bo 3500.1n - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

BO 3500.1N
25 Mar 08
3005.
CONTRACTOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAINING SYSTEM RANGES
1. General. The USMC Contractor Operation and Maintenance of Training
Systems (COMTS) Program supports certain ranges aboard Camp Pendleton.
This program places civilian contractors under contract to operate and
maintain live-fire ranges. The Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command
(COMMARCORSYSCOM) is responsible for funding COMTS contracts. COMMARCOR-
SYSCOM has authorized the Program Manager for Training Systems (PM TRASYS)
to enter into contracts with civilian contractors to provide COMTS support
at Marine Corps installations. At the time of publication of this Order,
Ranges 111, 132, 210G, 215A, 216, 218A, 223B, 314C, and 409A are COMTSsupported
ranges. As new ranges are built or modified, they may be covered
under the COMTS umbrella.
2. Scheduling. Units desiring to train on COMTS ranges will schedule their
training as described in paragraph 3002 in this Chapter. All requests for
COMTS ranges must include contractor times or specifically state that contractors
are not needed. Requests that do not include either contractor
times or the “none needed” statement will be disapproved. After a unit’s
scheduling request is approved, the unit shall contact the Training Support
Division (TSD) at (760) 725-4444 at least fourteen (14) working days prior
to the planned training to coordinate their scenarios and arrange contractor
time for training scenario development. The RCO is the final approval
authority on all COMTS range training scenarios (not the contractor). TSD
will reconfirm support requirements with the unit a minimum of two (2) working
days prior to the unit actually using the range. The range contractor
will provide range operators for the number of hours requested on the RFMSS
request, up to a total of eighteen (18) hours per day per range. Units shall
list the times they desire to go hot and cold in the CNTR Times box and
annotate range occupation times in the Start Time and End Time boxes in the
RFMSS request. Requests to extend training time on a COMTS range, received
by the Range Scheduling Office less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to
actual range usage cannot be approved due to contractual limitations.
3. Costs. Units must understand that using contractors on a range incurs
a cost borne by the Commanding Officer, MCB, CamPen. Scheduling contractors
for times that will not be used is a waste of an asset. In addition, canceling
a COMTS range less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled
usage will also incur a cost. If you need to cancel a COMTS range you must
e-mail and phone BOTH the Range Scheduling Office at (760) 725-3510/4219 and
the TSD at (760) 725-4444.
4. Questions. Questions regarding the scheduling and training of COMTS
ranges shall be referred to the Range Scheduling Office. Questions and
comments related to COMTS contractor performance shall be referred to the TSD
Contract Administrator at (760) 725-5105.
3006. AUTOMATED TARGET AND SIMULATOR SUPPORT
1. General. Units desiring automated target and simulator support on non-
COMTS ranges shall contact the TSD Targets Section at (760) 725-4805 after
the requested training dates have been approved. Coordination for training
scenarios must be submitted at least fourteen (14) working days prior to the
training event. The Targets Section will reconfirm support requirements with
the scheduled unit a minimum of two (2) working days prior to the planned
training event.
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