Attachment_8_-_PWS_(Amendment_1).pdf

FA3002-20-R-0002, SERE Training Support Services Section J – Attachment 8

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Training Support Services

5 Nov 2019

1. BACKGROUND/PURPOSE. This requirement is for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) instructors to augment military instructors. The mission of the United States Air Force (USAF) SERE School is to ensure each student graduates with the confidence and ability to employ the SERE tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP’s) necessary to return with honor regardless of the circumstances of isolation. Students are aircrew members and other high-risk-of-capture personnel. This training is accomplished in the basic SERE Training course, S-V80-A; the Combat Rescue Officer Fundamentals Course, S-V94-C; the Emergency Parachute and Water Survival Training course, S-V85-A; Arctic Survival Training, S-V87-A; Water Survival Training, S-V90-A; Evasion and Conduct After Capture (ECAC), S-V88-AL; and Underwater Egress Training, S-V84-A. The USAF SERE School also selects and trains airmen for duties and responsibilities as SERE Specialists and awards the 1T031, 1T051, 1T071 AFSC. Additionally, the 336th Training Group (TRG) completes career field education and training plan (CFETP) Mission Ready qualification requirements. The 1T031 training begins with S-V70-A, SERE Specialist Training Orientation Course (SST-OC); then progresses to the SERE Specialist Training Indoctrination Course (SST-IC), S-V89-A; and finally culminates with S-V81-A, SERE Specialist Training Apprentice Course (SST-AC). The 1T051 courses consist of the SERE Specialist Journeyman Arctic Survival Training course, S-81-C and SERE Field Training Operations Air Reserve Component (ARC) Only course, S-V95-A. The 1T071 training consist of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Craftsman Course, S-V81-F. Additionally, a special SERE training course named Advanced Survival Training, S-V81-G, was created for International Students. All courses are supported by courseware and curriculum development generated by the

336 TRG.

1.1. Core Courses currently supported by this contract.

1.1.1. The S-V80-A Basic SERE course is 19 training days long. The course consists of academic lectures, computer based training, laboratory instruction, and operational training phases at Fairchild Air Force Base (FAFB), WA. These phases provide the students the knowledge and skills necessary to survive, evade, resist and escape in all global environments. The course consists of 48 classes with an approximate range of 78-90 students per class. The course is taught year-round, with the exception of an approximate 2-week break for Christmas/New Years and 2 one-week stand down periods for internal training. As a result, multiple courses occur simultaneously.

1.1.2. S-V88-AL, ECAC, is four training days long. The course consists of classroom, laboratory and operational training on Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland (JBSA-L), TX. The annual schedule consists of 48 classes with an approximate range of 84-126 students per class. Students are airmen whose deployed duties place them at risk of isolation or capture. The course is taught year-round, with the exception of two weeks of in-house training (1 week in the spring and 1 week in the fall) and an approximate 2-week break for Christmas/New Years.

1.1.3. The S-V70-A course, SST-OC, is 15 training days long. The course consists of classroom, laboratory and operational training on JBSA-L and remote field training sites. The schedule consists of 10 classes annually, with a maximum of 42 candidates per class. This process is completed twice annually. The SERE Specialist Selection (SSS) course is designed to screen SERE Specialist candidates from a pool of Non-Prior Service (NPS), Prior Service (PS) and airmen that are retraining from another USAF Specialty Career. Candidates are evaluated on specific behaviors and character traits necessary to be successful in the SST course, and later to become an operational SERE Specialist.

1.1.4. The S-V85-A Emergency Parachute and Water Survival Training (WST) course is 3 training days long. The course consists of academic lecture, laboratory instruction and operational training conducted at FAFB. The course consists of 48 classes with approximately 56 students per class. The course is taught year-round, with the exception of an approximate 2-week break for Christmas/New Years and 2 one-week stand down periods for internal training. Students are aircrew members of ejection seat and bailout configured aircraft and select Battlefield Airmen.

The course focuses on the procedures necessary to successfully egress from a fixed wing aircraft during a bailout or ejection event, parachuting principles and includes associated water survival techniques or procedures.

1.1.5. The S-V90-A Water Survival Training, Non-Parachuting course is 2 training days long. The course consists of academic lecture, laboratory instruction and operational training conducted at FAFB. The course consists of 48 classes with approximately 40 students per class. The course is taught year-round, with the exception of an approximate 2-week break for Christmas/New Years and 2 one-week stand down periods for internal training. Students are aircrew members of non-ejection seat aircraft and select Battlefield Airmen. The course focuses on the procedures necessary to successfully egress from a fixed wing aircraft during a water ditching event. The course also includes water survival techniques and procedures.

1.1.6. The S-V84-A Underwater Egress Training (UET) course is 1 training day long. The course consists of academic lecture, laboratory instruction and operational training conducted at FAFB.

The course consists of 48 classes with approximately 16 students per class. The course is taught year-round, with the exception of an approximate 2-week break for Christmas/New Years and 2 one-week stand down periods for internal training. Students are aircrew members of rotary wing aircraft and select Battlefield Airmen. The course focuses on the procedures necessary to successfully egress from a rotary wing aircraft during a water ditching event. The course also includes basic dive physiology, familiarity with emergency breathing devices and concludes with a ditching exercise. This course relies upon SERE Safety Divers for risk mitigation and emergency management.

1.2. Additional Courses not currently supported via contract, but may be within the scope of this contract.

1.2.1. The S-V94-C, Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) SERE Fundamentals Course is 17 training days long. The course consists of 2-3 classes per year usually in the spring and summer or early fall with a maximum of 12 students per class. The courses occur in multiple environments in northeast and central Washington. The course consists of academics, observation of other SERE courses, advanced Isolated Personnel (IP) navigation and survival training and an urban evasion exercise.

1.2.2. The S-V81-A, SERE Specialist Training (SST) course is 123 training days long. The course consists of 15 phases and is taught twice a year, beginning in July and January with approximately 55 students per class and a maximum of 110 annually. The course consists of academic lectures, laboratory instruction, and operational training. Students attain confidence and ability to employ and instruct SERE TTP’s in all environments.

1.2.3. The S-V81-F SERE Craftsman Course is conducted 2 times annually, lasts for 16 training days and is taught to approximately 20 students. This course trains, qualifies, and certifies a SERE Specialist for worldwide deployment, capable of supporting operations in any theater as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in support of Personnel Recovery (PR)/SERE operations. The course consists of academic lectures, laboratory instruction, and operational training.

1.2.4. The S-V89-A SERE Specialist Training Indoctrination Course (SST-IC) length is 16 training days long. The course is taught two times a year, beginning in June and again in December, to approximately 110 students annually. The course consists of physical conditioning, team building activities, leadership training, problem solving activities, academic lectures, laboratory instruction, and operational training on SERE TTP’s in all environments.

1.2.5. The Advanced Skills Training (AST) course contains 7 modules of instruction totaling 36 training days long. This course is spread out through the calendar year with all modules executed once per quarter that aligns with each field training flight. The course is taught year-round, with the exception of an approximate 2-week break for Christmas/New Years. This course consists of classroom instruction, hands on instruction, laboratory instruction and operational training.

Students are up to 60 SERE Specialists per year receiving 5-level upgrade training and Mission Ready Training outlined in the CFETP.

2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES/SCOPE. The core courses currently taught under this contract are S-V80-A (para 1.1.1), S-V88-AL (para 1.1.2), SV70-A (para 1.1.3), S-V85-A (para 1.1.4), S-V90-A (para 1.1.5), S-V84-A (para 1.1.6), and SERE Specialist upgrade training as outlined by the CFETP, however, instruction and courseware/curriculum development of all courses offered or managed by the USAF SERE School (336 TRG, FAFB WA) may be within the scope of this contract regardless of location.

If any of the additional courses are determined to be incorporated into this contract at a later date, this will occur via bilateral modification through the Contracting Officer (CO). With the exception of the Dive Master, all contractor personnel shall attain and maintain a Secret security clearance prior to performing duties associated with this contract regardless of location. Contractor may work with a temporary and/or limited interim security clearance until final secret security clearance is obtained. Cross-utilization of personnel may be permitted to the extent that personnel meet the minimum experience, qualification, certification, and security clearance requirements of the position in which they are to be utilized.

Appendix A of this PWS demonstrates the level of support needed to meet mission requirements for SERE Training Support Services based on the availability of active duty SERE Specialists.

Any changes to the level of support will be executed through a supplemental agreement. The government will provide the contractor with advanced notice of increases or decreases to the contractor workload requirement as soon as practical.

The contractor shall provide personnel to conduct and support S-V80-A SERE training at FAFB and associated SERE School Remote Training Sites located in Washington. This requirement includes instruction of Survival and Evasion Academics, Field Training, Resistance Training Academics, Resistance Training Laboratory, Evasion and Escape Training, Combat Survivor and Evader Locator (CSEL) program management and administrative support services.

The contractor shall provide a Dive Master to provide Dive Locker Maintenance and support for S- V84-A Underwater Egress Training, S-V85-A Emergency Parachuting and Water Survival Training, and S-V90-A Water Survival Training at FAFB. This requirement includes dive program management and instruction of Water Survival academics, laboratories, and operations.

The Workload Requirements in Appendix A of this PWS demonstrate the expected student production numbers in relation to the typical estimated number of instructors, however, dive locker maintenance tasks are indirectly related to student production, as similar maintenance is required for larger or smaller class sizes.

The contractor shall provide personnel to conduct and support S-V88-AL, ECAC at JBSA-L. This requirement includes conduct after capture instruction in academic, academic role play laboratory (ARL) and resistance training laboratory (RTL) environments; escape and evasion operational training; training manager and administrative support services.

The contractor shall provide personnel to conduct training manager/administrative support services in support of course S-V70-A, SST-OC at JBSA-L.

2.1. Mobilization. At FAFB and JBSA-L, the contractor will be afforded a one month mobilization period after award of the contract. During the one month mobilization period, the contractor shall complete all qualification requirements that will enable contractor personnel to begin SERE training instruction (see PWS Paragraph 6).

2.2. S-V80-A Basic SERE Training Instruction. In accordance with all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8) and publications (PWS Appendix B) contractor personnel shall conduct course instruction, course administration to include completing student training reports and forms, and logistical, operational and administrative activities for SERE academics, field training, and resistance training. Contractor personnel providing instruction shall prepare lesson plans and training aids, and present academic, laboratory, and operational lessons. Contractor personnel shall perform management, training, and instructor certification functions during academic, laboratory and operational training. S-V80-A will have 48 training classes per year with two one-week stand-down periods. The purpose of these two, one-week stand-down periods is to provide military, civilian and contractor personnel in-house training opportunities, address on-going USAF concerns regarding training, cadre interaction, and to ensure the safety of both Airmen attending the course and the course cadre. These semi-annual training events will take place in approximately July and September. The exact dates for these stand-down periods will be communicated to the contractor site manager or alternate site manager by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). Training sessions during these weeks are mandatory for all assigned military, civilian, and contractor personnel. For contractor personnel, exceptions to policy will be approved by the site manager and coordinated with the functional area COR. Should contractor personnel be unavailable for these training sessions, the site manager will be responsible for ensuring all training is completed at no additional cost to the Government

2.2.1. Resistance Training. Contractor personnel shall provide resistance training requirements in accordance with (IAW) all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B).

The contractor shall provide all appropriate role-playing costumes listed in PWS Appendix C.

Contractor personnel shall perform resistance training activities at Survival School Remote Training Sites approximately 2-4 times annually, to include but not limited to, student searches, processing and field tactical interrogations. The functional area COR or COR Supervisor will notify the contractor Site Manager or Alternate Site Manager a minimum of 3 weeks prior executing field tactical interrogations. Contractor personnel shall perform management, training, and instructor certification functions during academic, laboratory and operational training. The contractor shall provide a minimum of two female instructors for resistance training. Below are the break-out of the different sections for Resistance Training.

2.2.1.1 Group RT Lab Instructor: Contractor personnel shall primarily facilitate group training dilemmas. Contractor personnel shall instruct group resistance strategies to include; group resistance postures, techniques and coping strategies, establishing overt and covert organizations, establishing overt and covert communications, and planning and executing escapes. Contractor personnel shall apply various captor exploitation efforts, to include: interrogation (eight methods), indoctrination, propaganda, video propaganda, concessions, forced labor, and reprisals. Contractor personnel shall analyze, evaluate, and assess student/s knowledge and ability to employ resistance and escape strategies in a simulated captivity environment. These training dilemmas will be presented in all captivity environments – wartime, peacetime governmental detention, and terrorist hostage. Contractor personnel shall apply pressures IAW the Resistance Training Group Operating Instruction (GOI) and CJCSM 3500.10 to enhance student learning. Contractor personnel shall instruct cross captivity guidance and adaptability survival principles to satisfy needs during captivity. Group RT Lab instructors may be required to augment individual RT Lab instruction. The functional area COR or COR Supervisor will coordinate with Site Manager or Alternate Site Manager at least 1 week prior to augmentation requirements.

2.2.1.2. Individual RT Lab Instructor: Contractor personnel shall primarily facilitate individual training dilemmas. Contractor personnel shall apply various captor exploitation efforts, to include:

interrogation (eight methods), indoctrination, propaganda, video propaganda, concessions, forced labor, and reprisals. Contractor personnel shall analyze, evaluate, and assess student/s knowledge and ability to employ resistance and escape strategies in a simulated captivity environment. These training dilemmas will be presented in all captivity environments – wartime, peacetime governmental detention, and terrorist hostage. Contractor personnel shall apply pressures IAW the Resistance Training Government Operating Instruction (GOI) and CJCSM 3500.10 to enhance student learning. Contractor personnel shall instruct cross captivity guidance and adaptability survival principles to satisfy needs during captivity. Individual RT Lab instructors may be required to augment Group RT Lab instruction. The functional area COR or COR Supervisor will coordinate with Site Manager or Alternate Site Manager at least 1 week prior to augmentation requirements.

2.2.1.3. Resistance Training Academics: Contractors shall include classroom instruction, laboratory role-play instruction, individual debriefs, and guided discussion seminars. Contractor personnel shall conduct classroom instruction and role-play in resistance training scenarios.

Contractor personnel shall apply pressures IAW the Resistance Training Government Operating Instruction (GOI) and CJCSM 3500.10 to enhance student learning. Contractor personnel shall instruct cross captivity guidance and adaptability survival principles to satisfy needs during captivity.

2.2.2. Field Training. Contractor personnel shall provide field training IAW all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B). Contractor personnel shall conduct all aspects of classroom, laboratory, and field training instruction. Contractor personnel shall provide instruction in all aspects of field training and technical training (i.e. personal protection, sustenance, sanitation and hygiene, navigation, signaling practices and personnel recovery TTP’s).

Contractor personnel shall instruct in the use of maps, compasses, and Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and have a working knowledge in the use of communication, signaling and recovery devices. Contractor personnel will operate under austere conditions in mountainous locations.

Contractor personnel shall perform the validation of training, syllabi, and instructor guides for academic and operational SERE training aids and presentations for instructors. Contractor personnel shall perform management, training, and instructor certification functions during on-base laboratory and field training operations. Contractor personnel shall track, maintain, and update training logs, student handouts, and note taking guides. Contractor personnel shall provide their own rations during Field Training evolutions. Transportation to the field training sites will be provided by the Government, however contractor personnel are authorized to use personal vehicles at their own expense and risk for transportation to the field, if desired and approved by the 22 TRS/CC or designee. The Government will bear no responsibility for contractor personnel who use personal vehicles for transportation to the field. For Field Training, the contractor shall provide an appropriate camouflage uniform, in a pattern matching the Government’s field uniform with an aircrew style name patch (ASNP) that distinguishes contractors from the active duty force.

2.2.3. Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) Program Management. Contractor personnel shall provide CSEL program management IAW with all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B). Contractor personnel shall serve as the CSEL program manager and technical subject matter expert. Contractor personnel shall perform management, training, and instructor certification functions in support of academic, laboratory and operational training.

Contractor shall provide support to CSEL over-the-horizon (OTH) and line of sight (LOS) training exercises using the CSEL web application and Portable Tactical Interrogator Unit (PTIU).

Contractor may be required to conduct field location troubleshooting and testing. Anticipated frequency is quarterly, with duration of 2 days. Field lodging may be coordinated with the remote Command Post. Contractor may be required to attend working groups, conferences or CSEL training events in support of program maintenance. Expected frequency is 2 events per year, with estimated duration of 5 days per event.

2.2.3.1. Contractor shall serve as the overall system administrator for the CSEL training architecture. Contractor shall act as designee for creation, management, and use of CSEL web application accounts. Contractor shall provide SERE Specialist training on management and use of CSEL web application accounts, hand-held radios (HHR) and PTIU. Contractor shall research and identify DoD, Service or theater program changes and recommend modification to courseware or training SERE TTPs. Contractor shall research available and emerging technology changes, and identify areas where technology advances in CSEL operations can benefit the command.

Specifically, the contractor should look for solutions that adapt operational use and lessons learned most effectively into a training environment while maintaining compliance with US Government directives. Improvements may be garnered from technology advances or methodology revisions that improve student learning or course efficiency. Contractor shall not be required to commit government resources in support of identified changes.

2.2.3.2. Contractor shall coordinate the group’s weekly over-the-horizon CSEL base and field exercises with the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC), Boeing CSEL Helpdesk and other affected national agencies for deconfliction. Contractor shall conduct after-action analysis and communications troubleshooting with AFRCC, Boeing CSEL Helpdesk, and Air Combat Command program office, as required. Contractor shall prepare after action reviews of CSEL training and develop recommendations for process improvement.

2.2.3.3. Contractor shall provide, prepare, and conduct CSEL related training, briefings, reviews, after action reports, and meetings. Contractor shall perform specific activities to include documentation, program checklists, developing execution schedules, transition plans, and exercise scheduling preparation. As required, conduct an assessment of individual course training materials and provide recommendations for improvements to the functional area COR. Contractor shall develop required training materials to conduct CSEL equipment training.

2.2.3.4. The contractor shall require access to COMSEC information and non-Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) intelligence information. The contractor may receive and generate classified material. Contractor will have access to 336TRSS and 22TRS vaults and may be required to act as Classified Courier for CSEL related materials on the installation.

2.3. Water Survival Training Dive Master. Contractor personnel shall provide Water Survival Training Dive Master program management IAW with all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B). Contractor will conduct Dive Supervisor Training courses for SERE Safety Divers, maintain dive locker and equipment, support military divers conducting an average of 250 dives per year, support continuation training open water dives, manage the SERE Safety Diver Qualification Upgrade program, and pre-Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) qualification training program. Contractor shall perform management, training, and instructor certification functions during academic, laboratory and operational training.

Contractor shall conduct course instruction, course administration to include completing student training reports and forms, and logistical, operational and administrative activities for WST academics, pool training, and in-water laboratory training. Contractor personnel providing instruction shall prepare lesson plans and training aids, and present academic, laboratory, and operational lessons in support of S-V84-A Underwater Egress, S-V85-A Emergency Parachuting and Water Survival Training, and S-V90-A Water Survival Training. Contractor laboratory uniforms will match those worn by permanent party personnel with a name tag and company logo that distinguishes the contractor from the active duty force (see Appendix C).

2.3.1. The contractor shall provide on-site Dive Locker Maintenance support at Fairchild AFB WA. The support shall include but not be limited to; providing technical experience in the operation and maintenance of assigned diving equipment IAW Manufacturer Specifications. In addition, the Contractor shall support development of waterborne operations’ procedures designed to enhance the readiness and collective skills of SERE Safety Divers. Military diving experience and credibility in the DoD dive community are essential to successful delivery of the required service. Contractor shall research available and emerging technologies and work with the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) dive program manager to identify areas where technology advances in Dive Locker/Maritime operations can benefit the command. Specifically, the contractor should look for solutions to technology gaps, resource protection, and enhanced equipment training methodology that will save training time, funding, or reduce risk to SERE Safety Divers during water operations. The contractor Dive Locker Technician may also be called upon to supervise and/or provide instruction to SERE Safety Divers in all aspects of diving operations to include but not limited to Dive Supervisor training, enclosed space diving, and high-altitude diving restrictions.

2.3.1.1. The term instruction refers to training, coaching, and professional development. The term Supervise refers strictly to the specific duties associated with coordinating, managing, and controlling hazardous activities for operators’ instruction and safety IAW applicable military directives; it does not imply day-to-day supervision and discipline of military personnel.

2.3.2. The contractor shall assist with establishing qualification and re-qualification criteria and administrative procedures for documentation in training records and diving logs for assigned Air Force diving personnel, in coordination with the AETC Dive Program Manager. The contractor shall make recommendations on Air Force diving operations, equipment and training matters that affect the USAF SERE Safety Diver program. The contractor will review all reported diving incidents in order to recommend/direct coordinated changes to training and procedures, where appropriate. Maintain Dive Master List (for messages, e-mail, FAX numbers, etc.) of all Diving Program Managers and disseminate information periodically to promote communication.

2.3.3. Contractor shall provide training on all dive equipment (See Appendix E) and procedures utilized by SERE Safety Divers. Contractor shall provide diver upgrade training for Mission Qualification Training, enclosed space diving, and Dive Supervisor IAW contractor developed and AETC approved lesson plans (i.e. Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) TR 05-09).

Contractor will train divers on use, operation, & maintenance procedures for all SCUBA diving equipment to include open circuit SCUBA regulators, buoyancy compensators, life preservers, High Pressure Air Cylinders, diving Air Compressors, and Navy Dive Computers. The Contractor shall provide training for Oxygen Handling and Transfer procedures, confined space SCUBA maintenance/training, and the maintenance of assigned equipment/systems and ancillary equipment. Contractor will support locally developed pre-SCUBA qualification training program.

The contractor may conduct other training to include; HAZWASTE/HAZMAT program training for dive-related maintenance, Tag out/Lockout procedures and the Planned Maintenance System.

The contractor shall monitor accountability for WST equipment, forecast for new equipment purchase, and research emerging technologies to support instruction.

2.3.4. The contractor may assist the with planning, coordinating, and conducting training in open-water diving, Dive Locker/Maritime operations, rough water operations, lost diver training, and low visibility diving training.

2.3.5. The contractor shall schedule, direct, and monitor US Navy Maintenance and Material Management (3M) system while keeping abreast of changes/directives issued by the US Navy.

Contractor will administer all daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually or greater 3M maintenance requirements for assigned diving related equipment. Contractor shall conduct inventory and maintenance of diving related equipment (See Appendix E) to include hydrostatic testing of SCUBA bottles and other compressed cylinders IAW Department of Transportation regulations.

2.3.6. The contractor shall maintain master files for inventory and dive related programs. The contractor shall maintain and update government furnished regulations, publications, and directives required by MAJCOMS, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Naval Safety Center pertaining to waterborne operations. The contractor shall maintain the Naval Safety Center Dive/Jump Reporting System (DJRS), provide quality assurance inspection of dive related information, make entries into the system and provide SERE Safety Divers with copies of Personal Dive Logs. The contractor shall maintain the DJRS of all types of dives performed, equipment used, and note any dive related injuries/accidents to be entered into the Command database. The Contractor will maintain the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and hazardous material program for the Dive Locker.

2.3.6.1. The contractor shall advise users concerning equipment capabilities and maintenance requirements, work to resolve maintenance problems, and advise users of problems outside the contractor’s ability to overcome. When requested, the contractor shall advise/assist in Air Force investigations and analysis of accidents, incidents, and failures. Provide technical expertise and assistance in report writing.

2.3.7. The contractor shall provide operational support to the SERE Safety Diver program by providing Dive Supervisor support during training dives conducted at home station and TDY locations. The contractor may be asked to support off station trainer support (on a non-interference basis with primary duties), for unit continuation training (4 times/year). For all dive operations, the contractor shall ensure the SCUBA tanks are within hydrostatic test and annual visual inspection dates, filled and serviceable for employment. The contractor shall function as liaison between AETC Dive Program Manager (DPM) and SERE Safety Divers to ensure standards are applied to all contracted Dive Locker/Maritime operations.

2.3.8. The Contractor shall schedule and perform routine preventive maintenance and minor repairs on equipment listed in Appendix E, IAW 3M System (PMS or manufacturer’s specifications). Major repairs and overhauls are to be accomplished by a manufacturer’s authorized service facility or equivalent. The contractor shall schedule calibration of all diving related gauges and special instruments tracked within the 3M system. The contractor shall maintain, inspect, and report on the Diver’s Recall System. The contractor shall maintain, inspect, and report on unit assigned breathing air compressors including quality assurance of divers breathing air samples.

2.3.9. The Contractor shall prepare and schedule non-dive qualified cadre for Navy SCUBA course. The contractor will coordinate dive seats and fallout seat requests with Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC), AETC DPM, and any other involved parties as required.

2.4. S-V88-AL ECAC Instruction. Contractor personnel shall conduct ECAC instruction IAW with all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B). Contractor personnel shall conduct course instruction and course administration to include completing student training reports and forms, and logistical, operational and administrative activities for S-V88-AL academics, academic role play laboratory, operational conduct after capture training, and operational evasion training. Contractor personnel providing instruction shall prepare lesson plans and training aids, and present academic, laboratory, and operational lessons. ECAC will have 48 training classes per year with two one week stand-down periods. The purpose of these two, one week stand-down periods is to provide military, civilian and contractor personnel in-house training opportunities, address on-going USAF concerns regarding training, cadre interaction, and to ensure the safety of both Airmen attending the course and the course cadre. These semi-annual training events will take place in approximately April and October. The exact dates for these stand-down periods will be communicated to the contractor site manager or alternate site manager by the Det 3 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). Training sessions during these weeks are mandatory for all assigned military, civilian, and contractor personnel. For contractor personnel, exceptions to policy will be approved by the site manager and coordinated with the Det 3 COR. Should contractor personnel be unavailable for these training sessions, the site manager will be responsible for ensuring all training is completed at no additional cost to the Government.

2.5. S-V88-AL Evasion and Conduct after Capture Training. Contractor personnel shall conduct ECAC training IAW all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B).

ECAC training shall include classroom instruction and laboratory role-play instruction; individual debriefs, and guided discussion seminars. Contractor personnel shall conduct classroom instruction and role-play in resistance training scenarios. Contractor personnel shall apply various means of captor exploitation as identified in the course syllabus. Contractor personnel shall analyze, evaluate, and assess student/s knowledge and ability to employ resistance and escape coping strategies in a simulated captivity environment. Contractor personnel shall instruct individual and group resistance postures, techniques and strategies, establishing overt and covert organizations, establishing overt and covert communications, and planning and executing escapes in all captivity environments – wartime, peacetime governmental detention, and hostage.

Contractor personnel shall apply pressures IAW the Resistance Training GOI to enhance student learning. Contractor personnel shall instruct cross-gender captivity guidance and adaptability survival principles to satisfy needs during captivity. The contractor shall conduct escape enhancement training prior to students participating in operational evasion training. Escape enhancements are taught using the demonstration performance method of instruction. Contractors will instruct and evaluate students based on current escape enhancement TTP’s. The contractor shall provide appropriate role-playing costumes for each of the three captivity environments that are similar to those worn by active duty personnel.

2.6. S-V88-AL Evasion Training. Contractor personnel shall conduct academic evasion training and operational evasion training conducted in the Evasion Laboratory (EL) on JBSA-L. The evasion lab is constructed to facilitate demonstration and performance instruction of TTP required of evaders/escapers in global rural and urban environments.

2.7. Training Manager/Instructor/Administrative Support. Contractor personnel shall provide Training Manager/Administrative Support IAW with all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B). Contractor personnel shall generate multimedia training aids and presentations for instructors. Contractor personnel shall track, maintain, and update training logs, instructor evaluations, and student handouts, note taking guides, course critiques and phase critiques. Contractor personnel shall perform pre-trip coordination and planning, post-trip debriefs and after action reports. Contractor personnel shall perform pre-class coordination and planning, post-class debriefs and after action reports. Contractor personnel perform tasks in logistics, plans, programs and administration in support of course instruction requirements. Contractor personnel shall also accompany personnel to the field training locations, Resistance Training, and EL’s.

Training managers must be qualified IAW Section 6 of the PWS to instruct in the courses they’re responsible for supporting.

2.7.1. S-V70-A Training Manager. Contractor personnel shall provide Training Manager support IAW with all applicable additional documents (PWS Paragraph 8 and Appendix B). Contractor personnel must be a graduate of course S-V81-A. Contractor personnel must be capable of performing all aspects of instruction in support of course S-V70-A syllabus. Contractor personnel must be able to complete a 4-mile ruck, on flat ground, with 25-30lbs in under 1 hour bi-annually.

Contractor personnel shall prepare lesson plans and training aids, and present academic, laboratory, and operational/field training lessons. Contractor personnel shall perform management, training, and instructor certification functions during academic, laboratory and operational/field training. Contractor personnel shall provide instruction and logistics support in all aspects of operational/field training and technical training program (i.e. personal protection, sustenance, sanitation and hygiene, navigation, signaling practices, on-base logistics, and operational/field logistics) and provide assistance to the SERE Recruitment Liaison Office (SRLO) program.

Contractor personnel shall instruct in the use of maps and compasses and have a working knowledge in the area of overland navigation. Contractor personnel will operate under austere conditions in a humid subtropical climate. Contractor personnel shall provide their own rations during Field Training evolutions. Transportation to the field training sites will be provided by the Government, however, contractor personnel are authorized to use personal vehicles at their own expense for transportation to the field, if desired and approved by the Det 3, 66 TRS/CC or designee. The Government will bear no responsibility for contractor personnel who use personal vehicles for transportation to the field. For all training on-base and operational/field, the contractor shall provide all uniforms, equipment, and supplies necessary to complete mission requirements and ensure that these items are replaced when items become unserviceable (see Appendix C, Contractor-Furnished Equipment - JBSA-L). An appropriate camouflage uniform, in a pattern matching the Government’s field uniform with an aircrew style name patch (ASNP) will be provided for laboratory and field training operations.

3. SERVICES SUMMARY.

Performance Objective (PO) PWS Paragraph Performance Threshold PO-1 Contractor personnel shall provide Resistance Training duties in accordance with prescribed directives and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 2.2.1. No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

PO-2 Contractor personnel shall provide Field Training in accordance with prescribed directives and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 2.2.2. No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

PO-3 Contractor Personnel shall provide CSEL program management in accordance prescribed directives and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 2.2.2.,

2.2.3. through 2.2.3.5.

No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

PO-4 Contractor Personnel shall provide water survival training and dive program management in accordance prescribed directives and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 2.3. through Para 2.3.9.

No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

PO-5 Contractor personnel shall provide ECAC Training in accordance with prescribed directives and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 2.4., 2.5., 2.6., 2.7. & 2.8.

No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

PO-6 Contractor personnel shall provide training management/administrative support perform in accordance with prescribed directives and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 2.7. No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

PO-7 Contractor Personnel are on duty as required in accordance with prescribed directives and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 5.1. through 5.5.2.

No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

PO-8 Contractor personnel adhere to professional standards of conduct in accordance with prescribed directives, the Contractor’s Quality Control Plan, and this Performance Work Statement.

Para 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 & 5.10

No more than 2 deficiencies per month.

No more than 2 valid customer complaints allowed per month.

4. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY THAT IS INCIDENTAL TO THE PLACE OF

PERFORMANCE:

4.1. Office Space. The Government will provide the contractor with adequate office space to perform the required services described in PWS Paragraph 2. The contractor is responsible for maintaining their work areas in a neat and orderly fashion.

4.2. Equipment. The Government will provide, access to computers, printers, desks, chairs and phones for the facilitation of work. The Government shall provide all required equipment for Dive Locker/Maritime operations to include dive apparatus. See Appendix E for listing of inventory items to be included under this contract.

4.3. Services. The Government will provide telephone service (on-base local calls only for official use only), electricity, refuse collection, facility maintenance, police, fire and rescue services, and will provide transportation to and from field training. Sleeping arrangements will be provided to contractors for all field activities, to include tactical field interrogation support. The Government shall also provide emergency medical transportation and treatment from the field, if required. The contractor shall reimburse the Government for the cost of these medical services at current civilian rates.

5. PROCEDURES.

5.1 Hours of Operation and Scheduling

5.1.1. At FAFB, the hours of operation vary 7 days a week depending on location (see Appendix A, Workload Requirement). The following is a generic schedule of operations for one class. The S-V80-A schedule is 19 days long and overlaps from one class cycle to the next. Every Monday a new class begins and every Friday a class graduates. Hours of operation are subject to change.

The contractor will be notified as soon as possible of the actual class schedule/schedule changes by the functional area COR or the COR Supervisor.

5.1.2. Resistance Training (RT) Academics are taught Friday through Monday. Contractor personnel will be expected to work a 40 hour week however times will vary to begin and end the day.

5.1.3. Resistance Training Lab (RTL) and Academic Role Play Labs (ARL). The pre-academic RTL is conducted on Wednesday from approximately 1100 to 1500. The RTL resumes operations on Tuesday at 0700 through Wednesday afternoon. The RTL resumes operations for the final session on Thursday from approximately 0700 until 1900 hours. RTL termination is dependent on student ability to meet all of the course objectives. ARL’s are conducted during RT Academics on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Contractor personnel may be required to perform tactical interrogations at Survival School Remote Training Sites.

5.1.4. Field Training. Field training consists of 4 execution weeks per month, as reflected in Appendix A. Pick-up week includes in-garrison Survival and Evasion laboratories, with departure for the field on Friday. Field operations occur from Friday of Pick-up week through Wednesday of Field Week. Contractor personnel will be expected to work 40 hour weeks when in garrison and up to 65 hour work weeks when in support of field operations Schedule variations will occur between 0700 and 1730. Hours will vary depending on student ability, required instruction and environmental conditions. Contractor personnel will be expected to perform duties between 0600 and 2200. The contractor will be required to remain on-site and available to respond to emergencies or other situations that may arise. Training and support weeks are primarily in-garrison, with occasional seasonal requirements for field maintenance activities or instructor proficiency training in a field environment.

5.1.5. Survival and Evasion academics. Are taught Monday through Thursday, schedule variations will occur between 0700 and 1700.

5.1.6. Water Survival Dive Master. Work schedule is Monday through Friday with Water Survival Training taught Tuesday through Friday and Dive Program Management duties conducted on Mondays. Contractor personnel will be expected to work a 40-hour week. Daily hours will vary depending on student ability, required instruction and environmental conditions. Contractor personnel will be expected to perform duties between 0700 and 1700.

5.1.7. Daily Dive Master schedule and activities

5.1.7.1. Monday: Monday as a pre-SCUBA course trainer and adviser. The goal is to prepare up to 8 selected personnel to attend US Navy Salvage diver training through development of necessary fitness, in-water competence and introductory familiarity with US Navy dive training requirement.

5.1.7.2. Tuesday-Thursday: Activities will include Water Survival course support (S-V85-A, S- V90-A) and required maintenance and preparation of equipment for dive operations supporting underwater egress training on Friday. Contractor’s primary priority will be enabling safety of dive operations, with secondary instructor duties for course support. Water survival flight chief will be responsible for allowing adequate time in the weekly schedule for dive locker maintenance.

5.1.7.3. Friday: Typical dive operations will require support for 2 active safety divers conducting and average of 2 dives per week. Divers operate at shallow depth (less than 15ft), with additional oversight for dive supervisor and standby diver.

5.2. ECAC. At JBSA-L, the days of operations are Monday-Thursday and classes run for four consecutive days.

5.2.1. ECAC begins at approximately 0615 on Day 1 and training ends at approximately 1830 on Day 4. The schedule is listed in Appendix A.

5.2.2. ECAC academics are conducted on Days 1 & 2 in groups of approximately 20 per classroom.

5.2.3. ARL’s are conducted on Days 1 & 2 and in the morning on Days 3 & 4 in groups of approximately 20 per classroom.

5.2.4. On Days 3 & 4, students will be split into two groups. On Day 3, one group will receive evasion training and the other will receive ARLs and operational ECAC training. The two groups will flip-flop on Day 4.

5.2.5. Operational ECAC training will be conducted in groups of approximately 15. Operational Conduct After Capture training will be followed by a two-hour debrief.

5.2.6. Evasion academics training will be conducted in groups of approximately 20 per classroom.

5.2.7. Evasion operational training will be conducted in the EL on JBSA-L and will be conducted in groups of 6 to 8.

5.3. SERE Specialist Training-Orientation Course (SST-OC). At JBSA-L, the days of operations are Monday-Friday and classes run for 15 training days.

5.3.1. SST-OC operational training is conducted at remote field training locations. Operational training will be conducted in elements of approximately 8 students.

5.4. Training Delays. The contractor shall be prepared to respond/adapt to training delays caused by severe weather, natural disaster, or other unforeseeable circumstances where it is determined by base or unit leadership to be unsafe or impractical for staff, cadre, and/or students to report for duty or continue training. Training delays may result in a delayed start, premature end to the training day, or cancellation of the entire training day. In the event an entire training day is cancelled, the contractor shall be prepared to complete student training requirements on the first make-up day possible (e.g., the JBSA-L installation commander closes the base on a Thursday due inclement weather). In-turn student training is cancelled. The first make-up day would be Friday. The contractor shall be notified as soon as possible of the actual class schedule/schedule changes by the functional area COR or the COR Supervisor. Any overtime associated with a training delay will be coordinated IAW paragraph 5.5. of this PWS.

5.5. Government Directed Overtime. If the Government (CO or COR Supervisor) requests overtime, the contractor shall be reimbursed per the Overtime CLIN.