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PERFORMANCE WORK STATMENT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) MARINE CORPS MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER(MCMWTC) INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND SPECIAL FORCES SUPPORT SERVICES 1. INTRODUCTION This PWS defines the MCMWTC Contractor requirements in support of the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center. Throughout this PWS, the MCMWTC Contractor is referred to as “Contractor”. The Contractor shall provide all labor, material, and non-personal services that are necessary to perform the training support requirements described in this PWS. The Contractor must ensure their work efforts fully support the MCMWTC mission and key tasks. The Contractor is expected to demonstrate a work ethic and the professionalism required to support MCMWTC in accomplishing their assigned mission. This contract is designed to provide MCMWTC with a flexible and adaptable support foundation that can be efficiently and effectively utilized to match the unpredictable and emerging requirements MCMWTC must be capable of responding to. The uniqueness of this purposefully developed PWS is required to support the needs of MCMWTC’s customer-the Marine Corps’ ground combat element operating forces. 1.0. BACKGROUND. 1.0.1 MCMWTC Mission. The Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) conducts service- level MAGTF integrated exercises and supporting formal schools, develops warfighting doctrine, supports RDT&E for specialized equipment for use in mountain warfare operations, and maintains installation infrastructure and services in order to facilitate increased USMC readiness. 1.0.2 Mountain Exercise Mountain Exercise (MTX), is a Service Level Training Event, conducted per MCO 3500.11F, the Marine Air Ground Task Force – Training Program, to meet training standards in select Core/Core Plus METs focused on missions in a complex environment, specifically addressing the technical aspects of mountain and cold weather operations. MTX integrates each element of the MAGTF, consisting of a GCE with one infantry battalion, an LCE with a task organized Combat Logistics Detachment, 3rd MAW Assault Support detachment, and enabler units. Other MTX training audiences consist of Special Operations Forces and forces from other services and partner/allied nations. Currently the MTX is scheduled for five exercises per year, 2 active duty rotations in the summer, 2 active duty rotations in the winter, and 1 reserve component rotation in the summer. 1.0.3 Formal Schools. The MCMWTC conducts formal courses in various disciplines to teach individual skill sets to enhance unit’s mountain warfare and cold weather capabilities. The courses include; Scout Skiers, Mountain Scout Sniper, Cold Weather Medicine, Mountain Medicine, Mountain Communications, Basic Cold Weather Leader Course, Assault Climbers, Animal Packing, and Special Operations Forces Horsemanship. Students in these courses consist of Marines, sailors, soldiers, airmen, and SOF as well as allied and partner nation students. 1.1 MISSION The MCMWTC contractor shall support MCMWTC in the accomplishment of its mission (outline above), by providing Subject Matter Experts and related services as defined in this PWS. To successfully accomplish MCMWTC’s mission in context to the requirements of this PWS, MCMWTC requires support to produce associated POIs, Master Lesson Files (MLFs), provide instruction, support exercise design and support concept development and innovation; these requirements include construction and maintenance of the applicable formal schools coursework; support to the MTX, support to the development of doctrine, and support to the RDT&E efforts assigned to the MCMWTC. MCMWTC will employ SMEs and Instructors to support the MTX and Formal Schools through the functional areas of Information Operations (IO) and Special Operations Forces (SOF). The MCMWTC requires program support for IO SME support to the MCMWTC exercises and collaboration for IO program development within the MCMWTC. The SOF Instructor will assist the MCMWTC in the training and instruction of SOF personnel and units, the development of SOF-specific instructional materials, selection and development of training sites, and act as an observer-controller during the Final Exercise portion of the MTX. The SOF Instructor will also assist the SOF Horsemanship instructor cadre in the development, instruction, and conduct of the SOF Horsemanship Course. The contractor will support MCMWTC through development of curricula and media, exercise design and execution, creation of POI for new courses, participation in Course Content Review Boards (CCRB), and implementing instruction through primary locations. This effort is critical to provide advanced and standardized training in Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Operations and Combined Arms Training at the Battalion level. Additionally, MCMWTC requires SME support for the examining lessons learned, supporting experimentation, analyzing emerging concepts, incorporating best practices, and advocating for rapid and appropriate institutional solutions to be applied across the service, joint and SOF communities. Curriculum and training support products include, but are not limited to: IO and SOF support producing products and instruction that are aligned with USMC, US Army, and Joint doctrines promulgated by the Marine Corps Information Operations Center, Marine Corps Forces, Cyberspace Command, US Special Operations Command, and the US Army Training and Doctrine Command respectively. 2.0. SCOPE. The Contractor shall provide Joint SME support, curriculum development, and instructional service support for the conduct of the MTX and Formal Schools programs. The scope of the instructional requirements requires contractor personnel with a comprehensive knowledge of the technical fields associated with the training curriculum to provide: 1) development and sustainment of curriculum and 2) delivery of instruction. Contractor personnel shall participate in information and planning meetings; communicate with training centers and schools; and develop or provide input to briefings and reports. All items and or deliverables generated by the Contractor under this PWS, and all associated intellectual property, in whatever form, created, generated, or produced under this PWS shall become the property of the U.S. Government/Marine Corps in accordance with DFARS 252.227- 7020, Rights in Special Works, which will be included in this contract. Modifications which increase the scope of the contract shall be negotiated with the Contractor. This clause constitutes notice to the Contractor that changes in mission requirements may also result in partial or complete no cost termination for convenience, and such modifications shall not constitute grounds for Contractor claim or request for equitable adjustment. 3.0. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 3.1 WORK LOCATIONS. The majority of work shall be performed at Government facilities with some work that can be conducted remotely via approved Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNET) systems. However, travel to CONUS training locations is anticipated in order for SME to observe and gather appropriate information for MCMWTC. 3.2 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. The Contractor shall provide the necessary resources and infrastructure to manage and administer the performance tasks as defined in this PWS. 3.3 GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERFACE. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will have technical oversight and will execute responsibilities related to performance, deliverables acceptance, invoice certification, and coordination of work effort. The Regional Contracting Office (RCO) will interface with the prime Contractor(s)’s representative and the COR to coordinate for payment through the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) System and coordinate any other administration issues. 3.4 TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE QUALITY. The Contractor shall be responsible for establishing a staff capable of handling the responsibilities of assigned performance tasks and coordination of needed resources as defined in the PWS. 3.5 APPLICABLE REFERENCES. The Contractor shall use the below references as a guide to the extent necessary to accomplish the tasks as stated in this PWS. The most recent revision of the references shall be used unless otherwise specified. If during the execution of the contract the government uncovers the need for additional references or changes to cited references, the government will provide these to the contractor. Joint Publication 3-05 Special Operations Joint Publication 3-05.1 Unconventional Warfare Joint Publication 3-13 Information Operations NAVMC 3500.70A Mountain Warfare Training and Readiness (T&R) Manual NAVMC 1553.1 Systems Approach to Training (SAT) Users Guide MCO 1553.1B Marine Corps Training and Education System MCO 1553.2B Management of Marine Corps Formal Schools MCO 1553.3A Unit Training Management Program MCO 1553.4B Marine Corps Professional Military Education (PME) MCO 1553.6_ Development, Management, and Acquisition of Interactive Courseware (ICW) for Marine Corps Instruction MCO 1510.121A Marine Corps Common Skills Program MCO 1553.10, Marine Corps Training Information Management System (MCTIMS) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) MCO P3500.72A Marine Corps Ground Training and Readiness (T&R)Program MCO 3120.10A Marine Corps Information Operations MCO 3500.14C Marine Corps Aviation Training and Readiness (T&R)Program MCIP 3-33.02 Maritime Stability Operations MCRP 3-0A Unit Training Management MCWP 3-05 Marine Corps Special Operations MCWP 3-10 MAGTF Ground