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Depth of Burial of UXO in Estuary Environments Department of Oceanography Naval Postgraduate School

1.0 Background/Introduction:

The Department of Oceanography has a requirement for contractual services to aid Principal Investigators and thesis students to conduct research on the depth of burial of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in estuary environments. This service also benefits the METOC (373), Physical Oceanography (374), and USW (525, 526) curriculum development through adding underwater UXO impact burial prediction in estuary environments.

Burial and mobility of underwater UXO varies under various environment characteristics such as waves, currents, sediment transport, and sea floor morphology. Timely prediction of sea-floor environment and munition’s mobility including location and burial is crucial to assess characteristics of munitions underwater and their environment.

2.0 Scope:

Providing computational expertise to process mine burial and hydrographic data and to update the underwater rigid-body trajectory model (STRIKE35) in preparation for student thesis research on the project.

3.0 Tasks: The contractor shall perform the following task(s) as follows:

3.1 Producing an Interactive Data Process and Display Package for analyzing underwater hydrographic and sediment data

3.1.1 Develop software for accessing all types of ocean data: ASCII, binary, netCDF

3.1.2 Develop visualization package for display profiling and gridded data

3.1.3 Provide statistical analysis tool to analyze seabed sediment data

3.2 Installing and updating the underwater rigid-body trajectory model (STRIKE35)

3.2.1 Installing the STRIKE35 in the computers of the OC Department (Sp-235)

3.2.2 Updating the STRIKE35 with the Matlab scripts

3.2.3 Developing input link from the environment model for STRIKE35

3.2.4 Providing an analysis package for STRIKE35 output

3.3 Building up software package for STRIKE35 with User’s Manual

3.4 Analyzing underwater projectile trajectory data

3.4.1 Collecting underwater trajectory data

3.4.2 Determining parameters for the underwater projectile model

3.5 Developing projectile penetration model

3.5.1 Developing the rigid-body (UXO) penetration model

3.5.2 Building the UXO penetration model with the Matlab scripts

3.5.3 Developing input link from the seabed sediment data for UXO penetration model

3.5.4 Providing an analysis package for UXO penetration model output

3.6 Providing rigid-body penetration model software package with User’s Manual

3.7 Coupled STRIKE35/UXO Penetration Model

3.7.1 Developing link between seabed and STRIKE35/UXO penetration model

3.7.2 Providing an analysis package for the STRIKE35/UXO penetration output

3.8 Installing and updating the Delft3D seabed environmental model

3.8.1 Installing the Delft3D model in the computers of the OC Department (Sp-235)

3.8.2 Updating the Delft3D model with the Matlab scripts

3.9 Coupled STRIKE35/Delft3D/UXO Penetration Model

3.9.1 Developing link between Delft3D and STRIKE35/UXO penetration model

3.9.2 Providing an analysis package for the Delft3D/STRIKE35/UXO penetration output

3.10 Providing Delft3D/STRIKE35/UXO Penetration model software package with the User’s Manual

3.11 Providing appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications (meeting Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb

4.0 Deliverables:

The contractor shall be responsible for providing the following deliverables. For the specific requirements for each deliverable, see the corresponding data item located in Exhibit A: Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) in Section J:

Base Year

Year -1

Year -2

Year-3

Year-4

Performance Measurement - Quality Assurance Plan

Base Year

3.1

Interactive Data Process and Display Package (Including software, visualization package, and statistical analysis tool).

Capable to process any type of ocean temperature, salinity, and velocity profile data

100% Inspection by the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) One time per quarter

3.2

One time per quarter

3.11

Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications (meeting Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb

Meeting Scientific Journal Standards

100% Inspection by TPOC

Continuously through the period of performance

Year-1

3.3

Building up software package for STRIKE35 with User’s Manual

Ready for student and faculty use

One time per quarter

3.4

Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications; the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb

Year-2

3.5

Developing projectile penetration model

Capable to predict penetration of projectile into seabed sediment

3.6 Providing rigid-body penetration model software package with User’s Manual

Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications, the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb

Year-3

3.7

Coupled STRIKE35/UXO penetration modeling

Capable to predict underwater UXO penetration into seabed sediment

3.8 Installed and Updated the Delft3D seabed environmental model

Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications; the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb

Year- 4

3.9

3.10 Providing Delft3D/STRIKE35/UXO penetration model software package with User’s Manual

Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications; the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb

If performance falls below the AQL defined above, the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) shall document the instance(s), coordinate with the Contracting Officer and advise the Contractor. The Contractor will be requested to review the documentation and provide a written response on how performance will be corrected in the future. Re-performance of any work for failure to perform in accordance with the specified AQL or task requirement shall be completed at the Contractor’s own expense and at no additional cost to the Government.

5. Minimum Technical Requirements:

5.1 Five years of experience in applying statistical, dynamical, and numerical techniques to find solutions to a wide variety of oceanographic problems; in processing the Navy’s Master Observational Oceanographic Data Set (MOODS); in using a wide range of PC and LYNUX based systems with MATLAB, FORTRAN and C languages sufficient to improve ocean models.

5.2 Knowledge of underwater bomb trajectory prediction model, i.e., STRIKE35.

5.3 Skill in writing efficient, well documented computer code in FORTRAN, C++, MATLAB and LYNUX shell scripts to acquire, store, manage, process, analyze, and visualize ocean optical and hydrographic data.

5.4 Minimum acceptable education is a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Oceanography.

6. Period of Performance: The Base Year Period of Performance (POP) begins on the Date of the Contract Award and runs for one year, along with four (4) option years.

7. Place of Performance: The work will be conducted remotely at the Contractor’s location. However, Tasks 3.2.1 and 3.8.1 will require the contractor to do work on-site.

8. Government Furnished Property: Any Government-provided property and information shall be used for official Government business only. A listing of all Government Furnished Property (GFP) that will be used in the performance of the required services is located in the GFP Attachment (see Section J). Any applicable documents that are authorized for use in performance of these services shall be provided, in accordance with security and contract terms and conditions. The contractor will use PC (9GKYHL2) and Data Server (IP: 172.20.71.175), Software programs as well as unclassified oceanographic data such as temperature, salinity, and ocean optical profile data collected from survey ships, gliders, and satellites. The work will be conducted on government-provided Oceanographic Department computers, which shall be returned to the Government upon completion of the contract.

9. Work Week and Hours of Operation:

The Contractor shall provide services during normal working hours excluding federal holidays. Normal working hours are 0730-1630, Monday through Friday, unless requirements dictate otherwise. Exceptions can be permitted by the TPOC upon request and at the TPOC’s discretion.

Following is a list of holidays observed by the Government.

If any of the above holidays occur on a Saturday or a Sunday, then such holiday shall be observed by the Contractor in accordance with the practice as observed by the assigned Government employees at the using activity.

10. Travel:

The contractor is estimated to travel three (3) times in the base year, and three (3) times in Option Year 3 to the Oceanography Lab: Sp-235 in NPS to perform the required STRIKE35 and Delft3D model installations in accordance with Task 3.2.1 and Task 3.8.1, respectively.

11. Security Requirements:

The contractor must be familiar with and comply with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Cybersecurity Program requirements in NPSINST-5239.1E.

12. Human Subject Research:

Contractor personnel performing work under this contract may not support, advise, or conduct research involving human subjects. If at any time during the period of performance of this contract the tasks involve human subject research, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer. The contract must be amended in accordance with DoDD 3216.02 and DFAR 252.235-7004 in the event human subject research is proposed.

13. Privacy Act Statement:

“Pursuant to Title 5 United States Code 552a(m)(l), the contractor and all employees of the contractor working under this contract are required to comply with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552a (“The Privacy Act of 1974”).”

14. Identification of Contractor Employees:

In accordance with DFARS 211.106, there shall be a clear distinction between Government employees and service contractor employees. Service contractor employees shall identify themselves as contractor personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as contractor personnel. Contractor personnel will be required to obtain and wear badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel to provide a clear distinction between service contractor employees and Government personnel. In addition, contractor personnel shall appropriately identify themselves as contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

15. Non-Personal Services Statement:

Contractor employees performing services under this order will be controlled, directed, and supervised at all times by management personnel of the contractor. Contractor management will insure that employees properly comply with the performance work standards outlined in the PWS. Contractor employees will perform their duties independent of, and without the supervision of, any Government official or other Defense Contractor. The tasks, duties, and responsibilities set forth in the task order may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the United States Government, overseeing the work of Federal employees, or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Government will control access to the facility and will perform the inspection and acceptance of the completed work.