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Draft Solicitation No. DTRT5715R20014

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INSTRUCTIONS TO INTERESTED PARTIES

DRAFT Request for Proposal (RFP) No. DTRT5715R20014

Subject: Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support (ATEPS) Full and Open (F&O)

The USDOT/OST-R/Volpe Center intends to solicit for ATEPS services utilizing full and open procedures in support of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Program Management Organization (PMO). The Volpe Center proposes to award an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity task order type contract with a five year ordering period. The Volpe Center intends to solicit for and award concurrently the master contract and the initial task order. The purposes of this DRAFT RFP is to request questions, comments, and suggestions in order to increase the Government’s understanding of industry capabilities as well as to improve the Final RFP and to promote among potential offerors an understanding of Government requirements. It is anticipated that the DRAFT RFP will assist each potential offeror in judging its ability to satisfy the Government’s requirements, will enhance the Government’s ability to obtain quality services at reasonable prices, as well as will increase efficiency in proposal preparation, proposal evaluation, negotiation(s), and contract award. The Government encourages all interested parties to respond to this DRAFT RFP with questions, comments, and/or suggestions in accordance with the instructions below given. This DRAFT RFP consists of only the sections determined necessary to achieve the Government’s purposes. The Government will respond to all questions but reserves the right not to incorporate any or all comments and/or suggestions into the Final RFP.

THIS DRAFT RFP IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR QUOTATIONS OR PROPOSALS.

Pre-Solicitation Webinar

A Pre-Solicitation Conference will be held as a webinar on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at 10:00 AM EDT. The pre-solicitation conference will provide a brief overview of the Government’s technical requirements. All parties interested must register for the pre-solicitation webinar by sending an e-mail, no later than 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, September 25, 2015 to the Contracting Officer:

robert.robinson@dot.gov

Prior to the pre-solicitation webinar, Offerors may send in questions regarding the DRAFT RFP via e-mail to the Contracting Officer no later than 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, September 25, 2015. The Government will provide response(s) to these questions during the webinar.

All Questions from Industry and Government Responses will be posted online at the Federal Business Opportunities website prior to the release of the Final RFP.

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SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

AIR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM SUPPORT (ATEPS)

NOTE: Part I of this SOW is the scope of work for the ATEPS master contract. Part II of this SOW is the scope of work for the first ATEPS Task Order.

PART I - MASTER CONTRACT STATEMENT OF WORK

BACKGROUND

The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) is a Federal fee-for-service organization within the Office of Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). The Volpe Center’s mission is to improve the nation’s transportation systems. In partnership with sponsoring agencies, the Volpe Center provides technical research and analysis services to the USDOT, other Federal agencies, state agencies, and other organizations and businesses in connection with the transportation-related components of their missions.

The Volpe Center’s focus is research and innovation in all areas of transportation to improve the transportation system for the future. The Volpe Center is an active partner with several agencies in defining and implementing the future transportation system. For example, the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) have developed an interagency framework in which several executive agencies of the U.S. Government, including the USDOT, are participating in developing the future aviation system. Within the USDOT, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is leading the future aviation system activities.

The Volpe Center supports the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Program Management Organization (PMO) in system management, development, engineering and deployment activities using Federal and Contractor personnel. Currently, the Volpe Center’s Traffic Management Infrastructure Services (TMIS) contracts are providing significant ongoing support to the ATO PMO. The work under this contract is a follow-on effort to the TMIS efforts.

There are two branches within the PMO: the Air Traffic Systems (ATS) Directorate and the Enterprise Services Directorate.

The ATS Directorate is characterized by developing, deploying and operating systems that deliver services to all segments of the National Airspace System (NAS):

· Systems that provide accurate and reliable surveillance and automation for aircraft separation services provided by controllers to pilots

· Systems that support decision-making for traffic flow managers

· Systems that provide services directly to pilots for improved safety and efficiency

While the five groups that make up the ATS Directorate share the same mission and strategic goals, each group has its own unique set of programs and initiatives. The groups that make up the Directorate are:

· AJM-21 – Air Traffic Management Programs focuses on the air traffic automation systems that controllers use to manage aircraft in National Airspace. Major programs that reside in this group are En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) and Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement (TAMR).

· AJM-22 – Decision Support Programs focuses on the support programs air traffic controllers, pilots, and airlines use to make informed decisions during aircraft operations. These programs also help increase air traffic flexibility and capacity, allowing for more dynamic NAS operations.

· AJM-23 – Surveillance Services Group focuses on the surveillance systems that provide the complete picture for operations taking place in the National Airspace. These systems range from traditional ground based radar to more advanced Global Position System (GPS).

· AJM-24 – Terminal Field Operations Support is responsible for ensuring the successful deployment and sustainment of systems residing in the terminal domain. This group also helps coordinate major software updates and hardware upgrades in the field.

· AJM-25 – En Route and Oceanic Second Level Engineering is responsible for ensuring the successful deployment and sustainment of systems residing in the En Route and Oceanic domains. This group also helps coordinate major software updates and hardware upgrades in the field.

Each group within the ATS Directorate is responsible for systems that support tactical operations today, as well as for developing new tools that are forming the basis for NextGen. The Directorate plays an integral part in each of the Define, Design, Develop, Deploy, and Sustainment Phases of life-cycle management.

The other branch of the PMO, the Enterprise Services Directorate, develops, acquires, deploys, maintains, sustains, and improves navigation, communications, weather, and aeronautical information products and services for the NAS. Navigation Services covers projects in the following areas: Global Positioning System (GPS) SatelliteBased Augmentation, GPS GroundBased Augmentation, Ground Systems, Lighting Systems, and Technical Support. Communications Services provides communications and telecommunications services consistent with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards required for air traffic control within the NAS. The Enterprise Services Directorate also provides communications infrastructure and services for the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure interoperability with the NAS. Weather services provide sensor, processor, and distribution systems required to provide accurate forecasts for timely air traffic decisions. Through unique customer/client relationships and customer-derived requirements, execution of full lifecycle service has the capability to define, design, build, deploy commission, operate, support, and decommission communications, navigation, and weather services.

SCOPE

The Contractor shall provide technical, management, and analysis support to the Volpe Center in the definition, evaluation, management, engineering, and development of programs and initiatives within and related to the PMO. Representative programs within the PMO include Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Airborne Collision Avoidance System X (ACAS-X), Aerospace Medicine Safety Information System (AMSIS), Airport Surface Detection System — Model X (ASDE-X), Airport Surveillance Radar-9 & 11 (ASR-9 & 11), Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC), Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP), Data Communications, En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM), Integrated Display System Replacement (IDSR), Logistics Center Support System (LCSS), Runway Status Lights (RWSL), System Approach to Safety Oversight (SASO), Terminal Automation Modernization Replacement (TAMR), and Terminal Flight Data Management (TFDM). Contractor support is required in the following areas:

1. Program Management,

2. Financial Management,

3. Standards and Rulemaking,

4. Systems Engineering,

5. Operations Support,

6. Field Engineering and System Implementation,

7. Flight Test, Data Collection and Performance Monitoring, PROXIMITY REQUIREMENT

The Contractor Program Manager’s duty station shall be located within 30 minutes or less commuting distance (motor vehicle) of FAA Headquarters at 600 Independence Ave, Washington DC, to support the requirements of the program. In addition, the Contractor may be required to provide other staff to work on-site within the FAA Headquarters Buildings in Washington, DC.

Task 1 - Program Management The Contractor shall support the Volpe Center in performing the following program management activities:

· Assist in Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) management

· Assist in Schedule development and maintenance

· Provide Program Plan development and maintenance

· Provide technical input for the development of Requests for Information or Market Surveys

· Provide technical input for the analysis of and screening of FAA Information requests either from other FAA organizations or exterior stakeholders.

· Perform Cost and Schedule Risk Assessments. Sources of information that can be used for cost and schedule risk identification include system engineering documentation, lease-buy analysis, life cycle cost analysis, schedule networks, schedule analysis, baseline cost estimates, requirements documents, lessons-learned, trade analysis, technical.

· Provide recommendations for safety risk management mitigations

· Assist in the development of the products required for Investment Analysis phases of PMO Programs

· Provide Program data management Program Management Reserve Tracking and Reporting

· Provide technical input for program planning documents such as screening information requests, agreements or cost estimates

· Provide technical input for the development of program plans and implementation strategies

· Provide technical input for the development of agreements such as Directorate Level Agreements (DLA), Service Level Agreements (SLA), Interagency Agreements (IA), Memoranda of Agreement (MOA), Other Transaction Agreements (OTA), and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between FAA Program Offices and other FAA/federal/state/local government agencies, airlines and private organizations

· Perform business process re-engineering, including development of As-Is Analysis, To-Be Analysis and Alternatives Analysis to make recommendations as to improve existing processes and procedures for organizations within and related to the PMO.

· Assist communications management, internally within the FAA and externally with stakeholder organizations and Government oversight organizations (for Government issuance)

· Assist coordination of all responses to media requests

· Collection, consolidation and categorization of information for FAA to disseminate to FAA oversight stakeholders.

· Identify and support industry events that best disseminate information about PMO program activities in order to gain broad ranging acceptance of the programs within the FAA and outside stakeholders.

· Preparation of reports and publications, visual graphics, and video clips

· Provide program and technical input for the FAA development of responses to audits, and external organization oversight in support of program and executive leadership. This shall be input only as the final work products will be developed by Volpe Center and FAA Federal staff. Program documentation review, management and feedback. Documentation could include advisory circulars, handbooks and manuals, enterprise architecture products and amendments, program requirements documents, initial business case, plan for final investment analysis, etc.

· Manage and track technical and program requirements

· Support and coordinate AJM Business Plan development, maintenance and reporting

· Develop automated workflows and advanced features in KSN to support process improvements.

· Assist in Joint Resources Council (JRC) documentation preparation

· Support Briefing development

· Record and distribute meeting minutes and tracking action item follow-up

· Provide technical writing expertise for development technical engineering studies and analysis of system technologies.

· Perform Business case analyses, including Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Exhibit-300 documentation

· Prepare for and participate in meetings, including weekly tactical and strategic meetings, Internal Program Reviews, and Sector Reviews

· Provide technical assistance for the following Knowledge Management (KM) activities, which include, but is not limited to:

· Plan and schedule conferences and meetings including the administration of background and support material, arranging facilities and coordinating accommodations, providing organization and administrative/clerical support and post-meeting activities.

· Take and prepare minutes of all project meetings attended.

· Arrange and facilitate meetings in coordination with the FAA

· Prepare letters and memorandums and coordinate signatures

· Coordinate meetings with program managers

· Develop and maintain a Knowledge Sharing Network (KSN) document repository

· Develop automated workflows and advanced features in KSN to support process improvements.

· Assist in Alternative Analysis studies.

· Perform Gap Analysis studies. A gap analysis identifies the missing components of existing processes and procedures needed to meet the proposed Safety Management Systems (SMS) requirements

· Design and develop operational use cases and their integration as part of the program office requirements management, change request management, and overall configuration management functions. Performance Based Management. Performance information for PMO systems (ADS-B, etc.) may be used by the Volpe Center and FAA to monitor the progress of the programs as well as make decisions about planning objectives and resource usage. The performance-based management system may encompass the following activities:

· Development of a Performance Framework

· Technical analysis in Key Performance Areas

· Identification of Performance Measures

· Performance of Information Gap Analysis

· Fusion Capability Management

· Support to Quality Reliability Officer's (QRO) radio station and service volume audits

· Implementation of a Measurement Strategy

· Development of a Performance Report

· Development of Continuous Monitoring Plan

· Refinement of the approach to incorporate lessons learned.

Task 2 - Financial Management In support of PMO programs and initiatives, the Contractor will perform the following financial management activities:

· Prepare budgets and financial status documentation including charts, briefings, cost projections and progress reports.

· Perform formal budget review cycle support, including tracking of budget, financial activities, and status of each project budget across fiscal years, authorizations, appropriations, and expenditures.

· Provide program level financial management assistance, cost estimating and assistance with validation, financial planning, analysis and documentation for the budget and procurement planning as agreed on by the SSSP project managers, other designated organizations, and the Volpe Center.

· Support financial record keeping to allow capitalization of deployed assets.

· Analyze planned activities and identification of critical paths.

· Prepare and develop Earned Value Management (EVM) analyses.

· Prepare program status reports and affordability assessments.

· Support for program project control including assistance with formulation of control account plans.

· Prepare cost benefit or financial analysis.

· Analyze and prepare the life-cycle cost and benefits of PMO programs and their component projects, both collectively and individually.

· Estimate variations of life-cycle cost and benefits due to changes in technical, design, configuration, schedule, support, interface and implementation parameters.

· Track project costs against current and future budgets.

· Develop and populate a cost benefit model that will breakout dollars by appropriation, WBS element and time phase by fiscal year.

· Support Cost risk analysis.

· Develop cost benefit estimates that identify the basis of estimate (BOE), proposed level of effort by task, methodologies employed by WBS element, and time-phase in both constant and current year dollars.

· Support for the Capital Investment and Planning (CPIC) requirements, including providing assistance with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Exhibit 300A & B and Exhibit 53. This effort shall also include updates of the OMB IT Dashboard tool.

· Support program Post Implementation Review (PIR) and the Business Performance Measures (BPM) process.

Task 3- Standards and Rulemaking The Contractor shall support the development of FAA certification standards, equipage requirements, and operational rules/guidance for the installation and use of system avionics. Typical standards and regulatory documents include Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) for avionics development, Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) that establish equipage and operational requirements, and Advisory Circulars (ACs) that provide guidance to avionics developers, installers and operators. This support includes outline, assistance in the development, and management of program standards, with a focus on ensuring international harmonization and interoperability. The Contractor will perform the following activities:

· Support RTCA Committees and participate in international working groups

· Provide outreach briefings and attend agency and industry meetings, conferences, and forums, as necessary

· Coordinate with the Office of Airports in the development of Advisory Circulars

· Interface with FAA NextGen and Operations Planning Services (ATO-P) international group to provide program office representation,

· Develop and update documentation associated with FAA Action Plans (e.g., Terms of Reference and work plans)

· Development and completion of Technical Standards Orders (TSO’s) for avionics and associated systems

· Provide support for ADS-B In and aviation rulemaking

· Provide support to Equip 2020 efforts to ensure the commercial aircraft fleet equips to support ADS-B rule.

· Support in global harmonization through international deployment and/or limited implementation of U.S. based NextGen technology solutions

· Coordination of TSOs with RTCA and other professional organizations,

· Support for the development of NPRMs, including avionics equipage mandates and operational rules,

· Participation in working groups with FAA program offices, ATO, the Aviation Safety (AVS) organization, and other US and international stakeholders.

Task 4 - Systems Engineering

The transition from current surveillance and navigation techniques requires a wide variety of system engineering activities in order to accomplish major developmental milestones such as completion/approval of technical standards, definition of surveillance-automation interfaces, formulation and validation of aircraft separation standards, approval of system safety and risk management plan, computer-human interface design consensus acceptance, and system configuration baseline. PMO seeks to establish a surveillance strategy for the NAS that integrates across all surveillance programs and supports the establishment of a comprehensive surveillance roadmap. System engineering activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

· Manage and track technical and program requirements

· Develop system designs to reflect system requirements

· Perform separation standards analysis

· Participate in separation standards working groups involving other services within the ATO, AVS organization, and other stakeholder groups

· Develop system test plans and providing support for system test utilizing these plans

· Evaluate critical and essential services implementations

· Monitor Technical Performance Measures and other system and service metrics for the critical and essential services

· Monitor compliance with critical and essential services and other program specifications and definition of critical and essential services functional architecture

· Develop hardware and software systems to support surveillance, traffic flow and automation platforms

· Construct proof-of-concept models, prototypes, and/or initial capabilities of NextGen systems.

· Perform target level of safety assessments and collision risk modeling and development of separation standards analyses

· Provide technical input for modifications to ICAO and FAA standards and procedures for reduced separations in Oceanic airspace

· Perform avionics equipment upgrades as necessary to meet the evolving requirements of NextGen

· Assess 1090 MHz RF impact on current and future surveillance infrastructure.

· Provide technical assistance in planning, facility, and system development/integration activities. Assist in the development of:

· Requirements (System/hardware/software/user/test/maintainer/NAS)

· Functional and performance System specifications

· Concepts of system operation

· Enterprise architecture products

· Requirements traceability matrices

· Functional decomposition matrices/trees

· Interface documents (IRDs/ ICDs)

· Object-oriented and structured software development requirements

· Allocation of requirements among developmental systems, subsystems, modules, and non-developmental / commercial components

· Review facility documentation for the design, integration, and testing of system modifications at the factory, test sites, and/or field sites.

· Perform technical analyses related to hardware/software design, system interfaces, software logic, and hardware/software maintenance and address alternatives to resolve any issues and recommend alternative design features to satisfy technical issues and concerns related to cost and schedule.

· Support the design and implementation of interfaces between and among NAS facilities, primary radar systems, and secondary surveillance, weather and automation systems.

· Provide Information Systems Security (ISS) expertise to PMO programs.

· Support the PMO programs by providing threat assessments, vulnerability assessments, performing risk analyses and providing risk mitigation recommendations that are appropriate to the intended use of information systems.

· Perform Human Factors related (HF) compliance reviews in support of the FAA’s acquisition of systems for the NAS. (NOTE: FAA Order 9550.8 sets FAA policy regarding the role of human factors research and engineering and the integration of HF into system engineering activities.)

· Perform system safety assessment, analysis, tracking and reporting.

· Provide recommendations on Configuration Management issues from organizations and programs both internal and external to the FAA

· Support the development of industry and Government standards in coordination with the FAA

· Assess the applicability of new and innovative tools and procedures to the FAA operations

· Provide recommendations regarding adoption of the commercial or military aviation practices and tools within FAA.

· Perform logistics engineering activities to provide the management, planning and analyses necessary to ensure that the programs can be logistically supported and maintained. These activities include observing, analyzing, and assessing logistical efforts (e.g., planning, designing, developing, manufacturing, materiel management, and acquisition operations). These logistical efforts are accomplished by reviewing, analyzing and commenting on all logistics elements.

· Develop analysis and recommendations for Concepts and Requirements that can be utilized to assess the benefits and costs of a solution for Blended Airspace.

· Provide possible traffic pictures for the FAA control facility for seamless air surveillance of aircraft during approach/departure, within en-route airspace, and the surface surveillance of aircraft, vehicles, and non-cooperative targets.

· Provide support for Reduced Oceanic Separation (ROS)

· New Iridium Next satellites are expected to be launched in 2015-2017 timeframe that will present an opportunity to enhance oceanic surveillance capability by relaying ADS-B Out messages from equipped oceanic flights to ATC ground automation. As the FAA's 2020 mandate date approaches for aircraft that fly in domestic U.S. airspace to be equipped with ADS-B Out, there is the prospect of utilizing this data to improve operations in oceanic airspace. The use of this data may result in reduced separation standards which could in turn provide more efficient routes and increased capacity to equipped users. The FAA is considering an initial investment for the use and application of ROS technology in oceanic airspace to promote greater use and further reductions in separation standards. This technology would be a significant FAA investment, and the FAA wants to ensure due diligence regarding the feasibility of gaining operational benefits before making a final decision.

· Provide data as well as technical and operational analyses to develop inputs to help with quantified benefit and costs analyses, as well as provide detailed reviews of artifacts provided to or developed by FAA to support a Final Investment Decision (FID) for ROS.

Task 5 - Operations Support The Contractor shall assist in development of current and future operational applications of current and proposed systems. This task area also covers working with groups within the ATO to meet the requirements set forth in the FAA Capital Investment Plan and other mandates. ATO employs 35,000 controllers, technicians and engineers who are responsible for moving air traffic in a safe and efficient manner at the following facilities: Airport Traffic Control Towers, Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC), Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs), Terminal Radar Approach Control Facilities (TRACONs), The William J. Hughes Technical Center, and Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center. The Contractor’s support will include, but not be limited to, the following activities:

· Update Action Plan 23 (AP23) Terms of Reference (TOR) as necessary

· Update Action Plan 23 Annual Work Plan

· Attend and facilitate Action Plan 23 meetings

· Develop and contribute to white papers, plans, and process documents

· Coordinate international efforts for future applications development

· Prioritize future application resource allocations

· Provide regular status reports to CCOM4 meetings

· Participate in and coordinate operational focus group activities

· Attendance in meetings and teleconferences

· Develop an Interval Management Requirements Document for the ground based component

· Develop recommendations for airport traffic flow operational improvements

· Support outreach briefings to private industry and various external stakeholders

· Assist the FAA in coordinating activities with the air traffic requirements and operations personnel.

· Coordinate with National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) for required technical interchange meeting support

· Coordinate Workgroup activities for RWSL program offices

· Assist with development, analysis and coordination of air traffic system training with the FAA Technical Training organization and operations personnel

· Provide support for maintenance and operations analysis. The Contractor shall use accepted maintenance and operations research methodologies and tools to plan and execute objectives and analysis providing the appropriate level of analytical rigor. Contractor support may include, but not be limited to:

· Collection and maintenance of system performance data to support identification of mission needs and operational capability shortfalls in collaboration with FAA operating elements

· Development of operational concepts

· Development of mission needs statements identifying recommendation in support of setting future goals of PMO programs.

· Development of case files

· Identification with FAA operating elements of operational requirements

· Transformation of operational needs into system-level functional and performance requirements

· Identification of alternatives and trade-off analyses of alternatives to satisfy the mission need

· Analyses and validation of requirements,

· Functional analyses and allocation of functions and system performance requirements to subsystems

· Development and maintenance of functional and system design specifications

· Identification and specification of system-level test requirements

· Identification and documentation of interface functional and performance requirements in IRDs

· Assistance for the FAA in the development and maintenance of standards options

Task 6 - Field Engineering and System Implementation

This task area covers coordination with FAA regional headquarters, service areas, field offices, and interface with other contractors working on ATO facilities and systems to ensure that all necessary work to plan, deliver, install, checkout, and assist the Government in performing system deployment and acceptance testing of the projects/services at specified sites is accomplished. Field engineering and system implementation activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

· Deployment of systems and system components at installation sites throughout the NAS

· Installation schedule development and analysis

· Implementation requirements development and management, including participation on performance specification development teams

· System test support, flight testing, and system certification

· Field engineering Standard Data Package (SDP) troubleshooting and issue resolution

· Integrated logistics support

· Formulation of logistics requirements

· Support end of service / end of life meetings

· Review logistics and sparing analyses

· Configuration Management

· Provide quality analysis audits for system processes and documents

· Maintenance of revision control for system documentation, changes and updates

· Process NAS Change Proposals (NCPs) and Configuration Control Decisions (CCDs)

· Provide NCP reports for status accounting reports

· Training Support

· Provide training expertise pertaining to PMO systems

· Identify issues and concerns relating to lessons learned from previous training programs and initiatives, and make recommendations for future improvements

· Coordinate with vendor and host facility on visitor access and security protocols.

· Support for field engineering surveys and equipment and software installations

· Development of implementation engineering analyses and white papers

· Support the development, documentation and implementation of NAS interfaces

· Support analyses of electromagnetic interference and susceptibility

· Support Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) activities

· Ensure Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) and Human Factors considerations are made in implementing requirements

· Coordinate environmental work, Preliminary Environmental Analysis Packages (PEAPs)

· Support site real estate process

· Support the site Obstruction Evaluation/Airport Airspace Analysis Process

· Conduct cost/schedule analysis for each site

· Analysis, identify problems and recommend solutions related to physical design

· Review as well as provide comments on program implementation documentation, drawings, test plans, test reports, transition plans, disposal plans, etc.

· Conduct reviews and report findings on the manufacturer's compliance with specifications and other contract documentation (CDRLs, IRDs, etc.)

· Coordinate with various FAA entities in the resolution of site-specific technical and program issues

· Review drawings, map generation reports, and validation of transition plans and transition test scenarios.

· Also, prepare "lessons learned" reports for guidance in future implementations.

· Develop operational procedures and concepts for implementation of reconfiguration and other new capabilities of the systems.

· Perform technical planning, as well as analyze and assess site-specific data to determine the suitability of the system architecture and inter-subsystem interfaces for a particular site application. Report any system deficiencies to the FAA.

· Participate in activities related to the transition from existing systems to new systems.

· Conduct periodic site visits for construction/installation review and coordination and report findings

Task Area 7 - Flight Test, Data Collection and Performance Monitoring

The Contractor shall perform flight testing, data collection and performance monitoring activities for ADS-B via aircraft supplied by the Contractor or provided by the FAA. The Contractor shall perform flight testing and data collection/recording for both the Mode S Extended Squitter (excluding FIS-B) and Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) signal formats. The Contractor may acquire avionics chipsets and install them in the Contractor supplied aircraft. The chipsets shall be based on specifications provided by the Volpe Center, likely including a surveillance processor, Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) compliant transponder, and Cockpit-Display of Traffic information (CDTI). The use of an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for the CDTI function is the current configuration. The data collection system shall require the use of GPS position information.

The Contractor shall design and install a data collection system in the aircraft to allow collection and storage of aircraft and target aircraft parameters that are available through the system. The Contractor will configure the data collection methodology such that the data collection system can be operated with or without the installation of the data collection system.

The Contractor shall fly the Contractor supplied flight test aircraft and any associated target aircraft to conduct data collection flights in support of signal-in-space analysis, aircraft surveillance performance, effects of navigation performance, key site testing, and aircraft separation.

To support avionics monitoring and compliance, the Contractor shall collect and analyze the following:

· Number and type of aircraft emitting messages

· Owners and operators of such aircraft

· Geographical distribution and utility of such data

· Other data and information as required by the Volpe Center.

In addition, the Contractor shall:

· Maintain and archive data in a relational database for analysis; the database shall be integrated with the Civil Aviation Registry

· Analyze monitoring results to determine avionics compliance with minimum operational standards

· Perform qualitative analysis of the data and prepare reports with the results of the analysis

SUSTAINABLE ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS

To the maximum extent possible and consistent with FAR Part 23, during the performance of the work under this SOW, the Contractor shall provide or use products that are energy efficient (ENERGY STAR® or FEMA- designated); water-efficient; biobased; environmentally preferable (e.g., EPEAT-registered or non-toxic or less toxic alternatives); non-ozone depleting; or made with recovered materials. Unless otherwise identified in this SOW or in an individual task order, each recovered materials or biobased product provided and delivered must meet, but may exceed, the minimum recovered materials or biobased content of an EPA- or DOA-designated product. The sustainable acquisition requirements specified herein apply only to products that are required to be (1) delivered to the Government during contract performance; (2) acquired by the Contractor for use in performing services (including construction) at a Federally controlled facility; (3) furnished by the Contractor for use by the Government; or (4) specified in the design of a building or work or incorporated during its construction, renovation, or maintenance.

PART II - TASK ORDER STATEMENT OF WORK

(ATEPS Task Order 0001)

This section contains the scope of work for ATEPS Task Order 1.

Note that the Background and Scope sections are the same as identified in the Master Contract (see pages 3 through 5 of this Draft RFP). The following tasks outline general work requirements typical in each task area, but are not actual tasks. The Government will identify actual tasks through technical memoranda.

CLIN 0101 TRANSITION

This requirement is to transition work similar in scope and nature to the Contract and Task Order SOWs provided in Section J, Attachment J-8 - Technical Reference Library, from the existing TMIS ATS PMO task orders to this task order with minimal disruption. On an FFP basis, the Contractor shall perform the necessary tasks during the specified transition period to ensure that the Contractor can achieve satisfactory performance. Successful transition will be based on the submission and Government acceptance of an acceptable transition plan.

Transition Plan The Contractor shall develop a Transition Plan to document how it will transition the work of the incumbent Contractor to the awardee of the ATEPS contract. This plan shall include the following:

· Management organization, authorities, and lines of reporting during the transition from the incumbent contractor to the successor.

· Approach to initiate coordination with the Volpe Center and their sponsor, Federal Aviation Administration.

· Detailed MS Project schedule listing all tasks related to each PMO program to be performed during the first 60 calendar days after task order award to achieve satisfactory performance on the first day of the performance period

· Risk mitigation during the execution of sub tasks including minimizing disruption to ongoing tasks, plan for mitigating any potential project disruptions, and staffing plan, if necessary, including retention of percentage of incumbent staff for continuity.

CLIN 0102 ATS PMO SUPPORT

Task 1 - Program Management The Contractor shall support the Volpe Center in the following program management activities:

· Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) management

· Schedule development and maintenance

· Program Plan development and maintenance

· Technical input for the development of Requests for Information or Market Surveys

· Technical input for the analysis of and screening of FAA Information requests either from other FAA organizations or exterior stakeholders.

· Cost and Schedule Risk Assessments. Sources of information that can be used for cost and schedule risk identification include system engineering documentation, lease-buy analysis, life cycle cost analysis, schedule networks, schedule analysis, baseline cost estimates, requirements documents, lessons-learned, trade analysis, technical.

· Recommendations for safety risk management mitigations

· Development of the products required for Investment Analysis phases of PMO Programs

· Program data management Program Management Reserve Tracking and Reporting

· Technical input for program planning documents such as screening information requests, agreements or cost estimates

· Technical input for the development of program plans and implementation strategies

· Technical input for the development of agreements such as Directorate Level Agreements (DLA), Service Level Agreements (SLA), Interagency Agreements (IA), Memoranda of Agreement (MOA), Other Transaction Agreements (OTA), and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between FAA Program Offices and other FAA/federal/state/local government agencies, airlines and private organizations

· Business process re-engineering, including development of As-Is Analysis, To-Be Analysis and Alternatives Analysis to make recommendations as to improve existing processes and procedures for organizations within and related to the PMO.

· Communications management, internally within the FAA and externally with stakeholder organizations and Government oversight organizations

· Coordination of all responses to media requests

· Collection, consolidation and categorization of information for FAA to disseminate to FAA oversight stakeholders.

· Identify and support industry events that best disseminate information about PMO program activities in order to gain broad ranging acceptance of the programs within the FAA and outside stakeholders.

· Preparation of reports and publications, visual graphics, and video clips

· Program and technical input for the FAA development of responses to audits, and external organization oversight in support of program and executive leadership. This shall be input only as the final work products will be developed by Volpe Center and FAA federal staff. Program documentation review, management and feedback. Documentation may include advisory circulars, handbooks and manuals, enterprise architecture products and amendments, program requirements documents, initial business case, plan for final investment analysis, etc.

· Management and tracking of technical and program requirements

· Support and coordinate AJM Business Plan development, maintenance and reporting

· Development of automated workflows and advanced features in KSN to support process improvements.

· Joint Resources Council (JRC) documentation preparation

· Briefing development support

· Recording and distribution of meeting minutes and tracking action item follow-up

· Technical writing expertise for development technical engineering studies and analysis of system technologies.

· Business case analyses, including Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Exhibit-300 documentation

· Preparation for and participation in meetings, including weekly tactical and strategic meetings, Internal Program Reviews, and Sector Reviews

· Knowledge Management (KM) activities, which include:

· Plan and schedule conferences and meetings including the administration of background and support material, arranging facilities and coordinating accommodations, providing organization and administrative/clerical support and post-meeting activities.

· Take and prepare minutes of all project meetings attended.

· Arrange and facilitate meetings in coordination with the FAA

· Prepare letters and memorandums and coordinate signatures

· Coordinate meetings with program managers

· Development and maintenance of a Knowledge Sharing Network (KSN) document repository

· Development of automated workflows and advanced features in KSN to support process improvements.

· Alternative Analysis studies. These studies can be applied to a wide range of activities in which an alternative must be selected from a set of possible options, as well as to a broad range of capability areas, projects, and programs. These practices can provide a framework to help ensure that organizations consistently and reliably select the project or capability alternatives that best meet mission needs.

· Gap Analysis studies. A gap analysis identifies the missing components of existing processes and procedures needed to meet the proposed SMS requirements

· Design and development of operational use cases, and their integration as part of the program office requirements management, change request management, and overall configuration management functions. Performance Based Management. Performance information for PMO systems (ADS-B, etc.) may be used by the Volpe Center and FAA to monitor the progress of the programs as well as make decisions about planning objectives and resource usage. The performance-based management system may encompass the following activities:

· Developing a Performance Framework

· Technical analysis in Key Performance Areas

· Identifying Performance Measures

· Conducting Information Gap Analysis

· Fusion Capability Management

· Support to Quality Reliability Officer's (QRO) radio station and service volume audits

· Implementing a Measurement Strategy

· Developing a Performance Report

· Developing Continuous Monitoring Plan

· Refining the approach to incorporate lessons learned.

Task 2 - Financial Management In support of PMO programs and initiatives, the Contractor will perform the following financial management activities:

· Prepare budgets and financial status documentation including charts, briefings, cost projections and progress reports.

· Perform formal budget review cycle support, including tracking of budget, financial activities, and status of each project budget across fiscal years, authorizations, appropriations, and expenditures.

· Assist with program level financial management assistance, cost estimating and validation, financial planning, analysis and documentation for the budget and procurement planning as agreed on by the SSSP project managers, other designated organizations, and the Volpe Center.

· Support financial record keeping to allow capitalization of deployed assets.

· Analyze planned activities and identification of critical paths.

· Prepare and develop Earned Value Management (EVM) analyses.

· Prepare program status reports and affordability assessments.

· Support program project control including assistance with formulation of control account plans.

· Prepare cost benefit or financial analysis, including providing support for Joint Resource Council (JRC) decisions.

· Analyze and prepare the life-cycle cost and benefits of PMO programs and their component projects, both collectively and individually.

· Estimate variations of life-cycle cost and benefits due to changes in technical, design, configuration, schedule, support, interface and implementation parameters.

· Track project costs against current and future budgets.

· Develop and populate a cost benefit model that will breakout dollars by appropriation, WBS element and time phase by fiscal year.

· Support cost risk analysis.

· Assist with the development of cost benefit estimates that identify the basis of estimate (BOE), proposed level of effort by task, methodologies employed by WBS element, and time-phase in both constant and current year dollars.

· Support the Capital Investment and Planning (CPIC) requirements, including the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Exhibit 300A & B and Exhibit 53. This effort shall also include updates of the OMB IT Dashboard tool.

· Support program Post Implementation Review (PIR) and the Business Performance Measures (BPM) process.

Task 3- Standards and Rulemaking

The Contractor shall support the development of FAA certification standards, equipage requirements, and operational rules/guidance for the installation and use of system avionics. Typical standards and regulatory documents include Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) for avionics development, Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) that establish equipage and operational requirements, and Advisory Circulars (ACs) that provide guidance to avionics developers, installers and operators. This support includes outline, assistance in the development, and management of program standards, with a focus on ensuring international harmonization and interoperability. The Contractor will perform the following activities:

· Support RTCA Committees and participate in international working groups

· Provide outreach briefings and attend agency and industry meetings, conferences, and forums, as necessary

· Coordinate with the Office of Airports in the development of Advisory Circulars

· Interface with FAA NextGen and Operations Planning Services (ATO-P) international group to provide program office representation,

· Develop and update documentation associated with FAA Action Plans (e.g., Terms of…