MODIFICATION
69 -- Modular Amphibious Egress Trainer (MAET) and Shallow Water Egress Trainer (SWET)
- Notice Date
- 8/10/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- M67854 PM Training Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command, Orlando, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M6785407R8005
- Archive Date
- 12/29/2007
- Point of Contact
- Graham K. Oliff Jr. 407-380-8152 PCO: John Lynch Email: john.e.lynch2@usmc.mil
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Graham K. Oliff Jr.
(graham.oliff@usmc.mil)
- Description
- The United States Marine Corps has a requirement to procure contractor support services to provide shallow water and underwater egress training using the Modular Amphibious Egress Trainer (MAET), Submerged Vehicle Egress Trainer (SVET), Helicopter Aircrew Breathing Device (HABD) and Shallow Water Egress Trainer (SWET). The Government intends to pursue this effort as a full and open commercial competition procurement, Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract with Options pursuant to FAR 2.1, which provides the standard definition of commercial items/services. Standard practices for ?Acquisition o Commercial Items?, as set forth at FAR 12.203, will be applied throughout the process. The RFP is expected to be issued on 24 August 2007. Description Program Description: The United States Marine Corps currently has a Water Survival and Underwater Egress Training Program in place at the Marine Corps Base Japan (Okinawa), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (Kaneohe Bay), Camp Pendleton, CA and Camp Lejeune, NC. The MAET is an underwater escape trainer with a generic fuselage section representing specific aircraft/amphibious vessels cockpit and cabin emergency escape exits. The MAET functions closely to the general characteristics of a ditched aircraft; in this case either the CH-46 or CH-53. The fuselage is capable of being lowered into a pool provided by the government. After entry into the water in a horizontal position with the fuselage upright, the fuselage will be capable of rotation about its longitudinal axis. The control unit will provide two-speed rate of descent and retract. The student will be able to practice escaping the trainer with the fuselage floating in an upright position, an inverted position or any position betw een upright and inverted. The SVET functions are similar to the MAET, but is used for egress from submerged ground vehicles. The focus of the training curricula is to train passengers aboard water-borne craft and ground vehicles (including helicopters, light armored vehicles, HMMWVs, amphibious vehicles, MV-22 aircraft, as well as emerging platforms and variations of existing ones) to successfully egress the ditched aircraft or vehicle, employ the use of emergency air (IPHABD, SEA-LV2, and variations of these as required), deploy flotation devices necessary to rescue, and utilization of survival equipment and techniques. There are Modular Amphibious Egress Trainers to address egress from aircraft (current configurations include H-53 and H-46) in operation in all sites, except Camp Lejeune, which will be operational in FY08. Requirement: The contractor will provide the necessary staff and management for the four sites listed in order to deliver instruction of the two-day curriculum leading to certification for utilization of the breathing device (IPHABD, SEA-LV2, and newer versions, as required) and egressing the trainer. This training is in operation at MCB Camp Pendleton, MCB Hawaii and MCB Japan, Okinawa for up to 2,000 students at each site per academic year (48 weeks), plus surge as required. Training currently offered at Camp Lejeune is for shallow water egress training (SWET) and helicopter air breathing device (HABD) until the combat training pool facility is complete and the MAET is installed. Scheduled date is February 2008. Once the facility is complete and the MAET equipment is installed and operational, the contractor will provide the necessary staff and management for the four sites listed in order to deliver instruction of the two-day curriculum leading to certification for utiliz ation of the breathing device (IPHABD, SEA-LV2, and newer versions, as required) and egress from the trainer. The contractor will provide 72-hour maintenance response in Hawaii and Okinawa for the MAET and 48-hour response in Camp Pendleton and Camp Lejeune (when brought on line in CY08). The contractor shall perform annual maintenance on the MAET and its associated equipment (gantry and hoist) at all four sites from January 2008 (February 2008 for Camp LeJeune) and thereafter. The training staff shall be qualified and professionally certified for the work to be performed. Certifications shall include qualification as either a hospital corpsman or state/nationally certified emergency medical technician. A typical staff shall include a Supervisor/ Instructor, a Primary Instructor, a Device Operator, an IP/HABD (emergency breathing device) Instructor and a Medical Provider. The contractor will be required to provide all dive tanks and associated underwater gear necessary to conduct training and provide safety. The government will provide the facility (pool), tactical gear including rafts, flotation devices, IP/HABDs, etc. necessary for the execution of the curricula. The government will also provide storage, breathing air compressor for tank refueling and will make available locally a decompression chamber in case of an incident. The contractor will be required to screen potential physical disqualifications in accordance with prescribed Navy and USMC orders. Lessons plans, training materials and guidelines shall be provided by the contractor following Government guidelines and shall be updated and modified as the training requirements and platforms evolve. The contractor shall maintain and report all students training data in accordance with the prescribed formats (USMC database) on a monthly basis. The report is to include cumulative annual utilization information, and historical data on student throughput and user information. The contractor shall provide maintenance to the IP/HABD and SEA bottles three time s per year. The contractor shall provide preventive and remedial maintenance to the training equipment (SWET, MAET (dunker), its panels and components, subsequent modules, dunkers and training system enhancements, training aids, and training equipment as required). Maintenance personnel shall be professionally qualified and manufacturer certified to perform such work for the dunkers, MAET, SWET, and breathing air devices. All special tools and spare parts will be provided by the government. Facility space for this activity shall be provided by the Government. The contractor shall keep an inventory of all maintenance and training equipment, to include spares and repair kits, and provide inventory reports on a monthly basis. Place of Performance Marine Corps Base Japan (Okinawa), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (Kaneohe Bay), Camp Pendleton, CA and, Camp Lejeune, NC. All questions, concerns, and information should be addressed to to Graham K. Oliff. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS AT THIS TIME.
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