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Performance Work Statement for 2025 Full Mission Profile Capabilities Validation Exercise Pre-Deployment Training

1. Description of Services. The contractor shall furnish all labor, parts, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, personnel, land use, management, and supervision necessary to provide the 48th Rescue Squadron (48 RQS) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (DM-AFB), Arizona the use of all military/civilian aircraft capable of supporting full mission profile capabilities validation exercises. This will include all methods of insertion and extraction, medical protocol, and special rescue Tactics Techniques and Procedures utilized by the Guardian Angel Weapons System. All contract performance will be conducted in accordance with DoD guidance, in terrain and environment conducive to perform safe, operational ground tactical maneuvers including infiltration and extraction of military rotary wing, fixed wing, and tilt rotor aircraft (air operations) in accordance with the Performance Work Statement and any applicable governing laws and regulations. All contract performance will be conducted within 500 nautical miles from Davis-Monthan AFB 85707 during the timeframe of 8-18 December 2025 (detailed schedule of services below).

2. Basic Services. The contractor shall provide all logistics necessary to facilitate every aspect of full mission profile capabilities culmination exercise (CULEX) in accordance with specific tasks below between 8-18 Dec 2025.

3. Operational Requirements: Contractor Instructors will have Air Force Special Warfare (AFSPECWAR) Guardian Angel (GA) and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) operational experience. Non-GA instructors must have experience with Pararescue TTPs in order to provide instruction and feedback. Contractor will provide exercise support including scripting, CONOP development, target coordination, role players, and props required to conduct the exercise. This exercise is to validate readiness and capability to conduct Pararescue response in the AFRICOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). The exercise will include eight (8) full mission profile (FMP) targets over the period of time 8-18 Dec 2025 during which the contractor will provide role-players, staff and inter-agency subject matter experts (SME), lead planners (Chief Liaison Officer), Opposing Forces (OPFOR), Partner Forces, exercise controllers and realistic battlefield effects at the target locations. The contractor will provide a live Air Tasking Order (ATO), datalink integration and a Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) facilitating the incorporation of all assets into FMP execution. FMPs will require consistent contractor planning and unit liaison to ensure assistance in CONOP development and associated documentation is facilitated in its entirety. This support includes facilitation of asset requests, coordination, inter-agency scripting / coordination and assistance in command approvals. Contractor will provide academics by directorate and the appropriate SMEs necessary to provide RQS centric POI development and delivery through execution. The contractor will be responsible for creating regionalized and Open-source intel based full spectrum operational scenarios. Contractor will consult with 48th RQS White Cell personnel on scenario development. Scenarios will encompass multiple planning areas including providing Personnel Recovery (PR) and Combat Search and Rescue to other forces throughout corresponding AOR. Scenarios will be fully supported with multi-disciplined intelligence and operational reports. The contractor will produce relevant deployment orders, INTEL update briefs, and command and staff coordination.

4. Service Requirements. Contractor must be capable of adjusting to, and continuously provide services despite, GA training requirements, schedule change due to aircraft maintenance, and non-hostile threats (disease/injury) to support desired learning objectives (DLO’s), squadron evaluations, and white cell injects. The government shall maintain command & control (C2) of all aspects of the PWS.

5. Specific Tasks (CULEX)

a. Airfield Support: The exercise will be based out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (KDMA). The contractor will coordinate with all airfield managers and address any local issues or considerations that may interfere with operations (i.e., forklift drivers, scales, after hour operations, shuttling aircrew to/from briefings, vehicle access, planeside drop off, loading/unloading of military equipment).

b. Aircraft Support: The contractor will not be expected to provide military aircraft but will actively coordinate with VMM 362 to conduct the full mission profiles described below.

c. Full Mission Profile Design: The contractor will identify training locations and build the training scenarios NLT than 7 days prior to execution. The contractor will present the scenario details to the 48 RQS and make any required changes NLT 3 days prior to execution.

d. After Action Report: A comprehensive after-action report (AAR) of attending personnel’s objective actions and a summary report of all activities/training shall be submitted to the 48th RQS point of contact in electronic format no later than 60 days after the final training day. All information documented on attending personnel’s actions will be objective and any recommended improvement of actions may be subjective in nature. At no time will the AAR be utilized for grading or evaluating attending personnel performance. A brief description of the course activities and a brief description of the contractor’s involvement shall be included.

6. Medical Logistics Support: Vendor will provide live role-players in quantity sufficient to replicate mass casualty training, isolated personnel training, and realistic moulage/make-up/blood and prosthetics for all patient injuries. Role players must be able to participate in dynamic scenarios in complex and confined spaces on land and water. Contractor will also provide the following medical resupply items as soon as possible but NLT 1 March 2026.

a. MASSIVE HEMMORAGE:

i. Gen 7 Combat Application Tourniquet: 64

ii. Hemostatic Gauze: 80

iii. Compressed Gauze: 160

iv. Ace Wrap 3 inch: 70

v. Combat Pressure Dressing: 20

vi. Coban: 32

vii. Junctional Tourniquet: provided by contractor for reuse in course

viii. Pelvic Binder: 8

b. AIRWAY:

i. Nasal Pharyngeal Airway: 80

ii. 6.0 Endotracheal Tubes Cuffed: 32

iii. Bougie: 20

iv. Supraglottic Airway: 20

c. RESPIRATION

i. 14 Gauge x 3.25-inch Needle Decompression: 100

ii. Chest Seal Non-Ventilated: 160

iii. Chest Tube: 20

iv. Chest Tube 1 way valve: 20

v. Bag Valve Mask: 20

d. CIRCULATION

i. 500 ml 0.9 % Normal Saline

ii. IV Pressure Infuser: 20

iii. Normal Saline Flush Syringes (10cc): 50

iv. 18 Gauge IV Catheter: 50

v. IV drug port: 50

vi. IV stabilizing dressing: 50

vii. 10 drop IV Tubing: 64

viii. 20,23 Gauge Drug Needles, 64 EA

ix. Syringes 3cc, 5cc, 10cc: 32 EA

x. 2 and 3 in medical tape: 20EA

xi. Y-Tubing: provided by contractor for reuse in course

xii. Brown Manual Intraosseous needle 7 Site access: provided by contractor for reuse in course

xiii. Intraosseous Needle Blue: 32, with extras provided by contractor for reuse in course

xiv. Sharps Shuttle: 32

e. HYPOTHERMIA

i. Space Blanket: 64

f. ADMIN

i. Durable Black Nitrile Gloves M, L, XL: 20boxes

ii. Scalpel: 80

iii. Pt Treatment Cards DD Form 1380: 160

iv. Permanent Marker Fine / Ultra Fine: 32

v. Trauma Shears: 20

7. Land Use Support: Contractor shall provide scenario locations that enable Full Mission Profile Scenarios that include but are not limited to Tactical Medicine, Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), Small unit tactics (SMUT), Rope and Technical Rescue, extrication, Close Quarters Battle (CQB) and Combat Clearance (CC), Personnel Recovery (PR), Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR). Acceptable locations include but are not limited to abandoned towns, man-made structures, temporary structures, refineries, train yard, naturally existing/urban high angle sites greater than 100 ft., caves, canyons, arroyos, flat ranges, water training sites, remote private home/farm structures, 360 degree shooting range, unknown distance shooting range, mounted/dismounted live- fire range, remote coastal regions with large open expansive flats suitable for heavy equipment DZs. Contractor shall ensure all training locations will be NEPA compliant. Examples of preferred training locations include, but are not limited to any location listed on DM PR Training Final EA and FONSI_2_5_2020.pdf (af.mil).

a. Licenses and Permits. The contractor shall, without additional expense to the Government, obtain any necessary licenses and permits, and comply with any Federal, State, and local laws, codes and regulations applicable to this PWS. The contractor shall provide proof of such applicable licenses and permits upon submittal of their proposal and at any time on request by the Government. The contractor shall submit any applicable certifications.

8. Full Mission Profile (FMP) Training Support: Contractor will be responsible for range reservations, logistic requirements, role player positioning, and prop placement in accordance with the scenario requirements. Contractor will provide at a minimum two (2) aircraft fuselage hulks for rescue/recovery extrication scenarios, two (2) mock drone fuselages for sensitive item recovery scenarios, two (2) up armored vehicles (HMMWV, MRAP, MATV, or similar) for extrication scenarios. Vehicles must be safe for use and welded shut/closed in a manner to force manual & significant extrication. Contractor will coordinate and set up the following FMPs:

a. Open water isolated personnel (IP) pickup with 4-6 IPs

b. Open water sensitive item recovery (SIR) from drone wreckage

c. High angle rescue scenario with 2 IPs in mountainous terrain

d. SIR from drone wreckage in mountainous terrain

e. Confined space / structural collapse scenario that forces manual and significant extrication with contaminated air considerations

f. Army ODA team CASEVAC mission with layer 1 PJ integration

g. Night land partner nation force mass casualty incident

h. Night water mass casualty incident with SCUBA recovery component

9. Opposition Forces (OPFOR) / Special Operations Forces (SOF) / Situation Forces (SITFOR) / Patient role player support / White Cell: Contractor will provide at least 6 individuals that have mature discretionary decision making to act as an opposing force utilizing realistic uniforms, realistic body armor (BA)/load bearing equipment (LBE) kit(s), realistic civilian garb (foreign & domestic), TTP’s, and weapons with a mix of simunition and blanks depending on the terrain. Role players acting as OPFOR must have a Special Operation Force (SOF) military background based knowledge and capability to employ Near-Peer tactics, techniques, and procedures (i.e; GPS jamming, NVG usage, direction finding equipment, OWA UAS, etc). Additionally, these individuals should have experience operating within or directly with a SOF, Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA), Other Government Agency (OGA) team to enable scenario realism. Contractor will provide a role player with pilot or JTAC experience simulate aircraft in the scenarios. Finally, personnel will role play as patients in select scenarios. All role-players will be self-supported to include transportation to and from scenario site. Vendor will include a large variety of military & civilian attire that can be cut or torn to simulate realism of personnel or injuries for the scenarios. All personnel much be of reasonably good health and free of preexisting conditions that could take away from scenario realism and increase injury/risk to the team and the 48th RQS.

10. Air Boss: Contractor will provide an air boss, knowledgeable person(s)/pilot/etc., to act as the sole coordination & liaison for any and all aircrafts, aircraft personnel, and/or crew related to said aircraft. In addition, they will coordinate and ensure all aircraft related NOTAMS, MOA’s, and any other air centric requirements necessary to conduct safe flight(s) are filed and adhered to.

11. Intel Support: Contractor will provide road to war brief no later than the first day of the exercise, 8 December 2025. Contractor will provide daily Intel update briefs/Operations & Intelligence (O&I) briefs that will guide realistic progression of scenarios. Contractor will build scenarios in conjunction with 48 RQS intel to include internally consistent road to war, daily alert briefs, and mission drops. Contractor will ensure that scenarios build upon actions of the teams on the ground and effects the intelligence and follow on missions accordingly.

12. Operations Director: Contractor will provide an Operations Supervisor/Director that at a minimum must have 15+ years of military operational experience to include joint and interagency special operations at the senior NCO or officer ranks.

13. Lead Pararescue Advisor: Contractor will provide a Lead Pararescue Advisor that must have 15+ years of military experience as USAF Pararescuemen to include tier 1 experience. Advisor will provide overall feedback on mission planning and execution during the debrief after each full mission profile.

14. Additional Pararescue Advisors: Contractor will provide three additional advisors with 10+ years of military experience as USAF pararescuemen to include tier 1 experience. Additional advisors will provide detailed feedback during post scenario debriefs on tactics, medicine, extrication, rope rescue, and problem solving after each full mission profile. Additional advisors must have experience instructing current USAF Pararescue tactics, techniques, and procedures to include small unit tactics, medicine, confined space rescue, SHIELD respirator system, high angle rescue, and extrication.

15. Requirements.

a. Location: Training areas must support safe insertion via MV-22, airland or hoist. Training areas must not have administrative restrictions that prevent the executing team from maneuvering tactically on foot or in vehicles in the same manner that they would on an operational mission. Contractor must coordinate access to Titan Missile Museum for confined space, contaminated air scenario.

b. Applicable Documents and References. The unit will provide the below references upon request from the vendor.

i. AIR FORCE SPECIAL WARFARE BRIEFING GUIDE (Replaced Guardian Angel Briefing Guide)

ii. AFTTP 3-3.Guardian Angel

16. Contractor Provided Items, Services, Equipment and Materials. The contractor will provide the following equipment or service in support of the exercise. Required sizes will be sent to the contractor upon contract award. Every effort will be made to deliver items on day one of the exercise, December 8 2025. Items with lead times precluding that delivery date will be delivered NLT 1 March, 2026.

a. 25x spiral bound, laminated hard copy Special Warfare Briefing Guide

b. 40x IP68 waterproof 1000 lumen headlamp with red and white beam, USB-C rechargeable

c. 40x tan long sleeve sun hoodie

d. 40x GATORZ Delta Photochromic Ballistic Eye Pro

e. 6x Mad Gear USA Modular Medical Wall Panel

f. 25x Aegir-38 buoyancy vest

g. 25x T3 Hans Backpack

h. Contractor to provide simunitions and//or blanks for OPFOR role players

17. Government Provided Items, Equipment and Materials. The Government will ensure that individual and team equipment and uniforms will be provided as needed.

a. The 48 RQS will provide all necessary consumables e.g. batteries, 550 cord, 80 lbs. test, tape, rubber bands, chem-lights, etc...

b. The 48 RQS will provide sufficient military communication systems for all role players and white cell required to communicate with the executing team

c. The 48 RQS will provide night vision goggles for role players as needed

d. Government to provide boat party support for water scenarios and FMP events

e. Government to provide armory support and weapons for OPFOR role players

f. Government to provide access to on-base training locations

g. Government to provide intel shop support from the 48th RQS to develop intel brief and FMP products consistent with contractor planned scenarios

h. Government to provide flight doc support to assist with telemedical, prolonged field care, and medical handoff scenarios

18. General Information.

a. Safety. The contractor shall comply with and maintain appropriate safety instructions and qualification. Nothing in the PWS, nor any government action or failure to act in performance of the contract shall relieve the contractor of their responsibility for the safety of the contractor’s personnel and property, the government’s personnel and property, and the general public. Furthermore, nothing in this PWS shall relieve the contractor of its responsibility for complying with applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, ordinances, codes and regulations (including those requiring applicable licenses and permits) in connection with the performance of this contract.

b. Mishaps. Safety and training related problems or mishaps involving government personnel observed by the contractor shall be addressed immediately. A formal written report shall be provided within two (2) working days of the incident to the 48 RQS Commander.

19. Environmental Protection Compliance

a. Adherence to the Training location Contractor Environmental Guide. Adherence to environmental guide is mandatory and will help increase the contractor’s awareness of the installation’s Environmental Management System (EMS) and environmental regulatory requirements that impact the training location. The guide covers the significant environmental aspects and impacts that contractors often influence. A list of these aspects can be found in Appendix F, Environmental Management System (EMS) Most Significant Environmental Aspects Awareness Form, of the guide. Upon contract award, the contractor shall complete Appendix F and submit it to the Contracting Officer. The environmental guide will be provided by the Contracting Officer.

b. Environmental Management System (EMS) Awareness Training. The contractor shall comply with the specific training areas Environmental Guide in completing the required EMS Awareness Training prior to start of work. The training is a requirement for project managers, on-site managers/supervisors, and contractor personnel who have a direct influence on the significant aspects identified in Appendix F of the guide. Training registration and login instructions can be found in Appendix E, EMS Awareness Level Training Login and Registration Instructions, of the Contractor Environmental Guide. The contractor shall submit a completed copy of the training certificate along with Appendix F to the Contracting Officer upon contract award to document completion of training.

c. Environmental Laws and Regulations. The contractor shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and requirements regarding environmental protection. In the event environmental laws/regulations/requirements change during the term of the contract, the contractor shall comply with such law/regulation as changed. The contractor is responsible for any penalties, fines, etc. resulting from violations. The contractor shall immediately notify the designated CES Environmental POC when violations occur, and cooperate fully with fire department personnel and Government investigators.

d. Environmental Permits. Contractors shall comply with all regulatory requirements to include permits if applicable. The contractor shall treat areas subject to dust producing activities with liquid palliatives which will not harm regrowth of vegetation, or other methods of dust control. The contractor shall also ensure methods to protect native plants, birds and wildlife are included in projects where required. All permit costs shall be considered as having been included as a factor in the contractor's bid price.

e. Hazardous Materials/Waste. The contractor shall be responsible for the proper management of both hazardous and non-hazardous waste. The contractor shall segregate hazardous or regulated materials and non-hazardous or non-regulated materials and handle, transport, store, and dispose of those materials, in accordance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, all applicable federal, state, and local statutes and regulations, and in accordance with Appendix C, Hazardous, PCB, and Universal Waste: Proper Management and Disposal, of the Contractor Environmental Guide.

f. Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Handling. The contractor shall plan, fill out, and submit a HAZMAT worksheet to the COR prior to bringing HAZMAT on the base - see Appendix A, Guidance For Submission Of Safety Data Sheets For Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) and Reporting of Hazmat Usage, and Attachment(s) A-1 to A-3 of the Contractor Environmental Guide for details. The contractor shall maintain one copy of the MSDS or SDS for each HAZMAT line item used within the work center.

g. Prohibited Substances/Chemicals. The contractor shall not use products that are, or contain Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS), Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), and/or Persistent Bio-accumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals.

h. Hazardous Materials/Waste Spills. The contractor shall take every reasonable precaution to prevent spills of HAZMAT. The contractor shall comply with this plan when handling and storing all oils and fuels. The Government Project Manager will provide the SPCC Plan to the contractor, upon contract award. The contractor shall clean and dispose of all HAZMAT spills in accordance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations. and the Contractor Environmental Guide. The contractor shall bear full financial obligation incurred from cleaning and disposing of HAZMAT spills, or release of HAZMAT within the confines of the training locations.

i. Spill Containment Kits. The contractor shall ensure that all vehicles used for transport of HAZMAT , carry a spill containment kit capable of containing a spill, until first responders arrive. The contractor shall make spill containment kits available for inspection by Government personnel, upon request.

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