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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

FREEDOM CLASS LCS SIMULATION TRAINING FOR THE

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY

USS CLEVELAND LCS-31

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. General. This is a non-personnel services contract to provide Simulation training for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Platforms. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1. Description of Services/Introduction. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the Simulation training for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Platform as defined in this Performance Work Statement.

The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2. Background. The training company, Maritime Simulation and Resource Center (MSRC), has a Freedom Class LCS training program and is staffed by working marine pilots.

MSRC is the only civilian entity approved to train the Royal Canadian Navy and has provided this course of instruction to several Freedom Class LCS prior to sailing through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.

1.3. Objectives. The training consists of LCS tailored 4-days of simulator training and shall focus efforts on the safe maneuvering of the LCS through river waters, which are unfamiliar to the crew. The training will also provide simulator training on how LCS should approach and make up to a lock with both one and two tugs. LCS transit 15 locks from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean. Additionally, pier work will be accomplished with varying river currents to simulate mooring and getting underway in a river port, like Quebec City.

1.4. Scope. This Performance Work Statement (PWS) covers training services to the

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Platform for maneuvering through canals, locks, and rivers in the Great Lakes as well as the Welland Canal and St Lawrence Seaway. The scope of this PWS includes training to support the safe handling of Littoral Combat Ships in rivers and restricted waters. It also provides introductory training on integration with Canadian pilots of the St Lawrence Seaway.

1.5. Period of Performance. The period of performance shall be for one from 14 April 2025 to 17 April 2025. The training course is a 28 hour (4 day) course.

(2) Simulator training on how the LCS should approach and make up to a lock with both one (1) and two (2) tugs.

(3) LCS transit blocks from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean.

(4) Pier work with varying river currents to simulate mooring and getting underway in a river port.

(5) Participants will be required to apply their knowledge to the maneuver of ships, such as the Freedom Class, in the Great Lakes including the St Lawrence Seaway locks.

(6) Participants will be required to carry out docking maneuvers in various environmental conditions typical for such waterways with the assistance of up to two (2) tugs.

(7) Contractor will be required to accommodate and train according to requirements, a total of six (6) participants.

(8) Teaching strategies must include succinct and theoretical explanations and exercises on a multidisciplinary navigation simulator with a Pilot and Tug master, including the theoretical and practical situations on a ship simulator.

(9) The Contractor is responsible for maintaining personnel, who are fully qualified, certified, versatile, and competent to perform the specified services during the established contract period.

(10) The Contractor shall keep areas in a clean, neat, and safe condition at all times.

(11) Materials provided under this contract, including additional features, optional equipment, and basic software, shall be item requiring no further development and shall have been fully tested, approved, demonstrated and certified to meet the intended usage.

(12) All Contractor personnel are required to conform to any and all base regulations (i.e., designated routes, parking regulations, base vehicle speed limits, automotive liability insurance, and use of cellular phones).

(13) Full and inclusive map data for Prospective Commanding Officer’s (PCO) of ships scheduled to depart from Marinette to embark preceding ship to observe the transit from Marinette, WI to Halifax, Canada.

(14) Use of one DNV Class A Full Mission.

(15) LCS ship-handling Simulation 360 degree, with use of three interactive bridges, using fully rendered tug models, supporting berth, port movement and departure of one and two tug variants.

(16) Simulator operators and development team with after action report writer.