Draft PWS Austere Drivers Training ko v1.pdf

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment

Austere Driver’s Training

Part 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide Austere Driver’s Training on non-standard tactical vehicles and facility use. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1. Description of Services/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform austere driver’s training in a deployment-like terrain, as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), except for those items specified as Government Furnished Property and Services.

The Contractor shall perform in accordance with (IAW) the terms and conditions of the contract.

1.2. Background: The 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment requires annual mission-specific driver training to prepare for combat operations. This training is to increase survivability and lethality on the battlefield. This training will enhance operational readiness and reduce vehicle and personnel downtime during tactical missions.

1.3. Scope: The Contractor shall provide: A comprehensive, 5-day 4x4 mobility training program.

Instruction on non-standard tactical vehicles, including manual transmissions and vehicle platforms encountered in third-world or austere environments.

1.4. Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for a one (1) Base Year period of 12 months plus 4 option years.

Base Year: Projected 01 May 2025 – 30 April 2026 Option Years: Four (4) years

1.5. Objectives: The objective of this contract is to provide students with a readily available austere driver’s training course. Specifically, in terrain that most resembles their Area of Responsibility (AOR) in non-standard tactical vehicles with manual transmissions. The training must include operations, maintenance, and recovery of vehicles.

1.6. General Information

1.6.1. Quality Control: Quality Control is the responsibility of the Contractor. The Contractor is responsible for the delivery of quality services/supplies to the Government (see FAR 52.246-1 Contractor Inspection Requirements).

1.6.1.1 Quality Control Program: The Government is committed to a highly interactive relationship between quality control by the Contractor and quality assurance by the government recipient of services.

This relationship shall be achieved through an effective Prevention Based Quality Control Program dedicated to ensuring the best possible products and services to end users. The Contractor shall provide their final written Quality Control Plan (QCP) within five (5) days of any proposed changed to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and Contracting Officer (KO).

1.6.1.2. The Contractor’s quality program shall demonstrate its prevention-based outlook by meeting the objectives stated in the PWS throughout all areas of performance. The QCP shall be developed to specify the Contractor’s responsibility for management and quality control actions to meet the terms of the contract. The QCP as a minimum shall address continuous process improvement;

procedures for scheduling, conducting and documentation of inspection; discrepancy identification and correction; corrective action procedures to include procedures for addressing Government discovered non-conformances; procedures for root cause analysis to identify the root cause and root cause corrective action to prevent re-occurrence of discrepancies; procedures for trend analysis; procedures for collecting and addressing customer feedback/complaints.

1.6.1.3. The Contractor’s QCP shall be incorporated into and become part of this contract after the plan has been accepted by the KO. Proposed changes made after KO acceptance shall be submitted in writing through the COR to the KO for review and acceptance prior to implementing any revision. The Contractor’s QCP shall be maintained throughout the life of the contract and shall include the Contractor’s procedures to routinely evaluate the effectiveness of the plan to ensure the Contractor is meeting the performance standards and requirements of the contract.

1.7.1. Quality Assurance: The COR will evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). This plan is primarily focused on what the COR must do to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s). When an observation indicates defective performance, the COR will require the Contractor or designated on-site representative to initial the observation to acknowledge the defective performance. The acknowledgement of the observation does not necessarily constitute Contractor concurrence with the observation, only that the Contractor has been made aware of the defective performance.

1.7.1.1. Contractor Discrepancy Report (CDR): When the Contractor's performance is unsatisfactory, a CDR will be issued. The Contractor shall reply in writing within five (5) workdays from the date of receipt of the CDR, giving the reasons for the unsatisfactory performance, corrective action taken, and procedures to preclude recurrence.

1.7.2. Recognized Federal Holidays: The Contractor is normally not required to perform services on recognized federal holidays. However, that requirement is subject to mission execution requirements.

The recognized federal holidays include, and any other federal recognized holiday as deemed by the President:

New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day Washington’s Day Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day Juneteenth Christmas Day Independence Day

1.7.2.1. When a holiday occurs on a Saturday, Federal employees are normally granted the previous Friday as the holiday observance. When a holiday occurs on a Sunday, Federal employees are normally granted the following Monday as the holiday. The contractor shall work on the days the Government is scheduled to work.

1.7.3. Place of Performance: Contractor shall provide the work to be performed under this in regions with deserts, arid plains, mountainous terrain, and natural water features. The training areas must resemble the US Central Command (CENTCOM) AOR.

1.7.4. Security Requirements: Contractor personnel shall comply with all applicable security and safety regulations, guidance, and procedures, including local, referenced in this PWS and in effect at the work sites. All personnel must meet requirements IAW DODD 8570.

1.7.5. Physical Security: The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for Contractor use.

1.7.6. Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The COR will be identified by separate letter of appointment. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration. The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: Assures that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract; performs inspections necessary in connection with contract performance; maintains written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract; specifications; monitors Contractor's performance and notifies both the KO and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinates availability of government furnished property, and provides site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially regarding changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting contract.

1.8. General: Special Qualifications for all Contractor’s Personnel

1.8.1. Contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language to effectively carry out all contract requirements. They shall have a command of both the written and spoken English language to properly clearly, and effectively communicate in person or via email.

1.8.2. Contractor personnel performing work under this contract must have a minimum of 5 years of vehicle instruction experience. Experience can be a combination of former military driver’s training on non-standard vehicles, deployment experience driving in austere terrain, specifically, US Special Operations Forces, driving both civilian and tactical off-road vehicles. The Contractor shall be able to provide instruction on off-road vehicles outlined in Part 4, Contractor Furnished Property, Equipment, and Services. Supporting documentation, e.g. certificates, diplomas, etc., supporting the Contractor personnel's qualifications and experience shall be provided to the Government upon request. The Contractor personnel shall fluently read, write, speak, and understand English.

1.9. Organizational Conflict of Interest: The provisions of FAR Subpart 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, concerning organizational conflicts of interest govern this contract. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the Government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER (KO). A person with authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts, and to make related determinations and findings on behalf of the Government. Note:

The only individual who can legally bind the Government.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor, as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4. CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL. Contractor and subcontractor employees performing working under this contract.

2.1.5. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

2.1.6. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-physical things, such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.7. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP) OR GOVERNMENT PROPERTY (GP).

Property in the possession of or directly acquired by the Government and subsequently made available to the Contractor.

2.1.8. KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor employees who are critical for achieving PWS objectives. Key personnel shall meet position qualification and experience requirements indicated in the PWS. When key personnel qualifications are used as an evaluation factor in “Best Value” procurement, the Contracting Officer is the only one authorized to concur with key personnel replacement after award of the contract.

When proposed key personnel resumes are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, a letter of commitment may be required from the individual whose resume is provided.

2.1.9. LOCAL TRAVEL: Any travel that is required to perform services IAW the PWS that is within a 50-mile radius of the place of performance.

2.1.10. PERFORMANCE PREQUIREMENT SUMMARY (PRS). A listing of the service outputs under the contract that are to be evaluated by the COR on a regular basis, the surveillance methods to be used for these outputs, and the performance requirement of the listed outputs.

2.1.11. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of government property.

2.1.12. QUALITY ASSURANCE. A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide confidence that adequate technical requirements are established; products and services conform to established technical requirements; and satisfactory performance is achieved. For the purposes of this document, quality assurance refers to actions by the Government.

2.1.13. QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLAND PLAN (QASP). The Government’s organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of Contractor performance.

2.1.14. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.15. SUBCONTRACT. Any contract as defined in Subpart 2.1 entered into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies, or services for performance of a prime contract or a subcontract. It includes but is not limited to purchase orders, changed and modifications to purchase orders.

2.1.16. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime Contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.17. WORKDAY. The length of time during a day in which the Contractor provides services, in accordance with the contract. Also referred to as Business Day.

2.1.18. WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday, unless otherwise specified.

2.1.19 NON-STANDARD TACTICAL VEHICLE (NSTV or NTV): a civilian vehicle used by military personnel with modifications that support military use

2.2. ACRONYMS:

AOR Area of Responsibility

AR Army Regulation

CENTCOM US Central Command

CDR Contractor Discrepancy Report

COR Contracting Officer Representative

DODD Department of Defense Directive

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

GFP Government-Furnished Property

GP Government Property

KO Contracting Officer

NSTV/NTV Non-Standard Tactical Vehicle

OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

PRS Performance Requirements Summary

PWS Performance Work Statement

ROPS Roll-Over Protection System

QA Quality Assurance

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QC Quality Control

QCP Quality Control Plan

SUVs Sport Utility Vehicles

TC Training Circular

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

3.1. Services: The Government will not be providing services to the Contractor.

3.2. Facilities: The Government will not provide any facilities.

3.3. Utilities: N/A

3.4. Equipment: The Government will provide all students night vision optics, personal protective equipment (PPE), and associated gear required for driver’s training.

3.5. Materials: N/A

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1. General: The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform services as described in the PWS and associated contract documents, except for those items specified in Part 3, Government Furnished Property, Equipment, and Services.

4.2. Facility/Training Site: The Contractor shall provide a heated and sheltered meeting areas for debriefs and instruction. The Contractor’s emergency evacuation must be available within 30 minutes of injury to a student. Students must be able to be evacuated to a level 1 trauma center for life, limb, or eyesight.

Transportation can be by ground vehicle or life flight. The Contractor shall provide a training site that is owned or leased throughout the duration of this contract. Training site(s) shall not be open to non-military personnel for the duration of the training.

4.3. Materials. The Contractor shall provide all recovery gear to include, but not limited to, winches, kinetic ropes, and sand ladders to conduct the Austere Driving training. The Contractor shall provide each student printed course material, including manuals for non-standard vehicles. Access to vehicles, scale models, and terrain maps for practice. Standard operating procedure handouts for distribution to students’ formations to spread the knowledge learned at the course.

4.4. Equipment: The Contractor shall provide all necessary vehicles to complete austere driver’s training.

No rental vehicles will be allowed for use during training. The vehicles shall be Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Hilux’s and similar pick-up trucks; Toyota Land Cruisers, Land Rovers and similar Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs). The Contractor’s vehicles shall be properly or fully insured off road vehicles that are safe and are in operational condition or maintained. At a minimum, Roll-Over Protection System (ROPS), 4-point safety restraints and fire extinguishers. Specifically, the non-standard tactical vehicles must include manual transmissions with various gear ratios (4-speed to 6-speed) as well as right-hand and left-hand drive configuration. Diesel-powered vehicles, including turbocharged and intercooled engines.

The Contractor’s vehicles shall be about to mount heavy 4 machine guns including, but not limited to, MK19s, .50 caliber machine guns, and 240B, 240L, etc. The Contractor shall not use any Government-owned tools, materials, or parts to maintain Contractor vehicles and equipment without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer. The COR may inspect the Contractor’s vehicles and equipment at any time.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. SPECIFIC TASKS:

5.1 Basic Services. The Contractor shall provide services for Austere Driver’s training to deliver specialized 5-days of 4x4 driver training, including training on non-standard tactical vehicles with manual transmissions, vehicle recovery, and field maintenance. The Contractor shall provide training in mountainous, desert, and arid flatland terrain as well as custom-built and natural terrain for vehicle training. The training will enhance operational readiness and reduce vehicle and personnel downtime during tactical missions. The Contractor shall provide instruction on manual transmission vehicles, including operation in high-stress, off-road, and convoy scenarios. The Contractor shall provide proficiency in vehicle recovery, mechanical troubleshooting, and tactical vehicle night operations.

5.2. Tasks: Tasks consist of the following with a ratio of 1 vehicle to 2 students for the duration of the training:

• Driving techniques for heavy loads, unequal load distributions, and various chassis sizes.

• Field maintenance and repair of non-standard vehicles, including drivetrain, transmission, and suspension systems.

• Vehicle recovery techniques including but not limited to, winching, kinetic rope recovery, towing and Hi- Lift jack methods.

• Vehicle operations on unfamiliar unimproved roads emphasizing transitions between road surfaces to cover vehicle operations on unfamiliar unimproved roads emphasizing transitions between road surfaces to cover.

5.2.1. The Contractor shall provide the following:

• Training syllabus detailing the course outline and schedule of events based on tasks specific to the instructed and administrative events.

• Maintenance involved in the course to include fluid replacement i.e. gas, oil, etc. and any repairs that may need to be done before, during, and upon completion of the course.

• Listing of all vehicles to include high center of gravity 4 x 4 Pick-up trucks and SUVs that will be used in the training.

• Maintenance logs demonstrating routine maintenance and repair of vehicles by a mechanic that is up to date and can be shown upon request.

• A terrain and obstacle analysis (to include logs, rocks, water, mud, and sand).

• A field level vehicle diagnostics and repair for most probable failures that can be fixed with an expeditious in- field solution.

5.2.2. The Contractor shall provide a heated and sheltered meeting areas for debriefs and instruction.

The Contractor shall provide a detailed brief at the start of each day that covers daily objectives, re-enforces safety guidelines, lessons learned, and critiques from previous day.

5.2.3 The Contractor’s Emergency Evacuation Plan shall outline procedures to include details of hospital access within in under 30 minutes of their facility. The availability within 30 minutes of injury to a student. The capability to evacuate a student to a level 1 trauma center for life, limb, or eyesight, the facility capabilities, primary and alternate transportation plans. Phone numbers and locations of local medical facilities and named point of contacts for on-call treatment.

5.2.4. The Contractor shall provide a certification to each student that successfully complete of the 5-days of 4x4 driving training course. The Contractor shall immediately report student failures to the senior ranking individual in the class.

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

6. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS AND REGULATIONS (CURRENT EDITIONS): The Contractor shall abide by all applicable regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures.

AR 600-55- The Army Driver and Operator Standardization Program (Selection, Training, Testing, and Licensing) TC 21-305 Manual for the Wheeled Vehicle Driver TC 21-305-2 Training Program For Night Vision Device Driving Operations

PART 7

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT LISTING

7. TECHNICAL EXHIBIT LIST:

7.1 Technical Exhibit:

Technical Exhibit 1 Performance Requirement Summary

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT SUMMARY (PRS)

The Contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance standard briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for this requirement. This standard is critical to mission success.

Performance Objective Performance Standard

Performance Threshold Method Of Surveillance

PRS # 1

The Contractor shall provide instruction for specialized Austere Drivers of 4x4 driver training for 5-days to include non-standard tactical vehicles with manual transmissions, vehicle recovery, and field maintenance.

As detailed in the PWS paragraph 5.1.

and 5.2.

100% On-time performance.

No more than one customer complaint per report.

Random sampling of students in the course.

PRS # 2

The Contractor shall provide instruction for driving techniques for heavy loads, unequal load distributions.

As detailed in the PWS paragraph 5.2.

100% On-time performance. 100% Inspection of all loads and techniques.

PRS # 3

The Contractor shall provide instruction on manual transmission vehicles, including operation in high-stress, off-road, and convoy scenarios.

As detailed in the PWS paragraph 5.2.1.

No more than one customer complaint per report.

Random sampling of students in the course.

PRS # 4

The Contractor shall provide instruction for field level vehicle diagnostics and repair.

As detailed in the PWS paragraph 5.2.1.

No more than one customer complaint per report.

Random sampling of students in the course.