DRAFT PWS Attachment One.pdf

DRAFT

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

TITLE: Cooperative Biological Engagement Support (CBES)

1.0 SCOPE. For this specific effort, Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC), Chemical Biological Center (CBC) has been tasked to support the Cooperative Biological Engagement Support (CBES) Program by implementing strategies for biosafety, biosecurity, bio surveillance, and cooperative research capacity that builds throughout collaborative engagements in all Areas of Operation (AOR). The CCDC CBC team will support the broad expansion and standardization of Threat Reduction Networks (TRN’s) and country engagement activities as indicators of increased regional and national capacity. This will include facilitation and planning support for Table Top Exercises, discussion-based seminars, workshops, and other training activities and events.

1.1 Background. The CCDC CBC has supported the CBES Program for many years, and since the fall of 2014, has supported collaborative engagements as the lead technology developer and program integrator.

Additionally, CBC has conducted events and provided support in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. This Cooperative agreement is supported by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) No. 17-061, dated 20 July 2017, and a DD1144, dated 01 October 2018. The Research Coordination Network (RCN) concept was established in 2000 by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to create and/or advance research, training, and education across geographic organizations. CCDC CBC, in support of the CBES mission, works through partnerships within country scientists to develop and enhance bio-surveillance and threat reduction capabilities.

CCDC CBC frequently works with numerous agencies that deal with the bioterrorist threats in the U.S.

and abroad. CCDC CBC has established relationships with major stakeholders at all levels such as local, state, federal, international, and private sectors by working on various operational, science, and technology programs designed to improve capabilities to respond to bioterrorist attacks. This collaboration enhances the efficiency and synergy in the United States (U.S.) Government’s biodefense and disease surveillance efforts. For this specific effort, CCDC CBC has been tasked to provide cooperative biological engagements support by facilitating biological research and disease management for purposes of biodefense and enhanced global disease surveillance systems for early pathogen detection and response.

1.2 Objective. The objectives of this contract are: (1) support the creation and the continued development of TRN’s, (2) support research, collection, assimilation, and documentation of the latest policy and guidance from all relevant stakeholders, and gathering relevant data from identified partner countries; and

(3) to provide support to the mission partners Science-Technology (ST) teams.

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS.

1. AR190-13, The Army Physical Security Program, 25 February 2011.

https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx

2. AR381-12, Threat Awareness and Reporting Program.

https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx

3. AR525-13, Anti-Terrorism, 17 February 2017.

https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx

4. AR530-1, Operations Security, 26 September 2014.

https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx

5. DoD 5220.22 – M, Subject: DoD National Industrial Security Program.

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a291750.pdf

3.0 REQUIREMENTS. The contractor, as an independent contractor, and not as an agent of the Government, shall provide the necessary resources (except for those identified as government furnished property or assistance) to accomplish tasks of the type set forth below.

3.1 The contractor shall host a start of work meeting at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD within thirty (30) days of award of this contract. The contractor shall summarize its understanding of the tasks to be completed, ask and answer questions, and serve as a venue for all parties to make introductions.

3.1.1 The start of work meeting shall include a verbal “walk through” of this Performance Work Statement (PWS).

3.1.2 The contractor shall provide start of work meeting minutes to the Government not later than (NLT) five (5) days after the start of work meeting IAW Data Item A003

3.2 Individual Threat Reduction Networks. The contractor shall provide logistical support to the TRNs identified below:

Bat / One Health Research Network (BOHRN). The Counter Threat Objectives of this Network are to cultivate network of community experts and influencers to detect and contain bio-threats at their source; enhance field and lab safety /security (to reduce risks of theft and accidental release); and characterize risk maps of bat-related EDP information and drivers of spillover (e.g., bush-meat trade).

Rickettsial Pathogens TRN. The Counter Threat Objectives of this Network is to cultivate network of community experts and influencers to detect and contain bio threats at their source;

enhance field and lab safety /security (to reduce risks of theft and accidental release); characterize risk maps of endemic areas and human cases; and identify regional assets for expertise, advanced diagnostics, confirmatory analysis, pathogen consolidation.

Melioidosis TRN. The Counter Threat Objectives of this Network are to cultivate network of community experts and influencers to detect and contain bio-threats at their source; enhance field and lab safety /security (to reduce risks of theft and accidental release); characterize risk maps of endemic areas and human cases; and identify regional assets for expertise, advanced diagnostics, confirmatory analysis, pathogen consolidation.

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a291750.pdf

Southeast Asia Biosafety and Biosecurity (BS&S) TRN. The Counter Threat Objectives of this Network are to cultivate network of community experts and influencers to detect and contain bio-threats at their source and enable transparency and ethical conduct in biological research community.

Consortium of Animal Market Networks to Assess Risk of Emerging Infectious Diseases through Surveillance (CANARIES). The Counter Threat Objectives of this Network are to cultivate network of community experts and influencers to detect and contain bio-threats at their source;

enhance field and lab safety /security (to reduce risks of theft and accidental release); characterize risk maps of endemic areas and human cases and identify regional assets for expertise, advanced diagnostics, confirmatory analysis, pathogen consolidation.

3.3 Threat Reduction Network Support

3.3.1 The contractor shall provide logistical support to the TRNs. For the purpose of this contract, logistics is defined as the supply chain management of services, materiel, and transportation activities to support its engagement activities. This support includes the facilitation and planning of events such as Table Top Exercises, discussion-based seminars, workshops, and other training activities or events at the identified location. For estimating purposes please refer to the travel table in section 5.4 -Travel Requirements.

3.3.2 The contractor shall respond to provide interim contractor support (ICS) for on-going, planned, and emergent activities. The ICS work to be performed broadly includes making travel arrangements, negotiating with venue locations, and coordinating with activity and/or engagement leads to ensure the objectives of a planned activity and/or engagement are met.:

3.3.3 The contractor shall provide support with the planning, design, logistics, execution, assessment, and improvement of in-country threat reduction networks and their related activities that mitigate area-specific priority pathogens of security concern. TRNs were organized to foster regional collaboration on training, research, disease reporting and development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and best practices. The contractor shall provide the following technical assistance for existing and new Threat Reduction Networks, to include the following tasks:

3.3.3.1 Operationalize potential networks through the development of objectives that provide threat reduction outcomes.

3.3.3.2 Plan, design, and facilitate objectives-based activities to support TRN end-states.

3.3.3.3 Facilitate activities that connect researchers and health implementers from partner countries.

3.3.3.4 Support inter- and intra-TRN communication and outreach with other networks, national and regional governmental organizations, individuals, and institutions, and US Government stakeholders.

3.3.3.5 Develop and implement process to monitor, evaluate, and improve TRN schemes for better network connectivity, transition opportunities with country engagement teams, and self-sustainability.

3.3.3.6 Advise on locations and venues that meet objectives for TRN meeting / training activities.

3.3.3.7 Work with in-country partners to develop training plans and schedules.

3.3.3.8 Create and maintain the TRN activity planning schedule.

3.3.3.9 Prepare planning documents for TRN activity execution.

3.3.3.10 Draft all event materials to include – fact sheets, participant guides, presentations, preparation read-ahead materials, and final reports.

3.4 Emergent Country Engagements and Continuing Engagement Support. The contractor shall support research, collection, assimilation and documentation of the latest policy and guidance from all relevant stakeholders and gathering relevant data from identified partner countries. Specific activities within countries and regions may change subject to political, scientific, military or other requirements. A standard process will be followed to include:

(1) Collecting data to include an understanding of bio surveillance systems, processes, laws, and policy;

(2) Cross walk U.S. guidance and partner country capabilities to develop a specific country engagement plan that includes cost/benefit analysis of potential solutions and measurable metrics for success;

(3) Conduct a gap analysis and produce a report which can be used to set the foundation to develop solutions;

(4) Support an integrated product team for the purposes of researching, identifying and integrating relevant science and technology that can fulfill identified gaps. This will consist of all relevant stakeholders (government, industry, foreign partners);

(5) Develop a framework for enabling information exchange across various domains and decision authorities;

(6) Coordinate with various interagency partners such as the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Department of State (DOS) to ensure that prototype capabilities developed are consistent with global information assurance requirements to include a framework for enabling this information exchange, identifies, and integrates relevant science and technology that can bridge disparate information systems. In addition to uninterrupted support to on-going engagement teams, the contractor shall provide rapid planning, including risk mitigation strategies to meet emergent country requirement timelines.

3.5 Strategic Planning and Emergency Response support. This line seeks to provide support to the customer with identifying or forecasting emergent trends with new approaches to existing lines of effort or new planning lines of effort. Support may include crisis management activities such as but not limited to administrative support, program support, and program management technical support. This may include support to any Threat Reduction Network to include the facilitation and planning of the support required for technical meetings or reviews, Table Top Exercises, discussion-based seminars, workshops, and/or other training activities or events at the identified location as well as day-to-day administrative and program assistance activities in support of emergent trends within the scope of this effort in relationship to programs, plans, and analysis.

4.0 Deliverables

4.1 TRN or Activity Project Plans. Project plans should include schedule, assumptions, potential issues, contact lists, and any additional information that would be relevant to execution. Plans shall be submitted in accordance with (IAW) Exhibit Line Item Number (ELIN) A001.

4.2 TRN or Activity Fact Sheets. Fact sheets should include objectives, impact of the effort, and any additional information that would be relevant to project communications. Fact Sheets shall be submitted

IAW ELIN A001.

4.3 Meeting Support Documents. Contractor shall provide pre-meeting packages of information for attendees that should include, (at a minimum) (1) agendas, (2) facilitation notes (as needed or requested by project PM), (3) conference call platform, and (4) post-meeting documentation and action items.

Meeting support documents shall be submitted IAW ELIN A001.

4.4 TRN or Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Improvement Scheme. Contractor shall provide processes for evaluating activities towards end states. This should include (at a minimum) evaluation forms, pre-event and post-event questionnaires, and transition plans. Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Improvement Scheme shall be submitted IAW ELIN A001.

4.5 TRN or Activity Technical Reports and Materials. Contractor shall provide technical reports for all supportive activities to clients. Reports shall be delivered NLT 30-post event this will include time for approval from project PM. Reports should include (at a minimum) executive summary, participant list, and recommendations. Activity technical report and materials shall be submitted IAW ELIN A002.

5.0 Meetings and Reporting

5.1 Meetings

5.1.1 Start of Work Meeting. The contractor shall participate in a Start of Work meeting at CCDC CBC no later than 30 days after contract award.

5.1.2 Quarterly review. The contractor shall participate at four (4) quarterly reviews annually.

For estimating purposes assume one (1) day each with two (2) held at CCDC CBC and two (2) held at the contractor’s venue.

5.1.3 Program Management Teleconferences. The contractor shall participate in eight (8) teleconferences. This is required in order to review the activities that will take place 30 days prior to the teleconference and the schedule of activities for the next 30 days that will take place after the teleconference. The teleconferences will occur in the months between Quarterly reviews.

5.1.4 Pre-Event Planning Meetings. The contractor shall participate in pre-event planning meetings. For estimating purposes, assume one (1), three-day (3-day), meeting per event for ten

(10) events.

5.2 Reporting

5.2.1 Weekly status report. The contractor shall facilitate a weekly teleconference conducted with stakeholders for the purposes of planning engagements with international partners. For estimating purposes assume the eight (8) international countries referenced in Section 5.4, Table

1. Notes and action items shall be taken and tracked by contractor. Status report shall be IAW

ELIN A003.

5.2.2 Monthly Reports. The contractor shall submit monthly reports IAW ELIN A004. The monthly reports shall include the schedule of activities that will include travel, meetings, workshops, and training. In addition, the monthly reports shall summarize the technical and financial status of the tasks to include the following:

a. Cumulative hours by labor category.

b. Monthly hours expended by labor category and a list of personnel charging under each category.

c. Cumulative and monthly cost by labor category.

d. Cumulative and monthly travel costs broken out by per diem and transportation costs.

e. Cumulative and monthly subcontractor costs.

f. Cumulative and monthly materials costs.

g. Number of individuals covered on the effort to identify any increase or decrease in personnel.

5.2.3 Final Report. The contractor shall submit a final report summarizing the effort IAW ELIN A005.

5.2.4 Contract Manpower Reporting (CMR). Section 2330a of title 10, United States Code (10 USC 2330a), requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an annual inventory of contracts for services performed during the prior fiscal year for or on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD). The inventory must include the number of contractor employees using direct labor hours and associated cost data collected from contractors. The prime contractor and all subcontractors are required to completely fill in all the information at the following web address:

http://www.ecmra.mil/. In addition to their own Location data, the prime contractor is responsible for entering the all of the Order and Contact data.

Subcontractors are responsible for entering only their Location data. The prime contractor has overall responsibility for ensuring subcontractors enter their respective data and shall enter their data in a timely manner, as subcontractors cannot input any information into the CMRA system until the prime contractor has entered the Order and Contact data. For this task order:

a. The Unit Identification Code (UIC) of the DoD Requiring Activity is: W91B94

b. The Command of the DoD Requiring Activity is: CCDC Chemical Biological Center

c. The Federal Service Code (FSC) is: R429

d. The Weapons System that is supported is: N/A

5.3 Place of Performance – The work shall be performed at the contractor’s facilities and at various Government facilities to include, but not limited to, locations listed in Section 5.4 Travel. The contractor shall serve as a technical liaison with the Government sponsor and other program personnel on site at these locations. Except for the travel listed in table below, all work will be at the contractor’s location.

5.4 Travel. Travel locations for this effort are listed in the table below and are based on program history;

however, exact locations are dependent upon worldwide events.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT - TABLE 1

Trip Destination # of Trips # of Days # of People

OCONUS LOCATIONS

Cambodia 5 6 2 Indonesia 10 7 6 Laos 2 7 2 Malaysia 2 7 3 Thailand 11 5 3 Vietnam 2 7 3 Kenya 3 5 3 Switzerland 1 4 1

CONUS LOCATIONS

National Capital Region 12 1 3 Fort Belvoir, VA Primary CONUS location

International travel not identified within the cost proposal is only authorized with prior approval from the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and the Contracting Officer (KO). Travel must be in accordance with (IAW) the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Joint Federal Travel regulations (JFTRs).

6.0 Items/Data to be delivered. The contractor shall deliver all data in accordance with the DD Form 1423.

7.0 Government Furnished Property (GFP) and/or Assistance. No GFP is being provided.

8.0 Hazards Information. This contract does not require the contractor to work with hazardous materials

9.0 Period of Performance or Completion Date. All work, including receipt of the approved Final Comprehensive Report by the Government, shall be completed 12 months after contract award.

10.0 Security. The effort is SECRET.

10.1 AT Level l training. This standard language is for contractor employees with an area of performance within an Army controlled installation, facility or area. All contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities and controlled access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is applicable. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee to the COR or to the contracting officer, if a COR is not assigned within 30 calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel. AT Level I awareness training is available at the following website:

https://jko.jten.mil/courses/atl1/launch.html

10.2 AT Awareness Training for Contractor Personnel Traveling Overseas. This standard language requires US based contractor employees and associated subcontractor employees to make available and receive government provided area or responsibility (AOR) specific AT awareness training as directed by AR 525-13. Specific AOR training content is directed by the combatant commander with the unit ATO being the local point of contact.

10.3 iWATCH Training. This standard language is for contractor employees with an area of performance within an Army controlled installation, facility or area. The contractor and all associated subcontractors shall brief all employees on the local iWATCH program (training standards provided by the requiring activity ATO). 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 CO. This training shall be completed within 30 calendar days of contract award and within 30 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 30 calendar days after contract award.

10.4 This effort requires a formal OPSEC program. The contractor shall develop an OPSEC Standing Operating Procedure (SOP)/Plan with 90 calendar days of contract award, to be reviewed and approved by the responsible government OPSEC officer. This plan will include a process to identify critical information, where it is located, who is responsible for it, how to protect it and why it needs to be protected. The contractor shall implement OPSEC measures as ordered by the commander. In addition, the contractor shall have an identified certified Level II OPSEC coordinator per AR 530-1. For contracts that require OPSEC, per AR 530-1, the contractor employees must complete Level I OPSEC Awareness training. New employees must be trained with 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty and annually thereafter.

10.5 This effort requires Performance of Delivery in a Foreign Country per PGI 225.370.

DFARS Clause 252.225-7043, Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense Contractors outside the US shall be used in solicitations and contracts that require performance or delivery in a foreign country. This clause applies to both contingencies and non-contingency support. The key AT requirement is for non-local national contractor personnel to comply with theater clearance requirements and allows the combatant commander to exercise oversight to ensure the contractor's compliance with combatant commander and subordinate task force commander policies and directives.

10.6 Access and general protection/security policy and procedures. This standard language is for contractor employees with an area of performance within an Army controlled installation, facility, or area. Contractor and all associated subcontractors 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.

10.7 For contractors requiring a Common Access Card (CAC). Before CAC issuance, the contractor employee req at a minimum, a favorably adjudicated national Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) or an equipment or higher investigation in accordance with Army Directive 2014-05. The contractor employee will be issued a CAC only if d involve one of the following: (1) both physical access to a DoD facility and access, via logon, to DoD networks on or remotely; (2) remote access, via logon, do 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 recurring basis for a period of 6 months or more. At the discretion of the sponsoring activity, an initial CAC may b issued based on a favorable review of the FBI fingerprint check and successfully scheduled NACI at the Office of Personnel Management.

10.8 For contractors that do not require a CAC, but require access to a DoD facility or installation. Contractor and all associated subcontractor employees shall comply with adjudication standards and processes using the National Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index (NCIC- Ill) and Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) (Army Directive 2014- 05/AR 190-13), applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/ facility access and local security policies and procedures (provided by government representative), or, at OCONUS locations, in accordance with status of forces agreements and other theater regulations.

10.9 This effort requires handling or access to classified information therefore, the 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 (DO Form 441), including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DoD 5220.22-M) and, (2) any revisions to DoD 5220.22-M, notice of which has been furnished to the contractor.

10.10 This effort requires Threat Awareness Reporting Program (TARP) Training. For all contractors with security clearances. Per AR 381-12, contractor employees must receive annual TARP training by a Cl agent or other trainer as specified in 2-4b.

11.0 Government Point of Contact:

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

Government Program Manager.

12.0 Period of Performance. The period of performance will be specified in each Task Order. No Task Orders will be issued under this contract, nor any new work added to any previously issued Task Orders, after the end of the ordering period.

13.0 List of Acronyms.

ACRONYM DEFINITION

AOR Area of Operation

APG Aberdeen Proving Ground

AR Army Regulation

AT Anti-terrorism

ATO Anti-Terrorism Officer

BA / BS Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science

BOHRN Bat / One Health Research Network

BS&S Biosafety and Biosecurity

BTRP Biological Threat Reduction Program

CAC Common Access Card

CANARIES Consortium of Animal Market Networks to Assess Risk of Emerging Infectious Diseases through Surveillance

CBC Chemical Biological Center

CBES Cooperative Biological Engagement Support

CBRNE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives

CCDC Combat Capabilities Development Command

CI Classified Information

CMR Contractor Manpower Reporting

COR Contracting Officer’s Representative

CSM Chemical Surety Materials

DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DoD Department of Defense

DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency

EDP Electronic Data Processing

ELIN Exhibit Line Item Number

EVM Earned Value Management

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FP Force Protection

FPCON Force Protection Condition

GFI Government Furnished Information

GFP Government Furnished Property

HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army

IAW In Accordance With

KO Contracting Officer

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

NCIC-III National Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index

NLT No Later Than

NSF National Science Foundation

OCONUS Outside the Continental United States

OPSEC Operations Security

PM Program Manager

PWS Performance Work Statement

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

RCN Research Coordination Network

RDTE Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SoW Start of Work

STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

TARP Threat Awareness Reporting Program

TRN Threat Reduction Network

TS/SCI Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information

TSDB Terrorist Screening Database

U.S. United States

USC United States Code