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Performance Work Statement (PWS) for

Advanced Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Removal Unit (ACRU) Sorbent Beds Purchase

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.0.1 The Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) is a Department of Defense entity responsible for research and development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support organization for the Navy’s ships, submarines, military watercraft and unmanned vehicles. This requirement is for NSWCPD Code 416, which is responsible for in-service submarine life support and ventilation including ACRU.

1.0.2 This contract is for non-personal services. It does not create employment rights with the U.S. Government whether actual, inherent, or implied. By agreeing to perform the services described in these specifications, the Contractor acknowledges that he/she is not, and shall not become, an employee of the U.S. Government. The Contractor further agrees that he/she shall not bring any cause of action in any forum claiming that he/she has become an employee of the U.S. Government.

1.0.3 Government / Contractor Relationship

(a) The services to be delivered under this Task Order are non-personal services and the parties recognize and agree that no employer-employee relationship exists or will exist under the task order between the Government and the Contractor's personnel. Therefore, it is in the best interest of the Government to provide both parties a full understanding of their respective obligations.

(b) The Contractor employees shall identify themselves as Contractor personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as Contractor personnel and displaying distinguishable badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel. In addition, Contractor personnel shall appropriately identify themselves as Contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence

(c) Contractor personnel under this task order shall not engage in any of the inherently Governmental functions listed at FAR Subpart 7.5 or DFARS Subpart 207.5.

(d) Employee Relationship:

1) The services to be performed under this Task Order do not require the Contractor or its personnel to exercise personal judgment and discretion on behalf of the Government. Rather the Contractor's personnel will act and exercise personal judgment and discretion on behalf of the Contractor.

2) Rules, regulations, directives, and requirements that are issued by the U. S. Navy and NSWCPD under its responsibility for good order, administration, and security are applicable to all personnel who enter a Government installation or who travel on Government transportation. This is not to be construed or interpreted to establish any degree of Government control that is inconsistent with a non-personal services contract.

(e) Inapplicability of Employee Benefits: This task order does not create an employer-employee relationship. Accordingly, entitlements and benefits applicable to such relationships do not apply.

(f) Notice. It is the Contractor's, as well as the Government's, responsibility to monitor task order activities and notify the Contracting Officer if the Contractor believes that the intent of this Section has been or may be violated.

1) The Contractor should notify the Contracting Officer in writing within three (3) calendar days from the date of any incident that the Contractor considers to constitute a violation of this Section. The notice should include the date, nature, and circumstances of the conduct; the name, function, and activity of each Government employee or Contractor official or employee involved or knowledgeable about such conduct; identify any documents or substance of any oral communication involved in the conduct; and the estimate in time by which the Government must respond to this notice to minimize cost, delay, or disruption of performance.

2) The Contracting Officer will, within five (5) calendar days after receipt of notice, respond to the notice in writing. In responding, the Contracting Officer will either:

(i) Confirm the conduct is in violation and when necessary direct the mode of further performance,

(ii) Countermand any communication regarded as a violation, (iii) Deny that the conduct constitutes a violation and when necessary direct the mode of further performance, or

(iv) In the event the notice is inadequate to make a decision, advise the Contractor what additional information is required, and establish the date by which it should be furnished by the Contractor.

1.1 BACKGROUND

The ACRU has been accepted as the CO2 Removal Device for Columbia Class submarines and is currently undergoing performance and reliability testing at NSWCPD facilities. The proposed effort is for the purchase of six Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports (SAMMS®) sorbent canisters for use in ACRU testing at NSWCPD test facilities and sparing for future fleet installation of the ACRU. The SAMMS® sorbent canisters contain the active CO2 sorbent within the ACRU and provide the necessary vehicle for desorption heat transfer and airflow routing. One ACRU contains two beds comprised of three canisters each for a total of six sorbent canisters.

1.2 SCOPE OF WORK

CLIN 0001: NSWCPD seeks to purchase six (6) ACRU SAMMS® sorbent canisters, Super Radiator Coil part number VA1014588.

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS:

None.

3.0. REQUIREMENTS

3.1 The Contractor shall build and deliver six (6) ACRU SAMMS® sorbent canisters, Super Radiator Coil part number VA1014588.

3.2 Delivery: SAMMS® sorbent canisters (CLIN 0001) shall be delivered to the address below no later than 14 weeks after contract award. Contractor shall pay for shipping costs.

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER PHILADELPHIA

BENJAMIN LETTER

5101 SOUTH 18th ST

PHILADELPHIA PA 19112-5051

215-897-7946

215-897-1809

4. DATA REQUIREMENTS

None.

5. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

5.1 The Contractor is responsible for completing all required government mandated training to maintain security and network access to government sites and IT systems to include but not limited to Antiterrorism Level 1 Awareness, DoD Cyber-awareness Challenge, NCIS Counterintelligence Awareness, NAVSEA Security Briefing for New Navy Employees, NAVSEA Security Refresher, Records Management in the DON: Everyone's Responsibility, Training and Readiness: The Active Shooter, NAVSEA Introduction to Controlled Unclassified Information, NAVSEA Cybersecurity 101, Operations Security (OPSEC), NAVSEA Counterintelligence Training, Privacy and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Awareness Training and NAVSEA Physical Security training. Certificates of successful completion shall be sent to the COR and as otherwise specified in the contract. Certificates of successful completion shall be sent to the COR and as otherwise specified in the contract.

This effort does not require access to classified information, no DD254 is required.

The Contractor shall appoint a Facility Security Officer (FSO), who shall (1) be responsible for all security aspects of the work performed under this contract, (2) assure compliance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (DOD 5220.22-M), and (3) assure compliance with any written instructions from the NSWC PD, Security Office_______________.

The Prime Contractor shall:

(1) Forward copies of DD254s provided to subcontractors to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD), ATTN: Security.

(2) Direct the subcontractor to obtain approval, through the prime Contractor, for the public release of information received or generated by the sub through the prime Contractor.

(3) Submit the subcontractor’s request for public release through the technical point of contact identified on the DD 254.

6. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

All work shall be performed at a Contractor’s facility. No portion of the work under this TO will be performed on a Government site.

7. TRAVEL

The Contractor is not required to travel for work performed under this TO.

8. PURCHASES

Only items directly used for this Task Order, for work within the scope of the Performance Work Statement, shall be purchased under the Other Direct Cost (ODC) line items. Individual purchases above $3,500 shall be approved by the Contracting Officer prior to purchase by the Contractor. The purchase request and supporting documentation shall submitted via email to the Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) it shall be itemized and contain the cost or price analysis performed by the Contractor to determine the reasonableness of the pricing.

Information Technology (IT) equipment, or services must be approved by the proper approval authority. All IT requirements, regardless of dollar amount, submitted under this Task Order shall be submitted to the PCO for review and approval prior to purchase. The definition of information technology is identical to that of the Clinger-Cohen Act, that is, any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. Information technology includes computers, ancillary equipment, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources.

9. PERSONNEL

Personnel Requirements. All persons proposed in key and non-key labor categories shall be U.S. citizens holding at least a current SECRET clearance, or ability to obtain one.

10.0 Enterprise-Wide Contracting Manpower Reporting Application (ECMRA) The Contractor shall report Contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the [NAMED COMPONENT] via a secure data collection site. Contracted services excluded from reporting are based on Product Service Codes (PSCs). The excluded PSCs are:

(1) W, Lease/Rental of Equipment;

(2) X, Lease/Rental of Facilities;

(3) Y, Construction of Structures and Facilities;

(4) D, Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunications, IT and Telecom- Telecommunications Transmission (D304) and Internet (D322) ONLY;

(5) S, Utilities ONLY;

(6) V, Freight and Shipping ONLY.

The Contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address https://doncmra.nmci.navy.mil.

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk, linked at https://doncmra.nmci.navy.mil.

11.0 NSWCPD Electronic Cost Reporting and Financial Tracking (eCRAFT) System

(a) The Contractor agrees to upload the Contractor's Funds and Man-hour Expenditure Reports in the Electronic Cost Reporting and Financial Tracking (eCRAFT) System. The eCRAFT Reports must use the standardized labor categories identified in Section C - Statement of Work. Compliance with this requirement is a material requirement of this contract. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in contract termination.

(b)The Contractor's Funds and Man-hour Expenditure Report reports contractor expenditures for labor, materials, travel, subcontractor usage, and other contract charges.

(c) The Contracting Officer may require supporting accounting system reports based on the review of the invoice documentation submitted to eCRAFT such as the Job Summary Report (or equivalent), Labor Distribution Report (or equivalent), and General Ledger Detail Report (or equivalent).

(d) The contractor shall submit its reports on the same day it submits an invoice in iRAPT. The costs reflected in eCRAFT shall be the same as those in iRAPT. eCRAFT acceptance/rejection will be indicated by e-mail notification from eCRAFT.

(e) The eCRAFT Periodic Report Utility (ePRU) is an Excel tool used to facilitate generating reports of expenditures-against-cost contracts. The generated XML files will then be submitted by the ePRU tool via email to NUWC_NPT_eCRAFT.FCT@navy.mil for submission into the eCRAFT Database Management System.

The ePRU spreadsheet and user manual can be obtained from the NUWC Division Newport Contracts Home Page under eCRAFT information at: http://www.navsea. nayy.mil/Home/Warfare-Centers/NUWC Newport/Partnerships/Commercial-Contracts/Information-eCraft.

SOW-PWS Template 14 June 2017 version