SOW_BOAT COURSE.pdf

Statement of Work (SOW)

Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) Operator Course

Technical Training Support Services

For Underwater Construction Team Two (UCT-2) Port Hueneme, CA

1.0 Background

The Underwater Construction Team Two provides a capability for construction, inspection, repair, and maintenance of ocean facilities in support of Naval and Marine Corps operations, to include repair of battle damage. Maintain capability to support a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) amphibious assault, subsequent combat service support ashore, and self-defense for their camp and facilities under construction. In time of emergency or disaster, conduct disaster control and recovery operations.

2.0 Scope

The Underwater Construction Team Two, located in Port Hueneme, California has a requirement for qualified combatant craft boat operators to support deployment requirements. The requirements under this procurement supports the UCT-2’s Training Department in providing Technical Training Support Services on an interim basis for deploying personnel. Specifically these services shall be to conduct Small Combatant Craft Operator Training courses. Currently no formal Navy owned training programs exist to properly train and qualify Boat Operators assigned to UCT-2. The option of contracting a firm who specializes in the proper tactical use of the assigned UCT-

2 combatant craft would be the best method to fill the current training gap. These courses of instruction will provide basic and advanced boat operator skills-sets, tactics, techniques, standard operating procedures, technical knowledge, and experience of assigned combatant craft’s engineering systems, operation systems, navigation systems, and communication systems.

3.0 Applicable Documents

3.1 COMDINST M16672.2D Rules of the Road

3.2 NTTP 3-20.6.29M Tactical Boat Operations

3.3 OPNAVINST 1500.75A Safety Policy and Procedures for Conducting High Risk Training

3.4 CNETINST P-1552/16 Navy Swimming and Water Survival Manual

3.5 NAVEDTRA 130 Task Based Curriculum Development Manual

3.6 NAVEDTRA 133A Training Requirements Review Management Manual

3.7 Applicable RHIB operations and maintenance manuals.

3.8 NAVEDTRA 43152-J (April 2014) Personal Qualification Standard (PQS) for Forces Afloat, Small Boat

Operations

4.0 Requirements

4.1 Small Boat Operator Training Course of Instruction (COI) – This course(s) will support the overall small boat maritime training pipeline for UCT-2 Detachments. Students will train on the assigned UCT-2 combatant craft for mission operations, and unit level operational maintenance. In accordance with references 2.1 through 2.8 (above), applicable PQS and JQRs, the contractor will provide an Instructor Planning

Document [Lesson Plan], Student Guides [Trainee Guides], supporting media presentations, performance evolution sheets, Training Course Control Document, the Testing Plan and Testing Materials and finally a Post Training

Operations report. All course curriculum baseline materials must be submitted for a review and consideration 30-days prior to the scheduled class start date(s).This course of instruction will provide a qualification program for assigned craft to include underway evaluations, oral boards, and written test.

Curriculum Changes – After each course delivery, any identified course changes or issues must be noted in the

Post Training Operations report, along with plans and timeline to correct materials. Changes to material will be incorporated by the contractor a minimum of 30 days prior to the next scheduled class start date. For reference, any changes from baseline must be tracked in the foreword of the Lesson Plan.

The Curriculum Outline of Instruction shall adhere to the following guidelines: present a clear understanding of the requirements; time sensitivity; degree of detail required; complexity of the tasks and subtasks; classroom

Instructor Lead Training (ILT), and practical application - pier side training and underway environments. Trainee

Guide and Lesson Plan shall [at a minimum] include the items listed below:

1. Introduction & Orientation

a) Introductions

b) Orientation

c) Course Overview

d) Mission Statement

e) Course Master Schedule (CMS) Review

f) Topic Overview

g) Training Time Out (TTO)

h) Emergency Action Plan (EAP)

i) Crew Assignments

j) Class Leader roles and responsibilities

2. Operational Risk Management (ORM)

a) ORM Terms

b) Common Mishaps

c) Three Levels of ORM

d) Principles of ORM

e) Five Step Process

f) Time Critical ORM

g) Assessment and Mitigations of Hazards

h) ORM Sheet & Briefing

3. Mission Planning

a) Introduction

b) Military Mission Planning

c) Time-Sensitive Planning

d) Mission Analysis for Small Boat Ops

e) Supported vs Supporting

f) Types of control

g) Mission Planning Small Boat Operations

h) Boating Safety Considerations

i) Boat Crew PPE

j) Building SOPs

k) Evolution Brief

4. Boat Characteristics for the assigned RHIBs

a) Craft Characteristics

b) Fluids and Operation Parameters

c) Specifications

d) Safety Equipment

e) References and Policies

5. Communications

a) Communications Planning

b) AN/PRC150

c) ANPRC152

6. Pre/Post Operational Checks

b) Startup Procedures

c) Shut Down Procedures

d) Pre-Operational Checklist

e) Post-Operational Checklist

f) Pre-Underway Evolution Safety Checklist

g) Fueling Safety and Procedures

7. Engineering Systems

a) System Components and Component parts:

1) Hydraulics

2) Propulsion jets

3) Electrical (12/24VDC and 110VAC)

4) Smart ship/vessel view

5) Trim tabs

6) Batteries

7) Bilge pumps

8) Cooling System

b) Engine Starting System-Electrical System

c) Fuel-Steering-Drainage Systems

d) Outboard Engine

e) Troubleshooting

f) Boat Maintenance

8. Rules of the Road

b) General Rules

c) Conditions of visibility

d) Vessels in site of each other

e) Restricted visibility

f) Lights, Shapes and Sound Signals

g) Maneuvering and warning signals

h) Exemptions

9. Aids to Navigation

b) Buoyage Systems

c) Primary Seacoast and Secondary Lights

d) Fixed Markers

e) Ranges and Directional Lights

f) Fog Signals

g) Weather

10. Plotting and Piloting

b) Navigations Tools

c) Nautical Charts

d) The Compass Rose

e) U.S. Charts

f) Plotting

g) Plotting a Point

h) Measuring Distance and Direction

i) Elements of Piloting

j) Time, Speed, Distance Calculations

k) Lines of positions (LOPs)

l) Dead Reckoning

11. Boat Handing and Maneuvering

b) System Functions

c) Bumper Drills

d) Waves and Effects

e) Chase the Rabbit

f) Vessel Approach and Station Keeping (alongside, mooring)

g) Underway Dead Reckoning (DR)

12. RADAR/GPS Plotter

a) Terminology

b) Basic RADAR Principles

c) Global Positioning System (GPS)

d) RADAR controls

e) Using RADAR to navigate

f) The FURUNO RADAR Familiarization

g) GPS Plotter Familiarization

h) Troubleshooting

i) Safety Concerns

13. Navigation

a) Elements of piloting

b) “Lines of Position” and how to obtain them

c) Magnetic and True courses and how to obtain them

d) Using nautical charts while underway to continually determine position.

e) Dead Reckoning Navigation – practiced underway.

f) Various navigation tools used – perform plotting and piloting for “live” use while underway.

g) Plot Plan of Intended Movement (PIM) and follow while underway

14. Knowledge Assessment Program

a) Pre-Test

b) Quizzes (when applicable)

c) Post Test

15. Practical Application Program

a) Refueling Operations from pier side

b) Under Way Drills (anchor, ship alongside and station keeping)

c) Night underway navigation

d) Casualty Control Drills (fire, flooding, man overboard)

16. Performance of abnormal non-standard operations

a) Towing (long/short/alongside)

b) Single engine maneuvering when towing another RHIB

c) Emergency tiller

17. Qualification Program

a) Written Test for 7m, 9M, 36’ Dive Boat

b) Oral Board questions, scenarios

c) Underway evaluation Plan and Forms

4.1.1 The ‘Post Training Report and Operations Report’ will be developed and delivered within 3 weeks of the end of the course. The report will include the following items:

1. Course data information – dates, location, and instructors

2. Summary of the course events

3. Key Statistics from the class – PQS sections covered by percentage, and any issues

4. Mission data – hours underway, nautical miles traveled, number of times refueled, fuel used, fuel cost, and any issues

5. Student roster (including rate/rank and command)– and any attendance issues

6. Practical application hours trained

7. Course Master Schedule and/or course planning

8. Course Testing data analysis – and any lessons learned

9. End of Course Critique (EOCC) data – provide copies

10. A comprehensive list of curriculum issues and redline adjudication level of effort (An estimation of hours required to correct curriculum issues)

Course Deliverables

A001-Instructor Planning Document [Lesson Plan]

A002-Student Guides

A003-Post Training and Operations Report

A004-Training Course Control Document, A005- Performance Evolution Sheets

A006-Testing Plan & Testing Materials

A007-Qualification Program Materials

4.1.2 The contractor shall conduct the three-week Small Boat Operator Training Course of

Instruction (COI) for designated UCT-2 Detachments. Class load will have a class maximum of twelve (12) students, with a minimum of six (6) students required to hold the course. All applicable safety requirements (refer to Section 2.0) shall be adhered to during preparation for conduct of the training.

1. Local and/or command Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

2. Local and/or command engineering practices

3. US Navy OPNAV INSTR 1500.75 High Risk Instruction

4. USCG Navigation Rules and Regulations Handbook

4.1.3 Instructor Education and Qualifications: At a minimum the contracted personnel conducting the training shall have the qualifications listed below. These qualifications shall be provided to, and vetted and verified by, the bidding contractor via course graduations certificates, letters of appointment, or other substantiating documentations or official correspondence.

1. Boat Captain qualified for the RHIB and/or Naval Special Warfare (NSW) 11M RHIB qualified.

2. Boat Coxswain qualified for the 11-Meter Willard RHIB by the US Navy or Coast Guard.

a) Rationale: To teach a “Train-2-Qualify” Course, the instructor must have been qualified on the platform he/she is instructing.

3. Served in a training department of an active duty or reserve US Navy or US Coast Guard command.

a) Rationale: Instructors will maintain good order and disciple in the classroom using a military system. The instructor must understand this and have been a leader. Instructors also interact with military ranks from E-1 to O-5.

4. Possession of a valid US Coast Guard Masters License - A 100 Ton Masters License with a near coastal endorsement is desirable.

5. The Senior/Lead Instructor must possess of a valid USCG Near Coastal Masters License of 100 Gross Tons or greater.

a) Rationale: This license ensures the customer receives instruction on Rules of The Road.

These are the US Coast Guard recognized boat handling regulations and requirements on the water. This is the etiquette of handling the RHIB around other ships and during all operations while away from the pier. All Navy ships and boats follow these regulations.

6. Navy NEC 9502 instructor qualification (or other service equivalent)

a) Rationale: Students will all be military members; ensures instructors are trained in the delivery of instructional material.

7. Normal color vision (must not be color blind).

a) Rationale: The buoyage system for maritime navigation is color coded.

8. Physically capable of standing for prolonged periods on small boats, while wearing 20 lbs. of flotation, communications, and other gear.

a) Rationale: The instructors will be standing on the boat for 8-12 hours in a normal day during practical application.

9. Capable of working on an open deck RHIB in all weather.

a) Rationale: The operational environment is not always sunny. It rains, there is fog and cold. Instructors must provide their own foul weather gear and safety equipment.

10. Meet US Navy 1st Class swimmer requirements per CNET Inst. P 1552/16

a) Rationale: Practical application tasks place in harbors and open ocean environments in an open cockpit RHIB. Students (or an instructor) may fall into the water.

11. Pass a security background check (National Crime Information Center).

a) Rationale: Working with military members and government equipment the instructor position requires someone without a criminal record.

12. Eligible for, or hold a, valid SECRET clearance.

a) Rationale: While the course in unclassified, access to the command requires a clearance.

13. Possess current CPR/1st Aid Certifications (American Red Cross/American Heart Association).

a) Rationale: The training is at times High Risk and instructors may have the need to administer CPR/1st Aid. Also, portions of training will be offshore, and no medical care is immediately available.

14. Must have a valid state driver’s license.

a) Rationale: The contracted instructors may be required to drive various types of government vehicles while conducting the three week course.

15. Background in the creation and delivery of Concept of Operations (CONOPs) briefing to staff level officers and Government Specialist (GS) personnel.

a) Rationale: The Small Boat (RHIB) Operator Training course has a requirement to create and plan operations with command during the course. This includes the creation of briefs and explanations of RHIB operations which are delivered to the senior staff (CO, XO, Operations Officer). The senior staff has limited time. The instructors must ensure the brief, given by student, is correct and ready for presentation from both an operational point and Operational Risk Management (ORM) point.

16. Small Boat troubleshooting knowledge, skills, and abilities.

a) Rationale: The RHIBs will, from time-to-time, break down or have issues. The course instructors will need to be able to quickly and safety handle these issues.

5.0 Training Dates

5.1 The Period of Performance shall be after award with the training course dates planned for:

Start Date End Date Course Location

RHIB Operator Training 25 September

13 October

Naval Station Port

Hueneme, CA

Notes:

1. The training dates and locations are dependent upon student availability. Training will be canceled if the minimum number of students to safely hold the class (6 students) is not met.

2. Training dates may also change due to training and fleet asset availability, or other unforeseen events.

3. If class start/stop dates cannot be moved the class training event will be removed from the schedule.

4. Coordination with the contracted instructors and the government Training Lead, located at Port Hueneme is required.

5. Cancellation notification will be provided by the government 30 days prior to listed class convening date should these requirements are not met.

6.0 Place of Performance

6.1 Small Boat Operator Training shall be performed in/around UCT-2 Port Hueneme, to include local harbors/bays/open ocean, Travel, lodging, meals will be required. Part of this course of instruction shall also take place on San

Clemente Island. Travel, lodging, meals will be required to, form, and on island. Meetings, curriculum reviews, curriculum development and course preparation may be performed at the contractor’s facility, or a designated

Government facility.

7.0 Security. Access to classified material is not required and classified material will not be generated for this course of instruction. Access to classified or controlled buildings will not be required for instruction.

7.1 Inspection and Acceptance. Inspection and acceptance review(s) will be performed by UCT-2, Training

Department.

1. UCT-2may visit/audit the course during the course offering. UCT-2 will notify the course Lead Instructor of intended dates of visit.

2. UCT-2 will review, approve, and accept the following deliverables:

a) Instructor Planning Document [Lesson Plan]

b) Student Guide

c) Testing Plan/Testing Materials

d) Training Course Control Document

e) Performance Evolution Sheets

f) Post Training Operations Report

8.0 Training Support Equipment

1. Two (2) craft will be provided on the first day of training from UCT-2.

2. Checkout procedures will be in accordance with references noted in Section 2.

3. While it is required that a military member sign for the craft, the contracted instructors will command the craft during the instructional period and maintain responsibility for the safe handling and condition of the vessels throughout the course until completion.

4. Requirements for returning the craft will be provided when receiving the craft upon issue on the first day of training (or whenever issuing of the craft to support the training session is designated).

5. Craft Fueling operations will be performed during the course. The contracted instructors will supervise and train fueling all operations in accordance with references noted in Section 2.

6. A tool kit will be provided for maintaining the craft during the course, and training students as required.

9.0 Technical Point of Contact and Inspection and Acceptance.

1. The Contracting Officer (KO) has ultimate authority for administration and modification of this contract and is the only Government Representative that has the authority to direct changes. The KO may delegate certain authority through various appointed representatives, including, but not limited to, the COR, Technical Assistants, one or more technical monitors, and other Government representatives associated with specific functions. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Technical Assistants under this task order are the persons responsible for performing inspection and acceptance of the Contractor’s performance at the destination. Contact information will be disclosed at time of award