VMware vSphere Training - AMD 0001

*See attached solicitation.

Statement Of Work

VMware vSphere Training

1. BACKGROUND

Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific (SWFPAC) requires in‑person, instructor‑led training for 15 personnel on VMware vSphere. The agency's server infrastructure and software-defined data center (SDDC) are standardized on the VMware vSphere 7 platform. This course provides the essential foundational knowledge for operating and maintaining VMware technologies within a software‑defined data center environment. Because vSphere is the core virtualization platform upon which most other VMware solutions depend, this training is critical to ensuring SWFPAC personnel can effectively support, troubleshoot, and optimize the command’s virtual infrastructure.

1. SCOPE

The contractor shall provide and deliver the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) authorized commercial training course, VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]. The purpose of this training is to provide SWFPAC employees with the specific skills needed to manage the agency's standardized VMware virtual infrastructure.

The contractor shall provide a complete training package that includes the following:

• 1. Training Session: A single, five-day, in-person, instructor-led training session conducted onsite at SWFPAC facilities for up to fifteen (15) students.
  2. One (1) currently certified VMware Instructor (VCI) to lead the training.
  3. Course Content: The training must use the official VMware curriculum, providing hands-on instruction that covers, at a minimum, the following topics:
• VMware ESXi™ 7 and VMware vCenter Server® 7
• VMware vSphere® Client™
• vSphere standard and distributed switches
• VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
• VMware vSphere® vMotion® and Storage vMotion®
• VMware vSphere® High Availability (HA) & Distributed Resource Scheduler™ (DRS)
• VMware vSphere® Lifecycle Manager™

1. DELIVERABLES

Deliverable

Quantity

Official VMware Course Materials (Digital or Physical)

15 sets

Official VMware Certification Exam Voucher

15

1. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Training will be conducted in person at the following location:

Bangor Naval Base- Kitsap

2720 Ohio Street,

Silverdale, WA 98315

1. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The training course shall begin no later than 30 September 2026. Vendor will work with government POC after contract award to schedule services.  Training shall be tailored to fit an 8-hour day with a 30 minute minimum lunch break.   Training shall be conducted between the hours of 0700 and 1600

1. SPECIAL PROVISIONS/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• BASE ACCESS: Contractors must be able to gain access to SWFPAC on Naval Base Kitsap – Bangor, WA.  Base access may be granted using the Rapid Gate System, DBIDS System, or other approved base access system at the Contractor’s expense.  Once base access is granted, Contractors will be required to apply for a visitor badge (BAVR request) at https://www.bavr.cnic.navy.mil/.  Coordination of the visitor badge will be through the Government Point of Contract.

• VEHICLE PASS: In order to drive a non-Government vehicle to the work location, the   contractor must submit a SWFPAC Vehicle Pass Request and required documents to the COR. The non-Government vehicle must be registered in the company’s name and must have a clear logo displayed on the vehicle indicating the company it is registered to.  When entering the base, the vehicle must have the approved vehicle pass displayed in the driver’s side windshield at all times. No Bluetooth, telephonic, or electronic devices are allowed in secured locations on base. 

• IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL: All Contractor personnel are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public or to other workers that they are Government personnel.  All contractor personnel are required to wear their Government issued badge on the exterior of their clothing, above the waistline, on the front of their body, that clearly announces who they are.

• LANGUAGE IN THE WORKPLACE.  All Contractor personnel must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English. All communications and correspondence, verbally and in writing, shall be provided in English.

• POLITICAL ACTIVITY: Contractor employees shall not engage in any political activity within the Government workplace.

• POTENTIAL THREAT: The Contractor must not employ persons for work on this contract if such employee is considered to be a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general wellbeing, or operational mission of the installation and its population.

• CONTRACTOR APPEARANCE: Contractor personnel must present a neat appearance and be easily recognized as Contractor employees by displaying their SWFPAC issued badge above the waist line at all times.

• OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC): The Contractor is subject to all OPSEC requirements per SWFPAC Instruction 3070.1.

• ANTI-TERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION (AT/FP): The Contractor will be subject to local AT/FP policies and procedures to include emergency evacuation local policy and procedures.