Attachment 1 - Draft PWS.pdf

This is a Performance Work Statement (PWS) for academic instruction and tutoring services supporting the Future Sailor Preparatory Course (FSPC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, Illinois.

The contractor must establish and administer an academic improvement program for newly enlisted personnel and Delayed Entry Program (DEP) recruits struggling to meet academic standards. Core responsibilities include providing qualified instructors, curriculum development, tutoring, and study hall services focused on improving performance in arithmetic reasoning, verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores. The estimated workforce includes one Site Lead, two Curriculum Developers, and 18 Academic Instructors. The FSPC operates on a weekly basis with classes starting every 1–4 weeks, ranging 1–9 weeks in length, with an average class size of 160 students. Approximately 50 classes convene annually with an instructor-to-student ratio of 1:30 and anticipated throughput of 8,800 students annually. Math instructors dedicate 12 hours to instruction, 12 hours to tutoring, 23 hours to study hall, and 72 hours to administrative support per 3-week cycle; verbal instructors allocate 18 hours to instruction, 12 hours to tutoring, 23 hours to study hall, and 67 hours to administrative support. Key deliverables include designating a Contractor Supervisor within 10 days of award (Deliverable A001), submitting quarterly FSPC Program Success Reports (Deliverable A002), providing Instructor Certification Packages (Deliverable A003), and submitting a Quality Control Plan within 30 days (Deliverable A004). The contractor must ensure all instructors are certified to NETCINST 1500.5 standards, maintain classroom conduct standards, develop lesson plans and course materials, administer and grade assessments, manage student records with security controls for personally identifiable information, and participate in periodic training and curriculum quality assurance meetings. The contract requires compliance with Navy annual training requirements, DoD security clearances (T3 or T3R investigation minimum), Common Access Card (CAC) eligibility, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) safeguarding protocols, and OPSEC awareness training. Working hours are full-time, Monday through Friday, 0800–1630 with a 30-minute lunch break, and the primary place of performance is Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. The Government provides all course materials, equipment, facilities, maintenance, office equipment, and virtual classroom infrastructure. The contractor performance must achieve 95% acceptable quality level for workforce requirements adherence and 90% for employee qualifications and training completion.