3. Task requirements the contractor shall provide support for administrative control, technical integration, technical assessment and project management activities for the NTA team as detailed…

3. Task requirements the contractor shall provide support for administrative control, technical integration, technical assessment and project management activities for the NTA team as detailed below. 3.1 administrative control activities the contractor shall implement required administrative control activities including: maintenance of PBS data within the NTA circuit database performing cost evaluations managing travel schedules for the NTA team maintaining hardware, software and travel budgets identifying and documenting problems with the NTA database and website planning and coordinating meeting logistical support drafting meeting minutes identifying project issues and actions requiring further coordination scheduling follow-up meetings when required or as directed functioning as point of contact for team inputs to reports and briefings maintenance of the NTA PBS website 3.2 technical integration and assessment support the contractor shall implement required technical integration and assessment support activities that may include: communicating with regional points of contact regarding status of telecommunication requests performing duties associated with the installation, moving and upgrading of new circuits troubleshooting telecommunication problems as requested by PBS CIO and the regions installing and managing ecoscope probes to monitor and troubleshoot circuits. Supporting requirements review, analysis, and prioritization researching and recommending various technical solutions and/or approaches for the implementation of new technologies piloting and testing various technologies for potential use on the secondary network assisting regions with various telecommunication activities such as IP or DNS requests providing user support as technologies are pilot tested and deployed testing, maintenance, and support for the NTA website and related hardware 3.3 project management support the contractor shall implement project management support activities required for the NTA team support including: managing all aspects of the NTA team including special projects, travel, performance, website maintenance, customer satisfaction, etc. Developing more cost effective ways of performing current tasks participating in various meetings as required including the network infrastructure team (NIT), IT architectural planning committee (itapc), application review board (ARB), etc. Evaluating, developing, and reviewing project plans, work breakdown structures and schedules developing and maintaining a critical milestone schedule (deliverable 1) that documents the most important schedule issues for management attention implementing a standard project management and reporting system (deliverable 2) to track and report technical, schedule and performance information providing recommendations to address any schedule or cost variance associated with project plans supporting issues management and tracking supporting the risk management activities coordinating and planning meetings, where appropriate, including program management reviews, and walk-through/design reviews providing project progress reports (deliverable 3) and other management documents as specified in project deliverables and as required by the government management