About ETC International
ETC International conducts training engagements in support of security assistance, building partnership capacity (BPC), and foreign military sales (FMS) projects.
Since 2012, ETC International’s efforts have been led by the same leadership that established the US Navy’s Expeditionary Training Command (ETC) in 2006 and Maritime Civil Affairs & Security Training (MCAST) Command in 2009. As those commands, ETC International’s leadership led more than 150 mobile training team (MTT) missions annually, supporting all Combatant Commanders (COCOM), representing ~80% of the US Navy’s mobile training efforts.
ETC International continues and expands the spirit & legacy of ETC and MCAST through expertise, experience, engagement, and excellence.
The ETC Difference
Most companies believe training is training. ETC International (“ETC”) is different.
At ETC, we know from our history of conducting 150+ international training engagements annually, that conducting training with our international partners in support of US security cooperation efforts is entirely different type of training effort. It requires not just superior training expertise, but patience, security & situational awareness, passion for meeting & teaching people, cultural & geopolitical education, and excellent trust- and relationship building skills.
To conduct our engagements, ETC draws from nearly 500 years of combined experience in planning and conducting training engagements that support security cooperation, security assistance, foreign military sales (FMS), and Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) efforts. We understand that our efforts are part of the larger US effort to create lasting strategic relationships that impact US National Security and the world diplomatic stage. Many years of important work and investment of precious treasure by the US have gone into creating the strategic relationships that allow for ETC’s training teams to engage with our international partners.
Our teams are built from personnel who have had years of experience successfully growing the US’s security cooperation relationships and working side-by-side our international partners to improve their critical skills. We look forward to supporting your security cooperation engagements. You will see the ETC difference.
How to Engage ETC’s Training Services
Process to Engage ETC:
- Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) and/or Case Manager communicates requirement to ETC.
- ETC and the Case Manager choose appropriate contract vehicle.
- ETC provides ROM (rough order of magnitude) estimate and draft Statement of Work (SOW) to the Case Manager.
- The Case Manager provides SOW to contract vehicle’s contract office.
- ETC formally provides estimate via the COR (Contracting Officer’s Representative).
- Upon approval, funds are MIPRed and ETC executes.
ETC Contract Vehicles
Initiation of Contact with ETC: ETC recommends and welcomes early contact and coordination between US Government (USG) requirement holders / case managers. ETC is happy to provide market research information, rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimates (for planning & budging purposes only), assistance with requirements generation, and draft Statements of Work (SOWs) in the form of a whitepapers. This informational-only support is provided to USG customers with the understanding that they do imply or incur any USG commitments. Coordination with ETC can be initiated via email at training@ETCintl.com or via telephone at +1 617.513.6948.
Funding Types: ETC has an experienced team of contracting professionals that can help program engagements with any type of FMS, FMFP, Security Assistance (SA) or Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) funds or programs (i.e. FMS, FMF, IMET, PKO, AMSI, GPOI, CTFP, ACOTA, ATA, etc).
Contract Vehicles: ETC’s contracting specialists provide USG customers with two options for engaging ETC’s services:
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III Services Contract – This ETC’s recommended option. This is the simplest, least expensive & most direct path for USG customers to engage ETC’s services. ETC owns a mobile culture & language training app developed under the SBIR program. The app is designed to enhance any engagement with a foreign country's personnel (in CONUS or OCONUS) and ETC utilizes it in every engagement which therefore allows sole sourcing of ETC services. Per the US Navy’s top Acquisition Executive, “SBIR Phase III sole source awards are an authorized exception to competition and Contracts Officers are encouraged to employ this exception where such action meets a program's requirements.” This flexible type of contract vehicle is able to support individual contracts or multiple tasking through an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) format. For more details about or assistance with this option, call ETC’s contracting specialists at +1 757.752.8778 and visit http://sbir.etcintl.com.
- Pre-Competed Subcontracting through Task Order – ETC is immediately available via subcontracted task order on several contract vehicles with scope for any work ETC is capable of executing. These contract vehicles have already been competed so the competition requirement is already satisfied. ETC’s contracting specialists will coordinate with the USG customers to select the optimal contract vehicle. ETC’s contracting specialists may be reached at +1 757.752.8778.
Note about Pre-Deployment Site Surveys (PDSS) aka Site Surveys: A Site Survey visits the Partner Nation prior to a training engagement to identify training resources, locations, and clarify training expectations. The PDSS is strongly recommended as it is crucial to effective training engagements and reconciling a PN’s stated capabilities with ETC course objectives. Once the PDSS is concluded, a minimum of 30 days is required to finalize planning and execute a training engagement. A Site Survey may be unnecessary if ETC has conducted a related engagement in the same location within the last 6-12 months.