PWS.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

FOR

MARINE CORPS INFORMATION MANEUVER SCHOOL

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

1.0 Scope. The scope of this effort is to provide support to Marine Corps Information Maneuver School (MCIMS)), Marine Corps Intelligence Schools (MCIS)Marine Corps Training Command (TRNGCMD), in providing instruction in various subjects required to grant Marines the Civil Affairs Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and/or Influence MOS,, as well as to train Marines in Civil Affairs Operations (CAO), Civil-Military Operations (CMO), and information operations planning. This training will be delivered to Marine Corps CA MOS Course, CMO Planner, and IO planner students to prepare them to support the Fleet Marine Force (FMF). The training will also be delivered to unit staffs at all levels, from Battalions, Marine Information Groups (MIGs), Civil Affairs Group (CAG) to MAGTF, Joint and Coalition staffs in preparation for conducting CMO, Information Warfare (IW)and stability operations. These capabilities include a wide variety of military, political-military, scientific and technical developments within the IO/IW community through liaison with established service and/or joint IO staff organizations. Maintaining Core Skills/Currency are critical aspects of the IO/IW/OIE SME position and include extensive knowledge/experience with intelligence, IO/IW, doctrine, and policy as evidenced by additional courses attended during or after IO/IW/ employment. Candidates must possess a broad knowledge of information-related capabilities, electronic warfare, Military Information Support Operations (MISO), operations security, military deception, cyber operations, civil military operations, space operations and COMMSTRAT. The Contractor will support this effort by providing analysis, instruction, evaluation, scenario, and vignette development, and facilitating services that will enable students to organize, train and lead their CA/Influence units, and conduct Civil Affairs Operations and Civil-Military Operations, Stability Operations, and Information Warfare as an integral part of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), and Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE).

2.0 Background. MCIMS continues to refine each program of instruction related to civil-affairs operations, civil-military operations and information operations (IO) planning. Fully qualified and credentialed individuals with expertise in these fields are required to perform the necessary instruction, curriculum development, and course maintenance tasks. This performance work statement (PWS) identifies the necessary requirements to provide MCIMS with desired instruction, training, course maintenance, and curriculum development support.

2.1 Specific Background. The primary focus of this contract is to provide classroom and in-the-field instruction on CAO, CMO, and Information Warfare (IW). The Contractor will provide resident classroom instruction and augment Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) during MCIMS-led CA MOS, IO related courses (MOPC, MOSC, SOPC), Stability Operations, CMO Planner, MARCIMS, and SAF instruction. Other business and analytical support include a review of current CA/CAO/CMO/Information, and IRC-related POIs and Marine Corps doctrine to identify potential synergies and to synchronize how the Marine Corps plans, organizes, and executes Operations in Information warfare.

2.2 Policy. Various United States Marine Corps (USMC), Department of Defense (DoD), and other-service doctrines to which the USMC is a signatory guides USMC policy for CA, CAO, CMO, Stability Operations, and Information Warfare.

2.2.2 Marine Corps Publication MCTP 3-03A, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Civil-Military Operations explains CMO activities and how to plan and execute CMO performed by designated CA or other military forces that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relationships between military forces and civil partners. CMO are essential to the military instrument to coordinate the integration of military and nonmilitary instruments of national power, particularly in support of Stabilization, OIE, and other complex operational environments. MCTP 3-03A provides a doctrinal foundation of MAGTF CMO and serves as a guide for the commander and his staff. This publication also provides a wealth of information on the broad spectrum of CA activities intended to support CMO on behalf of the FMF. It is very likely CMO will be conducted by a combination of CA forces and other military forces. The MAGTF commander should recognize CA capability and capacity gaps that require the use of other military forces.

2.2.3 Marine Corps Concept for Civil Affairs (2019) complements the ideas presented in the National Defense Strategy, The Defense Planning Guidance, Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE), the Marine Corps Functional Concept for Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Fires, The MAGTF Information Operations Concept of Employment, and the United States Marine Corps and United States Special Operations Command Concept for integration, interdependence, and interoperability.

Moreover, CA and influence forces play an important role in accomplishing a 21st century combined arms approach that provides:

• Active and Reserve Component Marines organized, manned, trained, educated, equipped, and sustained with the right tools, processes, and understanding to plan and conduct CA Operations (CAO) and Civil- Military Operations (CMO) and Information Operations (IO)

• Multi-domain civil perspectives to the MAGTF Commander covering sociological, economic, and political factors of an area of operations (AO).

• Converged capabilities through enhanced Geo-Political / Cultural understanding of the Civil Operating Environment.

• Enhanced Unified Action through Interorganizational relationships and partnerships.

• Integration of MAGTF plans with Naval, Geographic Combatant Command (GCC), interagency partner

TSC plans, and Department of State (DoS) integrated country strategies.

• Interoperable decentralized operations within the assigned area to be influenced.

• Understanding the employment of IW enabled by joint targeting to anticipate and counter adversary unconventional and information warfare approaches.

• Ability to exercise functions and authorities normally associated with the host nation (HN) government prior, during or after military action in time of hostilities or other emergencies.

2.2.4 The following capabilities are required to develop, prepare, and equip Marines and Marine Corps organizations at all echelons to execute the central and supporting ideas of this functional CA concept.

Marine Corps CA and influence forces require:

• The ability to provide expertise in emerging local, regional, and transregional threats and to enable interaction and coordination efforts with multiple agencies and partners.

• The ability to support CAO planning and coordination at the Marine Forces (MARFOR) for theater and interagency coordination.

• The ability to support the functions of MAGTF Information Warfare.

• The ability to support Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) CA requirements.

• The ability to access flexible funding that supports targeted CAO and CMO.

• The ability to access AI for CIM archiving, search, and recommendations, and to provide forward-looking civil information to strengthen human decision-making.

• The ability to integrate, correlate, and disseminate civil data derived from MAGTF and Interorganizational resources to joint and combined classified and unclassified networks used for command, control, and decision-making.

• The ability to access unmanned surveillance technologies to support CR.

• The means and methods for conducting information in Marine Corps Operations

• The ability to plan information operations in support of the commander.

• The ability to command and control information activities

• The ability to assess the effectiveness operational performance of information operations.

2.2.5 Marine Corps Order (MCO) 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy establishes management policies and procedures for the establishment and operation of Marine Corps Formal Learning Centers.

2.2.6 Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 2000.13 on CA states that the DoD must maintain a capability to conduct a broad range of civil affairs operations necessary to support DoD missions and to meet DoD Component responsibilities to the civilian sector in the operational environment across the conflict continuum. It also tasks each secretary of the military departments to develop and maintain programs necessary to plan, conduct, and support CA operations to meet their Military Service and Combatant Command requirements; provide for CA personnel in their force structures; and to conduct specialized CA education and individual training for assigned personnel.

2.2.7 Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 3005.05, Stabilization, provides guidance for the planning, training, execution, and oversight of stabilization. Stabilization states (in part): Stabilization is required to translate combat success into lasting strategic gains and achieve the ends for which the military operation was waged.

• DoD’s core responsibility during stabilization is to support and reinforce the civilian efforts of the USG lead agencies consistent with available statutory authorities, primarily by providing security, maintaining basic public order, and providing for the immediate needs of the population.

• When required to achieve U.S. stabilization objectives, and to the extent authorized by law, DoD will reinforce and complement civilian-led stabilization efforts. Such efforts may include delivering targeted basic services, removing explosive remnants of war, repairing critical infrastructure, and other activities that establish a foundation for the return of displaced people and longer-term development.

• Although stabilization is distinct from humanitarian assistance, DoD humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster relief activities may complement USG stabilization efforts.

• DoD will ensure Annex G (Civil-Military Operations), Annex I (Information), and Annex V (Interagency Coordination) are fully developed and integrated in Global Campaign Plans, Concept Plans, and Operations Plans In accordance with Joint Publication 5-0.

• DoD components will incorporate stabilization into professional military education and unit training as appropriate, to enable military planners and leaders to plan for and operate effectively in complex stabilization environments.

2.2.8 Information in Marine Corps Operations (MCWP 8-10), Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 8- 10, Information in Marine Corps Operations, builds on the doctrinal foundation established in Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 8, Information. Rapidly evolving technologies have changed the character of warfare and expanded the ability of Marines to create and exploit information advantages. Understanding this evolution and its link to enabling Marines to out-think, out-compete and out-fight our adversaries underpins the Marine Corps’ ability to win the fight for information in support of the joint force. To this end, the MCWP 8-10 supports integrating the information warfighting function in all operations to make the Marine Corps a more lethal, capable and ready force.

MCWP 8-10 addresses the four functions of information (generate, preserve, deny, project) by describing a method for Marine Corps commanders and their staffs to plan and integrate information into operations and command activities. It provides the practical link connecting our maneuver warfare philosophy to the detailed tactics, techniques, and procedures found in reference or tactical publications.

Further, MCWP 8-10 describes the means for conducting information by identifying those activities across all warfighting functions that can generate information advantages, and then presents a method to assess the effectiveness of those activities.

Overall, MCWP 8-10 provides a practical reference for Marine Corps commanders, their staffs, and personnel to better leverage the power of information to gain advantages in all types of operations and command activities. Adversaries will continue to exploit a rapidly evolving technology and the global security landscape to undermine traditional joint force advantages. Marines should expect MCWP 8-10 to be revised as often as needed to keep it current and relevant.

3.0 General Requirements.

3.1 Work Locations. Work efforts in support of the MCIMS effort will be performed primarily at Government-provided facilities at the MCIMS facility in Quantico. Work locations may include contractor provided spaces.

Other work locations are aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico and the Town of Quantico located within MCB Quantico; the Virginia Railway Express Station, Officer Candidate School Clinic, Quantico Marina, MCBQ Water Treatment Plant, various DODEA schools, Gray Research Center, Camp Upshur, Marine Corps Information Operations Center (MCIOC), Military Operations in Urban Terrain Facilities aboard MCB Quantico, VA. Fort A.P.

Hill , VA may serve as a field exercise location during the Civil Affairs Courses.

Work efforts will also occur at other continental United States (CONUS) locations, including Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) 29 Palms California, MCB Camp Lejeune, MCB Camp Pendleton, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Great Lakes, and Hialeah Florida. Additional support tasks will be accomplished at the Contractor’s facilities.

Work efforts may occur outside the continental United States (OCONUS) locations, including Okinawa, and The Netherlands.

3.2 Performance Standards. The Contractor is responsible for supporting an effective technical management program by ensuring the quality of technical products supports scheduled milestones; providing effective staffing and resource utilization coincident with program objectives; and managing resources to accommodate priorities of work

3.3 Government Responsibilities and Interface. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will have technical oversight and will execute responsibilities related to performance, deliverables acceptance, invoice certification, and coordination of work effort. The COR is not authorized to make any changes to the contract. The Regional Contracting Office’s (RCO) Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) will interface with the prime Contractor’s representative for payment and administration issues.

3.4 Technical Performance Quality. The Contractor shall be responsible for establishing a staff complement capable of handling the responsibilities of contract execution and coordination of team resources.

3.5 Applicable References. The Contractor shall use the latest versions of the below references as a guide to the extent necessary to accomplish the tasks as stated in this PWS. If during the execution of the contract the Government uncovers the need for additional references or changes to cited references, the Government will provide these to the contractor.

• NAVMC 1553.1A Marine Corps Instructional Systems Design/Systems Approach to Training and Education (SATE) Handbook

• NAVMC 3500.124A Information Maneuver Training and Readiness Manual, Chapter 6

• MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy

• Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) Course descriptive data (CDD) for the CA MOS Course, CMO Planner Course, Stability Assessment Framework Course, along with their respective POI and Master Lesson File (MLF) provided by MCIMS

• MCWP 3-03 Stabilization Activities

• MCTP 3-03A Marine Air Ground Task Force Civil-Military Operations

• MCDP 7 Learning

• Information Command Center (ICC) Concept of Employment (2020)

• Marine Corps Concept for Civil Affairs (2019)

• Joint Publication 3-04 Information in Joint Operations

• Joint Publication 3-54 Joint Doctrine for Military Deception

• Joint Publication 3-54 Joint 3-04 Information in Joint Operations

• NAVMC 1553.1 Systems Approach to Training (SAT) Users Guide

• MCO 1553.1B Marine Corps Training and Education System

• MCO 1553.3C Unit Training Management Program

• MCO 1553.4B Professional Military Education (PME)

• MCO 1510.121A Marine Corps Common Skills (MCCS) Program

• MCO 1553.10, Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) Standard Operating

Procedures (SOP)

• MCO 3120.10A Marine Corps Information Operations

• MCTP 7-20A Unit Training Guide

• MCWP 3-32 Marine Air-Ground Task Force Information Operations

• MCWP 5-10 Marine Corps Planning Process

• MCWP 8-10 Information in Marine Corps Operations

• NAVMC 3500.108B MAGTF Planner Training and Readiness Manual

• Course Descriptive Data (CDD) for CIDs; M02AARD, M02ZSGD, M02ZSFD, M02ZSED, M02F2GD, M02HE5D, and M02HFUMJP

• JP 3-57 Joint Civil-Military Operations

• DoDD 3005.05 Stabilization

• DoDD 2000.13 Civil Affairs

4.0. Specific Requirements. The Contractor shall provide support to the MCIMS effort consistent with the activities identified. The development of any curricula, will apply across all MCIMS courses (resident or MTT) to ensure the highest level of consistency across all MCIMS approved POIs Specific support includes:

• Doctrinal Analysis and Review to include service, joint, and NATO doctrine

• Curriculum Development and Instruction of the Marine Corps Civil Affairs Course (M0AARD)

• Curriculum Development and Instruction of the Marine Corps CMO Planner Officer (M02ZSFD) Course

• Curriculum Development and Instruction of the Marine Corps CMO Chief (M02ZSED)Course

• Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MAGTF Operations in the Information Environment

Practitioner Course (MOPC) (M02F2GD)

• Curriculum Development and Instruction of the MAGTF Operations in the Information Environment

Specialist Course (MOSC) (M02F2KD)

• Curriculum Development and Instruction of the Staff Operations in the Information Environment Planner

Course (SOPC) (M02HE5D)

• Curriculum Development and Instruction of the Stability Assessment Framework (SAF) Course

(M02HFUM)

• Training and Education Analysis

• Creation and delivery of Scenarios and Vignettes

4.1 Doctrine Analysis and Review. The Contractor will be responsible for providing appropriate-level consulting services by reviewing the current and proposed Marine Corps, CA, CMO, SAF, Foreign Assistance, Security Cooperation, Information Warfare, and Stabilization doctrine and making recommendations to incorporate current and evolving doctrine as it pertains to the MCIMS curriculum development process, SATE process, training effectiveness, and the integration of stability operations, CMO, and CAO concepts into MAGTF training and doctrine. The Contractor will provide individuals with the required expertise to any CMO and Information Operations (IO) related publication requiring review, comments, and updates.

4.2 Marine Corps Civil Affairs Course. A 20 day-training course, (offered three times per FY) the Civil Affairs Course provides basic instruction in Civil Considerations and team-level CMO tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). The Contractor will, with concurrence from the COR, instruct, develop, and maintain lesson plans, products, multimedia, and instructional tools and aids in support of instruction on academic principles of Marine Corps CA, and CMO at the tactical level. .

4.2.1 Classroom Instruction. The Civil Affairs Course has 171 academic hours including informal lecture, panels, guest instructors, field exercises, practical applications, etc. The course covers the three components of CMO (Civil- Military Relations, Enabling Operations, and Information Management) along with the three CA core competencies of Civil Affairs Activities (CAA), Military Government Operations (MGO), and Civil Affairs Supported Activities (CASA). In addition, the contractor shall have expertise in MARCIMS, Stability Operations, Stability Assessment Framework, CMO Planning, G-9 staff functions, Small Wars, negotiation/mediation, civil engagement, civil reconnaissance, and Operational Culture, etc.

4.2.2 Training Schedules. The Contractor shall create the training schedule, subject to approval by the COR. The training schedule for the Civil Affairs Courses accounts for all instruction (lecture, demonstration, practical application, written examinations and performance examinations). It is used as a planning tool and is the main document for synchronizing efforts.

4.2.3 Student Evaluations. Student evaluations encompass written exams, facilitating practical applications, performance evaluations, and the field exercise. The Civil Affairs Course has 1 written examination which are created with instructor input. Half of the course is dedicated to practical applications that reinforce any lecture.

Performance evaluations, in accordance with associated performance evaluation checklists, assess a student’s ability to master the subject matter. The field exercise is the culminating event with both POIs forming a Marine CA Team and evaluates each student’s ability to demonstrate and be evaluated on the learning objectives of the course in a scripted scenario utilizing role players. All student evaluations use non-subjective performance evaluation checklists approved by MCIMS.

4.2.4 Curriculum Development and Master Lesson Files. The Contractor shall create and manage curriculum and execution of the POI to include course descriptive data, courseware and curriculum materials as well as providing professional, school-trained curriculum developer(s) and personnel to serve as general educational specialists in support of the MCIMS academics section. Personnel shall be qualified as a curriculum developer having attended the Curriculum Developers Course in accordance with MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy and the SATE Handbook. The specific content and curriculum must be approved by MCIMS before it is taught, and time allocated to the instructional material developed will be determined by MCIMS. Nature of the work will involve assistance with the following:

• Determining detailed subject matter and references to be included in the POI

• Developing course materials such as study guides, visual aids, simulations (mock ups and models), proficiency charts, training aids, handouts, and course and instructional outlines.

• Recommending instructional methods to best convey the course material (e.g. conferences, demonstrations, and practical exercises)

• Constructing questions pertaining to his/her area of instructional responsibility for inclusion in course examinations.

• Revising lesson plans to include updated course material, coordinating updates with other related courses of instruction.

• Adjusting lesson plans to accommodate and motivate a diverse student population or allow for unavoidable circumstances, providing for minimal disruption to established course schedule.

• Adhering to the School-approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Instructor Development

Program

4.2.5 Travel. There is no travel associated with the Civil Affairs Course.

4.3 CMO Planner Course. CMO Planner Course is a 10-day, (offered three times per FY) scenario-based planning exercise. It is designed to educate and train the CA Detachment and Team level leaders in planning CMO at the regimental and Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) level, with some exposure to operational level considerations.

This course is professional military education (PME) for 1707/1730/1732/1751 .

4.3.1 Classroom Instruction. The CMO Planner Course has 75.5 academic hours including informal lecture, practical application, and performance evaluations. The course covers the three components of CMO (Civil-Military Relations, Enabling Operations, and Information Management) along with the three CA core competencies of Civil Affairs Activities (CAA), Military Government Operations (MGO), and Civil Affairs Supported Activities (CASA).

In addition, the contractor shall have expertise in MARCIMS, Stability Operations, Stability Assessment Framework, CMO Planning, G-9 staff functions, Small Wars, negotiation/mediation, civil engagement, civil reconnaissance, and Operational Culture, etc.

4.3.2 Training Schedules. The Contractor shall create the training schedule, subject to approval by the COR. The training schedule for the CMO Planner Course accounts for all instruction (lecture, demonstration, practical application, written examinations and performance evaluations). It is used as a planning tool and is the main document for synchronizing efforts since instructors and assistant instructors are identified.

4.3.3 Student Evaluations. Student evaluations encompass written exams, facilitating practical applications, and performance evaluations. The CMO Planner Course has 2 written examinations which are created with instructor input. A large portion of the course is dedicated to practical applications that reinforce any lecture. Performance evaluations, in accordance with associated performance evaluation checklists, assess a student’s ability to master the subject matter. All student evaluations use non-subjective performance evaluation checklists approved by MCIMS.

4.3.4 Curriculum Development and Master Lesson Files. The Contractor shall create and manage curriculum and execution of the POI to include course descriptive data, courseware and curriculum materials as well as providing professional, school-trained curriculum developer(s) and personnel to serve as general educational specialists in support of the MCIMS academics section. Personnel shall be qualified as a curriculum developer having attended the Curriculum Developers Course in accordance with MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy and the SATE Handbook. The specific content and curriculum must be approved by MCIMS before it is taught, and time allocated to the instructional material developed will be determined by MCIMS. Nature of the

• Determining detailed subject matter and references to be included in programs of instruction.

proficiency charts, training aids, handouts, and course and instructional outlines.

• Recommending instructional methods to best convey the course material (e.g. conferences, demonstrations, and practical exercises)

• Constructing questions pertaining to his/her area of instructional responsibility for inclusion in course examinations.

• Revising lesson plans to include updated course material, coordinating updates with other related courses of instruction.

• Adjusting lesson plans to accommodate and motivate a diverse student population or allow for unavoidable circumstances, providing for minimal disruption to established course schedule.

• Adhering to the School approved SOP and Instructor Development Program

4.3.5. Travel. The contractor will support a CMO Planner Course via MTT as required to CONUS and OCONUS locations with approximately two to three instructors for approximately sixteen days (including travel).

4.4 MAGTF Operations in the Information Environment Practitioner Course (MOPC) MOPC (20 trainng days) is offered four times per year. MOPC is an intermediate level course designed to create basic Information Operations (IO) staff officers and provide them with the individual skills to integrate information activities and related capabilities into MAGTF operations that facilitate operations in the information environment. Upon competion of MOPC, the student will be able to characterize the information environment (IE) and assess its impact on MAGTF operations. Students will also understand how to plan and integrate operations security (OPSEC) and military deception (MILDEC) within MAGTF operations. Graduates will be able to serve in a MAGTF command element (CE) or major subordinate element (MSE) as an IO professional. This course satisfies the formal education requirment for MOS 1707 (Influence officer). The first two weeks of MOPC includes MOSC students (see below).

The courses are taught concurrently through training day ten.

4.4.1 Classroom Instruction. MOPC has 159 academic hours of classroom instruction, case studies, performance evaluations, written exams, and guest lecturers. The class is four weeks in length. MOPC does not have a field exercise associated with the POI.

4.4.2 Training Schedules. The Contractor shall create the training schedule, subject to approval by the COR. The training schedule for MOPC accounts for all instruction (lecture, demonstration, practical application, written examinations and performance evaluations). It is used as a planning tool and is the main document for synchronizing efforts since instructors and assistant instructors are identified.

4.4.3 Student Evaluations. Student evaluations encompass written exams, facilitating practical applications, and performance evaluations. MOPC has 3 written examinations. A large portion of the course is dedicated to practical applications that reinforce any lecture. Performance evaluations, in accordance with associated performance evaluation checklists, assess a student’s ability to master the subject matter. All student evaluations use non-subjective performance evaluation checklists approved by MCIMS.

4.4.4 Curriculum Development and Master Lesson Files. The Contractor shall create and manage curriculum and execution of the POI to include course descriptive data, courseware and curriculum materials as well as providing professional, school-trained curriculum developer(s) and personnel to serve as general educational specialists in support of the MCIMS academics section. Personnel shall be qualified as a curriculum developer having attended the Curriculum Developers Course in accordance with MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy and the SATE Handbook. The specific content and curriculum must be approved by MCIMS before it is taught, and time allocated to the instructional material developed will be determined by MCIMS. Nature of the proficiency charts, training aids, handouts, and course and instructional outlines.

• Recommending instructional methods to best convey the course material (e.g. conferences, demonstrations, and practical exercises)

• Constructing questions pertaining to his/her area of instructional responsibility for inclusion in course examinations.

• Revising lesson plans to include updated course material, coordinating updates with other related courses of instruction.

• Adjusting lesson plans to accommodate and motivate a diverse student population or allow for unavoidable

4.4.5. Travel. Travel. The contractor will support a MOPC via MTT as required to CONUS and OCONUS locations with approximately two to three instructors for approximately thirty days (including travel).

4.5 MAGTF Operations in the Information Environment Specialist Course (MOSC). MOSC is a ten-day course offered four times per FY. It is designed to provide enlisted Marines with the initial training necessary to characterize the information environment (IE) and assess its impact on operations. Students will gain a level understanding of information related activities and capabilities necessary to integrate information operations (IO) at all levels of MAGTF operations. The course focuses on the basic understanding of information related activities and capabilities, activities and characterization of the information environment. Students will support staff planning at all levels. The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of products and documents necessary to support the planning, execution, and assessment of the IE within S/G-3s or IO related organizations and working groups at all levels. Upon completion of the course, the student will possess the individual skills required as an influence specialist to advise, plan, execute, and assess information activities (IA). The course is the formal education requirement for the 1751 (Influence Specialist). The first two weeks of MOPC and MOSC are taught concurrently.

4.5.1 Classroom Instruction. MOSC has 80 hours of classroom instruction, case studies, performance evaluations, written exams, and guest lecturers. The class is two weeks in duration. MOSC does not have a field exercise associated with the POI.

4.5.2 Training Schedules. The Contractor shall create the training schedule, subject to approval by the COR. The training schedule for the MOSC courses accounts for all instruction (lecture, demonstration, practical application, written examinations and performance evaluations). It is used as a planning tool and is the main document for synchronizing efforts since instructors and assistant instructors are identified.

4.5.3 Student Evaluations. Student evaluations encompass written exams, facilitating practical applications, and performance evaluations. MOSC has 2 written examinations along several graded events. A large portion of the course is dedicated to practical applications that reinforce any lecture. Performance evaluations, in accordance with associated performance evaluation checklists, assess a student’s ability to master the subject matter. All student evaluations use non-subjective performance evaluation checklists approved by MCIMS.

4.5.4 Curriculum Development and Master Lesson Files. The Contractor shall create and manage curriculum and execution of the POI to include course descriptive data, courseware and curriculum materials as well as providing professional, school-trained curriculum developer(s) and personnel to serve as general educational specialists in support of the MCIMS academics section. Personnel shall be qualified as a curriculum developer having attended the Curriculum Developers Course in accordance with MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy and the SATE Handbook. The specific content and curriculum must be approved by MCIMS before it is taught, and time allocated to the instructional material developed will be determined by MCIMS. Nature of the proficiency charts, training aids, handouts, and course and instructional outlines.

• Recommending instructional methods to best convey the course material (e.g. conferences, demonstrations, and practical exercises)

• Constructing questions pertaining to his/her area of instructional responsibility for inclusion in course examinations.

• Revising lesson plans to include updated course material, coordinating updates with other related courses of instruction.

• Adjusting lesson plans to accommodate and motivate a diverse student population or allow for unavoidable

4.5.5. Travel. Travel. The contractor will support a MOSC via MTT as required to CONUS and OCONUS locations with approximately two to three instructors for approximately sixteen days (including travel).

4.6 Staff Operations in the Information Environment Planner Course (SOPC). SOPC is the pinnacle of the MAGTF IO training continuum and satisfies the formal education requirement for MOS 1709 (Information Warfare Coordinator). SOPC is offered two times per FY. Upon completion of SOPC, Marine officers will be able to advise senior commanders on the impact of the IE, threats within the IE, and the integration of information activities and capabilities into MAGTF operations. Graduates will be able to hold senior information warfare (IW) billets inside IW related organizations (Fires and Effects Coordination Centers, MEF Information Groups etc.) within the MAGTF or supporting establishment.

4.6.1 Classroom Instruction. SOPC has 114.5 hours of classroom instruction, case studies, performance evaluations, written exams, and several performance evaluations. The class is three (3) weeks in duration. SOPC does not have a field exercise associated with the POI.

4.6.2 Training Schedules. The Contractor shall create the training schedule, subject to approval by the COR. The training schedule SOPC courses that accounts for all instruction (lecture, demonstration, practical application, written examinations and performance evaluations). It is used as a planning tool and is the main document for synchronizing efforts since instructors and assistant instructors are identified.

4.6.3 Student Evaluations. Student evaluations encompass written exams, facilitating practical applications, and performance evaluations. SOPC has several graded writing assignments. A large portion of the course is dedicated to practical applications that reinforce any lecture. Performance evaluations, in accordance with associated performance evaluation checklists, assess a student’s ability to master the subject matter. All student evaluations use non-subjective performance evaluation checklists approved by MCIMS.

4.6.4 Curriculum Development and Master Lesson Files. The Contractor shall create and manage curriculum and execution of the POI to include course descriptive data, courseware and curriculum materials as well as providing professional, school-trained curriculum developer(s) and personnel to serve as general educational specialists in support of the MCIMS academics section. Personnel shall be qualified as a curriculum developer having attended the Curriculum Developers Course in accordance with MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy and the SATE Handbook. The specific content and curriculum must be approved by MCIMS before it is taught, and time allocated to the instructional material developed will be determined by MCIMS. Nature of the proficiency charts, training aids, handouts, and course and instructional outlines.

• Recommending instructional methods to best convey the course material (e.g. conferences, demonstrations, and practical exercises)

• Constructing questions pertaining to his/her area of instructional responsibility for inclusion in course examinations.

• Revising lesson plans to include updated course material, coordinating updates with other related courses of instruction.

• Adjusting lesson plans to accommodate and motivate a diverse student population or allow for unavoidable

4.6.5. Travel. There is no travel associated with the SOPC. The POI will be taught only in Quantico, VA.

4.7 Stability Assessment Framework (SAF) Mobile Training Team (MTT). This course is designed to provide both Active Component and Reserve Component units with the skills necessary to incorporate SAF into the Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP). This course focuses on the analytical, planning, and programming features of SAF designed to support CMO Planning, the CA Methodology, and non-lethal targeting approaches during MATGF operations. The SAF Mobile Training Team MTT is conducted as an MTT.

4.7.1 Classroom Instruction. The SAF course requires 16 hours consisting of informal lecture, practical application, guided discussions, performance evaluations, and written examinations. The contractor will have expertise on the Stability Assessment Framework (SAF) to include the relationship between SAF and the Civil Preparation of the Battlespace (CPB), the cyclical nature of SAF, factors of stability and instability, civil considerations (ASCOPE), the cultural environment, SAF analysis, monitoring and evaluation, execution via a non-lethal targeting package, transition operations, and the creation of various matrices and worksheets to aid the student in facilitation SAF considerations into CMO planning.

4.7.2 Training Schedules. The Contractor shall create the training schedule, subject to approval by the COR. The training schedule for the CMO Chief Course accounts for all instruction (lecture, demonstration, practical application, written examinations and performance evaluations). It is used as a planning tool and is the main document for synchronizing efforts since instructors and assistant instructors are identified.

4.7.3 Student Evaluations. Student evaluations encompass written exams, facilitating practical applications, and performance evaluations using scenarios, and vignettes. All student evaluations use non-subjective performance evaluation checklists approved by MCIMS.A large portion of the course is dedicated to practical applications that reinforce any lecture. Performance evaluations, in accordance with associated performance evaluation checklists, assess a student’s ability to master the subject matter. All student evaluations use non-subjective performance evaluation checklists approved by MCIMS.

4.7.4 Curriculum Development and Master Lesson Files. The Contractor shall create and manage curriculum and execution of the POI to include course descriptive data, courseware and curriculum materials as well as providing professional, school-trained curriculum developer(s) and personnel to serve as general educational specialists in support of the MCIMS academics section. Personnel shall be qualified as a curriculum developer having attended the Curriculum Developers Course in accordance with MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy and the SATE Handbook. The specific content and curriculum must be approved by MCIMS before it is taught, and time allocated to the instructional material developed will be determined by MCIMS. Nature of the proficiency charts, training aids, handouts, and course and instructional outlines.

• Recommending instructional methods to best convey the course material (e.g. conferences, demonstrations, and practical exercises)

• Constructing questions pertaining to his/her area of instructional responsibility for inclusion in course examinations.

• Revising lesson plans to include updated course material, coordinating updates with other related courses of instruction.

• Adjusting lesson plans to accommodate and motivate a diverse student population or allow for unavoidable

4.7.5 Travel. The contractor will support the SAF Course via MTT as required to CONUS and OCONUS locations with approximately two to three instructors for approximately four days (including travel).

4.8 Training and Education Analysis. Training and education analysis is a vital role in training and education. It allows MCIMS to analyze feedback to make the necessary corrections to provide better products to meet the Marine Corps’ needs. Feedback is collected by the following forms filled out by students: Instructor Rating Forms (IRFs), Examination Rating Forms (ERFs), After Instruction Reports (AIRs), End of Course Critiques (ECCs)

4.8.1 Instruction Analysis. The Contractor will conduct instruction analysis utilizing a variety of tools IRFs are handed out to students prior to each lecture, and practical application. ERFs are handed out prior to all practical examinations and written examinations. IRFs and ERFs are compiled and consolidated in AIRs and comments by students are addressed and used as a correction tool. ECCs capture all after action items brought up by students.

IRFs, ERFs, AIRs and ECCs are analyzed by the contractor to improve individual classes, instruction, and courses.

Contractor will also conduct a Course Curriculum Review Board with input from the government as part of the Record of Proceedings in which could result in changing a POI in the Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) subject to approval by the Government.

4.8.2 Course Registration. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing course registration reports. Course registration is an important tool used in MCTIMS to properly manage and forecast student population attendance.

Registration reports are required prior to every class to properly prepare for the volume of students attending.

4.8.3 Training and Readiness (T&R) Conference. The Contractor shall assist with facilitating the CA T&R conference. T&R conferences are held by MCIMS and facilitate changes in the Civil Affairs T&R Manual.

Contractor will conduct the T&R Manual review using input from the MARFORs, CA, and CMO SMEs. (T&R Manual Review)

4.8.4 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). The Contractor shall create and maintain a MCIMS SOP which addresses, but is not limited to: MCIMS Staff functions, instructor development, roles, responsibilities; POI management; MLF management; course execution; student evaluations; student counseling; and failure/drop procedures.

4.9 Scenarios and Vignettes. Scenarios and vignettes are used in all POIs maintained by MCIMS. Scenarios and vignettes function as a tool to nest practical applications with learning objectives and real-world situations.

4.9.1 Scenario and Vignette creation. The Contractor will create scenarios and vignettes and will update and refine them for the Civil Affairs Course, CMO Planner Course, Stability Assessment Framework MTT, MOPC, MOSC, and SOPC. Role player scripts are required only for the CA MOS course and are utilized during weeks three and four, particularly during the four-day FEX.

4.9.2 Exercise IT Support. The contractor will provide IT support in the form of mobile internet connectivity (i.e., Starlink). This applies only to the Civil Affairs Course which has a four-day field exercise each iteration. This service will be provided only during the FEX.

4.9.3 Exercise Control. The Contractor will serve as Exercise Control (EXCON) during the CA MOS course field exercise (FEX). The contractor will receive overall direction by the government. EXCON is the central hub of the field exercise ensuring role players understand their scripts, lane controllers can effectively run their portion of the scenario, evaluators understand what they are evaluating, and ensuring the Master Scenario Event List is created and adhered to. This is not a contract for the provision of role players. Role players are provided via a separate contract vehicle managed by Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM).

4.10 Options. There are four (4) option years.

5.0 Contractor Qualification and Experience. The training environment is designed to foster the application of knowledge, doctrine and organizational processes in a manner that promotes the critical thinking of Marine Corps students attending the courses described above. Ideal instructors/facilitators will have a comprehensive practical knowledge in the fields of IO, EW, IW, OPSEC, MILDEC, and CMO/CAO, Cyberspace operations, and space operations. Contactors with operational experience (deployments) in such areas are also highly preferred The Contractor shall ensure personnel assigned to perform the tasks in this PWS have the qualifications and expertise to immediately begin support at the start of the Period of Performance. Recommended training and education suitable for this PWS include, but are not limited to:

• Intermediate MAGTF Information Operations Practioner’s Course (IMIOPC)

• Defense Operations Security Planner Course

• Tactical IO Course (Ft Sill, OK)

• U.S. Army Information Operations Planners’ Course (AIOPC)

• U.S.Army Psychological Operations Qualification Course (POQC)

• Advanced MAGTF Information Operations Planners Course (AMIOPC)

• Joint Information Operations Planners Course (JIOPC)

• Information Environment Advanced Analysis Course

• Naval Post Graduate School Information Warfare Curriculum

• Naval Post Graduate School Space Systems Operations Curriculum

• Marine Corps Tech IO Certification

• Marine Corps Space Operations Officer Certification

• Joint Information Operations Planners Course

• Special Operations Military Deception Planner Course (SOMPC)

• Joint Cyberspace Operations Planners Seminar

• Joint or service level targeting courses

• Service level CMO Planner courses

• Joint or service level Electronic Warfare courses

• Service level Civil Affairs courses

• Formal Schools Manager Course (FSMC)

• Design Learning Experiecne (DLEX)

• Facilitate Learning Experience (FLEX)

5.1 Academic and training instructors must possess fundamentals (e.g., knowledge, skills and experience) of being an instructor. A minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience as an instructor and in instructional design is preferred, and preference will be given to those with recent, operational, Marine CA / CMO experience in a deployed environment such as, Operation Inherent Resolve, or as a part of a humanitarian assistance /disaster response mission. In accordance with (IAW) MCO 1553.2D Marine Corps Formal School Management Policy, a primary instructor is a Marine, civil servant, other service member, or civilian contractor who teaches a lesson as designated by the POI and conducts the implement phase of the SAT process. Primary Instructors will assist the Curriculum Developer with development and maintenance of MLFs. Per the reference, primary instructors will complete the SATE and Operational Risk Management Distance Learning courses and attend the Facilitate Learning Experience (FLEX), and Design Learning Experience (DLEX) offered at Camp Pendleton, Camp Johnson, or via MTT to Quantico. The Formal School Manager Course (FSMC) is another course that will assist in instructor and curriculum development responsibilities.

5.2 Extensive knowledge of Marine Corps Civil Affairs forces, Marine CMO in the Fleet Marine Force (FMF), stability operations, the Marine Corps Planning Process, and MAGTF staff integration is required. . Foreign Area Officers, Regional Affairs Officers, and Advisor/Trainer backgrounds, Military Information Support Operations

(MISO), and Communication Strategy and Operations (COMMSTRAT) are considered related capabilities to CMO.

Subject matter expertise in the full range of information activities, capabilities, and operations to include Information Operations (IO), Information Warfare (IW) and emerging concepts.

5.3 Experience in developing and submitting a POI in a Marine Corps Formal Learning Center is required. Experience in Master Lesson File development is required. Experience in using the Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) as part of curriculum development and POI development is required.

5.4 Experience in updating, maintaining, and monitoring a learning management system (LMS) currently the MarineNet e-learning Ecosystem. The LMS serves as a repository of information for students and staff and provides students the opportunity to test, collaborate, and upload/download products for grading and studying respectively.

The LMS…