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Statement of Work for the FY24 Content Conversion Effort 31 May 2023

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

FOR

READY RELEVANT LEARNING (RRL)

FISCAL YEAR 2024 (FY24) CONTENT CONVERSION (CC)

FOR

aVIATION tECHNICIAN (at) AND AIRCREW (AW) RatingS Prepared For:

Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command (CFFC) Norfolk, VA 23551-2487

Prepared By:

Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) 12211 Science Drive Orlando, FL 32826

31 May 2023

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Statement of Work for the FY24 Content Conversion Effort 31 May 2023

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STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

FOR RRL FY24 CC

FOR AVIATION TECHNICAIN (AT) AND AIRCREW (AW) RATINGS

1 Scope This Statement of Work (SOW) defines the basic requirements to be performed under this Ready Relevant Learning Content Conversion (RRL CC) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for Fiscal Year 2024 Content Conversion (FY24CC). The detailed requirements will be defined in this ID/IQ SOW and each specific Delivery Order (DO). This ID/IQ SOW documents the contractor tasks for the design, development, testing, and delivery of products in support of the RRL CC effort using innovative instructional systems design, systems engineering, and training assessment approaches in conjunction with new and modernized technologies to support accession training while simultaneously supporting the broader Sailor 2025 (S2025) overarching goal of improving Sailors’ transfer of training to the operational work environment. The following represents examples of the broader S2025 goals:

a. Modernize and/or improving designated courses through the conversion, development and modification of data, as prescribed by the government, so they are compatible with the waterfront or shipboard environment and contribute to the acquisition of actionable knowledge (i.e., practical knowledge that will be activated by and recognized as relevant to operational work contexts and events).

b. Employing modernized media, instructional, and motivational strategies that are engaging (see Appendices G and I).

In context of RRL, Content Conversion focuses on the instructional design, strategies, media, and content within a given course. The effort requires using Fleet-validated data and designing, developing and delivering improved training products that meet the concepts of innovative instructional systems design and modernized technologies. Content Conversion is far more involved than simply converting existing media from one format to another (e.g., converting PowerPoint or Flash files to HTML5), it includes correcting content errors, developing new content, modernizing and developing new media, and resolving content discrepancies in erroneous data as part of the effort.

This effort requires agile methodologies. The increasing complexity of systems, decentralization of tools and technologies, and rapid pace of change pose challenges in delivering meaningful, secure, and modern capabilities that meet user expectations on time and within budget. In the context of RRL, addressing these challenges requires a significant change in approach to planning, acquiring, and delivering capability to the warfighter. This methodology identifies key focus areas that merit special attention to the NAVAIR mission encompassing “Speed to the Fleet” by:

· Fostering a paradigm shift from a waterfall to an Agile approach in training systems solutions.

· Encouraging incremental approaches to planning, designing and delivering.

· Providing continuous elaboration of requirements and design.

· Expecting daily collaboration between Government and contractor cross-functional teams. In this, Government is embedded as part of the contractor workflow, product backlogs and sprint cycles.

· Developing mutually agreed-upon definition of done for a sprint/release cycle, and metrics informing the Government about the quality of capability developed and delivered allow the Government to continually assess contractor performance toward achieving program outcomes.

· Demonstration of Minimum Viable Products (MVP) to identify capabilities that will be deployed.

Rating Requirements The contractor shall perform tasks for the design, development, testing, and delivery of products for the ratings listed in Table 1 (highest classification of GFI is SECRET).

Table 1. Rating Classification Requirements

Aviation Technician (AT)

· Aviation Electronics Technician – Intermediate (ATI)

· Aviation Electronics Technician – Organizational (ATO)

Aircrew Ratings

· Naval Aircrewman Mechanical (AWF)

· Naval Aircrewman Helicopter (AWS)

· Naval Aircrewman Operator (AWO)

· Naval Aircrewman – Tactical Helicopter (AWR)

· Naval Aircrewman – Avionics (AWV)

Course, Module and Lesson Structure Using the Government provided Functional Requirements Document (FRD), Instructional Performance Requirements Document (IPRD), Instructional Media Requirements Document (IMRD), complex media (e.g., Virtual simulation (VSIM)) fidelity data, and requirements workbook (SOW Appendix A) as a basis, the contractor shall determine the course, module, and lesson structure for each AT and AW rating’s curricula. The contractor shall derive the requirements for the software solutions, design, develop, test, and deliver products meeting the specified requirements.

Content Delivery Modes and Media Types Training products are grouped under two content delivery modes: Instructor-Facilitated Interactive Training (IFIT) and Self-Directed Interactive Training (SDIT) (see Appendices C and F). Table 2 shows the two overarching content delivery modes and a high-level view of associated media types to support the RRL effort, as identified in the requirements workbook and complex media fidelity data.

NOTE: There is no traditional Instructor-Led Training Computer-Assisted Instruction (ILT-CAI) media type or instructional strategy in the RRL Content Conversion effort; rather, the contractor shall design and develop interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) for use as IFIT that meets the requirements for being hosted in Navy eLearning (NeL). In context for Ready Relevant Learning, “IMI” is the preferred term and shall be interpreted generically as electronic media, replacing both Interactive Courseware (“ICW”) with “SDIT” and “ILT-CAI” with “IFIT” as terms regardless of whether the product is instructor-led or student-led, and including considerations for software management tools (e.g., Learning Management System, Learning Record Store).

Table 2. Content Delivery Modes and Media Types

Intelligent Tutoring System

X

Coordination With Third Parties As required, the contractor shall coordinate with the Government and any third-party contractor responsible for developing complex media (e.g., VSIM, Augmented/Mixed/Virtual Reality, or Immersive Virtual Environment) system development (e.g., Government labs, Multipurpose Reconfigurable Training System (MRTS) 3D, PORTS). In such cases, the contractor shall design and develop training support materials that work together with the third-party developed system.

List of SOW Appendices To complete this effort, the contractor shall follow the guidance and requirements in this SOW to include the following Content Conversion appendices to this SOW:

· Appendix A: Rating requirements covered by this SOW.

· Appendix B: Acronyms used within this SOW.

· Appendix C: Terms and definitions used within and outside this SOW regarding RRL Content Conversion.

· Appendix D: Risk Assessment Example Format.

· Appendix E: Descriptions of the RRL content delivery modes.

· Appendix F: Operational definitions of engaging instructional strategies to be used in content development under this SOW.

· Appendix G: List of Bloom’s taxonomy action verbs.

· Appendix H: Description of media type characteristics.

Terms and Definitions Appendix C provides the terms and definitions that are critical to this SOW. These terms and definitions supersede any similar terms and definitions that may be found in other sources.

Terms and Definitions Appendix C provides the terms and definitions that are critical to this SOW. These terms and definitions supersede any similar terms and definitions that may be found in other sources.

Government-Furnished Information (GFI) The Government will provide the following on an as-is basis for the ratings:

a. Complex media fidelity data for each rating, as available.

b. IPRD, at DO award.

c. IMRD, at DO award.

d. FRD, at DO award.

e. Initial Training Project Plan (TPP) for each course, at DO award.

f. Initial Training Course Control Document (TCCD), at DO award.

g. Existing Trainee Guides, Lesson Plans, Training Course Control Document (TCCD), Training Project Plan (TPP), Curriculum Outline of Instruction (COI) ) for each rating, as available, at DO award.

h. Access to existing data for each rating in Content Planning Module/Learning Object Module (CPM/LOM), if available, such as existing Trainee Guides, Lesson Plans, TCCD, TPP, COI, NLT 30 days after DO award.

i. Examples of existing courseware, if available, at contract award. (For RRL the Government does not intend to provide all existing IMI or source files as GFI to discourage the contractor from simply copying and pasting content into a different format. The contractor shall plan as though no existing courseware materials are available.)

j. Applicable Style Guides, if available, at contract award. Updates, if available, NLT 30 days after contract award.

k. Technical Publications (e.g., technical manuals), if available, at contract award. Updates, if available, NLT 30 days after contract award.

Government-Furnished Software, Tools, and Equipment The contractor shall request access to the NAWCTSD TRANET-U Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to test training materials. The contractor shall provide the necessary hardware, software, tools, personnel, materials, and facilities, not otherwise furnished by the Government, to perform the tasks specified by this SOW.

Government-Furnished Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Government SME access will be provided on a not-to-interfere basis. The Government’s SMEs will be available face-to-face for key data collection activities (interviews, workshops, and reviews) and will be available for providing follow up information via phone, video-teleconference (VTC), or approved virtual meeting tools, whenever practical.

Applicable Documents The following represent a list of applicable guidance documents for this effort. In the event of a conflict between the SOW and the references cited herein, the contents of this SOW take precedence. Nothing in this SOW, however, supersedes applicable laws and regulations, unless a specific exemption has been obtained. These documents will be provided to the contractor as GFI, if they are not readily available to the contractor via the Internet. For all documents listed below, the latest versions apply.

Government Documents Table 3. Government Documents

National Security Agency (NSA) Configuration Guide

United States (U.S.) Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Final Credentialing Standards for Issuing Personal Identity Verification

Copies of Defense Intelligence Security Agency (DISA) Configuration Guide can be obtained from http://disa.mil/.

Copies of NSA Configuration Guides can be obtained from http://www.nsa.gov/ia/mitigation_guidance/security_configuration_guides/index.shtml.

Copies of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) documents can be obtained from http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html. Copies of OSHA standards can be obtained from http://www.osha.gov.

Copies of OPM document can be obtained from http://www.opm.gov/investigate/resources/index.aspx.

Department of Defense (DOD) Documents Table 4. DOD Documents

(https://adlnet.gov/dodi/dodi-xapi)

DOD Implementation Plan for Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) dated 19 May 2000

Copies of DOD Directives and Instructions can be obtained from the DOD Issuances Website (http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/).

DOD Implementation Plan for ADL can be obtained from http://prhome.defense.gov/Portals/52/Documents/RFM/Readiness/docs/adl_implementplan.pdf.

Copies of the DOD Specifications and Handbooks can be obtained online from the DOD Single Stock Point or from the Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) website (http://everyspec.com/DOD/DOD-HDBK/)

Department of the Navy (DON) Documents Table 5. DON Documents

DON Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) Handbook Version 1, dated 15 July 2008

Copies of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Core Build Standard can be obtained from http://www.nmci-eds.com/downloads/core-build

Copies of the CON DIACAP Handbook can be obtained from https://www.doncio.navy.mil/tagResults.aspx?ID=96 Copies of the DON documents can be obtained online from the Navy’s Integrate Learning Environment website: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/Directives/Forms/AllItems.aspx

Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM) Documents Table 6. AIM Documents

AIM Content Planning Module (CPM) User’s Manual

AIM Learning Object Module (LOM) User’s Manual

Copies of the AIM documentation can be obtained from https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/ntt/pdfs/End_to_End_Process_SOP_(7-11-14)_Final.pdf

Industry Standards Table 7. Industry Standards

Create content that can track to both a Learning Management System (LMS) and learning record store (LRS).

Convert existing SCORM® data to xAPI Statements that can be stored in an LRS.

Track experiences from a learning record provider in a manner consistent with how they would've been tracked in SCORM®.

(http://adlnet.github.io/xAPI-SCORM-Profile/)

(https://adl.gitbooks.io/xapi-lrs-conformance-requirements/content/)

(https://github.com/AICC/CMI-5_Spec_Current) Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC)

Copies of the industry standard documents can be found by visiting the web addresses indicated.

Copies of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) Standards can be obtained from the (http://www.ansi.org).

Other Documents Table 8. Other Documents

(https://netc.usalearning.net/xapi-library/resources/pdf/NETC-xAPI-Glossary.pdf)

Copies of the CJCSI document can be obtained from http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/.

Copies of the Presidential document can be obtained from the Federal Register at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/08-1348.pdf.

Copies of the NMCI document can be obtained from the Navy’s Integrate Learning Environment website (https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/ile/Default.aspx).

Copies of the SCORM documents can be obtained from http://www.adlnet.gov/capabilities/scorm/scorm-2004-4th#tab-resources.

Copies of the Joint ADL Co-Lab document can be obtained from https://adlnet.gov/collaboration/dadlac.

Copies of NAVAIRINST 5000.21B can be obtained from https://directives.navair.navy.mil/.

Copies of these instructions are available at http;//doni.daps.dla.mil.

Copies of this standard is available online at: http://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsSearch.aspx.

The publication shown above is available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/501012m.pdf.

(The above documents are available from the following sources:

DOD Instructions, Directives, and Manuals are available at http://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/DOD-Issuances/.

NIST Special Publications are available at https://csrc.nist.gov/Publications.

CNSSI Instructions are available at https://www.cnss.gov.

SECNAV Manuals are available at https://doni.documentservices.dla.mil/manuals-secnav.aspx).

DoN NAVEDTRA Documents

Copies of the NAVEDTRA documents are available for download from https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/ntt/pdfs/.

Naval Air Systems Command Instructions (NAVAIRINST)

· Copies of the NAVAIRINSTs are available for download from https://directives.navair.navy.mil.

NAWCTSD Documents

Copies of these NAWCTSD documents will be provided as part of the contract or Government Furnished Information (GFI).

Non-Government Documents

Industry Standards

ANSI = American National Standards Institute ISO = International Organization for Standardization

Copies of the ANSI/ISO document is available from http://www.ansi.org.

Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)/SAE International

Copies of the EIA/SAE documents are available from http://ansi.org.

Requirements The contractor shall organize, coordinate, and control RRL content conversion activities to ensure compliance with contract requirements and timely delivery of products specified herein.

General Requirements The contractor shall provide the necessary hardware, software, personnel, supervision, management, materials, services, equipment, facilities, technical, logistics, and clerical support to perform the tasks specified in this SOW. The requirements defined herein form the basis for work performed for the Government during the entire contract. The contractor shall meet the requirements of the SOW in accordance with (IAW) the guidance documents provided and the contents of this document.

RRL Content Conversion Planning The contractor shall

a. Identify objectives and constraints of the contract

b. Establish a work breakdown structure based on the system architecture

c. Define achievement criteria for the life cycle stages delivery dates and dependencies on external resources

d. Define roles, responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities

Life-Cycle Model Management The contractor shall define, maintain, and assure availability of policies, life cycle processes, life cycle models, and procedures.

Infrastructure Management The contractor shall provide the infrastructure to support organization and program objectives throughout the life cycle of the contract.

Program Assessment and Control The contractor shall track the status of the program, technical and process performance that ensures the performance is in accordance with the plans and schedules that satisfy the technical objectives.

Program Decision Management The contractor shall

a. Select the most beneficial course of action for the government where alternatives exist

b. Inform the government of decisions encountered

c. Record the decisions and rationale to support future decision-making.

Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) The contractor shall update, improve, manage, and deliver acceptable contractually-required data. The contractor shall implement data management procedures and policies to provide control and configuration management (CM) of contractually-required data. The contractor shall:

a. Establish data management procedures and policies to provide control and CM of contractually-required data. To ensure sub-contractors meet the contract data requirements set forth in the CDRL, the prime contractor shall maintain control of work completed by sub-contractors.

b. Establish and maintain data libraries via an online management system consisting of technical manuals, parent system technical description, and software documentation for the work completed for academic training systems and other data pertaining to training systems.

Online Management System (OMS) The contractor shall establish, implement, and make available a secure, web-accessible OMS hosted at the contractor’s location throughout contract/order performance, with the functionality for Government content reviewers and project managers to review, consolidate, and submit deliverable review comments produced by the contractor. The OMS shall serve as a data library consisting of documentation, data, and information used, maintained, updated, and improved for use in this effort. The contractor shall use the OMS as a tool for communication between the contractor and the Government. The contractor’s OMS shall have the functionality to share files between the contractor and the Government reviewers with an intuitive file structure and naming convention, file directories, working files released for Government comment, and final deliverables. The contractor shall maintain deliverables (all versions) and Government comments on the OMS. Reviewers will submit review comments for documents, IMI and supporting materials, and complex media in external files via a comment resolution matrix (CRM). The contractor shall provide an OMS with the following basic characteristics and functionality:

a. Accessible via standard internet browsers supported by NMCI computers.

b. Control access through login and password protection.

c. Traceability of each comment.

The contractor shall also include supporting materials, agendas, and minutes for conferences (e.g., Post Award Conference [PAC]), meetings (e.g., Integrated Product Team [IPT]), reviews (e.g., In-Progress Report [IPR]) and materials (presentations, agendas, etc.). The contractor shall make the OMS available for initial use at the PAC.

Scrum Board Requirements The contractor shall provide browser-based access to its Scrum Board hosted at the contractor’s location. The contractor shall maintain and make visible to the government at all times during the contract performance a current Scrum Board, including at a minimum the product backlog, sprint backlog, increments, and expected government engagement in each sprint. The contractor shall provide a Scrum Board with the following basic characteristics and functionality:

a. Accessible via standard internet browsers supported by NMCI computers.

b. Control access through login and password protection.

Configuration Management (CM) The contractor shall define, document, manage, and apply a CM process. The contractor shall control CM to ensure only files associated with a specific date and location are in the directory for those files. The contractor shall notify the Government, via e-mail, what directories on the OMS have new or revised files by close of business each Friday.

Contractor Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) The contractor shall employ personnel who are recent technical content SMEs in the AT and AW domain areas with experience in operations and maintenance as required by the rating. The Government requires the contractor to employ Instructional Systems Design and Systems Engineering SMEs to ensure technical accuracy, data, information, and reports developed by the contractor meet Government specification and requirements. The contractor shall ensure personnel assigned to the contract have the appropriate security clearance necessary to access information and facilities required (see Table 1).

Quality Assurance and Management Plan (QAMP) The contractor shall define, document, manage, and apply a QAMP, including flowcharts, documenting multiple reviews at the program and corporate level. The contractor shall document processes (e.g., inter-rater agreements for data categorization) and management controls employed to ensure requirements are met. The QAMP shall, at a minimum, include specific work required and methods used to determine product quality and technical adequacy and include methods for conducting intermittent and ongoing reviews of deliverables.

Control of Government-Furnished Information (GFI) The contractor shall perform the following tasks to control GFI as part of the quality management process:

a. Examine upon receipt, consistent with practicality, to detect damage.

b. Log receipt and track each GFI item.

c. Provide storage that precludes deterioration.

d. Protect from improper use or disposition.

e. Verify and audit IAW the contractor’s GFI control and management process.

f. Confer with Government at contract closeout whether to return or destroy each GFI item.

Communications Plan The contractor shall define, document, manage, and apply a Communications Plan including internal and external communications. The contractor shall document the Communications Plan methods relative to planning, developing, accomplishing, and reporting management, technical, and administrative tasks relevant to requirements.

Security The security requirements specified herein shall apply to the contractor and subcontractors. The contractor shall comply with applicable on-site security regulations related to Government installation and facility access. The contractor shall meet the personnel security clearance requirements for handling classified data and accessing classified spaces (up to SECRET-NOFORN) IAW the DD-254. Contractor personnel shall submit Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) visit requests to applicable schoolhouse/Learning Center (LC) and will be issued unescorted badges by the schoolhouse/LC for building access. The contractor shall work with the NAWCTSD security representative for issuance of Common Access Cards (CACs). The contractor shall comply with applicable on-site security regulations related to facility access and building access. The contractor shall safeguard U.S. Government controlled unclassified information (CUI) (sensitive information) IAW the contractor’s locally-established Security/Operations Security (OPSEC) Plan (if the contractor already has an established plan). The contractor shall enforce these safeguards throughout the life of the contract including the transport and delivery phases and the disposition and storage of CUI at contract completion.

Operations Security (OPSEC) The contractor shall develop, implement, and maintain an OPSEC program to protect controlled unclassified and classified activities, information, equipment, and material used or developed by the contractor and any subcontractor during performance of the contract. The OPSEC program shall be IAW National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 298. If the contractor does not have an established OPSEC Plan that addresses the protection of critical information, sensitive, proprietary, or CUI, the Government can provide a template for the contractor’s internal development of an OPSEC Plan. The contractor shall prepare the OPSEC Plan IAW the CDRL B006. Additional OPSEC program planning guidance can be found in DI-MGMT-80934C, OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC) PLAN and NAVAIR OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC) REQUIREMENTS (Annex included with CDRL B006). The OPSEC program, at a minimum, shall include:

a. Assignment of responsibility for OPSEC direction and implementation.

b. Issuance of procedures and planning guidance for the use of OPSEC techniques to identify vulnerabilities and apply applicable countermeasures.

c. Establishment of OPSEC education and awareness training to include Basic OPSEC training, produced by the Interagency OPSEC Support Staff (IOSS), which can be found at https://www.opsecprofessionals.org/articles/onlineopsectraining.html.

d. OPSEC1301 OPSEC Fundamentals.

e. Provisions for management, annual review, and evaluation of OPSEC programs.

f. Flow down of OPSEC requirements to subcontractors when applicable.

Unclassified Contractor-Owned Network Security – Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information The safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Technical Information applies to prime contractors and their subcontractors (if applicable) for information resident on or transiting through contractor unclassified information systems. The contractor shall provide security to safeguard unclassified controlled technical information on their unclassified information systems from unauthorized access and disclosure. The contractor shall take means (defense-in-depth measures) necessary to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Government CUI.

a. The contractor shall manage and maintain contractor-owned unclassified IT network assets used to process U.S. Government CUI (sensitive information).

1. The security requirements in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations,” http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-171 that is in effect at the time the solicitation is issued or as authorized by the Contracting Officer, as soon as practical, but not dated prior to December 31, 2017. The contractor shall notify the DOD Chief Information Officer (CIO), via email at osd.dibcsia@mail.mil, within 30 days of contract award, of any security requirements specified by NIST SP 800-171 not implemented at the time of contract award; or

2. Alternative but equally effective security measures used to compensate for the inability to satisfy a particular requirement and achieve equivalent protection accepted in writing by an authorized representative of the DOD CIO; and

b. Apply other information systems security measures when the contractor reasonably determines that information systems security measures, in addition to those identified in paragraph (b)(1) of FAR 252.204-7012, may be required to provide adequate security in a dynamic environment based on an assessed risk or vulnerability.

Cyber Incident and Compromise Reporting The contractor shall report to DOD certain cyber incidents that affect unclassified controlled technical information resident on or transiting contractor unclassified information systems set forth IAW the contract clauses. The contractor shall also provide the report to the NAWCTSD Contracting Officer, NAWCTSD Security Manager, and the NAWCTSD Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM).

Access to DOD Installations, Government Information and Information Technology Systems – Personnel Security Background Checks The contractor shall comply with the following:

a. The Common Access Card (CAC) shall be the principal identity credential for supporting interoperable access to DOD installations, facilities, buildings, controlled spaces, and access to U.S. Government information systems. The contractor shall coordinate with the appropriate NAWCTSD TPOC, Government sponsor, and NAWCTSD Security Office Trusted Agents for issuance of the CAC via the Trusted Associate Sponsorship System (TASS) Program. More information for obtaining the CAC can be found at http://www.cac.mil/common-access-card/getting-your-cac/for-contractors/.

b. Contractor personnel whom do not have a security clearance, but require a CAC in performance of their sensitive duties (including access to controlled unclassified information, but not access classified information), shall coordinate with the NAWCTSD Security Office to complete a TIER 1 background investigation, submission of fingerprints and the Standard Form SF-85. The contractor shall submit the Standard Form SF-85 to the NAWCTSD Security Office for processing. There shall be no additional National Agency Check with Local Agency Checks (NACLC)/TIER-3 submissions for contractors holding a valid national security clearance. The Government may issue the credential upon favorable return of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) fingerprint check, pending final favorable completion of the TIER 1.

c. Access to restricted areas, CUI or Government Information Technology by contractor personnel shall be limited to those individuals who have been determined trustworthy as a result of the favorable completion of a NACLC/TIER-3R or who are under the escort of appropriately cleared personnel. Where escorting such persons is not feasible, a NACLC/TIER 3 shall be conducted and favorably reviewed by the appropriate DOD component, agency, or activity prior to permitting such access. A classified visit, due to content or space, request is required to access SECRET spaces.

d. The contractor shall comply with the cybersecurity and personnel security requirements for accessing U.S. Government IT systems specified in the contract. The contractor shall review and become familiar with the credentialing standards presented in OPM Memorandum for Issuing Personal Identity Verification cards to use as an aid in their employee selection process. The NAWCTSD Security Office will apply the credentialing standards and execute the credentialing process for individual contractors.

Personnel Security – Background Checks Contractor personnel shall undergo the company internal vetting process prior to gaining access to U.S. Government CUI. To comply with immigration law, the contractor shall use the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

International Traffic and Arms Regulation The contractor shall ensure that foreign persons, as defined under section 120.16 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) (22 CFR, Parts 120 – 130), are not given access to U.S. Government CUI, sensitive information, defense articles, defense services, or technical data, as defined in the ITAR, Part 120, without proper issuance of an export license from the U.S. Government authority.

Personnel Security – Reporting of Adverse or Derogatory Information Related to Contractors The contractor shall report to the NAWCTSD Security Office adverse or derogatory information pertaining to on-site Contractor Service Support (CSS) personnel (when applicable) or contractor personnel in direct support of this contract. Information reported to the Government Contracting Agency shall be integrated and reported in Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) on contractor performance of PERsonnel SECurity (PERSEC) related aspects of contractor performance.

a. Adverse or derogatory information reporting of contractor personnel. Example: Domestic Violence arrest; or other violent or sexual crime arrest or self-report.

b. When contractor personnel receive a revocation of an Interim or denial for the issuance of a CAC until final adjudication.

c. When a denial or suspension of clearance occurs for a contractor employee.

d. When contractor employee receives a final denial of eligibility for a security clearance.

Government-Issued Personal…