1209-02 - HAB Testing SOW Rev2 Copy for posting.pdf

HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON (HAB) TESTING

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

1.0 BACKGROUND

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Unmanned & Expeditionary Weapon System (Code H) , Asymmetric Systems Division (H10), Expeditionary Systems Integration Branch (H14) has requirements for support to NSWCDD’s High Altitude Balloon Program (HAB). The support will be up to four (4) each Continental United States (CONUS) tests events followed by a single test event Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS).

The testing support will consist of utilizing and piloting US Government-owned Lighter-than-Air flight platforms to launch specified payloads from terrestrial and maritime environments into Near-Space or the Stratosphere and approximately 15-20 miles above the earth’s surface. These platforms provide the sponsor’s payloads an environment free of Line-of-Sight (LOS) or electronic interference restrictions to carry-out specified missions.

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2.1 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulations and Advisory Circulars;

2.2 Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and Advisory Circulars;

2.3 Department of Defense Contract Security Classification, DD Form 254, dated April 2018;

2.4 Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL), DD Form 1423-1, dated February 2001; and

2.5 Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Specifications.

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

3.1 The Contractor shall provide a pilot experienced with both of the HAB systems owned by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), the STARA Space ATSC Icarus System (Primary System) and the Space Data Systems Combat SkySatTM System (ALT System).

3.1.1 The Contractor shall ensure the pilot has on-site classroom and in-the-field training from for both the ATSC Icarus System and Space Data Combat SkySatTM System with a minimum of one-hunderd (100) hours of Stratospheric flight time in each system.

3.1.2 The Contractor shall provide a pilot to participate in pre-mission planning, deployment to test or operational location, on-site weather and wind forecasting, daily briefing to sponsor and team, Establishment of Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) with the FAA, filling of HAB System with calculated lift gas, launch of HAB, reconfirm Wind layers during ascent, and control flight in Stratosphere during specified mission parameters,

3.1.3 The Contractor shall coordinate flight termination and descent with NSWCDD team, the sponsor’s team, and the FAA.

3.1.4 The Contractor shall provide technical input and recommendations throughout the planning and execution process to mitigate work delays and scope creep for scheduled Continental United States (CONUS) Risk Reduction Events and a final optional Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) Operational Flight Campaign (CDRL A001).

3.2 The Contractor shall provide all necessary lift gas during CONUS HAB testing in accordance with (IAW) FAA regulations.

3.3 The Contractor shall supply all tooling, hardware, and test equipment necessary to support all HAB testing.

3.4 The Contractor shall provide support for seven (7) days conducting four (4) Risk reduction Flights fitted with sponsor’s payloads to altitude of approximately 85,000 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) for up to 8 hours and assist in recovering the payload as available (CDRL A002, A003).

3.5 The Contractor shall price three (3) each separate additional optional line items for CONUS testing event support as follows:

3.5.1 The Contractor shall provide support for seven (7) days conducting four (4) Risk reduction Flights fitted with government payloads to altitude of approximately 85,000 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) for up to 8 hours and assist in recovering the payload as available

(CDRL A002, A003).

3.5.1.1 The Contractor shall provide a pilot to participate in pre-mission planning, deployment to test or operational location, on-site weather and wind forecasting, daily briefing to sponsor and team, Establishment of NOTAM with the FAA, filling of HAB System with calculated lift gas, launch of HAB, reconfirm Wind layers during ascent, and control flight in Stratosphere during specified mission parameters.

3.5.1.2 The Contractor pilot shall coordinate flight termination and descent with NSWCDD team, the sponsor’s team, and the FAA.

3.5.1.3 The Contractor pilot shall provide technical input and recommendations throughout the planning and execution process to mitigate work delays and scope creep (CDRL A001).

3.5.1.4 The Contractor shall provide all necessary lift gas during CONUS HAB testing in accordance with (IAW) FAA and FAR regulations.

3.5.1.4.1 The Contractor shall ensure cylinders are secured at all times and stored in a manner that protects them from the weather if at all possible.

3.5.1.4.2 The Contractor shall enusre Flammable (Hydrogen) and Non-Flammable cylinders are stored separately.

3.5.1.4.3 The Contractor shall ensure no smoking signs are in flammable storage areas.

3.5.1.4.4 The Contractor shall ensure caps remain on the bottles at all times unless they are in use.

3.5.1.5 The Contractor shall supply all tooling, hardware, and test equipment necessary to support all HAB testing.

3.6 The Contractor shall price one (1) each separate additional optional line item for OCONUS testing event support as follows:

3.6.1 The Contractor shall provide support for twenty-eight (28) days conducting eight (8) Risk reduction Flights fitted with government payloads to altitude of approximately 85,000 feet AGL for up to 16 hours and assist in recovering the payload as available (CDRL A002, A003, A004).

3.6.1.1 The Contractor shall provide a pilot to participate in pre-mission planning, deployment to test or operational location, on-site weather and wind forecasting, daily briefing to sponsor and team, Establishment of NOTAM with the FAA, filling of HAB System with calculated lift gas, launch of HAB, reconfirm Wind layers during ascent, and control flight in Stratosphere during specified mission parameters.

3.6.1.2 The Contractor pilot shall coordinate flight termination and descent with NSWCDD team, the sponsor’s team, and the FAA.

3.6.1.3 The Contractor pilot shall provide technical input and recommendations throughout the planning and execution process to mitigate work delays and scope creep (CDRL A001).

3.6.1.4 The Contractor shall provide all necessary lift gas during OCONUS HAB testing IAW FAA and FAR regulations.

3.6.1.4.1 The Contractor shall ensure cylinders are secured at all times and stored in a manner that protects them from the weather if at all possible.

3.6.1.4.2 The Contractor shall enusre Flammable (Hydrogen) and Non-Flammable cylinders are stored separately.

3.6.1.4.3 The Contractor shall ensure no smoking signs are in flammable storage areas.

3.6.1.4.4 The Contractor shall ensure caps remain on the bottles at all times unless they are in use.

3.6.1.5 The Contractor shall supply all tooling, hardware, and test equipment necessary to support all HAB testing.

*The Contractor shall not perform any services outside of the testing events funded. If any additional optional testing is required, the Contractor shall submit a quote to the TPOC and Contracting Officer for approval and subsequent contract modification prior to completing the additional testing.

**The Government reserves the right to modify this contract at a later date to cover additional testing support identified as optional line items.

4.0 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY/MATERIAL/INFORMATION

(GFP/GFM/GFI)

None

5.0 SECURITY

The Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification (DD254) provides the security classification requirements for this effort.

5.1 Facility Clearance: The Contractor shall possess and maintain a SECRET facility clearance as verified within the National Industrial Security System.

5.1.1 Physical Security: No safeguarding of classified material is authorized at the contractor facility. Safeguarding will only be required at the actual performance site listed in Block 13 on the DD254. Actual performance site’s security regulations and guidelines will apply.

5.2 Electronic spillages (ES) are unacceptable and pose a risk to national security. An electronic spillage is defined as classified data placed on an information system (IS), media or hardcopy document possessing insufficient security controls to protect the data at the required classification level, thus posing a risk to national security (e.g., sensitive compartmented information (SCI) onto collateral, Secret onto Unclassified, etc.). The Contractor's performance as it relates to ES will be evaluated by the Government. ES reflects on the overall security posture of the Government and a lack of attention to detail with regard to the handling of classified information of IS security discipline and will be reflected in the Contractor's performance rating. In the event that a Contractor is determined to be responsible for an ES, all direct and indirect costs incurred by the Government for ES remediation will be charged to the Contractor.

5.2.1 NSWCDD Command Security will continue to be responsible for the corrective action plan in accordance with the security guidance reflected on the DOD Contract Security Classification Specification - DD254. Command Security will identify the Contractor facility and Contract number associated with all electronic spillages during the investigation that involve Contractor support. Command Security will notify the Contracts Division with the Contractor facility name and Contract number, incident specifics and associated costs for cleanup. The Contracting Officer will be responsible to work with the Contractor Facility to capture the costs incurred during the spillage clean up. The Contractor is also responsible for taking Information Security Awareness training annually, via their Facility Security Officer (FSO), as part of the mandatory training requirements. If a spillage occurs, additional training will be required to prevent recurrence.

5.3 Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs): Non-government and/or personally owned portable electronic devices (PEDs) are prohibited in all NSWCDD buildings with the exception of personally owned cell phones, which are authorized for use in General Office Spaces (GOS). All personnel need to be aware of PED’s policy and being permitted in a building by asking authorized personnel or reviewing the entrance area signs and instructions. The Contractor/personnel visiting shall ensure the onsite personnel remain compliant with this PED policy. NSWCDD instruction defines PEDs as the following: any electronic device designed to be easily transported, with the capability to store, record, receive or transmit text, images, video, or audio data in any format via any transmission medium. PED’s include, but are not limited to, pagers, laptops, radios, compact discs and cassette players/recorders. In addition, this includes removable storage media such as flash memory, memory sticks, multimedia cards and secure digital cards, micro-drive modules, ZIP drives, ZIP disks, CD-RWs, DVD-RWs, MP3 players, iPADs, digital picture frames, electronic book readers, kindle, nook, cameras, external hard dish drives, and floppy diskettes.

5.3.1 Personal Wearable Fitness Devices (PWFDs) marketed primarily as fitness or sleep devices are allowed in all Navy spaces, if they are compliant with NAVADMIN 216/15, where collateral non-Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), classified information is processed, stored, or discussed up to and including secret. The User must ensure the PWFD is compliant with all requirements in NAVADMIN 216/15, Cyber Hygiene Authorization to use Personal Wearable Fitness Devices (e.g., FitBit, Jawbone UP, etc.) in Navy Spaces, dated 14 September 2015 and register PWFD in the NSWCDD Fitness Device Tracker.

5.3.2 Personnel requiring the use of Medical Portable Electronic Devices (MPEDs) must submit Form NSWCDD 5239/4 for SCIF authorization to the Special Security Officer (SSO).

For Special Access Program Facility (SAPF) authorizations, follow the guidance provided by the Government Special Access Program Security Officer (GSSO). Authorizations for use in SAPFs that are co-utilized within NSWCDD SCIFs require coordination between both the GSSO and SSO. For authorizations to use MPED in Collateral Classified spaces, submit form to the Special Programs Branch, Code 1053.

5.3.3 PED’s belonging to an external organization shall not be connected to NSWCDD networks or infrastructure without prior approval from the NSWCDD Information Assurance and Compliance Branch. This approval will be granted using the TARIS form and action tracker process.

5.3.4 Personally owned hardware or software shall not be connected or introduced to any NSWCDD hardware, network or information system infrastructure.”

5.4 Navy-issued peripheral: Government procured headsets with or without microphones must be wired, use either a 3.5 millimeter (mm) audio jack or universal serial bus (USB) port, cannot contain active-noise cancelling functionality and may be used on systems and may be used on systems of classification up to and including collateral Top Secret. The headsets are considered unclassified when unplugged, and must be unplugged when not in use within classified spaces or when classified discussions are taking place in unclassified spaces.

5.4.1 Government procured Bluetooth earbuds and headsets that do not require a USB dongle or any other physical connection to enable wireless connectivity are allowed for use on government issued tablets, phones, and personal devices in telework environments or unclassified general office space where no classified discussion are occurring.

5.4.2 Web cameras may only be used on systems at the classification level of the space. For example, in a collateral SECRET open storage area an external web camera may be connected to the SECRET workstation only. No camera pass is required for these devices.

5.4.3 Government provided printers and/or scanners are authorized in a telework environment.

Users must ensure that any paper or media containing controlled unclassified information (CUI) or unclassified information not authorized for public release is safeguarded by locking in a drawer, cabinet or room. CUI and unclassified information not approved for public release must be returned to the worksite for destruction.

5.5 Government issued peripherals may be used on personal devices: While connected to any Navy network, whether on site or while in a telework environment, the use of headsets with microphones and web cameras are restricted to official government duties.

5.6 Operations Security (OPSEC): Contractor personnel shall follow OPSEC concepts and principles in the conduct of this requirement to protect critical information, personnel, facilities, equipment, and operations from compromise. All Contractors (including Subcontractors) shall supplement their current security practices by requiring any personnel involved in executing this contract to complete Government-sponsored and administered Operations Security (OPSEC) training. In addition, all Contractors should be aware of the Critical Information and Indicators List (CIIL) for the organization they are supporting as well as the OPSEC plan for NSWCDD.

These OPSEC requirements will be in effect throughout the life of the procurement from award through the conclusion of services at the end of the period of performance (PoP) or other procurement termination. The Contractor must immediately notify the Government upon the discovery of any nonconformance with the OPSEC Plan.

5.7 Privacy Program Training: Privacy training is mandatory for all NSWCDD personnel (military, civilian, and contractor) and must be completed annually. Total Workforce

Management Services (TWMS) is the official database for workforce training and is the tool for taking and recording privacy act training. The contractor is responsible for ensuring individual annual privacy training requirements are met.

6.0 TRAVEL

The contractor will be required to travel in performance of this contract. The number of trips and types of personnel traveling shall be limited to the minimum required to accomplish work requirements and shall be coordinated with the technical point of contact. All travel shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR). The following travel is anticipated:

Location Number of Personel Days Phoenix, AZ 1 7 Bogue, NC 1 7

Phoenix, AZ 1 7 Phoenix, AZ 1 7

Seoul, South Korea 1 28

7.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

To be provided at time of award.