RFI Performance Work Statement (PWS).pdf

Performance Work Statement

200 blade hours of a DOD Troop Carrier Listing authorized Skyvan or CASA-212 aircraft for Military Free Fall and Low-Level Static Line Parachuting by 4th Reconnaissance Battalion from 1 April 2025 to 30 November 2025 with a 4-year option.

1.0 Purpose. The United States Marine Corps requires blade hours to support military parachute operations for 4th Reconnaissance Battalion. The contractor will be required: to plan, schedule, coordinate, and assure effective performance of all services as described in the performance work statement.

2.0 Scope. This statement of work (SOW) defines the requirement of 4th Reconnaissance Battalion for services of 200 blade hours related to Military Free Fall and Low-Level Static Line Parachuting Techniques to support ongoing worldwide missions. This requirement consists of 200 usable blade hours from 1 April 2025 to 30 November 2025 with 4 option years and executable throughout the Continental United States (CONUS).

3.0 Applicable Documents

3.1 MCO 3120.11A – Marine Corps Parachuting Policy and Program Administration

3.2 TM 70244A-O1 – U.S. Marine Corps Military Free Fall Operations

3.3 TM 1670-10/1 – Operators Manual for Parachute System-2/Tandem Offset Resupply Delivery System

4.0 Requirements

4.1 Aircraft. The vendor shall provide suitable aircraft rollers, personnel, expendables, required to fly and maintain aircraft on station at training area with multiple drop zones in both day and night conditions.

4.1.1 The aircraft must be configurable for ramp exit with rollers adequate to support a 500 lbs. barrel or Joint Precession Air Drop System while in flight and capable of conducting Low-Level Static Line, Military Freefall, and Tandem Offset Resupply Delivery System operations.

4.1.2 The aircraft shall be an approved Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft (DoD approved Intrastate Commercial Carriers per DoDI 4500.53 – (http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/450053p.pdf) which is authorized to conduct operations with DoD personnel.

4.1.3 The aircraft shall have a built in Static Line and functional towed parachutist retrieval system.

4.1.4 The aircraft must be capable of supporting unit specified loads/weight capacity simultaneously, prior to training operations.

4.1.5 Vendor shall provide suitable 200 blade hours to accomplish the requested training throughout the Period of Performance.

4.1.6 Vendor shall provide one pilot and copilot (as required) that will remain the same for the duration of training. The pilots shall have no less than (10) years’ experience flying for military parachute operations.

4.1.7 The contractor shall provide a replacement aircraft if maintenance issues last more than 12 hours.

4.1.8 The contractor shall employ full time mechanics that can be deployed in the event there are any maintenance issues.

4.2 Program of Instruction. N/A.

4.2.1 N/A.

4.3 Instructors. N/A

4.3.2. Lead Instructor Qualifications. N/A

4.3.3 Instructor Qualifications. N/A

5.0 Facilities. Facilities will be in different locations throughout CONUS and will be agreed upon no later than 20 days before training is to take place.

5.1 Classroom – N/A

5.2 DoD/DoJ – N/A

5.3 Drop Zone – MARFORRES Units have designated locations for primary and secondary drop zones. Primary drop zones are the most likely to be used for parachute operations support. Secondary drop zones have been identified as future training locations or will be utilized when primary drop zones are unavailable. Primary and secondary drop zones include, but are not limited to:

5.3.1. Primary Drop Zones. Identified as being in the vicinity of:

a. Smyrna, GA

b. San Antonio, TX

c. Alameda, CA

d. Mobile, AL

e. Bridgeport, CA

5.3.2. Secondary Drop Zones. Identified as being in the vicinity of:

a. Fort Harrison, MT

b. Camp Lejeune, NC

c. Camp Shelby, MS

d. Eloy, AZ

e. Parker, AZ

f. Camp Blanding, FL

5.3.3 Additional Drop Zones. 4th Reconnaissance Battalion reserve the right to add additional locations within the contiguous United States as drop zones. When an additional drop zone needs to be requested the Contracting Officer’s Respresentative (COR) will provide notice to the contractor no later than 60 days prior to the required training date via written notice.

5.4 PACKING FACILITY – N/A

5.5 OVERNIGHT STORAGE FACILITY – Vendor shall provide or find suitable storage location

5.6 VEHICLES – N/A

5.7 SAFETY EQUIPMENT – All necessary safety equipment safe flight operations.

6.0 Period of Performance. 4th Reconnaissance Battalion will give a minimum of 20 days’ notice and contractor shall provide aircraft from 1 April 2025 – 30 November 2025 with option years beginning on 1 December and ending 30 November. Shorter notice requests will be worked out between vendor and 4th Reconnaissance Battalion when needed or when available by the vendor if so needed. Flying time and training days will not exceed 12 hours per day. In the case of inclement weather and/or unforeseen issues that prevents training, the Government shall not be liable for any charges incurred for any unused and unscheduled flight training hours.

7.0 Safety/Clean-Up. Training shall be conducted safely utilizing safety procedures for parachute operations in accordance with applicable Marine Corps Orders and technical manuals.

Clean-up will be conducted by Marines being trained.

8.0 Contractor Furnished Equipment.

8.1 The contractor shall provide aircraft, personnel, and expendables required to fly and maintain aircraft on station at training area with multiple drop zones.

8.2 The contractor shall provide aircraft support services in accordance with paragraph 4.

8.3 The contractor shall provide porperly licensed pilots and staff for transportation of specific military personnel in accordance with paragraph 4.

8.4 The contractor shall provide all maintenance, oil, special equipment, airfield storage, and any other support services associated with operation of the contractor’s aircraft.

8.5 The contractor shall provide commercial grade aviation fuels for their aircraft via pressurized fuel truck or other approved means.

8.6 The Contractor shall comply with DoD requirements operations of civilial aircraft in support of military operations.

8.7 The contractor shall comply with federal regulations for all hazardous material found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 40, Parts 260-265, 270, 300, and state regulations for hazardous materials.

8.8 The contractor shall be responsible for storage of contractor furnished equipment.

9.0 Government Furnished Equipment. All parachute systems and oxygen equipment needed for jump operations will be furnished by 4th Reconnaissance Battalion.

10.0 Government Points of Contact. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) shall be provided after contract award.

11.0 Security Requirements Clearance Validation- N/A

12.1 Manpower Reporting: Pursuant to NMCARS 5237.102(90), the contractor shall report contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, via a secure data collection site. Contracted services excluded from reporting are based on Product Service Codes (PSCs).

The excluded PSCs are:

(1) W, Lease/Rental of Equipment;

(2) X, Lease/Rental of Facilities;

(3) Y, Construction of Structures and Facilities;

(4) D, Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunications, IT and Telecom- Telecommunications Transmission (D304) and Internet (D322) ONLY;

(5) S, Utilities ONLY;

(6) V, Freight and Shipping ONLY.

The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: https://www.ecmra.mil. Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk, linked at https://www.ecmra.mil.

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

1. Objective. This Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) serves as the principal basis for assessing overall performance quality associated with this Performance Work Statement (PWS). This document will be used by the Government to assess the effectiveness of the Contractor’s quality with respect to management and technical services provided. This QASP provides the methodology by which the Contractor's performance will be monitored to determine compliance with established performance objectives and to establish performance benchmarks that ensure a quantifiable basis for measuring effectiveness. The plan is designed so that surveillance is limited to that which is necessary to verify the Contractor is performing management and technical services satisfactorily and relates directly to performance objectives of the performance objectives delineated in the PWS.

The contractor, and not the Government, is responsible for management and quality control actions to meet the terms of the contract. The role of the Government is quality assurance to ensure contract standards are achieved.

2. Government Surveillance. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will serve as the administering authority for this contract, and his authority will be limited to administering specific technical aspects of the contract. The COR will not provide direction that is outside the scope of responsibilities delineated under this contract and will defer any conditional interpretations to the Contracting Officer. The COR will:

Maintain a detailed knowledge of the technical requirements of the contract;

Document Contractor performance in accordance with the QASP;

Identify and immediately forward notifications of deficient, or non-compliant performance to the Contracting Officer;

Approve priorities of support, resources, and associated schedules.

Approve and Accept Invoices in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF)

3. Surveillance Methods. Surveillance of Contractor performance is the method used by the Government to determine whether the contractor is effectively and efficiently complying with all terms and conditions of the contract. In addition to statistical analysis, the functional expertise of the COR plays a critical role in adequately evaluating contractor performance. The below listed methods of surveillance will be used in the administration of this QASP:

Demonstration - A qualification method that is carried out by operation and relies on observable functional operation. It does not require the use of instrumentation or special test equipment;

Inspections: A qualitative inspection can be accomplished through one of the following techniques:

100% Inspection: The COR, will review all generated documentation and deliverables and enter summary results into the Surveillance Activity Checklist.

Customer Feedback: A qualitative method to measure Customer satisfaction as an indicator of the success and effectiveness of all services provided and can be measured through customer complaints. Customer feedback can highlight issues and/or problems with performance that require further investigation. Customer feedback may also be obtained either from the results of formal customer satisfaction surveys or from random customer complaints.

4.0. Performance Requirements Summary (PRS):

4.1 The Government will monitor the Contractor's performance under this task contract using quality assurance procedures created by the Government known as a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). Typical procedures might include random sampling, checklists, inspections, and customer complaint response. This is not an all-inclusive list.

4.2 The Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) below includes a detailed list of all the task areas that will be monitored in the QASP.

Service PWS Reference

Performance Standard

Acceptable Quality Level

Method of Surveillan ce

Performance Incentive

Timeliness of Deliverables required by the Contract

4.0, 5.0 Deliverables shall be submitted in accordance with the delivery requirements required by the

PWS.*

100% of the deliverables / reports are submitted on time.

COR

Tracking

Exercise of Option

Overall Management of Tasks

1.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 7.0

Coordinate task activities and provide overall expertise for successful management and completion of each task area.

Meets all requirement

s. Problems encountered are minor and resolved in a satisfactory manner

Customer input / random sampling / review

Responsiveness 5.0 Provide effective responses to requirements & effective balancing of resources to accomplish work

Meets all requirements . Problems encountered are minor and resolved in a satisfactory manner

Customer input / random sampling / review

*Note: Deliverables are not counted as late when, on a case by case basis, the COR approves later deliverable submission. The COR’s approval of a late deliverable submission or failure to strictly enforce delivery requirements will not be deemed a waiver of the applicable delivery requirements for future deliverables.

requirements without sacrificing priorities, or creating unstable performance

Staffing 3.1.8, 3.1.9 Provide key personnel substitution requests in an efficient manner in order to avoid a gap in service/ lapse of personnel supporting the required task areas.

No gap in support due to a key personnel replacement issue.

COR

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