Added: Jun 12, 2008 10:51 am
The US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Acquisition Center requests expressions of interest from vendors that might be interested in proposing for Training, Ministerial, and Fielding Development Support in Afghanistan in support of the Combined Security Transition Command (CSTC-A).
The following is a synopsis of the primary focus for the advisory and mentoring support services:
CSTC-A leverages the use of contractor support for the Development, Fielding and Reform of the Afghan National Security Sector (ANSS). The ANSS is comprised of several components to include the Ministry of Defense, Afghan National Army, Ministry of Interior, and uniformed police to include Afghan National Police, Afghan National Border Police, and Afghan National Civil Order Police.
The contract provides over 400 support mentors actively engaged in the development, fielding, and reform of ANSS forces at locations throughout Afghanistan.
The Contractor conducts mentoring for ANSS Level I - III leaders within the scope of their systems development and implementation work, to include mentoring on:
1. Their individual roles, duties and responsibilities as an officer or official under a democratically elected government, to include ethics and accountability, integrity, good governance, the role and importance of civilian oversight of the military in a democratic government and appropriate Civil-Military and inter-ministerial relationships.
2. Modern management practices for efficiently organizing and managing their offices and staffs, performing effective staff and inter-ministerial coordination, and utilizing the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) and similar professional practices.
There are six primary tasks necessary to meet the objectives of the Afghanistan National Security Sector (ANSS) Development and Fielding Program.
Program Management and Support
CSTC-A Staff Support
Ministry of Defense (MoD)/General Staff (GS) (MoD/GS) Support
Ministry of Interior (MoI) Support
Support to Fielded Forces
General Afghan National Security Sector (ANSS) Support
Program Management and Support:
The Program Manager (PM) will exercise overall program management and program oversight responsibility for the contractor's planning, programming and execution of the ANSS Development and Fielding Program.
CSTC-A Staff Support:
The contractor will provide CSTC-A with staff augmentation to assist in performing long-range planning, policy integration, and special project management functions supporting the development and implementation and reform of the entire ANSS. The Contractor provides CSTC-A staff support and, as a minimum, execute support to the following staff functions:
Staff Support
Support to CSTC-A Command Group.
Support to CJ-1 Personnel
Support to CJ-2 Intelligence
Support to CJ-3 Operations.
Support to CJ-4 Logistics
Support to CJ-5 Strategic and Operational Planning.
Support to CJ-6 Support.
Support to CJ-7 Training
Support to CJ-8 Financial Management.
Support to Public Affairs (PA) and IO
Support to HHC, CSTC-A
Office of the National Security Council (ONSC)
Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC)
Ministry of Defense / General Staff HQs Support:
The Contractor assist CSTC-A to develop, deliver, implement, and update (as necessary) prototype Ministry of Defense (MoD) / General Staff (GS) MoD/GS HQs Core Systems in order to support the ANSS achieving acceptable operational timelines.
Ministry of Interior (MoI) Support:
The contractor assist CSTC-A to develop, deliver, implement and update (as necessary) fifteen (15) prototype core systems for the MoI Headquarters in order to support the MoI and Afghan National Police (ANP) in achieving acceptable operational capability timelines. Development of these systems involves establishing and implementing the institutional policies and procedures within each respective headquarters functional area that will best ensure modern management practices and capabilities within the MoI headquarters, its subordinate Regional Commands (RC) and the Afghan police forces.
Support to Fielded Forces:
Support to fielded forces includes support to the ANA Regional Corps (RC), Training and Doctrine Integration (T&DI),; MoD/GS Detainee Guard Force Training and Support, and ANA Commando Training and Mentoring support.
A. Regional Corps (RC) Support: The Contractor shall provide RC Assistance Team (RCAT) personnel for each of the five numbered Corps.
B. Training and Doctrine Integration (T&DI); Support: The Contractor provides personnel to support the CSTC-A and Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix (CJTF-PHX) Training Assistance mission. The T&DI; Directorate shall work closely with the CJTF-PHX Training Advisory Group (TAG), ANATEC principals and Regional Security Advisory Command (RSAC) staffs to create synergy of effort. The four major functional areas requiring mentoring, advice and training are Institutional Training, ANA Training and Education Command (ANATEC), Doctrine Development and Senior NCO Training and Education.
C. Detainee Operations: Tasks performed will be in support of the overall CSTC-A led program to develop, train and build respected, multi-ethnic, affordable, sustainable, loyal and competent Afghan National Guard Force (ANGF) that have the capability to conduct operations with limited or no international assistance by linking efforts of the fielded mentors and trainers with the CSTC-A Detention Capabilities Directorate.
D. Commando Training and Mentoring Support: The Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) has a requirement to organize, man, equip, and train six (6) commando battalions for the Afghan National Army. Special Operations Command, Central Command (SOCCENT) will organize and conduct the commando training effort (TF Morehead, Camp Morehead) at a new training and commando garrison facility (Rish Khor) in the greater Kabul area. SOCCENT and CSTC-A cannot provide sufficient military manning to perform all the necessary training without instructor and training management augmentation. Contractor augmentation is deemed the most rapid and efficient means to bring necessary resources to the commando training effort.
General Afghan National Security Sector Support:
General Afghan National Security Sector Support includes those functions that enable the program management, execution, and support of contract personnel supporting the ANSS.
Other Requirements:
A. Clearances: Contractors will need to comply with security requirements in accordance with applicable DoD security classification guides. Various positions will require contractors to qualify for and posses Secret, Top Secret (TS-SCI), and NATO clearances.
B. Experience: Contractors should have prior military or DoD civil service experience and posses the skills to work within a joint headquarters with coalition partners. Contractor should be prepared to resource personnel possessing sufficient experience to support the full spectrum the CSTC-A staff functionals and Afghan counterparts. Contracted personnel should be willing to work in a combat zone.
C. Timeframe: The contractor should be prepared to initiate support to CSTC-A NLT April 2009.
Interested vendors are requested to provide clear and concise documentation that can clearly demonstrate recent and relevant experience, past performance and management capabilities to include all the necessary resources, i.e. manpower, financial, to effectively perform this requirement. Please include a mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, point of contact and e-mail address.
No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information provided.
A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
All responses must be sent to Carol J. Tyree via e-mail, carol.tyree@us.army.mil if file size is 5MB or less or addressed to USA RDECOMAC, 4118 Susquehanna Ave., APG, MD 21005, by 30 June 2008.
