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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Enterprise Systems Engineering and Computational Analytics Support Services for the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) Financial Management & Comptroller

Office (FM&C)

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. General: This is a non-personal services contract to provide Enterprise Systems Engineering and Computational Analytics in support of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) Financial Management & Comptroller (FM&C) Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG). 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 the personnel and supervision necessary to perform the Enterprise Systems Engineering and Computational Analytics support services as defined in this performance work statement 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 ASA FM&C Military Deputy is spearheading a strategic enterprise level effort to optimize the purchasing power of the Army. The goal is to enable the Army’s priorities at best value by increasing effectiveness and efficiency of its Fiscal Stewardship and Financial Management domain.

1.3 Objectives: The objective is to engineer computational and analytical capabilities to improve processes of collecting, aggregating, analyzing and visualizing the Army’s budget execution data and inform the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) build process, enabling the Army’s priorities by achieving readiness at best value in the most cost-effective manner.

1.4 Scope: The contactor shall provide critical and highly specialized senior subject matter expert (SME) experience in state-of-the-art enterprise systems engineering data analytics, innovative computational and visualization capabilities, and Army Financial Management & Comptroller domain expertise to establish, expand, and institutionalize the Army’s premier fiscal stewardship program, known as Command Accountability and Execution Review (CAER) in accordance with (IAW) SECARMY Directive (2017-12). The contractor shall provide technical advice to senior leadership on state-of-the-art fiscal stewardship capabilities. The contractor shall operationalize the Army’s financial stewardship vision and deliver accelerated high performance results aligned with the enterprise’s priorities.

1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for one (1) base year of 12 months and four (4) 12-month option years. The period of performance reads as follows:

Base Year: 12 month period Option Year 1: 12 month period Option Year 2: 12 month period Option Year 3: 12 month period Option Year 4: 12 month period

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Quality Control: Quality control is the responsibility of the contractor. The contractor is responsible for the delivery of quality services/supplies to the government (see FAR 52.246-1, Contractor Inspection Requirements).

The contractor shall develop, implement and maintain an effective quality control system that includes a written quality control plan (QCP). The QCP shall implement standardized procedure/methodology for monitoring and documenting contract performance to ensure all contract requirements are met. The contractors’ QCP must contain a systematic approach to monitor operations to ensure acceptable services/products are provided to the government. The QCP, as a minimum, shall address continuous process improvement; procedures for scheduling, conducting and documentation of inspection; discrepancy identification and correction; corrective action procedures to include procedures for addressing government discovered non-conformances;

procedures for root cause analysis to identify the root cause and root cause corrective action to prevent re-occurrence of discrepancies; procedures for trend analysis; and procedures for collecting and addressing customer feedback/complaints. The contractor shall upon request provide to the government its quality control documentation. The contractor shall provide their QCP within 30 days after contract award to the contracting officer (KO) and contracting officer representative (COR) and within five (5) working days when changes are made thereafter.

1.6.2 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 primarily focused on what the government must do to assure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the requirements of the contract.

1.6.3 Federal Government Holidays: The contractor is not required to perform services on the following federal holidays:

New Year’s Day 1st day of January Martin Luther King Jr. Day 3rd Monday of January Presidents Day 3rd Monday of February Memorial Day Last Monday of May Independence Day 4th day of July Labor Day 1st Monday of September Columbus Day 2nd Monday of October

Veterans Day 11th day of November Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday of November Christmas Day 25th day of December

1.6.4 Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business Monday through Friday and weekends as required 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 maintain an adequate workforce for the performance of all tasks defined within this PWS.

1.6.5 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at contractor’s site and government onsite facility as required in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines. The government’s onsite facility is located in the U.S. National Capitol Region (NCR).

All personnel entering the worksite must abide by the Conduct on the Pentagon Reservation identified in Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 234. The government shall allow the contractor to telework at no additional cost to the government. The contractor’s telework site shall be located in the National Capitol Region. The contractor must be able to attend on-site meetings within two (2) days’ notice at no additional cost to the government.

1.6.6. Type of Contract: The government will award a Firm Fix Price contract.

1.6.7. Security Requirements: Contractor personnel (to include subcontractors) performing work under this contract must have a personnel/individual secret clearance at time of the proposal submission, and must maintain the level of security required for the life of the contract.

1.6.7.1. Anti-Terrorism and Operations Security Requirements: All contractor employees, including subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities, and controlled-access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after the contract award. AT Level I awareness training is available at the following website:

http://jko.jten.mil

1.6.7.2. Access and general protection/security policy and procedures. Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Provost Marshal Office, Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements (FAR clause 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel) 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.

1.6.7.3. Common Access Card (CAC) Issuance: All Contractor personnel performing work under this contract shall obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC). Before CAC issuance, the contractor employee requires, at a minimum, a favorably adjudicated National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) or an equivalent or higher investigation in accordance with Army Directive 2014-05. The contractor employee will be issued a CAC only if duties involve one of the following: (1) Both physical access to a DoD facility and access, via logon, to DoD networks on-site or remotely; (2) Remote access, via logon, to a DoD network using DoD-approved remote access procedures; or (3) Physical access to multiple DoD facilities or multiple non-DoD federally controlled facilities on behalf of the DoD on a recurring basis for a period of 6 months or more. At the discretion of the sponsoring activity, an initial CAC may be issued based on a favorable review of the FBI fingerprint check and a successfully scheduled NACI at the Office of Personnel Management.

1.6.7.4. iWATCH Training. The contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall brief all employees on the local iWATCH program (training standards provided by the requiring activity’s Antiterrorism Officer). 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 after contract award.

1.6.7.5. Operations Security (OPSEC) awareness training in accordance with AR 530-1.

Operations Security, all contract employees shall complete Level I OPSEC training within 30 calendar days of task order award and annually thereafter. OPSEC training is available at the following website:

https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/opsec/index.htm

1.6.7.6. 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 appointment to IA/IT functions.

1.6.7.7. This contract will 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); (2) any revisions to DOD 5220.22-M, notice of which has been furnished to the contractor.

1.6.7.8. Threat Awareness Reporting Program. For all contractors with security clearances. Per AR 381-12 Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP), contractor employees must receive TARP training by the requiring activity’s Antiterrorism Officer (ATO) 30 calendar days after task order award and annually thereafter.

1.6.8. 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 Subpart 42.5, Post Award Orientation. The contracting officer, COR, and other government personnel, as appropriate, will meet periodically, quarterly as a minimum, with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the contracting officer 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. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the government.

1.6.9 Contracting Officer 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 notify both the contracting officer and contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property; and provide 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/performance dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting contract.

1.6.10 Key Personnel: The following personnel are considered key personnel by the government:

Subject Matter Expert, Computer and Information Systems Manager. The contractor shall provide a program 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 contracting officer. 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 program manager or alternate shall be available when required by the government, Monday through Friday and on weekends (when required), except federal holidays or when the government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

1.6.10.1 Qualifications for key personnel are listed below:

Subject Matter Expert, Computer and Information Systems Manager:

This person shall have a Doctorate Degree in Engineering and more than 20 years’ experience working across large enterprises, advising senior leaders and delivering best in class data-driven and data automation problem solving methodologies for quick win solutions that will enable bottom line results. Proven expertise to deliver state-of-the-art data quality and analytical automation capabilities within the Army using sound engineering and scientific data driven problem solving methodologies, performance improvement and business transformation frameworks, integrating with financial and operational processes and systems.

This person shall have over 5 years of working knowledge in Army Financial Management and Comptrollership data structures, policies, processes, systems, and automation solutions.

Demonstrated working experience and expertise on the establishment of the Army’s premier fiscal stewardship program, known as the Command Accountability and Execution Review (CAER) using quantitative data analytics automation technologies and data driven problem solving solutions to inform the resource decision making process.

This person shall have the ability to use strong oral and written communication skills for executive level communication. Use strong data analytical skills in data driven problem solving and data quality methodologies, including statistical analyses (descriptive, prescriptive, predictive), data cleanse and transformation analysis and software development, testing, and implementation.

This person shall have experience in data and metrics requirements generation, data quality diagnostic analytics, data collection plan and strategies, data structure mapping and architectures, data visualization and template design, programming, testing, and deployment.

1.6.11. Supervision of Contractor Employees: The government will not exercise any supervision or control over contractor or subcontractor employees while performing work under the contract.

Such employees shall be accountable solely to the contractor, not the government. The contractor, in turn, shall be accountable to the government for contractor or subcontractor employees.

1.6.12 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 contracting officer. 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.

1.6.13 Organizational Conflict of Interest:

a. Purpose. The primary purpose of this clause is to aid in ensuring that:

(1) The Contractor does not obtain an unfair competitive advantage by establishing the ground rules for a future competition;

(2) The Contractor's objectivity and judgment are not biased because of its present or future interests (financial, contractual, organizational, or otherwise) which relate to work performed under this contract; and

(3) The Contractor does not obtain an unfair competitive advantage by virtue of its access to non-public or proprietary information belonging to others.

b. Definitions.

(1) The term “Contractor” herein used means: (a) the organization (hereinafter referred to as "it" or "its") entering into this agreement with the Government; (b) all business organizations with which it may merge, join or affiliate now or in the future and in any manner whatsoever, or which hold or may obtain, by purchase or otherwise, direct or indirect control of it; (c) its parent organization if any and any of its present or future subsidiaries, associates, affiliates, or holding companies, and; (d) any organization or enterprise over which it has direct or indirect control now or in the future.

(2) The term "proprietary information" for purposes of this clause means any information considered so valuable by its owners that it is held secret by them and their licensees. Information furnished voluntarily by the owner without limitations on its use, or which is available without restrictions from other sources, is not considered proprietary.

c. Obtaining Access to Proprietary Information. In this regard, the Contractor is responsible for identifying any actual or potential organizational conflicts of interest to the Contracting Officer that arise as the result of performance under this contract. To avoid or mitigate a potential conflict related to performance under this contract, the Contracting Officer will impose appropriate constraints such as the constraints discussed below. Since it is impossible to foresee all of the circumstances that might give rise to organizational conflicts of interest, the constraints discussed below are not all inclusive and the Contracting Officer may impose constraints other than, or in addition to, the constraints listed below. Organizational Conflicts of Interest Examples. The following examples illustrate situations in which organizational conflicts of interest may arise.

These examples are not all inclusive.

(1) Biased Ground Rules. This type of conflict may arise in situations where a company sets the ground rules for a future competition. For example, when a Contractor develops requirements then competes to provide products or services to satisfy those requirements, thus obtaining a competitive advantage.

(2) Impaired Objectivity. This type of conflict may exist where a Contractor’s obligations under a contract require objectivity, but another role of the Contractor casts doubt on its ability to be truly objective. An example of this type of conflict is where a Contractor’s work under one contract entails evaluating itself, its affiliates, or its competitors under a separate contract.

(3) Unequal Access to Information. This type of conflict may arise when a Contractor has access to nonpublic or proprietary information as part of its performance under a contract that gives it an unfair advantage in a competition for a later contract.

d. General Constraints. The provisions of FAR Subpart 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest, concerning organizational conflicts of interest govern this contract. Potential conflicts may exist in accordance with FAR 9.505-1, Providing Systems Engineering and Technical Direction.

(1) The Contractor agrees that if it provides, under a contract or task order or delivery order, systems engineering and technical guidance for systems and programs, but does not have overall contractual responsibility, it will not be allowed to be awarded a contract or task or delivery order to supply the system or any of its major components or be a Subcontractor or consultant to a supplier of the system or any of its major components

(2) The Contractor agrees that if it prepares complete specifications for non-developmental items or assists in the preparation of work statements for a system or services under a contract or task order or delivery order, it shall not be allowed to furnish these items, either as a prime Contractor, a Subcontractor or as a consultant.

(3) The Contractor agrees that it shall neither evaluate nor advise the Government with regard to its own products or activities. The Contractor shall objectively evaluate or advise the Government concerning products or activities of any prospective competitors.

(4) The Contractor agrees that if it gains access to proprietary information of other companies, it shall exercise diligent effort to protect such proprietary information from unauthorized use or disclosure. In addition, the Contractor agrees to protect the proprietary information of other organizations disclosed to the Contractor during performance of this contract with the same caution that a reasonably prudent Contractor would use to safeguard highly valuable property. The Contractor also agrees that if it gains access to the proprietary information of other companies it shall enter into written agreements with the other companies to protect their information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it remains proprietary and to refrain from using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. The Contractor shall provide copies of such agreements to the Contracting Officer.

(5) If the Contractor, in the performance of this contract, obtains access to plans, policies, reports, studies, financial plans, data or other information of any nature which has not been released or otherwise made available to the public, the Contractor agrees that without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer, it shall not: (a) use such information for any private purpose unless the information has been released or otherwise made available to the public, or (b) release such information unless release is otherwise authorized under the contract or such information has previously been released or otherwise made available to the public by the Government.

e. Non-Disclosure Agreements. The Contractor shall obtain from each employee who has access to proprietary information under this contract, a written agreement which shall in substance provide that such employee shall not, during his/her employment by the Contractor or thereafter, disclose to others or use for their benefit, proprietary information received in connection with the work under this contract. The Contractor shall educate its employees regarding the restrictions so that they shall not use or disclose proprietary information or data generated or acquired in the performance of this contract except as provided herein.

f. Training. The Contractor shall effectively educate its employees, through formal training, company policy, information directives and procedures, in an awareness of the legal issues so that each employee shall know and understand the absolute necessity of safeguarding information from anyone other than the Contractor's employees who have a need to know, and the U.S. Government.

g. Subcontracts. The Contractor agrees that it shall include the provisions in paragraphs d., e., and

f. above and this paragraph in consulting agreements, teaming agreements, and subcontracts of all tiers which involve access to information or the performance of services described in paragraph d.

above. The use of this clause in such agreements shall be read by substituting the word "consultant" or "Subcontractor" for the word "Contractor" whenever the latter appears.

h. Additional Constraints. If this contract provides for the issuance of task or delivery orders, such orders may impose additional requirements and restrictions relating to this clause to include the requirement for the Contractor and its Subcontractors and employees to furnish the Government with written non-disclosure agreements or statements of no conflict of interest. With regard to any proposal submitted by the Contractor in response to a Request for Task or Delivery Order Proposal, by submitting its proposal the Contractor represents that it has disclosed to the Contracting Officer, prior to the issuance of the task or delivery order, all facts relevant to the existence or potential existence of organizational conflict of interest.

i. Conflicts Involving Future Procurements. The award of this contract, task or delivery orders issued under this contract, Government taskings, or acquiescence in the Contractor’s performance of services hereunder shall not constitute or be interpreted as a determination that the Contractor is eligible to participate in future procurements, developmental efforts, implementation efforts, or related activities. Only the Contracting Officers for such efforts, applying the rules, principles, and procedures have the authority to determine whether a conflict exists in connection with such procurements.

j. Representations and Disclosures.

(1) The Contractor represents that it has disclosed to the Contracting Officer, prior to award of this contract, all facts relevant to the existence or potential existence of organizational conflict of interest.

(2) The Contractor represents that if it discovers an organizational conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest after award of this contract, a prompt and full disclosure shall be made in writing to the Contracting Officer. This disclosure shall include a description of the action the Contractor has taken or proposes to take in order to avoid or mitigate such conflict.

k. Remedies and Waiver.

(1) For breach of any of the above restrictions or for non-disclosure or misrepresentation of any relevant facts required to be disclosed concerning this contract, the Government may terminate this contract for default, disqualify the Contractor for subsequent related contractual efforts, and pursue such other remedies as may be permitted by law or this contract. If, however, in compliance with this clause, the Contractor discovers and promptly reports an organizational conflict of interest (or the potential thereof) subsequent to contract award, the Contracting Officer may terminate this Contract or any task or delivery order issued under this Contract for convenience if such termination is deemed to be in the best interest of the Government.

(2) The parties recognize that this clause has potential effects which will survive the performance of this contract and that it is impossible to foresee each circumstance to which it might be applied in the future. Accordingly, the Contractor may at any time seek a waiver from the cognizant Contracting Officer by submitting a full written description of the requested waiver and the reasons.

1.6.14 COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSON.

IAW FAR 52-222-50. Contractor Requirements.

The Contractor shall –

(1) Notify its employees of

(i) The U.S. Government's zero tolerance policy.

(ii) Actions that will be taken against employees for violations of this policy.

(2) Take appropriate action.

Part II, Trafficking in Persons (TIP)

1. The Contractor has a procedure for notifying employees of TIP and proof of such notification on file via:

i. Training records or

ii. Employee signature

2. Has documented actions on file citing appropriate action to TIP violations.

3. Record of documented violations to date (if any).

4. The Contractor has a procedure for notifying the Contracting Officer if information is received or actions related to TIP are observed.

1.6.15 In accordance with FAR 39.2, HQIIS shall be compliant with Section 508, an amendment to the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Contractor shall ensure all HQIIS applications are accessible to people with disabilities and that current and future requirements to maintain compliance with Section 508 are met.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. BIG DATA ANALYTICS. Big data analytics is the use of advanced analytic techniques against very large, diverse data sets that include structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, from different sources, and in different sizes.

2.1.2. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR. The official government representative delegated authority by the contracting officer to administer a contract. This individual is normally a member of the appropriate contracting/procurement career field and advises on all technical contractual matters.

2.1.3. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or services to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.4. CONTRACTING OFFICER. 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. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP) OR GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

(GP). Property in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the government and subsequently made available to the contractor.

2.1.9. 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.

2.1.10. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of government property.

2.1.11. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the contractor are acceptable in accordance with established standards and requirements of this contract.

2.1.12. QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST. An official government representative concerned with matters pertaining to the contract administration process and quality assurance/quality control. Acts as technical advisor to the contracting officer in these areas.

2.1.13. QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.14. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.5. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.16. WORK DAY. The number of hours per day the contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.17. WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday and weekends as required by the government, except for federal holidays unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement AR Army Regulation ASA Assistant Secretary of the Army CAER Command Accountability and Execution Review Program CFR Code of Federal Regulations CMR Contract Manpower Reporting CONUS Continental United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii) COR Contracting Officer Representative COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease of 2019 CSA Chief of Staff of the Army DA Department of the Army DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Requirement List DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center DOD Department of Defense

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation FM&C Financial Management & Comptroller HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HQDA Headquarters Department of the Army ICW In Coordination With KPI Key Performance Indicators KO Contracting Officer OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest OCONUS Outside Continental United States (includes Alaska and Hawaii) POC Point of Contact PPBE Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution 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 Program SA Secretary of the Army SIG Strategic Initiatives Group TE Technical Exhibit VCSA Vice Chief of Staff of the Army

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1 Facilities & Equipment: Where applicable and in accordance with paragraph 1.6.5 (place of performance) above, the government will provide the necessary workspace for the contractor staff to provide the support outlined in the PWS to include desk space, telephones, fax machines, printers, computers/laptops, and other items necessary to maintain an office environment.

Government computers/laptops will be issued for the performance of on-site work and off-site work to be performed at the contractor’s facility. The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment provided for contractor use. For government furnish equipment (GFE) description please see Technical Exhibit 3. The contractor shall sign for the government property via a hand receipt. As stewards of the government’s property the contractor’s responsibility extends from the initial acquisition and receipt of property, through stewardship, custody, and use until formally relieved of responsibility by authorized means.

Contractor personnel shall:

3.1.2. Use the government property only for performing the work under this contract, unless otherwise authorized for use for other purposes by the KO.

3.1.3. Utilize, consume, move, and store government property only as authorized under this contract. The contractor shall promptly disclose and report Government property in its possession that is excess to or no longer needed for contract performance.

3.1.4. Unless otherwise directed by the KO or the government’s primary hand receipt holder (PHRH), the contractor shall investigate and report to the government all incidents of property loss as soon as the facts become known. Loss of government property includes, but is not limited to, items that cannot be found after a reasonable search; theft; damage resulting in unexpected harm to property requiring repair to restore the item to usable condition; or destruction resulting from incidents that render the item useless for its intended purpose or beyond economical repair.

3.2 Utilities: The contractor shall instruct employees in utilities conservation practices while performing at the government’s work site. The contractor shall be responsible for operating under conditions that preclude the waste of utilities, which include turning off the water faucets and lights when not under use.

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General: In accordance with paragraph 1.6.5 (place of performance) above, 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.

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: The contractor shall possess and maintain a secret facility clearance from the Defense Security Service. 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. The DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification, is provided as attachment 1.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. Specific Tasks: The government is responsible for prioritizing, scheduling, and requiring tasks, selected from the following:

5.1. Basic Services. The contractor shall provide agile and rapid operational support to the ASA (FM&C) and Strategic Initiatives Group leadership priorities to improve fiscal stewardship using state-of-the-art visualization and analytical tools, data quality analytics, data automation, big data analytic methods and artificial intelligence, amongst other predictive models, in the design/deployment of resource-informed decision-making tools and solutions, as prioritized and scheduled by the government ASA(FM&C) SIG leadership.

5.1.1. The work is comprised of translating Army Senior Leadership vision, defining computer systems requirements, software engineering/design, automation techniques, systems integration, development and testing of prototypes, software programming, and deployment of an integrated business framework from multiple existing new and legacy systems software managed by functional entities: installations, logistics (transportation and materiel), contracting, finance, research and development, and personnel (civilian and military).

5.1.2. The deployment of business computational automated systems will consist of software and systems engineering methodologies necessary to control and support information integrity throughout the Department, leveraging Army’s existing infrastructure.

5.1.3. The contractor shall provide technical advice to senior leadership (SECARMY, Chief of Staff of the Army, Under Secretary of the Army, Vice Chief of Staff , ASA (FM&C) Military Deputy, and Army Commanding Generals worldwide) and provides analytical support to top senor leadership governance venues (CAER-Senior, CAER-Enterprise CAER-Command, CAER working groups). The analytical capabilities shall be designed using state-of-the-art quality data analytical methods to maximize fiscal stewardship performance and allow shared accountability for planning, programming and budgeting resources at the enterprise level.

5.1.4. The contractor shall develop and maintain the Commanders Assessment and Execution Review Program (CAER) through the execution of the following tasks:

Support Operations & Maintenance of current templates (e.g., user roles controls, new realignments) in coordination with stakeholders.

Evaluate and update the data collection plan, coordinate the data collection from ASA a(FM&C), organization, and external Army agencies.

Maintain and update the implementation guidance and policy, as required.

Implement cloud-based migration strategy (data feed automation) in coordination with stakeholders and in accordance with approved Memorandum of Agreement.

Partner with government personnel and working groups to develop an enterprise architecture, plan and roadmap that supports the Army’s needs, transformation, and future investments.

5.2. The contractor shall be able to provide new analytical capabilities (e.g., Unit Template, Enterprise Template) in coordination with stakeholders, as needed, to enable analytics and assessments to increase the Army’s purchasing power, execution performance, and evolve to assess the impact of spending to the development of the Future Year Defense Plan (FYDP).

5.2.1. Implement data feed automation ICW stakeholders in accordance with approved Memorandum of Agreement (e.g. direct data feed automation)

5.2.2. Develop, operationalize, measure and track performance through key performance indicators (KPI) and metrics through statistical proven methods and tools to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the enterprise. Deliver quick win enterprise business solutions and results maximizing performance and achieving desired end states.

5.2.3. Apply best in class advanced systems engineering, statistical, and data science proven disciplines to employ and leverage KPIs to quantitatively and strategically inform senior leader decisions in the Army execution, spending, budgeting and programming processes.

5.3. Provide senior subject matter expertise to architect the next strategic expansion of CAER, utilizing advanced quantitative visualization tools and analytics on data quality, big data, and problem-solving solutions (e.g., traditional and non-traditional intelligent predictive modelling) across the financial and comptrollership management enterprise systems, processes and policies.

Provide working experience and expertise in data and metrics requirements generation, data quality diagnostic analytics, data collection plan and strategies, data structure mapping and architectures, data visualization and template design, programming, testing, and deployment to enable continuity of the current and new tasks for mission success.

5.3.1. Provide subject matter expertise to the expansion for Research and Development and Military Personnel (MILPERS) Appropriations.

Provide subject matter expertise on state-of-the-art data quality and visualization driven methodologies and analytical automation capabilities within the Army using sound systems engineering and scientific data driven problem solving methodologies, performance management, CAER big data analytics methods and strategies; all ready-enabled and integrated within Army’s unique financial and operational data structures, processes, and systems.

Provide senior subject matter expertise in developing metrics and measures to track performance utilizing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) through statistically proven methods, tools, and applying Army’s unique enterprise CAER framework and domain data expertise to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the enterprise.

Evaluate statistical correlations between domain KPI metrics and domain outcome performance measures.

Provide innovative computational and visualization capabilities using senior technical expertise on systems engineering, reliability analyses, finite element computational analysis, statistical, vectorial analyses, predictive modeling, and real time data and process automation to inform decision making and enable high quality fiscal stewardship and readiness priorities at maximum purchasing power.

Drive discussions, collaboration and synchronization activities to facilitate effective change management and business solutions from requirements, design, testing, implementation and maintenance support.

Provide user role design solutions with proper access and data protection controls in coordination with hosting organization, SIG leadership, commands, and all related users stakeholders.

5.3.2. Deep Dive “Other” Category. Provide senior subject matter expertise in multi-factorial visualization and multi-dimensional analysis including key performance structural drivers such as funds centers, object class, etc. to inform leadership resourcing decision making. Provide courses of actions with options on visualization methods and/or controls functionality, as needed.

5.3.3. Provide senior subject matter expertise in Army financial big data analytic strategies and methods within the existing Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution process, systems, and tools to inform the Program Objective Memorandum (POM); across multiple tiers (Army commands worldwide, HQDA, DOD enterprise and other Federal Agencies).

5.3.4. Provide senior subject matter expertise in Army Fiscal Stewardship to update and maintain Army regulations to reflect the SECARMY Directive (2017-12).

5.4. The contractor shall evaluate and update the CAER data collection plan, coordinating the data collection from ASA (FM&C), organizations, and external Army agencies.

5.5. The contractor shall develop and maintain templates. Coordinate with organizations hosting the CAER template and setting up the automation of populating the template from the CAER data collection plan.

5.6.2. Work with senior leadership across domains to reach agreements. Performs research, design, analysis, and technical and strategic reviews.

5.6.3. Provide subject matter expertise to foster enterprise architecture, systems engineering, and innovative thinking for automation and data driven analytics. Leads business and technical meetings. Use of template visualization tools and algorithms to process data and conduct modelling analysis (e.g. traditional and non-traditional intelligent predictive modelling). Uses statistical data quality and measurement system methodologies to assess data confidence intervals.

5.6.4. Develop KPIs and establishes correlations with outcome performance measures. Uses statistical process controls and capability analyses to assess performance.

5.6.5. Use proven best in class quantitative problem solving and improvement methods to deliver results, including systems engineering, computational analysis, statistical, vectorial analyses, data and process automation, traditional and/or non-traditional predictive modelling, amongst others.

5.7. Synchronize CAER briefings for the Secretary of the Army (SA), the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (VCSA) and the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) as required.

5.7.1 Provide senior subject matter expertise in intelligent analytical and problem solving methods, tools and solutions (e.g. predictive and artificial intelligence analytical capabilities) across the financial and comptrollership management enterprise systems, processes and policies.

5.7.2. Drive, synchronize, and facilitate effective change management and business solutions from requirements, design, testing, implementation and maintenance support.

5.7.3 Provide senior subject matter expertise in Army financial big data analytic methods using large and complex data sets from diverse sources for computational analysis within the existing PPBE process, systems, and tools across multiple tiers (Army commands worldwide, HQDA, DOD enterprise and other Federal Agencies).

5.7.4. Provide analytical support to top senior leadership venues designed to maximize fiscal stewardship performance.

5.7.5. Analyze Army Budget Execution and POM management decision package (MDEP) performance data, and provide monthly reports to SA and CSA as directed.

5.8. Provide senior expertise on business transformation proven methods (e.g., design for six sigma, amongst others) and solutions.

5.9. CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING (CMR): The contractor shall report all contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract to the System for Award Management website at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ no later than 31 October each year. The required information includes:

(1) Contracting office, contracting officer, contracting officer’s technical representative (COTR) or also know as the contracting officer’s representative (COR); (2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number; (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period; (4) Contractor's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of contractor employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-contractors); (6) Estimated direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including sub-contractors); (7) Total payments (including sub-contractors); (8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-contractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (the Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information); (11) Locations where contractor and sub-contractors perform the work (specified by ZIP code in the

United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website); (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and (13) Number of contractor and sub-contractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country). As part of its submission, the contractor shall provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Reporting period shall be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each government fiscal year and must be reported by October 31 of each calendar year. Contractors may use a direct XML data transfer to the database server or fill in the fields on the website. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a contractor’s system to the secure website without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the website.

The specific formats for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the website.

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