DRAFT PWS - AECSS Re-Compete 2026.pdf

CUI

Performance Work Statement for

U.S. Army Evaluation Center Support Services

Contract No: TBD

Date: TBD

Controlled by: Army CUI Category(ies): Contract Use Distribution Statement: FEDCON POC: U.S. Army Evaluation Center

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 (U) INTRODUCTION

1.1 (U) MISSION

1.2 (U) BACKGROUND

1.3 (U) OBJECTIVES

1.4 (U) SCOPE

2.0 (U) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1 (U) NON-PERSONAL SERVICES

2.2 (U) TYPE OF CONTRACT

2.3 (U) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE/ORDERING PERIOD

2.4 (U) PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

2.5 (U) TRAVEL

2.6 (U) OTHER DIRECT COSTS

2.7 (U) FEDERAL HOLIDAYS/CURTAILED OPERATIONS

2.8 (U) HOURS OF OPERATION

2.9 (U) TRANSITION

2.10 (U) LEVEL OF EFFORT

2.11 (U) CONTRACT ON/OFF RAMP PROCESS

3.0 (U) CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

3.1 (U) POINTS OF CONTACT

3.1.1 (U) Contractor Program Manager

3.1.2 (U) Contracting Officer’s Representative

3.1.3 (U) Technical Monitor

3.2 (U) COMMUNICATIONS

3.2.1 (U) Routine Communications

3.2.2 (U) Post Award Conferences/Periodic Progress Meetings

3.3 (U) QUALITY MANAGEMENT

3.3.1 (U) Quality Control

3.3.2 (U) Quality Assurance

3.3.3 (U) Government Inspections

3.3.4 (U) Cost Control

4.0 (U) PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

4.1 (U) PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS

4.1.1 (U) Personnel Resumes

4.1.2 (U) Key Personnel

4.1.3 (U) Substitution of Key Personnel

4.2 (U) TRAINING

4.3 (U) PERSONNEL SECURITY CLEARANCE

4.4 (U) PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

4.4.1 (U) Administration

4.4.2 (U) Identification of Contractor Employees

4.4.3 (U) Personnel Appearance

4.4.4 (U) Conduct of Personnel

4.4.5 (U) Removal of Personnel

4.4.6 (U) Departing Employees

5.0 (U) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

5.1 (U) FACILITIES

5.2 (U) UTILITIES

5.3 (U) EQUIPMENT

5.4 (U) MATERIALS

5.5 (U) SERVICES

Communications/Telephone Service Network Access System and Functional Administration

6.0 (U) CONTRACTOR FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES

6.1 (U) GENERAL

6.2 (U) FACILITY CLEARANCE

6.3 (U) MATERIALS

6.4 (U) EQUIPMENT

7.0 (U) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

7.1 (U) VISITOR GROUP SECURITY AGREEMENT

7.2 (U) PERSONNEL SECURITY

7.2.1 (U) Access and General Protection/Security Policy and Procedures

7.2.2 (U) Reports of Adverse Information

7.2.3 (U) Mission Partner Identity, Credential, and Access Management

7.2.4 (U) Foreign Personnel

7.2.5 (U) Contractors Authorized to Accompany the Force

7.2.6 (U) Performance or Delivery in a Foreign Country

7.2.7 (U) Special Access Programs

7.2.8 (U) Personnel Attestation

7.2.9 (U) Protection Program Training

7.3 (U) PHYSICAL SECURITY

7.3.1 (U) Facility Access

7.3.2 (U) Unescorted Access Into Restricted Areas

7.4 (U) INFORMATION SECURITY

7.5.1 (U) Safeguarding Government Information and Property

7.5.2 (U) OPSEC Standard Operating Procedure/Plan

7.5.3 (U) Handling or Access to Classified Information

7.5.4 (U) Classified/Unclassified Information

7.5.5 (U) Loss or Possible Compromise of Classified Information

7.5.6 (U) Release of Information

8.0 (U) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

8.1 (U) SAFETY

8.2 (U) SMOKING POLICY

8.3 (U) SUBCONTRACT MANAGEMENT

8.4 (U) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

8.5 (U) TECHNICAL DATA AND SOFTWARE RIGHTS

9.0 (U) SPECIFIC TASKS

9.1 (U) CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION TASKS

9.1.1 (U) Invoice/Voucher

9.1.2 (U) Contract Management Reports

9.1.3 (U) Contractor Manpower Reporting

9.2 (U) TECHNICAL TASKS

9.2.1 (U) T&E Planning Support

9.2.2 (U) T&E Execution Support

9.2.3 (U) T&E Reporting Support

9.2.4 (U) T&E Training and Professional Development Support

9.2.5 (U) T&E Analysis and Data Management Support

10.0 (U) DELIVERABLES

11.0 (U) DEFINITIONS

12.0 (U) PUBLICATIONS

13.0 (U) ACRONYMS

1.0 (U) INTRODUCTION. This Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the requirement to procure advisory and support services for the United States (U.S.) Army Evaluation Center (AEC). Under this AEC Support Services (AECSS) contract, the contractor shall provide all personnel, management, and any other items and non-personal services necessary to perform to the standards specified herein.

1.1 (U) MISSION. AEC is a component of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command

(ATEC), the Army’s independent Operational Test Agency (OTA), developmental tester, and evaluator. As the Army’s independent evaluator, AEC’s mission, in partnership with the ATEC Directorate for Capabilities Integration, ATEC Test Centers, and the U.S. Operational Test Command, is to produce unbiased, independent safety and operational evaluations to enable the Army to dominate in the multidomain operational environment. AEC accomplishes this mission by providing trusted evaluations serving the Army, Soldier, and Joint Force. This is an inherently governmental mission.

1.2 (U) BACKGROUND. AEC was established in 1999 and given responsibility for the developmental and independent operational evaluation of Army materiel, information, and acquisition systems. AEC conducts evaluations and assessments for all assigned systems (currently more than 900 in total) during all phases of the acquisition lifecycle and reports to the ATEC Commanding General. Focused on informing equipping decisions for the Warfighter of today and tomorrow, AEC teams with highly skilled professionals across multi-functional organizations to develop and deploy Army systems that are operationally effective, suitable, survivable, and safe, to include cybersecurity; electronic warfare (EW); artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); safety of materiel solutions; and viability of emerging technologies and engineering change proposals to support major acquisition/fielding decisions including but not limited to acquisition milestones, materiel changes, and materiel releases in support of the Army Acquisition Executive and force development. AEC provides direct support to the Army Futures Command (AFC) engaged in efforts to modernize the Army through Continuous Transformation. As such, AEC supports AFC Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs) with dedicated personnel embedded with these teams – and with the Rapid Capabilities Critical Technology Office and the AI Task Force -- at locations throughout the country. AEC assists the Chief of Staff of the Army decision making process by supporting Capabilities Integration Development System processes. AEC evaluates operational effectiveness by determining if the system provides intended benefits to the Force. AEC assesses, confirms, and releases system safety for use by Soldiers upon fielding and during government sponsored experiments and demonstrations. AEC determines impacts to readiness through Human Systems Integration (HSI); Unit Systems Integration (USI); Army Systems Integration (ASI); as well as Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facility, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) impacts. AEC evaluates ballistics survivability and lethality missions, adversarial assessments/threat computer network operations, cooperative vulnerability and penetration assessments, and EW (attack, support) countermeasures in support of the National Defense Authorization Act 2016 Section 1647, establishment of Cybersecurity and Electromagnetic Affects (CEMA). AEC manages, plans, and executes Information Assurance (IA) operational assessments during annual Combatant Command (COCOM) and Army Service exercises in support of the congressionally mandated Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) assessment, and performs OTA duties for the Missile Defense System (MDS) of Systems.

AEC consists of seven directorates – Analytics, AI, and Digital Engineering (DE) Evaluation Directorate (AAIDED); Aviation-Fires Evaluation Directorate (AFED);

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber (C5), Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Evaluation Directorate (C5ISRED); Mounted Systems Evaluation Directorate (MSED); Soldier Evaluation Directorate (SED); and Survivability Evaluation Directorate (SVED), based in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and Ballistic Missile Defense Evaluation Directorate (BMDED) based in Huntsville, Alabama.

1.3 (U) OBJECTIVES. To acquire specialized labor and travel services to supplement and enhance execution of the AEC integrated test and evaluation (T&E) mission.

The basis of T&E is operational effectiveness, suitability, and survivability (ESS).

AEC uses the framework of ESS to evaluate how a system performs measured against specified criteria. Army Regulation (AR) 73-1, Test and Evaluation Policy, defines ESS as follows:

Operational Effectiveness is the measure of the overall ability of a system to accomplish a mission when used by representative personnel in the environment planned or expected for operational employment of the system considering organization, doctrine, tactics, supportability, survivability, vulnerability, and threat.

Operational Suitability is the degree to which a system can be satisfactorily placed in field use with consideration to reliability, availability, compatibility, transportability, interoperability, wartime usage rates, maintainability, safety, human factors, habitability, manpower supportability, logistics supportability, documentation, environmental effects, and training requirements.

Survivability is the capability of a system and crew to avoid or withstand manmade hostile environments without suffering an abortive impairment of its ability to accomplish its designated mission.

1.4 (U) SCOPE. This PWS sets forth the requirements for services to support T&E programs at AEC. Services will include the performance of a wide variety of technical tasks and may include management and professional support services;

studies, analyses, and evaluations; and engineering and technical services. The contractor shall accomplish these tasks by applying specialized knowledge and expertise to assist AEC in the evaluation of ESS and safety. This knowledge and expertise shall be applicable to the specific Test Mission Areas (TMAs) and Test Function Areas defined in ATEC Regulation 10-1, ATEC Headquarters Organization, Mission, and Functions. The government intends to award individual task orders (TOs) under this contract applicable to the directorate, division, and/or project level.

Each TO-level PWS will specify the requirements for personnel knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies, and security clearance. A TO may be awarded for one or more of the following tasks:

AAIDED Support. This task requires specialized expertise in data sciences, data analytics, ML, AI, and DE, to support the technical performance evaluation of systems, subsystems, and components across all TMAs.

AFED Support. The contractor will apply specialized expertise in the technical performance evaluation of systems, subsystems, and components in one or more of the following TMAs: Air/Missile Defense (Air-Based), Aircraft (manned and unmanned), Aircraft Armaments, Aviation Command and Control, Aviation Surveillance, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft, Directed Energy, Fire Control, Missiles/Rockets (Air-Based), and associated software.

BMDED Support. This task requires specialized expertise in the technical performance evaluation of systems, subsystems, and components in one or more of the following TMAs: Air/Missile Defense (Ground-Based); Missiles/Rockets (Ground- Based); and associated Command and Control, sensors, and radars.

COCOM Cybersecurity Task Force (CCTF) Support. This task requires specialized expertise in Cybersecurity IA and mission assurance across all TMAs.

C5ISRED Support. This task requires specialized expertise in the technical performance evaluation of systems, subsystems, and components in one or more of the following TMAs: Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4);

Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT); Enterprise Software Systems; EW and Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO); and ISR.

MSED Support. This task requires specialized expertise in the technical performance evaluation of systems, subsystems, and components in one or more of the following TMAs: Automotive Vehicles (manned and unmanned), Engineering Equipment, and other TMAs mounted on manned and unmanned vehicle platforms to include but not limited to Active Protection, C4, Countermeasures-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED), Direct Fire, and Optical/Electro-optical.

SED Support. This task requires specialized expertise in the technical performance evaluation of systems, subsystems, and components in one or more of the following TMAs: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN); Direct Fire; General Support Equipment; Indirect Fire; Smoke/Obscurants; Soldier Systems; Combat Training Simulation; and other Soldier-worn or Soldier-carried TMAs to include but not limited to C4, C-IED, and Optical/Electro-optical.

SVED Support. This task requires specialized expertise in integrated survivability evaluation to include system, subsystem, and component level knowledge of technical performance across all TMAs in the test function areas to include but not limited to Ballistic Vulnerability, Lethality, and Survivability; Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3); Extreme Natural Environments; Non-Ballistic Vulnerability and Survivability; and Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO).

Training and Professional Development Projects Support. This task requires specialized knowledge of T&E competencies to include but not limited to the total planning, facilitation, instruction, and completion of recurring training requirements such as the ATEC T&E Basic Course (TEBC) and the AEC Operations Course

(AOC).

2.0 (U) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

2.1 (U) NON-PERSONAL SERVICES. The government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the government. The contractor shall not engage in any functions that are inherently governmental in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 7.5, Inherently Governmental Functions. If the contractor believes or perceives that any actions constitute personal services, the contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer (KO) immediately.

2.2 (U) TYPE OF CONTRACT. The government will award a Multiple Award (MA) Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ), hybrid Cost Plus Fixed Fee and Firm- Fixed Price contract.

2.3 (U) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE/ORDERING PERIOD. The ordering period will be for seven years effective from the date of award to the last day of the ordering period. The period of performance (POP) is applicable to the TO and shall be for a period of up to 60 months to include all options inclusive of 30-day transition in and transition out periods.

2.4 (U) PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. The place of performance is applicable to the TO and will be defined in the TO-level PWS. Primary performance will occur offsite at contractor facilities. Additional places of performance may include government facilities and U.S. Army installations within the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) as necessary to perform the requirements under the contract. Potential locations of performance may include but are not limited to Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland; Colorado Springs, CO; Fort Bliss, Texas; Redstone Arsenal, Alabama;

and White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico. The contractor shall be capable of supporting contract tasks using the personnel resources already located in areas of task performance. The government will not reimburse the contractor for permanently relocating personnel to the required duty locations or for long-term travel.

2.5 (U) TRAVEL. Travel requirements under this contract are applicable to the TO and will be defined in the TO-level PWS. As required, the contractor may travel to other contractor facilities, government facilities, and U.S. Army installations at locations both within CONUS and outside CONUS (OCONUS). Personnel required to travel to OCONUS locations must possess a valid passport and/or visa and comply with associated Status of Forces Agreements, as necessary. The contractor shall comply with foreign travel requirements IAW AR 30-67, Personnel Security Program, and all supplemental guidance. All travel requires advanced notification, coordination, and approval of the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). Expenses for daily commuting time and travel between the contractor’s normal duty location are not authorized and are unallowable. At the completion of authorized and pre-approved travel, the government will reimburse the contractor for all allowable travel expenses IAW Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and FAR part 31.205-46. There will be no profit to the contractor on any travel performed under this contract. The contractor shall be responsible for making all necessary travel arrangements for their employees. No relocation costs will be paid under this contract.

2.6 (U) OTHER DIRECT COSTS. The contractor may be required to acquire items or incur other direct costs (ODCs) associated with the performance of this contract and each awarded TO. Any ODCs identified by the contractor deemed necessary for contract performance requires written pre-approval of the COR prior to purchase.

2.7 (U) FEDERAL HOLIDAYS/CURTAILED OPERATIONS. The contractor is not required to perform services on federal holidays, on the days when these holidays are observed, or during periods of government curtailment such as emergency situations, inclement weather, power curtailments, furlough, shutdowns, organization events, executive ordered closures, planned training days, etc. Officially designated federal holidays may be found on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/.

Continued performance on contractor recognized holidays that differ from those defined by OPM or during curtailments will be limited to mission critical functions. In these cases, the COR will notify the contractor in advance of the specific efforts and personnel permitted to continue performance. The contractor shall not invoice the government for costs incurred for performance not specifically approved in advance.

2.8 (U) HOURS OF OPERATION. The contractor is responsible for conducting business during normal government workdays, Monday through Friday except on federal holidays and government curtailments, eight hours per day, 40 hours per week. At a minimum, the contractor shall be available to the government during the core hours of 0900 to 1500 daily. The contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the government is not closed for the above reasons.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/

The nature of the tasks performed under this contract may require performance outside of the normal hours of operation or for surge support. The contractor shall manage or adjust personnel schedules to account for such deviations and to limit unnecessary costs. Once all attempts to mitigate costs are exhausted, the contractor may request advanced COR approval to implement an extended workweek (EWW) to enable task performance. Once task performance is complete, the contractor shall return to normal hours of operations. The use of overtime is limited to mission critical requirements only and requires advanced approval of the KO in coordination with the

COR.

2.9 (U) TRANSITION. The contractor shall follow the transition plan submitted with their proposal and keep the government fully informed of status throughout the transition period. The purpose of a transition plan is to ensure a complete and successful exchange of information between the incumbent contractor and the incoming contractor with attention given to minimize interruptions or delays to work in progress that would impact the mission. The contractor must plan for the transfer of work control, delineating the method for processing and assigning tasks during the transition. The contractor’s transition plan shall include a 30-day transition-in period which will be the first 30 calendar days immediately following contract award, and a 30-day transition-out period which will be the 30 calendar days immediately preceding the contract end date.

2.10 (U) LEVEL OF EFFORT. The contractor shall perform all work and provide all required reports within the level of effort (LOE) specified in this section. The contractor shall provide direct labor hours for the base period and direct labor hours for any option period exercised as cited in Attachment 5, Cost and Pricing Template.

The government's best estimate of the LOE to fulfill these requirements is provided for advisory and estimating purposes. The government is only obligated to pay for direct labor hours ordered and the corresponding fixed fee for labor hours completed.

Direct labor includes personnel such as engineers, scientists, technicians, statisticians, and analysts, and not support personnel such as company management or data entry/word processing/accounting personnel even though such support personnel are normally treated as direct labor by the contractor. The LOE specified in this section includes contractor, subcontractor, and consultant non-support labor hours. If the contractor provides less than 90 percent of the LOE specified for the base period or any optional period exercised, an equitable downward adjustment of the fixed fee, if any, for that period will be made. The downward adjustment will reduce the fixed fee by the percentage by which the total expended LOE is less than 100 percent of that specified in this section. (For instance, if a hypothetical base-period LOE of 100,000 hours is being reduced to 70,000, the fixed fee shall also be reduced by the same 30 percent. Using a corresponding hypothetical base-period fixed fee pool of $300,000, the reduced fixed fee amount is calculated as: $300,000 × (70,000 hours/100,000 hours) = $210,000.) The government may require the contractor to provide additional effort up to 110 percent of the LOE for any period until the estimated cost for that period has been reached. However, this additional effort shall not result in any increase in the fixed fee, if any. These terms and conditions do not supersede the requirements of either the “Limitation of Cost” or “Limitation of Funds” clause.

2.11 (U) CONTRACT ON/OFF RAMP PROCESS. The government reserves the right to review all contracts under the AEC MA IDIQ vehicle to determine if the need exists to add additional contracts and/or to determine if it is appropriate to remove existing contracts. The KO may conduct market research to assess additional technologies and capabilities available in the open market. The KO may also assess contractor performance and the amount of competition available.

The objective of an on-ramp is to maintain competitive sources for TOs and/or to obtain access to additional technologies and capabilities. The government may evaluate the benefit of conducting an on-ramp on the MA IDIQ vehicle on an annual basis. The government will strongly consider on-ramps in years two and four of the ordering period. However, the government may conduct an on-ramp in any year of the ordering period to maintain adequate competition or to obtain access to additional technologies and capabilities. During an on-ramp, offerors who are not already a contract holder may be eligible to obtain a contract under the AEC MA IDIQ vehicle. Current contract holders shall not submit a proposal for a new contract during the on-ramp and shall continue with their existing contract. The government may conduct an on-ramp to this contract IAW the following: Notice of an on-ramp solicitation and the on-ramp procedures will be publicized on the System for Award Management (SAM) website at: https://www.sam.gov. The solicitation may identify the total approximate number of new contracts awards the government intends to make; however, the actual number of awards may depend on the number of quality proposals received. The basis for award under the solicitation will be substantially the same as the original solicitation. The terms and conditions of any contracts resulting from the solicitation will be materially identical to the current version of the existing contracts under the AEC MA IDIQ vehicle. The ordering period of any new contracts resulting from the solicitation will be coterminous with the ordering period of the existing contracts under the AEC MA IDIQ vehicle. If awarded a contract resulting from the solicitation, any new contractor will be eligible to submit a proposal in response to a TO Request for Proposal (RFP) with the same rights and obligations as any other contractor on the AEC MA IDIQ vehicle. The award of any new contracts will not increase the existing overall ceiling amount of the AEC MA IDIQ vehicle.

The objective of an off-ramp is to reduce administrative burden and costs for the government and contractors and to maintain streamlined and efficient processes on the contract. The government may evaluate the benefit of conducting an off-ramp on the MA IDIQ vehicle on an annual basis. The government will strongly consider off-ramps in years three and five of the ordering period. However, the government may conduct an off-ramp in any year of the ordering period to reduce administrative burden and costs for the government and contractors and to maintain streamlined and efficient processes on the contract. Any contractor that has not submitted an acceptable proposal for a TO in 36 months, has had any contractor-induced cost overruns, and has any unsatisfactory performance ratings in the Contract Performance and Rating System (CPARS) for the AECSS contract or TOs under the contract may be off-ramped. The government may off-ramp a contractor IAW the following: The KO will affect a no-cost settlement instead of issuing a termination notice if applicable; and the KO will implement a termination for convenience IAW FAR parts 52.249-2, 52.249-4, 52.249-6, or 52.249-8 as applicable. Any contractor that is off-ramped shall not receive any further TOs under this contract. However, any contractor that is off-ramped shall be responsible to continue performance on existing TOs IAW the terms and conditions of the TOs, including TO option periods, if exercised.

3.0 (U) CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. The contractor shall successfully integrate and coordinate all activities and provide the necessary resources and infrastructure to manage, perform, and administer the requirements specified in this PWS. The contractor shall manage the timeliness, completeness, and quality of problem identification. The contractor shall provide corrective action plans, proposal submittals, https://www.sam.gov/ timely identification of issues, and effective management of subcontractors. The contractor shall provide for receipt and coordination of task assignments, rapid resolution of questions and other issues associated with this contract and continuity in the knowledge and application of safety, security, environmental, health, and operating regulations. The contractor shall ensure customer satisfaction utilizing professionalism and ethical behavior consistent with Army values, applicable policy, and/or best practices. The contractor shall not directly bill the government for the costs of contract management and administration. Any allowable costs shall be included in the contractor’s indirect charge rate.

3.1 (U) POINTS OF CONTACT.

3.1.1 (U) Contractor Program Manager. The contractor shall provide an offsite Program Manager (PM), during normal hours of operation, to perform overall management of this contract to include any subsequently awarded TOs. The PM shall be the government’s primary point of contact (POC) and shall have the authority to act or make decisions on all matters on behalf of the contractor. The contractor shall designate an alternate who shall be authorized to make decisions in the absence of the PM. The contractor PM shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to the requirement.

The contractor PM must maintain continuity between the support operations at the TO-specified work location and the contractor’s corporate offices. The contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement.

3.1.2 (U) Contracting Officer’s Representative. The government will appoint, in writing, a COR who will be the contractor’s single POC between the government and contractor personnel assigned to support this contract and its awarded TOs. In addition, the government will appoint an Alternate COR (ACOR) who will be authorized to oversee contractor performance in the absence of the COR. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration. The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: Ensure that the contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract; conducts inspections necessary in connection with contract performance: maintains written and oral communications with the contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract; issues written interpretations of technical requirements including government drawings, designs, and specifications; monitors contractor's performance and notifies both the KO and contractor of any deficiencies; coordinates availability of government furnished property; and provides site entry of contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates, or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

3.1.3 (U) Technical Monitor. At the government’s discretion, the COR may designate Technical Monitors (TMs) who will assist the COR in conducting technical oversight and providing feedback for surveillance. TM functions may be performed by government personnel such as an AST chair, performance evaluator, test integrator, test manager, safety evaluator, suitability evaluator, survivability evaluator, CFT integrator, CFT coordinator, or other subject matter expert (SME).

3.2 (U) COMMUNICATIONS.

3.2.1 (U) Routine Communications. The contractor shall respond to all requests for information and technical advice regarding the services in this contract within the timeline specified by the government. Responses shall be either verbal or written, as specified by the requestor. Types of actions shall include:

Responding to inquiries and suggestions; providing written comments based on review of draft documents such as regulations that affect the operations of this contract; providing information requested by customers, investigators, inspectors, auditors, and members of special teams (both internal and external to AEC), and responding to findings of such inquiries; preparing reports IAW government instructions and directives by the requested due dates; and attending onsite and offsite meetings as required by the government.

3.2.2 (U) Post Award Conferences/Periodic Progress Meetings. The contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office IAW FAR part 42.5. The KO, COR, and other government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor’s performance. At these meetings, the government will apprise the contractor of how the government views the contractor’s performance and the contractor will apprise the government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. All post-award conferences and recurring meetings are applicable to the TO and will be defined in the TO-level PWS.

At a minimum, the government will convene a start of work meeting to be held immediately after contract/TO award and shall be a key function during the contract transition-in period. Start of work meetings are designed to establish open lines of communication between the contractor and the government and to instill a spirit of teaming and partnership as a guiding principle under this contract.

3.3 (U) QUALITY MANAGEMENT.

3.3.1 (U) Quality Control. The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed IAW this PWS. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The contractor’s quality control program is the means of ensuring that the work complies with the requirements of this contract.

3.3.2 (U) Quality Assurance. The government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract IAW Attachment 1, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). This plan focuses primarily on what the government must do to ensure the contractor has performed IAW the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

3.3.3 (U) Government Inspections. Government inspections will be performed IAW Attachment 1, QASP. If any of the services performed do not conform with contract requirements, the government may require the contractor to perform the services again in conformity with contract requirements for no additional fee. When the defects in services cannot be corrected by re-performance, the government may (1) require the contractor to take necessary action to ensure that future performance conforms to contract requirements; and (2) reduce any fee payable under the contract to reflect the reduced value of the services performed. If the contractor fails to promptly perform the services again or take action necessary to ensure future performance in conformity with the contract requirements, the government may (1) by contract or otherwise, perform the services and reduce any fee payable by an amount that is equitable under the circumstances; or (2) terminate the contract for default. “Services,” as used in this clause includes services performed, workmanship, and material furnished or used in performing services.

3.3.4 (U) Cost Control. Offerors shall be required to manage to the contract ceiling stated in their proposals. Evaluation of offerors will be based on their ability to manage to the target cost for each year of an awarded TO contract. Any cost overrun above the target cost may result in a negative rating in CPARS under “Cost Control”.

4.0 (U) PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. The contractor shall accomplish the assigned work by employing and utilizing qualified personnel with the appropriate combinations of education, experience, training, qualifications, certifications, and security clearances commensurate with the work they will perform and the level of responsibility they will exercise. All personnel assigned to perform under this contract shall be trained, qualified, certified, and licensed IAW the requirements specified in this PWS prior to starting work except for the training that is not commercially available and government unique. The contractor shall assign work effort and maintain proper and accurate timekeeping records of personnel assigned to perform under this contract. The contractor shall have and maintain a staffing and workforce management structure that enables adequate resourcing of personnel requirements for performance of this contract and shall include the ability to flex the workforce with fluctuating workload to support any surge or quick response requirements. The contractor shall not directly bill the government for the costs of personnel management. Any allowable costs shall be included in the contractor’s indirect charge rate.

4.1 (U) PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS. The type of work performed under this contract requires a variety of labor categories at a level of effort that may be unpredictable in response to type and complexity of weapon system tests. The contractor shall match personnel skills to the work or tasks with a minimum of under/over employment of resources. The contractor shall ensure the labor categories, labor rates, and labor hours utilized in performance of this contract will be the minimum necessary to accomplish the task. All key and non-key personnel shall meet or exceed the education, experience, and security requirements defined in Attachment 2, AECSS Labor Category Qualifications. In addition, all labor categories are expected to meet basic proficiency requirements in the use of computers and software, e.g., Microsoft Office products or other software required for performance of the work.

4.1.1 (U) Personnel Resumes. During the life of the contract and for all personnel requirements, the contractor shall provide resumes to the government for review and acceptance by the COR. If the contractor is not able to fill a personnel requirement within a specified timeline, the contractor shall notify the government to request an extension. Should the contractor fail to provide qualified personnel as required by the government, the contract may be terminated for default.

4.1.2 (U) Key Personnel. The following personnel are considered key personnel by the government: Program Manager. Additional key personnel requirements are applicable to the TO and will be identified in the TO-level PWS. All key personnel provided must meet or exceed the requirements specified in Attachment 2, AECSS Labor Category Qualifications, which contains the baseline education and experience requirements and any additional specialized experience requirements for each labor category.

4.1.3 (U) Substitution of Key Personnel. The contractor shall assign key personnel IAW the personnel resumes submitted with their proposal. During the first 180 days of performance, the contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel unless the substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment. If the contractor proposes above the minimum qualifications for key personnel in its proposal for contract award, and if the person proposed is different from the person brought on board, that person must meet the contractor’s proposed qualifications. No substitutions in key personnel shall be made except IAW this section. All proposed substitutions must be submitted to and approved in advance by the COR.

4.2 (U) TRAINING. The contractor shall develop a training program to ensure contractor personnel are properly trained to accomplish the requirements of this contract. The contractor shall maintain records of all scheduled and completed training and make those records available to the government upon request. A lack of training does not relieve the contractor from ensuring the contractor personnel are otherwise qualified to perform their assigned tasks when they begin employment under this contract.

The government encourages the contractor to seek opportunities to identify efficiencies in training that will reduce costs to the government as well as minimize duty hours spent completing training. The contractor shall meet AEC’s annual mandated training requirements as provided by the government. The contractor shall pay for training, licensing, and certifications, except mandatory training provided by the government. For training or certification that is not commercially available and government-unique, contractor employees shall have a maximum of 90 calendar days to complete the training and certification. Labor and all associated costs of training, licensing, certifications, meetings, professional development, and security clearances shall be borne by the contractor. The government may reimburse the contractor one time for training in new technologies or unique skills required to perform contract-specified tasks and not for employee advancement. All costs of training that are to be reimbursed to the contractor must be approved by the COR prior to commencement of the training. Any retraining needed due to contract employee departure will be at the contractor’s expense.

4.3 (U) PERSONNEL SECURITY CLEARANCE. Contractor and subcontractor personnel supporting this contract will require access to one or more of the following categories of classified information: Restricted Data, Formerly Restricted Data, Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information, Collateral or Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Intelligence Information, Special Access Program (SAP) Information, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Information, and/or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Furthermore, contractor personnel may require access to one or more of the following: Secure Internet Protocol Network (SIPRNET), Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System, and/or special use networks. Work under this contract may require eligibility and access for Communications Security (COMSEC) information and/or a COMSEC account.

Contractor personnel may be authorized use of the Defense Courier Services. For access to classified information, the contractor shall ensure all personnel performing work under this contract have an appropriate security clearance at the time of proposal submission and maintain the level of security required for the life of the contract. Contract Security Classification Specifications are covered in Attachment 3, Defense Department (DD) Form 254.

4.4 (U) PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.

4.4.1 (U) Administration. The contractor shall provide the necessary resources and infrastructure to support contract tasks when contractors are authorized to work offsite. The contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion to include timekeeping, leave processing, pay, and emergency needs.

4.4.2 (U) Identification of Contractor Employees. All contract personnel attending meetings, answering government telephones, and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed. The contractor shall issue to contractor personnel lanyards, badges, or other conveyance that easily identifies the person as a contractor employee. These items shall be worn on exterior clothing and clearly display the contractor’s company affiliation.

4.4.3 (U) Personnel Appearance. Contractor personnel shall practice high standards of personal hygiene and maintain a clean, neat appearance while on duty. The contractor shall ensure that personnel are properly attired for accomplishment of their duties.

4.4.4 (U) Conduct of Personnel. Employees of this contract shall comply with standards of conduct IAW FAR part 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct. All contractor personnel shall comply with the ATEC Acceptable Use Policy for persons who use computers. The contractor shall enforce standards of employee conduct and take disciplinary action as necessary. Employees shall not participate in disruptive activities or interfere with operations.

4.4.5 (U) Removal of Personnel. The government may request the removal of any contractor employee for reasons of misconduct, safety, environmental, security, or any other reason if in the best interest of the government. The government may request the removal of any contractor employee found to be, or suspected of being, under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or incapacitating agent. The government may request the contractor to test employees suspected of being under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or incapacitating agent. The removal of a contractor employee from the job site shall not alleviate the contractor of the requirement to provide sufficient personnel to perform the services as required by this contract. Replacement of personnel removed under this paragraph shall be provided within ten (10) calendar days of the date of government’s request for removal or at the government’s discretion.

4.4.6 (U) Departing Employees. The contractor, in coordination with the COR, shall ensure all contractor employees return all items issued by the government at the completion of their employment. The return of these items will be completed no later than (NLT) 24 hours before their departure. In addition to any COR contractor departing procedures, the contractor will develop and implement an employment/installation clearance procedure and checklist to ensure that an employee has turned in all badges, government property, and keys before leaving employment on the installation and access to the Local Area Network (LAN)/email has been cancelled. This checklist will contain a signature block for ATEC Security personnel to initial to ensure all contract employees have cleared all aspects of employment. In addition, contractor personnel briefed on SCI and SAPs shall contact ATEC Security personnel to complete a termination briefing prior to termination of employment. The contractor shall ensure that their departing employee has turned over all files (digitally or paper), records, hand-outs, pictures, drawings, charts, diagrams, notes, briefings, slides, or any other related information or material prior to their departure to the COR.

5.0 (U) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES. All government furnished items and services are applicable to the TO and will be further defined in TO-level PWS.

The government reserves the right to furnish parts, supplies, materials, and equipment when deemed to be in the best interest of the government. When provided, all government furnished reference material, information, data, equipment, hardware, and software provided to the contractor for performance under this contract remain the property of the U.S. Government and shall be controlled, protected, preserved, accounted for, maintained, and promptly turned in when no longer required IAW FAR Part 45 and Army policy. The contractor shall comply with all applicable clauses of this contract. IAW the specifications defined in the TO-level PWS and as approved by the COR, the following government furnished items and services may be provided to the extent permitted by the government and necessitated by mission requirements:

5.1 (U) FACILITIES. When contractor performance is required on-site in government facilities, the government may provide workspace, including the use of the usual items needed to conduct work, such as printers, shredders, scanners, fax machines, etc., either on a temporary or permanent basis.

5.2 (U) UTILITIES. When contractor performance is required on-site in government facilities, the government will provide access to all available utilities. The contractor shall instruct employees in utilities conservation practices. The contractor shall be responsible for operating under conditions that preclude the waste of utilities, which include turning off the water faucets or valves after using the required amount to accomplish tasks within this PWS.

5.3 (U) EQUIPMENT. When contractor performance is required on-site in government facilities, the government will provide government furnished property (GFP) as necessary to perform tasks under this contract. The contractor shall sign a contract modification for all GFP provided by the government. Rejection of GFP by the contractor shall not relieve the contractor of responsibility in performance of this contract. The contractor shall not use GFP for any purpose other than the performance of this contract. All communication pertaining to the management of GFP shall be in writing to the COR. The contractor shall have a process to enable prompt recognition, investigation, disclosure, and reporting of loss of GFP, including losses that occur at subcontractor or alternate site locations. This process shall include the corrective actions necessary to prevent recurrence. IAW FAR Part 52.245-1(f)(vii)(B), immediately upon discovering the item is missing, damaged, or destroyed, the contractor shall initiate an investigation and report to the government all incidents of property loss. When the contractor is found to be liable for property damage/loss due to negligence, the contractor performance rating shall be affected for all cases after the first incident during each performance year of the contract. At a minimum, GFP will be inventoried every three (3) years and annually for classified or sensitive property. The contractor shall utilize GFP Transfer to report receipt of GFP, report the transfer of GFP to another DOD contract, report the shipment of GFP to the government or to a contractor, and report when serially managed items of GFP are incorporated into a higher-level component, assembly, or end item within seven (7) calendar days IAW DFARS 252.245-7005. The contractor shall submit a Government Property Report IAW CDRL A005, DD Form 1423. This report shall be initially submitted 30 calendar days post-award and quarterly thereafter. The contractor will request return of GFP to the government upon contract completion or when deemed excess to contract performance. The contractor is required to utilize the Contractor Acquired Property Pre-Screening of the GFP Module in Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) for any contractor inventory (as defined in FAR Part 52.245-1) during the performance of the contract and for contract closeout.

Any remaining government property not reutilized, transferred, or otherwise disposed of at contract closeout, shall be submitted in the Plant Clearance function of the GFP Module in PIEE. If applicable, the contractor is responsible for demilitarization. The contractor is responsible for transportation and shipping when disposition instructions are provided unless transferred to another organization.

5.4 (U) MATERIALS. The government will provide all policies, instructions, and regulations necessary for performance…