19AQMM19R0093_RFP.pdf

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24 & 30

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

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2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE DATE 4. ORDER NUMBER 6. SOLICITATION ISSUE

DATE

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INFORMATION CALL:

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Renee N. McElrath

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OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT (A/LM/AQM)

PO BOX 9115, ROSSLYN STATION

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ARLINGTON, VA 22219

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OFFICE OF SECURITY TECHNOLOGY (DS/C/ST)

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SA-14 1ST FLOOR

ROSSLYN, VA 22209-0000

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OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT (A/LM/AQM)

PO BOX 9115, ROSSLYN STATION

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ARLINGTON, VA 22219

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GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTER, CHARLESTON,

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ATTN: OFFICE OF CLAIMS

CHARLESTON, SC 29415-5008

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ARE SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

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Farzad Afrasiabi 31c. DATE SIGNED

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PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 02/2012)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

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001 BASE YEAR - Open Source Intelligence Program Support Services

1.00 LT

Monitoring Specialist I (Secret) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist II (Secret) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (Secret) Estimated FTE FY19 - 4 FY20 - 6 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (Secret) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Arabic) Estimated FTE FY19 - 4 FY20 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Language Enabled TBD) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Overseas Support Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY19 - 4 FY20 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Special Programs Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 2 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Logistics Coordinator - (TS) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Office Management Specialist - (TS) Estimated FTE FY19 - 0 FY20 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2019 to 06/02/2020

002 BASE YEAR - Travel - COST ONLY 1.00 LT Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2019 to 06/02/2020

1001 OPTION YEAR 1 - Open Source Intelligence Program Support Services

1.00 LT

Monitoring Specialist I (Secret) Estimated FTE FY20 - 0 FY21 - 5 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

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Line Item Summary

Solicitation Number:

19AQMM19R0093

Contract Number: Title: Open Source Intelligence Services

Date of Solicitation:

Line Item No. Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Cost

Monitoring Specialist II (Secret) Estimated FTE FY20 - 4 FY21 - 8 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (Secret) Estimated FTE FY20 - 6 FY21 - 6 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY20 - 4 FY21 - 5 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (Secret) Estimated FTE FY20 - 0 FY21 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY20 - 0 FY21 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Arabic) Estimated FTE FY20 - 4 FY21 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Language Enabled TBD) Estimated FTE FY20 - 0 FY21 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Overseas Support Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY20 - 4 FY21 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Special Programs Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY20 - 2 FY21 - 2 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Logistics Coordinator - (TS) Estimated FTE FY20 - 1 FY21 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Office Management Specialist - (TS) Estimated FTE FY20 - 0 FY21 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2020 to 06/02/2021 Origin

1002 OPTION YEAR 1 - Travel - COST ONLY 1.00 LT Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2020 to 06/02/2021

2001 OPTION YEAR 2 - Open Source Intelligence Program Support Services

1.00 LT

Monitoring Specialist I (Secret) Estimated FTE FY21 - 5 FY22 - 5 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist II (Secret) Estimated FTE FY21 - 8 FY22 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (Secret) Estimated FTE FY21 - 2 FY22 - 4

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Line Item Summary

Solicitation Number:

19AQMM19R0093

Contract Number: Title: Open Source Intelligence Services

Date of Solicitation:

Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY21 - 5 FY22 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (Secret) Estimated FTE FY21 - 4 FY22 - 6 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY21 - 0 FY22 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Arabic) Estimated FTE FY21 - 4 FY22 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Language Enabled TBD) Estimated FTE FY21 - 0 FY22 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Overseas Support Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY21 - 4 FY22 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Special Programs Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY21 - 2 FY22 - 2 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Logistics Coordinator - (TS) Estimated FTE FY21 - 1 FY22 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Office Management Specialist - (TS) Estimated FTE FY21 - 1 FY22 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2021 to 06/02/2022

2002 OPTION YEAR 2 - Travel - COST ONLY 1.00 LT Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2021 to 06/02/2022

3001 OPTION YEAR 3 - Open Source Intelligence Program Support Services

1.00 LT

Monitoring Specialist I (Secret) Estimated FTE FY22 - 5 FY23 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist II (Secret) Estimated FTE FY22 - 4 FY23 - 5 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (Secret) Estimated FTE FY22 - 4 FY23 - 8 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY22 - 1 FY23 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

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Line Item Summary

Solicitation Number:

19AQMM19R0093

Contract Number: Title: Open Source Intelligence Services

Date of Solicitation:

Monitoring Specialist IV (Secret) Estimated FTE FY22 - 6 FY23 - 6 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY22 - 4 FY23 - 5 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Arabic) Estimated FTE FY22 - 4 FY23 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Language Enabled TBD) Estimated FTE FY22 - 0 FY23 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Overseas Support Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY22 - 4 FY23 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Special Programs Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY22 - 2 FY23 - 2 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Logistics Coordinator - (TS) Estimated FTE FY22 - 1 FY23 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Office Management Specialist - (TS) Estimated FTE FY22 - 1 FY23 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2022 to 06/02/2023

3002 OPTION YEAR 3 - Travel - COST ONLY 1.00 LT Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2022 to 06/02/2023

4001 OPTION YEAR 4 - Open Source Intelligence Program Support Services

1.00 LT

Monitoring Specialist I (Secret) Estimated FTE FY23 - 0 FY24 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist II (Secret) Estimated FTE FY23 - 5 FY24 - 5 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (Secret) Estimated FTE FY23 - 8 FY24 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist III (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY23 - 1 FY24 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (Secret) Estimated FTE FY23 - 6 FY24 - 10 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist IV (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY23 - 4 FY24 - 4

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Line Item Summary

Solicitation Number:

19AQMM19R0093

Contract Number: Title: Open Source Intelligence Services

Date of Solicitation:

Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Arabic) Estimated FTE FY23 - 4 FY24 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Monitoring Specialist - (Secret) (Language Enabled TBD) Estimated FTE FY23 - 0 FY24 - 0 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Overseas Support Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY23 - 4 FY24 - 4 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Special Programs Analyst - (TS/SCI) Estimated FTE FY23 - 2 FY24 - 2 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Logistics Coordinator - (TS) Estimated FTE FY23 - 1 FY24 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Office Management Specialist - (TS) Estimated FTE FY23 - 1 FY24 - 1 Labor Rate: $_____/HR

Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2023 to 06/02/2024

4002 OPTION YEAR 4 - Travel - COST ONLY 1.00 LT Doc Ref No:

Delivery Date (Start to End) Date FOB:

06/03/2023 to 06/02/2024

Identifier Title Date Number of Pages

1 Past Performance Survey 02/05/2019 18 2 Additional Instructions - Section L 02/05/2019 9 3 Evaluation Criteria - Section M 02/05/2019 6 4 Pricing Spreadsheet 02/07/2019

B-001 CEILING PRICE (Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Contract)

(a) The ceiling price(s) of this contract is as set forth below TBD.

(b) If this contract includes options and a ceiling price is specified for each option, each ceiling price shall apply separately and independently to that option. The Contractor shall not exceed the ceiling price(s) of this contract except as provided in FAR 52.232-7 "PAYMENTS UNDER TIME-AND-MATERIALS AND LABOR-HOUR

CONTRACTS".

(c) Notwithstanding the above, if this contract is funded below the ceiling price(s), the Contractor shall not ex-ceed the funded amount.

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Line Item Summary

Solicitation Number:

19AQMM19R0093

Contract Number: Title: Open Source Intelligence Services

Date of Solicitation:

B-008 TRAVEL COSTS (Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour)

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Contractor shall be reimbursed for its reasonable actual travel costs in accordance with its usual accounting practices consistent with FAR Subpart 31.2, specifically FAR 31.205-46. Travel must be directly related to and required for performance of this contract, and authorized in advance and in writing by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). In no event shall costs associated with employee commuting be reimbursable as a direct cost under this contract.

(b) Travel costs shall not be burdened with any indirect costs unless specifically allowable in accordance with the Contractor's usual accounting practices consistent with FAR Subpart 31.2. In no event shall travel costs be burdened with fee/profit.

(c) The Contractor shall include a breakout of all authorized travel expenses as an attachment to his invoices.

Administrative support (coordination of travel arrangements, etc.) will be the responsibility of the Contractor.

(d) Should any Contractor personnel be requested to perform in any area which has been determined by the De-partment of State to be a hazardous duty area, hazardous duty premium pay if and to the extent requested and allowed, will be payable at the same rate as would be given to Department of State direct-hire employees pursu-ant to Chapter 650 of the U.S. Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas).. Hazardous duty premium pay shall not be burdened with any indirect costs (e.g., overhead, G and A) or fee/profit.

(e) When local travel between the Contractor employee's regular place of performance and other locations is specifically authorized by the COR, transportation expenses shall be allowable costs under this contract. For the purposes of this clause, local travel means travel within a 50 mile radius of the Contractor employee's regular place of performance and does not include daily commuting or associated costs.

(f) For travel where use of a personal automobile has been specifically authorized by the COR, reimbursement shall be computed on the basis of actual miles traveled from starting point to destination. Other related miscel-laneous expenses, such as tolls and parking fees, incurred in the performance of tasks authorized under this con-tract, will be reimbursed. Car rentals require advance approval by the COR and will be authorized only when consistent with good business practice. Allowable costs shall not exceed the actual cost of renting a compact automobile (a maximum of one for four Contractor personnel), unless extenuating circumstances (e.g., excess baggage) require other arrangements and subsequent COR approval is obtained.

(g) The Government will reimburse the Contractor for Contractor employee's travel time to or from other au-thorized work locations; except that for labor categories which are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), a reimbursement will be allowed only for travel during the employee's regular working hours. The Contractor will not be reimbursed for time spent in stand down or temporary layovers for the convenience of the Contractor by FLSA exempt contractor employees except as authorized by the Federal Travel Regulations.

(h) The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all personnel who will be required to travel outside the United States have current and valid passports. The Contractor shall also be responsible for obtaining any visas required for travel to foreign countries under this contract. The Contractor shall make no direct labor charges for obtaining/maintaining passports and/or visas.

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B-010 TYPE OF CONTRACT

This single award is a Time and Materials/Labor Hour Contract with fixed prices.

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B-012 LIMITATION OF COST OR LIMITATION OF FUNDS

FAR 52.232-20 "LIMITATION OF COST" or FAR 52.232-22 "LIMITATION OF FUNDS," as appropriate, shall apply separately and independently to each separately identified estimated cost.

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C-001 STATEMENT OF WORK

STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 INTRODUCTION

The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Directorate of Threat Investigations and Analysis (TIA), Open Source Intelligence Program has a requirement for open source monitoring and analysis support services, as well as logistical and office management services, in order to facilitate the production of timely, accurate, and relevant open source intelligence products and services.

C.2 BACKGROUND

The Open Source Intelligence program identifies and analyzes information within the open source environment related to terrorism, political violence, threats, and suspicious activity directed against the Secretary of State, Department personnel and facilities, desig-nated foreign dignitaries and facilities in the United States, and personnel abroad under chief of mission authority. The Open Source Intelligence program, hereafter referred to as the, “Program”, also provides analytical support to overseas elements performing similar functions at missions abroad. In coordination with the TIA Threat Watch team in the DS Command Center, the Program provides open source capabilities to the Threat Watch, securing all-source solutions for notifications and analyses.

C.3 TIA MISSION AND OBJECTIVE

The Threat Investigations and Analysis Directorate (DS/TIA) provides Diplomatic Security (DS) the means to track, analyze, dissem-inate and investigate threat information for our embassies and consulates, as well as the U.S. private sector. The offices of DS/TIA coordinate with the U.S. law enforcement and the Intelligence Communities to produce timely intelligence products to counter threats to our facilities and personnel overseas. DS/TIA issues reports on breaking incidents worldwide, informs private sector U.S. entities abroad about threats and potential risks, conducts detailed investigations regarding threats and incidents affecting our public and private interests and manages the Rewards for Justice Program on behalf of the Secretary of State.

C.4 CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide the qualified staff at levels adequate to meet or exceed the requirements of the contract. In support of the Program mission, this requirement includes services of the type(s) described in this Statement of Work, awarded on a Time-and-Materials basis with ceiling prices based on estimated hours for an estimated number of labor categories. The Government anti-cipates that it will place increased requirements for support of the Program’s activities against this contract, to the extent such action is in the best interest of the Government. Notwithstanding, associated changes to the contract value, ceiling price, labor mix, or level of effort, such changes may be deemed within scope as long as they involve no change in the general type of work or performance peri-od, and do not involve a qualitative expansion of the contract requirements but only a foreseeable quantitative increase. Any changes to the projected workload are subject to an advance written contract modification signed by the Contracting Officer.

LABOR CATEGORIES

C.4.1 Monitoring Specialist I (Secret Clearance) This position is complementary to a novice Intelligence Research Specialist: applies knowledge of a professional discipline, the prin-ciples and techniques of inductive and deductive reasoning, and a subject-matter knowledge of either a geographical area or a func-tional area to the production of finished intelligence reports. They exploit (as used in the intelligence field, this means to acquire the maximum intelligence use out of raw data.), interpret, and project existing data to fill gaps in information, request the collection of data to fill gaps in knowledge, and review and evaluate finished intelligence reports from the point of view of their specific subject-matter fields.

Skill Level – Novice: Have continuing responsibility for a less complex geographic or functional area, or perform, on a recurring basis, a variety of tasks for a more complex project. They work under the guidance of a senior specialist.

These positions shall support the 24/7 monitoring team, which monitors open source and social media in accordance with established DS monitoring priorities, performing cursory, initial triage of content to eliminate information that is from sources known to be pro-vocative, parodic, or similar; maintaining an internal database of sites and users known to be valuable, reliable, unreliable, or parodic;

and creating cursory, standardized reports per Program SOP to provide to analytical team for further analysis. These operations for

Program are 24/7 with shifts consisting of 12-hour day and night shifts.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The contractor shall provide open source monitoring, assistance, and support to domestic investigative offices, protection details, pro-tective intelligence offices, intelligence analysis offices, and other DS and external consumers. Products include researching, triaging, and interpreting data pertinent to assessments of threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incidents.

The contractor shall utilize numerous datasets, specialized tools, and advanced techniques to identify potential threat(s) to the Depart-ment for referral to analytical teams, other DS offices, and/or law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners.

The contractor shall review incoming open source information and maintain a database to assess the accuracy, credibility, validity and relevance of known media sources.

The contractor shall prepare preliminary referrals related to open source threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incid-ents.

The contractor shall provide technical advice and guidance in the planning and execution of open source collection operations.

The contractor shall prepare and present written and oral briefings to special agents, Program management, Bureau and Department leadership, and law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners on open source monitoring and triage.

The contractor shall build and maintain relationships and collaborative networks within the Department and across the law enforce-ment (federal, state and local), security, and intelligence communities to share information, best practices, and lessons learned. Where appropriate, the contractor shall establish and maintain liaison within the Department and across the law enforcement, defense, and in-telligence communities to represent the office and the Bureau; obtain resources and support; and plan and coordinate activities.

The contractor shall develop and implement new and innovative strategies for gathering open source information or intelligence in support of DS priorities and mitigation initiatives to address gaps and shortfalls in the collection and triage of open source intelli-gence.

The contractor shall attend internal and external trainings, seminars, and conferences to acquire knowledge of new and emerging data-sets, specialized tools, and advanced collection techniques that can be used to support open source intelligence operations. The con-tractor shall inform and advance the Program’s use of relevant and developing technologies. Contractors shall identify their contractor affiliation on name tags and presentation materials. Contractors shall identify their affiliation at meetings, courses, and conferences.

Working with Program management, the contractor shall use ad-hoc Program monitoring priorities in the creation of Boolean or other query-language algorithms used in commercial and unclassified tools.

The contractor shall perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall have knowledge of media platforms in the designated region, in particular those aligned with cultural, political and security interests as they relate to the U.S. interests in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorit-ies for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of open source concepts, methods, and practices to provide technical and analytical support for the planning, conduct, and coordination of intelligence research and analysis operations.

The contractor shall have knowledge of various qualitative and quantitative techniques to effectively locate and identify information of concern regarding Department equities in publicly available information including social, news, and traditional media.

The contractor shall have knowledge of Internet-based research, including Boolean logic, search engine and database resources, and Internet sources, such as social media, social networking tools, data exploitation, and commercial- and industry-based database in or-der to conduct complex open source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of foreign language research methodologies using internationally-focused Web sites to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of machine language translation methods to address various formats such as printed and online documents in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of advanced search techniques, information databases, data visualization, and related tools to conduct complex open and all-source source investigative operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may in-clude threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have the ability to establish liaison and interact effectively with individuals at all levels in order to coordinate activities with other intelligence and law enforcement personnel engaged in planning and conducting operations (investigative, pro-tective operations, etc.) utilizing open source materials.

The contractor shall have the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to prepare and present open source trends, promote information sharing with other organizations, provide advice and guidance, present and defend recommendations, and parti-cipate in meetings.

MINIMUM EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

A Bachelor’s degree and less than 1 year of experience or 3+ years of experience with no degree. Experience includes conducting open source and academic research, all-source intelligence and targeting.

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS

This position may, in rare cases, based on the budget-cycle, be required to work overtime to meet mission demands. At such times, flex-time is the preferred method of compensation for overtime hours.

TELEWORK

This position is not telework eligible.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

U.S. Citizenship required. Contractor may be subject to a Government Security Investigation and shall meet eligibility for access to classified information, Secret level. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security shall obtain a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement from contract personnel assigned to the contract regarding the use, disclosure, and storage of classified and sensitive information accessed, pro-cessed or created through the performance. Information, records and work product shall be handled in accordance with approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the program; and no information shall be released outside of the approved SOPs without the express consent of an authorized, direct hire Diplomatic Security management official.

POSITION LOCATION & HOURS

The duty station will initially be on the 8th floor of 1801 N. Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22209, while the permanent office space for Program is identified. The permanent office space location is anticipated to be in Arlington, VA. Under emergency (including weath-

er) or crisis conditions, to include the possibility of a continuity of government situation, the incumbent shall be required to report to work and maintain the same level of effectiveness possibly in alternate locations, with less operational support and in a limited physic-al space environment.

In a 12-hour shift, the incumbent will be expected to work 11.25 hours per shift and required to take 45 minutes per day for lunch; this lunch period is unpaid time.

TRAINING

This contractor will be required to complete the Department’s mandatory, Department-provided training for all personnel, e.g. cyber security. Government funding for additional training will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

TRAVEL

CONUS and OCONUS travel up to 10%. Overseas travel may be to countries with high threat levels requiring the use of personal protective equipment while exercising special safety precautions.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT

DOS will provide office space, computer, phone, and other required equipment and supplies necessary to complete all job require-ments. DOS will own and maintain all furnished property.

C.4.2 Monitoring Specialist II (Secret Clearance) This position is complementary to an apprentice Intelligence Research Specialist: applies knowledge of a professional discipline, the principles and techniques of inductive and deductive reasoning, and a subject-matter knowledge of either a geographical area or a functional area to the production of finished intelligence reports. They exploit (as used in the intelligence field, this means to acquire the maximum intelligence use out of raw data.), interpret, and project existing data to fill gaps in information, request the collection of data to fill gaps in knowledge, and review and evaluate finished intelligence reports from the point of view of their specific subject-matter fields.

Skill Level – Apprentice: Have continuing responsibility for a less complex geographic or functional area, or perform, on a recurring basis, a variety of tasks for a more complex project. They work under the guidance of a senior specialist.

These positions shall support the 24/7 monitoring team, which monitors open source and social media in accordance with established DS monitoring priorities, performing cursory, initial triage of content to eliminate information that is from sources known to be pro-vocative, parodic, or similar; maintains internal database of sites and users known to be valuable, reliable, unreliable, or parodic; cre-ates cursory, standardized reports per Program SOP to provide to analytical team for further analysis. These operations for Program are 24/7 with shifts consisting of 12-hour day and night shifts.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The contractor shall provide open source monitoring, assistance, and support to domestic investigative offices, protection details, pro-tective intelligence offices, intelligence analysis offices, and other DS and external consumers. Products include researching, triaging, and interpreting data pertinent to assessments of threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incidents.

The contractor shall utilize numerous datasets, specialized tools, and advanced techniques to identify potential threat(s) to the Depart-ment for referral to analytical teams, other DS offices, and/or law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners.

The contractor shall review incoming open source information and maintain a database to assess the accuracy, credibility, validity and relevance of known media sources.

The contractor shall prepare preliminary referrals related to open source threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incid-ents.

The contractor shall provide technical advice and guidance in the planning and execution of open source collection operations.

The contractor shall prepare and present written and oral briefings to special agents, Program management, Bureau and Department leadership, and law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners on open source monitoring and triage.

The contractor shall build and maintain relationships and collaborative networks within the Department and across the law enforce-ment (federal, state and local), security, and intelligence communities to share information, best practices, and lessons learned. Where appropriate, the contractor shall establish and maintain liaison within the Department and across the law enforcement, defense, and in-telligence communities to represent the office and the Bureau; obtain resources and support; and plan and coordinate activities.

The contractor shall develop and implement new and innovative strategies for gathering open source information or intelligence in support of DS priorities and mitigation initiatives to address gaps and shortfalls in the collection and triage of open source intelli-gence.

The contractor shall attend internal and external trainings, seminars, and conferences to acquire knowledge of new and emerging data-sets, specialized tools, and advanced collection techniques that can be used to support open source intelligence operations. The con-tractor shall inform and advance the Program’s use of relevant and developing technologies. Contractors shall identify their contractor affiliation on name tags and presentation materials. Contractors shall identify their affiliation at meetings, courses, and conferences.

Working with Program management, the contractor shall use ad-hoc Program monitoring priorities in the creation of Boolean or other query-language algorithms used in commercial and unclassified tools.

The contractor shall perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall have knowledge of media platforms in the designated region, in particular those aligned with cultural, political and security interests as they relate to the U.S. interests in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorit-ies for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of open source concepts, methods, and practices to provide technical and analytical support for the planning, conduct, and coordination of intelligence research and analysis operations.

The contractor shall have knowledge of various qualitative and quantitative techniques to effectively locate and identify information of concern regarding Department equities in publicly available information including social, news, and traditional media.

The contractor shall have knowledge of Internet-based research, including Boolean logic, search engine and database resources, and Internet sources, such as social media, social networking tools, data exploitation, and commercial- and industry-based database in or-der to conduct complex open source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of foreign language research methodologies using internationally-focused Web sites to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of machine language translation methods to address various formats such as printed and online documents in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of advanced search techniques, information databases, data visualization, and related tools to conduct complex open and all-source source investigative operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may in-clude threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have the ability to establish liaison and interact effectively with individuals at all levels in order to coordinate activities with other intelligence and law enforcement personnel engaged in planning and conducting operations (investigative, pro-tective operations, etc.) utilizing open source materials.

The contractor shall have the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to prepare and present open source trends, promote information sharing with other organizations, provide advice and guidance, present and defend recommendations, and parti-cipate in meetings.

MINIMUM EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

A Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience or 5+ years of experience with no degree. Experience includes conducting open source and academic research, all-source intelligence and targeting. No substitution of education or training may be made for the re-quired experience.

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS

This position may, in rare cases, based on the budget-cycle, be required to work overtime to meet mission demands. At such times, flex-time is the preferred method of compensation for overtime hours.

TELEWORK

This position is not telework eligible.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

U.S. Citizenship required. Contractor may be subject to a Government Security Investigation and shall meet eligibility for access to classified information, Secret level. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security shall obtain a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement from contract personnel assigned to the contract regarding the use, disclosure, and storage of classified and sensitive information accessed, pro-cessed or created through the performance. Information, records and work product shall be handled in accordance with approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the program; and no information shall be released outside of the approved SOPs without the express consent of an authorized, direct hire Diplomatic Security management official.

POSITION LOCATION & HOURS

The duty station will initially be on the 8th floor of 1801 N. Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22209, while the permanent office space for Program is identified. The permanent office space location is anticipated to be in Arlington, VA. Under emergency (including weath-

er) or crisis conditions, to include the possibility of a continuity of government situation, the incumbent shall be required to report to work and maintain the same level of effectiveness possibly in alternate locations, with less operational support and in a limited physic-al space environment.

In a 12-hour shift, the incumbent will be expected to work 11.25 hours per shift and required to take 45 minutes per day for lunch; this lunch period is unpaid time.

TRAINING

This contractor will be required to complete the Department’s mandatory, Department-provided training for all personnel, e.g. cyber security. Government funding for additional training will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

TRAVEL

CONUS and OCONUS travel up to 10%. Overseas travel may be to countries with high threat levels requiring the use of personal protective equipment while exercising special safety precautions.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT

DOS will provide office space, computer, phone, and other required equipment and supplies necessary to complete all job require-ments. DOS will own and maintain all furnished property.

C.4.3 Monitoring Specialists III (Secret Clearance) This position is complementary to an apprentice Intelligence Research Specialist: applies knowledge of a professional discipline, the principles and techniques of inductive and deductive reasoning, and a subject-matter knowledge of either a geographical area or a functional area to the production of finished intelligence reports. They exploit (As used in the intelligence field this means to acquire the maximum intelligence use out of raw data.), interpret, and project existing data to fill gaps in information, request the collection of data to fill gaps in knowledge, and review and evaluate finished intelligence reports from the point of view of their specific subject-matter fields.

Skill Level: Apprentice: Have continuing responsibility for a less complex geographic or functional area, or perform, on a recurring basis, a variety of tasks for a more complex project. They work under the guidance of a senior specialist.

These positions shall support three functional areas of the Program: The 24/7 monitoring team, special programs team and the TIA Threat Watch team. The 24/7 monitoring unit monitors open source and social media in accordance with established DS monitoring priorities, performing cursory, initial triage of content to eliminate information that is from sources known to be provocative, parodic, or similar; maintains internal database of sites and users known to be valuable, reliable, unreliable, or parodic; creates cursory, stand-ardized reports per Program SOP to provide to analytical team for further analysis. These operations for Program are 24/7 with shifts consisting of 12-hour day and night shifts. Personnel assigned to a Special Programs team provide support to monitoring priorities driven by special events or as otherwise directed by leadership for a limited duration. These positions shall perform on business hours schedule, unless altered for a special event. In coordination with the TIA Threat Watch team in the DS Command Center, the person-nel assigned to the Threat Watch team shall provide open source capabilities to the Threat Watch, securing all-source solutions for no-tifications and analyses.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The contractor shall provide open source monitoring, assistance, and support to domestic investigative offices, protection details, pro-tective intelligence offices, intelligence analysis offices, and other DS and external consumers. Products include researching, triaging, and interpreting data pertinent to assessments of threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incidents.

The contractor shall utilize numerous datasets, specialized tools, and advanced techniques to identify potential threat(s) to the Depart-ment for referral to analytical teams, other DS offices, and/or law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners.

The contractor shall review incoming open source information and maintain a database to assess the accuracy, credibility, validity and relevance of known media sources.

The contractor shall prepare preliminary referrals related to open source threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incid-ents.

The contractor shall interpret, plan, and execute the collection of open source intelligence as necessary to meet DS priorities including operations in support of large-scale, multi-national events domestically and abroad.

The contractor shall provide technical advice and guidance in the planning and execution of open source collection operations.

The contractor shall prepare and present written and oral briefings to special agents, Program management, Bureau and Department leadership, and law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners on open source monitoring and triage.

The contractor shall assist training teams in the development of training modules by providing operational information and feedback on new training opportunities for Program staff and overseas monitoring elements regarding open source monitoring and operations.

The contractor shall build and maintain relationships and collaborative networks within the Department and across the law enforce-ment (federal, state and local), security, and intelligence communities to share information, best practices, and lessons learned. Where appropriate, establishes and maintains liaison within the Department and across the law enforcement, defense, and intelligence com-munities to represent the office and the Bureau; obtain resources and support; and plan and coordinate activities.

The contractor shall develop and implement new and innovative strategies for gathering open source information or intelligence in support of DS priorities and mitigation initiatives to address gaps and shortfalls in the collection and triage of open source intelli-gence.

The contractor shall attend internal and external trainings, seminars, and conferences to acquire knowledge of new and emerging data-sets, specialized tools, and advanced collection techniques that can be used to support open source intelligence operations. Informs and advances the Program’s use of relevant and developing technologies. Contractors shall identify their contractor affiliation on name tags and presentation materials. Contractors shall identify their affiliation at meetings, courses, and conferences.

Working with Program management, the contractor shall use ad-hoc Program monitoring priorities in the creation of Boolean or other query-language algorithms used in commercial and unclassified tools.

The contractor shall perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall have expert knowledge of media platforms in the designated region, in particular those aligned with cultural, political and security interests as they relate to the U.S. interests in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations fo-cused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical secur-ity priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of open source concepts, methods, and practices to provide technical and analytical support for the planning, conduct, and coordination of intelligence research and analysis operations.

The contractor shall have knowledge of qualitative and quantitative various techniques to effectively locate and identify information of concern regarding Department equities in publicly available information including social, news, and traditional media.

The contractor shall have knowledge of Internet-based research, including Boolean logic, search engine and database resources, and Internet sources, such as social media, social networking tools, data exploitation, and commercial- and industry-based database in or-der to conduct complex open source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of foreign language research methodologies using internationally-focused Web sites to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of machine language translation methods to address various formats such as printed and online documents in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have knowledge of advanced search techniques, information databases, data visualization, and related tools to conduct complex open and all-source source investigative operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may in-clude threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers.

The contractor shall have the ability to establish liaisons and interact effectively with individuals at all levels in order to coordinate activities with other intelligence and law enforcement personnel engaged in planning and conducting operations (investigative, pro-tective operations, etc.) utilizing open source materials.

The contractor shall have ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to prepare and present open source trends, promote information sharing with other organizations, provide advice and guidance, present and defend recommendations, and parti-cipate in meetings.

MINIMUM EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

A Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience or 7+ years of experience with no degree. Experience includes conducting open source and academic research, all-source intelligence and targeting. No substitution of education or training may be made for the re-quired experience.

SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS

This position may, in rare cases, based on the budget-cycle, be required to work overtime to meet mission demands. At such times, flex-time is the preferred method of compensation for overtime hours.

TELEWORK

This position is not telework eligible.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

U.S. Citizenship required. Contractor may be subject to a Government Security Investigation and shall meet eligibility for access to classified information, Secret level. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security shall obtain a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement from contract personnel assigned to the contract regarding the use, disclosure, and storage of classified and sensitive information accessed, pro-cessed or created through the performance. Information, records and work product shall be handled in accordance with approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the program; and no information shall be released outside of the approved SOPs without the express consent of an authorized, direct hire Diplomatic Security management official.

POSITION LOCATION & HOURS

The duty station will initially be on the 8th floor of 1801 N. Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22209, while the permanent office space for Program is identified. The permanent office space location is anticipated to be in Arlington, VA. Under emergency (including weath-

er) or crisis conditions, to include the possibility of a continuity of government situation, the incumbent shall be required to report to work and maintain the same level of effectiveness possibly in alternate locations, with less operational support and in a limited physic-al space…