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DTRT5716R20004

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION2. CONTRACT NUMBER 3. SOLICITATION NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

ORDER UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 700)

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NUMBER

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

SEALED BID (IFB)

5. DATE ISSUED

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(Date)(Hour) local timeuntildepository located in copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if hand carried, in the

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original and

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

CONTRACT CLAUSES

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.

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SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

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and related documents numbered and dated):

amendments to the SOLICITATION for offerors

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of

14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS

CALENDAR DAYS (%)30 CALENDAR DAYS (%)20 CALENDAR DAYS (%)10 CALENDAR DAYS (%)

(See Section I, Clause No. 52.232.8)

13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within ______________ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

28. AWARD DATE

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

26. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

CODE 24. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 7)

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(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN

41 U.S.C. 253 (c) ( 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION20. AMOUNT19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED

AWARD (To be completed by government)

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Solicitation DTRT5716R20004

Table of Contents

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

PART I - CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

B.1. CONTRACT TYPE (OCT 2015)

B.2 CONTRACT LIMITATIONS (DEC 2014)

B.3 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (DEC 2014)

B.4 CLIN 0100 LEVEL OF EFFORT – ID/IQ

PART II - TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

B.1 TASK ORDER TYPE/PRICING METHOD (ATEPS Task Order)

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

PART I - CONTRACT STATEMENT OF WORK

PART II - TASK ORDER STATEMENT OF WORK

SECTION D – PACKAGING AND MARKING

SECTION D

PART I - CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

D.1 PACKAGING (MAY 1999)

D.2 MARKING (MAY 1999)

SECTION D

PART II - TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

SECTION E - PART I –CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

E.1 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES

E.2 GOVERNMENT REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE (NOV 2015)

SECTION E - PART II - TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

SECTION F - PART I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

F.1 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES

F.2 CONTRACT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (FEB 2011)

F.3 DELIVERIES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (JUL 2015)

F.4 MONTHLY CONTRACT PROGRESS REPORTS (JAN 2016)

F.5 MONTHLY TASK ORDER PROGRESS REPORTS (JAN 2016)

F.6 MONTHLY TASK ORDER COST REPORTS (JAN 2016)

F.7 TECHNICAL REPORTS – TASK ORDER CONTRACTS (MAY 2013)

F.8 REPORTS OF WORK - REPORT DISTRIBUTION (JAN 2016)

F.9 DOCUMENTATION OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS (MAY 1999)

F.10 RIGHTS IN DATA (DEC 2007)

F.11 WARRANTIES (MAY 1999)

F.12 LICENSES (MAY 1999)

F.13 PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE (MAY 2013)

F.14 DELIVERABLE FORMAT (MAY 2013)

SECTION F - PART II - TASK ORDER CLAUSES

F.1 TASK ORDER 0001 DELIVERABLE

F.2 SUBMISSION OF DELIVERABLE

F.3 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

F.4 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

SECTION G - PART I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

G.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (JAN 2016)

G.2 TAR 1252.242-73 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (OCT 1994)

G.3 ORDERING (JAN 2016)

G.4 TASK ORDER LIMITATIONS (DEC 1998)

G.5 TASK ORDER OMBUDSMAN (MAY 2013)

G.6 TECHNICAL GUIDANCE (JAN 2016)

G.7 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (JAN 2016)

G.8 PAYMENT AND CONSIDERATION (APR 2008)

G.9 PAYMENT REQUEST SUBMISSSION REQUIREMENTS (JAN 2016)

G.10 PAYMENT OF FEE – COST PLUS FIXED FEE (MAY 2013)

G.11 PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (NOV 2015)

G.12 VOUCHER REVIEW (MAR 2003)

G.13 COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS (JAN 2015)

G.14 INCREMENTAL FUNDING OF TASK ORDERS (NOV 2015)

G.15 TRAVEL AND PER DIEM (JAN 2016)

G.16 ALLOTMENT (JAN 2015)

SECTION G - PART II - TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

G.1 PAYMENT AND CONSIDERATION – CLIN 0100

G.2 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

PART I - CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 NON-PERSONAL SERVICES (SEP 2015)

H.2 PERFORMANCE OF WORK AND SAFETY PROVISIONS ON GOVERNMENT

PREMISES (MAR 2005)

H.3 CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE (MAR 2008)

H.4 EXCLUSIONS DUE TO ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

(JUL 2015)

H.5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

SECURITY AND AGENCY ACCESS (NOV 2011)

H.6 SECURITY AND POSITION SENSITIVITY DESIGNATIONS (SEP 2015)

H.7 HANDLING OF DATA (AUG 2011)

H.8 VISITOR IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES (JAN 2016)

H.9 CONSENT TO RELEASE GOVERNMENT-ORDERED ITEMS (JAN 2016)

H.10 TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES/REFRESHMENTS (MAR 2008)

H.11 HARDWARE/SOFTWARE (SEP 2015)

H.12 REQUESTS TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT (JAN 2016)

H.13 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY (DEC 1998)

H.14 MAXIMUM FEE (NOV 2015)

H.15 ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (MAY 2013)

H.16 INSURANCE (FEB 2009)

H.17 SALES TAX EXEMPTION (JAN 2016)

H.18 GPO PRINTING REQUIREMENT (SEP 2009)

H.19 SUBCONTRACT APPROVAL (JAN 2016)

H.20 SUPERVISION OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL WORKING ON-SITE (JAN 2016)

H.21 GOVERNMENT PROVIDED FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT (DEC 2015)

SECTION H - PART II – TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

H.1 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED INFORMATION (MAY 2013)

H.2 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE (NOV 2015)

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

PART I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

I.2 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) - FULL TEXT CLAUSES

I.3 TRANSPORTATION ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 12) CLAUSES 66

I.4 TRANSPORTATION ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 12) - FULL

TEXT CLAUSES

PART II - TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

I.1 TAR 1252.237-73 KEY PERSONNEL (APR 2005)

SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J - PART I –CONTRACT ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J - PART II – TASK ORDER 0001 ATTACHMENTS AND SCHEDULES

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS

K.1 IMPORTANCE OF ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (FEB 2013)

K.2 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) - FULL TEXT

PROVISIONS

K.3 FAR 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013) 78

K.4 FAR 52.227-15 REPRESENTATION OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND RESTRICTED

COMPUTER SOFTWARE (DEC 2007)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1. FAR 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB

1998) 81

L.2 FAR (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

L.3 FAR (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) - FULL TEXT PROVISIONS

L.4 GENERAL INFORMATION

L.5 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR TECHNICAL PROPOSAL AND COST AND

BUSINESS PROPOSAL PREPARATION

L.6 COST AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL – INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

L.7 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL -- INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL

M.2 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

M.3 ADJECTIVAL RATING, PROPOSAL CHARACTERISTIC, AND RISK LEVEL

DEFINITIONS

M.4 COST PROPOSAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

ATTACHMENT J.1 -MONTHLY TASK ORDER COST REPORT FORMAT

ATTACHMENT J.2 - LABOR CATEGORY QUALIFICATIONS

ATTACHMENT J.2 - LABOR CATEGORY QUALIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)

ATTACHMENT J.2 - LABOR CATEGORY QUALIFICATIONS (CONTINUED)

ATTACHMENT J.3 - CONTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATION,

DD FORM 254

ATTACHMENT J.5 – TMIS PRIME CONTRACTORS AND APPROVED SUBCONTRACTORS ... 124

ATTACHMENT J.6 – MASTER CONTRACT COST PROPOSAL COVER SHEET

ATTACHMENT J.7 – MASTER CONTRACT COST AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL CHECKLIST .. 128

ATTACHMENT J.8 – MASTER CONTRACT COST PROPOSAL SCHEDULES 1-10

ATTACHMENT J.9 TMIS CONTRACT AND TASK ORDER SOWS

ATTACHMENT J.10 - CLIENT AUTHORIZATION LETTER

ATTACHMENT J.11 - SAMPLE PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONAIRRE

ATTACHMENT J.12 - COST AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL SCHEDULES

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

NOTE: This section includes a description of supplies/services and prices/costs and applies to the ATEPS master contract (Part I) and the ATEPS Task Order 0001 (Part II). The numbering sequences in Section B, Parts I and II, are the same in order to facilitate the concurrent issuance of the master contract and the initial task order. No items titled as “NOTE” nor the Part II requirements will appear in the master contract at time of award; and the Part II requirements will be included in the OF 347 for Task Order 0001 which will be issued concurrently with the award of the master contract.

PART I - CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

B.1. CONTRACT TYPE (OCT 2015)

A. This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) task order type contract. Work will be placed under this contract through the issuance of task orders.

B. Task orders may be issued on a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) basis in accordance with Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.202. Task orders may also be issued on a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion, or CPFF term basis in accordance with FAR 16.306 (d). Task order type shall be determined and issued at the Contracting Officer's (CO) discretion consistent with the guidelines provided in Part 16 of the FAR. Performance-based task orders will be used to the maximum extent practicable.

C. The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) structure provided in Subsection B.3 below establishes a

CLIN 0100 for ATEPS SUPPORT as outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW) (Section C).

Because using a particular contract type/pricing methodology requires terms and conditions specific to that use, this contract includes terms and conditions covering FFP, CPFF completion, and CPFF term tasks. In general, these terms and conditions are clear on their face with regard to applicability.

B.2 CONTRACT LIMITATIONS (DEC 2014)

A. Contract Award under CLIN 0100: Contract Number ______________ [TO BE COMPLETED

AT TIME OF AWARD] has been awarded under the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Solicitation DTRT5716R20004. The value of all task orders placed under CLIN 0100 shall not exceed

$ (TO BE COMPLETED AT TIME OF AWARD).

B. Minimum Guarantee: The guaranteed minimum of the contract is $2,500.

B.3 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS (DEC 2014)

The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, materials and facilities, personnel, and management necessary to provide the required services in accordance with the SOW in Section C titled, “Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support (ATEPS)” and other terms and conditions of this contract through individual task orders issued under one of the task areas, set forth below:

CLIN Supplies/Services Qty. Unit Unit Price Amount

ATEPS Support * 1 JOB Est. Cost

Fixed Fee

Profit

Total

0101 Fixed Price Task Orders Undefined Undefined NSP NSP

0102 Cost Plus Fixed Fee – Term (LOE) Type Task Orders

Undefined Undefined NSP NSP

0103 Cost Plus Fixed Fee – Completion Type Task Orders

Undefined Undefined NSP NSP

NOTE: CLINs 0101 – 0103 are informational CLINS.

*Performance-based task orders will be used to the maximum extent practicable.

B.4 CLIN 0100 LEVEL OF EFFORT – ID/IQ

The total level of effort (LOE) estimated to be ordered during the term of this contract is shown in the table below:

Note: The LOE identified below will be used for the purpose of preparing the Master Contract Cost and Business Proposal. Refer to Section L for proposal preparation instructions.

Labor Category Contract

Year 1 Contract Year 2

Contract Year 3

Contract Year 4

Contract Year 5

Total

Senior Staff 237,920 237,920 237,920 237,920 237,920 1,189,600 Senior Surveillance Systems Engineer

2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 10,400

Middle Staff 180,000 180,000 180,000 180,000 180,000 900,000 Staff 140,000 140,000 140,000 140,000 140,000 700,000 Junior Staff 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 300,000 Senior Technician

40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 200,000

Technician 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 100,000 Total Level of Effort

680,000 680,000 680,000 680,000 680,000 3,400,000

Administrative Staff*

To Be Estimated by

Offeror

To Be Estimated by Offeror

To Be Estimated by Offeror

To Be Estimated by Offeror

To Be Estimated by

Offeror

To Be Estimated by Offeror

*Note: Hours for Administrative Support must be consistent with the Offeror’s established accounting practice. Note that this block will be amended in the contract to state the total number of Administrative Staff hours that were proposed by the successful offeror.

PART II - TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

(ATEPS Task Order 0001)

B.1 TASK ORDER TYPE/PRICING METHOD (ATEPS Task Order)

Task Order 0001 will consist of one line item, CLIN 0100 for Transition. This task order will be issued on an FFP basis.

CLIN Supplies/Services Qty. Unit Unit Price Amount

Transition in accordance with Section C, Part II, ATEPS

JOB

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. No items titled as “NOTE” nor the Part II requirements will appear in the master contract at time of award; and the Part II requirements will be included in the OF 347 for Task Order 0001 which will be issued concurrently with the award of the master contract.

PART I - CONTRACT STATEMENT OF WORK

BACKGROUND

The Volpe Center is a Federal fee-for-service organization within the Office of Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R) of the 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 has 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 ATEPS contract is a follow-on effort to the ATO PMO efforts acquired underTMIS. There are two branches within the PMO: the Air Traffic Systems (ATS) Directorate and the Enterprise Services Directorate.

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

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

• AJM-22 – The Decision Support Programs group 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 – The Surveillance Services group focuses on the surveillance systems that provide the complete picture for operations taking place in the NAS. These systems range from traditional ground-based radar to the more advanced Global Position System (GPS).

• AJM-24 – The Terminal Field Operations Support group 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 – The En Route and Oceanic Second Level Engineering group 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: GPS Satellite-Based Augmentation, GPS Ground-Based 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 U.S. 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 life-cycle service has the capability to define, design, build, deploy commission, operate, support, and decommission communications, navigation, and weather services.

SCOPE

The Contractor shall assist the Volpe Center in providing technical, management, and analysis support in the definition, evaluation, management, engineering, and development of programs and initiatives within and related to the PMO. Representative programs within the PMO that the Volpe Center supports 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, ERAM, Integrated Display System Replacement (IDSR), Logistics Center Support System (LCSS), Runway Status Lights (RWSL), System Approach to Safety Oversight (SASO), TAMR, Terminal Flight

Data Management (TFDM), and Unified Contracting System (UCS). Contractor support is required in the following task areas:

1. Program Management,

2. Financial Management,

3. Standards and Rulemaking,

4. Systems Engineering,

5. Operations Support,

6. Field Engineering and System Implementation, and

7. Flight Test, Data Collection and Performance Monitoring.

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 assistance.

• 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, and 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 for 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 improving 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.

o Assist coordination of all responses to media requests.

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

o 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.

o Assist in the 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.

• Assist in managing and tracking technical and program requirements.

• Support and coordinate AJM business plan development, maintenance, and reporting.

• Develop automated workflows and advanced features in a Knowledge Sharing Network

(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.

• Support the performance of 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 includes, but is not limited to:

o When appropriate Government approvals are obtained, assist in the planning and scheduling of 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.

o Take and prepare minutes of all project meetings attended.

o Arrange and facilitate meetings in coordination with the Government.

o Assist in preparation of correspondence, including coordination of signatures.

o Coordinate meetings with program managers.

• Develop and maintain a Knowledge Services 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.

• Assist in the 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 providing support in the following activities:

o Development of a performance framework.

o Technical analysis in key performance areas.

o Identification of performance measures.

o Performance of information gap analysis.

o Fusion capability management.

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

o Implementation of a measurement strategy.

o Development of a performance report.

o Development of continuous monitoring plan.

o Refinement of the approach to incorporate lessons learned.

Task 2 - Financial Management

Assisting the Volpe Center’s support of PMO programs and initiatives, the Contractor will provide assistance in the performance of the following financial management activities:

• Budget preparation and financial status documentation including charts, briefings, cost projections and progress reports.

• Formal budget review cycle preparation 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 Site-Specific Safety Program 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.

• Assist in the development and population of a cost benefit model that will break out 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 LOE 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 OMB Exhibit 300A & B and Exhibit 53. This effort shall also include assisting in updates of the OMB Information Technology (IT) Dashboard tool.

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

Task 3- Standards and Rulemaking

The Contractor shall assist the Volpe Center in its support of 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 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 assist the Volpe Center in performing the following activities:

• Support Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (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 TSOs 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. The 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. The Contractor will assist the Volpe Center in performing system engineering activities including, 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 and assist in the development of:

o Requirements (system/hardware/software/user/test/maintainer/NAS) o Functional and performance system specifications o Concepts of system operation o Enterprise architecture products o Requirements traceability matrices o Functional decomposition matrices/trees o Interface documents (IRDs/ICDs) o Object-oriented and structured software development requirements o 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 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 (HF)-related 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 HF 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).

o 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 air traffic control (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.

o 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 the Volpe Center in the development of current and future operational applications of current and proposed systems. This task area also covers supporting the Volpe Center’s work with groups within the ATO to meet the requirements set forth in the FAA Capital Investment Plan and other mandates. The 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: ATC Towers, ATC System Command Center (ATCSCC), Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs), Terminal Radar Approach Control Facilities (TRACONs), the William J. Hughes Technical Center, and the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center. The Contractor will assist the Volpe Center in providing support to include, but not be limited to, the following activities:

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

• Update AP23 Annual Work Plan.

• Attend and facilitate AP23 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 on meetings.

• Participate in and coordinate operational focus group activities.

• Attendance at AP23 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 the 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. In assiting the Volpe Center, 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 assistance to the Volpe Center may include, but will not be limited to:

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

o Development of operational concepts.

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

o Development of case files.

o Identification with FAA operating elements of operational requirements.

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

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

o Analyses and validation of requirements.

o Functional analyses and allocation of functions and system performance requirements to subsystems.

o Development and maintenance of functional and system design specifications o Identification and specification of system-level test requirements.

o Identification and documentation of interface functional and performance requirements in IRDs.

o 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. The contractor will assist the Volpe Center in performing field engineering and system implementation activities that 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:

o Formulation of logistics requirements.

o Support end of service / end of life meetings.

o Review logistics and sparing analyses.

• Configuration management:

o Provide quality analysis audits for system processes and documents.

o Maintenance of revision control for system documentation, changes and updates.

o Process NAS Change Proposals (NCPs) and Configuration Control Decisions

(CCDs).

o Provide NCP reports for status accounting reports.

• Training support:

o Provide training expertise pertaining to PMO systems.

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

o 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 HF considerations are made in implementing requirements.

• Coordinate environmental work, Preliminary Environmental Analysis Packages (PEAPs).

• Support the site obstruction evaluation/airport airspace analysis process.

• Conduct cost/schedule analysis for each site.

• Analysis, identification of problems, and recommendations for 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 7 - Flight Test, Data Collection, and Performance Monitoring

The Contractor shall assist the Volpe Center in the performance of flight testing, data collection, and performance monitoring activities for ADS-B via aircraft supplied by the ATEPS Contractor or provided by the FAA. The method of aircraft supply and level of liability insurance will be identified at the task order level. 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 ATEPS 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 assist the Volpe Center in the design and installation of 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 recommend to the Government the configuration of the data collection methodology such that the data collection system can be operated with or without the installation of the data collection system.

As required by a task order, the Contractor shall fly the ATEPS 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; and

• 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 (i.e., ENERGY STAR® or FEMP-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 USDA-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…