EOD SOW.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

EOD FIRST RESPONDER MEDICAL SUITE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTECHD) has a requirement to provide Tactical First Responder Medical Training to military personnel in various scenarios to include battlefield, remote care, prolonged transport or unique rescue when environmental conditions exist. Medical training will encompass the treatment of the trauma casualty/patient with particular emphasis on penetrating, blunt, and blast trauma in conjunction with environmental and situational concerns. Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course (TCCC) training simulates a hostile environment where students must perform frontline first aid procedures of medical care, the different phases of medical care, and triage as they relate to medical care on the battlefield after neutralizing the enemy threat.

1.1 SCOPE

EOD FR Medical Suite is required to equip, train, and certify EOD platoons in advance combat lifesaving skills and techniques used in remote hostile environments without immediate medical evacuation support. Contractor will provide EOD First Responder Medical Suite consist of 20 Each, Item 80-0135 Kit Operator Storm / IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit) Coyote Tan; 40 Each, Item 30-0001 Tourniquet Combat Application Black; 20 Each, Item 30-0185 Holder Tourniquet Elastic Coyote Tan; 40 Each, 30-0039 Z-Fold Vacuum Packed Quickclot Combat Gauze.

Supplies will be issued to students for deployment and use during the CETT 23-001 Training and certification to be conducted at EXU-1 Command Headquaters Indian Head Maryland location.

The Contractor shall provide course curriculum and instruction for a three (3) consecutive day TFR medical training session for 10 students. Training materials designed to train students that have no previous medical training. Students will bring their individual field or tactical gear, and personal medical kit provided from contractor for implementation into exercise scenarios.

Training shall include both classroom and practical training exercises in a realistic field environment. This course of instruction shall cover all the requisite material from the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course (TCCC) of Instruction as mandated by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Unites States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) with practical stations implemented to reinforce the respective topics covered. Care Under Fire, Tactical Field Care (TFC), and Tactical Casualty Evacuation (TACEVAC), detailed operation of all items in the Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK), the application of tourniquets, bandaging and splinting, the proper placement and use of naso-pharyngeal airways, and “Downman/ Wounded-man carry techniques. Practical hands-on training conducted in day and low light scenarios in a field environment. This practical training is comprised of simulated injuries and simulated blood which are applied to human and live patient models.

The Contractor provided practical training areas must be located within an 80 miles radius of Indian Head, Maryland.

The Contractor is required to provide all necessary equipment, materials, and training site to support this course of instruction. The Government will provide all necessary transportation for the students to and from training locations.

2.0 REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide classroom instruction at the noted location in 4.0 and followed by a combination of hands-on technical practical exercises and full mission profile scenarios that both inform the students and afford them an opportunity to practice techniques at a location the contractor will provide with an 80-mile radius of Indian Head, MD.

The training curriculum designed to support three consecutive days of instruction with a minimum of 8 hours and maximum of 10 hours of instruction per training day for 10 students.

The Contractor must provide both classroom and practical training that provides a focus in the following areas:

1) In-classroom medical training

2) Training exercise using human patient models

3) Practical procedures and skills laboratory utilizing the “Live Patient Model”

2.1 IN CLASSROOM MEDICAL TRAINING

Instruction should be applicable to a multitude of environments from desert, to urban, to the cold weather encountered at high altitude and everywhere in between ensuring that the student is trained for all environments.

The Contractor shall provide course instruction to address the following:

History of Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course (TCCC) Ballistics Three phases of TCCC: Care Under Fire, Tactical Field Care (TFC), Casualty

Evacuation (CASEVAC) with strict emphasis of the protocols to be followed in each of the three phases

Application of tourniquets with practical Wound packing and bandaging with practical Proper placement and usage of naso-pharyngeal airways with practical Review of advanced airway management techniques and procedures Down-man/wounded-man carry techniques Hemostatic agents with demonstrations Assessment and management of thoracic injuries to include needle thoracostomy Performance of secondary trauma assessment Assessment and management of shock with crystalloid/colloid fluids and transfusions of blood products

Administration of drugs to include the indications and contra-indications for pain management and war wound therapy

Assessment of fractures and principles of splinting with practical Rapid casualty extraction, impaled objects and ocular injuries Assessment, management and prevention of hypothermia Management of hostile combatant casualties Usage of field medical treatment or casualty evacuation cards Principles of Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) to include; general considerations, platforms, medical regulating decision process and 9-line CASEVAC request

Management of multiple casualties and tactical Casualty Collection Points (CCP) Pre-mission CASEVAC planning Review of USSCOCOM TCCC Transition Initiative and relevant industry medical products Prevention, assessment and management of heat casualties Prevention, assessment and management of cold casualties Prevention, assessment and management of altitude disorders

As part of the curriculum, students will be given the opportunity to perform physical assessments on their fellow students in a diversity of medical scenarios.

2.2 TRAINING EXERCISE USING HUMAN PATIENT MODELS

The Contractor shall provide a location for the Training Exercise. The Contractor shall conduct training exercises using human patient models which include different training scenarios such as Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (CBRND), high angle rescue, confined space and/or swift-water/ocean rescue, Firefighter / EMS / Police medical and rescue concerns, mass casualty and disaster planning and management, tactical movement, combat shooting, counter ambush and convoy operations, personal survival skills, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). Students shall use the knowledge gained through in-classroom instruction to make their own coherent and informed decisions about the selection and application of medical items to utilize during the training in realistic scenarios.

2.3 PRACTICAL PROCEDURES AND SKILLS UTILIZING THE LIVE PATIENT

MODEL

The Contractor shall provide a live patient model to allow students to utilize the knowledge gained in the classroom to conduct practical hands on experience. The Contractor shall provide training scenarios, which allows students to practice the application of current hemostatic agents and bandages, tourniquet devices and other pertinent medical products and devices as applicable on a live patient model. The Contractor shall provide a training utilizing a ballistics lab and a live patient model to demonstrate the traumatic effects of ballistic wounds. In addition, the Contractor shall provide a training exercise utilizing the live patient model to simulate battlefield injury scenarios to include a mass casualty/casualty collection point exercise.

3.0 DELIVERABLES

1. The Contractor shall supply the Medical Supplies to ensure the exact same supplies are used during the training and certification are being issued to the student’s deployment.

Having the supplies being purchased just prior to the training and certification dates ensures the deployment materials have the longest shelf life just prior to the operator’s deployments.

2. The Contractor shall provide detailed unclassified student handouts and student guides to complement academic lessons per class. Each student guide at a minimum will provide a paper copy of the slides used to teach each lesson (2 per page maximum). An electronic handout will be included on a CDROM or DVD that will have the student guide and all applicable reference material used to build the course of instruction. This package is a deliverable to each participant upon completion of the training.

3. The Contractor shall deliver participant certificates upon completion of the course that state at a minimum the name and rank of each participant, hours of instruction, and course title.

4.0 PERIOD AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The Contractor shall have a curriculum ready to deliver training for the anticipated dates and locations as follows:

Dates

12-14 June 2023

Training Location

12-13 June 2023 2-Day Classroom Training Location: Expeditionary Exploitation Unit 1 (EXU-1)

3341 Strauss Avenue

BLDG 900

Indian Head, MD 20640

14 June, 2023 Training Exercise Location Location will be within Radius of 80 Miles from Indian Head, MD

Option 11/01/2023-09/30/2024

4.1 EVALUATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

The Contractor shall provide course evaluation forms that allow participants to comment on the primary blocks of instruction and make recommendations for improvement. The Contractor shall provide a summary of the information contained on the individual evaluation forms.

The Contractor shall deliver participant certificates upon completion of the course that state at a minimum the name and rank of each participant, hours of instruction, and course title.

4.2 NON-PERSONAL SERVICE STATEMENT

Contractor employees performing services under this order will be controlled, directed, and supervised at all times by management personnel of the contractor. Contractor management will ensure that employees properly comply with the performance work standards outlined in the SOW. Contractor employees will perform their duties independent of, and without the supervision of, any Government official. The tasks, duties, and responsibilities set forth in any task order issued may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the United States Government, overseeing the work of Federal employees, providing direct personal services to any Federal employee, or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

4.3 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The contractor acknowledges that it is familiar with FAR subparagraph 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, and agrees to avoid, neutralize or mitigate such conflicts of interest in accordance with the principles set forth in the FAR. If performance of this SOW requires the contractor (including subcontractors) to supply technical support related to systems or projects with which the contractor is already directly concerned, by prime or subcontract, the contractor shall so immediately inform the Contracting Officer. The SOW may be withdrawn if a conflict is found. The Contractor shall not undertake performance of this SOW, which may require it to supply technical support regarding such systems until the notice is given and written consent to proceed issued by the Contracting Officer.

5.0 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIAL:

No Government Furnished materials are required for this effort.

6.0 CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATIONS / QUALIFICATIONS

Instruction team should be composed of former military special operations personnel, credentialed medical providers (MD/DO/PA/NP/CRNA), and specialized emergency medicine technicians (US Special Forces Medics, Tactical EMTs, Fire/Rescue Medic, and other recognized specialists). All instructors and staff must be familiar and compliant with the DOD requirements outlined in SECNAVINST 3900.38C / AR 40-33 / AFR 169-2 / DARPAINST 18.

Each instructor shall have hands on knowledge and be a qualified professional Subject Matter Experts with strong communication skills.

8.0 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL SECURITY

Instructors are required to be U.S. Citizens. The class provider does not require security clearance data.

9.0 GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES

The assigned technical representative for this contract is as follows:

a. Expeditionary Exploitation Unit 1 (EXU-1) Technical Program Manager: LT Roy Wiggins (301) 743-4171 e-mail roy.e.wiggins.mil@us.navy.mil

b. The Visit Coordinator POCs are: Cody Wilcoxson; cody.b.wilcoxson.mil@us.navy.mil;

301 743-4177 and Justin Brown; justin.a.brown124.mil@us.navy.mil, 301 743-4313