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Attachment 6

TO1 SOO

BAA FA8650-23-S-5720

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES

Manufacturing Readiness Level Research

BACKGROUND

Assessments of manufacturing readiness utilizing the Manufacturing Readiness Level criteria have been designed to manage manufacturing risk in acquisition while increasing the ability of the technology development projects to transition new technology to weapon system applications. MRL criteria create a measurement scale and vocabulary for assessing and discussing manufacturing maturity and risk. Using the MRL criteria, an MRL Assessment (aka, Manufacturing Readiness Assessment) is a structured evaluation of a technology, component, manufacturing process, weapon system or subsystem. It is performed to:

· Define current level of manufacturing maturity

· Identify maturity shortfalls and associated costs and risks

· Provide the basis and solutions for manufacturing maturation and risk management

1.0 TECHNICAL SCOPE. The objective of this task order is to develop methodologies and techniques for performing MRLs and determining MRL levels utilizing the MRL methodology requires extensive experience in engineering, manufacturing, and researching the MRL body of knowledge include the MRL Deskbook, Criteria Matrix, and Users Guide maintained at dodmrl.com.

The contractor shall develop specific initiatives and the scope of the research to include the oversight of joint DoD, industry and academia to maintain and refine the manufacturing readiness body of knowledge, in partnership with the office of the DASD for Systems Engineering and adoption of industry standards for the management of manufacturing risk. Initiatives and research outputs will form the basis for updates/revisions to the MRL body of knowledge as determined by the Joint Defense Manufacturing Panel (JDMTP) MRL Working Group (MRLWG) Charter. The contractor shall research the best practices and lessons learned in order to perform manufacturing readiness assessments using the MRL body of knowledge. The contractor shall continually evaluate, develop and refine the tools, training, and research methods to provide knowledge in the endeavor of identifying manufacturing risk through the use of manufacturing readiness assessments and the coordination of such documentation and policy between interested stakeholders. The contractor shall develop processes and tools that should be integrated into systems engineering processes through specific acquisition policy. The contractor shall analyze and research the current manufacturing engineering environment and apply lessons learned to effectively research, develop, and examine the MRL body of knowledge for effective use.

The goal of research of this task order is to continually tap into the US manufacturing industrial base to conduct research through open source literature, Government and commercial data sources, and past experience with the DoD MRL body of knowledge for the continual research, evaluation and updating the MRL body of knowledge to meet the needs of the warfighter. Updates to the MRL body of knowledge should be done within current DoD 5000.2 directives and approved by the MRLWG.

2.0 TECHNICAL RESEARCH AREAS.

2.1 The contractor shall identify manufacturing risk trends within the Department of Defense industrial base and provide innovative techniques to develop the ability to translate those risk trends into assessment updates while researching subject matter expertise from industry and Government through research during MRL working group meetings, workshop(s), the Defense Manufacturing Conference, and other channels as appropriate.

2.2 The contractor shall research manufacturing trends to stay abreast of developing technologies and develop and research how to address risks that may arise during the use of these developing technologies. The contractor shall formulate topics and develop a comprehensive manner of approaching and implementing subject matter expertise in the fields of study being considered for inclusion in the Manufacturing Readiness Level body of knowledge.

2.3 The contractor shall continuously perform engineering research and analysis of manufacturing readiness of aerospace materials, production processes, components, assemblies, and interfaces.

2.4 The contractor shall research and analyze innovative manufacturing maturation plans to determine how to effectively reduce and mitigate manufacturing risk, provide the results of researching manufacturing maturation plans and best practices within the task order results and provide the results to the Government on best practice findings.

2.5 The contractor shall utilize engineering expertise to develop new tools, changes to and review of exiting tools, research in regards to training, and MRL social marketing.

2.6 The contractor shall continually investigate, research and examine the multiple MRL dimensions/threads to ensure manufacturing risk identification and management techniques are adequately defining the current level of manufacturing maturity.

2.7 The contractor shall examine, research and analyze the appropriate quantitative measures in order to assess the maturity of a given technology, component or system from a manufacturing maturity perspective to accurately provide the Government the results at all phases of the acquisition cycle.

2.8 The contractor shall continue to research, develop and mature the measurement scale common metric for determining the manufacturing maturity and attendant risks associated with manufacturing technologies, products, and processes. Manufacturing risk identification and management must begin at the earliest stages of technology development, and continue vigorously throughout each stage of a program's acquisition lifecycle. The contractor shall use research methods addressing and assessing this.

3.0 RESEARCH TECHNIQUES. Specified in IDIQ SOO.

4.0 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Individual Task Orders: See IDIQ SOO

4.2 Contract and Program Management Requirements:

4.2.1 The contractor shall propose in detail the rationale, objective, approach, and schedule.

4.2.2 The contractor shall maintain and provide a mechanism to ensure that competent professional and technical personnel are available to meet the technical needs of the program. This may be internal or external expertise as required by the task order.

4.2.3 The contractor shall conduct administrative and financial management functions during the course of this effort such as: scheduling of activities; outlining contractor activity and progress toward accomplishment of objectives; planning, forecasting and making recommendations on funding and funding changes; program planning; and describing in detail the overall conduct and results of the effort.

4.2.4 The contractor shall perform the day-to-day administrative and financial management functions as required to ensure efficient and effective completion of each task order issued under the contract. These functions include planning, scheduling, supervision and execution of task order activities.

4.2.5 The contactor shall participate in sub-committees and teams, as required, to provide engineering research and analysis of manufacturing readiness on behalf of the Chair, MRL Working Group. Analysis and presentation materials will be aggregated for inclusion into Quarterly Working Group meetings and Industry Workshops. The contractor shall provide agenda and meeting minutes for Working Group/Workshop meetings. [A006]

4.2.6 The contactor shall participate in sub-committees and teams to provide engineering research and analysis of manufacturing readiness in support of the MRL Working Group Body of Knowledge (BoK) (i.e., MRL Deskbook, Criteria Matrix, and Users Guide). Inputs will be combined for yearly/bi-annual updates to BoK presented to MRL Working Group voting members for government approval. [A006]

4.3 Data Units: N/A.

4.4 Base Support: N/A

4.5 Environmental Impact: N/A

4.6 Supportability: N/A

4.7 Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability (RM&S): N/A

4.8 Security: The contractor shall participate in all activities associated with the disciplines of the organization’s Industrial Security, Information Security, Personnel Security, Operations Security (OPSEC), and Antiterrorism programs, following appropriate measures in each program as required for this particular contract. Security measures are required to reduce program vulnerability from successful adversary collection, exploitation of critical information, and violations of export control requirements. The prime contractor shall ensure all subcontractors, if applicable, conform to these requirements as required by the prime contractor.

4.9 S&T/Program Protection Program: Any potential critical program information (CPI) generated as part of this effort will be reviewed to determine the need for a S&TPP/PPP or to be included as part of an existing S&TPP/PPP.

5.0 DELIVERABLES. For this task order, the Contractor shall deliver scientific and technical reports, to include: