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SECTION B -- SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND COSTS/PRICES

Offeror shall enter total estimated costs for a cost-type contract for services identified in the Statement of

Work (SOW) found under Section C – Description/Specifications/Statement of Work. Offeror shall also provide a breakdown of estimated costs in accordance with clause GS2186 found under Section L.

The Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for this requirement is $150K to $250K annually per contract award.

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Summary

The Department of the Interior's (DOI’s) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA have a joint interest in convening and supporting a Landsat Science Team. The overall responsibility of the Landsat

Science Team member is to focus their expertise and provide relevant science and technical evaluations and recommendations on the following issues pertinent to the Landsat program:

• Current and future Landsat missions

• Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Landsat Next and future mission concepts

• Maintaining the Landsat data archive and maximizing its value to Landsat users through collection, product, and service offerings

• Future science measurement needs and applications

• Research innovations to advance Landsat applications

• Scientific issues associated with Landsat Next mission development

• Multi-mission synergy with other international, interagency, and industry Earth observation systems

• Potential new modalities for advanced Landsat data processing and product generation

Each selected Principal Investigator (PI) will participate as a member of the USGS/NASA

Landsat Science Team and will conduct research and evaluation activities that are relevant to and support

Landsat and SLI Program needs. The duration of each selected PI’s offer to be a Science Team member is up to five years. This timeframe will ensure Science Team continuity through the continuation of Landsat

8 and 9 operations and Landsat Next mission development.

Background

Since 1972, a series of eight Landsat Earth-observing satellite missions have acquired a unique and continuous record of global land and nearshore remote sensing data that has become indispensable for detecting and monitoring natural and human-induced changes to the Earth’s surface. Landsat 9 was the most recently launched mission (September 2021). The NASA-Department of the Interior (DOI) SLI program is now developing the next generation of Landsat observatories with plans for a launch of

Landsat Next by 2030/2031.

The Landsat program is at a stable point in its long history where the long-sought U.S. policy goal of measurement continuity is being realized. The program’s immediate challenges are to (1) ensure the continued collection and incorporation of Landsat 8 and 9’s data within the Landsat historical archive for the purposes of observing and monitoring national and global environmental systems and their change, (2) advance and encourage cloud-based Landsat science, products, and applications that may also include other complementary Earth observations, and (3) understand the potential scientific challenges associated with the USGS and NASA’s next generation of operational land and aquatic imaging observatories, including Landsat Next.

A top priority of USGS is to ensure continuity of the Landsat data archive while safeguarding current spectral, spatial, temporal, and radiometric measurement performance and image data quality.

NASA, DOI, and USGS are therefore conducting investigations within the SLI Program so that future

Landsat-class Earth observation data satisfy the needs of Federal, State, local, tribal governments, academia, and the U.S. public, and contribute to global environmental observations, research, and applications through international cooperation.

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With an archive that now exceeds 10 million Landsat images, USGS recognizes the need to provide collection-based Landsat data products that are traceable, systematically processed, science grade, and application-ready for the full 50+ year data record. Such Landsat collection data products are well suited for monitoring and change detection of land and water surface conditions to support quantitative analysis and modeling of climate and other related Earth system processes. The need for high-quality

Landsat data to support global change research needs is articulated in the U.S. Geological Survey’s 21st century science strategy (U.S. Geological Survey 21st-Century science strategy 2020–2030 (usgs.gov), NASA’s Science Plans (Science Strategy | Science Mission Directorate (nasa.gov)), and the National

Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine 2018 Earth Science and Applications from Space

(ESAS) Decadal Survey (Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space | National

Academies). The diverse range of terrestrial land and aquatic environmental variables that can be retrieved from Landsat provide an important contribution to the World Meteorological Organization

(WMO)’s Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) (Home | GCOS (wmo.int)). USGS therefore places as high priority on maintaining and improving the quality of retrieved fundamental geophysical and thematic land and aquatic information from Landsat and other mission measurements obtained through the SLI Program.

The Landsat Science Team should help ensure that the USGS together with NASA successfully defines and implements an updated and improved suite of processing specifications for Collection 3 of its

Landsat global archive and help inform the development of Landsat Next and future mission concepts that remain compatible with the Landsat data record. The Team should also research and promote new scientific and technical capabilities into the mission to meet a broader range of traditional and emerging remote sensing user needs. It should also recommend on other key foci of the SLI Program: How other

U.S. government, commercial, and international Earth observations (e.g., the European Copernicus

Sentinel-2 missions) can be synergistically exploited with the Landsat data record.

The Landsat Science team will therefore be convened by USGS and NASA for the purpose of conducting scientific research on technical issues critical to the success of the overall Landsat and SLI program (i.e., Landsat archive continuity, and Landsat 8/9 and future Landsat missions), including science measurement product requirements, evaluation of scientific elements associated with Landsat Next design and development; achieving multi-mission synergy and interoperability with other U.S. and international

Earth observation data, advancing new Landsat-enabled science and applications, and understanding potential new modalities for advancing Landsat data processing and product generation capabilities.

USGS and NASA expect that Landsat Science Team members will provide valuable scientific input on future measurement needs which can inform agency science and application mission requirements, specifications, and concept development. To meet these responsibilities, Landsat Science

Team members must be knowledgeable of fundamental remote sensing science capabilities, such as:

• Terrestrial land and aquatic optical imaging

• Multi-spectral data properties

• Terrestrial land and aquatic monitoring needs and challenges

• Applications of historical, contemporary, and emerging Landsat data uses

• Complementary and emerging remote sensing capabilities such as Synthetic Aperture Radar

(SAR), LiDAR, and imaging spectroscopy

• Concepts related to effective use of the Landsat archive from multiple Landsat missions

Collectively, this Team expertise can help USGS and NASA to better address the needs of Landsat-class data users for Earth science research, applications development, and support to public services.

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Due to the large capital investment needed and the complex scope of Landsat missions, the independent expertise of the Landsat Science Team can play a critical science and technical role to NASA and USGS. The agencies expect that the Team can play an important role in reducing risks to mission design, functional capabilities, and related continuity and improvements in measurements and data applications. Reduced mission risks and improved mission capabilities will help to satisfy the diverse needs of the growing Landsat data user community.

Required Topical Expertise

Academic, industry, and non-governmental organization scientists and engineers are eligible to serve on the Landsat Science Team in this contract solicitation opportunity. The intent is for the Team to be broadly representative of the entire Landsat data user community. Team will be expected to provide unvarnished science, engineering, and applications perspectives on topics that are important to their respective thematic user communities.

Science team membership should represent broad topical versatility and diversity with a wide range of remote sensing career experience (i.e., early, mid, and senior levels). Team members’ expertise and demonstrated research should include the following topics: data characterization and instrument science, data processing strategies and methods using cloud technology, uptake and utility of data science concepts, science data product development and societally beneficial information delivery, and familiarity with other Earth-observing modalities and satellite systems.

The Landsat Science Team should conduct scientific research and share the results of its research in these areas with the USGS, NASA, and other partners. Landsat Science Team proposers are encouraged to group around joint and complementary objectives by science discipline, with a designated

PI, supporting Co-Investigators, Post-Doctoral staff, students and/or technical support staff across multiple institutions if appropriate. Examples of scientific and technical expertise relevant to Landsat and

SLI are as follows:

Earth Observation Data Characterization and Inter-operability

• Working closely with the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Calibration &

Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) on assessment of the scientific measurement performance of Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instruments’ radiometric and geometric characteristics, in comparison with past Landsat missions

• Develop and apply methods and techniques for integrating, merging, or harmonizing Landsat data to facilitate interoperability advancements with measurements collected by other passive optical and active (e.g., Synthetic Aperture Radar, LiDAR, and imaging spectroscopy) imaging satellite instruments, including international and commercial data sources

• Support Landsat and terrestrial imaging research and development efforts that focus on preparatory activities for future Landsat collection processing, Landsat Next algorithms, and advancing science research to maximize the benefits of Landsat Next enhanced capabilities for science applications.

• Assessment of future measurement requirements and precursor instrument studies to inform evolution of the SLI Program, Landsat Next, and subsequent Landsat mission data capabilities that include finer spectral resolution (i.e., imaging spectroscopy/hyperspectral), finer spatial resolution, and higher temporal frequency.

Specific requested scientific efforts include Landsat-relevant but mission-agonistic advanced methods for:

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Atmospheric correction that considers total propagated uncertainty calculations, inter-comparison and application of remote sensing bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) models, assessment and application of narrow or broadband spectral convolution techniques across multiple instruments

Science and application large area processing and analytical demonstrations using both hybrid and cloud deployable compute architectures that employ Gaussian (i.e., parametric), radiative transfer, probabilistic (i.e., Bayesian), or machine learning approaches to include responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as outlined by the U.S. Chief Technology Officer | OSTP | The

White House.

Landsat Science Data Products

• Working closely with the EROS Land Satellites Data System (LSDS) Science Research &

Development (LSRD) Project to support specifications, evaluations, and algorithms for next generation analysis-ready Landsat archive data products using cloud technologies

• Requirements, strategies, and algorithms for innovative new Landsat Next standard (i.e., Level 2) and derived products (i.e., Level 3 and Level 4) using cloud technologies

• Advanced Landsat data science algorithms, methods or strategies for large-area land and aquatic change assessments using cloud technologies

• Advanced data science algorithms and approaches for developing and prototyping Landsat biophysical and Essential Climate Variable (ECV) information products

• Assessment of Landsat data products’ readiness for use in accurate detection and characterization of environmental change from local to global scales

• Usage of the entire Landsat archive for continuous monitoring of the Earth’s surface and supporting informed, anticipatory forecasting of future Earth system change, and the resultant risks and vulnerabilities

This is not an exhaustive list, and USGS will consider other areas of topical expertise relevant to the

Landsat program. The USGS anticipates that Landsat Science Team member proposers will represent and consider the following topical areas when developing responses to this solicitation:

Land-Water-Climate Interactions and Processes

Advance Landsat and SLI science and applications in the ever-growing list of thematic areas, such as:

• Land cover/land use change

• Surface albedo

• Vegetation

• Fire

• Water quality, quantity, and availability

• Snow hydrology

• Glacial ice dynamics

• Evapotranspiration

• Agriculture and crop residue

• Forestry

• Ecosystems and biodiversity

• Urbanization https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ostps-teams/u-s-chief-technology-officer/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ostps-teams/u-s-chief-technology-officer/

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These thematic focus areas do not require or request product development per se, but rather, a focus on advancements in either processing techniques, algorithmic performance and characterization, or prototypes that could provide the basis for future product generation concepts that will meet evolving science and application user needs. USGS encourages proposers to review and consider the following

Earth Observation climate framework for satellite measurements and data records at GCOS | WMO.

USGS is interested in building capacity for the interactions and processes listed above to be assimilated into either land surface or climate models at a range of spatial scales.

Time Series Processing and Analysis

USGS has placed the 50+ year collection-based Landsat data record in the cloud to enable time series data processing, analysis, and forecasting techniques to advance the next-generation of derived Landsat data products, information, and analytics. Specific science and technical work being requested under this topical area includes:

• Identification and specification of those properties and characterizations that make Landsat-relevant, but mission-agnostic, data suitable and optimized for time-series application exploitation

• Landsat-relevant, but mission-agonistic, pixel data processing techniques, generation of data quality assurance flags that indicate quantitative confidence, and advanced methods for atmospheric cloud detection and screening

• Landsat science and application use case demonstrations that incorporate spectral, spatial, and temporal dimensionality into the end-to-end remote sensing processing chain, with associated analytics as an outcome

• Demonstration of how time series processing can be executed in a large area context at a range of spatial scales

• The use of terrestrial imaging-related time series analysis for future forecasting and projection such as anticipating climate change impacts on land, water, and ecosystems

Landsat Science Team Duties

The primary responsibility of the Landsat Science Team is to represent Landsat user applications, engage key stakeholders, conduct scientific and technical studies, define and develop useful data products, and share the results of its work with the USGS, NASA, and other partners on topics that will affect the success and advance the Landsat program. Science Team members should be prepared to provide informed ideas based on their scientific and engineering expertise. In this way, Landsat Science

Team members will address issues associated with the Landsat archive and future Landsat missions to include Landsat Next. Specific Team member duties include:

• Conduct scientific and technical studies supporting the Landsat missions and user community.

• Demonstrate the scientific value and societal benefits of Landsat data

• Represent the breadth of user perspectives and their requirements on product formats, product generation, and product access considerations

• Provide feedback on critical design issues, including functional performance specifications of instruments, ground systems, product generation, and product access capabilities that affect

Landsat data users

• Consider and recommend practices to advance interoperability of all Landsat data with other current or future Earth observation systems

• Provide scientific insights on requirements and capabilities for Landsat Next and future Landsat missions that result in data continuity, enhancement, and increased societal benefit https://gcos.wmo.int/en/essential-climate-variables

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• Represent Landsat science and application interests in appropriate forums, including scientific meetings and other related stakeholder engagement sessions

• Promote Landsat program interests in the transformation to open science (read here for more details on NASA’s plan, https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/transform-to-open-science)

The Landsat Science Team will hold full team in-person meetings at least twice per year, or more frequently if issues arise that require direct discussion with USGS and NASA officials. During these meetings, Landsat Science Team members will present their contributions that are relevant to their

Landsat Science Team participation and will be briefed by USGS and NASA staff on mission and program status. Landsat Science Team members should organize sessions at appropriate professional meetings and special issues in scientific journals to share results of their Landsat Science Team objectives and facilitate scientific exchange with the Landsat and broader terrestrial remote sensing user communities. In addition, each Team member will be required to provide an annual research and technical review to USGS and NASA to receive feedback on better ways to align their impact on Landsat and SLI activities with mission and/or programmatic goals. Finally, all research papers, information, algorithms, and publications produced by each Landsat Science Team member will be made available to the public on the USGS Landsat Mission website via Landsat Science Teams | U.S. Geological Survey

(usgs.gov).

Landsat Science Team Measures of Success

Overarching objectives and measures of success for the USGS/NASA Landsat mission are to:

• Acquire Earth observations that maintain continuity with past and present passive optical measurement technologies

• Operate, oversee, manage, and provide access to the collection-based 50+ year Landsat global data archive

• Prepare for Landsat Next’s mission concept development and implementation

• Contribute to evolving SLI science and application requirements for the Landsat Beyond era (i.e., 2030s and beyond).

Specific Landsat Science Team measures of success will include:

• Relevance and timeliness of Team research and recommendations to inform the pressing issues of the SLI, including operation of existing missions, specification of future missions, and development of products and services to support user community needs

• Clarity and innovativeness of scientific contributions on topics relevant to the Landsat mission

• Productivity and originality of the sponsored science as measured through publications, cited works, and new applications.

• Enhanced Landsat science products and/or algorithms including engineering capabilities that are synergistic with international Earth imaging programs, including other NASA Earth Science missions

• Successful science and technical development for the upcoming SLI Landsat Next mission

• Community contributions to, and acceptance of, future SLI mission concept planning for subsequent Landsat missions

• Visibility brought to Landsat and SLI programs across a wide range of science and applications forums

• Timely compliance with USGS and NASA requests for annual peer reviews, programmatic reports, and contributions, and requested deliverables as determined in this Statement of Work https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/transform-to-open-science https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-science-teams https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-science-teams

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These measures of success will provide direct benefits to the DOI, USGS, and NASA as they manage

Landsat 8/9 missions, plan and develop for the Landsat Next concept, and define requirements and user needs for future SLI mission concepts with the goal of continuing to improve the relevance of all archived

Landsat data for U.S. and international use.

Landsat Science Team Deliverables

As part of this contract Statement of Work, selected Landsat Science Team members will provide the following deliverables that include, but may not be limited to, the following:

• Provide a contract annual report and in-person review to USGS / NASA panel summarizing work completed, accomplishments, and notable achievements.

• Participate as a Team member in all in-person and/or virtual Team meetings.

• Contribute as a Team member to all post-meeting, Team-drafted synopses for submission to

USGS and NASA agency leadership.

• Contribute as a Team member to all Science Team-drafted topical white papers, scientific papers, actionable recommendations, and/or team led initiatives.

• Provide shareable work product with other Team members and Federal scientists that may include: scientific algorithms and code, prototype/preliminary output products, and draft manuscript material for publications.

• Notify the USGS when publications resulting from USGS financial support occur.

• Provide a final contract report summarizing the full Period of Performance work completed, accomplishments, and notable achievements.

Compliance with these required deliverables will be reviewed following USGS contract evaluation procedures at the appropriate timescale.

Scientific Integrity Statement

Scientific integrity is vital to Departmental activities under which scientific research, data, summaries, syntheses, interpretations, presentations, and/or publications are developed and used. Failure to uphold the highest degree of scientific integrity will result not only in potentially flawed scientific results, interpretations, and applications but will damage the Department’s reputation and ability to uphold the public’s trust. All work performed must comply with the Department Scientific Integrity Policy posted to https://www.doi.gov/scientificintegrity, or its equivalent as provided by their organization or State law.

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SECTION E. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1. 52.252-02 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (IBR) (February 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

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F.1 52.252-02 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (IBR) (February 1998)

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Services to be provided hereunder shall be performed at the following location(s): Contractor’s Facility

F.3 GS0910 Period of Performance (July 2001)

The period of this contract will be five years, consisting of a base year and four option years. The

Government intends for the period of performance to commence on the date of award. This clause will be updated when the exact period of performance start date is known.

F.4 GS0921 Time and Place of Delivery – Data Items (July 2001)

(a) Reports/data items to be provided hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with the following

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Annual Report Prior to conclusion of annual POP (365 days)

Final Report Prior to conclusion of total POP (five years (assuming all options are exercised))

(b) Deliveries to the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the address provided in clause GS1101.

Deliveries to the COR shall be sent to the following address:

U.S. Geological Survey

Attn: ___________________________________________________

[To be provided at time of award]

Note: The Government anticipates all deliveries to be handled electronically via email.

F.5 Annual Review

The Contractor shall participate in an annual review of project status and progress. Each contractor shall provide an overview of technical and financial progress, and summary of major accomplishments during the contract year. The review will take place with a review panel of USGS and NASA leadership, with a

Document Title focus on ensuring project progress continues to meet agency and mission goals. The Contractor shall present project progress as follows:

(1) Progress towards overarching research goals including:

- Major accomplishments, including research results, presentations, and other public outreach, published material, or other accomplishments of relevance.

- Timeline and schedule of remaining research plans towards the completion of the project.

(2) Financial summary, including actual costs and direct labor hours expended from effective date of the contract through the last day of the annual review cycle (defined as one year from award date).

Open discussion and questioning from the review panel will occur after the Contractor’s initial presentation. The panel will provide verbal feedback during the review session, followed by a written synopsis of panel questions and concerns.

F.6 GS0935 Final Report (July 2001)

(a) Draft Report. The Contractor shall submit a copy of the draft final report to the COR at least 45 days prior to the expiration of the POP. The Contractor shall furnish to the Contracting Officer a copy of the letter transmitting the draft. The draft shall be typed double-spaced and shall include all pertinent material required in the final report. The Government will review for approval or disapproval the draft and provide a response to the Contractor within 15 calendar days after receipt. If the Government does not provide a response within the allotted review time, the Contractor immediately shall notify the

Contracting Officer in writing. Any such delay in the Government's review will entitle the contractor to a day-for-day extension to the affected contract delivery or completion date, but not to any increase in the contract price or fee.

(b) Resolution of Draft Review Comments. The contractor shall make additions or other revisions to the report to satisfy concerns raised in review of the draft report. The contractor will not be required to adopt interpretations or opinions or to make recommendations contrary to its own, but is required to discuss or present such information as requested by the COR.

END OF SECTION F

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USGS Landsat Science Team

SECTION G. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 GS1101 Contract Administration Office (July 2001)

(a) This contract will be administered by:

U.S. Geological Survey

Office of Acquisition and Grants

12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., MS 205

Reston, VA 20192

ATTN: Chris Kuhn ckuhn@usgs.gov

(b) Written communications to the Administrative Contracting Officer shall make reference to the contract number and shall be emailed to the above email address.

G.2 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements-Internet Payment Platform (IPP) (April 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's

Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice: Description of services delivered and accepted by the Government and costs/prices associated with such deliverables; travel receipts/documentation; other applicable receipts/documentation; USGS

Contract number; service period; invoice number; invoice date. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), Payment documentation and process, and applicable Prompt Payment clause. Link to FAR 32.905(b):

www.acquisition.gov/far

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the

IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

G.3 GS1130 Unilateral Deobligation of Unexpended Funds (May 2013)

The contractor shall submit all invoices under the award no later than 90 calendar days after the period of performance has expired, unless a request for extension has been submitted to the Contracting Officer.

After 120 days has passed since the expiration of the performance period, the government reserves the right to issue a unilateral modification deobligating any unexpended funds, and to initiate closeout procedures.

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G.4 GS1385 Indirect Costs – Billing (April 2006)

As provided in FAR 52.216-7, Alternate II, Allowable Cost and Payment, the contractor will invoice using interim billing rates approved by the Contracting Officer or cognizant Government auditor. The contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer of any proposed or approved billing rate changes. Once approved, the new interim billing rates may be applied prospectively or retroactively, as necessary to prevent substantial overpayment or underpayment.

END OF SECTION G

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SECTION H. SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 GS1330 Key Personnel (July 2001)

(a) The Contractor shall assign to this contract the following key personnel to the identified positions/functions:

Position/Function Name

(Offeror must fill in names of proposed key personnel, as presented in the technical proposal.)

(b) During the first 90 days of performance, the Contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel unless the substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer within 15 calendar days after the occurrence of any of these events and provide the information required by paragraph (c) below. After the initial 90-day period, the

Contractor shall submit the information required by paragraph (c) to the Contracting Officer at least 15 days prior to making any permanent substitutions.

(c) The Contractor shall provide a detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating the proposed substitutions, complete resumes for the proposed substitutes, and any additional information requested by the Contracting Officer. Proposed substitutes must possess qualifications comparable to the original key person, as well as satisfying any minimum standards set forth elsewhere in the solicitation/contract. The

Contracting Officer will notify the Contractor within 15 calendar days after receipt of all required information of the decision on substitutions. This clause will be modified to reflect any approved changes of key personnel.

H.2 GS1305 Use and Reporting of Contractor Performance Information (December 2015)

a) FAR 42.1502 directs all Federal agencies to collect past performance information on contracts. The

Department of the Interior (DOI) has implemented the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting

System (CPARS) to comply with this regulation. One or more past performance evaluations will be conducted in order to record your contract performance as required by FAR 42.15.

b) The past performance evaluation process is a totally paperless process using CPARS. CPARS is a web-based system that allows for electronic processing of the performance evaluation report. Once the report is processed, it is available in CPARS for Government use in evaluating past performance as part of a source selection action.

c) We request that you furnish the Contracting Officer (CO) with the name, position title, phone number, and email address for each person designated to have access to your firm's past performance evaluation(s) for the contract no later than 30 days after award. Each person granted access will have the ability to provide comments in the Contractor portion of the report and state whether or not the Contractor agrees with the evaluation, before returning the report to the Assessing Official (AO). Information in the report must be protected as source selection sensitive information not releasable to the public.

d) When your Contractor Representative(s) are registered in CPARS, they will receive an automatically generated email with detailed login instructions. Further details, systems requirements, and training information for CPARS is available at https://www.cpars.gov/.

e) Within 60 days after the end of a performance period, the AO will complete an interim or final past performance evaluation, and the report will be accessible at https://www.cpars.gov/.

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• Contractor Representatives may then provide comments in response to the evaluation, or return the evaluation without comment.

• Your comments should focus on objective facts in the AO's narrative and should provide your views on the causes and ramifications of the assessed performance.

• All information provided should be reviewed for accuracy prior to submission.

• If you elect not to provide comments, please acknowledge receipt of the evaluation by indicating "No comment" in the space provided, and then selecting “Accept the Ratings and

Close the Evaluation”.

• Your response is due within 60 calendar days after receipt of the CPAR. On day 15, the evaluation will become available in CPARS marked as “Pending” with or without comments and whether or not it has been closed.

• If you do not sign and submit the CPAR within 60 days, it will automatically be returned to the

Government and will be annotated: "The report was delivered/received by the contractor on

(date). The contractor neither signed nor offered comment in response to this assessment."

f) The following guidelines apply concerning your use of the past performance evaluation:

• Protect the evaluation as source selection information. After review, transmit the evaluation by completing and submitting the form through CPARS. If for some reason you are unable to view and/or submit the form through CPARS, contact the CO for instructions.

• Strictly control access to the evaluation within your organization. Ensure the evaluation is never released to persons or entities outside of your control.

• Prohibit the use of or reference to evaluation data for advertising, promotional material, pre-award surveys, responsibility determinations, production readiness reviews, or other similar purposes.

g) If you wish to discuss a past performance evaluation, you should request a meeting in writing to the

CO no later than seven days following your receipt of the evaluation. The meeting will be held in person or via telephone or other means during your 60-day review period.

h) A copy of the completed past performance evaluation will be available in CPARS for your viewing and for Government use supporting source selection actions after it has been finalized.

H.3 GS1335 Designation of Patent Counsel (July 2001)

The Assistant Solicitor for Procurement and Patents, Office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior, 18th & C Streets, Washington, NW, D.C., 20240, is the authorized representative of the Contracting

Officer on matters relating to the patents and inventions clauses. The Contractor shall send all correspondence relating to these clauses to the patent advisor with a copy to the Contracting Officer.

H.4 GS1338 Notice of Government Delays (July 2001)

In the event the contractor encounters difficulty in meeting performance requirements, or when it anticipates difficulty in complying with the contract delivery schedule or date, or whenever the contractor has knowledge that any actual or potential situation is delaying or threatens to delay the timely performance of this contract, the contractor shall immediately notify the contracting officer and the COR

(if one has been designated), in writing, giving pertinent details. This data shall be informational only in character. Notice under this provision shall not be construed as a waiver by the Government of any delivery schedule or date or of any rights or remedies provided by law or under this contract.

H.5 GS1352 Subcontracting Restriction (July 2001)

Except as specifically approved in writing, in advance, by the Contracting Officer, the contractor shall not subcontract any work to be performed hereunder. It is contemplated that approval will be given for

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USGS Landsat Science Team subcontracting certain phases of the work when, in the opinion of the COR and the Contracting Officer, such subcontracting will not adversely affect the quality or delivery of the final product nor the difficulty or cost of inspection and testing. Requests for approval to subcontract shall be submitted, in writing, to the Contracting Officer.

Consent is given to the following subcontracts:

Subcontractor Name Activity Value Subcontract Type

H.6. GS1359 Travel and Transportation (July 2001)

(a) The contractor shall be reimbursed for actual transportation costs and travel allowances of contractor employees in accordance with the travel cost principle in FAR 31.205, and Government Travel

Regulations. Charges exceeding the amounts established in the Government Travel Regulations for individuals engaged in comparable functions may be disallowed as unreasonable unless approved in advance by the Contracting Officer. Submit original receipts and/or invoices with request for reimbursement.

(b) Costs for air transportation will not be reimbursed in an amount greater than the cost of commercially scheduled economy class (tourist) air travel by the most expeditious route, except as provided in the applicable cost principles cited in paragraph (a) above.

(c) All travel itineraries not included in the contractor's approved cost proposal for the contract or individual task order must receive the prior written approval of the contracting officer.

H.7. GS1364 Non-Personal Services-Supervision of Contractor Employees (September 2017)

a) This contract is a “nonpersonal services contract” as defined in FAR 37.101. It is therefore, understood and agreed that the contractor and/or the contractor’s employees:

• shall perform the services specified herein as independent contractors, not as employees of the government;

• shall request clarification in writing from the Contracting Officer if the Contractor finds it necessary with respect to the scope of services to be performed or the manner in which the services are to be performed hereunder;

• shall be responsible for their own management and administration of the work required and bear sole responsibility for complying with any and all technical, schedule, or financial requirements or constraints attendant to the performance of this contract;

• shall be free from supervision, direction or control by any government employee with respect to the manner or method of performance of the services specified; but

• shall comply with such general direction of the Contracting Officer (or the duly authorized representative) pursuant to the government’s right and obligation to inspect, accept or reject the work as is necessary to ensure accomplishment of the contract objectives.

• shall not be at any time during the contract period employees of the U.S. Government.

b) The contractor's employees and subcontractors must make clear, in dealings with the public, federal employees, or other contractors that they are not federal employees. To minimize possible confusion, contractors and subcontractors are not permitted to wear clothing or other items (apart from official identity credential) bearing the name, logo, or seal of the U.S. Geological Survey while performing work under this contract.

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c) (Applicable to contracts with individuals) The Government and the Contractor recognize and agree that no employer-employee relationship exists or will exist under the contract between the Government and the Contractor’s personnel. Both parties agree to each of the following:

• Entitlement and benefits, including worker’s compensation, applicable to an employer-employee relationship do not apply;

• Payments by…