DRAFT_Statement of Work_N6660425R0055.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Operational Support Services for Ocean Testing Contract

1.0 Background

Analysis Department, Waterfront Operations Branch (Code 7212) supports at-sea testing for advanced underwater weapons, launcher systems, unmanned underwater vehicles, oceanographic systems, and acoustic communications. Branch personnel maintain expertise in safely conducting at-sea exercises and in the deployment and recovery of various test equipment and devices.

Often, supporting tests of this nature requires assets to be used that are not owned by the Government. Examples of such equipment include fixed and rotary wing aircraft, oceangoing vessels, commercial diving support, vessel mobilization support, and use of various pieces of oceanographic equipment.

1.1 Places of Performance

Worldwide

1.2 Authorized Users

All NUWCDIVNPT Departments are authorized to place task orders under this contract.

1.3 Sponsors

PMS 394 Advanced Undersea Systems PMS 401 Submarine Acoustics PMS 404 Undersea Weapons PMS 415 Undersea Defense Systems PMS 425 Submarine Combat and Weapons Control PMS 435 Submarine Electronic Systems PMS 450 Virginia Class PMS 485 Marine Surveillance Systems

1.4 Types of Funding

NUWCDIVNPT Service Cost Center (SCC) Other Procurement, Navy (OPN) Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation. Navy (RDT&E) Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation, Defense Agencies (RDDA) Operation, Maintenance, Navy (OMN) Weapons, Procurement, Navy (WPN) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Special Deposit, Private Entity (SPDP)

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2.0 Scope

The contractor shall provide operational and associated logistics for a variety of open ocean special projects where NUWC resources are not available. The purpose of this contract is to acquire equipment, related services, and the logistics necessary for supporting the Navy and other Department of Defense (DoD) projects both locally and worldwide. This contract also supports all NUWCDIVNPT Departments.

Aircraft (rotary-wing) are typically used for identifying marine mammals in preparation for torpedo exercises, for locating expended torpedoes on the ocean surface at the completion of the run, as well as for torpedo recovery. Vessels are used to support any manner of ocean testing.

Specialized equipment can include but is not be limited to oceanographic sensors and devices, remotely operated vehicles, unmanned underwater vehicles, and underwater cameras. Shore-based support will include the mobilization and demobilization of vessels (back to the original state), including crane services, forklift services, welding and painting services, ship chemist services (to certify ship fuel tanks are gas-free before welding operations), and other logistics as required for the preparation or conduct of ocean testing.

Derailed project requirements will be defined in individual task orders. Currently, the Government anticipates approximately twelve to fifteen projects per year. These tests generally occur within United States coastal waters; however, some testing outside the U.S. can be expected.

2.1 Program or Systems Supported

MK 48, Heavyweight Torpedo MK 54, Lightweight Torpedo Combat Systems Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Package (AHWMP) Low Cost Autonomous Classification (LCAC) Foreign Comparative Test Program Undersea Warfare Training Range (UHWTR) o DT-C1 Ocean Sensor System (OHH) o IT-C2 Mini-string at Sea (IMAH) testing

Fleet Submarine Command Course (HCC) exercises Steel SSK target system Acoustic Survey Testing devices Undersea Acoustic Metrology devices Surface and Submarine Towed Systems (Handlers and Arrays) Surface and Submarine Hull Sensors Surface and Submarine Transducers, Hydrophones, and Acoustic Windows Undersea Cables REMUS Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)

Range Communications and Instrumentation Program (RCIP) Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX)

3.0 Applicable Documents

The contractor shall perform the tasking required in Section 4.0 in accordance with (IAW) the below Applicable Documents (ADs).

NUMBER TITLE

REVISION/

DATE

APPLICABLE

SOW TASK

3.1 DoD Issuances

3.1.1 Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR), Federal Aviation Regulations

23 July 2024 ALL

3.1.2 Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR), Navigation and Navigable Waters

26 July 2024 4.1.2

3.1.3 Title 46 Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR), Shipping

23 July 2024 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.4

3.2 Navy Issuances

3.2.1 NUWCDIVNPT Standard Operating

Procedure Mk 48/Recovery, Change 1 7 January

ALL

3.2.2 NUWCDIVNPT Standard Operating

Procedure Mk 54/Recovery, Revision 3

1 November

4.1.2

3.2.3 NUWCDIVNPT Standard Operating

Procedure Mk 46/Recovery, Revision 3

1 July 2012 4.1.1

4.0 Technical Requirements

The contractor shall provide operational support services for a variety of open ocean special projects when NUWCDIVNPT resources are not available. Services shall include, operational support, specialized equipment, aircraft, vessels with crew and provisioning and mobilization and demobilization support services. The contractor is not required to own the specialized equipment and other assets required to perform tasking. The contractor must have the ability to obtain all required specialized equipment and other assets and to coordinate these services to provide all required support to the Government as detailed in the Statement of Work and resulting task orders.

The contractor shall perform all services in accordance with definitive completion task orders, Statement of Work (SOW) and applicable documents and regulations in Section 3.0 using Government Furnished information (GFI) in Section 6.0 specifically identified at the task order level.

4.1 Vessel Services

The contractor shall provide workboats and sea-going vessels ranging from 10 to 350 feet in length with crew and provisioning to support a team of scientists and engineers during multi-day at-sea testing. Specific vessel characteristics and capabilities such as physical dimensions, deck space, electrical power requirements, maneuverability, communication and navigation capabilities, personnel support and facilities will be identified in the task order statement of work.

The contractor shall comply with Applicable Documents 3.1 and 3.2 regarding all vessel operations.

The contractor is responsible to stocking and preparing provisions for Government riders.

However, Government employees are responsible for costs associated with meals consumed. The contractor shall charge each Government rider at the time of each meal or at the completion of the operational period of performance for the total consumed by each individual during the duration of the activity. The number of Government riders will be identified at the task order level.

Pricing of provisions shall be in accordance with those authorized under the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) within the area of mobilization of Government personnel.

4.2 Aircraft Services

Rotary and Fixed Wing Aircraft Services

The contractor shall provide rotary-wing and fixed wing aircraft services to support and assist surface vessels for a variety of ocean special projects to act as a marine mammal or other maritime observation platform and to search for and recover exercise torpedoes fired during ocean special projects. Torpedo recovery equipment will be provided as Incidental Government Property and remain in Government possession at the task order level.

The contractor shall comply with all ADs and Regulations in Section 3.0 regarding all aircraft operations.

4.3 Specialized Equipment and Services:

The contractor shall provide additional specialized equipment and services identified at the task order level, such as:

Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and ROV operators Diving services (not applicable to SCC diving operations) Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) sensors Bathymetric sonars Sub-bottom profilers Sediment sampling devices Underwater cameras

4.4 Mobilization, Demobilization, and Logistics

The contractor shall provide ocean special projects mobilization, demobilization, and logistics identified at the task order level. Mobilization support consists of all support required to load a vessel or aircraft with the necessary equipment to support a particular test event or project. The contractor shall demobilize after the end of the test or project. The contractor shall provide logistics, including any scheduling and coordination efforts related to each of the above tasks.

5.0 Progress Reports

5.1 Contract Status Report

The Contractor shall prepare a Contractor’s Status Report that indicates the progress of work, status of the program(s), and existing or potential problem areas for all assigned tasks. The Contractor shall submit the Contract Status Report for the same timeframe as each invoice submitted in the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) Module of the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE).

Deliverable: CDRL A001.

6.0 Government Furnished Information

Specific schedule and requirement details will be provided on a case-by-case basis at the task order level.

7.0 Government Furnished Property

RESERVED

8.0 Quality Surveillance and Performance Standards

The Government will conduct quality surveillance via various methods including formal and informal meetings, review of technical reports, review of monthly progress reports, and review of deliverables. Contractor performance will be evaluated in the areas of technical quality, cost control, schedule/timeliness, management, utilization of small business, and regulatory compliance as follows:

Technical Quality: The Government will evaluate technical quality using the criteria defined in the Performance Requirements Summary Table (PRST), Attachment X;

Cost Control: The Government will evaluate the contractor’s effectiveness in forecasting, managing, and controlling actual costs in comparison to negotiated costs;

Schedule/Timeliness: The Government will evaluate the contractor’s ability to meet negotiated milestones and delivery schedules;

Management: The Government will evaluate the contractor’s ability to integrate and coordinate all activities needed to execute the contract;

Utilization of Small Business: The Government will evaluate the contractor’s compliance with the Small Business Subcontracting Plan and any small business subcontracting goals contained in the contract;

Regulatory Compliance: The Government will evaluate the contractor’s compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract relating to applicable regulations and codes.

9.0 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Accessibility Requirements

The Government has determined that this procurement is not Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

10.0 Security Compliance

10.1 Program Protection

SECURITY: All Contractor personnel shall adhere to the Security provisions of 32 CFR Part 117

– National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) and the security requirements of the attached DD254. While performing work at a Government Facility, Contractor personnel shall comply with the security regulations of the host facility. Applicable FAR, DFARS, NMCARS clauses, and NAVSEA text shall be adhered to in the performance of this contract. Security incidents shall be promptly reported through the companies Facility Security Officer (FSO), to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), Technical Point of Contact (TPOC), and the Cognizant Security Office to NUWCDIVNPT Security.

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) including Legacy FOUO and Covered Defense Information (meeting the definition of 48 CFR 252.204–7012(a)) generated and/or provided under this contract shall be marked and safeguarded as specified in DoD Instruction 5200.48, CUI available at:

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/520048p.PDF. Any product containing Covered Defense Information shall be assigned a distribution statement (distribution statements B through F) in accordance with DoDI 5230.24 (Distribution Statements on Technical Documents); and DoDI 5230.24, Enclosure 3 Procedures, available at https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/523024p.pdf

INFORMATION SECURITY: If the work is performed at the Contractor's facility, the Contractor shall implement and maintain security procedures and controls to prevent unauthorized disclosure of classified information and controlled unclassified information (CUI) and to control distribution of CUI in accordance with National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) codifying 32 CFR Part 117, NISPOM Rule, and SECNAV M- 5510.36B. If the work is performed at the Government's facility, the Contractor shall comply with facility policy.

CUI INCIDENT REPORTING AND RESPONSE: The Contractor shall promptly report any unauthorized, inadvertent, or illegal release or disclosure of CUI to the Contracting Officer’s Representative / Technical Point of Contact (TPOC), Procuring Contracting Officer, and the Security Office. Contractor personnel shall coordinate this effort through the relevant industry site FSO.

PUBLIC RELEASE: Any controlled unclassified information pertaining to this contract shall not be released for public dissemination, including posting to any social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, unless it has been approved for public release by appropriate U.S.

Government authority. Proposed public releases shall be submitted for approval prior to release through the appropriate U.S. Government Office.

10.2 Operations Security (OPSEC)

OPSEC is a process that identifies critical information to determine if friendly actions can be observed by adversary intelligence systems, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate or reduce adversary exploitation of friendly critical information.

The Contractor shall develop and implement, and update and maintain an OPSEC program to protect controlled unclassified and classified activities, information, equipment, and material used or developed by the Contractor and any subcontractor during performance of the contract.

The Contractor shall be responsible for the subcontractor implementation of the OPSEC requirements. The Contractor developed OPSEC program may include Information Assurance and Communications Security (COMSEC). The OPSEC program shall be in accordance with National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) 28, and at a minimum shall include:

1) Assignment of responsibility for OPSEC direction and implementation.

2) Issuance of procedures and planning guidance for the use of OPSEC techniques to identify vulnerabilities and apply applicable countermeasures.

3) Establishment of OPSEC education and awareness training.

4) Provisions for management, annual review, and evaluation of OPSEC programs.

5) Flow down of OPSEC requirements to subcontractors when applicable.

While performing aboard Government sites, the contractor shall: comply with all OPSEC instructions and policies; include OPSEC as part of its ongoing security awareness program and take all required Agency training; Be responsive to the Supporting OPSEC Manager on a non-interference basis; and Protect sensitive unclassified information and activities, which could compromise classified information or operations, or degrade the planning and execution of operations performed by the Requiring Organization and contractor in support of the mission.