Attachment 2 B08_PWS_v3.docx

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

FOR

Homeland Security Institute (HSI) Seminar Services

1.0 General:

1.1 Scope: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to perform Seminar Services, as defined in this PWS.

1.2 Background: The National Guard Bureau Homeland Security Institute (HSI) was created by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (CNGB) to provide senior leaders with timely and practical professional education to competently respond to the evolving challenges of modern-day emergencies. Located at Joint Forces Headquarters-Massachusetts (JFHQ-MA), HSI works in tandem with brick and mortar educational institutions to deliver case study driven academic courses containing National Guard-centric frameworks, supplemented by relevant historical academic research, field lessons learned, and extended analysis of command and coordination resources. Typical HSI cohorts include the strategic leadership (senior executive) and operational leadership (executive) of the Army and Air National Guard, intergovernmental partners in federal, state, & municipal emergency management (EM) organizations, civilian first responder agencies (i.e. EMS, fire services, & law enforcement), NGOs, and private sector institutions that also operate in the emergency management, homeland security, and crisis management domains.

The HSI mission is to foster a depth and breadth of discussion and analysis to the degree found within an educational institution. As such, HSI seeks to procure established Executive Education academic courses that combine the cores of established research presented in case study format, group discussion and analysis of the case studies, and relevance to the National Guard. Course content should stem from pre-existing academic content in emergency management, homeland security, and crisis management; equipping participants with appropriate perspectives and responses to future challenges. Each iteration of academic course content and instruction shall undergo subsequent reviews, adding revisions and refinement that continue to meet core HSI academic requirements. Historically, the selected vendor has been an established brick and mortar educational institute with longstanding experience and demonstrated proficiency in providing academic courses to the senior leadership of U.S. Government (USG) and civilian organizations in strategic emergency management, homeland security, and crisis management.

An academic approach is a requirement of this effort in order to foster a non-traditional thought process and problem solving approach outside traditional operational thinking. Additionally, an academic setting fosters the depth of discussion, critical thinking, and networking required for the GO/Executive Level and Field Grade Level required to meet the mission goals and intent of the HSI.

1.3 Period of Performance (PoP): The Period of Performance shall be a five (5) year ordering period.

1.4 General Information:

1.4.1 Quality Control (QC): The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective QC Plan (QCP) to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The contractor’s QCP is the means by which it assures itself that its work complies with the requirements of the contract. As a minimum, the contractor shall develop QC procedures that address the areas identified in Technical Exhibit 1, Performance Requirements Summary (PRS).

1.4.2 Quality Assurance (QA): The Government will evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). This plan is primarily focused on what the Government will 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 acceptable quality level(s) or defect rate(s).

1.4.3 Recognized Holidays: The following are recognized United States (US) holidays. The contractor shall not perform services on these days:

1.4.3.1 New Year’s Day: January 1st

1.4.3.2 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday

1.4.3.3 President’s Day

1.4.3.4 Memorial Day

1.4.3.5 Independence Day: July 4th

1.4.3.6 Labor Day

1.4.3.7 Columbus Day

1.4.3.8 Veteran’s Day: November 11th

1.4.3.9 Thanksgiving Day

1.4.3.10 Christmas Day: December 25th

1.4.4 Place and Performance of Services: The contractor shall provide seminars in accordance with their accepted proposal. The contractor shall, at all times, maintain an the level of expertise to adequately conduct the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS.

1.4.5 Security Requirements. The contractor shall protect all Personally Identifiable Information (PII) encountered in the performance of services in accordance with DFARS 224.103 and DoDD 5400.11, Department of Defense Privacy Program, and DoD 5400.11-R. If a PII breach results from the contractor’s violation of the aforementioned policies, the contractor shall bear all notification costs, call-center support costs, and credit monitoring service costs for all individuals who’s PII has been compromised.

1.4.6 Physical Security. Not Applicable. Services will not be conducted on a DoD Installation or Network.

1.4.7 Special Qualifications:

1.4.7.1. Vendor Credentials: Offerors shall be an accredited educational institute of higher learning located that awards degrees at the bachelor, master, and Ph.D. level with access to brick and mortar facilities to conduct the seminars. The Offerors shall also have established Executive Education courses and/or certificate programs in emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management taught at the senior executive level. Offerors shall ensure that the courses of study are well- developed and emphasize the role of the National Guard (NG) in supporting civil authorities during large-scale crisis-emergency events. Courses of study shall be case study driven that investigate actual events (i.e. man-made or natural disasters), and are of a scale, relevancy, and complexity that accurately reflect the magnitude of responsibility associated with senior executive of levels of leadership.

1.4.7.2. Disposition of the Facilities: The Offerors shall have access to facilities that house potential sites of instruction capable of comfortably seating up to sixty-five participants and up to five HSI support staff. Facilities shall have state-of-the-art technology, AV systems, comfortable seating, desks with electric power at each seat, and WIFI access. Facilities shall be designed to allow participants to easily see each other and the instructor creating an intimate learning environment. The small group discussions shall be hosted in separate meeting spaces for each individual group.

1.4.7.3. Quality of the Vendor: The Contractor shall have an instructor pool that draws from both academic and professional work experience as outlined in the statement of work, complementing the general composition of the two seminars’ constituents. The Contractor shall have faculty with academic research specialties relevant to emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management and shall possess the capability to attain access to primary source information of national or global newsworthy events. The Contractor shall possess the capability of gaining access to persons of interest for case study interviews and presentations, potentially also serving as keynote instructors for the courses.

1.4.7.4. Quality of Faculty: The main instructor(s) of the course shall be Ph.D.-level tenured faculty, of the academic institution, who specialize in emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management. They shall also be active researchers and instructors who have published works on the topics of emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management. They shall have familiarity through research, consulting, and professional school teaching with issues of professional practice at the federal, state, and local levels for American government and with international experience in emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management. The main instructor(s) shall have facilitated the established Executive Education academic course multiple times prior. They shall also have at a minimum ten years (10) of demonstrated experience instructing at the senior executive level at the educational institution in such topics as emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management.

1.4.8 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: A Post-Award Conference (PAC), commonly referred to as a “Kick-Off Meeting,” will be held at the award of the base contract at the discretion of the Contracting Officer (KO). Each TO will address PAC requirements within the TOR. The KO chairs the PAC, but may delegate this to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or another designated government personnel in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 42.503-1(a). The PAC will cover the terms and conditions of the contract, provide an overview of the TOR process, address any questions or concerns of both parties, and establish relationships in order to position all parties to successful performance.

1.4.9 Contract Manager (CM): The contactor shall designate a CM who shall ensure performance under this contract. The name of this person, and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the CM is absent, shall be designated in writing to the KO. The CM or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The CM shall work through the COR to resolve issues, receive technical instructions, and ensure adequate performance of services. The CM shall ensure that contractor employees do not perform any services outside the scope of the contract without an official modification issued by the KO. The CM shall ensure contractor employees understand that services performed outside the scope of the contract are performed wholly at the expense of the contractor.

1.4.10 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contractor personnel attending meetings, instructing courses, are to identify themselves as non-governmental personnel.

1.4.11. Combating Trafficking in Persons: The United States Government has adopted a zero tolerance policy regarding trafficking in persons. Contractors and contractor employees shall not engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the period of performance of the contract; procure commercial sex acts during the period of performance of the contract; or use forced labor in the performance of the contract. The Contractor shall notify its employees of the United States Government’s zero tolerance policy, the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of this policy. The contractor shall take appropriate action, up to and including termination, against employees or subcontractors that violate the US Government policy as described at FAR 22.17.

1.4.12 Contractor Travel. Not Applicable.

1.4.13 Data Rights. Not Applicable.

1.4.14 Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI): If under the performance of this contract, the contractor and subcontractor personnel performing services under this contract 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 OCIs, 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. In the event the KO unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the KO may impose 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.

1.4.15 Phase In / Phase Out Periods: Not Applicable.

2.0 Definitions and Acronyms:

2.1 Definitions:

2.1.1 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.

2.1.2 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.

2.1.3 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): An employee of the U.S. Government designated by the KO to monitor contractor performance. Such appointment will be in writing and will 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.

2.1.4 Defective Service: A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the PWS.

2.1.5 Deliverable: Anything that can be physically delivered and includes non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6 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 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.

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

2.1.8 Quality Assurance: The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP): An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

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

2.1.11 Subcontractor: One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.2 Acronyms:

3.0 Government Furnished Property, Material, Equipment and Services (GFP/M/E/S): The Government will provide the property, material, equipment, and/or services listed below solely for the purpose of performance under this contract:

3.1 Property: None.

3.2 Materials: Case Study Material may be provided at the Task Order (TO) level.

3.3 Equipment: None.

3.4 Services: None.

3.5 Utilities: None.

4.0 Contractor Furnished Property, Materials, and Equipment (CFP/M/E):

4.1 General: Except for those items specifically stated to be Government-Furnished in Paragraph 3.0, the contractor shall furnish everything required to perform these services as indicated in Paragraph 1.1.

5.0 Requirements: The contractor shall provide Seminar Services for task orders issued, if any, for General Flag Officer Seminar (GFOS) and the Leadership in Homeland Security (LHS) Seminar described in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of this paragraph. Task Orders will be issued for each required occurrence of GFOS and LHS.

5.1 General Flag Officer Seminar (GFOS): HSI is charged by the CNGB to secure case study driven academic courses for National Guard General and Flag Officers. This General and Flag Officers Homeland Security Executive Seminar (“GFOS”) is for up to sixty-five strategic-level/senior executive leaders. As the name implies, course content shall focus on the collective/comprehensive coordination and response expected of strategic commands.

The contractor shall produce GFOS that explores and navigates the challenges intrinsic to emergency management, homeland security, crisis management, disaster planning and leadership during routine and novel crises. The GFOS course shall be academic in nature, comparable to a senior executive level course, combining class instruction in the strategic concepts of emergency management, homeland security, and/or crisis management with discussions facilitated by professors or past practitioners who have researched or lead the responses to major emergency management or disaster response events. The Baltimore Riots (2015), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), and Super-storm Sandy (2012) are examples where previous instructors have wielded substantial direct influence and/or expertise during the responses.

The GFOS course shall be comprised of four to five days of instruction, from approximately 0800-1700 hours daily, with breaks and meal times included. Each course shall also include the opening day registration, a networking icebreaker, daily small group study sessions, working lunches and a commemoration ceremony presenting academic certificates and guest keynote remarks.

The contractor shall plan the discussion topics and case studies for each GFOS and LHS. The government reserves the right to provide specific case studies or recommend specific topics that are relevant to current events. The government will provide the case studies no later than 30 days prior to the course. Government directed course material will be included at the task order level through the Task Order Request (TOR) process.

5.1.1. Course Content and Structure: GFOS course content shall engage the participants in intensive case study-based discussion of recent real-world disaster events. The course material shall contain National Guard centric concepts and frameworks for the design and execution of informed responses to complex, multi-jurisdictional management environments.

GFOS course content shall place emphasis on the utilization and employment of National Guard assets, systems, and personnel at the strategic level, by senior executive leaders in support of civil authorities in response to strategic scale and novel crises.

The GFOS course should be based upon a target of ten, but shall be based upon a minimum of eight case studies. Course content shall contain blocks of instruction on the topics of emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management. Each day shall include a section of small group discussion guided by course objectives to promote critical thinking amongst participants. The course should have a target of five, but shall have a minimum of three blocks of instruction/discussion that are facilitated by guest instructors who possess professional work experience as a strategic leader that has helped lead a response to a major event that has occurred at the national level, dated within a ten year window prior to the course launch.

GFOS is intended to be an academic course that possesses an established academic framework of stated themes and learning objectives that participants are intended to have experienced by the end of the course. The framework of stated themes and learning objectives should be presented at the start of GFOS and continuously reinforced throughout the course by the main instructor(s) and through the blocks of instruction/discussion that are facilitated by the guest instructors. The blocks of instruction/discussion that are facilitated by the guest instructors shall connect to the stated themes and learning objectives of GFOS and cover topics that are relevant to the emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management fields.

As an academic course that facilitates group discussion and participant interaction with both instructors and other participants, GFOS shall be instructed using “participant centered learning/participant based instruction” or variations of the Socratic Method. The main instructor(s) and guest instructors shall continuously engage with the participants; probing and extracting thoughts and ideas from the participants that the instructors then incorporate into their blocks of instruction.

GFOS is not intended to be a collection of briefings and/or PowerPoint presentations on interesting topics in emergency management, homeland security, and/or crisis management. Nor is it intended as a forum for persons who hold or previously held positions of senior leadership in emergency management, homeland security, and/or crisis management incidents an opportunity to recount tales of their experiences.

The course shall include working lunches that allow for the maximization of the time in the learning environment. The course shall also contain at a minimum one networking icebreaker beyond instruction, with the primary purpose to facilitate the establishment of networks and relationships between participants for future collaboration and coordination in real-world event responses. The course shall have a formal concluding ceremony where academic certificates are presented to each participant.

The contractor may submit online and hybrid models in addition to the standard in-person model in order to provide flexibility to conduct the seminars during social distancing.

5.1.2. Summary of Work Requirements for the General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar (GFOS):

5.1.2.1. Academic Course Requirement Summary:

The academic course shall:

a. be hosted by the contractor and within the educational institution;

b. be based upon an established course and/or certificate program in emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management taught at the senior executive level;

c. be 4 to 5 days in length;

d. have seats for a total of 65 participants;

e. generally have prepaid/contracted seats including all course material for forty (40 out of 65) NG personnel paid for through this contract; and

f. general have seats including all course material for twenty five (25 out of 65) available for non-NG participants to pay a course fee directly to the vendor.

g. Course fill numbers listed under 2.3.2.1. d, e, and f are subject to change and shall be specifically outlined in each Task Order PWS.

5.1.2.2. Course Curriculum Requirements Summary:

The course curriculum shall:

a. be current and relevant to today’s emergency management landscape, with emphasis on the use of the National Guard in support of Civil Authorities;

b. be case study driven, using expert instructors with firsthand experience of the disaster or topic at hand. Learning objectives will be derived from real world examples of successes or challenges from recent disasters and/or terror attacks that have impacted the United States;

c. consist primarily of facilitated discussion and some lecture on topics pertinent to emergency management, crisis leadership, and best practices from the emergency management community (The preponderance should be placed on discussion between participants); and

d. focus on the strategic-senior executive level and requisite policy, long-range planning, and large-scale novel disaster leadership.

5.1.2.3. Administrative and Logistics Requirements Summary:

Offerors shall provide:

a. adequate staff to support course logistics both prior to and during the course:

i. Pre-course support requirements include but are not limited to welcome correspondence, registration, financial guidance to participants, etc.

ii. Course week requirements include but are not limited to administrative support, finance personnel to facilitate course payments, and other requirements as determined by the vendor & HIS;

b. experienced instructors with a demonstrated history of expertise in both teaching at the senior executive education level and teaching the topics of emergency management, homeland security, crisis leadership;

c. appropriate class space for senior executive level instruction, with amphitheater/lecture hall classroom spaces required and separate meeting rooms for small group discussions;

d. adequate facilities to support classroom operation for the participants, HSI staff and the vendor, complete with power outlets for each participant, internet access, printing, etc;

e. meals through the duration of the course, billed via Government Travel Card to the individual participants (as appropriate). This can include working lunches, networking icebreaker and a final graduation/certificate ceremony; and appropriate space to host a keynote speaker or forum style event with high profile guest speaker(s) to address participants on a subject related to the course material.

5.2 Leadership in Homeland Security Seminar (LHS): Produce a LHS that explores and navigates the challenges intrinsic to emergency management, homeland security, crisis management, disaster planning and leadership during routine and novel crises. The LHS courses shall be academic in nature, comparable to an executive level course, combining class instruction in the operational concepts of emergency management, homeland security, and crisis management with case-study driven discussions facilitated by professors or past practitioners who have researched or lead the responses to major emergency management or disaster response events. The Baltimore Riots (2015), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), and Superstorm Sandy (2012) are examples where previous instructors have wielded substantial direct influence and expertise during the responses.

LHS content should be based upon a target of ten, but shall be based upon a minimum of eight (8) case studies. Course content shall contain blocks of instruction on the topics of emergency management, homeland security and crisis management. Each course should have a target of five, but shall have a minimum of three blocks of instruction / discussion that are facilitated by guest instructors who possess professional work experience as a strategic leader that has helped lead a response to a major event that has occurred at the national level, dated within a ten year window prior to the course launch. Each day shall include a section of small group discussion amongst participants. Each iteration of content and instruction shall undergo pre-course review and post-course review with HSI.

Provide LHS course content that emphasizes the role of the National Guard (NG) in supporting civil authorities during large-scale crisis-emergency events. Courses of study shall be case study driven that investigate actual events (i.e. man-made or natural disasters), and are of a scale, relevancy, and complexity that accurately reflect the magnitude of responsibility associated with senior executive of levels of leadership. Course content shall engage the participants in intensive case study-based discussion of recent real-world disaster events. The course material shall contain National Guard centric concepts and frameworks for the design and execution of informed responses to complex, multi-jurisdictional management environments.

5.2.1. Course Content and Structure (LHS): Provide LHS course content that shall place emphasis on the utilization and employment of National Guard assets, systems, and personnel at the operational level by executive leaders in support of civil authorities in response to strategic scale and novel crises.

LHS is intended to be an academic course that possesses an established academic framework of stated themes and learning objectives that participants are intended to have experienced by the end of the course. The framework of stated themes and learning objectives should be presented at the start of LHS and continuously reinforced throughout the course by the main instructor(s) and through the blocks of instruction/discussion that are facilitated by the guest instructors. The blocks of instruction/discussion that are facilitated by the guest instructors shall connect to the stated themes and learning objectives of LHS and cover topics that are relevant to the emergency management, homeland security and crisis management fields.

LHS shall be instructed using “participant centered learning/participant based instruction” or variations of the Socratic Method to facilitate group discussion and participant interaction with both instructors and other participants. The main instructor(s) and guest instructors shall continuously engage with the participants; probing and extracting thoughts and ideas from the participants that the instructors then incorporate into their blocks of instruction.

LHS is not intended to be a collection of briefings and PowerPoint presentations on interesting topics in emergency management, homeland security, and crisis management. Nor is it intended as a forum for persons who hold or previously held positions of senior leadership in emergency management, homeland security, and crisis management incidents an opportunity to recount tales of their experiences.

Host LHS for five to six days in length for a total of 65 participants, per iteration, that are designated by HSI. In general, there should be 40 (40 out of 65) prepaid/contracted seats, that include all course and materials costs, for National Guard personnel that is paid through this contract. In general, there should be 25 (25 out of 65) seats, that include all course and materials cost, for non-National Guard personnel participants to pay a course fee directly to the vendor. These non-NG seats shall be detailed within each Task Order PWS.

LHS task orders, if any, are anticipated to occur in month of September. Official dates shall be determined by HSI in conjunction with the vendor upon review of confirmations, availabilities, and other administrative considerations.

Each LHS course shall be comprised of five to six days of instruction, from approximately 0800-1700 hours daily, with breaks and meal times included. Each course shall also include the opening day registration, a networking icebreaker, daily small group study sessions, working lunches and meals, and a commemoration ceremony presenting academic certificates and guest keynote remarks.

Daily small group study sessions shall be held in small meeting spaces separate from the main classroom.

Provide adequate staff to support logistics prior to and during LHS. Pre-course support would be welcome correspondence to participants, online registration for participant access to academic course content, participant receipt of payment for course fees, and participant status updates to HSI. Course support would be to ensure proper execution of the LHS course and answer any participant administrative questions that are intrinsic to the vendor.

Contractor may submit online and hybrid models in addition to the standard in-person model in order to provide flexibility to conduct the seminars during social distancing.

5.2.2 Summary of Work Requirements for the Leadership in Homeland Security Seminar (LHS):

5.2.2.1. Academic Course Requirement Summary:

The academic course shall:

a. be hosted by the contractor and within the educational institution;

b. be based upon an established course and/or certificate program in emergency management, homeland security and/or crisis management taught at the senior executive level;

c. be 4 to 5 days in length;

d. have seats for a total of 65 participants;

e. generally have prepaid/contracted seats including all course material for forty (40 out of 65) NG personnel paid for through this contract; and

f. generally have seats including all course material for twenty five (25 out of 65) available for non-NG participants to pay a course fee directly to the vendor.

g. Course fill numbers listed under 2.4.2.1. d, e, and f are subject to change and shall be specifically outlined in each Task Order PWS.

5.2.2.2. Course Curriculum Requirements Summary:

The course curriculum shall:

a. be current and relevant to today’s emergency management landscape, with emphasis on the use of the National Guard in support of Civil Authorities;

b. be case study driven, using expert instructors with firsthand experience of the disaster or topic at hand. Learning objectives will be derived from real world examples of successes or challenges from recent disasters and/or terror attacks that have impacted the United States;

c. consist primarily of facilitated discussion and some lecture on topics pertinent to emergency management, crisis leadership, and best practices from the emergency management community (The preponderance should be placed on discussion between participants); and

d. focus on the strategic-senior executive level and requisite policy, long-range planning, and large-scale novel disaster leadership.

5.2.2.3. Administrative and Logistics Requirements Summary:

Contractor shall provide:

a. adequate staff to support course logistics both prior to and during the course:

i. Pre-course support requirements include but are not limited to welcome correspondence, registration, financial guidance to participants, etc.

ii. Course week requirements include but are not limited to administrative support, finance personnel to facilitate course payments, and other requirements as determined by the vendor & HIS;

b. experienced instructors with a demonstrated history of expertise in both teaching at the senior executive education level and teaching the topics of emergency management, homeland security, crisis leadership;

c. appropriate class space for senior executive level instruction, with amphitheater/lecture hall classroom spaces required and separate meeting rooms for small group discussions;

d. adequate facilities to support classroom operation for the participants, HSI staff and the vendor, complete with power outlets for each participant, internet access, printing, etc;

e. meals through the duration of the course, billed via Government Travel Card to the individual participants (as appropriate). This can include working lunches, networking icebreaker and a final graduation/certificate ceremony; and appropriate space to host a keynote speaker or forum style event with high profile guest speaker(s) to address participants on a subject related to the course material.

5.3. Required Reports.

5.3.1. Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (CMRA):

5.3.1.1 The contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the Homeland Security Institute via a secure data collection site.

5.3.1.2 The contractor shall completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: http://www.ecmra.mil/. Reporting inputs shall be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year, beginning with 2020. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk at http://www.ecmra.mil.

5.3.2. Student Biography Report: The contractor shall submit a consolidated report on all student biographies to the COR at the conclusion of the course. This report shall be submitted via email to the COR.

5.3.3. Course Evaluation Report: Continued improvement of the course is vital to the continued success. The contractor shall submit a consolidated evaluation report to the COR at the conclusion of the course. This report shall be submitted via email to the COR.

5.3.4. Enrollment Status Notifications: Enrollment into the course is vital to the success of the course. The COR will submit a list of attendees to the contractor who will facilitate enrollment and provide a regular status to the COR. The contractor shall notify the COR for student enrollment at intervals of 90, 60, and 30 days prior to the course. Within 30 days, the contractor shall provide weekly updates. The contractor shall provide an enrollment status upon request of the COR. The COR will assist the contractor in any outstanding enrollment issues as required. Status notifications will be conducted via email.

5.3.5. Course Agenda / Schedule: The contractor shall submit their course agenda and schedule upon completion to the COR via email. The Course Agenda / Schedule should be submitted 30 days prior to the course. If under 30 days, the contractor shall notify the COR the status of the course development and the expected completion / submission of the Course Agenda / Schedule.

5.3.6. Report Submission Requirements: The contractor shall submit all reports listed in this section of the PWS as listed above. Format of the reports in 5.3.1 through 5.3.5 are at the discretion of the contractor. Available examples / templates may be requested by the contractor to the COR.

5.3.7. Report Deliverable Table:

6.0 Applicable Publications: Publications applicable to this PWS are listed below:

Publication (Chapter/Page)

Federal Acquisition Regulation https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/dfar

AR 190-13

The Army Physical Security Program 02/25/2011 http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx

DoDD 5400.11 Department of Defense Privacy Program 10/29/2014 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/dir.html#

DoD 5400.11-R Department of Defense Privacy Program 05/14/2007 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html

6.1 Applicable Forms: Forms applicable to the PWS are listed below:

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary (PRS)

This PRS includes performance objectives the Government will use to determine contractor performance and will compare contractor performance to the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL). AQL may be met through the process of obtaining a waiver, approved by the Director of the Homeland Security Institute.

PRS #1:

Contractor shall provide specified seminar services prepared and executed at the executive / doctorate level. The seminars shall foster networking between the interdepartmental leaders that attend. The contractor shall autonomously provide all logistical needs in order to coordinate, facilitate, and execute a successful seminar. Instructors and guest speakers shall be of a quality to ensure the level of discussion on key topics meet or exceed the executive / doctorate level.

Paragraph 1.4.7.4., 5.1 and 5.2

PRS#2:

Contractor should produce seminar content that is be based upon a ten case studies on desired topics outlined in the PWS.

Paragraphs 5.1 and 5.2

PRS#3:

Contractor should have a target of five, but shall have a minimum of three blocks of instruction/discussion facilitated by guest instructors / speakers.

Paragraphs 5.1 and 5.2

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 2

Deliverables Schedule

Ver. May 2018