ATCH J-5 Statement of Work SOW - Amend 1.docx

SECTION C.1 MCPP PROGRAM REQUIREMENT OVERVIEW

Statement of Work Attachments are included in RFP Attachment J-9 SOW Attachments.

1.1 BACKGROUND

1.1.1 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, subsequently termed the Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) program, requires the prepositioning of equipment and supplies aboard nine Navy owned ships strategically located around the world. Seven of the ships are located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and two ships are located in the Continental United States (CONUS). 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. Combined, these ships carry equipment and supplies to support approximately 18,000 Marines and Sailors for up to 30 days of sustained combat. Equipment and supplies include, but are not limited to; trucks, trailers, generators, watercraft, radios, ordnance equipment, tool kits, crew-served weapons, ammunition, rations, medical supplies, fuel, and water.

Smaller prepositioned sets of equipment and supplies (E/S) are maintained in six caves in central Norway as part of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program – Norway (MCPP-N). Additionally, new ashore prepositioning sites have been approved for the Philippines, Australia, and Palau, and are in various stages of operational capability. The most mature of these new sites is the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program – Philippines (MCPP-PHIL), which consists of humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) equipment.MCPP-PHIL contains specific USMC designed equipment and supplies to provide operating forces with equipment required to conduct various training exercises and contingency operations. CONUS based support for the entire prepositioning program is conducted at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island (MCSF-BI) in Jacksonville, Florida.

1.1.2 The breadth and depth of the E/S prepositioned - over 11,000 national stock numbered items totaling more than 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 MPF concept, the ships 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 (MARCORLOGCOM), to contract for logistics services in support of prepositioned assets. Therefore, a contracted civilian maintenance crew living aboard the ships and at a CONUS industrial facility would be responsible for performing a wide range of logistics functions such as preventative and intermediate level corrective maintenance, limited depot level repair (up to 4th echelon depot-level maintenance), equipment modifications, stock rotation, calibration, inventory management, management of support systems, supply support, asset visibility and transportation management to include in-transit visibility.

In 2022 DON and HQMC made the decision to reduce the number of Full Operating Status (FOS) ships from twelve to the current seven ships, with two additional ships in a Reduced Operating Status (ROS) in CONUS. As a result, five ships were rotated back to BICmd where their stocks were downloaded and either utilized for ashore prepositioning requirements, held for potential future prepositioning requirements, or redistributed to other units or locations.

The MPF program requires logistics efforts to be accomplished aboard ship, in port areas around the world, and at MCSF-BI during the MPF Maintenance Cycle (MMC).

1.1.3 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 supported the defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other missions until 2005 when the program was altered to support both regional European and global requirements. The approved name was changed to the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program – Norway (MCPP-N). Today, 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.

1.1.4 In 2024, HQMC directed the establishment of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program Philippines (MCPP-PHIL). The new ashore site, located in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) freeport zone within the Republic of the Philippines, includes communication radio systems, engineer equipment systems, and light, medium and heavy trucks. The MCPP-PHIL Prepositioning Objective (PO) aims to create operationally relevant capabilities supporting FMF campaigning and provide support to INDOPACOM theater campaign objectives. MCPP-PHIL PO establishment consisted of a phased and incremental approach that aligned service-wide actions with resources and host nation authorizations. A portion of the PO supports humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) as an equipment set with associated sustainment was shipped to Subic Bay Philippines after coordinating all necessary host nation agreements in December of 2024. The equipment arrived at SBMA in February of 2025, and the first PO equipment withdrawal occurred in March 2025.

1.1.5 In July 2025, HQMC directed the establishment of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program Australia (MCPP-AUS). The new ashore site, located aboard the Australian Defence Force (ADF) North Bandiana Base, includes communication radio systems, engineer equipment systems, and light, medium and heavy trucks. The MCPP-AUS PO aims to create operationally relevant capabilities supporting FMF campaigning and provide support to INDOPACOM theater campaign objectives. MCPP-AUS PO establishment consists of a phased and incremental approach to establish Full Operational Capability (FOC) by 2028. The initial equipment set will be managed at a temporary facility in Melbourne, Australia while permanent facilities are constructed aboard North Bandiana.

1.1.6 In July 2025, HQMC directed the establishment of the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program Palau(MCPP-PAL). The new ashore site, located on the island of Babeldaob, includes communication radio systems, engineer equipment systems, and light, medium and heavy trucks. The MCPP-PAL PO aims to create operationally relevant capabilities supporting FMF campaigning and provide support to INDOPACOM theater campaign objectives. MCPP-PALPAL PO establishment consists of a phased and incremental approach that aligns service-wide actions with resources and host nation authorizations. FOC for this site is planned for 2030 and requires extensive infrastructure development.

1.1.7 RESERVED

1.1.8 The contractor performing this contract will be herein referred to as the Marine Corps Maintenance Contractor (MCMC). The primary effort of all prepositioning program work shall be accomplished at the MCSF-BI in Jacksonville, Florida utilizing Government provided facilities, Organic Government Property (OGP), and MCMC employee provided common hand tools (reference current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Contract Attachment J-3).

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 MCMC performs OGP maintenance, repair and self-help efforts as delineated in this SOW. The MCMC shall not use Prepositioning Objective (PO) equipment and supplies for the purpose of organic support without prior Government approval. The list of OGP is in RFP Attachment J-6. The MCMC is responsible for the efficient and economical use of the facilities and equipment provided by the Marine Corps in the performance of contractual tasks. The MCMC 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., wash rack 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.

The MCMC is expected to exhibit workplace organization and hygiene in the appearance of their assigned workspaces and is responsible for maintaining professional workplace 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.

1.1.8.1 Most of the MCPP-N services shall be provided in the Trondelag region of Norway utilizing Government provided facilities, OGP, and Government provided common hand tools.

1.1.8.2 Most of the MCPP-PHIL services shall be provided in Subic Bay Philippines utilizing Government provided facilities, OGP, and Government provided common hand tools.

1.1.8.3 Most of the MCPP-AUS services shall be provided in Bandiana, Australia utilizing Government provided facilities, OGP, and Government provided common hand tools.

1.1.8.4 Most of the MCPP-PAL services shall be provided in Babeldaob, Palau utilizing Government provided facilities, OGP, and Government provided common hand tools.

1.2 OVERALL MCPP SCOPE. The MCMC shall provide a full range of logistics services in support of the followingMarine Corps’ Prepositioning Program efforts: the MPF Program, MCPP-N,MCPP-PHIL, MCPP-AUS, MCPP-PAL, and other future ashore sites. The number of ships and ashore sites may increase or decrease based on Marine Corps operational needs. 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, identified accurately in the Business Operating Systems/Accountable Property Systems of Record identified in this SOW, 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 War (DoW) 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.

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. wash rack 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 shall be the organization that provides all guidance, direction, oversight, and liaison required for the prepositioning programs. The maintenance level to be accomplished at the MMC facility or to equipment prepositioned aboard ship is dependent upon availability of special tools, proximity of established facilities (Marine Corps/Navy maintenance facilities), and the availability of funds. Further scope specifics are provided as follows:

1.2.1 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 SOW Attachments C.1.2.1a MMC-14 schedule and proposed MMC-15 schedule, and C.1.2.1b Navy Watercraft Plan). The MCMC work effort is extremely time sensitive for several reasons. First, the MMC effort shall 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 seventh of the MPF'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. Notional MMC and Navy Production milestones are included as SOW Attachment C.1.2.1c.

1.2.2 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 MPF, MCPP-N, MCPP-PHIL, MCPP-AUS, MCPP-PAL, and future ashore prepositioned operations. To 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.

1.2.3 Shipboard Operations. Shipboard work performance required by this SOW shall be accomplished aboard deployed MPS and lay berthed ROS ship(s). Additionally, maintenance may be required ashore at the off-load site during exercises and contingencies. Shipboard logistics requirements are specified in Section C.7. The MCMC shall place necessary personnel aboard each FOS and ROS ship to perform COSIS on the embarked equipment and materiel.

1.2.4 Navy Support Requirements. The Navy effort includes the Navy Support Element (NSE) and Naval Construction Element (NCE) 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 limitations associated with cost and funding, 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.

1.2.5 OCONUS Operations

1.2.5.1 MCPP-N. Logistics services conducted in Norway are performed by Norwegian Ministry of Defense (MOD) personnel from the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization / Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NDLO/MEB) with the exception of limited tasks including key custodian duties for weapons storage and Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) duties. Section C.8 details MCMC support for KMI stored in Norway. The MCMC may be tasked to provide specialized equipment expertise to and/or assist in increased maintenance or supply requirements in support of the NDLO/MEB personnel. The MCMC provides shipping and receiving services at MCSF-BI in support of assets being shipped to or returned from Norway. Additionally, the MCMC provides maintenance services at MCSF-BI for Norway destined assets stored on or passing through MCSF-BI.

The USMC has prepositioned equipment in Norway for MCPP-N that contains all classes of supply to include communications security materiel/controlled cryptographic items (COMSEC/CCI) used to provide cryptographic security of US Department of the Navy communications. The sensitivity of COMSEC/CCI equipment requires U.S. personnel to account for and maintain the equipment while it is prepositioned in Norway. BICmd has established a MCPP-N KMI Local Element (LE) subaccount that the MCMC shall maintain. This requires a two-person integrity (TPI) rule be maintained during all working hours. TPI is a security control that requires at least two authorized individuals to be present and able to monitor each other whenever COMSEC material is accessed or handled, preventing unauthorized actions by a single person. Reference: CMS 1B, ANNEX E EMERGENCY PROTECTION OF COMSEC MATERIAL.

The U. S. MCMC personnel shall be responsible for all COMSEC materiel held by the LE account to include the following: Administration and management, security, accountability and daily operations of the LE account to include inventories, COMSEC storage/handling/disposition, safe storage and positive control of all COMSEC materiel and inspections to determine that proper physical security and control are provided. The MCMC is required to perform the following:

1.2.5.2 MCPP-PHIL. The MCMC shall have the primary responsibility for coordinating import/export clearances, hiring labor to work in the Philippines, and ensuring operations remain in accordance with Philippine law and Subic Bay Municipal Authority (SBMA) regulations.

The MCMC provides safety, environmental, hazardous material/waste services, POL storage, pollution prevention, spill response and clean up services. The MCMC does not execute installation maintenance and repair, pest management, or waste management services in MCPP-PHIL. The MCMC shall perform the functions necessary to issue assets at the equipment location, recover assets, ensure asset serviceability, and coordinate maintenance actions for assets requiring maintenance above the capability of the contractor for the MCPP-PHIL Equipment Set.

The MCMC shall facilitate MCPP-PHIL management and operations, to include maintenance management, maintenance, supply chain management, KMI responsibilities, container management, and associated reporting requirements. The MCMC shall execute distribution functions and provide inventory management which includes receiving, receipting, accounting for, storing, maintaining, issuing, and recovering equipment and supplies, as well as Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS), Care of Supplies in Stores (COSIS), and Corrective Maintenance (CM) within the field-level echelon of maintenance. The MCMC shall also provide commercial shipping and receiving services to include; coordination with SBMA/host nation officials, customs processing, port handling, stevedoring and related terminal services, drayage, hustling, and transportation of assets to U.S. government leased warehouses to support MCPP-PHIL assets being shipped to or returned from the Philippines.

Maintenance services are provided on the MCPP-PHIL 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 increased maintenance or supply requirements in support of the operating forces during exercise, HA/DR, or contingency withdrawals in the Philippines. In accordance with DODI 3020.37 section 6, all services provided in support of MCPP-PHIL are considered mission essential and shall be performed by the MCMC in the event of crises, at various locations within the Republic of the Philippines, or other locations in the USINDOPACOM AOR as required. MCMC unique MCPP-PHIL requirements are specifically identified in respective subsections of this SOW.

The MCPP-PHIL work hour requirement shall be in accordance with Host Nation Labor Laws, Monday - Friday. Additional hours or days may be authorized by the Government as mission requirements dictate. The MCMC shall not work, to include processing or reprocessing employees, on Host Nation Holidays unless authorized by the Government. The MCMC shall, as needed, support unplanned events such as the augmentation of other Marine Corps theater initiatives, identification of other Marine Force maintenance deficiencies, and any other emerging tasks incidental to expansion of Marine Corps theater operations; these will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. The MCMC shall report to the Government any situation of interest that affects MCPP-PHIL equipment visibility, accountability, and/or security.

1.2.5.3 MCPP-AUS. The MCMC shall have the primary responsibility for coordinating import/export clearances, hiring labor to work in the Commonwealth of Australia, and ensuring operations remain in accordance with host nation laws and regulations.

The MCMC provides safety, environmental, hazardous material/waste services, POL storage, pollution prevention, spill response and clean up services. The MCMC does not execute installation maintenance and repair, pest management, or waste management services in MCPP-AUS. The MCMC shall perform the functions necessary to issue assets at the equipment location, recover assets, ensure asset serviceability, and coordinate maintenance actions for assets requiring maintenance above the capability of the contractor for the MCPP-AUS Equipment Set.

The MCMC shall facilitate MCPP-AUS management and operations, to include maintenance management, maintenance, supply chain management, KMI responsibilities, container management, and associated reporting requirements. The MCMC shall execute distribution functions and provide inventory management which includes receiving, receipting, accounting for, storing, maintaining, issuing, and recovering equipment and supplies, as well as PMCS, COSIS, and CM within the field-level echelon of maintenance. The MCMC shall also provide commercial shipping and receiving services to include: coordination with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry DAFF)host nation officials, customs processing, port handling, stevedoring and related terminal services, drayage, hustling, and transportation of assets to U.S. government leased warehouses or permanent basing in North Bandiana to support MCPP-AUS assets being shipped to or returned from Australia.

Maintenance services are provided on the MCPP-AUS 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 increased maintenance or supply requirements in support of the operating forces during exercise, HA/DR, or contingency withdrawals in Australia. In accordance with DODI 3020.37 section 6, all services provided in support of MCPP-AUS are considered mission essential and shall be performed by the MCMC in the event of crises, at various locations within the Commonwealth of Australia, or other locations in the USINDOPACOM AOR as required. MCMC unique MCPP-AUS requirements are specifically identified in respective subsections of this SOW.

The MCPP-AUS work hour requirement shall be in accordance with Host Nation Labor Laws, Monday - Friday. Additional hours or days may be authorized by the Government as mission requirements dictate. The MCMC shall not work, to include processing or reprocessing employees, on Host Nation Holidays unless authorized by the Government. The MCMC shall, as needed, support unplanned events such as the augmentation of other Marine Corps theater initiatives, identification of other Marine Force maintenance deficiencies, and any other emerging tasks incidental to expansion of Marine Corps theater operations; these will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. The MCMC shall report to the Government any situation of interest that affects MCPP-AUS equipment visibility, accountability, and/or security.

1.2.5.4 MCPP-PAL. The MCMC shall have the primary responsibility for coordinating import/export clearances, hiring labor to work in Palau, and ensuring operations remain in accordance with host nation laws and regulations.

The MCMC provides safety, environmental, hazardous material/waste services, POL storage, pollution prevention, spill response and clean up services. The MCMC does not execute installation maintenance and repair, pest management, or waste management services for MCPP-PAL. The MCMC shall perform the functions necessary to issue assets at the equipment location, recover assets, ensure asset serviceability, and coordinate maintenance actions for assets requiring maintenance above the capability of the contractor for the MCPP-PAL Equipment Set.

The MCMC shall facilitate MCPP-PAL management and operations, to include maintenance management, maintenance, supply chain management, KMI responsibilities, container management, and associated reporting requirements. The MCMC shall execute distribution functions and provide inventory management which includes receiving, receipting, accounting for, storing, maintaining, issuing, and recovering equipment and supplies, as well as PMCS, COSIS, and CM within the field-level echelon of maintenance. The MCMC shall also provide commercial shipping and receiving services to include; coordination with host nation officials, customs processing, port handling, stevedoring and related terminal services, drayage, hustling, and transportation of assets to U.S. government leased warehouses and permanent basing to support MCPP-PAL assets being shipped to or returned from Palau.

Maintenance services are provided on the MCPP-PAL 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 increased maintenance or supply requirements in support of the operating forces during exercise, HA/DR, or contingency withdrawals in Palau. In accordance with DODI 3020.37 section 6, all services provided in support of MCPP-PAL are considered mission essential and shall be performed by the MCMC in the event of crises, at various locations within Palau, or other locations in the USINDOPACOM AOR as required. MCMC unique MCPP-PAL requirements are specifically identified in respective subsections of this SOW.

The MCPP-PAL work hour requirement shall be in accordance with Host Nation Labor Laws, Monday - Friday. Additional hours or days may be authorized by the Government as mission requirements dictate. The MCMC shall not work, to include processing or reprocessing employees, on Host Nation Holidays unless authorized by the Government. The MCMC shall, as needed, support unplanned events such as the augmentation of other Marine Corps theater initiatives, identification of other Marine Force maintenance deficiencies, and any other emerging tasks incidental to expansion of Marine Corps theater operations; these will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. The MCMC shall report to the Government any situation of interest that affects MCPP-PAL equipment visibility, accountability, and/or security.

1.2.6 Aviation Ground Support Equipment (AGSE). AGSE is maintained by a separate contractor and is not the responsibility of the MCMC. The Government will monitor and arbitrate joint use of facilities and support requirements between these two contractors.

1.2.7 Military Contingency Support Worldwide

1.2.7.1 Deployed. As an essential part of national mobilization, there is a requirement for the MCMC to be prepared to divide the current workforce (or provide immediate supplementation of current workforce) 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 regeneration site to refurbish and reload MPS or to return material to ashore facilities after a contingency. The MCMC, if requested, shall be required to provide in-theater operational level logistics services. 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 to be determined Outside CONUS (OCONUS) site(s) to support deploying units participating in contingency operations. Operational logistics support could include such services as Military Equipment (ME) 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, supply chain services, and program management.

1.2.7.2 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 ships to future ships may result in reduced logistics requirements at the Blount Island facility. During these periods, the Marine Corps Program Management team may bring in additional Marine Corps or DoW overflow maintenance from depots or intermediate maintenance activities to maintain work force skills and to avoid layoffs of the program's skilled workforce.

1.2.8 Exercise Support. The MCMC shall provide Exercise Support as indicated in respective Exercise Support Letters. Exercise Support includes the deployment of personnel and BICmd resources in direct support of Marine Corps/Navy Operating Forces utilizing MCPP assets. For MPF exercises, the MCMC shall source shipboard personnel to meet the requirements identified in the respective Exercise Support Letter. For MCPP-N exercises, personnel support identified in the Exercise Support Letter, i.e., ordnance mechanics, may be resourced from MCMC assigned to MCSF Blount Island. For ashore prepositioning siteexercises other than MCPP-N, MCMC personnel will be primarily sourced from employees permanently assigned to the MCMC’s ashore site teams and be externally augmented (e.g. MCMC at MCSF-BI) as outlined in the Exercise Support Letter. The duration of exercise support varies from weeks to months dependent upon the concept of operations. Exercise support includes Overtime, Materials (inclusive of subcontractor support), Other Direct Costs, and Travel; Materials and Other Direct Costs shall be allocated to CLIN X006, Travel shall be allocated to CLIN X005. Labor augmentation from the MCMC assigned to MCSF Blount Island must be approved by the Government.

1.3 RESERVED

1.4 PROGRAM COMPLEXITY

1.4.1 Program Interdependencies. The MCPP operates in a multifaceted environment characterized by levels of detail and complexity, which necessitate enterprise-wide integration and requires that the MCMC shall maintain an appropriate span of control to mitigate operational and program management risks.

1.4.2 Detail Complexity

1.4.2.1 Per the government-approved strategic plan, developed by the separate Plans & Data Support (P&DS) contract, MPSs rotate one at a time, approximately every 42 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) lasting approximately 6 months depending on the ship type, and encompassing all three segments of the MCPP. Occasionally there are gap periods between ships. During those periods, direction is provided by the Government on priority of work effort for ashore sites and other activities (WIR, COSIS, etc.). Once the ship is offloaded via the Stevedoring & Related Terminal Services (S&RTS) contract, it is here that the MCMC 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.

1.4.2.2 During this period (time durations are dependent upon ship type) the MCMC is required to thoroughly refurbish all Marine Corps and Navy ground tactical military equipment by performing preventive and corrective maintenance, applying modifications, ensuring the recalibration of Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE), inventorying/replacing collateral equipment, and exchanging obsolete equipment with newly fielded assets. The MCMC’s responsibility is to ensure the material a Marine warfighter 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, to include accurate data in the respective systems of record, prior to re-embarkation aboard the respective MPS or shipment to one of the ashore prepositioning programs.

1.4.2.3 Each ship contains an average of 700 Principal End Items (PEIs) (ranging from 447 to 871, depending on ship type) square loaded with their SL-3 (ancillary equipment) as well as associated assets such as communications and electronics equipment; ordnance equipment (weapons systems, optics equipment, 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 respective APSR.

1.4.2.4 Additionally, each ship averages 436 shipping containers (ranging from 291 to 604, depending on ship type) loaded with over 16,000 line 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 MCMC 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.

1.4.2.5 Finally, once the equipment and supplies have been back-loaded aboard each MPS via the separate S&RTS contract, the MCMC maintains custody, provides COSIS for this materiel while forward deployed and prepares/issues it to Marine commanders for MPF exercises, and campaigns to transition to conflict. The MCMC 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 (sensitive communications equipment and crew served weapons the Host Nation military is not allowed to maintain for the USMC) and Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) assets in secured storage locations in the Philippines.

1.4.2.6 The Program description above in paragraph 1.4..2 illustrates a prescriptive and interdependent process involving many variables. The volume of materiel processed over such a short period of time requires that management drive integration both internally and with the Government.

1.4.3 Scope of Complexity

1.4.3.1 The very nature of the strategic MCPP 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 objective for equipment and supplies; 2) configure and maintain all of the prepositioned materiel to 100% combat readiness; 3) achieve 100% data accuracy of equipment and supplies in the respective APSR; and 4) maximize the forward deployed “on station” time in support of the GCC’s war plan requirements. Many stakeholders directly and indirectly influence the day-to-day pre-planned and programmed MMC activities, introducing significant complexities directing operational mission and/or program management changes that create program-wide resource loading ripple effects. Adequacy of resources shall be assessed and adjusted by the Government’s Program Management team and the MCMC.

1.4.3.2 This complexity routinely falls completely outside of BICmd’s ability to forecast or influence. For example:

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 MCMC 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 MCMC deployed forward) or at Blount Island (nine ships worth of equipment retrograded to BICmd post IRAQI FREEDOM I).

Exercises: The past 25 years have witnessed the quadrupled usage of prepositioned materiel 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 meet this demand signal while concurrently executing MMC and shore prepositioning operations. Post exercise corrective maintenance (CM) opportunities are 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 42-month maintenance cycle process to access the prepositioned materiel. This process is further complicated by the necessity to “roll-down” assets from one ship to another to place it on the correct platform to meet operating force requirements. HQMC is assessing other possible ashore prepositioning programs in Australia and Palau and continues to refine ship schedules and afloat capabilities. The Marine Corps may also utilize MPSs as platforms to support small Marine units for engagement operations. This also requires TAAT deployment impacting the MMC/MCPP contract.

Combat Equipment Modernization: The MCPP includes tens of thousands of line items of combat materiel spanning virtually the entire Marine Corps’ equipment inventory. Equipment modernization occurs along enterprise programmatic timelines with varying speed, prioritization, and resourcing. Modernization is constant and fielding for larger scale weapons systems is generally forecast early enough to be included in deliberate MMC plans. Urgent equipment modifications, modernizations or procurements in response to an operating force Urgent Needs Statement infrequently arrives with little prior notice during an ongoing MMC Production period and must then be integrated into the equipment sets as rapidly as possible. This often requires New Equipment Training (NET) to be provided to the MCMC’s workforce by the Government and induction into an ongoing MMC Production period, directly impacting current operations. Ship Platform Modernization: Military Sealift Command (MSC) modernization programs (e.g. the transition from legacy prepositioning ships to LMSRs; MPF ships reaching end of service life; etc.) have resulted in significant changes to the MMC production activities to configure equipment for long term storage (e.g. mobile loads, truck cabs up or down, etc.). The introduction of two T-AKE sustainment ships to the prepositioning fleet necessitated a complete MMC production methodology change requiring palletized loads for those specific platforms vice using Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) ISO shipping containers for the prepositioned sustainment assets on all other Roll-On/Roll-Off (RO/RO) MPSs.

Ship Availability: Periodically MPSs fail to return to BICmd for backload as scheduled per the MMC calendar due to extended shipyard availability periods that are caused by ship alterations/modifications driven by operational capability needs, or to address maintenance issues. The typical impact to the MCPP is an unprogrammed, additive COSIS requirement for that ship’s capability set of prepositioned materiel by the MCMC until the outgoing ship can be scheduled for backload. These COSIS efforts impact MCMC production for the next ship in the cycle by drawing on resources to meet this unprogrammed requirement. Additionally, OPNAV and HQMC have at times changed the number and types of ships available to the program.

Weather: MCSF-BI encounters occasional destructive/severe weather events resulting in lost production days. Production hours lost during these days must be made up to meet ship backload and GCC on-station requirements.

1.4.3.3 Experience indicates that change is a constant within the MCPP. Major program changes and hundreds of individual changes to equipment and supplies being processed during each ship’s MMC creates an inherently complex environment and requires extremely capable management to mitigate associated risk.

1.5 PROGRAM OPERATIONAL GOALS

1.5.1 Effectively Meet Program Operational Goals. The primary goal of the MCPP is to effectively perform all SOW actions necessary to ensure the expectations of our external customers, the Fleet Marine Forces (FMF), are met. Full attainment of the Prepositioning Objective (PO), combat readiness of the prepositioned materiel, and accurate/reliable data visibility is the end-state of this effort. The PO is published in the NAVMC 2907 and it establishes the approved inventory list for MPF and ashore programs.

1.5.2 Efficiently Meet Program Operational Goals. The second goal of the MCPP is to ensure the Marine Force (MARFOR)/Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) requirements are met in the most cost-efficient manner possible while remaining in conformance with this SOW. MCMC shall use the Government provided Enterprise QMSS (currently MCPIC iPrime Inspection Web and eQMS modules) to assist with external and internal tracking, trending, and tracing of performance. Upon identification of unsatisfactory trends, the MCMC shall correct/report the causes on nonconformance to Contracting Officer (KO), Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), and Contracting Officer’s Technical Representatives (COTRs) through the QMSS as directed in Section C.2. NOTE: The Government will also use the QMSS to evaluate the quality of the MCMC products and services.

1.6 ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. The MCMC shall be directly responsible for the execution of the contract and SOW requirements. MCMC, when exercising the requirements of this SOW and communicating with other DoW organization(s) on behalf of the BICmd, shall notify the Government when external Government organizations are not responsive thereby causing delays that may impact meeting contract requirements. The nature of the MCPP effort as described above calls for close daily communication and coordination between the MCMC and Government. Figure 1 depicts the organizational lines of communication necessary for Program success. Although informal communication takes place on a daily basis between the Government and MCMC, directive authority rests with the KO IAW the contract and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).

Lines of Communication

Figure 1: Organizational Lines of Communication

1.7 CONTRACT AUTHORITY. MCMC shall respond only to those directives given by Government personnel assigned by the KO. When questions as to the authority of Government personnel arise, the MCMC shall contact the KO before acting on the direction. Figure 2 depicts the lines of contract authority applied to this contract. The KO will appoint COR(s) and designate COTRs in various functional areas to allow for more efficient and effective communication on requirements compliance. While the COR, COTR, or QAR assists the KO in contract administration, they do not have the authority to make commitments that obligate the government. This means they cannot agree to changes that affect price, quality, quantity, or any other term or condition of the contract without the KO's approval.

Figure 2: Contracting Lines of Authority

1.8 SECURITY

1.8.1 Security Considerations and Classification. This contract requires the MCMC to possess a Secret Facility Security Clearance in accordance with Contract Attachment #J-4 (DD Form 254) and will require certain contracted personnel to gain and maintain a favorably adjudicated T1 or T3 investigation IAW MCO 5510.18B. All security classification requirements shall be fully identified, reviewed, and validated in accordance with Contract Attachment #J-4 (DD Form 254) prior to award of the IDIQ contract. Compliance with the DD Form 254 is mandatory to ensure all security requirements are met for the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program. The MCMC and all sub-contractors (through the MCMC) shall adhere to all aspects of DoD Directive 5220.22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). All personnel identified to perform on this contract shall maintain compliance with Department of War, Department of the Navy, and Marine Corps Information and Personnel Security Policy to include open background investigations (as required) prior to performance IAW NISPOM. By nature of this program, the MCMC requires overseas access in Norway, Diego Garcia, Saipan, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and many other locations where exercises and contingency operations may occur.

1.8.1.1 The following billets require a favorably adjudicated T3 investigation prior to performance: Manager and Supervisory personnel, information technology (IT) personnel, arms/ ammunition/ explosives (AA&E) personnel, and ordnance maintenance personnel (small arms/optics). Additionally, personnel not listed above but that will operate in secure spaces, work with National Security Information (NSI), or work on IT-II level systems shall also possess a favorable T3 investigation. Responsibility for submission of investigations to gain eligibility is per the current edition of MCO 5510.18B.

1.8.1.2 Common Access Card (CAC) Requirement. All personnel shall meet eligibility criteria to be issued a CAC. In order to meet the eligibility criteria, MCMC employees requiring a CAC, must obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated Personnel Security Investigation (PSI). Prior to authorizing a CAC, the employee’s Defense Information System for Security (DISS) record must indicate a completed and favorably adjudicated PSI or (at a minimum) that a PSI is submitted and accepted (opened). The minimum acceptable investigation is a T1. If the MCMC employee’s open investigation closes and is not favorably adjudicated, the MCMC shall immediately retrieve the employee’s CAC. The Facility Security Officer (FSO) is responsible for notifying the BICmd Security Manager if any individual performing on this contract receives an unfavorable adjudication after being issued a CAC. All MCMC personnel issued CACs, and those performing IT-II functions, will be “Owned” in DISS by the employing company. The MCMC shall notify the Government (written notice) within twenty-four hours of any MCMC personnel added or removed from the contract that have been granted classified access, issued a Common Access Card (CAC) and/or Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) badge. Ensure any individual requesting a replacement CAC, without turning in the old CAC, provides a written statement attesting to the circumstances surrounding the request for a new ID Card. Ensure CACs are turned into the Trusted Agent Security Manager (TASM) or designated Trusted Agent (TA) upon termination of an employee or upon termination of this contract. Report to the Contracting Officer in writing any misuse/abuse/ fraudulent use of Identification cards which may provide grounds for immediate revocation of the ID Card.

1.8.1.3 The MCMC shall immediately remove any employee that endangers national security. Report violations of security requirements to the BICmd Security Office to allow dual reporting to the appropriate consolidated adjudication facility (CAF).