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RFQ H92257-15-Q-0178

RFQ H92257-15-Q-0178 Questions and Answers

Question 1. Date ranges show 04-18 Sep. Does that mean that the course will begin on Friday with the following Monday Holiday as an off day, making up for the 4-day week?

Answer 1. The timelines for the course are from 7 September - 18 September which will cut short that holiday weekend.

Question 2. Are instructors required to have TS (as reflected in SOW) or TS/SI (standard level of clearance required for this evolution) clearances?

Answer 2. The standard clearance level is correct.

Question 3. We understand this is a co-teach with a DoD instructor. Is the contractor instructor needed for both the ground and air portion? Currently it reads that the instructor is only needed for the ground portion.

Answer 3. The instructor is needed for the entirety of the course. There are different certifications for Ground and Air so the instructor either needs to be Mode III Instructor certified Ground and Air or two instructors will be needed one for ground and one for air.

Question 4. Understanding the intent is to provide Mode III Ground and Air training and certification for up to eight operators. Scopes of Work, 3) ask for one Mode III Instructor for ground course over a five day period.

Question 4a. You only need the Mode III instructors for the five day ground training and certification only? Not the air training also?

Answer 4a. An instructor is required for the entire duration of this course and must be certified in Mode III instructor ground and Mode III instructor air, or an instructor must be provided who is Mode III ground certified for the ground portion, and Mode III air certified for the air portion.

Question 4b. Also, NGW ITOS guidance requires a four to one student to instructors; will MARSOC be providing an instructors also to help cover the expected eight operators (students)?

Answer 4b. 5 of the students are recertification and do not required "instruction" only the opportunity to retest and maintain their certification. The recertification does not weigh against the instructor to student ratio.

Question 4c. Will MARSOC be providing the target handsets for applications training and certifications?

Answer 4c. MARSOC will be providing all handsets and equipment except the aircraft.

Question 4d. Will MARSOC be providing individuals (rabbits) to support training for power cycling the handsets and moving them for dynamic scenarios?

Answer 4d. MARSOC will be providing rabbits for this course.

Question 5. Training will be in/around the Wilmington area, will this training be using MARSOC's 'Authority to Transmit' or does the vendor need to coordinate this as part of the communication piece?

Answer 5. The Authority to Transmit has already been submitted by MARSOC and is approved.

Question 6. The Government will provide classrooms aboard Stone Bay, Camp Lejeune; does this also include the SCIF needed for part of this training and certification?

Answer 6. The location for the classroom portion has not been determined yet, but will either be held in the language labs on stone bay or in the SCIF at 405. All instructors will be escorted by MARSOC personnel during anytime in the SCIF.