Attachment 2 - Performance Work Statement _Rev 06 Feb 2024.pdf

Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement FA8601-XX-X-XXXX

Performance Work Statement

National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) Professional Presentation and Public Speaking Skill Development

06 February 2024

I. Introduction: The National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) is the United States

Space Force (USSF) and Department of Defense’s (DoD) center for intelligence of foreign space and counterspace capabilities. The daily mission of NSIC equips the DoD and the Intelligence Community (IC) with the foundational intelligence necessary to achieve national security objectives across all domains: air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace. In order to deliver game-changing intelligence, it is imperative for the NSIC workforce to be equipped with the highest degree of presentation skills and the acumen in order to efficiently articulate complicated intelligence problem sets, analyses, and findings through clear and concise messaging methods to the DoD community, policy makers, acquisition community, and war fighter.

II. Objective: NSIC has a requirement for workforce training offerings relating to the professional development and refinement of presentation, public speaking, and strategic messaging skills. This training effort shall be offered in multiple identical sessions over a six-to-nine-month period to accommodate reasonable class sizes and to facilitate focused instructor feedback within a small group setting. An NSIC Action Officer will be identified at time of contract award and shall have final approval on all planning decision milestones. The contractor shall designate a dedicated point of contact at time of contract award to appropriately begin planning coordination and actions with NSIC’s designated Action Officer.

III. SCOPE: The contractor shall provide Expert level training staff to coordinate and lead up-to four identical training sessions for the NSIC workforce. The training sessions shall be conducted either on -installation or within a 10-mile radius of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base located in Dayton, Ohio. These training sessions shall be focused on the below objectives of the NSIC-S7 (Training) coordinator:

Presentation and Public Speaking Skill activities and curriculum:

• The contractor shall provide a curriculum, classroom methodology, and applicable activities which are engaging and focused on public speaking and presentation skills within a work-place environment. The contractor and designated instructor shall also demonstrate their curriculum’s ability to adapt to learners’ individual and unique organizational needs in order to provide measurable improvements in the student’s communication and presentation skills.

• The contractor shall provide instruction and reinforcing activities which address and meet the following criteria:

o Elements of a presentation: content, design, and delivery to an audience o Developing strong conversational opening and closings o Creating an immediate impression: controlling nervousness, building rapport, strong presence (posture, voice tone, eye contact, and gestures) o Developing spontaneity and utilization of mind-mapping activities o Removal of filler words and appropriate pacing of conversation and presentation o Managing question and answer sessions

• The contractor and associated training instructor shall provide private individual coaching, constructive critique, and written evaluations to each student during training delivery and at course conclusion.

Messaging and Structure Skills training

• The contractor shall provide a curriculum, classroom methodology, and applicable activities which are engaging and focused on messaging and conversation structure skills conducive to a work-place environment. The contractor and designated instructor shall also demonstrate their curriculum’s ability to adapt to learners’ individual and unique organizational needs in order to provide measurable improvements in the student’s communication and presentation skills.

• The contractor shall provide instruction and reinforcing activities which address and meet the following criteria:

• Understanding conversation structure processes in order to develop a powerful message.

• Managing impromptu or spur of the moment conversation in a composed manner.

• Pinpointing the “why” or purpose of the message being conveyed

• Performing natural transitions and powerful message closings

• Management and mastering of question-and-answer sessions.

• Understanding of storytelling techniques to build a complete story or picture.

• Dissecting PowerPoint to include best practices of PowerPoint presentations.

• The contractor and associated training instructor shall provide private individual coaching, constructive critique, and written evaluations to each student during training delivery and at course conclusion.

Recorded Student Presentations and feedback:

• The contractor shall provide a learning curriculum of which includes ability to create, record, and the playback student presentations. These recorded presentations are intended to document the student’s presentation skills during classroom activities and serve as products for students to provide their supervisors for feedback and constructive critique(s).

• The recorded material produced during each training session shall be considered property of the United States government and shall not be retained by the contractor at conclusion of the contract performance.

IV. Task Period of Performance: The scope outlined within this Performance Work Statement shall be delivered in three (3) training sessions for the base year of the contract, followed by four (4) identical training sessions during each Option Year.

The period of performance on the base year of the contract shall begin on date of contract award and shall not exceed 30 September 2024. The contractor shall coordinate a kick-off meeting with designated NSIC Action Officers within thirty

(30) days of contract award. Timeline and execution of scope shall be discussed and agreed upon between NSIC designated Action Officer(s) and contractor representatives as deemed appropriate and feasible during planning phases. The contractor shall execute each training session for this requirement in un-interrupted consecutive work-days: Monday through Friday during normal business hours (0800- 1600) with exclusion of all recognized federal holidays.

Training Structure: The base year of the contract will include three (3) training sessions, coordinated at the kick-off meeting with the NSIC designated Action Officers within thirty (30) days of contract award.

Each Option Year of the contract will feature four (4) identical training sessions, to be scheduled in coordination with the designated NSIC Action Officers.

Recognized Holidays: The Contractor shall not schedule classes for any recognized federal Holidays. Any holiday that falls on a Saturday shall be observed on the preceding Friday, any holiday that falls on a Sunday shall be observed on the following Monday.

New Year’s Day First Day in January Martin Luther King’s Birthday Third Monday in January President’s Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Juneteenth June 19th Independence Day July 4th Labor Day First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October Veteran’s Day November 11th Thanksgiving Fourth Thursday in November Christmas First Day in January

Location: The Contractor shall perform the training at the following location:

4180 Watson Way Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433

It is the responsibility of the contractor to coordinate with the Air Force Agency representative to obtain any necessary credentials for access to Wright-Patterson AFB or any alternate location prior to traveling in the performance of this requirement.

***Any COVID‐19 related concerns or travel restrictions must be communicated immediately to NSIC’s designated Technical Manager. Any unforeseen expense(s) or delay(s) related to COVID‐19 quarantine requirements or COVID‐19 related restrictions will not be compensated for by the government.

V. Invoicing and Payment: The contractor shall provide a summary invoice at least monthly or upon expiration of this BPA, whichever occurs first, for all deliveries made during a billing period, identifying the delivery tickets covered therein, stating their total dollar value, and supported by receipt copies of the delivery tickets.