03 Att 1 PWS F.pdf

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of Response & Restoration Environmental Database Management Support

Performance Work Statement 03/06/2026

1.0 GENERAL

1.1. BACKGROUND

The purpose of this performance work statement (PWS) is to obtain the necessary environmental database management support services described herein to efficiently and effectively support the mission and goals of the National Ocean Service’s (NOS) Office of Response & Restoration (OR&R). The contractor shall provide the staff and deliverables to support the tasks in Section 2.0.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), acting on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce, serves as trustee or co-trustee for natural resources as mandated by several laws and regulations.

Primary laws include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990, the Clean Water Act, and the Marine Sanctuaries Act, in addition to the National Oil and Hazardous Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) and several Executive Orders and laws.

Within NOAA, the Damage Assessment, Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) takes the lead on fulfilling these natural resource trustee duties.

The DARRP Program comprises the National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), NOAA General Counsel for Natural Resources (GCNR), and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Restoration Center (RC). NOAA’s DARRP collaborates with other agencies, industry, and citizens to protect coastal and marine resources, respond to pollution incidents, assess risks and injuries, and restore those resources when injured. Within the Office of Response and Restoration, the Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) is typically the lead for trustee activities. ARD has headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland and implements its responsibilities through a staff of technical experts located in Seattle, Washington and Regional Resource Coordinators located in regional offices of the EPA and co- located at several regional NMFS RC offices.

1.2. OBJECTIVE

The objective of this contract is to provide technical support in the maintenance, development, standardization and integration of OR&R’s environmental databases, particularly contaminant chemistry and bioassay (toxicity) test, and field observation data. These databases serve as the compiled repository for environmental contaminant chemistry data for sediment, water, tissue, oil in addition to sediment toxicity and water toxicity data. These datasets, which are derived from field and laboratory results, include study results from NOAA and other agencies that represent decades of effort to standardize and centralize critical environmental contaminant data.

These databases serve as the foundation for: Site- specific investigations including evaluations of risk or injury to NOAA resources, derivation of cleanup goals, and evaluations of remedial alternatives at hazardous waste sites and spills; and conducting specialized analyses, such as innovative approaches for the evaluation of sediment chemistry and toxicity data to develop new guidelines in support of risk assessments.

Ongoing NRDA cases, including the long-term assessment and restoration efforts for the Deepwater Horizon case, and sites that ARD works around the country, rely upon the standardization and integration of environmental contaminant chemistry data to support assessment and injury determinations.

The Government and the contractor understand that the services to be provided under this agreement by the contractor are non-personal services and that no employer-employee relationship exists between the Government and the contractor employees under this contract. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) may provide technical direction which will assist the contractor in accomplishing the PWS.

1.3. SCOPE

The scope of this PWS covers the development and implementation of data management requirements and data flow necessary for field data and laboratory data to be integrated and standardized into the DIVER environmental data format. The DIVER environmental data format (https://www.diver.orr.noaa.gov/web/guest/data-overview) is a widely used database standard developed by OR&R1 which provides a pathway for structured data to be brought into NOAA’s data warehouse and query tool called the Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting application (DIVER)2 for querying and exporting. This PWS covers the tasks and requirements for maintenance and update of the data management standards, tools, and data integration.

1.4. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS

1.4.1.1.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, 1.4.1.2.The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990, 1.4.1.3.The Clean Water Act, 1.4.1.4.The Marine Sanctuaries Act, 1.4.1.5.The National Oil and Hazardous Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) 1.4.1.6.NOAA Administrative Order 212-15 (Management of Environmental Data and Administrations) The Contractor shall abide by the policies and guidance promulgated by NOAA to oversee its activities.

1.5. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

This contract will include a Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) like the example located in Section 15.

The PRS plays an integral role in the administration of the contract. In addition to any applicable inspection clauses or other related terms and conditions contained in the contract, the PRS shall serve as a primary tool for inspection and acceptance of services as facilitated by the COR. Evaluation of the contractor’s overall performance shall be in accordance with the performance standards set forth in the PRS, and will be conducted by the COR. The PRS constitutes a material aspect of the agreement and will not be changed or otherwise modified without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer (CO).

2.0 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS/TASKS

2.1 Data Models Management (FFP):

2.1.1 Maintain the environmental data models and regional databases with improvements to the schema (as directed by NOAA).

2.1.2 Refine, update and document existing automated routines for importing and checking data as they are added to existing systems, and calculating sums and derived values including multiple PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) and PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) Totals.

2.1.3 Calculate and integrate probability of toxicity using Logistic Regression Modeling (LRM), Toxic Equivalency Quotients (TEQ) and PAH Toxic Units for regional data needs.

2.1.4 Ensure that data and calculations meet national guidelines and standards including USEPA, ASTM and other protocols

2 DIVER Data Warehouse and Query Tools: https://www.diver.orr.noaa.gov/

1 DIVER Environmental Data Specification: https://www.diver.orr.noaa.gov/web/guest/data-overview http://www.diver.orr.noaa.gov/web/guest/data-overview)

2.1.5 Maintain the consistency and evolution of common dictionary files to ensure legacy and novel data are compatible.

2.1.6 Maintain and improve the data posting routines which provide finalized data to the DIVER data warehouse for integration and query, and summarize changes and updates.

2.2 Development of Field and Laboratory Data Collection and Processing tools (T&M)

2.2.1 Maintain and improve existing Data Templates (Electronic Data Deliverables) including field forms and guidance.3

2.2.2 Automate procedures for importing data from NOAA templates for field and laboratory data.

2.2.3 Support training to partners on the use of data delivery tools.

2.2.4 Maintain and expand automation tools for integration and standardization of data from partner databases including EQuIS4, State managed databases, and project partners data management systems.

2.3 Data Integration (T&M)

2.3.1 Applying chemistry expertise, toxicity testing experience and expertise, fisheries biology background and knowledge, and field data sampling expertise to each of the datasets that are standardized and integrated into the DIVER database.

2.3.2 Prepare review and estimate of level of effort to standardize and ingest new or updated datasets including projected hours, complexity factors and recommendations.

2.3.3 Conducting a high level of Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) review on each new data set to ensure that imported data match the original data provided and to identify potential problems (e.g. missing values, inconsistent units or outliers) with the original data;

2.3.4 Developing documentation for each dataset (e.g. project source, analytical methods, coordinate data projection and datum and detailed records and changes and data treatments decisions)

2.3.5 Maintain procedures to track and communicate progress of data sets as they move through the conversion process.

2.3.6 Query and verify that data have been correctly integrated into the DIVER Data Warehouse.

2.4 Major Spills Data Management Contingency (T&M)

4 EQuIS proprietary data management system: https://earthsoft.com/equis-products-list/

3 DIVER Field Forms, Data Templates, and Guidelines: https://www.diver.orr.noaa.gov/web/guest/field- forms-and-templates

2.4.1 This is an optional contingency task that may be required in the event of a major spill or environmental emergency. The contractor must have the capacity to ramp up support operations for Tasks 2.1 – 2.3 in the event of a major spill or event. The Contractor may be required to redirect activities described under other tasks to support time-critical response and NRDA efforts while maintaining support for other on-going projects.

3 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

The primary purpose of this contract is to provide scientific support as well as administrative and technical services. The contractor shall provide “ready to work” contractors, meaning the contractor must ensure that the personnel performing the services meet all skills, security, and other indoctrination requirements. Contractor shall ensure that all staff participate in facility and safety orientation, including information technology (IT), building security, and environmental management system prior to starting an assignment.

The contractor shall provide personnel with the appropriate skills and experience necessary to perform the tasks.

This work requires trained staff, often at a specific education or experience level specified for scientific work.

Minimum education and experience requirements for all contractor personnel are included in Attachment A.1- Labor Category Crosswalk.

3.1 OTHER UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall have experience with the technical aspects of contaminant chemistry, field measurement and observations and bioeffects (toxicity) data management including the DIVER Database standard and query tools, proficiency with Visual Basic query language and Microsoft Access, and SQL query language and MySQL5 environment. The contractor shall also have proficiency with relational database management systems, data warehouse concepts and tools including Pentaho6 open-source data integration tools, data warehouses, data integration and data query tools, and web development with industry standard cloud based web services.

3.2 TRAINING

In addition to technical expertise, contractor staff shall meet basic workplace requirements that the federal Government establishes. Training is authorized for DOC/NOAA/NOS specific systems and requirements only as required. Completion certificates shall be submitted to the COR within three (3) business days of the start of the period of performance. Examples include but are not limited to:

● NOAA IT security (required for all contractors): https://securitytraining.noaa.gov/sign_in.k2

● NOAA Safety training (required for all contractors working on-site, i.e., at a Government facility)

● NOAA Records Management Fundamentals (required for all contractors):

https://sites.google.com/noaa.gov/noaa-records-mgmt-training. COR to send completion certificate to records.management@noaa.gov

● Department of Homeland Security Active Threats to the Workplace Awareness Seminar

If there are programs or software applications unique to the Government’s requirements, the Government may

6 Pentaho Business Analytics and Business Intelligence: http://www.pentaho.com/ 5 https://www.mysql.com/ mailto:records.management@noaa.gov provide the appropriate training, upon request and approval by the COR. The contractor shall be responsible for the professional development/training of its personnel. The contractor shall ensure the provided personnel meet the specific requirements outlined throughout the PWS as well as possess the proper educational credentials and technical, or work-related experience, and skills prior to performing services to the Government. The Government’s expectation is that the contractor shall demonstrate a commitment to the professional development of the workforce by maintaining training and certifications as changes in the correlating industries progress and evolve.

3.3 EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION

Contractor employees reporting to or visiting Government facilities shall wear an identification (personal or Government issued badge) that, at a minimum, displays contractor company name, the employee’s photo, name, clearance-level and expiration date. Contractor employees shall display identification, visitor badges or Government issued badges in plain view above the person's waist at all times whilst onsite. Contractor employees shall comply with all Government site escort/visitor rules and requirements. All contractor employees shall identify themselves as contractors when their status is not readily apparent (in meetings, when answering Government telephones, in e-mail messages, etc.).

3.4 SECURITY AND ACCESSING GOVERNMENT DATA

During the term of this contract, the contractor will have access to Government data and information. The contractor shall not disclose or use, for any purpose outside the terms of this contract, information received from the Government in connection with this tcontract that has not been previously published. Disclosure or use of Government information shall require the prior written approval from the COR. This restriction does not apply to information under the two following conditions: (a) the data or information has been released to a third party without restrictions, or (b) the data or information obtained by the contractor was previously part of the public domain, i.e., non-restricted.

Contractor employees shall safeguard information against unauthorized disclosure or dissemination in accordance with the Privacy Act, OMB M06-16 (PII) and other pertinent laws and regulations governing the confidentiality of privileged information and safeguarding Sensitive-But-Unclassified or For Official Use Only Information. The contractor shall ensure that all contractor personnel having access to Government data and information sign a NOAA Non-Disclosure Agreement.

3.5 PERSONNEL SECURITY

The Contractor shall comply with Department of Commerce’s Commerce Acquisition Manual’s (CAM) 1337.70 Personnel Security Requirements (http://www.osec.doc.gov/oam/acquistion_management/policy/commerce_acquisition_manual_cam/defa ult.htm).

Any access by contract personnel who are Foreign Nationals shall be in accordance with the requirements of CAR 1352.237-73, Foreign National Visitor and Guest Access to Departmental Resources (APR 2010).

3.6 PHYSICAL SECURITY.

All contractor staff accessing NOAA facilities must abide by the facility’s Access Control Plan. The contractor shall be responsible for complying with current NOS, OR&R, NOAA, and DOC rules and regulations in regards to employment and visitors in all locations.

http://www.osec.doc.gov/oam/acquistion_management/policy/commerce_acquisition_manual_cam/defa

4. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (Anticipated) Base Period July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 Option Period One July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 Option Period Two July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All deliverables and services rendered as a part of this agreement are or become the property of the U.S.

Government. This includes but is not limited to all drafted or shared documents, analyses, files (digital or other), reports, notes, photos, communications, or any other original works. Aforementioned items available to the contractor during the period of performance may only be used by contractor personnel to conduct work on behalf of the Government.

Documents, files and other data are to be stored exclusively on Government furnished equipment and at no point should be saved or archived on personal drives or devices. Copies are not to be disseminated to anyone outside of OR&R or to any other contractor personnel without explicit release from the COR.

6. POST AWARD CONFERENCE

The contractor shall attend a Post Award Conference with the CO and the COR no later than ten (10) calendar days after the date of award. The purpose of the Post Award Conference is to discuss technical and contracting objectives of this agreement.

The Post Award Conference will be held via video conference.

7. QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

The contractor shall submit a Quality Control Plan (QCP) to the COR within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of award. The QCP shall ensure that requirements are complete in accordance with all applicable Government regulations and instructions as outlined within the PWS.

The Government will review and approve-of or note deficiencies with the submitted plan within ten (10) calendar days of receipt. The Contractor will finalize the QCP by addressing deficiencies within five (5) calendar days of receipt. Once approved, the contractor shall abide by this plan throughout the entire performance period of the contract, unless otherwise updated and approved by the CO.

In the QCP the contractor shall develop quality control procedures and implement Acceptable Quality Levels (AQLs) to be used for ensuring acceptable performance of functions listed in the PWS included for individual tasks. At a minimum, the contractor's QCP shall include:

A specific dedicated section that addresses quality control as it relates to the PWS/specifications of the contract;

An internal quality control and inspection system for the completion of requirements;

Listing of techniques to identify and prevent deficiencies in quality and quantity of service performed before the level of performance affects the requirements AQLs;

The job titles and organizational positions of the individuals who will conduct the inspections must be specified;

Procedures and methodology for identifying potential problems, risks, and deficiencies in services, reporting of issues, resolution methods, and assuring they do not re-occur;

Procedures, including timing, to correct any deficiency in products or services that may occur;

A file of information (which shall be made available to the Government, upon request) regarding inspection and other quality and internal control actions that documents the purpose of the inspection, the results of the inspection, and any corrective action taken as a result of the inspection; and a requirement that the contractor shall record and report all end-user identified complaints and resolutions to the COR on a monthly basis.

The Government may require that the QCP be updated during the performance of the contract should a deficiency in the plan be identified. In the event of any needed changes to the QCP, a revised copy of the plan shall be submitted by the contractor to the CO within five (5) business days of being notified of the needed updates.

8. MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS

The contractor shall provide a monthly progress report to the CO and COR via email that shall be submitted in spreadsheet (Excel or similar) and PDF format including:

● Budget summary broken down by case/project and travel costs

● Cost summary by file set (datasets)

● Cost summary by staff hours (applicable to time & materials line items only)

● Summary of activities completed during the past invoicing period

● Summary of planned activities for the upcoming invoicing period

9. PROGRESS MEETINGS

The PM shall be available to meet with the COR upon request to present deliverables, discuss progress, exchange information and resolve emergent technical problems and issues. These meetings shall take place via teleconference on a monthly basis.

10. TRANSITION SERVICES

The contractor shall commence transitioning-out service 30 days prior to contract expiration.

11.0.1 Transition-Out Services shall be performed in accordance with FAR 52.237-3.

11. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE)

The Contractor shall comply with the following DOC Department Administrative Orders (DAO): DAO 200-0 Department of Commerce Handbooks and Manuals and DAO 207-1 Security Programs (available at:

https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/dmp/daos.html). The Contractor shall comply with the following DOC Department Organization Orders (DOOs) DOO 15-23 Chief Information Officer (available at:

https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/dmp/doos.html). The Contractor shall comply with the NOAA Administrative Orders (NAO) NAO 212-13 NOAA Information Technology Security Policy and NAO 212-15 Management of Environmental Data and Information (available at:

https://www.noaa.gov/organization/administration/noaa-administrative-orders). DOC issues policies under DAO 200-0, DAO 207-1 and DOO 15-23. NOAA issues cybersecurity policies under NAO 212-

12. The DAO, DOO, NAO and corresponding policies are sensitive controlled unclassified information (CUI) documents that shall be limited to use only on Government Furnished Equipment and will be provide after contract award.

It is a mandatory requirement for every NOAA IT user (e.g., government employee, contractor, associate, or temporary personnel) to complete the NOAA Information Technology Security Awareness Course every year.

Temporary personnel include visitors, guest workers, etc. who plan to work at a NOAA site, access NOAA information and/or use NOAA IT resources. Both new and temporary employees must take the course within three days after initial issuance of NOAA IT equipment and annually thereafter.

http://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/dmp/daos.html) http://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/dmp/doos.html) http://www.noaa.gov/organization/administration/noaa-administrative-orders)

Government Furnished Equipment

The government will provide the necessary computer equipment and information to perform this contract. All work must be performed upon government furnished equipment and if additional hardware and/or software is/are needed, the contractor must request the additional requirements from the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). The Contractor is responsible to ensure GFE has the appropriate assigned Internet Protocol (IP) Address at all time. The Contractor may be changing some of the GFE to static IP Address and must ensure the GFE has internet access or network access.

The Contractor will also be provided software and other material, access to documentation, systems, and information needed for the performance of the work. This section also applies to computer and land-line telephone equipment used to perform or support the duties contained in this PWS.

Contractor staff needing to perform work off-site using GFE shall sign all appropriate agreements and follow all appropriate regulations per NOS, NOAA, and DOC policies including NOAA and NOS property regulations.

The Contractor shall comply with Help Desk and/or property requests to make the GFE available upon request to meet organizational property requirement and/or to maintain the GFE in accordance with the organizational defined security posture. All users who have been issued a Government furnished client endpoint computing device (e.g. laptop, cell phone, tablet, etc.) shall be accountable for the confidentiality, integrity and security of that device. The Contractor shall comply with existing and new policies and memorandums specifically covering issued GFE.

The Government has established time frames for addressing configuration management, vulnerability management, vulnerability remediation and inventory reconciliation activities. The Contractor will be notified of any changes to established schedule and shall work with the Help Desk in meeting the schedule changes. The Contractor must connect the GFE to the internet or using Virtual Private Network at least 20 hours per week to receive the configuration management updates and vulnerability management assessments. The current Government established times frames include:

a) Configuration management (normal updates and patching) occurs every Monday and Wednesday night at 10 pm,

b) Vulnerability Management and Remediation (vulnerability scanning and apply missing updates/patches) on a continuous basis for both on site and VPN connected devices. Vulnerability Scanning only occurs when the GFE is directly connected to the NOS network or connected to the Government provided VPN service using Common Access Card authentication.

c) Inventory reconciliation/management occurs annually between February and March. Ad hoc inventory activities occur if new equipment is issued, lost or stolen.

It is the contractor’s responsibility to ensure Government Furnished desktops and or laptops are scanned, patched, and updated during the specified times mentioned above by keeping the desktop and laptops turned on and connected to the network when the devices are not being used, or by connecting laptops to the VPN or the internet when the devices are being used outside of the office. If an issue arises and require onsite helpdesk support, the contractor shall obtain helpdesk support at the Silver Spring location. Any additional cost incurred with onsite helpdesk support will be reimbursed upon approval with the issuance of a modification to the contract. The associated cost shall be requested and approved in advance by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). The cost request shall include the name of the individual requiring onsite helpdesk support, the reason for onsite helpdesk support, the dates and location of travel if required, and the cost including a breakdown of cost (travel and additional labor hours). The Contractor shall submit GFE software/hardware changes (install/remove/modify) operating system, software or application to the government assigned Help Desk and receive approval of the appropriate change approval process prior any change being made to the GFE software/hardware.

In the alternative, if an issue arises the COR may choose to send replacement equipment instead of requiring the contractor to physically travel to the onsite helpdesk for support. The Government recognizes that said replacement equipment may need to be updated or upgraded with needed software, programs, etc. for the contractor to continue performing and schedules and time shall be addressed at the time an issue occurs. Any additional cost incurred with sending replacement equipment and time to get new equipment up and running will be reimbursed upon approval in advance by the COR. The cost request shall include the name of the individual requiring replacement equipment and time to catch up, dates, and location, and the submission must include a cost breakdown (additional labor hours).

The Contractor shall safeguard GFE assigned for the duration of the contractor unless returned to the Government prior to the end of the contract. Lost, misplaced, or stolen GFE issued to the Contractor through this contract shall be reported to the government assigned Task Manager and government assigned Help Desk within 4 hours of detection. The Contractor shall assist with any security incident report filed related to the loss of the GFE. The Contractor or contractor staff assigned the GFE can be held accountable to reimburse the Government for cost of the GFE depending on the circumstance that resulted in the GFE loss. The Contractor shall comply with the NOAA Chief Administrative Officer’s Memorandum “What to Do When a Laptop Is Identified as Missing” issued January 27, 2009 and DOC Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Business Identifiable Information (BII), and Privacy Act Breach Response and Notification Plan issued July 2013. Memorandum and Breach Response and Notification Plan are sensitive documents will be provided upon request after GFE has been provided. The Contractor may be required to participate in completing the above requirements.

User Accounts and Access Privileges Requirements

In performance of this contract, the Contractor will need a number of non-privileged user accounts and possibly a limited number of privileged accounts based on the roles being performed. The Government will work with the contractor in determining and issuance of non-privileged and privileged accounts. The Contractor shall use these assigned accounts in the manner they are issued and not to attempt to modify permissions, elevate permissions, install unapproved software, and modify system configurations and/or application configurations without the written permission of the Task Monitor. If the Government detects any suspicious or inappropriate activities by Contractor personnel on the GFE, the Contractor shall provide the requested assistance necessary for an investigation. The Contractor shall abide by the Government’s remedial actions issued/taken to resolve the suspicious or inappropriate actions.

13. GOVERNMENT ACCEPTANCE PERIOD

13.0.1 The COR will review deliverables prior to acceptance and if the deliverable is acceptable, the COR will send an email to the contractor acknowledging that the deliverable has been accepted. The COR will have the right to reject or require correction of any deficiencies found in deliverables that are contrary to the information contained in this PWS. If the deliverable is deemed unacceptable the COR will provide the contractor with an email that provides documented reasons for non-acceptance. Where applicable the contractor will have an opportunity to correct the rejected deliverable and return it per delivery instructions. In the event of said deficiencies in any deliverables, the corrected deliverables shall be at the contractor’s cost.

13.0.2 The COR will have ten (10) business days to review deliverables and make comments. The contractor shall have ten (10) business days to make corrections and redeliver.

13.0.3 All other review times and schedules for deliverables shall be agreed upon by the parties based on the final approved Project Plan. The contractor shall be responsible for timely delivery to Government personnel in the agreed upon review chain, at each stage of the review. The contractor shall work with personnel reviewing the deliverables to assure that the established schedule is maintained.

14. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY (PRS)

The PRS establishes key elements of contractor performance that represent “mission essential” service requirements, which are identified in the table below.

The performance objective or “standard” describes the minimum acceptable level of service by the contractor for satisfactory performance. The “Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)” column displays the maximum allowable deviation from the performance objective, which, if exceeded, evokes the negative incentive specified in the table below.

Performance Element Performance Requirement Surveillanc e Method Frequency Acceptable

Quality Level (AQL) Monthly Progress PWS Section 8 outlines 100% Monthly – ≥95% accuracy

Reports requirements for Monthly Inspection by submitted as Progress Reports to ensure COR attachment there is no slippage in to monthly delivery schedule invoice Accuracy and completeness problems are minor Contractor reports and plans accurately reflect the status and progress of all tasks and deliverables Report is comprehensive and includes an accurate financial summary

Contract Updated regional 100% 100% ≥95% of

Deliverables database(s) with supporting Inspection by inspection of deliverables documentation. Typically COR all contract submitted timely additional studies are deliverable s and without converted into the database required rework standard or edits are made required to existing studies or results; 10-15 active projects per year with

30-50 Datasets per year.

Contract Prepare review and estimate 100% 100% ≥95% of

Deliverables of level of effort to Inspection by inspection of deliverables standardize and ingest new COR all contract submitted timely or updated datasets deliverable s and without including projected hours, required rework complexity factors and recommendations. Delivery required

Performance Element Performance Requirement Surveillanc e Method Frequency Acceptable

Quality Level (AQL) within 1 week of data receipt.

Contract Deliverables

Development and delivery of electronic data deliverables (EDD/templates) and updated guidance; as data needs change periodic update (1-4 times per year)

100% Inspection by COR

100% inspection of all contract deliverable s

≥95% of deliverables submitted timely and without required rework required

Contract Deliverables

Database documentation including schema, definitions and plans for improvement; continual update or periodic as needed

100% Inspection by COR

100% inspection of all contract deliverable s

≥95% of deliverables submitted timely and without required rework required

Qualified Personnel

All personnel are fully qualified in accordance with PWS Section 3.0

Contractor Personnel and Attachment A.1

100% Inspection by COR

100% inspection of all qualified personnel

100% personnel fully qualified with PWS

Section

3.0 and

Attachment A.1

Invoicing Monthly invoices are timely and accurate

100% inspection by COR

Monthly 95% accuracy

Overall Contract Performance

Overall contract performance of sufficient quality to earn a Satisfactory (or higher) rating in the COR’s annual report on Contractor

Performance

Assessment by COR Annual

All performance elements rated

Satisfactory (or higher)

15. GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

AQL- Acceptable Quality Level CO- Contracting Officer

COR- Contracting Officer’s Representative CS- Contract Specialist

DIVER - Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting DOC- Department of Commerce GFE- Government Furnished Equipment IT- Information Technology

OR&R – Office of Response & Restoration

NOAA- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOS- National Ocean Service PM- Program Manager PRS- Performance Requirement Summary PWS- Performance Work Statement

QCP- Quality Control Plan