PWS_-_JTAC_01_Aug_14.pdf

Flying Hours and Close Air Support Training

(JTAC II)

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

USAFE/AGOS, 4 ASOG, and WPC, Det 2

01 Aug 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES/GENERAL INFORMATION/ADMIN

1.0. Description of Services

1.1. Background

1.2. Specific Tasks

1.2.1. Support for USAFE AGOS, 4 ASOG, and WPC, Det 2

1.2.2. Work Period

1.2.3. Night Operations

1.2.4. Aircrew/Pilot Requirements

1.2.5. Aircraft

1.2.6. Tactical Employment

1.2.7. Place of Performance

1.2.8. Briefing Requirements

1.3. Access to US Government Facilities

1.4. Conformance with Environmental Management Systems

SECTION 2 SERVICES SUMMARY

2.0. Services Summary

SECTION 3 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

3.0. Government Furnished Property and Services

3.1. Government Furnished Equipment

SECTION 4 APPENDICES

Appendix A – Acronyms

Appendix B – Publications

Appendix C – Contractor Manpower Reporting

SECTION 1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES/GENERAL INFORMATION/ADMIN

1.0. Description of Services. The contractor shall provide non-personal services to include all management, tools, equipment, aircraft and labor to provide up to 320 flying hours per year for Close Air

Support (CAS) Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training in support of; 1) the United States Air

Force in Europe (USAFE), Warrior Preparation Center (WPC), USAFE Air Ground Operations School

(AGOS); 2) 4th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG) and subordinate units and; 3) WPC, Detachment

2 in their primary training areas in Germany and/or in areas agreed upon by user organization and contractor. Performance includes flying a maximum of 12 hours per day to include night and may include

Saturdays and Sundays. In addition, the Government reserves the right to negotiate an increase to the requirement to include real time Video Down Link (VDL) capabilities with the contractor. The VDL capability is not presently part of the contract requirements; the information is provided solely for the contemplation of interested parties. For the purpose of this contract/PWS, all reference to 4 ASOG includes members of the 4 ASOG and their associated subordinate units. The services required under this

PWS are not mission essential.

1.1. Background. From forward positions, JTACs direct the action of combat aircraft engaged in close air support and other offensive air operations. A qualified and current JTAC will be recognized across the

U.S. Department of Defense as capable and authorized to perform terminal attack control. JTAC personnel are recognized experts in directed release of ordnance during covert and non-covert operations, expert in all aspects of rotary & fixed wing close air support and non-traditional intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) operations. They are also trained radio operators and work with tactical computers, moving map displays, field expedient antennas, air to ground digital & video downlinks, LASER & thermal optics, orienteering, global positioning system (GPS)-Falcon View vehicle navigation, maps, mission planning, radar beacon operations and integrating multiple airborne command and control & attack assets.

1.2. Specific Tasks.

1.2.1. Support for USAFE, WPC AGOS, 4 ASOG, and WPC Detachment 2. Contractor shall provide

CAS support at times and days of the week as determined by USAFE AGOS, 4 ASOG and WPC

Detachment 2 schedulers, weather dependent in accordance with (IAW) International Civil Aviation

Organization (ICAO) Visual Flight Rules (VFR ) weather minimums as identified in Air Force

Instruction (AFI) 11-202V3, Table 7.2. The USAFE AGOS scheduler is the lead scheduling agent for contract flying hours, irreconcilable conflicts between customers will be resolved by HQ USAFE-

AFAFRICA/A3C.

1.2.2. Work Period. Contractor will provide CAS support, as coordinated with USAFE AGOS, 4 ASOG and WPC Detachment 2 schedulers, Monday through Friday (primary) and Saturday/Sunday

(approximately 4 weekends per year).

1.2.2.1. Flying Hours Execution. The contractor shall provide up to 35 flying hours per flying week, with a maximum of 12 flying hours per day/night and a minimum of 1.5 hours per flying day. Flying schedules (fly weeks/days) are drafted yearly, and confirmed quarterly. The United States Government

(USG) will provide the draft yearly schedule to the contractor. The USAFE AGOS, 4 ASOG and WPC, Detachment 2 schedulers will provide to the contractor the specific fly week/days dates, hours and locations to the contractor 90 days prior to the event. Flying weeks may require the employment of more than one aircraft to meet scheduling needs with each aircraft providing a maximum of 12 flying hours per day/night. Contractor must possess the flexibility to increase or decrease weekly planned flying support by 10 hours (not to exceed 35 hours) if notified a minimum of two working days prior to the first scheduled mission.

1.2.2.2. Saturday and Sunday flying periods/requirements. The contractor is responsible to obtain any

Host Nation (HN) waivers required to fly weekends, to include waivers for the takeoff and landing base and the designated training areas. Flying period may include German holidays. The contractor’s available flying period during a single day/night schedule will not exceed 12 hours.

1.2.2.3. Contingency Scheduling. The contractor shall have the ability to adapt scheduled times to actual needs, i.e. weather conditions, student progress, etc. The contractor and customer/user organization will coordinate any same day scheduling changes no later than one hour prior to the scheduled aircraft takeoff time.

1.2.3. Night Operations. The contractor shall have night CAS tactical employment capability; period of

“night” is defined in AFI 11-202V3, Atch 1. Contractor must possess their own IR pointer and pilot/aircrew night vision device capable of viewing both the JTAC and pilot/aircrew pointers

1.2.4. Pilot/Aircrew and Aircraft Requirements. Contractor pilots/aircrew must speak/understand English and be licensed IAW HN rules. The contractor shall possess and provide copies to USG all required aircraft and pilot certification and/or licenses allowing them to conduct CAS flying operations in

Germany.

1.2.5. Aircraft. The contractor’s aircraft must be fixed-wing aircraft capable of speeds in excess of 300

Knots Indicated Air Speed (KIAS). The contractor’s aircraft must be fighter/attack aircraft which has been specifically designed for Close Air Support/air-to-ground combat operations or Close Air

Support/air-to-ground training operations.

1.2.5.1. Minimum Equipment. The contractor’s aircraft must possess Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and

Very High Frequency (VHF) radio capability for CAS operations IAW Air Force Tactics, Techniques and

Procedures (Instruction) (AFTTP(I)) 3-2.6, November 2012.

1.2.6. Tactical Employment (Day/Night). The contractor aircrew/pilots must be proficient in CAS procedures and techniques IAW Joint Publication (JP) 3-09.3, July 2009 Chapter V and AFTTP(I) 3-2.6, November 2012 Chapter IV. Contractor will execute CAS procedures in scenarios as provided by customer/user organization.

1.2.6.1. The contractor aircrew/pilots must be proficient in high, medium and low altitude tactical employment and attack deliveries to include pop-up-attacks IAW JP 3-09.3, Chapter V. High altitude is defined as simulated weapons release above 15,000 feet AGL, medium altitude is defined as tactics flown above 8,000 feet AGL and low altitude is defined as tactics flown below 8,000 feet AGL IAW HN directives.

1.2.6.2. The contractor aircrew/pilots must be proficient in night employment and attack deliveries to include use of Night Vision Devices as outlined in JP 3-09.3.

1.2.6.3. The contractor must possess the ability to simulate varying combat aircraft weapons loads/deliveries in accordance with the CAS scenarios provided by and coordinated with the user.

Specific CAS scenarios will be coordinated between contractor and user no later than one week prior to sortie execution.

1.2.6.4. The contractor aircrew/pilots must be proficient in target plotting, both in latitude/longitude

(Lat/Long) and Military Grid Reference System (MGRS), and possess ability to convert between

Lat/Long and MGRS.

1.2.7. Place of Performance: 1) 100 kilometer (km) radius centering on the USAFE AGOS, Kaiserstrasse

84, 67661 Kaiserslautern - Einsiedlerhof, Germany and; 2) 100 km radius centering on the city of

Amberg, Germany with primary working areas of Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training ranges. Additional training ranges/areas include but are not limited to: Baumholder, Polygone, and/or anywhere in

Temporary Reserved Airspace (TRA) 205 A thru D (TRA: refers to designated training airspace in

Germany. Any other location/area(s) may be used if agreed upon by user organization, contractor and

Host Nation. The amount of requests for other locations are unknown at this time but are estimated at seven times annually. Contractor sorties will be flown single-ship (single-aircraft) unless coordinated prior with USG user. Contractor shall have the capability to support CAS operations at two different locations simultaneously i.e., an aircraft at both locations at the same time working separate CAS scenarios. The USAFE AGOS, 4 ASOG, and/or WPC Det 2 organizations are responsible to schedule range and associated air space.

1.2.7.1. Contractor aircraft home station must be within a 500 kilometer (km) radius centering on

Nuremburg (Bavaria), Germany. Contractor must be able to forward deploy and employ aircraft, for up to 7 continuous days, within a 125 kilometer (km) radius of the planned target area (as coordinated with

USAFE AGOS, 4 ASOG and WPC, Det 2). Deployment periods of longer than 7 days are possible if agreed upon by user organization, contractor and Host Nation if no impact to contract cost. Any changes that could increase costs to the Government require CO approval through contract modification.

1.2.8. Briefing Requirements. Contractor must have the ability to pre-brief and de-brief (ex: telephonic, e-mail, face-to-face) with customer units IAW AFI 11-214, Attachment 3.

1.3. Access to USG Facilities. Contractor will not need or be provided access to USG facilities.

1.4. Conformance with Environmental Management Systems

The contractor shall perform work under this contract consistent with the relevant environmental policy and objectives identified in the installation environmental management system (EMS) applicable for your contract. The contractor shall perform work in a manner that conserves water, energy and other resources to the maximum extent feasible and ensure minimum production of waste as possible, giving preference to less toxic materials whenever available and still reliable for their work. In the event an environmental non-conformance or non-compliance of host nation and USAF environmental laws and regulations associated with the contracted services is identified, the contractor shall take corrective and/or preventative actions. In the case of non-compliance, the contractor shall respond and take corrective action immediately. In the case of non-conformance, the contractor shall respond and take corrective action based on the time schedule established by the EMS coordinator.

Conformance with Environmental Requirements

The contractor shall perform all work IAW applicable host nation and US Air Force environmental laws, regulations and operating standards. The contractor shall be immediately capable of understanding and addressing environmental laws and regulations as they pertain to work performed under this contract.

USAF environmental laws & requirements can be found at the EMS Sharepoint Website:

https://ice.usafe.af.mil/sites/EMS/Legal%20%20Other%20Requirements/Forms/AllItems.aspx

SECTION 2 SERVICES SUMMARY

2.0. The contract service requirements are summarized in performance objectives that relate directly to mission critical items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement.

SS# Performance Objective PWS

Reference

Performance

Threshold

1 Check in on schedule time with

JTAC/Range Control

1.2.1., 1.2.2., 1.2.2.1., 1.2.2.2., 1.2.2.3.

80% on time / remaining 20 % w/in 30 minutes of scheduled time

2 Check out on scheduled time, unless previously arranged with JTAC/ Range

Control

1.2.1., 1.2.2., 1.2.2.1., 1.2.2.2., 1.2.2.3.

90% on scheduled time / remaining

10% no earlier than

10 minutes before scheduled time

3 Provided terminal attack control procedures in accordance with (IAW)

JP 3-09.3 & AFTTP(I) 3-2.6

1.2.6, 1.2.6.1., 1.2.6.2., 1.2.6.3,1.2.6.4

100% of the time

4 Aircrew/Pilots & Aircraft capable of flying Close Air Support

1.2.3., 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.8.

100% of the time

SECTION 3 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

3.0. Government Furnished Property and Services. None.

3.1. Government Furnished Equipment. None.

SECTION 4 APPENDICES

Appendix A – Acronyms

AFAFRICA Air Force Africa

AFTTP(I) Air Force Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (Instruction)

AGOS Air Ground Operations School

ASOG Air Support Operations Group

AFI Air Force Instructions

CAS Close Air Support

EO Electro-Optical

FL Flight Level

GPS Global Positioning System

HN Host Nation

IAW In Accordance With

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

IR Infra-red

ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

JP Joint Publication

JTAC Joint Terminal Attack Controllers

JT Joint Terminal

KIAS Knots Indicated Air Speed

Km Kilometer

Lat Latitude

Long Longitude

MGRS Military Grid Reference System

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Agreement

PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency

PWS Performance Work Statement

QC Qualification Course

ROVER Remote Optical Video Enhanced Receiver

STANAG Standardization Agreement

TRA Temporary Reserved Airspace

UHF Ultra High Frequency

US United States

USG United States Government

USAFE United States Air Force in Europe

VDL Video Down Link

VHF Very High Frequency

VFR Visual Flight Rules

WPC Warrior Preparation Center

Appendix B – Publications

AFI 11-202 Volume (Vol) 3, Flying Operations, General Flight Rules, 22 October 2010, http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/.

AFTTP(I), Air Force Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (Instruction), 3-2.6, Nov 2012.

AFI 11-214, Air Operations Rules and Procedures, 14 Aug 2012, http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/.

AFI 13-112, Vol I, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Training Program, 15 Feb 2008, IC 2 22 Jul

2013, http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/.

AFI 13-112, Vol II, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Standardization /Evaluation Program, 21

Feb 2008, IC 1, 18 May 2009, http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/.

AFI 13-113, Vol I, Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) and Air support Operations Center (ASOC)

Training Program, 14 June 2012, http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/.

JP 3-09.3., Close Air Support, 8 July 2009, supplied by Quality Assurance Personnel (QAP).

STANAG 3797, Ed 6, (ATP-3.3.2.2.); Minimum Qualifications for Forward Air Controllers and Laser

Operators in Support Of Forward Air Controllers, 4 February 2014, supplied by QAP.

STANAG 7144 Ed 4, (ATP 3.3.2.1); Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Close Air Support and Air

Interdiction, 17 February 2011, supplied by QAP.

Air Combat Command JTAC QC syllabus Dec 2009, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC)

Qualification Course (QC) Syllabus, supplied by QAP.

Appendix C – Contrator Manpower Reporting

General Information. The contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for Flying Hours and Close Air Support Training via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields at http://www.ecmra.mil.

Reporting. Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance for each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs 1 October through 30 September. While inputs may be reported any time during the

FY, all data shall be reported no later than 31 October of each calendar year. Contractors may direct questions to the CMRA help desk.

Uses and Safeguarding of Information. Information from the secure web site is considered to be proprietary in nature when the contract number and contractor identity are associated with the direct labor hours and direct labor dollars. At no time will any data be released to the public with the contractor name and contract number associated with the data.

User Manuals. Data for Air Force service requirements must be input at the Air Force CMRA link. However, user manuals for government personnel and contractors are available at the Army CMRA link at http://www.ecmra.mil.