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This award notice announces a solicitation for end-to-end management and operation logistical support services for the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program. Key details include:
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The Blount Island Command in Jacksonville, FL requires services including maintenance, supply chain management, and transportation support for prepositioned equipment and supplies.
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The government intends to award an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract through a best-value evaluation that may select an offeror other than the lowest price.
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A draft RFP was issued on March 10, 2018 for industry feedback due by March 19. The full solicitation is expected to post on March 26 on FBO.
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The contract award is anticipated on December 1, 2018. Interested parties must register in SAM and WAWF and ensure representations and certifications are current.
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The point of contact is Nicholas VonBargen at the phone and email provided. Responsible sources may submit offers that will be considered.
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USMC BLOUNT ISLAND COMMAND
ATTN: NICHOLAS R. VONBARGEN
5880 CHANNEL VIEW BLVD
JACKSONVILLE FL 32226-3404 904-696-5066
904-696-5017FAX:
TEL:
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SOLICITATION
6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.5. DATE ISSUED4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION
SEALED BID (IFB)
NEGOTIATED (RFP)
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3. SOLICITATION NO.
M6700418R0014
Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form
CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality
Agreements or Statements
JAN 2017
Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices
ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX
QUANTITY
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX QTY X UNIT PRICE
AMOUNT
0001 60 Months Program Management
FPAF
The contractor shall provide Program Management support in accordance with the attached Statement of Work.
FOB: Destination
MAX AWARD FEE
MAX TOTAL AMT
MAX NET AMT
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002 UNDEFINED
Maintenance (Production)
CPFF
The contractor shall provide all necessary resources to execute all tasks and responsibilities to the established standards of the attached Statement of Work.
MAX COST
FIXED FEE
TOTAL MAX COST + FEE
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AA UNDEFINED Hours USNS Williams
CPFF
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AB UNDEFINED Hours USNS Seay
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AC UNDEFINED Hours USNS Lewis and Clark
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AD UNDEFINED Hours USNS Button
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AE UNDEFINED Hours USNS Lopez
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AF UNDEFINED Hours USNS Sisler
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AG UNDEFINED Hours USNS Bobo
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AH UNDEFINED Hours USNS Pililaau
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AJ UNDEFINED Hours USNS Sacagawea
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AK UNDEFINED Hours USNS Stockham
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AL UNDEFINED Hours USNS Lummus
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AM UNDEFINED Hours USNS Dahl
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AN UNDEFINED Hours MCPP-Norway CONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AP UNDEFINED Hours MCPP-Norway OCONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AQ UNDEFINED Hours MAP-Kuwait CONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0002AR UNDEFINED Hours MAP-Kuwait OCONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0003 UNDEFINED
Supply (Production)
FFP
MAX
NET AMT
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0003AA UNDEFINED Hours Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0003AB UNDEFINED Hours MCPP-Norway
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0003AC UNDEFINED Hours MAP-Kuwait CONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0003AD UNDEFINED Hours MAP-Kuwait OCONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0004 UNDEFINED
Medical (Production)
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0004AA UNDEFINED Kit Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0004AB UNDEFINED Kit MCPP-Norway
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005 UNDEFINED
Navy
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005AA UNDEFINED Hours Navy Support Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005AB UNDEFINED Hours Navy Construction Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005AC UNDEFINED Hours Expeditionary Medical Facility
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005AD UNDEFINED Hours Shipboard Phase A
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005AE UNDEFINED Hours Shipboard Phase B
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005AF UNDEFINED Hours Shipboard Phase C
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0005AG UNDEFINED Hours Shipboard Phase D
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0006 UNDEFINED
Shipboard
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0006AA UNDEFINED Months Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0006AB UNDEFINED Months Navy Support Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0006AC UNDEFINED Months Navy Construction Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0006AD UNDEFINED Months Expeditionary Medical Facility
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0007 UNDEFINED
Key Management Infrastructure
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0007AA UNDEFINED Months Maritime Preposisitioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0007AB UNDEFINED Months MCPP-Norway
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0007AC UNDEFINED Months MAP-Kuwait
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0008 UNDEFINED
Port Operations
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0008AA UNDEFINED Months Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0008AB UNDEFINED Months Navy Support Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0009 60 Months Installation Support Services
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0010 UNDEFINED
Management Support Services
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0010AA UNDEFINED Months Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0010AB UNDEFINED Months MAP-Kuwait
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0011 UNDEFINED
Over and Above-Materials and Labor OT
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0011AA UNDEFINED
Labor
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0011AB UNDEFINED
Materials
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0012 UNDEFINED
Exercise Support
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
0013 1 Each Contract Transition
FFP
for Phase-in services
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX QTY X UNIT PRICE
AMOUNT
1001 36 Months OPTION Program Management
FPAF
The contractor shall provide Program Management support in accordance with the attached Statement of Work.
MAX AWARD FEE
MAX TOTAL AMT
MAX NET AMT
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002 UNDEFINED
OPTION Maintenance (Production)
CPFF
The contractor shall provide all necessary resources to execute all tasks and responsibilities to the established standards of the attached Statement of Work.
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AA UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Williams
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AB UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Seay
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AC UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Lewis and Clark
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AD UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Button
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AE UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Lopez
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AF UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Sisler
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AG UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Bobo
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AH UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Pililaau
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AJ UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Sacagawea
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AK UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Stockham
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AL UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Lummus
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AM UNDEFINED Hours OPTION USNS Dahl
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AN UNDEFINED Hours OPTION MCPP-Norway CONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AP UNDEFINED Hours OPTION MCPP-Norway OCONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AQ UNDEFINED Hours OPTION MAP-Kuwait CONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1002AR UNDEFINED Hours OPTION MAP-Kuwait OCONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1003 UNDEFINED
OPTION Supply (Production)
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1003AA UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1003AB UNDEFINED Hours OPTION MCPP-Norway
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1003AC UNDEFINED Hours OPTION MAP-Kuwait CONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1003AD UNDEFINED Hours OPTION MAP-Kuwait OCONUS
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1004 UNDEFINED
OPTION Medical (Production)
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1004AA UNDEFINED Kit OPTION Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1004AB UNDEFINED Kit OPTION MCPP-Norway
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005 UNDEFINED
OPTION Navy
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005AA UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Navy Support Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005AB UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Navy Construction Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005AC UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Expeditionary Medical Facility
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005AD UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Shipboard Phase A
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005AE UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Shipboard Phase B
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005AF UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Shipboard Phase C
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1005AG UNDEFINED Hours OPTION Shipboard Phase D
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1006 UNDEFINED
OPTION Shipboard
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1006AA UNDEFINED Months OPTION Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1006AB UNDEFINED Months OPTION Navy Support Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1006AC UNDEFINED Months OPTION Navy Construction Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1006AD UNDEFINED Months OPTION Expeditionary Medical Facility
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1007 UNDEFINED
OPTION Key Management Infrastructure
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1007AA UNDEFINED Months OPTION Maritime Preposisitioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1007AB UNDEFINED Months OPTION MCPP-Norway
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1007AC UNDEFINED Months OPTION MAP-Kuwait
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1008 UNDEFINED
OPTION Port Operations
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1008AA UNDEFINED Months OPTION Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1008AB UNDEFINED Months OPTION Navy Support Element
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1009 36 Months OPTION Installation Support Services
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1010 UNDEFINED
OPTION Management Support Services
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1010AA UNDEFINED Months OPTION Maritime Prepositioning Ships
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1010AB UNDEFINED Months OPTION MAP-Kuwait
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1011 UNDEFINED
OPTION Over and Above-Materials and Labor OT
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1011AA UNDEFINED
OPTION Labor
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1011AB UNDEFINED
OPTION Materials
UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT
1012 UNDEFINED
OPTION Exercise Support
Section C - Descriptions and Specifications
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
BLOUNT ISLAND COMMAND
STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)
FOR THE
MARINE CORPS PREPOSITIONING PROGRAM
LOGISTICS SERVICES CONTRACT
SECTION C.1 MPS OVERVIEW
1.A BACKGROUND
1.A.1 The Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) program was initiated by the Secretary of
Defense in August 1979 creating a new option for increasing the responsiveness of Marine Corps operating forces requiring immediate and rapid deployment. The program requires the prepositioning of equipment and supplies aboard 12 Navy owned ships strategically located around the world. These 12 ships are divided into two squadrons of six ships each, designated
Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadrons (MPSRONs). MPSRON-2 and MPSRON-3 are located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans respectively. Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) is a term utilized to describe the combat capability derived when combining a Marine operating force and associated fly-in echelon (FIE) with the assets loaded aboard the MPSs. Each squadron carries roughly a Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) (18,107 Marines and Sailors) worth of equipment that includes M1A1 tanks, amphibious assault vehicles (AAV), light armored vehicles
(LAV), artillery, ammunition, rations, medical supplies, fuel, water-- everything the MEB might need for up to 30 days of sustained combat. A smaller third prepositioned set of equipment and supplies (E/S) is maintained in six caves in central Norway as part of the Marine Corps
Prepositioning Program – Norway (MCPP-N). Additionally, a non-Program of Record (POR) theater-specific tailored set of equipment is prepositioned in the Middle East as part of the
Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Augmentation Program – Kuwait (MAP-K). Continental
United States (CONUS) based support for this entire program is conducted at Blount Island.
1.A.2 The breadth and depth of the E/S prepositioned (over 11,000 national stock numbered items totaling slightly over 36 million pieces) provides significant capability and flexibility, enabling the combatant commander to conduct numerous crisis response missions. The concept of combining the speed of strategic airlift with the storage capacity of prepositioned sealift has greatly reduced force closure times in response to contingency scenarios. Under the MPS concept, the squadron will be staged, in advance, near the vicinity of a possible crisis area. If deployment is ordered, the ships would move to a rendezvous point to link up with Marine Corps personnel flown to the area by the U. S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command. The equipment would be quickly downloaded and assigned to combat and support units which then would proceed to the objective area. On 12 March 1983, the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) directed the Marine Corps Support Base, Atlantic, hereinafter referred to in its present name, the
Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM), to contract for logistics services in support of
MPS assets. As a result of a lack of available military force structure within the Marine Corps, LOGCOM was required to outsource the logistics services. The Commandant's direction dictated that a contracted civilian maintenance crew living aboard the ships and at a CONUS industrial facility, would be responsible for performing the full range and depth of logistics functions such as preventative and corrective maintenance (up to 4th echelon maintenance), equipment modifications, stock rotation, calibration, inventory management, management of support systems, supply support, asset visibility and transportation management to include in-transit visibility. The MPS Program requires logistics efforts to be accomplished aboard ship, in port areas around the world, and at an industrial facility located on Marine Corps Support
Facility Blount Island (MCSF-BI), Jacksonville, Florida during the MPF Maintenance Cycle
(MMC). The Statement of Work (SOW) is applicable to both port areas and shipboard activities. The two MPSRONs are considered identical, however minor differences exist in the types and quantities of equipment loaded, care-in-stores packages, and ships complement of support tools.
1.A.3 In 1981, the United States and the Kingdom of Norway signed a bilateral agreement establishing the Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB) prepositioning program. The NALMEB program reached initial operating capability (IOC) in January 1990 with the prepositioning of E/S in three equipment caves, three ammunition caves, and two above ground storage hangars. Shortly thereafter, the collapse of the Soviet Union lessened the military threat to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) northern flank and the program’s relevance in its intended role became less critical. Subsequently, the program's role and importance to Norway continued to grow and in 1995, Norway assumed a 50% cost sharing arrangement with the Marine Corps. Throughout the 1990’s the program was used to support
NATO out of area missions in support of operations in the Balkans and the first Gulf War.
NALMEB assets were withdrawn beginning in 2003 through 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, MPS reconstitution, and to address home station shortfalls for garrison based Marine forces. In January 2005, the Commandant announced that a prepositioning program would remain in Norway, continue to maintain support to defend Norway, and be capable of deploying globally. The approved name was changed to the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program –
Norway (MCPP-N). The Secretary of Defense and the Norwegian Minister of Defense signed a new Memorandum of Understanding Governing Pre-stockage and Reinforcement of Norway on
8 June 2005. MCPP-N serves multiple activities and missions capable of global support to all
Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCCs). E/S are stored for selective withdrawal and movement and can be tailored to meet multiple tasks. Logistics services conducted in Norway are performed by Norwegian Ministry of Defense (MOD) personnel from the Norwegian
Defense Logistics Organization (NDLO) with one exception. Section C.8 details Marine Corps
Maintenance Contractor (MCMC) support for Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) stored in
Norway. The MCMC also provides inventory management, and shipping and receiving services in support of assets being shipped to or returned from Norway. Maintenance services are provided on the Norway assets stored on or passing through MCSF-BI. In addition, the MCMC may be tasked to provide specialized equipment expertise to and/or assist in surge maintenance or supply efforts in support of the NDLO personnel.
1.A.4 In order to meet emerging crisis response and theater engagement requirements worldwide, the Marine Corps may explore options to initiate other land based prepositioning programs overseas (e.g. the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Augmentation Program – Kuwait
(MAP-K) a non-Program of Record (POR) effort included in this SOW). The MCMC may be tasked to provide logistics services in support of these initiatives, such as maintenance, supply/inventory management, and transportation/distribution.
1.A.5 In 1990, all 13 prepositioning ships existing at the time were downloaded in preparation for the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia. The downloads in Southwest Asia left the workforce at
Blount Island idle, which resulted in the layoff of a substantial portion of the MCMC workforce
(termination for convenience). Upon conclusion of the conflict, approximately 45% of the skilled artisans did not return to the program resulting in several adverse consequences and extended the recovery time of the program by several years. In an effort to mitigate that situation from recurring, all subsequent contracts including this procurement contain provisions for the contractor to provide other logistics services to the Marine Corps as described in the SOW.
1.A.6 The primary effort of all work shall be accomplished at the Marine Corps Support Facility
Blount Island (MCSF-BI), Jacksonville, Florida utilizing Government provided facilities, Government-furnished equipment/materials (GFE/M), and MCMC-funded common hand tools.
The MMC facilities are Government Furnished Facilities (GFF) and are located at MCSF-BI, Jacksonville, Florida. Facility maintenance of the acreage and buildings is the responsibility of the MCSF-BI which has contracted through the Navy Region Southeast service provider for roads, grounds, and building support. The Commanding Officer (CO), Blount Island Command
(BICmd) is also the CO, MCSF-BI. The contractor performs Government Furnished Equipment
(GFE) repair, ship husbandry services and self-help efforts as delineated in this SOW. The list of facilities is in Attachment C.1.A.6-GFF. The list of GFE is in Attachment C.1.A.6-GFE.
Contractors are responsible for the efficient and economical use of the facilities and equipment provided by the Marine Corps in the performance of contractual tasks. The contractor shall coordinate new requirements for space, modifications to existing assigned space, changes to the facilities and/or equipment with the Facility Planning Committee, BICmd/MCSF-BI. The
MCMC is responsible for operations which provide support to all organizations on the
Installation, e.g., washrack and fueling, and will be required to share, with Government coordination, some facilities with other Installation organizations, e.g., Corrosion Repair Facility and some staging areas. MCMC is expected to exhibit workplace organization and hygeine in the appearance of their assigned workspaces and is responsible for maintaining a squared away general state of police that presents a professional appearance commensurate with that expected on a United States Marine Corps (USMC) installation. Additionally, the MCMC is responsible for user level maintenance in those facilities where they operate which includes pickup of trash/debris and placement in appropriate receptacles, emptying of most receptacles in industrial areas, and occasional dusting, sweeping, wiping, and cleaning of industrial workspace floors, walls, and other surfaces. Sweeping, mopping, and trash receptacle pickup for administrative areas are provided by the Government.
1.B OVERALL SCOPE. The MCMC shall provide a full range of logistics services in support of the three Marine Corps’ Prepositioning Programs: the MPS Program, MCPP-N and the MAP-
K. This SOW delineates work to be performed by the MCMC for maintenance of equipment and materiel management such that required assets are attained, preserved, packaged, and available in support of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Programs (MCPP) and deployed forces world-wide. In addition to prepositioning support, the MCMC shall provide operational logistics services to engaged Marine Corps and Department of Defense (DoD) operating forces. These services shall enable the operating forces to rapidly and successfully conduct and quickly recover from assigned missions across the full spectrum of expeditionary warfare. Attachment C.1.B-
MMC Notional Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) defines the phasing of MMC operations conducted separately and jointly by the MCMC and Government for both Marine Corps and
Navy equipment. Tasks assigned to the MCMC are not limited to materiel management and maintenance as there are specific support activities necessary for sustainment of this program
(e.g. washrack operations, fuel station, etc. as described in this SOW). This SOW also defines some tasks performed by the Government. Government tasks described are provided to ensure a clear understanding of the total program and to help define the division of responsibilities and necessary interfaces between the Government, other contractors and the MCMC in this unique program. BICmd has been designated as Executive Agent for the MCPP by the Marine Corps and as such shall be the organization, which shall provide all guidance, direction, oversight, and liaison required for the prepositioning programs. BICmd shall effect liaison with all external agencies and commands and provide the MCMC with a single source for information/guidance on all aspects of contractual compliance. Further scope specifics are provided as follows:
1.B.1 MMC. The MPS rotations are scheduled to meet American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) requirements for hull inspections and ship certifications. As such, ship schedules and MMC time frames are generally available several years in advance and are tied to dry dock periods (see
Attachments C.1.B.1-MMC-12 Schedule and C.1.B.1-MMC-13 Schedule). The MCMC work effort is extremely time sensitive for several reasons. First, the MMC effort must be accomplished during the ship's dry dock period and secondly, when the ship is out of its area of responsibility (AOR) the squadron is in a degraded status, i.e., one sixth of the squadron's capability is not available to the regional GCC. Determination of logistics requirements is an ongoing process which shall be conducted in accordance with this document. MCMC shall provide logistics services in support of the program directives found throughout this SOW.
MCMC shall, primarily in government owned CONUS based facilities, perform equipment maintenance and materiel management operations required to accomplish up to and including intermediate level maintenance of ground combat support equipment.
1.B.2 Program Sustainment. MCMC shall provide logistics services in support of the program directives found throughout this SOW. MCMC shall perform primarily in government owned
CONUS based facilities, those materiel management operations required to sustain MPS, MCPP-
N and MAP-K operations. Toward this end, these materiel management operations are described throughout the SOW and include; but, are not limited to quality control, organic supply, and environmental and safety compliance. Also, in the event there is a delay in the starts of either the
Joint Production Cycle phase (see Attachment C.1-MMC Notional POA&M) or embarkation, the
MCMC shall plan for materiel management of government assets in a Care-in-Stores (CIS) status. CIS services include preventive and corrective maintenance, application of equipment modifications, and equipment preservation.
1.B.3 Shipboard Operations. Shipboard work performance required by this SOW shall be accomplished aboard deployed MPSs. In addition, maintenance may be required ashore at the off-load site during exercises and contingencies. Shipboard logistics requirements are specified in Section C.7. The maintenance level to be accomplished at the MMC facility or aboard ship is dependent upon availability of special tools, proximity of established facilities (Marine Corps maintenance facilities), and cost of the effort. The MCMC shall place necessary personnel aboard each ship to perform CIS on the embarked equipment and materiel.
1.B.4 Navy Support Requirements. The Navy effort includes the Navy Support Element (NSE), Naval Construction Element (NCE) and Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) equipment outlined in their respective Tables of Allowance (TOA) assigned to support the MPF Program, including rotational spares and Navy organic equipment. The MCMC provides the maintenance, repair and logistical services for the Navy mission as detailed in the SOW. The MCMC’s Navy support organization shall provide optimal equipment readiness while meeting cost control, production requirements and schedule timelines. The MCMC shall deliver Navy products and services in accordance with standards identified in Section C.6 of the SOW and all applicable
Navy and Marine Corps orders and directives.
1.B.5 MAP-Kuwait. The contractor shall perform logisitics services in support of Marine
Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Augmentation Program (MAP) operations in Kuwait (and other U. S.
Central Command (USCENTCOM) AOR locations as identified), and combat replacement equipment in support of Marine operating forces. Specifically, in conjuction with the givernment, the contractor shall develop and execute processes to facilitate Marine Corps custody, supply chain management, distribution management, and maintenance/management of
MAP-K assets in Kuwait. In accordance with DODI 3020.37 section 6, all services contained in the MAP-K SOW are considered mission essential and will be performed by the MCMC during a time of crisis, aboard Camp Arifjan, the Indoor Storage Facility (ISF) located north of Camp
Arifjan, or other locations in the USCENTCOM AOR as required. MCMC requirements unique to only the MAP-K Program are specifically called out in respective subsections of the SOW.
1.B.6 Surge Support
1.B.6.a USMC Surge. The contractor shall perform "over and above work" that is work discovered during the course of performing overhaul, maintenance, and repair efforts that is within the general scope of the contract, not covered by the Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) for the basic work of the contract, and is necessary in order to satisfactorily complete the contract. Field Level Maintenance work consisting of modification kits to equipment, painting/corrosion control, or work to bring equipment to an "operational ready" status would fall under "surge support" and would require separate pricing and negotiation. This CLIN would consist of labor, special tools and equipment, and any other material required for the work effort.
1.B.6.b USN Surge. Navy "surge" is predominately corrective maintenance in nature
(intermediate and depot level work) typically associated with exercise/contingency damage to watercraft but also includes system alterations (SYSALTS), Fleet Service Bulletins, Engineering
Change Notices, Safety of Use Message compliance, exercise support, emergent repair, sub-contractor/vendor/Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) support, preventive maintenance overtime, unforeseen services or special projects required to support the Navy mission and associated systems/equipment maintenance and logistics requirements as specifically detailed in
Section C.6 of the SOW. Navy surge items require government (KO via NSMB, LOGDIV) approval.
1.B.7 Military Exercises/Contingency Support Worldwide
1.B.7.a Deployed. During the period that equipment is downloaded in support of a contingency, that equipment is no longer available to rotate through the maintenance cycle. The MCMC, if requested, shall be required to provide in-theater operational level logistics services to free up the operating forces to focus on contingency operations. Operational logistics support could include such services as Principle End Item (PEI) rotation, sustainment support, retrograde operations, management, and maintenance of equipment pools, providing field service representatives, management of reparable issue points, preservation/packaging and packing services, equipment maintenance, supply chain services, and program management. As an essential part of national mobilization, there is a requirement for the MCMC to be prepared to divide the current workforce (or hire temporary employees) and deploy to an off-load site/arrival and assembly area (AAA) in support of a potential contingency, or to a mature theater to provide operational logistics support to deployed Marines, and/or to a MPS regeneration site to refurbish and reload
MPS after a contingency. MCMC shall ensure required functional areas and specific skills are available to deploy, while simultaneously maintaining a full functional capability at Blount
Island. Planning cannot be specific as contingency requirements are generally not known until just before execution, however, there shall be a requirement for maintenance personnel, supply expertise, container packing supervision, and container repair at two or more Outside CONUS
(OCONUS) sites to support deploying units participating in contingency operations.
1.B.7.b Continental United States (CONUS) Based Support. With Marine forces engaged in contingencies, BICmd may be tasked to perform similar services such as maintenance on Remain
Behind Equipment (RBE) at CONUS installations (e.g. Camp Lejeune, NC or Camp Pendleton, CA) and provide overflow maintenance support to Marine Corps and other service depots. Other unforeseen circumstances such as ship schedule changes or the transition from current legacy ships to future ships may free up capacity at the Blount Island facility. During these periods, the
Marine Corps Program Management team may bring in additional Marine Corps or DoD overflow maintenance from depots or intermediate maintenance activities to maintain work force skills and to avoid layoffs of the program's skilled artisans
1.C WORK REQUIREMENTS. The work requirements of the MCMC are categorized into two overarching areas of support; Sustainment Operations and MMC Operations. The MCMC shall post required reports for these two categories on/in an agreed to common access location whereby both the Government and MCMC may access this information. The timing associated with these postings are specified herein. Further, the quality of the service and product delivered by the MCMC is documented in the Quality Management Support System (QMSS) used by both
MCMC and BICmd.
1.C.1 Sustainment Operations. The MCMC is charged with logistics support operations that are needed to sustain the core MMC operations requirements of this contract addressed below.
Facilitating these core requirements requires a stable sustainment base of support operations which are specifically addressed throughout the SOW. In many cases the status of management effectiveness, quality, and cost control in these areas are already captured in cyclical reports specified in each SOW section. By having the MCMC post the required reports in a common access area the Government is able to proactively address issues affecting long term sustainment of the program such as budget, product delivery, and regulatory changes. In this manner, the prepositioning enterprise (BICmd and MCMC) are best able to assure a firm effective and efficient underpinning of sustainment for the core MMC missions.
1.C.2 MMC Operations. The MCMC is challenged with supporting the Government requirements defined in the SOW sections that specifically support materiel management and/or production of refurbishment, replacement, or restocking of MPF combat equipment and materiel.
These activities are monitored weekly through Production Meetings and Business Process
Quality Review Boards (BPQRB), where the status of performance is collected, adjudicated and, addressed.
1.C.3 Within each of these two preceeding categories there are several work requirements that are integral to support operations as follows:
1.C.3.a MMC Workload Areas. MCMC's workload can be divided into the following categories: limited technical inspections, preventive maintenance/corrective maintenance
(PM/CM), operational checks, exercising, and reprocessing of major end items, application of modifications, accountability, storage, issue, rotation, and stock surveillance of other general supply assets.
1.C.3.b MMC and Sustainment Materiel Management. MCMC is responsible for general supply assets. General supply assets shall consist of a wide range of items categorized into commodity areas, which includes communications-electronics, engineer, general supply, motor transport, ordnance, and medical materials. These commodity areas shall include all classes of supply
(COS) (except Class V, VI and X). These assets shall be boxed, crated, mobile loaded, stored in containers, palletized and shall be considered bulk cargo when aboard ship with scheduled inventory and stock surveillance requirements.
1.C.3.c MCMC Personnel. MCMC shall provide an on-site Program Manager (PM). This manager shall be responsible for the overall management and coordination of this contract.
MCMC contractor personnel shall possess the technical skills as outlined in this SOW and in
Attachment 2.
1.C.3.d Training. MCMC is responsible for ensuring all personnel are trained to perform required duties in accordance with Section C.2 of this SOW.
1.C.3.e Reporting Systems. The Government provides administrative and logistics support systems. A list of these systems is at Section C.2 of this SOW. Associated required reports are identified throughout the SOW.
Government will provide the following mandatory/joint use information systems with reporting capability.
o Microsoft (MS) Project – planning & scheduling o IQS – quality management subsystem o SharePoint – administrative o Global Combat Service Support – Marine Corps (GCSS-MC) – USMC enterprise resource planning system o MAGTF Deployment Support System II (MDSSII) – logistics support
Government-required system-generated reports will be submitted by the Contractor (as specified in the SOW) or pulled by Government representatives directly from the reporting systems.
1.C.3.f Naval Support Element (NSE). NSE assets fall within the same range as Marine Corps assets and shall be processed using the same guidelines. Section C.6 provides detailed requirements for Navy unique items. Waterborne craft are off-loaded at the Blount Island port into the water, with hose reels loaded aboard. Movement is accomplished by the contractor to the designated rework area (historically to a designated shipyard location off-site).
1.C.3.g Aviation Ground Support Equipment (AGSE). AGSE is maintained by a separate contractor and shall not be the responsibility of the MCMC. There are requirements for joint use of facilities and support requirements between these two contractors, which shall be monitored and arbitrated by Blount Island Command.
1.C.3.h Cyclical Production Schedule. The production schedule must be established, and maintained using industry standards and best practices consistant with the most current Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) published by the Project Management Institute.
MCMC shall seek cyclical approval of production schedules as described in the SOW.
1.D PROGRAM COMPLEXITY
1.D.1 Unknown Interdependencies. Due to the inability to predetermine the exact times, precise quantities, and performance delivery for corrective maintenance and contingency support requirements, the appropriate contract type for this acquisition has been determined to be an
IDIQ contract. The fundamental issues necessitating a single award IDIQ contract is to mitigate operational (war fighting) risks and program management (business/contract) risks. This is accomplished by maintaining an appropriate span of control over operational and programmatic complexities. The MCPP operates in an inherently complex environment characterized by levels of detail complexity and dynamic complexity which are so integrated that a multiple award contract would fail to produce the desired combat capability within the externally mandated performance and time constraints.
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1.D.2 Detail Complexity:
1.D.2.a Per the government-approved strategic three-year plan developed by the P&DS contract, MPSs rotate one at a time, every 36 months, through BICmd aboard the Marine Corps Support
Facility Blount Island (MCSF-BI) in Jacksonville, Florida to go through its respective, time-constrained MPF Maintenance Cycle (MMC) which averages 75 days across the fleet and encompasses all three segments of the MCPP. Once the ship is offloaded via the S&RTS contract, it is here that the MCPP contractor performs the full range of sustainment, refurbishment, replenishment and specialized preservation logistics services that ensure the combat readiness of equipment and supplies for subsequent years of forward deployed long-term storage.
1.D.2.b During this period (generally either 60 or 90 days depending on the class of MPS), the
MCPP contractor is required to thoroughly refurbish all Marine Corps and Navy ground tactical military equipment by performing preventive and corrective maintenance, applying modifications, recalibrating Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE), inventorying/replacing collateral equipment, and exchanging obsolete equipment with newly fielded assets. The contractor’s responsibility is to ensure that the materiel a Marine war fighter requires to operate independently in a completely expeditionary environment for 30 days of sustained combat is attained, maintained, and in a ready-to-issue status prior to re-embarkation aboard the respective MPS. MCPP contractor sustainment efforts for the ashore sites (supply support, stock rotation, Service Upon Receipt (SUR) for newly fielded equipment) is integrated with the plans for and occurs concurrently with each individual ship’s MMC.
1.D.2.c Each ship contains an average of 25,485 Principal End Items (PEI), including the full range of communications and electronics equipment; ordnance (M1A1 main battle tanks, amphibious assault vehicles, artillery, light armored vehicles, weapon systems, optics equipment, etc.); motor transportation (armored cargo trucks/High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicles
(HMMWVs), MRAPs, refuelers, wreckers, etc.); and engineering equipment (forklifts, cranes, container handlers, generators, bulldozers, scrapers, graders, fuel/water systems, etc.). The specialized logistics services performed under this program include inspection, servicing, corrosion control, corrective maintenance (as required), armoring, application of any required modifications, association of collateral equipment and mobile loaded cargo, integration of communications/ electronics equipment, application of Total Asset Visibility (TAV) Radio
Frequency Identification Tags (RFID), preservation for long-term storage and documentation of all of these actions in the Global Combat Support System – Marine Corps (GCSS-MC).
1.D.2.d Additionally, each ship averages 673 shipping containers loaded with 11,671 items of sustainment supplies to include rations; packaged Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants (POL);
barrier/fortification materiel; medical equipment/supplies, and spare repair parts/sub-assemblies.
The contractor performs supply and transportation support, such as inventory management, stock rotation (for rations, shelf-life expiry items), calibration, corrosion control /prevention, total asset visibility marking/tracking, and transportation management. A single ship’s MMC production requirements generate approximately 11,000 supply requisitions.
1.D.2.e Finally, once the equipment and supplies have been back-loaded aboard each MPS via the S&RTS contract, the MCPP contractor maintains custody, provides Care of Supplies in
Storage (COSIS) for this materiel while forward deployed in their respective assigned GCC Area of Responsibility (AOR), and prepares/issues it to Marine commanders for MPF exercises, Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) events, Phase 0 operations, and actual crises. In addition to providing specialized logistics services for the largest density of operational MRAP vehicles in the Marine Corps as well as other tactical ground equipment to support training and contingencies in the U.S. Central Command’s AOR, the contractor also maintains a small subset of the equipment and supplies outside CONUS that are strategically prepositioned in Norwegian storage caves in support of MCPP-N (specifically M1A1 main battle tanks and sensitive communications equipment that the Host Nation military is not allowed to maintain for the
USMC).
1.D.2.f The Program description above illustrates a prescriptive and interdependent process involving thousands of variables or moving parts which in a friction and fog free environment all come together at the right time and place. The sheer volume of materiel processed over such a short time is a precarious balancing act of program and project management as it applies to risk;
and the cost necessary to mitigate it. It is recognized that this level of detail complexity alone is not compelling in terms of meeting the integrally related threshold, however, thirty years of historical experience at BICmd demonstrates that externally driven, unpredictable changes (often subtle where the second/third order effects are not readily apparent) directly affect program and project management risks associated with cost and schedule; and, ultimately delivery of a conforming product or service.
1.D.3 Dynamic Complexity:
1.D.3.a The very nature of the USMC SPP is centered on responding to the unknown with a credible capability in short-to-no notice time frames. Therefore, BICmd’s operational mandate is to: 1) attain 100% of the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ stated prepositioning objective for equipment and supplies; 2) configure and maintain all of the prepositioned materiel to 100% combat readiness; and 3) to maximize the forward deployed “on station” time in support of the
GCC’s war plan requirements. This cuts to the core mission of the Marine Corps and creates an environment of dynamic complexity in the MCPP by the countless stakeholders who directly and indirectly influence the day-to-day pre-planned and programmed MMC activities. Significant dynamic complexities are introduced by those external entities directing operational mission and/or program management changes that create program-wide resource loading ripple effects which must be assessed (within unyielding time and facility constraints) and adjusted to in-stride by the Program Management team and the MCPP contractor.
1.D.3.b The common element in this injected dynamic complexity is that the origins of change – natural or manmade – fall completely outside of the BICmd’s ability to forecast or influence them. Some examples and their impacts to on-going MMC production operations follow:
Combat and HA/DR Contingency Operations: Crisis response missions require the task organization and deployment of Technical Assistance & Advisory Teams (TAAT ) which draw government and MCPP contractor personnel away from the Blount Island MMC to prepare and issue prepositioned materiel to Marine and Navy operating forces.
Subsequent post-contingency reconstitution efforts are based on the scope of sustainment items consumed and the damage to combat equipment that must be reset to 100% readiness for the next contingency. Historically, reconstitution has been executed in theater (post DESERT STORM when half of BICmd and the contractor deployed forward) or at Blount Island (nine ships worth of equipment retrograded to BICmd post
IRAQI FREEDOM I).
Exercises/TSC/Phase 0 Ops: The past 15 years have witnessed the quadrupled usage of prepositioned material for Marine Corps operating force training, engagement opportunities with foreign countries and their militaries, and deterrence operations. The number and scope of these activities are generally only determined by the GCCs and
Marine Corps a year ahead of time; therefore, the MCPP contract must be flexible enough to surge to meet this demand signal. As with contingency operations, each of these events also requires the deployment of a TAAT, thus directly impacting capabilities and resources for MMC production by reducing available manpower and requiring overtime to make up the resulting shortfall. Post exercise corrective maintenance (CM) opportunities are then typically deferred to the next scheduled MMC opportunity due to time, space, resource and schedule constraints. Therefore the actual CM requirements are unknown until the ship is offloaded at BICmd and the equipment is fully assessed, further impacting the MMC.
New Doctrine and Employment Concepts: USMC efforts to develop doctrine to counter and destroy a constantly evolving enemy threat results in perpetual “reshaping” of the prepositioned combat capability sets produced by the MCPP. Changes in doctrine often occur faster than they can be implemented due to the 36-month maintenance cycle process to actually access the prepositioned materiel. This process is further complicated by the necessity to “roll-down” assets from one ship to another in order to place it on the correct platform to meet operating force requirements. Therefore, in a perfect world it would take at least two full MMCs to fully realize comprehensive support of new doctrine and/or concepts of employment. The Blount Island enterprise is currently working to produce Crisis Response Force Packages (CRFP) to achieve the Seabasing doctrinal capability. Additionally, the Marine Corps is mitigating the shortfall in amphibious lift by utilizing MPSs as alternative platforms to deploy small Marine units for engagement operations. As stated above this too requires deployment of TAATs with the resulting impacts to the MCPP contract.
Combat Equipment Modernization: The MCPP includes nearly 66,000 line items of combat materiel that span virtually the entire equipment inventory of the Marine Corps.
Modernization is constantly ongoing and fielding for larger scale weapons systems is generally forecast early enough to be included in deliberate MMC plans. That said the rule is that newly fielded equipment (modernized or in response to operating forces
Urgent Needs Statements) arrives throughout the MMC and must be integrated into the combat sets in-stride. This often requires New Equipment Training (NET) for the workforce, directly impacting current operations. Additionally, equipment modernization occurs along programmatic lines with varying speed, prioritization and resourcing at the enterprise level, further complicating MCPP planning and execution.
Ship Platform Modernization: Military Sealift Command (MSC) modernization programs
(e.g. the transition from legacy prepositioning ships to LMSRs) have resulted in significant changes to the MMC production activities to configure equipment for long term storage (e.g. mobile loads, cabs up or down, etc.).
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