Statement_of_Work.pdf

Statement of Work

Jungle Warfare Tracking Training

Objective

For the instructors at the Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) to be trained by experienced Jungle

Tracking Instructors in order to increase the subject matter expertise and overall knowledge base as well as to partner with the academics section to develop a formalized period of instruction (POI) for Training and

Education Command (TECOM) approval.

Scope

The contractor shall provide training that covers all aspects of tracking enemy forces, anti-tracking techniques and procedures, urban tracking, Improvised Explosive Device detection, K-9 tracking employment, and POI development.

The contractor shall provide no less than ten (10) days of instruction for a total of no less than one hundred

(100) hours, on man tracking techniques, anti-tracking techniques focused on tracking in a jungle environment to a group of 14 or less students. Instruction shall include identification of sign, spore, Tracking Team formations, lost Spore procedures, how to interpret sign at an incident sight, and practical application of tracking skills in a jungle environment

The Contractor shall provide instruction on Basic Combat Tracking Operations, 5 day course (50 hrs.) and

Advanced Combat Tracking Operations, 5 day course (50 hrs.) courses addresses strong fundamental skills, techniques, and tactics, developed by the individual student to confidently track and find the enemy in a jungle environment and develop full recognition of the value of tracking skills through the practical application.

Topics to be covered: introduction to tracking, tracking terminology, elements of tracking, indicators of sign, dynamics of a foot print, methods of memory retention, factors affecting tracking, team formations and individual duties, lost sign procedures, judging the age of sign, how we see sign, information gained from tracking, anti-tracking techniques, incident sight, night tracking, observation techniques, tracker dog, urban and rural tracking, use of surveillance, methods of interpretation and assumption, track pursuit drills, routine drills, track isolation drills, combat tracker team reports, Delivery

The contractor shall provide the following:

Jungle Tracking Instructor Instruction.

POI Development

Government-Furnished Property

The government will furnish the following:

Classroom

Audio visual support

Training Area

Map

Communication devices

Compass/GPS devices

The contractor shall coordinate these requirements with the unit before training commences.

Travel

Unit will provide transportation from the airport in Okinawa Japan to the place of performance and vice versa if required.

Contractor Criteria

Experience and familiarity with the Marine Corps Combat Hunter Program.

Work with the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO).

Tracking Instructors with at least 5 years each of tracking experience.

Special Material Requirements

If course material is required to be mailed prior to the course, please FEDEX to the following address :

Jungle Warfare Training Center, Bldg #500, Camp Gonsalves

Higashi-Son, Okinawa, Japan 905-1200

CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

Contractor Personnel Appearance and Identification: The Contractor’s employees shall be easily recognized as

Contractor employees. This may be accomplished by either (1) the Contractor employee wearing distinctive clothing bearing the company’s name and employee’s name, or (2) the Contractor employee wearing an identification badge bearing the company's name and the employee's name, with the badge worn or attached to the employee's outer garment at all times. Clothing or badges shall be provided by the Contractor. Contractor’s employees shall present a neat and clean appearance.

Removal of Contractor’s Employees: The Contractor agrees to utilize only experienced, responsible and capable people in the performance of work. The Contractor shall not employ persons for work on this contract if such employee is identified to the Contractor by the Contracting Officer as a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being, or operational mission of the installation and its population.

The Contacting Officer may require that the Contractor remove from the Government job employees who endanger persons or property, whose continued employment under this contract is inconsistent with the interest of military security, or who are determined by the Contracting Officer or Contracting Officers

Representative as being incapable of rendering the services in accordance with the contract.

Prohibition of Employment: The Contractor, as a stipulation of this contract, acknowledges that

Designated Third Country National (DTCN) Contractor employees are not permitted aboard any Marine

Corps Bases Japan (MCBJ) Camp, Air Station, or facility in Japan. Signature of the award document constitutes acknowledgement, and binds the Contractor to all terms specified in the contract. A listing of

Designated Third Countries can be found in USFJ Instruction 31-204 (Designated Third Country

Nationals).

Employment of Military Personnel: The Contractor is cautioned that off-duty active military personnel hired under this contract may be subject to permanent change of station, change in duty hours, or deployment. Military Reservists and National Guard members may be subject to a recall to active duty.

The abrupt absence of these personnel could adversely affect the Contractor's ability to perform. Their absence at any time shall not constitute an excuse for non-performance under this contract.

Employment Benefits: This is a Non-Personal Service Contract. No provisions are implied or provided in this contract for any benefits such as medical care, retirement, or worker’s compensation.

Place of Performance

Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan

Period of Performance

13 Jun 2016 to 23 Jun 2016.