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00001 BASE YEAR - The contractor must oversee all resources dedicated for efforts defined and required by AVS and other FAA LOBs in which AVS must provide safety oversight.

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Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form Clauses

F.4 DELIVERY OF MATERIALS (APPLICABLE TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND

The Contractor shall deliver material including but not limited to original work papers, notes and drafts, printed materials, and pamphlets developed in support of the work performed. The delivery date for materials, publications, etc. shall be established as “after receipt of order” (days) from the date of written task order by the Contracting Officer of the COR. This material is considered “subject data” in accordance with the provisions of the AMS clause 3.5-13 entitled “Rights in Data – General”.

Section B - Supplies or Services/Prices Section B - Schedule

B.1 GENERAL

Section B – The Contractor must furnish all personnel, management and technical supervision, and other items and services necessary to successfully perform the tasks that are defined in the following sections of this SOW. The support services specified are mission critical and time sensitive. The recurring tasks specified in this SOW will be ordered by “task orders” signed and issued by the Contracting Officer (CO), with well-defined deliverables and acceptance criteria for each deliverable, due dates and milestone dates. During the performance of this contract, support tasks will be added that are required and that are within the basic scope of this SOW. These tasks, when identified by the Government, must be funded on a case-by-case basis.

B.2 TYPE AND TERM OF CONTRACT

This acquisition is for an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract with firm fixed priced Labor Hours to include ODCs, fixed material and handling rate to be applied to ODCs, fully-loaded fixed price labor rates and cost reimbursable travel in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations. The term of this contract is for one (1) base year period and four (4) option year periods. All terms and conditions contained in this document will be applicable to all task orders issued under this contract, unless otherwise specified by an individual task order, as additional requirements may be specified in each task order.

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Section C - Description/Specifications Scope of Work

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AC4548 EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND EXERCISES DURING CONTRACT PERFORMANCE (JUL

2015)

(a) Emergency situations and exercises are temporary exceptions to the prohibition of contractor personnel not being subject to the direction and control of Government personnel when performing non-personal contract services in FAA facilities.

(b) All contractor personnel at a FAA work site or facility during an actual emergency shall conform to the procedures posted or directed by FAA officials responsible for emergency response at that site or facility. Such officials include evacuation wardens/monitors, security personnel, Emergency Readiness Officers, management, etc.

(c) Contractor personnel shall participate in all emergency exercises, including evacuations, as part of performance under this contract. On rare occasions and based on advance arrangements that are then announced at the time of an exercise, contractor personnel will be excused from evacuations.

(d) Contractor management/supervisors shall ensure that each contractor employee assigned work in FAA facilities possesses a general awareness of emergency and evacuation procedures at all locations where the employees might be during an emergency or exercise. Information on emergency procedures may be requested from the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or a designated FAA contact point at the work site.

AC4563 EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND EXERCISES DURING CONTRACT PERFORMANCE AT

THE MIKE MONRONEY AERONAUTICAL CENTER (MMAC) (NOV 2015)

(a) Emergency situations and exercises are temporary exceptions to the prohibition of contractor personnel being subject to the direction and control of Government personnel when performing non-personal contract services in Government facilities.

(b) All contractor personnel at a Government work site or facility during an actual emergency must conform to the procedures posted or directed by Government officials responsible for emergency response at that site or facility.

Such officials include evacuation wardens/monitors, security personnel, Emergency Readiness Officers, management, Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), etc.

(c) Contractor personnel must participate in all emergency exercises, including evacuations, as part of performance under this contract. On rare occasions, based on advance arrangements that are then announced at the time of an exercise, contractor personnel may be excused from evacuations.

(d) Contractor management/site supervisors must ensure that each contractor employee assigned to work in Government facilities possesses a general awareness of emergency and evacuation procedures at all locations where the employees might be during an emergency or exercise. Contractor Management/Site Supervisors are responsible for accounting for their employees during an actual emergency or exercise, and are subsequently required to report this information to their COR as soon as practical based on the situation. Information on emergency procedures may be requested from the COR or a designated Government contact point at the work site.

(e) When there are disruptions to Government operations at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Contractor Management/Site Supervisor should ensure that all employees are aware of the following methods of obtaining the Center’s status:

The Center Status website: https://employees.faa.gov/org/centers/mmac/employee_services/facility_status/

Status Phone number; 954-0040, and local TV/Radio news channels.

(f) If the Center is OPEN during inclement weather, it’s business as usual. Any need for unscheduled leave is between the contractor employee and their contractor management, not the FAA.

(g) When the Center is OPEN with a Delayed Arrival Time, contractors may allow their employees to arrive at the worksite in accordance with the Delayed Arrival Time under which the Center is operating. However, the government will not pay for hours not worked on other than firm fixed price type contracts and discussions on accounting for time on any other contract type should be between Contractor Management/Site Supervisor and COR or CO.

(h) When the Center is CLOSED, contractor employees should not report to the Center unless they have been informed in advance that they are considered ‘mission critical’ employees or their contractor management/site supervisor has provided other direction. The government will not pay for hours not worked on other than firm fixed price type contracts. Any discussions on accounting for time on any other contract type should be between the contractor management/site supervisor and the COR or CO.

(i) If an alternative duty location is activated that includes contractor employees, all contractor employees will be made aware of that location through their contractor management/site supervisor.

C.1 STATEMENT OF WORK

SECTION C

STATEMENT OF WORK

AVS SAFETY, ANALYTICAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES

C.1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (AVS) oversees the safety of the world’s largest, most complex aviation system – an aviation system that affects millions who fly for business and pleasure. AVS does this through investments and programs to promote continued operational safety (surveillance, oversight, education, inspections), establish safety rules and regulations (rulemaking), and certify the aviation competency of people (pilots) and organizations (individual airlines) and the airworthiness of aircraft and equipment.

C.2.0 SCOPE

This effort provides administrative, analytical and technical subject matter expert services required to support safety-related programs for the FAA that fall within Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (AVS) oversight as well as AVS investment teams in preparation for Acquisition Management System (AMS) investment decisions for safety programs. Activities required to support FAA safety goals, strategies, interventions, investments, and the safety-related aspects of capacity and efficiency programs included at a minimum as follows:

• Safety and Capacity Improvements;

• New Flight Technology and System Engineering;

• Business Processes;

• Program Management;

• Program Analysis;

• Information and Data Analysis;

• AVS portfolio of investment from strategic planning to in-service management;

• The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration efforts to safely integrate UAS into the National Airspace System;

• Operational Concepts – in both technological and operational domains;

• Standards and Criteria for Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS);

• Instrument Flight Procedures;

• All Weather Operations

• Aviation Safety Inspector Support;

• Aviation Weather Initiatives;

• Data and Aeronautical Communications;

• Systems and processes to enhance operational safety;

• NAS plan, research and development plan;

• Improvements to flight simulation capabilities for purposes of research;

• Automated Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Multilateration related technology development, certification, and deployment support;

• Introduction of new aircraft, air traffic enhancements, and separation assurance;

• Systems to forecast the impacts of National Air Space (NAS) trends on safety performance;

• Enhancements to aviation safety analysis, monitoring methodologies, and tools;

• Coordination of regulatory and guidance material updates;

• AVS transitioning itself and the industry it oversees to a Safety Management System (SMS) business model in accordance with FAA and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements;

• Development of a common safety framework across the government agencies;

• Provide aviation safety expertise to perform work environment assessments and objectivity studies at FAA Certificate Management Offices and other FAA facilities and work environments as designated and scheduled by the

FAA.

C.3.0 OBJECTIVES

This effort sets forth the requirements for services to accomplish the strategic planning, development, acquisition, implementation and life cycle activities necessary to achieve the goals and objectives identified with FAA strategic initiatives. This contract also provides the necessary program/project management, aviation, technical, analytical and operations research subject matter expert support to meet AVS goals and objectives and other FAA LOBs, as required.

C.4.0 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES

The Contractor must furnish all personnel, management and technical supervision, and other items and services necessary to successfully perform the tasks that are defined in the following sections of this SOW. The support services specified are mission critical and time sensitive. The recurring tasks specified in this SOW will be ordered by “task orders” signed and issued by the Contracting Officer (CO), with well-defined deliverables and acceptance criteria for each deliverable, due dates and milestone dates. During the performance of this contract, support tasks will be added that are required and that are within the basic scope of this SOW. These tasks, when identified by the Government, must be funded on a case-by-case basis.

The contractor must fill any vacancies within a minimum of 5 calendar days and a maximum of 60 calendar days after receipt of the Contracting Officer’s Representative’s (COR) request to backfill. When new "task order(s)" are officially authorized in writing by the CO, the contractor must have a minimum of 5 calendar days and a maximum of 60 calendar days to provide qualified support personnel for the desired task. The range of 5 – 60 calendar days for filling vacancies includes processing security checks through the FAA Servicing Security Element. The FAA reserves the right to request a shorter turn around time to fill vacancies in certain situations.

The Contractor may also be required to interface with other subject matter expert contractors, industry representatives, equipment manufacturers, airport personnel, aircraft pilots, and various U.S. Government and international organizations.

The contract effort is to be performed using facilities and materials provided by the Government. Services will be performed at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, FAA facilities in Washington, D.C., and other facilities designated by the FAA.

The Contractor must assist the FAA in developing integrated plans for future avionics and avionics policy, update regulatory and guidance materials, review draft documents for consistency with AVS and other LOBs planning, prepare briefings regarding the plans and planning process and provide recommendations on how to improve planning.

C.4.1 DOCUMENTATION

The Contractor must update and maintain all pertinent (unclassified only) Government documentation for the following Tasks and all other documentation required by FAA Government personnel. Documentation should be available in hard copy and electronic format.

The Contractor must coordinate with the FAA LOB task related Technical Task Manager (TTM) (or designated POC) on all reports, letters, memoranda, project documentation, minutes of meetings, press releases, monthly reports, telephone conversation reports, trip reports and other written material. All documents must coordinate through the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or designee prior to distribution. Further, all documents that must be distributed or posted electronically inside or outside the FAA must be reviewed for sensitive and/or classified information and approved prior to any distribution of either drafts or final versions of those documents.

All documents prepared by the contractor must be on the behalf of the FAA. The Contractor may not independently publish or distribute any document without prior written permission from the CO. The Contractor must review and provide written comments on the technical accuracy and completeness of each document. No documents, reports, information, etc. may be released to the public or provided to any party other than the FAA and its contractors without Security Sensitive Information and classification review by the COR and written approval of the CO.

C.5.0 TASKS

C.5.1. TASK 1 – PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

The Contractor must, provide overall program and project management, focus, direction and guidance in support of FAA activities.

The Contractor must oversee all resources dedicated for efforts defined and required by AVS and other FAA LOBs in which AVS must provide safety oversight. The Contractor must attend meetings, briefings and discussions as required in order to support AVS initiatives and investments. The Contractor must manage performance under this contract to ensure all the necessary system engineering, technical, analytical, business planning; organizing;

managing; coordinating; and tracking (e.g., cost, schedule, deliverables), performance management, risk management, component-procurement management, system engineering management, resource management, data management, and subcontract management required to perform all the activities successfully as required by this SOW. The contractor must provide oversight and daily management of all task orders to include organizing, directing and coordinating the planning and production of all task support activities. This support involves multiple groups of personnel at multiple locations. At a minimum, evidence of support required is planning, organizing, managing, coordinating, and tracking via the processes of report management and cost schedule and performance measurement. The contractor must have a thorough understanding of AMS and FAA Capital Investment Plan, C.5.2. TASK 2 – PROGRAM AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide overall programmatic and analytical support and guidance for AVS activities and investments. The contractor must analyze project requirements in the areas of business and financial management, program and project scheduling, in addition to performing any other related analyst and management activities. The contractor must use various software and systems to analyze program data for developing trends based on analysis, perform risk based data analysis and prepare reports based on findings to include detailed data breakdowns and proposed solutions. The contractor must have a thorough understanding of AMS, FAA Capital Investment Plan, accounting and purchasing systems, including Regis, Delphi and Prism, in addition to being able to adeptly utilize Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, web based applications, such as SharePoint and Knowledge Services Network Responsibilities to prepare tracking documents, spreadsheets, briefing and summary reports as requested.

The Contractor must provide programmatic and analytical support to all task areas contained within the scope of this SOW, and at a minimum, all the bullets identified below:

• Monitors and reports program/project progress;

• Provides business analysis support;

• Provides assistance to develop, revise, edit and update computer spreadsheets used in tracking data, task orders, travel, etc.;

• Performs report tracking, assembly and distribution;

• Assists in supporting portfolio management governance, budget formulation and investment analysis for various AMS decisions;

• Assists in preparation of various AMS and other related documentation;

• Prepares, coordinates and distributes meeting and conference agendas;

• Assists FAA officials in planning and scheduling conferences and meetings,

• Provides meeting support including preparation of meeting materials, coordinating venues, arranging displays, providing equipment and any other meeting requirements;

• Provides Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Media, Office of Inspector General (OIG), Government Accounting Office (GAO) requests from multiple Systems of Record;

• Provides business process re-engineering support to the Flight Standards Inspector Resource Program, Accident Incident Modernization effort, Aviation Data Exchange, FOIA modernization;

• Performs editorial reviews of highly technical material concerning airman training, testing, and certification documents and reviews responses to public and congressional inquiries;

• Provides support in the development of illustrations, diagrams, and PowerPoint slides;

• Assists with the development, transition and training support for Microsoft SharePoint;

• Provides business analysis support;

• Provides information and data analysis support

• Provides discovery, organizational design, including functional descriptions for the FAA organizations, roles and responsibilities definition, project management, and change management support consistent with Project Management and Change Management Guide, as established.

• Provide change management support to the FAA Aviation Safety mission with updating and implementing the Project Management and Change Management Guides (PM/CM Guide), including lessons learned loops, templates and tools to support completed implementation. Support the evolution to interactive automation (e.g., RPA, establishing BOTs, and other automation techniques).

C.5.3. TASK 3 – TECHNICAL AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide overall and qualified technical support and guidance in support of FAA activities and to all task areas contained within the scope of this SOW, and at a minimum, all the bullets identified below:

• Assists in updating and revising aviation safety related programs to meet the needs and objectives of stakeholders;

• Provides technical analysis in support of programs that could advance the safety, capacity and efficiency to help meet aviation stakeholder expectations and requirements;

• Provide technical support to developing, evaluating and presenting work products and materials for off-site work groups, industry events, conferences and AVS related events;

• Provide technical expertise in support of FAA efforts developing response to GAO audits, congressional responses and other stake holder reporting;

• Provides a full range of support for international program activities to include participation in team meetings, working groups, program reviews, industry coordination, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, presentations, outreach program, etc.

o Record (including electronic recording), coordinate, and electronically post meeting notes for international meetings and conferences;

o Perform technical review and editing of U.S. ICAO documents and correspondence, including integration into the Interagency Group on International Aviation (IGIA) process;

o Collect, collate and maintain electronic repository of documents, issue papers and associated comment sheets;

o Provides technical writing, coordination and editing.

• Provide Program Management, Analyst and SME support to the implementation of efficient and repeatable organizational processes of collecting and analyzing information from Lead Participants, Stakeholders, planners and support IPP success planning. Provide analysis, coordination, communications, recommendations and supporting material.

o Specialized community engagement expertise including experience with FAA policy and guidance for community engagement o Experience and expertise conducting analysis of IPP programs and successes o Knowledge of international initiative and strategies related to FAA, Aviation and UAS o Speciated experience with commercial industry including outreach and support for UAS activities

• Provide technical and program management support to planning and executing CSP (Comprehensive Strategic Plan) project initiatives, refining the functional FAA Office of Aviation Safety divisions defining accountabilities through decision rights, and building additional capabilities as identified within the aviation safety mission.

C.5.4 TASK 4 – SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide Safety Management, program, and technical support with applicable expertise where required to all task areas contained within the scope of this SOW as well as other tasks required to support the SMS, and as a minimum, all the bullets identified below:

• Assisting AVS management in the implementation of system safety engineering and management activities;

• Participating in the development and review of hazard analyses and risk assessments;

• Determining system safety verification and validation strategies and developing plans to meet those strategies;

• Implementing hazard tracking and risk resolution;

• Assisting in conducting hazard analysis and risk assessment;

• Provide technical and program support for the development business of practices that enable AVS to meet requirements for an SMS as defined in FAA Order VS8000.367B, AVS SMS Requirements; and VS8000.370B, AVS Safety Policy;

• Review and evaluate how existing plans, systems, planning tools/models can be effectively employed;

• In parallel with the transition plan efforts, validate that safety is equal to current standards or improved throughout the transition;

• Provide assistance and recommendations on technical/operational concepts and mitigation strategies relating to

CNS;

• Support the SMS program office in the definition, development, management, and implementation of the changes required to evolve AVS to an SMS business model including the elements required to perform oversight of industry safety management systems;

• Support the SMS program office in the definition, development, management, and implementation of products required for a Joint Resource Council (JRC) commitment to invest in the SMS changes needed to achieve FAA Flight Plan goals;

• Support the SMS program office in the definition, development, management, and implementation of the industry changes needed to meet FAA and ICAO SMS requirements;

• Provide a full range of support for international program activities to support SMS.

C.5.5 TASK 5 – SURVEILLANCE & BROADCAST SERVICES (SBS) SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide a full range of subject matter expert and other support for Surveillance and Broadcast Services, and as a minimum, all bullets identified in this section. This support must include participation in team meetings, working groups, program reviews, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, and presentations.

The Contractor must provide support in the updating of Technical Standard Orders (TSO) for surveillance ground stations and avionics, determine the automation interfaces, validate aircraft separation, manage safety and risk, conduct configuration management, assess the computer/human interface, as well as other tasks required to support SBS for development in areas such as:

• Systems concepts of operation;

• Feasibility analyses, safety hazard analyses, risk assessment and management, configuration management;

• Automation standards and integration to include Human Factors;

• System architecture definition;

• Ground station requirements;

• Avionics requirements;

• Assisting in the development or updating analysis and tracking of Technical Performance Measures and other system and service metrics;

• Assisting in the development or updating of separation standards and participation in separation standards working groups with Air Traffic Organization (ATO), ICAO, and other users and stakeholders;

• Assisting in requirements modeling, definition, validation, analysis and management; and reliability, maintainability, availability (RMA) analyses;

• Provide technical support with FAA work on radio frequency spectrum issues, support work with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and other stakeholders.

The Contractor must provide technical support in the development of ADS-B avionics standards in the following areas:

• Assisting in the development or updating of service descriptions, safety and performance requirements, and interoperability requirements;

• Assisting in updating of Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS), Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) and Security Assurance and Assessment Processes and Methods (SAAPM) documents associated with ADS-B;

• Support for FAA participation in ICAO, RTCA, European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE), and European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) activities, and harmonization of airborne and ground equipment requirements for domestic and international standards for ADS-B systems and applications.

The Contractor must provide technical support in the development of certification standards, equipage requirements, and operational rules/guidance for the installation and use of ADS-B avionics in all the following areas:

• Support for updates of Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) for ADS-B avionics and associated systems;

• Coordination of TSOs with appropriate RTCA and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) groups and documents;

• Support for the development or updates of SBS sponsored Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs), including airspace mandates and operational rules;

• Support for development or updates of SBS related Advisory Circulars and Operational Specifications (OPSPECs);

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• Participation in working groups with the SBS program office, ATO, AVS, and other US and international stakeholders;

• Provide a full range of support for international program activities to support SBS.

The Contractor must support FAA Product Teams in the preparation of position papers, preparation of budgetary information, review and critique of draft technical and other materials (e.g., TSOs, Advisory Circulars (ACs), RTCA MOPS/MASPS/SAAPM, ICAO papers, Outreach information) or updates

The Contractor must support the development of training and outreach material associated with the deployment of ADS-B technology throughout the NAS. This support must include preparation and presentation of technical, operational and training materials, preparation, conduct and delivery, and analysis of user surveys and interviews, participation at aviation air shows, tradeshows, and conferences.

C.5.6 TASK 6 - PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN) SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide a full range of support to PBN activities. This support must include participation in team meetings, including rulemaking under the Administrative Procedures Act, working groups, program reviews, industry coordination, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, presentations, outreach program, etc.

The Contractor must provide technical expertise working directly with the program staff responsible for PBN efforts and activities. Contractor duties, at a minimum include, but are not limited to, all the following tasks:

• Support PBN activities including operational approvals;

• Assists in drafting publications to promulgate policies or provide guidance to FAA and aviation industry personnel;

• Coordinate with other FAA offices and aviation industry groups on current and future aviation PBN technologies;

• Provides a full range of support for international program activities to support PBN activities.

C.5.7 TASK 7 – DATA COMMUNICATIONS (DATA COMM) / AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide technical expertise working directly with the program staff responsible for communications (including voice and data) efforts and activities to include at a minimum, all the following tasks:

• Assists in rulemaking efforts;

• Assist efforts with industry coordination groups;

• Support communications activities including operational approvals;

• Assists in drafting publications to promulgate policies or provide guidance to FAA and aviation industry personnel;

• Aeronautical communication outreach efforts;

• Provides a full range of support for international program activities to support aeronautical communication;

• .Provide technical support with FAA work on radio frequency spectrum issues, support work with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and other stakeholders.

C.5.8 TASK 8 – AVIATION WEATHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide a full range of support from general administrative support, program management and areas requiring technical subject matter expertise for aviation weather activities. This support must include participation in team meetings, working groups, program reviews, industry coordination, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, presentations, outreach program, etc.

The Contractor must provide technical support for aviation weather efforts and activities to all task areas contained within the scope of this SOW, and at a minimum, all the bullets identified below:

• Assists in the development, operational approval, and implementation of new aviation weather technologies;

• Preparing appropriate regulatory and guidance documentation, and maintaining a website to disseminate information for internal and external customers;

• Serve as a point of contact for weather product developers/providers;

• AVS Weather Technical Community Representative Group (TCRG) support;

• Evaluation of Needs Statements and the translation of needs statements into specific, detailed AVS weather Research Engineering and Development (R,E&D) requirements;

• Status monitoring and reporting of R,E&D project timelines and milestones; and

• Provide guidance and recommendations to program management on RE&D provider’s ability to meet AVS requirements;

• Provide a full range of support for international program activities to support aviation weather.

C.5.9 TASK 9 – LOW VISIBILITY OPERATIONS SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide a full range of support from general administrative support, program management and areas requiring technical subject matter expertise for Low Visibility Operations, including activities associated with Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS), Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) and Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS).

The Contractor must support participation in team meetings, working groups, program reviews, industry coordination, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, presentations, outreach program, etc. The Contractor must support the preparation of reports and publications associated with Low Visibility activities and, at a minimum provide support in all the following areas:

• Assisting in the development of systems concepts of operation;

• Human factors;

• Feasibility analyses, safety hazard analyses, risk assessment and management, Configuration management;

• Automation and operational standards and integration;

• System architecture definition;

• Aircraft standards and requirements development;

• Assisting in the development, analysis and tracking of Technical Performance Measures and other system and service metrics;

• Assisting in the development of operational standards and participation in regulatory standards working Groups with AFS, Aircraft Certification Service (AIR), Office of Rulemaking (ARM), RTCA, and other stakeholders;

• Requirements modeling, definition, validation, analysis and management;

• Technical evaluation of Part 121 & 135 EFVS based operational approval of flight procedure applications;

• Technical support to develop FAA responses, efforts to develop revisions and updates to the EFVS rule, Advisory Circulars and other regulatory documentation;

• Reliability, suitability and operability analyses;

• Harmonization of domestic and international standards for Advanced Vision systems and applications;

• Assists in rulemaking efforts;

• Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (SMGCS) approvals;

• Operational approvals and proofs of concept;

• Assist with drafting policy and guidance documents;

• Assist with developing drafting operational safety assessments;

• Coordinate with other FAA offices and aviation industry groups on current and future EFVS technologies;

• Develop and present briefings, presentations, reports, recommendations, and plans of action;

• Provides technical writing, coordination and editing;

• Provide a full range of support for international program activities in support of Low Visibility Operations, etc.

C.5.10 TASK 10 – FLIGHT PROCEDURES SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide a full range of support for flight procedure activities from general administrative support, program management and areas requiring technical subject matter expertise at FAA Headquarters, Regional, and Flight Standards District Offices. This support must include participation in team meetings, working groups, program reviews, industry coordination, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, presentations, etc.

The Contractor must provide technical support for flight procedure efforts and at a minimum, all activities in the following areas:

• Assists in the establishment of standard instrument approach, departure and arrival procedures;

• Acceptability and processing of special instrument procedures;

• Airport airspace analysis;

• Environmental assessment reviews/development for operational approvals;

• Support Flight Standardization Board (FSB) activities;

• Provides a full range of support for international program activities in support of flight procedures.

C.5.11 TASK 11 – FLIGHT SIMULATION AND SAFETY ANALYSIS SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide a full range of technical support for flight simulation and safety analysis to include at a minimum, participation in team meetings, studies, working groups, program reviews, industry coordination, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, presentations, and international program activities, etc.

• Provide expertise with one or more scripting-based analysis toolkits,

• Provide analytical support conducting analysis on large data sets to identify patterns, trends, etc;

• Provide expertise with data visualization practices and toolkits, to include Python/R plotting libraries or other visualization systems.

• Support with verbal and writing skills to technical and non-technical audiences.

C.5.12 TASK 12 – UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OFFICE (UASIO) SUPPORT

The Contractor must provide a full range of support for the UASIO to include participation in team meetings, studies, working groups, program reviews, industry coordination, tracking existing program configuration, and support for development of program status charts, position papers, presentations, coordination of meetings and preparation of agendas, and as a minimum, support for the following:

• All aspects for the integration of unmanned aircraft systems;

• Implementation of SMS to UAS;

• Role of software in UAS design and use;

• Performance analysis of sensors, algorithms and communications systems relative to sense and avoid;

• Human factors considerations for UAS and establish guidelines for airworthiness and operational approval;

• Support the UASIO in the definition, development, management and implementation of the changes required to evolve UAS;

• Provides a full range of support for international program activities in support of UASIO as needed;

• UAS safety data management;

• Programmatic and technical support to UASIO;

• Provide technical support in development of International Standards and Recommend Practices for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Operations, UAS Traffic Management (UTM) Development and UAS-enabling Rulemaking Participate in the RTCA SC-228 developing Minimum Aviation Systems Performance Standards (MASPS), Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS), Operational Safety Analysis (OSA) and the Operational Performance Assessment (OSA) and other UAS standards materials;

• Provide technical support to FAA work with 7 UAS test sites and stakeholders including project management support, coordination and FAA requirements;

• Assist AUS as a part of the UAS Integration UAS Support Center Help Desk; answering telephone and e-mail inquiries from potential petitioners and provided guidance on UAS operations and procedures.

C.6.0 DELIVERABLES

C.6.1 MONTHLY STATUS AND FINANCIAL REPORT

The Contractor must submit a Monthly Status and Financial Report (MSFR) to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Contracting Officer (CO) electronically no later than the 20th working day of the month following the issuance of each task order. The report must describe the work accomplished during the reporting period for each task order, work planned for the next period, discuss problems encountered and corrective actions taken, and identify pending issues. In particular, the report must address the extent to which any problems or circumstances could cause conflicts in program schedules. The report must also describe a detailed monthly cost financial report for each task order that must include the status of funding levels, expenditures, and a comparison between actual and planned expenses as well as the following:

• CLINs used during the month,

• amount billed to CLINs,

• amount remaining on the CLINs,

• hours billed to the CLINs,

• hours remaining on the CLINs,

• personnel who billed to each of the CLINs (itemized by CLIN, personnel name and labor category),

• amount of funding used during the reporting period,

• amount of funds remaining on the task order,

• projected 75% of funds spent date, and

• projected exhaustion of funds date.

C.6.2 MONTHLY LEAVE / TRAVEL / TRAINING SCHEDULES

The Contractor must post the leave, travel and training schedules on a monthly basis. to a SharePoint site and update this site as needed to show scheduled and unscheduled leave, travel and training for each contract employee.

C.6.3 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - COMPUTER PROGRAM DELIVERABLES

In cases where the deliverables involve computer programs developed by the Contractor for a particular task under this contract regardless of funding, the deliverables must include source code and any necessary libraries or object files used in the construction of the software. The Contractor may negotiate less rights than unlimited rights for the FAA and thus copyright pre-developed software developed solely at the Contractor’s expense. The FAA will in all cases have unlimited license to the government purpose rights to modify the software as required and to provide access to the program functionality to non-Governmental third-party user's via the Internet or similar means.

Deliverables prepared under these tasks will be reviewed and accepted/rejected by the designated TTM. Any change to these provisions must be made in writing and signed by both parties.

The FAA gets unlimited rights in computer software developed exclusively with FAA funding, computer software documentation required to be delivered under this contract, corrections or changes to computer software or computer software documentation furnished to the Contractor by the FAA, and computer software when limitations expire.

Deliverables prepared under these tasks will be delivered as specified in the Task Order delivery schedule.

Deliverables must be delivered to the COR as required. Documents/reports must be made available ten business days prior to their scheduled date of completion for Government review and acceptance. Deliverables must conform to established FAA guidelines and standards and accepted industry standards. In support of the identified tasks and subtasks, the Contractor must comply with existing and evolving FAA AFS Information System Security (ISS) guidance, policies and procedures.

The COR and TTM must have thirty business days to inspect the work and either report deficiencies or accept the deliverable as meeting all requirements. The Contractor must correct deficiencies that are not a result of a Change in user requirements or specifications and redeliver the document(s) to the Government within ten days of notification by the Government that deficiencies were found.

C.7.0 KEY PERSONNEL LINES OF COMMUNICATION

The contractor, primarily through its assigned Sr. Program Manager and the Government TTM for each individual Task Order, must communicate only through the government’s CO and COR regarding all tasks, unless otherwise specifically approved in writing by the CO to communicate with name Government individuals, such as a COR.

C.8.0 OTHER DIRECT COSTS (ODCs)

As directed and authorized by the CO or COR, any travel, additional services, consultants, supplies, equipment, and materials purchased must be reimbursed at actual costs incurred. ODCs may include software, hardware, telecommunications or other program-related functions and items in accordance with the individual Task Order SOW. Application of a fixed-price Material & Handling charge is authorized for request for reimbursement of ODCs.

C.9.0 TRAVEL

The Contractor must travel, as tasked, to support the program. All travel must be accomplished in accordance with Contract Travel Clause(s) and in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations. Travel will be well defined and approved in advance of actual travel performance. A completed automated Travel Authorization Form will be coordinated through the applicable branch manager, TOTM, Contractor Program Manager to the COR with final approval given by the COR. The approved Travel Authorization Form must be submitted with the invoice. The Government must not reimburse the Contractor for travel costs incurred by the replacement of personnel, when such replacement is accomplished for the Contractors or employees convenience. Travel is an ODC. Application of a Material and Handling (M&H) charge is authorized for request for reimbursement of ODCs. No other fees or charges will be accepted.

Contractors working at an approved alternate worksite must not be reimbursed travel if they are required to be at the Government worksite for the purposes of meeting the tasks stipulated in this SOW.

C.10.0 TRAINING

The contractor must provide fully trained employees who hold required degrees,…