1. SOO JPEO-Countermeasure Portfolio Support.pdf

Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense

CBRN Defense Countermeasure Portfolio Mission Support IDIQ Basic STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES (SOO)

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) manages a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense countermeasure portfolio to deliver integrated layered chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense capabilities to the Joint Force across Combined Joint All-Domain Operations. The CBRN Defense Countermeasure Mission Support contract is intended to support the JPEO-CBRND as it executes its mission, providing subject matter expertise and knowledge products through an extensive worldwide network of CBRN technical and business professionals. This Statement of Objectives (SOO) is a statement of the technical, functional and performance characteristics of the work to be performed. This SOO identifies essential functions to be performed and provides standards such that performance can be evaluated for quality and/or timeliness of output. It is possible that continuous need for any or all of the services described herein may not exist. The government gives no assurance of a continuous need for these services or future requirements.

1.1 Background

The JPEO-CBRND leads, manages, and directs the acquisition, fielding and sustainment of CBRN sensors, protective equipment, medical countermeasures, diagnostic equipment, information management systems, defense enabling biotechnologies, and specialized equipment to the U.S. Warfighter. More information on the JPEO-CBRND and its mission, vision, and programs can be found at https://www.jpeocbrnd.osd.mil/.

In the face of an evolving CBRN threat landscape, JPEO-CBRND performs ongoing strategy analyses and adjustments to facilitate simultaneous development of countermeasures to protect against the threats of today and flexible, rapid capabilities to respond to emerging threats in the future. As part of its strategy maintenance, JPEO-CBRND focuses on implementing a best-in-class countermeasure portfolio and operating model to better enable it to:

• Have visibility into its countermeasure portfolio and threat coverage to inform portfolio decision-making;

• Direct countermeasure development efforts towards the needs of the broader national Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP);

• Identify opportunities for innovation through countermeasure transitions from partner organizations;

• Coordinate cross-agency efforts to enhance biodefense posture and pandemic preparedness;

• Standardize key processes including portfolio management and countermeasure target prioritization;

• Create transparency and more efficient ways of working.

JPEO-CBRND uses contractor support for a variety of technical, business, and communications services as it develops, refines, and implements its countermeasure portfolio strategy and operating model, and for strategic and operational support for priority programmatic efforts. By pulling in CBRN defense technical expertise and Fortune 50 commercial best practices through this Mission Support contract, JPEO-CBRND is able to develop strategies for managing, branding, and communicating its programs; respond quickly and innovatively to customer requirements; match the size and expertise of its workforce to an evolving mission space; and curate communications and mutual efforts across a broad community of domestic and international CBRN defense stakeholders and policy makers. Further, the Mission Support contractor serves as a sounding board and thought partner for JPEO-CBRND as CBRN defense countermeasure challenges are explored and concepts for product development strategies are formulated. JPEO-CBRND works with the Mission Support contractor to coalesce its thinking, flesh out resource and investment strategies, identify programmatic risks and false assumptions, and build structured approaches to implement processes and workflows that allow the JPEO- CBRND to deliver CBRN defense products to the joint force.

1.2 Scope

The intent of this acquisition is to support JPEO-CBRND in achieving its strategic CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio program objectives. Due to the high complexity and visibility of projects in its countermeasure portfolio, JPEO-CBRND anticipates that this contract will provide deep reach back to subject matter experts representing career fields in science and technology; medicine; drug development and manufacturing; medical and diagnostic device development and manufacturing; domestic and international clinical study regulation and execution; material science and engineering for CBRN sensing and protection; business management and strategy; supply chain logistics and risk management; and communications, among other career fields required to meet the changing CBRN defense mission space. Further, JPEO-CBRND anticipates that the successful Mission Support contractor will require an international presence and pre-existing strategic relationships with stakeholders in the global CBRN defense community.

This contract will assist the Joint Project Managers (JPM) and Joint Project Leads (JPL), the Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE), and the One Network of Excellence for Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance (ONE-RAQA) offices within the JPEO-CBRND as they execute their missions:

• JPM CBRN Protection develops, fields, and modernizes individual and collective protection as well as hazard mitigation equipment to provide integrated, layered, and operationally relevant CBRN defense capabilities for the Joint Force.

• JPM CBRN Medical facilitates the advanced development and acquisition of medical solutions to combat CBRN and emerging threats.

• JPM CBRN Sensors develops, fields and sustains CBRN sensors, reconnaissance systems, mobile laboratory systems and obscuration capabilities for the Army.

• JPM CBRN Special Operations Forces (SOF) rapidly acquires and equips Special Operation and Special Purpose Forces with critical, capability-gap-filling, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense equipment necessary to underwrite mission success.

• JPL CBRND Enabling Biotechnologies (EB) combines and synergizes the Advanced Technology Platforms (ATP) and Clinical Evaluation, Advanced Development and Manufacturing Capabilities (ADMC), and Defense Biologics Product Assurance Offices

(DBPAO).

• JPL CBRN Integration provides enterprise warning and reporting, hazard prediction and decision support capabilities for the collection, analysis and dissemination of CBRN defense information.

• OCE, starting left of requirements, develops relationships and implements new processes to support the transition of technologies, and supports JPEO-CBRND senior leadership and the JPM/Ls to deliver capability to the warfighter.

• ONE-RAQA supports CBRND and emerging threats product development and fielding of safe, effective, and timely countermeasures by providing sound, consistent, and unbiased Regulatory Affairs (RA) and Quality Assurance/Compliance (QA/QC) expertise and oversight.

• Other JPEO-CBRND offices and CBRN defense partners.

For FY22, the JPEO-CBRND JPM/Ls maintained 92 active acquisition efforts with an annual budget of $807.6M. Together with its 80+ stakeholders, and 15+ government and non-government partner institutions, JPEO-CBRND is working to 1) achieve CBRN defense integration, interoperability, and interdependence across all warfighting domains and functions,

2) foster an environment that seeks innovative enterprise solutions across industry, academia, and warfighters that is agile, versatile and efficient, and 3) provide indispensable value to the warfighter, Department of Defense (DoD), Congress, the Nation and our allies/partners. This contract is an important tool JPEO-CBRND uses as it works toward these goals.

1.3 Task Orders

For the contract period of performance, the contractor shall support the JPEO-CBRND as it works to ensure its CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio and product development efforts meet the needs of the broader national Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP, https://www.acq.osd.mil/ncbdp/cbd/index.html). For this effort, the contractor shall provide knowledge-based guidance as technologies and products are considered for the JPEO-CBRND CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio, based on Warfighter needs and relevance to CBDP program objectives.

Contractor efforts will be initiated through a Task Order (TO) Request for Proposal (RFP), to be sent by the Contracting Officer (KO) via email. Contractor shall confirm receipt of the TO RFP via email within one (1) business day. Specific response instructions will be included with each individual RFP, but in general, the contractor shall respond to the RFP with their proposal (typically technical and cost volumes, plus any additional information requested in the RFP) via email within five (5) business days of RFP receipt. If the development of the proposal requires physical receipt of files, materials, etc., this does not extend the response requirement.

Each TO will originate from one or more of the JPEO-CBRND component offices described above, Section 1.2 Scope. Accordingly, the topic area for each TO will relate to the mission of the originating component office/s. Individual task orders will include greater detail about the work to be performed, but the kinds of work to be performed will fall within the Background, Scope, General Requirements and Performance Requirements descriptions in this document (IDIQ SOO). The task orders will also provide details regarding deliverables, schedules, and places of performance.

2.0 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall propose a Performance Work Statement (PWS) at a minimum for the requirements identified in Section 2.0. The Tasks to be included within each task order (irrespective of the topic area), as well as the Performance Objectives and Performance Elements for each Task are described in the following sections.

2.1 Portfolio Strategy, Management, and Communications

Context: To combat existing and emerging CBRN threats, JPEO-CBRND maintains a responsive countermeasure portfolio to protect the Warfighter globally against natural and man-made hazards. The portfolio focuses on rapid development of medical countermeasures such as vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, small-molecule therapeutics, diagnostics, and computational/artificial intelligence approaches to drug design, as well as physical countermeasures such as sensors (e.g. wearable, stand-off), protective gear (e.g. gas masks, CBRN-resistant outerwear), decontamination materials, protective shelters, and information systems that integrate, track, and analyze data streams to provide CBRN decision support. In the face of an evolving CBRN threat landscape, JPEO-CBRND is working with its domestic and international partners to create a more unified and efficient global response to CBRN threats as they emerge.

2.1.1 Portfolio Strategy.

The contractor shall support JPEO-CBRND as a sounding board and thought partner in the development of various mission-related strategies, visions, objectives, and approaches to target prioritization. JPEO-CBRND continually monitors its countermeasure programs, products, and capabilities to address gaps in its threat space coverage to achieve strategies with measurable outcomes. This support shall consist of assembling a team (size can vary, but typically three to five individuals) of subject matter experts to attend meetings (e.g. information sharing, problem-solving, whiteboarding sessions, planning, briefs, etc.) with the relevant JPEO-CBRND component office. Prior to each meeting, the contractor will be given ample information about the topic area, any particular challenges or other information that is known, and the overall intent for the strategy to be developed. It is expected that prior to each meeting, the contractor shall perform background research on the topic to uncover best practices within the topic area, additional challenges and lessons learned that are observed in the public/private sectors, possible solutions, and typical risks/risk management strategies. A cadence of at least one (1) weekly meeting is anticipated, anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes per meeting, for the duration of the TO period of performance. If indicated in the TO Performance Work Statement (PWS), the contractor shall prepare and brief a slide deck during the meeting, and capture a meeting summary for distribution to meeting attendees. Per TO PWS , the slide deck may require significant data synthesis and advance material creation, and shall be provided within one (1) business day before the scheduled meeting. Per TO PWS, the meeting summary shall include decisions, action items, and proactive follow-up actions, and shall be provided within one (1) business day after the scheduled meeting.

Standard: Strategy development meetings and related communications materials (slide deck briefs, meeting summary, etc.) are considered sufficient upon execution/delivery. The relevant JPEO-CBRND component office will provide real-time feedback that shapes overall execution/delivery and content of the final deliverable.

• Strategy development meetings are considered acceptable upon execution. The relevant JPEO-CBRND component office will provide real-time feedback during each meeting that shapes overall execution.

• Strategy development-related communications materials (slide deck briefs, meeting summary, etc.) will exist in draft form, subject to continual refinement throughout the contract period of performance and are considered acceptable upon final delivery. The relevant JPEO-CBRND component office will provide real-time feedback that shapes overall delivery.

• Meeting slide decks shall be provided within one (1) business day before the scheduled meeting. Meeting summaries shall be provided within one (1) business day after the scheduled meeting.

2.1.2 Portfolio Management.

The contractor shall assist JPEO-CBRND in developing business frameworks, strategy maps, roadmaps, and other long- and short-term planning tools for the programs and projects in its countermeasure portfolio. JPEO-CBRND uses these products to analyze, understand, strategize, plan, and manage the approach to drive its efforts forward. These tools guide investment choices, resource allocation, and technology transitions; establish governance and roles, responsibilities, and accountability; inform processes and workflows required to execute the effort; identify key partners and stakeholders and define the nature and cadence of interactions with them. Due to the varied nature and technical complexity of JPEO-CBRND’s portfolio, the contractor shall be expected to consult subject matter experts across a wide spectrum of career fields, as articulated in Section 1.2 Scope, in order to successfully prepare each tool that JPEO-CBRND requests.

Business tools shall be developed and delivered in a file format to be agreed upon at the time of TO award, but are typically a format from the Microsoft Office Suite.

Standard: Management and planning tools shall capture all elements defined within the TO PWS, and are considered fully developed when they meet the standard established in the TO

PWS.

2.1.3 Strategic Communications.

The contractor shall assist the JPEO-CBRND component offices in developing program narratives and communication plans that articulate their overall strategy for achieving mission goals and objectives. JPMs and JPLs use strategic communications to articulate their capabilities, investments, relationships, and collaborative efforts to the CBRN defense community, leadership chain when necessary, stakeholders, and other interested parties. The process of developing strategic communications is important, as it allows the JPEO-CBRND offices to build a narrative and a brand, serves as an azimuth check for mission-relatedness of projects and programs, and distills potentially broad program scope to a limited number of key messages. Accordingly, to assist the JPEO-CBRND for this task, the contractor shall assemble a team (size can vary, but typically three to five individuals) of subject matter experts to attend meetings and engage in other interactions (email exchanges, creating/writing/editing slide decks and written artifacts) with the JPEO-CBRND component office. Information about the component office will be shared with the contractor team, and is anticipated to include details about the office’s mission and vision, ongoing and near-term projected projects, and stakeholders that are being targeted for engagement. Contractor team interactions with the JPEO-CBRND component office (meetings, email exchanges, communications materials) are expected to be ad hoc, with a government-estimated weekly workload provided with each TO in hours/week. The contractor shall attend meetings one (1) or two (2) times per week, anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes per meeting, for the duration of the TO period of performance. If indicated in the TO PWS , the contractor shall prepare and brief a slide deck during the meeting and capture a meeting summary for distribution to meeting attendees. Per TO PWS , the slide deck may require significant data synthesis and advance material creation and shall be provided within one (1) business day before the scheduled meeting. Per TO PWS , the meeting summary shall include decisions, action items, and proactive follow-up actions, and shall be provided within one (1) business day after the scheduled meeting.

The contractor shall also capture all progress and recommendations from each meeting into communication artifacts for distribution and approval by the JPEO-CBRND component office.

Finally, if JPEO-CBRND is going to brief any slide deck that has been prepared by the contractor, the contractor shall provide to JPEO-CBRN relevant talking points and questions for the target audience at least two (2) business days in advance.

Standard: Strategic communications plans and materials are considered acceptable upon execution/delivery. The relevant JPEO-CBRND component office will provide real-time feedback that shapes overall execution/delivery and content of the final deliverable.

2.1.4 Communications Materials.

The contractor shall provide communications materials for the JPEO-CBRND to use in the course of its mission execution. These communications materials may cover any topic area within the JPEO-CBRND mission space and are anticipated to include slide deck briefs (PowerPoint), executive summaries (~ 5-page Word documents), white papers (~ 2-page Word documents), graphical data analyses and charts (Excel spreadsheet or similar), and other in-depth reports, program narratives, playbooks, and similar artifacts.

Standard:

• Communication materials shall meet the objective stated in the TO .

• Communications materials shall be suitable for senior levels of government, e.g. White

House, Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services leaders, etc. Per the Plain Writing Act of 2010, “suitable” means writing should be clear, concise, well-organized, and follow other best practices appropriate to the subject or field and intended audience.

• Communications materials provided by the contractor shall be uncluttered, through the balanced use of text and visual elements; free from spelling, grammatical, and formatting errors; professional and respectful in tone; and sufficiently technical to communicate the point while still being accessible to lay audiences.

• All communications materials will exist in draft form, subject to continual refinement across the contract period of performance and will be reviewed in real time by the relevant JPEO-CBRND component office for revisions and acceptance.

2.2. CBRN Defense Community Alignment.

Context: The contractor shall support the JPEO-CBRND as it works to ensure alignment of its CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio objectives and products internally, and with those of the national and international CBRN defense communities. JPEO-CBRND and other senior DoD CBRN defense stakeholders observed that the global response to the SARS-CoV-2 threat was disjointed, even among CBRN defense “partner” nations. Each nation worked to develop its own medical countermeasures in isolation, competing on the global market for production supplies and market share. The COVID-19 pandemic response illustrated that confronting global CBRN threats in unison with strategic partners across the CBRN defense community through aligned planning, development, and execution of threat monitoring and CBRN countermeasure development programs is critical to minimizing health and mission impacts to US and allied Warfighters. Central to that goal is improving JPEO-CBRND’s governance and processes to better deliver on its mission; enhancing connectivity across the JPEO-CBRND component offices; establishing and maintaining relationships with domestic and global CBRN defense partners; articulating high-level science and technology (S&T) requirements down to lower (budget activity) level S&T organizations; aligning CBRN defense countermeasure development programs with them to reduce redundancy and leverage potential synergies; and including input from relevant global health agencies and regulatory authorities to ensure successful future deployment of CBRN defense countermeasures in our geographical areas of interest and operation.

National CBRN Defense Community Alignment.

The contractor shall support aligning JPEO-CBRND’s CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio program objectives internally, and with those of the national CBRN defense community. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs tasked the U.S. CBRN defense community to coordinate efforts that enhance the biodefense posture and pandemic preparedness of the nation. Toward that end, the JPEO- CBRND is working to ensure that its CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio investments complement those of other U.S. CBRN defense partners and stakeholders. To assist with this effort, the contractor is expected to have pre-existing strategic relationships with members of the U.S. CBRN defense community, particularly the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), with a working knowledge of all DTRA/JSTO CBRN defense programs and strategic areas, as well as the Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security. Awareness and potential incorporation of science and technology contributions from other organizations is also necessary.

International CBRN Defense Community Alignment.

The contractor shall support aligning JPEO-CBRND’s CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio program objectives and products with those of the international CBRN defense community. The contractor shall assist JPEO-CBRND as it identifies programs of mutual interest and key areas for collaboration with partner countries and intergovernmental organizations. While JPEO- CBRND maintains close relationships with its allied defense partners across the globe, it will leverage the contractor’s pre-existing relationships with country health agencies (to include Five Eyes countries, several NATO alliance partner nations, and Israel) for communications and cooperation in global CBRN threat monitoring and countermeasure development.

2.2.1 Alignment Strategy.

The contractor shall assist JPEO-CBRND and its CBRN defense community partners in updating and maintaining a comprehensive framework that describes, aligns, and appropriately incorporates cross-community CBRN defense countermeasure development efforts. Using its pre-existing relationships with the domestic CBRN defense community and knowledge of their programs, the contractor shall engage in recurring meetings and email exchanges in order to communicate the programmatic, technical and strategic levels of disparate sub-portfolio areas within a larger portfolio (e.g., supporting a more integrated JPEO-CBRND); demonstrate support assisting the articulation and management of a complex and dynamic medical countermeasure portfolio to a variety of stakeholders and oversight offices; experience supporting aspects of S&T to advanced development technology transition including the adoption of proactive planning measures within JPEO-CBRND and with partners; establish a criteria for gate-based decision making within JPEO-CBRND investments/programs, and in conjunction with partners;

and communicate facts and plans to higher headquarters and partner organizations within the DoD. Once domestic CBRN defense countermeasure development efforts (and their respective owner organizations) have been delineated fully, the contractor shall assist JPEO-CBRND to identify program redundancies; potential areas for collaboration, shared resources, and synergy;

and programmatic risks. The contractor shall assist JPEO-CBRND in formulating plans to eliminate or deliberately maintain redundancies; facilitate CBRN defense community-wide collaborations, and manage programmatic risks.

Standard:

• This effort will be considered acceptable as CBRN defense programs are assessed, and where redundancies are identified, a plan can be prepared for either elimination or continuation for reasons that can be justified and documented.

• This effort will be considered acceptable as areas for collaboration between different CBRN defense community members are assessed, and where identified, a plan can be prepared for coordinating efforts, investments, and the transition of technologies across budget activity levels among the CBRN defense and CBDP partners.

• This effort will be considered acceptable as program risks are assessed, and where identified, a plan for managing or eliminating those risks can be prepared.

2.2.2 Communications Materials.

The contractor shall provide communications materials for the JPEO-CBRND to use in the course of its mission execution. These communications materials may cover any topic area within the JPEO-CBRND mission space, and are anticipated to include slide deck briefs

(PowerPoint), executive summaries (~ 5-page Word documents), white papers (~ 2-page Word documents), graphical data analyses and charts (Excel spreadsheet or similar), and other in-depth reports, program narratives, playbooks, and similar artifacts.

Standard:

• Communication materials shall meet the objective stated in the TO .

• Communications materials shall be suitable for senior levels of government, e.g. White

House, Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services leaders, etc. Per the Plain Writing Act of 2010, “suitable” means writing should be clear, concise, well-organized, and follow other best practices appropriate to the subject or field and intended audience.

• Communications materials provided by the contractor shall be uncluttered, through the balanced use of text and visual elements; free from spelling, grammatical, and formatting errors; professional and respectful in tone; and sufficiently technical to communicate the point while still being accessible to lay audiences.

• All communications materials will exist in draft form, subject to continual refinement across the contract period of performance and will be reviewed in real time by the relevant JPEO-CBRND component office for revisions and acceptance.

2.2.3 Proof of Permission to Conduct Business.

The contractor shall provide with their proposal for any task order, the relevant copies of any permissions, licenses, approvals, and/or other required documents (all shall include English translations) to conduct business in the relevant country, state, province, city, site, location, of JPEO-CBRND task order requirements via existing and in-place contractor office locations.

(E.g., Five Eyes Countries, Israel, and NATO alliance partner nations). If a location does not require a contractor to have permissions to conduct business, indicate this in the Task Order response and if it is required, the contractor shall have a plan with deadlines for receipt of the required permissions, licenses, approvals, and/or other required document (all shall include English translations). Any other conditions will be handled during the process for task orders.

2.3 Additional Requirements.

This section describes additional requirements for this effort, which are broadly applicable to the IDIQ and associated Task Orders. The government reserves the right to tailor the plans, reports, and CDRLs at the task order level. The contractor shall provide copies of all reports, data, and other deliverables to the Contracting Officer, Program Management Office, and as required by subsequent individual task orders. Deliverables may be required via hard copy, email, or portal depending on the specific situational factors such as file size, expediency of need, or other factors.

2.3.1 CBRN Defense Countermeasure Portfolio Management Plan.

The contractor’s proposed Management Plan for the base IDIQ shall incorporate, at a minimum, Staffing Plan, Quick Response Plan, Quality Control Plan, Procurement Plan, Subcontract Management Plan, and shall be updated with new information as it is obtained or becomes available. The contractor shall also submit a list of key contacts containing: Program Manager, Executive Strategy Project Leader, and CBRN Subject Matter Expert (or equivalent job categories necessary to meet the requirement); Primary and Secondary 24-hour contacts, office phones, cell phones, individual e-mails. All Management Plan components shall be assembled into a single Microsoft Word document (CDRL A001).

2.3.2 Task Order Management Plan (TOMP).

A TOMP is required for all task orders. The plan shall demonstrate how the contractor will fulfill the specific requirements of the task order and shall be updated with new information as it is obtained or becomes available. The plan shall include designation of an empowered Executive Strategy Project Leader with the ability to make decisions and direct all sub-contractors on behalf of the prime contractor and all subcontracting services necessary to maintain a capability to perform under the task order. The TOMP shall address all requirements for operation on the Task Order. The TOMP shall include all labor and materials necessary to perform the task order.

Host Nation requirements shall be incorporated into the TOMP, if applicable. The contractor shall develop a Schedule showing each activity, their relationships, duration, critical path, associated critical risks and planned mitigation, and estimated costs (CDRL A002).

2.3.3 Task Order Quality Control Plan.

The task specific Quality Control Plan shall be submitted to the PCO for acceptance with each task order proposal. The contractor shall provide any revisions to the TO QCP Contracting Officer, and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). The contractor’s quality inspection documentation (e.g., metrics, reports, etc.) shall be made available to the COR and/or Contracting Officer. The reports shall provide information on the methods of inspection, what was inspected, discrepancies found and actions to correct and preclude recurrence (CDRL A003).

2.3.4 Monthly Performance Report.

Contractor shall submit a monthly compendium of all activities performed for this contract as a PowerPoint Slide Deck. Compendium shall be broken out by CLIN, and provide a detailed description of all efforts (e.g. meetings organized, briefs and other communications materials prepared, and programmatic/strategic updates, etc.) performed in the preceding month. The monthly deliverable is due by the fifth day of the following month, e.g. the activities compendium for January 2024 is due on or before February 5, 2024 (CDRL A004).

2.3.5 Monthly Cost Report.

The contractor shall provide a monthly cost report including applicable costs addressing all current/active task orders, which will include all contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract, broken out by CLIN. The JPEO-CBRND Team shall determine report format, acceptable to the government, upon contract award (CDRL A005).

2.3.6 Quick-Turn Taskers.

The contractor shall assist JPEO-CBRND in responding quickly to high priority, urgent taskers (rapid response sprints, cross-enterprise coordination exercises, etc.) assigned to the JPEO by senior organizations, e.g. the Offices of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. Quick-turn taskers typically involve providing data, reports, briefs, and other communications materials as quickly as 48 hours after receipt of the request. The nature of the support shall be flexible and agile to allow tailoring to JPEO-CBRND priorities throughout the period of performance. In addition, given the urgent and unanticipated nature of such taskers, contractor support for this task may supersede ongoing support for other tasks, per JPEO-CBRND’s task prioritizations.

2.3.7 Information Sharing.

The contractor shall function as an integral team member in support of JPEO-CBRND. The contractor shall share information with other integral team members, such as JPEO-CBRND government employees and other JPEO-CBRND contractors. The JPEO-CBRND contractors shall also cooperate with other U.S. federal government entities and contractors to ensure successful performance of task(s) under this contract.

2.3.8 Response Time.

The contractor shall respond to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) by phone or email when contacted, if initial outreach by COR was unsuccessful. The contractor staff person responding to the COR must have the authority to bind the contractor.

Standard: Contractor shall respond back within 24 hours of initial outreach by COR.

3.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Non-Personal Services

This is a non-personal services contract to provide Science and Technology, Business Management, and Communications subject matter expertise in supporting the JPEO-CBRND as it manages its CBRN defense countermeasure portfolio. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform all tasks through the subject matter expertise services as defined in this SOO. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract and the task orders to this contract. The services in this contract are to be performed at contractor-designated sites, not on-site at government facilities. The government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn is responsible to the government.

The government shall neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees. Contractor personnel are not authorized to represent, or have the appearance of representing, the government under this contract. IAW FAR 37.104, the government will not exercise continual supervision or control over contractor personnel. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services. If the contractor believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it shall be the contractor's responsibility to notify the Contracting Officer immediately.

3.2 Business Relations

The contractor shall successfully integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute the requirement. The contractor shall manage the timeliness, completeness, and quality of task services provided. The contractor shall provide corrective action plans, proposal submittals, timely identification of issues, and effective management of subcontractors. The contractor shall seek to ensure customer satisfaction and professional and ethical behavior of all contractor personnel.

3.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract management, contract administration, and personnel administration.

3.3.1 Contract Management

The contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to the requirement. The contractor must maintain continuity while providing services assisting CBRN Defense Countermeasure Portfolio Mission Support.

3.3.2 Contract Administration

The contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement. The contractor shall respond to government requests for contractual actions in a timely fashion. The contractor shall have a single point of contact between the government and contractor personnel assigned to support contracts or task orders. The contractor shall assign work effort and maintain proper and accurate time keeping records of personnel assigned to work on the requirement.

3.3.3 Personnel Administration

The contractor shall provide the following management and support as required. The contractor shall maintain the currency of their employees by providing initial and refresher training as required to meet the SOO requirements. The contractor shall make travel arrangements for employees if necessary. The contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion (time keeping, leave processing, pay, emergency needs).

3.4 Subcontract Management

The contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement. The contractor shall respond to government requests for contractual actions in a timely fashion. The contractor shall have a single point of contact between the government and contractor personnel assigned to support contracts or task orders. The contractor shall assign work effort and maintaining proper and accurate time keeping records of personnel assigned to work on the requirement.

3.5 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The contractor shall accomplish the assigned work by employing and utilizing qualified personnel with appropriate combinations of education, training, and experience. The contractor shall match personnel skills to the work or task with a minimum of under/over employment of resources. The contractor shall ensure the labor categories in the final contract, labor rates, and man-hours utilized in the performance of each Task Order (SOO line item) issued hereunder will be the minimum necessary to accomplish the task The contractor shall provide the necessary resources to manage, perform, and administer the contract.

3.6 Location and Hours of Work

The services shall be performed remotely at contractor selected site(s).

3.7 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

While travel is not anticipated for this contract, the government reserves the right to authorize travel as needed, through email notification from the contracting office. The contractor shall make travel arrangements for employees as required.

3.8 Data Rights

The Government has an unlimited rights license to all technical data and computer software produced under this contract. The Government’s rights in non-commercial technical data and computer software are set forth in DFARS 252.227-7013 and DFARS 252.227-7014, respectively. The Government’s rights in technical data relating to commercial items are set forth in DFARS 252.227-7015. The Government’s rights in commercial computer software are generally set forth in the commercial software license agreement unless it conflicts with the underlying contract or otherwise fails to meet Government needs. Data rights assertions of the contractor shall be set forth in tabular form pursuant to DFARS 252.227-7017.

4.0 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.

This section describes the special requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

4.1 Security and Safety. N/A

4.2 Transition.

The contractor shall follow the transition plan submitted as part of the proposal and keep the government fully informed of status throughout the transition period. Throughout the phase-in/phase-out periods, it is essential that attention be given to minimize interruptions or delays to work in progress that would impact the mission. The contractor must plan for the transfer of work control, delineating the method for processing and assigning tasks during the phase-in/phase-out periods. [Include as monitored item in monthly status report (or other deliverable) if this paragraph is applicable.]

4.3 Government Furnished Materials. N/A

4.4 Environmental Requirements. N/A

4.5 Applicable Directives. Reserved

5. Deliverables.

The contractor shall provide deliverables as described in subsequent task orders. Deliverables shall be specified by the government. Format and delivery schedule for deliverables shall be outlined in CDRLs and/or other means TBD.

5.1 Contract Data Requirements List.

Each task order will specify its own contract data requirements list (CDRL). CDRLs are expected to include:

1. CBRN Defense Countermeasure Portfolio Mission Support Management Plan

2. Task Order Management Plan (TOMP)

3. Task Order Quality Control Plan

4. Task Order Monthly Status Performance

5. Task Order Monthly Cost Report

5.2 Service Contract Reporting.

System for Award Management (SAM) Service Contract Report (SCR). The Contractor shall report ALL Contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the JPEO-CBRND via a secure data collection site. The Contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields through the following web address: www.sam.gov. Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government FY, which runs from October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk by clicking “View Assistance for SAM.gov” which is located at the top of the SAM.gov website.

From there, select “Contact Our Service Desk” which will allow direct contact with SAM.gov. If contract period of performance ends prior to September 30, the Contractor has 30 calendar days from end date of the contract to complete the SAM SCR requirement.

6.0 POINTS OF CONTACT:

Contracting Officer (KO):

Name: Dan Adams Phone: 508-206-2040 Email: dan.l.adams2.civ@army.mil

Contracting Specialist (KS):

Name: Jason Papadopoulos Phone: 508-206-2073 Email: jason.g.papadopoulos.civ@army.mil

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR):

Name: Josh Israel Phone: 443-655-3513 Email: joshua.d.israel4.civ@army.mil http://www.sam.gov/