CBL-FS2_TanDEM_X_Addendum_V1.docx

UNCLASSIFIED

TanDEM X Addendum For Foundation Sustainment Services (FS2) Contract HM047621D0009 Earth Modeling Task Order

15 June 21 Version 1

1. PURPOSE:

(U) This is Phase 1 of the TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement (TanDEM X) effort in order to design, build, test, and operationalize a modernized TanDEM X system in NGA Unclassified Commercial Cloud Service (UC2S) that enables production from home and NGA IT Integration.

(U) Phase 1 also includes build, test, and operationalize the TanDEM X Virtual Desktop Agent (VDA)

(U) The contractor shall anticipate Phase 2 requirements for follow-on Operations Support Services after the Program obtains NGA Cert to Field (CtF) and passes successful Operational Readiness Review (ORR).

2. BACKGROUND:

(U) The Digital Elevation Model Editing Software (DEMES) (proprietary, owned and maintained by Airbus[footnoteRef:1]) application is used to visually review the data, structure the data into a file format compatible with consuming applications, and attach metadata indicating the condition of the data. [1: Airbus Defense and Space, provider of the worldwide, highly accurate DEM called WorldDEM™]

(U) The Government shall provide the contractor global based software maintained by Airbus and utilized by 32 nations. The current operational capability is a stand-alone system, with a client server architecture, located in the TREx Lab facility at NGA West (NCW).

(U) The government will provide TanDEM-X data through the Global Elevation Data Warehouse (GEDW) website from inside the TREX Lab.

3. REQUIREMENTS:

(U) The Period of Performance is 12 months.

(U) The contractor shall be provided access to TREx Lab located at the NGA West Facility.

4. TASKS & SERVICES:

WBS 1.0 Program Management

(U) Earth Modeling Task Order WBS 1.0 Program Management services shall be provided to ensure the TanDEM-X capability and VDA is delivered within cost, schedule, and performance.

(U) The Contractor shall provide the Government a schedule of Milestone events. Invoicing schedule and Contract Options shall align with Governance Milestone events Design, Build, Demo, Test, and Operational Deployment. The Contractor shall not proceed without Government milestone approval authority.

WBS 5.0 Operations Support

(U) Earth Modeling Task Order WBS 5.0 Operations Support Services for TanDEM-X is to design, build, demo, test, and operationalize the TanDEM-X capability in the UC2S environment accessible from SBU.

(U) The contractor shall utilize the NGA’s Geospatial Analysis Integrity Tool (GAIT) to perform an independent quality check on the TanDEM-X data marking it approved or rejected before reloading into GEDW.

(U) The contractor shall send TanDEM-X data to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) “bucket” in the UC2S Open Data Store (ODS) environment for consumption by the end user and for cross domain dissemination.

(U) The contractor shall enable NGA GEOAxIS user access controls for the TanDEM-X solution.

(U) The contractor shall organize and conduct a Test Readiness Review (TRR) prior to a TanDEM-X program entering the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) event and update accordingly upon changes providing CtF support.

(U) The contractor shall provide an ORR event for both TanDEM X and VDA.

(U) The contractor shall ensure a new Cyber Accreditation to achieve Authority to Operate.

(U) The contractor shall ensure the Digital Delivery Data Management and Dissemination integrates with UC2S ODS S3 Services, GEOAxIS, and GAIT Application.

(U) The contractor shall ensure TanDEM-X has an Enterprise Cross Domain capability service (using Diode now).

(U) The contractor shall manage all software licenses associated with TanDEM-X tying each license file to an IP address.

(U) The contractor shall ensure the TanDEM-X capability is properly integrated and is operationally on boarded with NGA enterprise IT service offices, including all items captured in the Operational On Boarding framework, prior to the ORR milestone event.

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