TSS_FY16_PWS_TO_2_Amended.pdf

CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE FORCE

Training Support Services Performance Work Statement for Sample Task

Order 0002

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Table of Contents

1. Scope

1.1 General

1.2 Background

1.3 Mission

1.4 Core Competency Sustainment Training

1.5 Individual Sustainment and Advanced Training

1.6 Quality Assurance

1.7 Principal Operation Support Areas

1.8 Period of Performance

1.9 Federal Holidays

1.10 Hours of Operation

1.11 Security Requirements

1.12 Common Access Card (CAC)

1.13 Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

1.14 Identification of Contractor Employees

1.15 Organizational Conflict of Interest

1.16 Data Rights

1.17 Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents/Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Radiation

1.18 Emergency Preparedness Services / Force Preservation

2. Applicable Documents

2.1 Applicable Publications

2.2 Definitions

2.3 Acronyms

3. Required Task Order 2 Tasks

Objective 2 Exercise Development and Training Support

Task 1 Capstone Exercise (Non Severable)

Task 2 Joint Task Force Training (Non Severable)

Task 3 IRF Exercise Training (Non Severable)

Task 4 Command Element & Operations Center Training (Non Severable)

Objective 3 Advanced Courses and Regulatory and Compliance Training

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Task 1 Advanced Decontamination Training (Non Severable)

Task 2 Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Training (Non Severable)

Task 3 Advanced Identification and Detection Training (Non Severable)

Task 4 Advanced Medical Training (Non Severable)

Task 5 Advanced Search and Extraction Platoon Training (Non Severable)

Task 6 Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning Training (Non Severable)

Task 7 FEMA Incident Command System (ICS) 300 training (Non Severable)

Task 8 FEMA ICS 400 Training (Non Severable)

Task 9 Fire Instructor I (Non Severable)

Task 10 Fire Instructor II (Non Severable)

Task 11 Fire Instructor III (Non Severable)

Task 12 Fire Officer I (Non Severable)

Task 13 Fire Officer II (Non Severable)

Task 14 Fire Officer III (Non Severable)

Task 15 Fire Inspector I (Non Severable)

Task 16 Fire Inspector II (Non Severable)

Task 17 Fire Inspector III (Non Severable)

Task 18 Rope Level I (Non Severable)

Task 19 Rope Level II (Non Severable)

Task 20 Confined Space Level I (Non Severable)

Task 21 Confined Space Level II (Non Severable)

Task 22 Vehicle Rescue Level I (Non Severable)

Task 23 Vehicle Rescue Level II (Non Severable)

Task 24 Trench Rescue Level I (Non Severable)

Task 25 Trench Rescue Level II (Non Severable)

Task 26 Structural Collapse Technician (Non Severable)

Task 27 Hazardous Materials Technician (Non Severable)

Task 28 Hazardous Materials Incident Commander (Non Severable)

Task 29 Hazardous Materials Weapons of Mass Destruction (Non Severable)

Task 30 Hazardous Materials Operations Course (Non Severable)

Task 31 EOD Hand Entry Course (Non Severable)

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Task 32 SOF Electronics Course Advanced Electronics Training (Non Severable)

Task 33 FEMA Technical Search Specialist Course (Non Severable)

Task 34 Emergency Medical Technician Basic Course (Non Severable)

Objective 4 Training Venue Support

Task 1 Close Range Contractor Provided Training Venues (Non Severable)

Task 2 Mid-Range Contractor Provided Training Venues (Non Severable)

Task 3 Long Range Contractor Provided Training Venues (Non Severable)

Objective 5 Service Integration Support (Non Severable)

Travel Cost

4. Government Furnished Items and Services

5. Contractor Furnished Items

6. Attachments / Technical Exhibit List

Technical Exhibit 1

Technical Exhibit 2

Technical Exhibit 3

1. Scope

1.1 General

1.1.1 The primary objective of this acquisition is to provide specialized training and allow personnel to obtain the certifications needed to be mission ready and respond to an emergency situation in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high yield explosive attack in the National Capital Region or Continental United States.

1.1.2 This is a non-personnel services contract to provide Training Support Services to Chemical

Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF). The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers will be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the

Government.

1.2 Background

CBIRF is a one of a kind organization of approximately 500 Marines, Sailors, and civilians with a complex mission that requires highly specialized training. This specialized training exceeds the training given to a service member in any of the more than 40 military occupational specialties

(MOS) that comprise the unit. Members must be trained once assigned to CBIRF.

1.3 Mission

CBIRF’s mission is to forward-deploy and/or respond with minimal warning to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high yield explosive (CBRNE) threat or event in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and the geographic combatant commanders in the conduct of CBRNE response or consequence management operations, providing capabilities for command and control; agent detection and identification; search, rescue, and decontamination; and emergency medical care for contaminated personnel.

1.3.1 To support this mission, every Marine and Sailor is required to complete a resident fifteen day CBIRF Basic Operations Course(CBOC) at CBIRF’s Training Center followed by an annual

CBOC Refresher, and annual advanced training in specialty areas. Additionally, CBIRF must conduct unit level and company level exercises each year to ensure mission readiness. Many of these exercises are conducted as part of the United States Northern Command’s (NORTHCOM) annual training plan for the Defense CBRNE Response Force.

1.4 Core Competency Sustainment Training

CBIRF’s basic unit of employment is the Initial Response Force (IRF). Consisting of about 122 personnel and a 15 member Alert Command Element with about 32 vehicles, the IRF is comprised of a variety of sections each of which requires familiarity with its specialized skill set as well as the overall CBIRF mission. In order to fully integrate into a variety of crisis response scenarios, CBIRF sections require basic and advanced training in their respective core competencies in order to provide a greater depth of understanding to personnel. This understanding will allow the sections to operate as part of an IRF or allow them to be detached from the IRF to execute specific missions in support of crisis response operations. Accordingly, the sections must be provided training to ensure proficiency in CBIRF’s capabilities and mission

5 | P a g e sets as well as the training and readiness standards for section. This training must ensure the section is capable of operating in a variety of interagency and/or interdepartmental command and control configurations in support of local, state, and federal agencies as well as the geographic combatant commanders. The Contractor will complete all identified training requirements for

CBIRF’s sections and their personnel to respond to a crisis situation in a CBRNE contaminated environment. In order to perform these tasks, the IRF trains to the following core competencies:

command and control, agent detection and identification, search and extraction, technical rescue, decontamination, and emergency medical care. CBIRF’s Mission Essential Tasks are:

Deploy Forces/Conduct Maneuver

Conduct Crisis Response

Perform Consequence Management

Conduct Operations in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Hazard

Environment

Lines of operation link a series of actions in both time and space relative to achieving the objectives defined by a unit’s mission. CBIRF’s Lines of Operation are:

Prepare for Contingencies

Prepare for Crisis

Ensure Mission Readiness

Manage and Account for Resources

Keep the Faith

1.5 Individual Sustainment and Advanced Training

CBIRF, as a one of kind unit, has multiple training responsibilities that exceed those of a typical unit; this is due to the fact that there is no military occupational specialty (MOS) producing school that trains to CBIRF individual training and readiness standards. Accordingly, Marine

Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) publishes a CBIRF specific Training and

Readiness Manual that prescribes individual and collective training standards. Further, CBIRF must train and qualify its individual personnel to appropriate federal and state regulations.

Finally, CBIRF must sustain basic MOS individual training standards and MOS progression for over 40 MOSs in the unit. All CBIRF personnel must be trained in a wide variety of tasks under all types of conditions in order to enable them to conduct operations in a crisis situation, likely in a CBRNE contaminated environment. This training must ensure each individual is capable of responding to a variety of CBRNE crisis response scenarios in support of local, state, and federal agencies as well as the geographic combatant commanders. The Contractor will complete all standards in order to train CBIRF’s military and civilian personnel to respond to a crisis situation in a CBRNE contaminated environment.

1.6 Quality Assurance

The Government will measure the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is primarily focused on what the

Government must do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

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1.7 Principal Operation Support Areas

Principal support operations will occur at various venues, see Section 3, Objective 4.

1.8 Period of Performance

The period of performance will be for one (1) Base Period of 12 months and four (4) Option

Periods of 12 months each and one (1) 6 months option period. The Period of Performance reads as follows:

Base Year 30 September 2016 – 29 September 2017

Option Period 1 30 September 2017 – 29 September 2018

Option Period 2 30 September 2018 – 29 September 2019

Option Period 3 30 September 2019 – 29 September 2020

Option Period 4 30 September 2020 – 29 September 2021

6 months option Period 30 September 2021 – 29 March 2022

Since this is a sample PWS, delivery date period for non severable requirements is not required.

1.9 Federal Holidays

The Contractor may be required to perform services on holidays.

New Year’s Day Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day

President’s Day Veteran’s Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day

Independence Day Christmas Day

1.10 Hours of Operation

The contractor is responsible for conducting business between the hours of 0800 and 1700

Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. Exercises, operations, and surge demand may require additional hours. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

1.11 Security Requirements

Contractor’s key personnel are required to have a Secret security clearance. Overarching security requirements shall be as specified in the DD Form 254. All contractors providing a capability that requires a security clearance must possess a security clearance upon reporting to work on the first day.

1.12 Common Access Card (CAC)

All contractors assigned to work aboard Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head and the associated Stump Neck Annex will possess a Common Access Card (CAC). Upon award of the contract the Field Security Office (FSO) will coordinate with the Contracting Officer

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Representative (COR) of the contract and provide a list of all contractors (Name, SSN, date of birth and an email address) assigned to work on this contract. All CACs are scanned upon entry to all Naval Support Activity South Potomac facilities (including NSF Indian Head and Stump Neck

Annex) to ensure there are no wants or warrants resident in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s

National Criminal Information Center’s Wanted Person Files. Personnel who have outstanding issues will be denied access to the NSASP facilities.

1.13 Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

1.14 Identification of Contractor Employees

All contract personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed. All Contractor personnel are required to wear identifying markers on their clothing.

1.15 Organizational Conflict of Interest

Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) as defined in FAR

Subpart 9.5. The Contractor will notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and will promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The

Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the

Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such

OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

1.16 Data Rights

While the Deliverables described in this PWS apply to the basic contract, the Government reserves the right to require additional documentation not specified herein depending on performance requirements. All Items generated by the Contractor, including, but not limited to, software and database data/information/products, training related items, instructional products, schematics, diagrams, and general or analytical reports, and all associated intellectual property, in whatever form, created, generated, or produced under this requirement shall become the property of the U.S. Government/Marine Corps and not the Contractor, subcontractor, or individual author or researcher; therefore, the U.S. Government/Marine Corps shall have the irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide right to use, modify, reproduce, perform, display, release, or disclose such Items contract (including, but not limited to, technical and scientific articles, reports, Standing

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252.227-7013, 252.227-7014, 252.2257-7015 and DFARS 252.227-7020). Items shall be sufficient, competent, and relevant to support the Contractor's findings and be consistent with fact. Unless otherwise authorized by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall not use the

Contractor's or a Third-Party's proprietary data, information, software items and/or other materials or other Items for any purpose without meeting the requirements of DFARS clause

252.227-7020, and without the specific, written approval by the Contracting Officer, prior to start of any work.

1.17 Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents/Toxic Industrial Chemicals and

Radiation

Occasionally training will involve live radiological sources. These sources emit actual radiation detectable by equipment in order to increase the realism of the training. Contractor personnel may only be exposed to live radiation at Contractor approved locations. Contractor personnel are required to be monitored by a viable radiological monitoring program and attend and pass all required training classes directed by the Contractor and the government. Personnel must be in compliance with appropriate Contractor and OSHA standards governing radiation dosage rates and max accumulations. Maximum exposure limits of 0.2 re, (200 mrem) will not be exceeded at any time during training, not to exceed maximum yearly done of 0.5 rem (500 mrem). The training team will be equipped with the requisite dosimetry monitoring equipment and follow all applicable reporting requirements.

Occasionally training environments will involve live chemical warfare agents (CWA), riot control agents, chemical warfare agent simulants, toxic industrial chemicals (TICs), and biological simulants. Any exposure will require protocol review, review by CBIRF's Industrial Hygienists, Senior Scientist, and CBRN Officer, and approval by the CBIRF Commanding Officer.

Contractor personnel participating in training where exposure to chemical agents is anticipated will receive a special safety briefing and acknowledge in writing the necessary safety requirements prior to any exposure. Prior to any exposure, all respiratory protection equipment will be inspected/tested and approved by CBIRF CBRN personnel. All personal protective equipment (PPE) will be inspected prior to use. After any chemical agent exposure, Contractor personnel will receive a one page briefing sheet with symptoms of exposure and what to do if symptoms of exposure develop. All Contractor personnel will be required to provide proof of the successful completion of a Hazardous Waste Physical including a Respiratory Physical per 29

CFR 1910 before any exposure is authorized.

1.18 Emergency Preparedness Services / Force Preservation

Contractor shall ensure emergency preparedness services are available to respond to the training facility for the duration of the training exercise. Emergency preparedness services include but are not limited to ambulance service, fire fighters, etc. The contractor shall ensure that adequate security is provided at all times to prevent outside and non-cleared personnel from accessing training events.

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2. Applicable Documents

2.1 Applicable Publications

The Contractor will abide by all applicable regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures. Training requirements include, but are not limited to, those set forth by the following:

Department of Homeland Security, 2008. National Response Framework. [Online]

Available at: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-core.pdf

Federal Acquisition Regulation, 2016. FAR. [Online]

Available at: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm

[Accessed 25 March 2016].

Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2015. Incident Command System Resources. [Online]

Available at: http://www.fema.gov/incident-command-system-resources

NFPA, n.d. National Fire Protection Association. [Online]

Available at: http://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/document-information-pages

United States Department of Labor, 2016. Occupational Safety and Health Standards. [Online]

Available at:

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=standards&p_id=9765

USMC, 2010. MCBO 4200.3 Contractor Screening Policy, s.l.: s.n.

USMC, 2010. NAVMC 1553.1 SYSTEMS APPROACH TO TRAINING USER'S GUIDE SHORT

TITLE: SAT USER GUIDE. [Online]

Available at:

http://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/ELECTRONICLIBRARY/ElectronicLibraryDisplay/t abid/13082/Article/127028/navmc-15531.aspx

USMC, 2011. NAVMC 3500.45 Airfield Emergency Services Training and Readiness Manual.

[Online]

Available at: http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/NAVMC%203500.45.pdf

USMC, 2013. NAVMC 3500.78A CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND

NUCLEAR (CBRN) TRAINING AND READINESS (T&R) MANUAL. [Online]

Available at:

http://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/ELECTRONICLIBRARY/ElectronicLibraryDisplay/t abid/13082/Article/151604/navmc-350078a.aspx

USMC, 2014. NAVMC 3500.12B w/Change 1-4 ENGINEER AND UTILITIES TRAINING AND

READINESS MANUAL. [Online]

Available at:

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USMC, 2014. NAVMC 3500.54C COMMAND AND CONTROL TRAINING AND READINESS

MANUAL. [Online]

Available at:

http://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/ELECTRONICLIBRARY/ElectronicLibraryDisplay/t abid/13082/Article/174412/navmc-350054c.aspx

USMC, 2014. NAVMC 3500.66B w/Change 1 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TRAINING

AND READINESS MANUAL. [Online]

Available at:

http://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/ELECTRONICLIBRARY/ElectronicLibraryDisplay/t abid/13082/Article/174398/navmc-350066b-wchange-1.aspx

USMC, 2015. CBIRF Operating Concept, s.l.: (FOUO, Available on request).

USMC, 2015. NAVMC 3500.29B CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE FORCE

TRAINING AND READINESS MANUAL. [Online]

Available at:

http://www.marines.mil/News/Publications/ELECTRONICLIBRARY/ElectronicLibraryDisplay/t abid/13082/Article/174624/navmc-350029b.aspx

USMC, 2016. CBIRFO 1500.1A Ch 1 FISCAL YEAR 2016 ANNUAL TRAINING PLAN, s.l.:

(FOUO, Available on request).

2.2 Definitions

CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S.

Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment will be in writing and will state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

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KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key Personnel listed in the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

QUALITY ASSURANCE Surveillance Plan (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service will meet contract requirements.

SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

WORK DAY. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.3 Acronyms

CBIRF Chemical Biological Incident Response Force

CBRN Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear

CBRNE Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and High Yield Explosive

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

COA Course of Action

COC Combat Operations Center

COMM Communications

CONUS Continental United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)

COR Contracting Officer Representative

COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf

CP Command Post

CPX Command Post Exercise

CWA Chemical Warfare Agent

DA Department of the Army

DD250 Department of Defense Form 250 (Receiving Report)

DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Requirement List

DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center

DOD Department of Defense

EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EXPLAN Exercise Plan

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

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FINEX Final Exercise

FPM Final Planning Meeting

HAZMAT Hazardous Material

HHQ Higher Headquarters

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

ICS Incident Command System

IND Improvised Nuclear Device

IRF Initial Response Force

KO Contracting Officer

MSEL Master Scenario Event List

METL Mission Essential Task List

NLT No Later Than

OC Observer Controller

OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest

OCONUS Outside Continental United States (includes Alaska and Hawaii)

OCT Observer Controller Trainer

ODC Other Direct Costs

OIC Officer in Charge

PIPO Phase In/Phase Out

POC Point of Contact

POI Program of Instruction

PRS Performance Requirements Summary

PWS Performance Work Statement

QA Quality Assurance

QAP Quality Assurance Program

QAR Quality Assurance Representative

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QC Quality Control

QCP Quality Control Plan

TE Technical Exhibit

TIC Toxic Industrial Chemical

TIM Toxic Industrial Material

USMC United States Marine Corps

UTM Unit Training Manager

WAWF Wide-Area Workflow

WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction

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3. Required Task Order 2 Tasks

Objective 2 Exercise Development and Training Support

General Description of Exercise Development and Training Support

O2.1 Contractor shall provide exercise development support comprising integration with Joint

Task Force level exercise planners, coordinating venues and training support, and provide exercise control, observation, and evaluation.

O2.2 Exercise Training Support: The contractor shall provide exercise training support in the areas of scenario development and execution. There will be exercises involving the CBIRF

Command Element and one or more IRFs. These exercises may involve CBIRF alone or may be involve other organizations. When requested, this training will include the participation of the contractor as exercise developers, controllers, observers, and/or evaluators. Each exercise may be on-site or off-site, in facility or field environments, and may require overnight contractor support.

Plausible and realistic with minimal exercise controls vs. realistic response requirements. The contractor shall deliver exercise control development and support with subject matter expertise in exercise control concept development, threat integration, and scenario thread development that enables the logical development of complex exercises.

O2.3 The contractor shall provide exercise design process coordination. They shall develop training event execution guides (exercise purpose, execution criteria, conditions, and human terrain products) tailored to CBIRF’s training objectives.

O2.4 The Contractor shall participate in producing and reviewing exercise processes and procedures, ensuring all outstanding issues have been identified and resolved prior to the start of the exercise:

Confirm EXCON capabilities, requirements, and staffing

Review scenario and timeline development

Review MSEL

Confirm logistics and administrative requirements

Review and publish Exercise PLAN (EXPLAN) outline

Determine outstanding RFIs/issues left unresolved or unanswered

Deliver the final exercise plan

O2.5 The contractor shall deliver exercise evaluation development and support with subject matter expertise in task analysis and AAR product development.

O2.6 The contractor shall create training scenarios that facilitate the evaluation of CBIRF

Training and Readiness Manual events, Mission Essential Tasks (METs), and Annual Training

Plan objectives; the MSEL and threads will facilitate the logical development of complex situations.

O2.7 The contractor shall analyze unit tasks, training objectives, and CBIRF core and assigned

METs as part of the overall linkage to associated exercise support concepts.

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O2.8 Provide an assessment of CBIRF using the CBIRF Training and Readiness Manual, the unit

METL (and associated tasks, conditions, and standards), and performance measures captured in the Defense Readiness Reporting System.

O2.9 The contractor shall provide services for Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) writing sessions.

O2.9.1 MSEL items, both scheduled and on call, will be provided in the list and approved by the government prior to the Final Planning Meeting (FPM).

O2.10 The CBIRF Commanding Officer will designate, via the COR, whether CBIRF personnel are allowed to participate in exercise development, due to the need to prevent access to the script by exercise participants. As such, the contractor must possess the knowledge and experience to work exercise development issues without CBIRF personnel present while simultaneously protecting CBIRF’s equity in the exercise.

O2.11 Multi-Day Advanced Training Exercises: The contractor shall provide exercise training support in the areas of scenario development, site preparation, and execution. When requested, this training will include the participation of the contractor as exercise developers, controllers, observers, and/or evaluators. Each multi-day advanced training exercise will require 24 hour training days and may be on-site or off-site, in facility or “field” environments and are typically focused on advanced skills in command and control, CBRNE detection and identification, search and rescue, extraction, decontamination, basic and advanced lifesaving, crisis action planning, and force protection. Continuous oversight and evaluation of training will be required throughout the night. The contractor shall be prepared to support exercises of any duration multiple times per year. During these continuous exercises, contractor will provide instructor personnel on a rotational basis, including overnight, to ensure adequate rest and safety of contractor personnel and training participants.

O2.12 CBIRF Staff Sustainment Training and Certification. The CBIRF Staff and Command

Elements require familiarity and training to prepare personnel to respond to a crisis situation that will involve multiple agencies and departments and will likely occur in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and/or high yield Explosive (CBRNE) contaminated environment. CBIRF staff personnel must be able to respond to crisis situations with a high degree of confidence and integrate seamlessly into a variety of command and control scenarios in support of local, state, or federal agencies and geographic combatant commanders.

O2.13 Initial Response Force (IRF) Sustainment Training. CBIRF’s standard deployable maneuver element is the IRF, a task organized, company-sized element of approximately 160 personnel and 32 vehicles, which combines and integrates the various capabilities resident in

CBIRF; CBIRF has the capability to form and sustain two IRFs simultaneously. Each IRF requires realistic training to exercise all aspects of its organic capabilities (search and extraction, technical rescue, identification and detection, EOD, command and control, medical, and decontamination) in order to ensure that it is trained and certified to deploy to a crisis situation, most likely in a CBRNE environment. The IRF must be trained in each discipline and trained to function together as a unit; further, the IRF must be tested in an exercise environment in order to validate its ability to integrate seamlessly into a governmental or non-governmental response to a crisis situation.

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O2.14 White Cell

The White Cell provides exercise control, evaluation and manages the master event scenario list

(MSEL). The Contractor shall provide a White Cell to facilitate exercise command and control.

The contractor shall provide members to a higher headquarters (HHQ) white cell as required by the exercise design. White Cell members must conform to unit working shifts.

O2.14.1 Personnel assigned to the HHQ White Cell shall be designated by the contractor as subject matter experts (SMEs) on the tasks they are assigned to coordinate.

O2.14.2 Personnel assigned to the HHQ White Cell shall receive training prior to the command post exercise (CPX) from the appropriate joint headquarters to standardize the process and reports for applicable exercises.

O2.14.3 White Cell report formats, checklists, references, and draft concept training material shall be presented to CBIRF NLT the FPM. Required changes to these documents will be provided by CBIRF to the contractor within five working days after the FPM.

O2.14.4 The HHQ White Cell shall provide a detailed verbal report with power point slides to the

Contracting Supervisor that outlines coordination issues and solutions to HHQ.

O2.15 Observer Controllers (OCs)

Observer controllers are Subject-Matter Experts tasked to provide administrative control, evaluate task performance, and provide constructive feedback to participants during a training exercise.

O2.15.1 The Contractor shall provide OCs for each exercise. The OCs are the cornerstone of an effective exercise. When selecting OCs, the Contractor shall ensure that only the most capable individuals are selected. OCs shall be assigned duties, and units to control, based upon expected play of the problem. OCs must conform to unit working shifts and shall not move around between multiple organizations.

O2.15.2 The Contractor shall ensure that OCs do not confuse qualification recommendations with task validation, e.g., if a team has extracted 15 casualties from vehicles in a short period but used

TTPs inefficiently they would be qualified to perform vehicle extrication with a recommendation to refresh training in door removal. Performing a task to standard is distinct from recommendations on how to execute the task more efficiently.

O2.15.3 OC Duties and Responsibilities

Capture after action comments

Ensure safety of all personnel

Facilitate the problem to be solved.

Must be qualified to perform their duties in an outdoor environment.

Ensure that the exercise is moving as designated in the Exercise Plan.

Report to the Senior OC any deviation in planning or execution by CBIRF that would impact negatively on the outcome of the exercise.

Shall provide information and recommendations to the Commanding Officer through a reporting process that qualifies organizations within CBIRF to perform to recognized standards, i.e., NFPA, OSHA, FEMA, etc.

Shall evaluate task performance, and provide constructive feedback to participants during the training exercise.

Shall enforce all safety requirements from the Exercise Safety Plan

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Shall receive training prior to the exercise from the Contractor to standardize the OC process and reports

O2.15.4 The OC director shall provide a detailed written report to the COR, or personnel designated by the COR, each day of an exercise that assesses CBIRF’s performance against its

Mission Essential Task List.

O2.16 The Contractor shall conduct a FPM two weeks before exercise execution. The FPM shall include, but is not limited to:

Confirm EXCON capabilities, requirements, and staffing Producing and reviewing exercise processes and procedures

Ensuring all outstanding issues have been identified and resolved

Ensuring integration into the exercise construct and

Ensuring all exercise products are ready to be executed

Review scenario and timeline development

Review MSEL

Confirm logistics and administrative requirements.

Review and publish Exercise PLAN (EXPLAN) outline

Rehearse controller plan

Determine outstanding RFIs/issues left unresolved or unanswered

Deliver minutes from FPM

Deliver the final exercise plan

O2.17 After Action Report (Deliverable)

The Contractor shall provide CBIRF with an After Action Report (AAR) following each tasks/training events under this objective.

O2.17.1 The AAR shall be presented to CBIRF no later than thirty (30) days after completion of the event. The Contractor shall provide a detailed written report, with supporting event documentation, to the COR that assesses CBIRF’s performance. The AAR shall evaluate the unit’s performance against CBIRF Training and Readiness Manual events and the training objectives prescribed for that training event. The report shall provide overall recommendations, topical area recommendations, and a detailed summary of the training accomplished. The evaluation shall include an assessment of the tasks, conditions, and standards trained to, and an assessment of “mastery” or “non-mastery” for each event.

Task 1 Capstone Exercise (Non Severable)

O2.T1.1 Contractor shall plan and facilitate CBIRF’s unit level Capstone Exercise, also known as SCARLET RESPONSE. This exercise supports up to 240 personnel for a comprehensive field training exercise including CBIRF’s O-6 level operations center. The goal is to certify CBIRF’s capability to operate in a Joint Task Force during a CBRNE response. The exercise should consist of at least 3 days of specialized lane training for all personnel and 2 days of continuous scenario based unit level training to include 36-48 hours of continuous training. The exercise shall support meeting the essential tasks identified in the CBIRF Training and Readiness Manual NAVMC

3500.29B.

O2.T1.2 Contractor shall facilitate a scenario typically in a major metropolitan environment that will include, but not be limited to:

Receipt of an operations order which requires staff mission analysis and facilitates staff planning.

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Plausible and realistic with minimal exercise controls vs. realistic response requirements.

Scenario must be suitable to provide full-scale response

Scenario should be written around a large city response.

O2.T1.3 Provide multi-day training in, but not limited to, the following disciplines:

Exposure to simulated chemical and/or radiological hazards

Command & control

Search & extraction

Decontamination

Detection and identification of CBRNE hazards

Technical rescue

Medical treatment of CBRNE casualties

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) / response to improvised explosive devises

O2.T1.4 Provide for the response to or simulation of environments including, but not limited to:

Mass casualty decontamination including special needs individuals and animals

Mass casualty triage and medical stabilization

Simulated vehicle borne improvised explosives (VBIED) with radioactive dispersal devices

(RDD)

Release of toxic industrial chemicals (TIC)

Post attack CBRN readings in a free play environment

Post nuclear attack radiation levels using point and area live radioactive sources that generate dosimeter readings and require occupational exposure guidance (OEG) which are approved of by

CBIRF Senior Science Officer.

Patient tracking

Secondary chemical release with live chemicals commensurate with the radiological problem

Multiple collapsed structures

Searches of structures that require self-extrication by rappelling

Patient entrapment inside motor vehicles requiring power tools as well as hand tools

Requiring rope rescue

Confined space rescue

Subway/rail rescue

Coordination with local hospitals, fire, police, and emergency medical services

Ambulatory and non-ambulatory decontamination

Wide area search and rescue including the use of search instruments such as but not limited to, thermal imagery, confined space cameras, life detection equipment, etc.

Search planning to include considerations such as very important persons, special events, etc.

Contaminated and non-contaminated ambulatory, non-ambulatory casualties, Joint Task Force staff, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and EMS personnel

O2.T1.5 Contractor shall provide all scene dressing including, but not limited to:

Single and multi- story buildings

Interior props to simulate the type of building, i.e., residential, industrial, warehouse, etc.

Vehicles for routine search as well as vehicles suitable for vehicle extrication

A minimum of 125 clothed mannequins to simulate non-ambulatory casualties

A minimum of 10 trauma patient simulators to simulate non-ambulatory and injured casualties

O2.T1.6 Contractor shall provide simulated Joint Task Force personnel to represent primary JTF staff members and leaders who are familiar with defense support to civil authorities during consequence management response operations. Simulated JTF personnel must be familiar with

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O2.T1.7 Contractor shall provide emergency medical personnel with vehicles/ambulances. These paramedics will be assisting and aiding corpsmen with injured personnel after they have been decontaminated and treated. These paramedics will be responsible for extraction of the injured away from the incident.

O2.T1.8 If real Incident Command System (ICS) organizations are not available, the Contractor shall provide simulated ICS personnel; at minimum one person will be Operations Chief/SAR

Chief or LNO and can be rotated.

O2.T1.9 Create Mission Assignments formatted per FEMA Standards that will be used by the

Incident Commander and the JTF staff to provide tasking to CBIRF personnel.

O2.T1.10 Incorporate military fragmentary orders received from higher military headquarters directing execution of mission assignments.

O2.T1.11 The Contractor shall endeavor to recruit civilian and DoD response organizations for training and the exercise. The government may provide a list of preferred DoD organizations

O2.T1.12 Exercise Observer Controllers (OCs)

O2.T1.12.1 Contractor shall provide Exercise Observer Controllers during exercise execution.

O2.T1.13 Develop and deliver a Safety and Emergency Medical Plan to the COR.

O2.T1.13.1 Provides input in the form of a MSEL. Events on the MSEL will allow the

Commanding Officer to evaluate the unit while operating in a high tempo, high stress, and long duration exercise.

O2.T1.14 Provide for the management of the operational exposure guidance (OEG)

O2.T1.15 Provide for movement to the scene of a CBRNE event

O2.T1.16 Provide for the establishment of a CBIRF command and control element

O2.T1.17 Provide for CBIRF personnel to be assessed friendly casualties during response operations

O2.T1.18 Provide for the command and control of operational forces using both military and

NIMS systems

O2.T1.19 Provide guidance to adjacent organizations with regard to the scenario such that they have appropriate equipment to effectively train within the established exercise environment

O2.T1.20 Provide a requirement for logistics resupply of consumables, such as personal protective equipment suits, gloves, and filters

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O2.T1.21 Provide exercise control of CBIRF and other organizations

O2.T1.22 Provide different methods of response. Examples include but are not limited to: pre-staged IRF, IRF self-deployment, IRF deploys via strategic airlift.

O2.T1.23 Contractor shall create a 2-4 minute training video simulating a news station covering the scenario. The video shall provide details as to what the situation is. The video is to be delivered, via DVD, to CBIRF.

O2.T1.24 The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Number of training(s) required for this task order: 1 training event

Task 2 Joint Task Force Training (Non Severable)

O2.T2.1 Contractor shall support CBIRF participation in a Joint Task Force-Civil Support

Certification Exercise (Also known as VIBRANT RESPONSE) with complex exercise design, associated scenario development, and observer controllers for CBIRF’s participation within the exercise framework. Training scenarios to include:

Conduct search planning and prioritization.

Crisis decision making and rapid response planning in response to constantly changing situations based upon MSEL input.

Integrate into Joint Task Force battle rhythm.

Conduct deliberate and crisis action planning.

Receive IAPs and HHQ fragmentary orders and publish fragmentary orders. Receive fragmentary orders and generate orders for an IRF and/or attached forces.

Conduct an analysis of the environment.

Conduct expeditionary administration.

Conduct logistical coordination with local and DoD entities to simulate the effective supply of

CBIRFs notionally deployed forces.

Conduct CBIRF Operations Center battle drills and routine functions.

O2.T2.2 The contractor shall integrate within the joint exercise construct.

O2.T2.2.1 The exercise scenarios created by the Contractor shall exercise the unit staff, but shall also tie into the overall joint exercise training scenario. The Contractor is not to create any event that may deter or distract from the joint Training Exercise.

O2.T2.2.2 Contractor is to create a scenario that can be solved by the using unit through research of the environment and local sources.

O2.T2.3 The Contractor shall participate in the FPM for CBIRF’s participation in the joint exercise.

O2.T2.4 Contractor shall provide Observer/Controllers (OCs) for this training exercise.

O2.T2.5 Contractor shall provide White Cell support for this training exercise.

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O2.T2.6 The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30) days after training completion.

Number of training(s) required for this task order: 1 training event

Task 3 IRF Exercise Training (Non Severable)

O2.T3.1 Contractor shall plan and execute Initial Response Force level exercises for up to 160 personnel. Exercise should consist of at least one day of lane training and one 24 hour continuous operation (or several lesser operations adding to 24 hours) in a CBRNE environment. The

Contractor shall complete all standards that train the IRF and its personnel to respond to a crisis situation in a CBRNE contaminated environment.

O2.T3.2 The contractor shall provide services for consequence management training and conducting operations in a simulated CBRNE environment. Training is to include, but is not limited to:

Provide structures that can accommodate release of live-agent Toxic Industrial Chemical/Materials

(if training facility allows) and support search and rescue operations in multi-story cement and steel structures.

Provide non-ambulatory role player and mannequin causalities that present a variety of injuries to include bleeding, fractures, and burns (fire and chemical).

Simulate hospital patients being evacuated that have medical and IV treatments that must be maintained throughout the extraction and decontamination process.

Provide hospital patients who need assistance in the form of wheelchairs, walkers, or canes.

Provide a minimum of 200 patients requiring evacuation and will transition through decontamination and medical.

Generate low visibility in designated parts of the building.

Provide training in the identification and sample collection of unknown agents.

Provide training that will test rope rescue capability of the Technical Rescue section.

Provide training that will test wide area search and sectoring ability.

Provide training that demands implementation of a rest plan by demanding continuous operations through a 24+ hour cycle.

Provide training to test force protection measures.

Provide training in vehicle extraction techniques.

Provide training in breaching and breaking of doors in order to rescue trapped casualties.

Provide training in confined space and collapsed structure rescues.

O2.T3.3 The Contractor shall provide an After Action Report (AAR) no later than thirty (30)

Number of training(s) required for this task order: 1 training event

Task 4 Command Element & Operations Center Training (Non Severable)

O2.T4.1 The Command Element may operate up to an O-6 level Operations Center in order to maintain operational control of one or more IRFs and other DOD or civilian response forces.

COC personnel require familiarity and training in both Incident Command System processes and the Joint Operational Planning Process to prepare personnel to respond to a crisis situation that will involve multiple agencies and departments. Unit staff personnel must be able to respond to

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O2.T4.2 The contractor shall deliver complex exercise design and associated scenario development for command post exercise style events designed to train the personnel assigned to the CBIRF Operations Center. The contractor shall deliver exercise control development and support with subject matter expertise in exercise control concept development, threat integration, and scenario thread development that enables the logical development of complex exercises.

O2.T4.3 The contractor shall create training scenarios that facilitate the training of the CBIRF

Command Element to include:

Conduct search planning and prioritization.

Conduct crisis decision making and rapid response planning in response to constantly changing situations based upon MSEL input.

Integrate into a Joint Task Force battle rhythm.

Receive IAPs and publish fragmentary orders. Receive fragmentary orders and generate orders for an IRF and/or attached forces.

Conduct an analysis of the environment.

Conduct deliberate and crisis action planning.

Conduct expeditionary administration.

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