Performance Work Statement CWT Training

10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Winter Warfare Course Training Support

05 November 2026

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. GENERAL: This is a services contract to provide 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) for contractor-provided, snowmobile safety, winter-travel familiarization, and practical skills training. The training shall emphasize preservation of personnel, equipment, and natural resources while operating and traveling in winter mountain environments. Training services will include training on avalanche safety, back country snowmobiling, and planning methodology, rescue, and rescue system during Military Winter Operations. Training will support up to 40 personnel in the vicinity of Polebridge, MT suitable to conduct prescribed training where vendors have legal authorization. Facility services will include lodging and land access for up to 20 students in the vicinity of Steamboat Springs, CO and designated alternate training sites suitable for conducting prescribed training where the vendor maintains legal authorization and operational control. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor, who in turn is responsible to the Government. 1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, training, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to enable 10th SFG(A) to conduct Snowmobile Instructor Course (SMIC), Intermediate Winter Operations Course and American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) Rec 1, 2, and Backcountry snowmobile mentorship as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), except for those items specified as Governmentfurnished property and services. Training shall provide classroom instruction, demonstrations, and supervised practical application appropriate to prevailing weather, snow, terrain, and access conditions. All operations and services shall support military special operations training objectives, including but not limited to small unit tactics, snowmobile operations, conducting mobility training in low light/ No-Light conditions while utilizing night vision devices and black-out running mode over snowy terrain, and sustained operations in austere, cold-weather environments.
1.2 Background: The Winter Warfare Detachment (WWD), 10th SFG(A), located at Fort Carson, CO, is the