Amended_-_Attachment_J.1_-_OPS_IV.pdf

RFP DTFH6116R00007

Amendment 1

ATTACHMENT J-1

ATTACHMENT NO. J.1

BILLING CATEGORIES, HOURLY RATES,

AND LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS

Labor Chart for “Technical Support Services for the FHWA Office of Operations” Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Labor ID# Program Manager PM-1 Program Manager (Key Personnel) $ $ $ $ $

Labor ID# Senior Professional/Technical Staff SP Senior Professional/Technical Staff (Key

Personnel) – Program Theme 1

SP Senior Professional/Technical Staff (Key

Personnel) – Program Theme 2

SP Senior Professional/Technical Staff (Key

Personnel) – Program Theme 3

SP Senior Professional/Technical Staff (Key

Personnel) – Program Theme 4

Labor ID# Mid-level Professional/Technical Staff MP Mid-level Professional/Technical Staff

Program Theme 1

MP Mid-level Professional/Technical Staff

Program Theme 2

MP Mid-level Professional/Technical Staff

Program Theme 3

MP Mid-level Professional/Technical Staff

Program Theme 4

Labor ID# Junior Professional/Technical Staff JP Junior Professional/Technical Staff

Program Theme 1

JP Junior Professional/Technical Staff Program

Theme 2

JP Junior Professional/Technical Staff Program

Theme 3

JP Junior Professional/Technical Staff Program

Theme 4

Labor ID # Computer Programmer CP-1 Junior Computer Programmer $ $ $ $ $ CP-2 Mid-Level Computer Programmer $ $ $ $ $ CP-3 Senior Computer Programmer $ $ $ $ $

Labor ID # Editor ED-1 Editor $ $ $ $ $

Labor ID # Technical Writer/Researcher

TW-1 Junior Technical Writer $ $ $ $ $ TW-2 Mid-level Technical Writer $ $ $ $ $ TW-3 Senior Technical Writer $ $ $ $ $

Labor ID # General Support Staff GS-1 Junior Administrative Professional $ $ $ $ $ GS-2 Mid-level Administrative Professional $ $ $ $ $ GS-3 Senior Administrative Professional $ $ $ $ $

Labor Category Descriptions

KEY PERSONNEL CATEGORIES:

Program Manager (PM) (Key Personnel):

The Program Manager (PM) shall be responsible for overall management of the contract, including quality assurance for all products delivered to the Government and availability of resources to complete all Task Orders.

PM duties include:

Oversee the development of program schedules, resource allocation and budgets.

Tracking the program budgets and providing forecasts, establishing and maintaining program status summaries and metrics for the project portfolio.

Organize, direct, and manage contract operation support functions, involving multiple, complex and inter-related project tasks.

Manage teams of contract support personnel at multiple locations.

Maintain and manage the client interface at the senior levels of the client organization.

Meet with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items. Ensure conformance with program task schedules and costs.

The PM shall have:

Demonstrated experience of excellent verbal, presentation, and writing skills;

Performance level at the equivalent of 10 years of experience in Program Management;

Proven leadership skills with a collaborative management style that will facilitate interaction with supervisors, colleagues, customers and corporate partners;

Performance level at the similar level to having a Bachelor’s degree; and

An active Project Manager’s Professional (PMP) certification.

Senior Professional/Technical Staff – Program Themes 1-4 (Key Personnel):

Each Senior Professional/Technical Staff (SP/T) shall have at minimum a Master’s degree in transportation operations, transportation systems, or advanced transportation technology, and progressively responsible experience. This experience shall include technical leadership of significant work on transportation activities.

GENERAL STAFF LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS

The remainder of the labor categories are divided into all or some of the following experience levels based on years of experience, education, and duties/responsibilities.

Junior

Mid-Level

Senior

The following requirements apply for each experience level:

JUNIOR: A junior labor category shall: (1) perform at the equivalent of up to 3 years of experience; and (2) perform at a similar level to having a BA/BS degree.

A junior labor category is responsible for assisting more senior positions and/or performing functional duties under the oversight of more senior positions. Under supervision, performs work that is varied and that may be somewhat difficult in character, but usually involves limited responsibility. Some evaluation, originality, or ingenuity is required.

MID-LEVEL: A mid-level labor category shall: (1) perform at the equivalent of 3 to 10 years of experience; and (2) perform at a similar level to having a BA/BS or MA/MS degree in field of specialization. A mid-level labor category typically performs all functional duties independently. Under general supervision, plans, conducts and supervises assignments. Reviews progress with management and evaluates results. Plans and assigns personnel for given projects or tasks. May lead or direct projects. Operates with substantial latitude and may be responsible for independent action and/or decision making.

SENIOR: A senior labor category shall: (1) perform at the equivalent of over 10 years of experience; and (2) perform at a similar level to having a BA/BS. Or, a senior labor category shall: (1) perform at the equivalent of 8 years of experience; and (2) perform at a similar level to having a MA/MS. Or, a senior labor category shall: (1) perform at the equivalent of 6 years of experience; and (2) perform at a similar level to having a Ph.D.

A Senior labor category typically works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently. A senior labor category may oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job. Plans and conducts assignments, generally involving the larger and more important projects or more than one project. Reviews progress and evaluates results. May lead or direct projects. Operates with substantial latitude and may be responsible for independent action and/or decision making.

Graduate Students do not follow the above labor categories and are broken into two separate groups based on their educational status at the University; (1) Masters Level and (2) Ph.D. Level.

Computer Programmer:

The Computer Programmer Staff persons (CP) shall participate in the performance of task orders requiring their skills, under the Task Areas assigned to them. Each individual proposed as a CP shall have the ability to use a wide variety of commercial software products for analysis and documentation, including: use of software for standard word processing desktop publishing, website creation, spreadsheets, statistical analysis, graphical presentations, databases (including

GIS), e-mail, and collaboration-support. CP staff persons collectively shall possess the ability to use computer tools appropriate to the engineering and planning skills mentioned in this

Solicitation. Each proposed CP staff person shall possess sufficient work experience in rendering computer support, but such experience need not necessarily be in a transportation-related field.

Technical Writers/Researchers

The Technical Writers (TW) shall be responsible to plan, coordinate, or edit content of material for publication. The Researcher/Technical Writer shall review proposals and drafts for possible publication. The Researcher/Technical Writer shall write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. Each individual proposed as a

TW shall have demonstrated experience in interpreting results of technical research or projects, and presenting such results in written material in a way that concisely and clearly conveys the results to a variety of readers including those generally familiar with the subject and those unfamiliar with it as well.

Editor

The Editor shall participate in the performance of task orders requiring their skills, under the task areas assigned to them. Each individual proposed as an Editor shall have the ability to perform developmental edits and structural edits that adhere to internal publications guidelines of the documentation deliverables, exhibit familiarity with structural and content issues that affect usability, including special considerations for global audiences, federal government Plain

Language requirements, ensuring optimal and logical communication of data in tables and figures, exhibit knowledge of the project content, and help identify the documentation deliverables at the beginning of the project.

The Editor shall also, as needed, provide proofreading which includes correcting product formatting, spelling errors, typos, numerical errors, word usage, reference errors (such as the initial spelling out of acronyms), missing copy, proper footnote and endnote protocols, reading content to review for logical flow to the intended audience, and verifying links in online publications.

General Support Staff

The General Support Staff persons (GS) shall participate in the performance of task orders requiring their skills, under the Task Areas assigned to them. Each individual proposed as GS staff person shall have skills in word processing, graphical illustration, desktop publishing and mailing list software, and shall have the ability to turn products of technical staff into documents and presentations of specified formats and of high quality, including camera-ready copy for publications, and the ability to distribute such materials promptly to mailing lists of reviewers and participants. Each proposed General Support staff member (GS) shall possess sufficient work experience in rendering general office support, but such experience need not necessarily be in a transportation-related field.