 hours during the training scenario with food, water, beds, latrines, and other logistical items.

1.5.2. The contractor will make all necessary coordination with all appropriate agencies to ensure they are informed of military training scenarios and acquire any required permits for training scenarios and locations during the entire training phase (i.e., US Coast Guard). The COR will assist in any government required memorandums for approval.

1.6. Maritime Transportation. The contractor shall transport personnel, vehicles, and equipment from government approved pier on Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) or another government pre-approved loading location to San Clemente Island (SCI) via barge. Scheduled departure is provided by the government to the contractor 30 days prior to departure. The government may adjust schedule due to weather conditions/restrictions on an as needed basis. Minimum barge requirements are defined in 3.6.

1.7. Crew Boat Minimum Requirements. The vessel should be a minimum of a 100-foot quad screw crew boat and support a minimum 40 tons and/or 100 personnel and crew. The vessel should also have a minimum of a 5-ton crane able to lift items from the ocean and place it onto its deck. The vessel must come with a captain and minimal crew required, and must be able to operate 150-miles from the San Clemente shoreline overnight and sleep 12 personnel. The contractor should have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience supporting Guardian Angel Pararescue training operations and training such as dive recovery, rescue operations, and casualty rotary wing extraction. No waivers or exceptions will exist for minimum experience requirements.

1.7.1. Crew Boat Crew. The crew boat captain must have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience supporting Guardian Angel Pararescue training operations and must be able to operate minimum vessel requirements during day and night operations. Additional crew members will be selected by the contractor/captain in order to meet all required recovery and support operations during training scenarios.

Crew members must be physically capable to lift and carry 100 pounds for up to 50 feet.

1.7.1.1. The vessels, as well as the boat personnel, are required to retrieve personnel, combat rubber raiding crafts, and airdrop equipment safely from the DZ or training location. Government personnel will be passengers on the contractor provided vessels. Floatation devices for support personnel shall be provided by the contractor. Vessel must be staged within 20NM from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, CA and able to stage forward at San Clemente Island, CA.

1.7.2. Barge Minimum Requirements. The vessel should be a minimum of 185-foot by 50-foot and must have a minimum of 14-foot-wide ramp to handle oversized loads and must extend at least 38-feet to offload vehicles and equipment. The contractor must have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience delivering equipment to San Clemente Island. The contractor must have the ability to utilize Roll-On Roll-Off option if requested by the Government. The contractor must be approved by the Department of Defense to deliver items to SCI or other military only locations. The contractor is responsible for all permits and any other required items to deliver military equipment. The contractor must be insured for all items being delivered.

SECTION 2

SERVICES SUMMARY

SERVICE SUMMARY (SS) NARRATIVE. This SS identifies critical success factors for the contract.

The SS items are listed in Table 2.

2.1. Purpose. The SS lists performance objectives for the required services the Government will surveil. The absence of any contract requirement from the SS shall not detract from its enforceability nor limit the rights or remedies of the Government under any other provision of the contract, including the clauses entitled “Inspection of Services” and “Default.”

2.2. Components. The SS states the performance objective (required service), and threshold (performance standard, accept and reject points (if applicable) in either a qualitative or quantitative fashion) for each critical success factor.

2.3. Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). The SS will be used as the baseline to develop a Government QASP. The QASP will identify the audit methods and procedures the Government will use to evaluate the Contractor's performance.

2.4. Right to Surveil. The Government reserves the right to surveil all services and requirements called for in this PWS to determine whether the Contractor is meeting performance objectives and goals.

2.5. Major Non-Conformance.

2.5.1. A non-conformance that adversely impacts (or has the potential to) mission, safety of personnel and/or equipment, environment, performance (quality), schedule (delivery), and/or cost. The CO will communicate major non-conformances to the Contractor using a Corrective Action Request (CAR) form with a suspense date for the Contractor’s corrective action plan.

2.5.1.1 As a minimum, the Contractor’s action plan will address:

(1) Action taken to fix the problem (correction)

(2) Root cause analysis of the problem

(3) Corrective action on the cause of the problem

(4) Actions taken to prevent recurrence to include the follow-up plan (how and when)

(5) Action(s) required by the Contractor’s Quality Plan

(6) All supporting evidence to support actions taken such as updated manuals, instructions, procedures, etc. Embed supporting evidence in this section to maintain a single point document unless size is restrictive of security policies prevent embedding. In these cases, provide location of the documents.

2.6. Minor Non-Conformance.

2.6.2. A minor non-conformance is a non-conformance, which by itself does not adversely impact mission, safety of personnel and/or equipment, performance (quality), schedule (delivery), or cost. Minor non-conformances are communicated through Notices; First Notices are issued for any identified minor nonconformance, Second Notices are issued for repeat minor non-conformances or failing to correct minor non-conformances within a reasonable amount of time. A formal corrective action plan is not required for Notices.

Table 2 – Services Summary

Performance Objective

PWS

Paragraph Performance Threshold

(1) Contractor maintains qualified workforce

a. Performance is acceptable when the Contractor maintains sufficient qualified personnel to meet mission requirements during the surveillance period.

b. A defect occurs whenever a training Phase must be rescheduled due to non-availability of qualified Contractor instructor or other required support personnel.

(2) Contractor provides suitable and reliable crew/tug boats and barge for required training and support phases

a. Performance is acceptable when vessel availability permits accomplishment of 90% of scheduled learning objectives.

a. Crew boat meets PWS specifications and allows for 100% execution of training Phase requirements

(3) Contractor provides accurate and timely plans and deliverables

a. Performance is acceptable when all deliverables required by the PWS are delivered on time.

b. Deliverables are accurate as determined by the Government and all discrepancies are resolved prior to Training Phase start

(4) Contractor provides suitable and reliable barge for personnel and equipment transportation.

a. Performance is acceptable when all deliverables required by the PWS are delivered on time.

2.7. Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement (MA&I)

2.7.1. Quality Assurance. According to the Inspection of Services clauses, the Government will evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract. The Government will use compliance and management audits to verify and validate Contractor performance to the PWS. The primary compliance audit surveillance tool is the COR audit. The Government may decrease or increase the scope and frequency of contract performance evaluations based on the Contractor’s past performance, risk assessment, and level of confidence provided by contract performance.

2.8. General Information. The cost of the contractor's per diem shall be included in the firm fixed price. The cost of crew boat movement to and from the staging location will be included in the fixed firm price. The aforementioned locations above are the staging locations. Operations will begin and end at these staging locations each day or will stay out on open seas during the culmination exercise. The contractor will submit a fuel usage sheet to the COR via electronic means at the end of each training phase.

2.9. Contractor Employee Restrictions. The contractor shall not employ persons for work on this contract if such employee is identified to the contractor by the Contracting Officer as a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being or operational mission of the installation and its population.

2.9.1. Conflict of Interest. The contractor shall not employ any individual who is an employee of the United States Government if the employment of that individual would create a conflict of interest, nor shall the contractor employ any person who is an employee of the Department of the Air Force, either military or civilian, unless such person seeks and receives approval of the employment in accordance with DODD 5500-7, Standards of Conduct. In addition, the contractor shall not employ any person who is an employee of the Department of the Air Force if such employment would be contrary to the policies contained in AFI 64-106, Air Force Industrial Labor Relations Activities.

2.9.2. Military Personnel. The contractor is cautioned that off-duty active military personnel hired under this contract may be subject to permanent change of station (PCS), change in duty hours, or deployment. Military reservists and National Guard members may be subject to recall to active duty.

The abrupt absence of these personnel could adversely affect the contractor’s ability to perform. Their absence at any time shall not constitute an excuse for non-performance under this contract.

2.10. Reporting Requirements. Contractor personnel shall immediately report to an appropriate Government authority any information or circumstances of which they are aware may pose a threat to the security of Department of Defense personnel, contractor personnel, resources, and classified or unclassified defense information.

SECTION 3

GOVERNMENT/CONTRACTOR-PROVIDED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP) AND SERVICES.

3.1. General. This section of the PWS details what the Government shall provide to the Contractor to accomplish the requirements of this PWS and the Contractor furnished equipment required to perform under this PWS. The Contractor shall provide any other facilities, equipment, or services that the Contractor determines necessary to accomplish this contract effort. The Government will provide facilities and equipment IAW this section.

3.2. Government Furnished Property (GFP). There is no GFP provided under the contract. If GFP is provided in the future, GFP shall be managed IAW FAR Part 45 and Part 52-245-1.

3.3. Government-Furnished Facilities (GFF). The government shall make available any government operated pier on NASNI, SCI or other surrounding military-controlled loading docks to load and/or unload government personnel and/or equipment. Coordination and any cost associated with these docks will be paid for by the government on a separate basis if required. Civilian controlled piers and docks will be coordinated and paid for by the contractor.

3.4. Government-Furnished Equipment. The government is responsible for supplying students and role players with all the required equipment and uniforms required for the scenario. Personal floatation devices shall be made available by the contractor when government personnel are aboard their vessels.

3.5. Crew Boat Minimum Requirements. The vessel should be a minimum of a 100-foot quad screw crew boat and be able to carry a minimum 40 tons and/or 100 personnel and crew. The vessel should also have a minimum of a 5-ton crane able to lift items from the ocean and place it onto its deck. The vessel shall come with captain and minimal crew required and must be able to operate 150-miles from the San Clemente shoreline overnight and sleep 12 personnel. The contractor should have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience supporting Department of Defense Maritime training operations and training exercises, such as dive recovery, rescue operations, and casualty rotary wing extraction. No waivers or exceptions will exist for minimum experience requirements.

3.5.1. Crew Boat Crew. The crew boat captain must have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience supporting Guardian Angel Pararescue training operations and must be able to operate minimum vessel requirements during day and night operations. Additional crew members will be selected by the contractor/captain in order to meet all required recovery and support operations during training scenarios. Crew members must be physically capable to lift and carry 100 pounds for up to 50 feet.

3.5.2. The vessels, as well as the boat personnel, are required to retrieve personnel, combat rubber raiding crafts, and airdrop equipment safely from the DZ or training location. Government personnel will be passengers on the Contractor provided vessels. Floatation devices for support personnel shall be provided by the contractor. Vessel must be staged within 20NM from Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, CA and able to stage forward at San Clemente Island, CA.

3.6. Barge Minimum Requirements. The vessel should be a minimum of 185-foot by 50-foot and must have a minimum of 14-foot-wide ramp to handle oversized loads and must extend at least 38-feet to offload vehicles and equipment. The contractor must have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience delivering equipment to San Clemente Island. The contractor must have the ability to utilize Roll-On Roll-Off option if requested by the government. The contractor must be approved by the DoD to deliver items to SCI or other military only locations. The contractor is responsible for all permits and any other required items to deliver military equipment. The contractor must be insured for all items being delivered.