Atch 01 Performance Work Statement_Combined SynSol 20-R-0030_Final.pdf

Attachment 01

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

For

Capability Development Integration Directorate (CDID)

Futures & Concepts Center

Concept and Capabilities Specialist Services

W9124J-20-R-0030

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide concept and capability specialist services at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in support of the Capabilities Development Integration Directorate

(CDID), Concepts and Requirements Division (CRD), Futures and Concepts Center (FCC). 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.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform duties as a Concept and Capabilities Specialist. The contractor will provide Army Health

System subject matter expertise in support of operational and organizational concept design, identification of required capabilities (formations, functions, science and technology) and future study plan

(experimentation) participation needed to meet Army modernization objectives supporting AimPoint

Forces of 2028 and 2035 and other responsibilities as defined within the Performance Work Statement

(PWS), Part 5, except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The

Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background: The CRD develops medical concepts and capabilities that enable Army forces to conduct

Unified Land Operations as described in the Army Operating Concept against near peer competitors in the future operational environment. The CRD synchronizes and integrates requirements across the Army

Warfighting Functions to ensure medical functionality and requisite force structure is accurately represented in Sustainment, Protection and other proponent functional concepts. The CRD leverages Top

Down Future Development Process (TDFDP), knowledge needs, robust conceptual experimentation participation, and detailed research and analysis planning to inform how AHS capability and capacity will be organized, command and controlled, and arrayed throughout the operational framework. The Contractor shall provide analytical and technical support in support of medical concept and capability development efforts.

1.2.1 The mission of the CRD within the CDID is to:

Develop future medical supporting concepts designed to enable and sustain calibrated forces during the competition continuum and conflict.

Develop strategic, operational and tactical level operational and organizational (O&O) concepts to inform force development update efforts.

Identify required medical capabilities needed to support multi-domain operations as described in the Army Operating Concept.

Contribute AHS technical and operational input to support the requirements document development process.

Develop knowledge needs and learning demands to support conceptual examination of operations and organizations.

Integrate medical functions into Sustainment and Protection functional concepts.

Represent medical equities during Joint and Army conceptual and constructive experimentation.

Update and maintain FORGE Database to support information requirements for internal and external organizations.

1.2.2 FORGE Database:

The system of record consisting of five database modules that contain the common operational picture information, approved modernization priorities, knowledge needs and planned experimentation activities.

Provides access to events across 68 subordinate directorates and organizations.

Repository for TDFDP information.

1.2.3 The purpose of the FORGE Database is to provide an integrated information and data storage capability used to support collective and collaborative planning, preparation and analysis for approved experiments (events) and directed activities within the AFC community of practice including:

AFC Cross Functional Teams (CFT).

FCC Capability Development and Integration Directorates (CDID).

FCC Joint Modernization Command (JMC).

FCC Future Warfare Division (FWD).

1.3 Objectives: To provide medical concept and capability development and analytical services at Joint

Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in support of the CDID, CRD.

1.4 Scope: Contractor will serve as a concepts and capability developer with subject matter expertise in the

Army Health System (AHS). Services include concept development, requirements determination, analysis planning, data entry and capabilities integration. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform concepts and capabilities SME Services.

1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance will be for (1) 12 month base year and (3) 12 month option years. The Period of Performance will read as follows:

Base Year 29 September 2020 – 28 September 2021

Option Year I 29 September 2021 – 28 September 2022

Option Year II 29 September 2022 – 28 September 2023

Option Year III 29 September 2023 – 28 September 2024

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Federal Observed Holidays: The contractor will not be required to perform services on any of the list

Federal Observed Holidays.

New Year’s Day Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day

President’s Day Veteran’s Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day

Independence Day Christmas Day

1.6.2 Hours of Operation: The Contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of

0730 – 1630, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons.

1.6.3 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at Joint Base

San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 2377 Greeley RD, Building 4011.

1.6.4 Quality Control Program: The Contractor shall develop and maintain an effective Quality Control

Plan (QCP) to ensure services are performed in accordance with (IAW) this PWS. The QCP must be forwarded to and accepted by the Contracting Officer (KO). The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of deficiencies. The Contractor’s QCP is the means by which the Contractor assures that the work complies with the requirement of the contract. After acceptance of the QCP the Contractor shall receive the contracting officer’s acceptance in writing of any proposed change to the QCP.

1.6.5 Quality Assurance: The government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is a Government only document and is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s). Government surveillance of contractor performance is not limited to the Performance Objectives as outlined in this PWS. The

Government reserves the right to conduct compliance surveillance of any contractual requirement of this acquisition.

1.6.6 Type of Contract: The Government will award a single award, firm-fixed price services contract.

1.6.7 Security Requirements: Contractor personnel performing work under this contract must have a

SECRET security clearance at time of the contract start date, and must maintain the level of security required for the life of the contract.

1.6.7.1 Physical Security: The Contractor shall safeguard all government equipment, information and property provided for Contractor use. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

1.6.7.2 Key Control: The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of making sure all keys/key cards issued to the Contractor by the Government are not lost or misplaced and are not used by unauthorized persons. NOTE: All references to keys include key cards. No keys issued to the Contractor by the Government shall be duplicated. The Contractor shall develop procedures covering key control that shall be included in the Quality Control Plan. Such procedures shall include turn-in of any issued keys by personnel who no longer require access to locked areas. The Contractor shall immediately report any occurrences of lost or duplicate keys/key cards to the Contracting Officer.

1.6.7.2.1. Lost keys shall be reported to the COR and the KO. In the event keys, other than master keys, are lost or duplicated, the Contractor shall, upon direction of the Contracting Officer, re-key or replace the affected lock or locks; however, the Government, at its option, may replace the affected lock or locks or perform re-keying. When the replacement of locks or re-keying is performed by the Government, the total cost of re-keying or the replacement of the lock or locks shall be deducted from the monthly payment due the Contractor. In the event a master key is lost or duplicated, all locks and keys for that system shall be replaced by the Government and the total cost deducted from the monthly payment due the Contractor.

1.6.7.2.2. The Contractor shall prohibit the use of Government issued keys by any persons other than the

Contractor’s employees. The Contractor shall prohibit the opening of locked areas by Contractor employees to permit entrance of persons other than Contractor employees engaged in the performance of assigned work in those areas, or personnel authorized entrance by the Contracting Officer (KO).

1.6.7.3 Lock Combinations: The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of ensuring that all lock combinations are not revealed to unauthorized persons. The Contractor shall ensure that lock combinations are changed when personnel having access to the combinations no longer have a need to know such combinations. These procedures shall be included in the Contractor’s QCP.

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: The Contractor must be familiar and have a working knowledge of Microsoft

Windows Operating system. Contractor requires an in-depth working knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Office 2013, Microsoft SharePoint 2013, milSuite (e.g., milBook, milWiki), Direct Connect

Online (DCO).

1.6.9 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 42.5. The KO and Contracting Officer’s Representative

(COR) shall meet periodically, quarterly as a minimum, with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the KO 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.

1.6.10 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): The COR will be identified by separate letter. The

COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: Assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract; perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance;

maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract;

issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, and specifications; monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the KO and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property; and facilitate 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.

1.6.11 Key Personnel: The Contractor shall provide Concept and Capabilities Specialist services to include one (1) of the required contract Concept and Capabilities Specialist to also service as an onsite contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the

KO. The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available between 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

Qualifications for all contractor personnel are listed below:

a. Minimum of 20 years of military experience in both deployed and institutional environments.

b. Miniumum professional military education is a graduate from the Command and General Staff

College, ideal is Senior Service College.

c. Operational experience at the strategic (theater), operational (corps) and tactical (division) commands.

d. Indepth knowledge of Army warfighting function planning, synchronization, integration and execution.

1.6.12 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. Contract personnel will be required to obtain a Common Access Card (CAC) in order to access the AMEDDC&S computer network and to gain access to Bldg. 4011.

1.6.13 Contractor Travel: Travel within the local vicinity (JBSA, FSH) is required in support of this PWS.

Travel reimbursements for local travel are not authorized, nor are use of a government vehicle. Contractor employees are required to travel in support of the PWS tasks. Required travel will normally be within the

Continental United States (CONUS) to locations such as the, Fort Lee, Fort Benning and Fort Eustis.

Travel outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) will seldom occur and only when absolutely necessary in support of PWS Tasks. Any OCONUS travel will not exceed 14 days. If the government adds any requirement for the Contractor to conduct OCONUS travel, the Anti-Terrorism/Operations Security checklist that accompanies the contract will be modified at that time. The Contractor must receive approval from the COR prior to any travel (CONUS or OCONUS) and all travel shall be IAW the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 31.205-46 and the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR). A trip report is required

IAW DI-ADMIN-81505 for any travel and reported within the Contractor’s Monthly Status and

Management Report to the COR.

1.6.14 Contractor Personnel Conduct: Contractor personnel’s conduct shall not reflect discredit upon the

Government. The Contractor shall ensure that personnel present a professional appearance. The

Contractor’s employees shall observe and comply with all local policies and procedures concerning fire, safety, environmental protection, sanitation, security, and possession of firearms or other lethal or illegal weapons or substance. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that any contractor employees providing services under this contract conduct themselves and perform services in a professional, safe, and responsible manner. The Contractor shall remove from the job site any employee for reasons of misconduct or security. In accordance with DOD Directive 5500.7-R, “Joint Ethics Regulation”, Contractor employees must avoid improperly influenced in the execution of their duties under the contract. Particular attention should be paid to acceptance of gifts/ gratuities, and on non-disclosure of sensitive or classified information. The Contractor shall ensure employee conduct complies with 41 U.S. C 423 relative to release of acquisition related information or actions or discussions which may prejudice future competitions. The Contractor shall ensure no contractor employees conduct political related activities or events on the USAR Facilities.

1.6.15 Other Direct Costs: This category includes travel (outlined in paragraph 1.6.13), reproduction, and shipping expenses associated with contract performance activities and visits to external facilities.

1.6.16 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the KO. All materials supplied to the

Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.6.17 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to, or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.), or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent

Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the

KO immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the KO to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The

Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the KO, and in the event the KO unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the KO may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

1.6.18 Phase In/Phase Out: To minimize any decreases in productivity and to prevent possible negative impacts on additional services, the Contractor shall have key personnel on board, during the phase in/ phase out periods. The Contractor shall, upon the Contracting Officer's written notice, (1) furnish phase-in and phase-out services for up to 10 months after this contract expires and (2) negotiate in good faith a plan with a successor to determine the nature and extent of phase-in and phase-out services required. The plan shall specify a training program and a date for transferring responsibilities for each division of work described in the plan, and shall be subject to the Contracting Officer's approval. The Contractor shall provide sufficient experienced personnel during the phase-in and phase-out period to ensure that the services called for by this contract are maintained at the required level of proficiency.

1.6.19 Antiterrorism (AT) and Operations Security (OPSEC)

1.6.19.1 AT Level I Training: This provision/contract text is for contractor employees with an area of performance within an Army controlled installation, facility, or area. All contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities, and controlled access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is applicable. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee to the COR within 10 calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel.

1.6.19.2 Access and General Protection/Security Policy and Procedures: This standard language text is for contractor employees with an area of performance within an Army controlled installation, facility, or area.

Contractor and all associated sub-contractors’ employees shall comply with applicable installation, facility, and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures (provided by government representative). The contractor shall also provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Provost Marshall Office, Director of Emergency Services, or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by DOD, HQDA, and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition

(FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes.

1.6.19.3 AT Awareness Training for Contractor Personnel Traveling Overseas: This standard language text required US based contractor employees and associated sub-contractor employees to make available and to receive government provided area of responsibility (AOR) specific AT awareness training as directed by

AR 525-13. Specific AOR training content is directed by the combatant commander with the unit ATO being the local point of contact.

1.6.19.4 IWATCH Training: This standard language is for contractor employees with an area of performance within an Army controlled installation, facility or area. The contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall brief all employees on the local iWATCH program (training standards provided by the requiring activity ATO). This local developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the COR. This training shall be completed within 30 calendar days of contract award and within 30 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 40 calendar days after contract award.

1.6.19.5 Contractor Employees Who Require Access to Government Information Systems (IS): All contractor employees with access to a government IS must be registered in the ATCTS (Army Training

Certification Tracking System) at commencement of services, and must successfully complete the DOD

Information Assurance Awareness prior to access to the IS and then annually thereafter.

1.6.19.6 For Contracts that Require an OPSEC Standing Operating Procedure (SOP)/Plan: The contractor shall develop an OPSEC SOP/Plan within 90 calendar days of contract award, to be reviewed and approved by the responsible Government OPSEC officer, per AR 530-1, Operations Security. This SOP/Plan will include the government's critical information, why it needs to be protected, where it is located, who is responsible for it, and how to protect it. In addition, the contractor shall identify an individual who will be an OPSEC Coordinator. The contractor will ensure this individual becomes OPSEC Level II certified per

AR 530-1.

1.6.19.7 For Contracts that Require OPSEC Training: Per AR 530-1, Operations Security, new contractor employees must complete Level I OPSEC training within 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty. All contractor employees must complete annual OPSEC awareness training.

1.6.19.8 For Information Assurance (IA)/Information Technology (IT) Training: All contractor employees and associated sub-contractor employees must complete the DoD IA awareness training before issuance of network access and annually thereafter. All contractor employees working IA/IT functions must comply with DoD and Army training requirements in DoDD 8570.01, DoD 8570.01-M and AR 25-2 within six months of employment.

1.6.19.9 For Information Assurance (IA)/Information Technology (IT) Certification: Per DoD 8570.01-M, DFARS 252.239.7001, and AR 25-2, the contractor employees supporting IA/IT functions shall be appropriately certified upon contract award. The baseline certification as stipulated in DoD 8570.01-M must be completed upon contract award.

1.6.19.10 For Contractors Authorized to Accompany the Force: DFARS Clause 252.225-7040, Contractor

Personnel Authorized to Accompany U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States. The clause shall be used in solicitations and contracts that authorize contractor personnel to accompany US Armed

Forces deployed outside the US in contingency operations; humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or other military operations or exercises, when designated by the combatant commander. The clause discusses the following AT/OPSEC related topics: required compliance with laws and regulations, pre-deployment requirements, required training (per combatant command guidance), and personnel data required.

1.6.19.11 For Contractors Requiring Performance or Delivery in a Foreign Country, DFARS Clause

252.225-7043, and Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense Contractors Outside the US: The clause shall be used in solicitations and contracts that require performance or delivery in a foreign country. This clause applies to both contingencies and non-contingency support. The key AT requirement is for non-local national contractor personnel to comply with theater clearance requirements and allows the combatant commander to exercise oversight to ensure the contractor’s compliance with combatant commander and subordinate task force commander policies and directives.

1.6.19.12 For Contracts That Require Handling or Access to Classified Information: Contractor shall comply with FAR 52.204-2, Security Requirements. This clause involves access to information classified

“Confidential,” “Secret,” or “Top Secret” and requires contractors to comply with— (1) The Security

Agreement (DD Form 441), including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DoD

5220.22-M); any revisions to DOD 5220.22-M, notice of which has been furnished to the contractor.

1.6.20 Emergency Services

1.6.20.1 The Contractor shall have competent personnel trained and capable of dealing with minor personnel injuries. The Contractor or their employees shall immediately notify their supervisor of any accident requiring emergency medical treatment. The Contractor will, in turn, notify the KO or COR within 30 minutes of the incident.

1.6.20.2 Emergency medical treatment and services for Contractor personnel is the responsibility of the

Contractor.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS, AND ABBREVIATIONS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1 Definitions:

2.1.1 Cannibalize. Remove parts from Government property for use or for installation on other

Government property.

2.1.2 Contractor. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.3 Contractor Acquired Property. Property acquired, fabricated, or otherwise provided by the contractor for performing a contract and to which the Government has title.

2.1.4 Contracting Officer (KO). A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.5 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the

Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.6 Defective Service. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.7 Deliverable. Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.8 Equipment. A tangible item that is functionally complete for its intended purpose, durable, nonexpendable, and needed for the performance of a contract. Equipment is not intended for sale, and does not ordinarily lose its identity or become a component part of another article when put into use. Equipment does not include material, real property, special test equipment or special tooling.

2.1.9 Government Furnished Property. Property in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the

Government and subsequently furnished to the contractor for performance of a contract. Government-furnished property includes, but is not limited to, spares and property furnished for repair, maintenance, overhaul, or modification. Government-furnished property also includes contractor-acquired property if the contractor-acquired property is a deliverable under a cost contract when accepted by the Government for continued use under the contract.

2.1.10 Government Property. All property owned or leased by the Government. Government property includes both Government-furnished property and contractor-acquired property. Government property includes material, equipment, special tooling, special test equipment, and real property. Government property does not include intellectual property and software.

2.1.11. Key Personnel. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key Personnel listed in the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal. The prime contractor is responsible for performance of all subcontractors.

2.1.12 Loss of Government Property. Unintended, unforeseen or accidental loss, damage, or destruction of

Government property that reduces the Government’s expected economic benefits of the property. Loss of

Government property does not include occurrences such as purposeful destructive testing, obsolescence, normal wear and tear, or manufacturing defects. Loss of Government property includes, but is not limited to:

(1) Items that cannot be found after a reasonable search;

(2) Theft;

(3) Damage resulting in unexpected harm to property requiring repair to restore the item to usable condition; or

(4) Destruction resulting from incidents that render the item useless for its intended purpose or beyond economical repair.

2.1.13 Material. Property that may be consumed or expended during the performance of a contract, component parts of a higher assembly, or items that lose their individual identity through incorporation into an end-item. Material does not include equipment, special tooling, and special test equipment or real property.

2.1.14 Non-Personal Services. The personnel rendering the services are not subject, either by the contract’s terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the government and its employees. Non personal service contracts are authorized by the government in accordance with FAR 37.012, under general contracting authority, and do not require specific statutory authorization.

2.1.15. Physical Security. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.16 Property. All tangible property, both real and personal.

2.1.17 Property Administrator. An authorized representative of the KO appointed in accordance with agency procedures, responsible for administering the contract requirements and obligations relating to

Government property in the possession of a contractor.

2.1.18 Property Records. Records created and maintained by the contractor in support of its stewardship responsibilities for the management of Government property.

2.1.19 Provide. To furnish, as in Government-furnished property, or to acquire, as in contractor-acquired property.

2.1.20 Quality Assurance. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the

Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.21 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. An organized document written by the government specifying the surveillance methodology used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.22 Quality Control. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.23 Real Property. See Federal Management Regulation 102-71.20 (41 CFR 102-71.20).

2.1.24 Sensitive Property. Property potentially dangerous to the public safety or security if stolen, lost, or misplaced, or that shall be subject to exceptional physical security, protection, control, and accountability.

Examples include weapons, ammunition, explosives, controlled substances, radioactive materials, hazardous materials or wastes, or precious metals.

2.1.25 Subcontractor. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have private of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.26 Unit Acquisition Cost means—

(1) For Government-furnished property, the dollar value assigned by the Government and identified in the contract; and

(2) For contractor-acquired property, the cost derived from the contractor’s records that reflect consistently applied generally accepted accounting principles.

2.1.27 Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF): A secure web based system for electronic invoicing, receipt, and acceptance. WAWF allows government vendors to submit and track invoices and receipt/acceptance documents over the web and allows government personnel to process those invoices in a real-time, paperless environment.

2.1.28 Work Day. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.29 Work Week. Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.2 Acronyms:

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative

AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

AQL Acceptable Quality Level

AR Army Regulation

CAP Contractor Acquired Property

CDID Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CONUS Continental United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)

COR Contracting Officer Representative

COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf

DA Department of the Army

DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center

DOD Department of Defense

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

GFP Government-Furnished Property

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

KM Knowledge Management

KMR Knowledge Management Representative

KMWG Knowledge Management Working Group

KO Contracting Officer

OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest

OCONUS Outside Continental United States (includes Alaska and Hawaii)

ODC Other Direct Costs

PA Property Administrator

PIPO Phase In/Phase Out

POC Point of Contact

PRS Performance Requirements Summary

PWS Performance Work Statement

QA Quality Assurance

QAP Quality Assurance Program

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QC Quality Control

QCP Quality Control Plan

SME Subject Mater Expert

TE Technical Exhibit

WAWF Wide Area Work Flow

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1 Services: The Government will provide all relevant field manuals, technical manuals, student handouts, and all other reference materials necessary to support the required services. Each individual task order will specify where the work is to be performed.

3.2 Facilities: The Government will provide adequate physical work-space.The Contractor is responsible for maintaining government furnished facilities.

3.3 Utilities: The Government will provide all utilities in the facility and they will be available for the contractor’s use in performance of tasks outlined in this PWS. 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 cleaning vehicles and equipment.

3.4 Equipment: The Government will provide a desk, computer equipment (to include all necessary hardware & software), an electronic mail (e-mail) account, and use of the government telephone, facsimile machine, and copier. The Contractor assumes responsibility for government furnished property upon contract start date and must submit an approved property plan to the KO prior to contract start date.

3.5 Materials: The Government will provide office supplies such as paper, pens, etc. as required for the performance of work under the PWS.

3.6 Record Keeping. The Contractor shall establish and maintain the records of Government property in accordance with FAR 52.245-1 and the Property Administration Guidebook. They are:

(1) Name, part #, NSN

(2) Quantity received, issued, on hand

(3) Unit acquisition cost

(4) Unique Item Identifier

(5) Unit of Measure

(6) Accountable contract #

(7) Location

(8) Disposition

(9) Posting reference or date of transaction

(10) Date placed in service

The Contractor shall tag, label, or mark Government Furnished Property as subject to serially managed items IAW DFARs 252.245-7000.

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General: The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities and services required to perform work under this contract that are not listed under Part 3 of this PWS. Contractor shall provide required office space, equipment and supplies when work is to be performed at the Contractor’s facility.

Each individual task order will specify where the work is to be performed.

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: The Contractor shall possess and maintain a Defense Security Service (DSS) facility clearance (Cage Code) of SECRET. The Contractor’s employees performing work in support of this contract shall have been granted a SECRET security clearance from the Defense Industrial Security

Clearance Office.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. SPECIFIC TASKS:

5.1 Basic Services: The Contractor shall perform duties as a Concept and Capabilities Specialist providing

Army Health System (AHS) subject matter expertise to the Health Service Support and Force Health

Protection Branches, Concepts and Requirements Division (CRD). The contractor specific tasks are identified in Figure 1, and expressed in greater detail in paragraphs 5.2 through 5.6.

5.2 Concept Development: The contractor shall develop and brief the Medical Supporting Concept using the Army Concept Framework (ACF). The Medical Supporting Concept will describe how Army forces conduct medical operations (Health Service Support and Force Health Protection) during Multi-Domain

Operations (MDO), at echelon, and integrated across all Army functional concepts. The Medical

Supporting Concept will address challenges of the future force with new operational approaches, capabilities, and emerging technologies. The Medical Supporting Concept will be updated continuously, describe the capabilities required to conduct operations in the future and serve as the basis for experimentation throughout the requirements determination process. The contractor shall develop knowledge needs and learning demands to examine elements of the Medical Supporting Concept through a series of Quicklook, Limited Objective Experiments (LOE) designed to analyze specific functions and capabilities required to support revisions to the concept, O&O or required capabilities. Date, time, location and venue for LOEs will be determined as needed by the CRD leadership. The contractor shall write as directed information papers to underpin and inform senior leaders on conceptual documents.

Performance Standards

a) Standard: Document formats, processes, and workflows are in compliance with the Army Concept

Framework, the Army Futures Command Guidance on Army Concept Development Writer's Guide, the

Mission Command Battle Lab Experimentation Guide, the US Army Futures Command Top Down Futures

Development Guide, and Army Regulation 25-50, and Field Manual 6-0.

AQL: Document format, processes, and workflows will contain no more than 5 uncorrected errors per 7-day period from notification. Uncorrected errors are errors that have been identified by reviewers for correction but were not corrected by the Contractor. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the

Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the notification of the error and correction. The log will specify the error, date of notification, name of individual citing the error, and the date the error was corrected. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event report and reviewed by the COR.

b) Standard: Content quality demonstrates improvements to how Army forces conduct medical operations.

AQL: The document's quality of content will contain no more than 5 uncorrected errors per 7-day period from notification. Uncorrected errors are errors that have been identified by reviewers for correction but were not corrected by the Contractor. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the Contractor.

Contractor shall maintain a log describing the notification of the error and correction. The log will specify the error, date of notification, name of individual citing the error, and the date the error was corrected. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event report and reviewed by the COR.

c) Standard: Document content is credible through review by Senior Leaders as well as subject matter experts from the Future Force Modernization Enterprise, the Army Warfighting Functions, and the Army medical function areas.

AQL: At a minimum, document content is reviewed by subject matter experts from 9 of the 10 medical function areas. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the date of review by a subject matter expert. The log will specify the name and date the document is provided to the reviewer, the full name and rank of the reviewer, organization and functional background of the reviewer, and the date that the reviewer completed review of the document. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event report and reviewed by the COR.

d) Standard: Briefs are accurately, clearly, and concisely conducted and completed within specified timeframes.

AQL: 95 percent of briefs do not exceed allotted briefing time by more than 10 percent. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the briefing schedule. The log will specify the briefing date, senior leader being briefed, allotted briefing timeframe, and actual briefing duration. Metric is calculated by dividing the number of briefs conducted within briefing duration by the total number of briefs conducted. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event report and reviewed by the COR.

e) Standard: Deliverables are made and submitted in accordance with schedule.

AQL: 100 percent compliance required. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the

Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the schedule and due dates for deliverables. The log will specify the deliverable, date due, point of contact receiving the deliverable, and the date the deliverable was submitted. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event report and reviewed by the COR.

Deliverables

A001 Medical Supporting Concept

A004 Knowledge Need Document and Learning Demands and Essential Elements of Analysis

A006 Battle Development Plan

A008 White Paper

A009 Information Paper

A011 Executive Summary

A013 Briefs

A014 Activity / Significant Event Report

5.2.1 Concept of Operation (CONOP). The contractor shall develop and brief a comprehensive CONOP that textually and graphically describes and illustrates the future operating environment, and provides the operational context needed to examine and validate required capabilities, and examine new and/or proposed capabilities required to solve a current or emerging problem. The contractor shall update the CONOP as required to ensure the document is current and consistent with the Army Operating Concept (AOC) and other functional and supporting concepts.

day period from notification. Uncorrected errors are errors that have been identified by reviewers for correction but were not corrected by the Contractor. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the

Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the notification of the error and correction. The log will specify the error, date of notification, name of individual citing the error, and the date the error was corrected. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event

b) Standard: Content quality demonstrates improvements to how Army forces conduct medical operations in the future operating environment.

AQL: The document's quality of content will contain no more than 5 uncorrected errors per 7-day period from notification. Uncorrected errors are errors that have been identified by reviewers for correction but were not corrected by the Contractor. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the Contractor.

Contractor shall maintain a log describing the notification of the error and correction. The log will specify the error, date of notification, name of individual citing the error, and the date the error was corrected. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event report and function areas. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the date of review by a subject matter expert. The log will specify the name and date the document is provided to the reviewer, the full name and rank of the reviewer, organization and functional background of the reviewer, and the date that the reviewer completed review of the document. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event report and reviewed by

d) Standard: Deliverables are made and submitted in accordance with schedule.

AQL: 100 percent compliance. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the Contractor.

Contractor shall maintain a log describing the schedule and due dates for deliverables. The log will specify the deliverable, date due, point of contact receiving the deliverable, and the date the deliverable was submitted. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event

e) Standard: Briefs are accurately, clearly, and concisely conducted and completed within specified

AQL: 95 percent of briefs do not exceed allotted briefing time by more than 10 percent. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the briefing schedule. The log will specify the briefing date, senior leader being briefed, and briefing duration. Metric is calculated by dividing the number of briefs conducted within briefing duration by the total number of briefs conducted. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event

A002 Concept of Operations document

5.2.2 Operational and Organizational (O&O) Design. The contractor shall develop and brief O&O concepts for Standard Requirements Code (SRC) 08 Theater, Brigade, Battalion, Company and Team medical units. The O&O concept will be completed in accordance with ACF guidance. The contractor will ensure the O&O concept clearly defines an organization’s role, responsibilities, mission sets and tasks, dependencies, manning, equipment requirements and methods of employment. The O&O will describe how an organization functions operationally to achieve its warfighting objectives. The O&O concept will contain associated knowledge needs and learning demands to support conceptual and constructive experimentation. Approved O&O concepts will be transitioned to TRADOC to support the Force

Development Update process conducted by the Combined Arms Center (CAC).

Development Guide, and Army Regulation 25-50, and Field Manual 6-0..

day period from notification. Uncorrected errors are errors that have been identified by reviewers for correction but were not corrected by the Contractor. Data to support this metric shall be maintained by the

Contractor. Contractor shall maintain a log describing the notification of the error and correction. The log will specify the error, date of notification, name of individual citing the error, and the date the error was corrected. This metric shall be reported weekly by the contractor in the weekly activity/significant event

AQL: The document's quality of content will contain no more than 5 uncorrected errors per 7-day period from notification.