SOW_for_Combat_Skills_Training_v2.docx

Statement of Work: Combat Skills Training Requirements for SOJTF-B

1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES. The contractor shall provide all direct labor, training, supervision (of contractor personnel, facilities, and all other items and services (not specifically identified herein to be government-furnished), necessary to conduct a minimum 4 – day Combat Readiness Program (CRP). This training shall include instruction on survivability for the Special Operations Joint Task Force- Bragg (SOJTF-B) in a high threat environment encompassing Afghanistan. The contractor must train a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 20 students per training course. No later than 7 days prior to the next training event, SOJTF-B will provide the contractor with an estimated student count. The contractor will provide 8-10 courses during the period of performance, with the ability of SOJTF-B and the contractor to shift training course dates and student numbers per course due to the uncertainty and availability of deploying personnel. All training slots that are not filled will be transferred for use in a later class. This will be coordinated by the SOJTF-B J3 Training Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) with the vendor. Total training slots will not exceed 90. The period of performance will be completed from 01 February 2016 to 01 August 2016.

1.1. Approximate Training Dates and Student Numbers up to 90 Personnel.

23-26 February 2016 (12 Students) 1-4 March 2016 (12 Students) 8-11 March 2016 (12 Students) 15-18 March 2016 (18 Students) 21-24 March 2016 (18 Students) 19-22 April 2016 (6 Students) 10-13 May 2016 (6 Students) 14-17 June 2016 (6 Students)

2. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS. Paragraph 7 highlights the minimum training objectives required in the CRP to satisfy the Government's training requirement. At the completion of the course, each student (successfully completing the training) will be proficient in the basic combat readiness skills indicated. The contractor will immediately report student failures to the senior ranking individual in the class and the SOJTF-B J3 Training NCO.

2.1. The contractor shall provide training scenarios where realism is the standard and not the exception, where the progression of training is limited only by safety considerations and the instructor’s ability to control the training event, and where the student's overall ability is assessed on real life scenarios.

2.2 The contractor shall provide a Program of Instruction (POI) that utilizes current Afghanistan threats to produce a class that increases in difficulty based on students’ ability to understand and employ the material. The practical exercises in this course shall be based on recent tactics used against US Troops in Afghanistan (as in last week, not last year). The students will be briefed on "lessons learned" by these attacks and incorporate these lessons in the aforementioned training scenarios.

2.3. The contractor shall provide each student with electronic copies of all case studies, video clips, PowerPoint presentations, and any other type of printed or electronic information presented during the course.

2.4. The contractor shall provide rehearsal areas, vehicles, maps, sand tables, and scaled models of the course/scenario areas, to facilitate rehearsal opportunities during practical exercises.

3. TRAINING SITE/FACILITIES.

3.1 The contractor shall provide a training site that is owned or leased throughout the duration of the training. The training site must be within one hour driving distance of SOJTF-B, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, or lodging and all meals must be included. The contractor’s proposed training site shall be designed to meet all the requirements outlined in paragraph 7 of this statement of work. The quantities provided in this statement of work are estimates and the contractor shall be responsible for providing adequate supplies (ammunition, vehicles, weapons, etc.) to successfully accomplish each task.

3.2. If lodging and three meals are required, the contractor shall provide adequate lodging facilities either onsite or within 15 miles of the training site. Rooms shall sleep no more than 2 people per room. The contractor shall provide 3 meals per day, at least two of them being hot meals. Meals shall be of restaurant quality and shall consist of healthy food options.

3.3. If the training site is within one hour driving distance of SOJTF-B, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the contractor will provide one lunch time meal and one dinner time meal of restaurant quality and shall consist of healthy food options.

4. HOURS OF OPERATION. The contractor shall provide a minimum of 8 hours of daylight training daily. The contractor has the flexibility to conduct training during the evening or night time in order to satisfy training requirements but only if appropriate safety precautions are taken. In order to satisfy night time weapon immersion, the contractor will also need to be prepared to conduct at a minimum, one night iteration of to include at least 4 hours of continuous range time with the ability to extend training to at least 0200hrs.

4.1 The breakdown of the training cycle will be no more than 10% class room and no less than 90% hands on training.

5. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES. Property provided by the Government shall be used only in performance of this contract.

5.1 Facilities. None. This is provided by the contractor.

5.2 Equipment. Individuals are recommended, but not required to bring the following:

- Individual body armor

- Appropriate cold weather gear

- Helmet

- Eye and ear protection rated for firearm training

- Appropriate uniform or clothing as designated by SOJTF-B

- Combat boots

- Gloves (NOMEX or Heavy work)

- Knee and elbow pads

5.3 When coordinated in advance with the designated Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), SOJTF-B may provide the following:

- Night Vision Devices, laser attachments, and any other additional equipment needed for night time firing.

6. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES.

6.1 Facilities. See par 3.1. The contractor shall provide all training material, facilities, and all other items and services (not specifically identified herein to be Government Furnished), necessary to conduct CRP.

6.2 Equipment. The contractor shall provide a sufficient volume of equipment needed for the number of students attending the CRP course. The following list of equipment is not all inclusive and simply estimates possible equipment required for training.

- M-4 Assault Rifles

- M-9/M-19 Combat Pistols

- Pyrotechnics

- SUV’s, Training Sedans, Ramming/Full Contact Vehicles, OPFOR Vehicles

- All Fuel & Tires

- All Ammunition

- All Peripheral training aids to be consumed such as targets, windshields, doors, & vehicle parts

- ATF Approved Arms Vaults

- All Federal & State licenses and permits to conduct this type of training

- All protective gear

- All medical equipment

6.3 Materials. The contractor shall provide the following materials.

-Peripheral training aids consumed or destroyed in training to include targets, windshields, windows, doors, vehicle parts, fuels and tires, training rounds, pyrotechnics, medical equipment -Student handouts and all other training material, equipment, and devices.

7. Specific Tasks/Functional Areas. According to USCENTCOM FY16 Non-Standard Forces Training Requirements (NSFTR) dated 23 June 2015, soldiers entering Afghanistan are required to be proficient in the following tasks and drills. The tasks should be included among the additional training requirements below and incorporated into the training scenarios.

- Perform individual movement techniques

- Navigate from one point to another

- Move under fire

- Perform counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) tasks, at minimum training will include:

- identify visual indicators of an explosive device

- react to a suspected and actual Vehicle Borne IED (VBIED) attack

- react to an IED

- understand methods of IED emplacement (tactics, techniques, and procedures)

- Assess and respond to threats (escalation of force). Employ progressive levels of individual force when confronting civilians

- Train on identifying insider threat

- Positive identification (PID) training. PID is defined as having a reasonable certainty the object of attack is a legitimate military target in accordance with the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) and applicable rules of engagement.

- Qualify on assigned weapon and become immersed in weapons training

- Maintain, Employ, and Engage with both M4 and M9

- Perform function check

- Load/unload procedures

- Correct Malfunction (immediate/remedial action)

- Engage targets with both primary and secondary weapons at various ranges

- Vehicle rollover and downed vehicle drills -Combat and defensive driving Training/scenarios and counter ambush

- At a minimum be able to perform the following medical care through practical application

- Point of injury (POI) care

- Hemorrhage control

- Airway management -Respiratory control -Circulation control -Hyperthermia management -Casualty/Evacuation procedures

7.1 Comprehensive M4/M9 Weapons Package. The weapons training will improve the shooter’s accuracy, precision, target discrimination, agility, shooting-control, midrange shooting, handling of equipment, shooting under stress, and proper safety techniques for the individual and teammates. Drills should be designed to do the following under daylight and night time using both the M4 and M9 (where applicable):

- Teach safe weapon handling and clearing procedures

- Develop the shooters fundamentals of marksmanship

- Zero weapons for daytime and night time training

- Improve shooter’s accuracy from the standing, kneeling, and prone position

- Improve shooter’s accuracy when using covered positions

- Improve shooter’s accuracy while turning left, right, and to the rear

- Improve shooter’s accuracy while operating in low light and night time environments

- Improve shooter’s accuracy while moving forwards, laterally, and backwards

- Improve shooter’s reaction time to target engagement

- Improve shooter’s ability to engage multiple targets.

- Improve shooter’s ability to break contact from a threat

- Improve shooter’s ability to engage multiple targets under stress and on the move

- Improve shooter’s ability to transition from M-4 to M-9 & from M-9 to M-4

7.2. Combat Driving Skills Program. This portion of the training will focus on fundamentals of vehicle control. This program must layer on stress and decision-making problems using Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles a student may encounter in Afghanistan. This training should focus on the following tasks and drills and strive to make scenarios as realistic as possible:

- Braking (threshold braking, straight line, braking while turning, transitional braking)

- Steering wheel management

- Obstacle avoidance

- Constant radius, decreasing radius, increasing radius turns

- Evasive maneuvers (boot leg, reverse j, reverse y, high speed reversals)

- Convoy drills (synchronized turns, reversals, high speed reversals)

- Counter force off techniques (repeated rams, spin outs, button hook turns, counter steering)

- Tactical ramming

- Down driver takeover drills

7.3. Medical Training: The contractor shall provide medical training in accordance with the Army Tactical Combat Casualty Course guidelines. At a minimum and through the use of practical application, students will need to demonstrate proficiency in the following tasks and drills:

-Evaluate a casualty (Tactical Combat Casualty Care) -Perform first aid to restore breathing and/or pulse -Perform first aid for bleeding, hemorrhage, and/or a severed extremity -Perform first aid to clear an object stuck in the throat of a conscious casualty -Perform first aid for burns

7.4. Culmination Exercises. The course will culminate in exercises designed to apply various skills learned throughout the training program. These exercises should be as real as possible, replicate a high stress environment, draw from multiple skill sets, assess the individual/group, and successfully prepare the group for similar situations downrange. These exercises should include but are not limited to the following scenarios:

- Bailout/Break Contact from a Vehicle

- Engaging Targets from a Vehicle

- Counter Ambush from a Vehicle

- Reacting to an IED as part of a Convoy

- Treating a Casualty in a Vehicle

- Treating a Casualty under Fire

- Rules of Engagement and Escalation of Force Scenario transitioning to Insider Threat, SVIED, Casualty, etc..

8. REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

9. PERSONNEL/KEY POSITION(S)/QUALIFICATIONS.

9.1 Personnel. The contractor shall provide subject matter expert instructors who are fully competent to perform the work indicated throughout this statement of work.

9.1.1. Instructors. The contractor shall provide instructors who have special operations experience with at least one year of documented experience in providing this specific type of training in environments and conditions the same as, or similar to, those found in Afghanistan. Specific supporting documents such as certificates, diplomas, etc. supporting the instructor’s qualifications and experience shall be provided by the contractor upon request.

9.1.2. The contractor shall provide enough instructors to facilitate a minimum of 1:4 instructor to student ratio.

9.2. Key Position Personnel. The contractor shall provide a contract manager and alternate(s) who shall be responsible for the performance of all work required under this contract. The name of this person and an alternate(s), who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent, shall be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer within five calendar days after contract award. The contractor shall provide advanced written notification to the Contracting Officer of any changes to these personnel within 5 days of such action. Additionally, the contractor shall provide a training organizational chart of personnel with contact phone number of individuals responsible for this contract within five days after contract award.

9.2.1. Authority. The Contract Manager or alternate(s) shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on all contractual manners relating to daily operations of this contract.

9.2.2. Availability. The Contract Manager or alternate(s) shall be available to the government’s Quality Assessment Evaluator (Senior Student) during normal duty hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) in person or telephonically to discuss and if required, correct problem areas. After normal duty hours the Contract Manager or Designated alternate(s) shall be available by telephone within three hours of placing the call to address any unresolved areas of training with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

9.2.3. Language Fluency. The Contract Manager and Alternate(s) shall fluently read, write, speak, and understand English.