W91QV125R0016 Mine Rescue Training Services

The 911th TREC Mine Rescue Training Program is a structured and intensive program designed to equip personnel with the essential knowledge and hands-on experience needed for mine rescue operations. The training ensures that the Emergency Response Teams are well-prepared to handle various mine rescue scenarios, reinforcing their skills in rescue operations, standby procedures, ventilation, mapping, and troubleshooting.

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Mine Rescue Training as defined in this performance work statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

The 911th TREC Mine Rescue Training Program shall be conducted over a two-week period, spanning a total of ten training days. The initial training will commence with a base year, during which two separate training sessions will be conducted. These sessions are designed to ensure that all personnel from the 911th Mine Rescue Unit receive the necessary training. Services include providing the facilities, instructors, and equipment necessary to train and certify students in Mine Rescue.

This training shall include classroom instruction as well as hands on training in an underground mine facility. Training shall be performed at contractor facility. The 911th TREC Unit consists of two sections, each comprising 20 soldiers. These sections function as part of the unit’s Emergency Response Team and operate independently. Due to operational requirements, only one section will participate in training at a time, resulting in two training sessions within the base year. Following ordering period one (1), only one training session per year will be conducted for ordering periods two (2) through five (5).

Underground Mine Facility Specifications: The underground mine facility must include tunnels and shafts that are constructed to the size, shape, and conditions of actual working mines. It also must incorporate different training levels of the mine from the surface to a depth of greater than 500 feet, contain ramps, and include working vertical shafts. It must support lowering and raising trainees from high angles and/or vertical shafts of at least 50 feet.

The mine must be able to support a variety of rescue scenarios for trainees across at least five different locations that do not repeat, i.e., trainees will not see the same scenario nor scenario locations inside the mine twice while conducting the training.