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Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM VALUES

The minimum obligation under this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity and minimum contract value stated in the following table. This minimum amount will be issued via a Task Order issued concurrently with the HDIAC BCO IDIQ Award. AFICA/KD will administer this contract and issue all orders and modifications.

*The total of all CLIN 0003 Core Analysis Task and/or Extended Technical Inquiry Orders issued to the contract holder under the HDIAC BCO IDIQ contract shall not exceed the maximum award amount of $30M. The amount proposed for CLIN 0001, 0002, and 0005 and the maximum $30M for CLIN 0003 will establish the maximum ceiling value for the awarded contract. The Government reserves the right to move values between CLINs.

OPTION EXERCISE/ORDERING PERIOD EXTENSION

If the government exercises the option(s) for CLINs 0002XX and/or 0005XX, the ordering period dates will be extended for CLIN 0003.

Phase-In Transition

CPFF

The contractor shall provide all supplies, services, materials, equipment, labor and transportation to perform the Phase-In of full responsibility for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations. From date of award up to 90 days.

FOB: Destination

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

Basic Center Operations

Conduct Basic Center Operations for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center in accordance with the Performance Work for each defined period of performance.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0002AA

Basic Center Operations-Base Period

Conduct Basic Center Operations for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center in accordance with the Performance Work Statement for a base period of 9 months.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0002AB

CPFF

Conduct Basic Center Operations for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. For a period of 12 months from the completion of the Base Period.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0002AC

CPFF

Conduct Basic Center Operations for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. For a period of 12 months from the completion of the Option Period 2.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0002AD

CPFF

Conduct Basic Center Operations for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. For a period of 12 months from the completion of the Option Period 2.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0002AE

CPFF

Conduct Basic Center Operations for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. For a period of 12 months from the completion of the Option Period 3.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0002AF

CPFF

Conduct Basic Center Operations for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. For a period of 12 months from the completion of the Option Period 4.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

Core Analysis Tasks and/or ETIs

This CLIN is for non-personal RDT&E Core Analysis Tasks, and/or Extended Technical Inquiry (ETIs) Services issued using an HDIAC Task Order, within the scope of the HDIAC BCO PWS. This CLIN is to provide the scope for CPFF & FFP task orders to be issued against individual pricing of CAT or ETI requirements. (If the Government exercises the option(s) for CLIN 0002XX, the ordering period dates will be extended for CLIN 0003).

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

Data

COST

This CLIN is for non-personal RDT&E Core Analysis Tasks, and/or Extended Technical Inquiry (ETIs) Services issued using a HDIAC Task Order, within the scope of the HDIAC BCO PWS. This CLIN is to provide the scope for CPFF & FFP task orders to be issued against individual pricing of CAT or ETI requirements. (If the Government exercises the option(s) for CLIN 0002XX, the ordering period dates will be extended for CLIN 0003).

ESTIMATED COST

Extension of Services

Conduct Extension of Services for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. If the Government exercises the option(s) for CLIN 0005, the ordering period dates will be extended for CLINs 0002-0004.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0005AA

CPFF

Conduct Extension of Services for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0005AB

CPFF

Conduct Extension of Services for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0005AC

CPFF

Conduct Extension of Services for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0005AD

CPFF

Conduct Extension of Services for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0005AE

CPFF

Conduct Extension of Services for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

0005AF

CPFF

Conduct Extension of Services for the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center Basic Center Operations in accordance with the Performance Work Statement.

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM VALUES

The minimum obligation under this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity and minimum contract value stated in the following table. This minimum amount will be issued via a Task Order issued concurrently with the HDIAC BCO IDIQ Award. AFICA/KD will administer this contract and issue all orders and modifications.

*The total of all CLIN 0003 Core Analysis Task and/or Extended Technical Inquiry Orders issued to the contract holder under the HDIAC BCO IDIQ contract shall not exceed the maximum award amount of $30M. The amount proposed for CLIN 0001, 0002, and 0005 and the maximum $30M for CLIN 0003 will establish the maximum ceiling value for the awarded contract. The Government reserves the right to move values between CLINs.

OPTION EXERCISE/ORDERING PERIOD EXTENSION

If the government exercises the option(s) for CLINs 0002XX and/or 0005XX, the ordering period dates will be extended for CLIN 0003.

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) Basic Center Operations (BCO)

20 June 2017

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (DoD IAC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

SECTION 2 SERVICES SUMMARY (SS)

SECTION 3 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

SECTION 4 CONTRACTOR PHASE-IN AND PHASE-OUT/TRANSITION

SECTION 5 APPENDICES

SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

1.1 INTRODUCTION AND MISSION

The Department of Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Center (IAC) Program operates in accordance with (IAW) DoD Manual 3200.14 Volume 1, “Principles and Operational Parameters of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program: General Processes”, Mar 14; and DoD Manual 3200.14 Volume 2, “Principles and Operational Parameters of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program: Information Analysis Centers (IACs)”, Jan 15.

DoD IACs function as specialized subject focal points and centers of excellence, supplementing the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) services within DoD Directive 3200.12, “DoD Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program (STIP)”, Aug 13.

The mission of the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) is to perform the functions of a DoD IAC as described in DoD Manual 3200.14 in support of the vital technical areas delineated under paragraph 1.2 “Purpose and Scope” below. IACs are operated by contractors from industry and academia.

The DoD IAC Program Management Office (PMO) aligned 22 technical focus areas critical to current defense needs into three technical domain areas. Each domain area has one BCO contract and one Multiple Award Contract Technical Area Task (MAC TAT) indefinite-delivery type contract vehicle that collectively provide IAC services for that domain. For the Homeland Defense and Security domain area, the predecessor HDIAC BCO was awarded in May, 2013 with an ordering period through 2018 as a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) type contract. HDIAC's current MAC TAT counterpart, the multiple award, indefinite-delivery type contract vehicle for Homeland Defense and Security Technical Area Tasks (HD TATs) was awarded to twelve contractors in May, 2014. In the future, the construct of one MAC TAT contract to one BCO contract may undergo change/consolidation into fewer than three MAC TAT contracts and the number of technical focus areas is subject to change as DoD’s Science and Technology (S&T) requirements evolve.

The interdependence between “Core” services and TATs is defined in DoD guidance -- DoD Instruction 3200.14 establishes IACs to provide Core and additional tasks. The BCO establishes a knowledge base in areas of strategic importance. The intent of TATs is to leverage the knowledge base to increase efficiency and effectiveness. BCOs serve as the foundation for TATs. The requirement described herein is for BCO services

1.2 PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The purpose of this performance work statement is to define the mission, background, and period of performance with outcome based objectives and to define constraints applicable to the current and future environment. The scope of this contract encompasses BCO functions necessary to fulfill the mission and objectives applicable to the DoD RDT&E and Acquisition communities' needs in the technical focus areas listed below and fulfill the objectives of this contract. The contractor shall operate the BCO function for HDIAC. The list below is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include disciplines and subjects in related areas as new technologies emerge in the area of HDIAC.

STI is used by administrators, managers, scientists, and engineers engaged in scientific and technological efforts, and is the basic intellectual resource for and result of such effort. Representative examples of the STI technical focus areas covered under this PWS are described below:

Homeland Defense & Security is composed of Counterterrorism, Environmental Security, Aviation Security, Law Enforcement, Fraud Protection, Building and Facilities Security, Border Security, Disaster/Emergency Response and Recovery, and Cyber Security/Information Management. This is a domain area that covers any facet of homeland defense/security that is not covered in a more specific bolded sub-category below. The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area. Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of Homeland Defense and Security (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

Improvised Explosive Device (IED)/terrorist attack prediction, technology and methods to detect explosives in public spaces and transportation networks, spectrum management (i.e., the federal government’s use of the radio frequency spectrum), emergency response information networks , analysis of terrorist tactics and strategies, operational threat response and recovery, air domain surveillance and intelligence integration, homeland defense-related sensor and imaging technology (i.e., non-military), technology and methods for protection against counterfeiting, trafficking and the detection/prevention of documentation and computer related fraud, emerging technologies relating to physical security, exposing identity theft, controlling access across borders; and emerging technologies relating to building, sustaining, and improving capabilities to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards including natural disasters and terrorist attacks.

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) is composed of National Infrastructure, Physical and Virtual Systems, Cyber Infrastructure and Continuity of Operations (COOP). The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area. Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of CIP (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

Emerging technologies and methodologies relating to the protection of infrastructure and resources critical to national security including public health, financial services, security services (police, military), telecommunications, agriculture, security threats posed from cyber warfare and operational factors and functions, and COOP planning. Technology could include network development and analysis tools, failure modeling and simulations, analysis of data streams, development of new affordable, transportable utility components, telecommunications, blast analysis and protection, and surveillance methods and technology.

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is defined as weapons that can kill a large number of people or cause damage to man-made structures, national structures or the biosphere. The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area. Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of WMD (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

International weapons technology and proliferation; arms control; technologies for preparedness, countermeasures and investigations; research and analysis related to WMD and IED-related international R&D technology, including implications of emerging threat information and queries from the intelligence community; emerging technologies relating to missiles (ballistic and cruise); and non-conventional military weapons (for example, research and analysis related to IEDs).

CBRN Defense is composed of defense against weaponized chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agents. CBRN refers to deliberate use of these agents to cause significant harm. The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area. Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of CBRN Defense (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

Properties of CBRN materials; technology and methods for detection, identification, measurement and characterization of CBRN agents including detection paradigms and systems for improved, emerging and novel threats; target recognition; combat effectiveness / force protection; CBRN surveillance, security and survivability; manufacturing processes for CBRN defense systems; container security/intrusion detection devices; CBRN damage assessment; individual and collective protection/protective gear; technologies and methods for toxic material decontamination and neutralization; securing and transporting CBRN agents; CBRN clean-up; development of non-lethal/less-hazardous CBRN materials; and environmental and human CBRN effects and treatment.

Biometrics is the automated methodology to uniquely identify humans using their physiological or behavioral attributes. The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area.

Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of Biometrics (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

Emerging technologies relating to fingerprints, footprints, facial recognition, palm print, hand geometry, gait recognition, eye retinal recognition, iris recognition, odor/scent, typing rhythm, voice patterns, signature, vein scan, facial thermograph, blood pulse, nail bed identification, and ear shape. Technology could include devices for synthesis, analysis, measurement and characterization of biological structures and features, devices to acquire biometric data, biometric screening capabilities, biometric detection devices and methods, and biomathematics.

Medical is composed of any facet of medical research relating to homeland defense and security or military operations. The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area. Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of Medical (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

Traumatic brain injury; mental health; amputation; prosthetics; limb salvage; rehabilitation; burn treatment including thermal, electrical, chemical and laser; prevention and treatment of hearing loss, vision loss and spinal cord injuries; clinical informatics – the organization of healthcare information; aviation and combat life support equipment; regenerative medicine (the use of expanded stem cells in an effort to facilitate recovery of marrow that has been exposed to radiation and chemical weapons); infectious diseases; pharmaceuticals; non-invasive and remote assessment of physiological status; pre-symptomatic diagnoses technology; molecular genetics and genomics; soldier performance optimization; and emerging technologies in diagnostic assays, disease vector control and protection systems.

Cultural Studies is composed of cultural and sociological analysis – research into the ideology, political and economic nature of a culture in order to better understand its people and government for national security purposes. The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area. Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of Cultural Studies (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

Cultural anthropology (for example, collecting data about the impact of global, economic al and political processes on local cultural realities) ; cultural diplomacy (for example, initiation or facilitation of information exchange with an aim to yielding a long-term benefit and build relationships and enhancing socio-cultural understanding); public diplomacy (for example, communication with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influence); strategic communication (for example, communicating directly and clearly with regard to the operations, structures and processes of the DoD); study of terrorism and responses to terrorism; research on individual and group behavior, quantitative techniques to describe and understand social and economic systems, graph theory and network analysis to model social networks and complex system behaviors; socio-cultural computing; human adaptation and response to perturbations (e.g., climate change, mass migration, war); interactions between human and natural systems; technologies to enable/enhance language learning; theology/ comparative religions; and military information support operations (formerly referred to as “psychological warfare and operations”).

Alternative Energy is composed of novel, non-traditional and emerging sources and technologies for harvesting, generating, storing, transmitting/transporting and reusing energy. The scope of this contract is focused on the research and analysis of this subject matter area. Examples of topics that fall within the general scope of Alternative Energy (this list is not all-inclusive) are shown below:

Fusion energy; renewable energy including solar, hydro and wind power ; geothermal; fossil fuels; hydrogen energy; bio-energy; biofuels; advanced energy storage, distribution and generation; portable, efficient and compact power technologies; energy recovery and conversion including resource reuse and transformation; micro-scale power sources; novel electrical and magnetic materials; biomimetic; and nuclear batteries.

DoD Manual 3200.14 Volume 1: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/320014vol1_2014.pdf DoD Manual 3200.14

1.3 CONTRACT OBJECTIVES/CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES -- GENERAL

1.3.1 Objectives

The purpose of this contract is to leverage the best expertise from industry, other Government agencies, and academia to solve the government’s toughest scientific and technical problems and enhance the knowledge bases of those communities across the entire spectrum of the Homeland Defense domain. IACs serve as a ready tool for strategic, operational and tactical organizations within DoD and the broader community to understand and apply new technologies and emerging threat trends. HDIAC shall take the lead in disseminating Homeland Defense and Security-related STI to stakeholders throughout DoD, reducing duplication of effort, both in terms of avoiding the creation of duplicate holdings of STI as well as duplicate analytical capabilities among various R&D support components. HDIAC shall build a community of subject matter experts (SMEs) and provide long-term STI corporate memory for the DoD. Principal objectives of this contract include:

1.3.2 Contractor Responsibilities – General.

The contractor shall operate the BCO in accordance with all directives, instructions, regulations, and military standards listed in the contract, Section J, Attachment 1. The services to be provided apply performance- based principles (FAR 37.6) to deliver research and development (R&D) and/or R&D related advisory and assistance services and all task orders will result in the creation of specific identified deliverables. The contractor is not authorized to perform personal services as defined at FAR 37.101, or inherently governmental functions as defined at FAR 7.5 at any time under this contract. This contract is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract. All services, whether performed under the BCO/BCO option contract line items (CLINs), Phase-In/Phase-Out/Transition CLINs, the Data CLIN, the Core Analysis Task (CAT)/Extended Technical Inquiry Services Task Order CLIN, or Extension of Services CLINs, will be procured and funded through the issuance of task orders (TOs). The only exception is purchases of services described in this PWS made directly by customers, through separate credit card transactions or purchase orders. These purchases are “Other than DTIC Funded Products and Services” (see para. 1.5.1.2.2) and are not orders against this contract. It is anticipated that all the BCO (aka “core”) services will be procured (12 month base year including the transition phase and five 12-months option years) at a time under one dedicated annual TO, with multiple periods of performance. CATs will be up to a one year period of performance (see section 1.6).

The IAC contractor shall undertake a variety of activities focusing on the collection (including identification and access), analysis, synthesizing/processing, and dissemination of STI. These four terms are further explained and elaborated upon below under paragraph 1.4, “Task Requirements.” The contractor’s activities shall cover all aspects of identified or potential military and national security-related applications of HDIAC technology or operational practices. The contractor shall provide timely and authoritative information relative to key R&D concepts and acquisition functions, results and trends, applications and processes, assessments of HDIAC technology on military operations, and assessment of international R&D technology. Delivery of such information shall be undertaken in both a proactive as well as responsive manner. Appendix 5.2 provides estimates of historical workload for several primary types of services provided by the incumbent BCO (HDIAC) contractor.

Information collection, analysis, synthesis/processing, and dissemination efforts should facilitate use of existing STI, while reducing unnecessary duplication of research, information collection and analysis, and information dissemination efforts. The BCO contractor shall integrate output from CATs that it performs under this contract, as well as output from MACs performed under the MAC contracts, to re-use STI. The contractor shall collaborate extensively with the IAC multiple award contract(s) (aka MAC TAT or IAC MAC) contractors who are conducting MAC TO analyses in the same or relevant BCO domain areas.

The contractor shall accomplish the contract objectives through the development and maintenance of anticipatory marketing of IAC products and services to STI users in Government, industry, and academia, as well as decision and policy makers in the acquisition community. Contactor shall identify and seek out opportunities to provide HDIAC STI to DoD components, other U.S. Government agencies and departments, their contractors, and other authorized recipients of HDIAC STI. The contractor shall capture the most significant Success Stories that it achieves in performing this PWS in the IAC Quarterly Success Stories Deliverable (CDRL A016).

The contractor’s expertise shall cover:

1. Basic and applied RDT&E activities carried out by DoD components, other U.S. Government agencies and departments and their contractors, state and local governments, as well as international organizations in which the U.S. Government is a member or participant;

1. Military and other related or similar operations conducted by DoD components and other U.S. Government agencies and departments or international organizations to which the United States belongs or foreign governments with which the United States has international agreements for military or related operations;

1. Development of doctrine, tactics or plans by DoD components, other Government Agencies and Departments, their contractors, and foreign military organizations that the Department of Defense provides military assistance and sales;

1. Basic and applied research carried out by industry, academia, and other institutions where the results of such research are expected to provide benefits to the U.S. Government in the future.

To avoid the potential for an organizational conflict of interest, all prime and subcontractors on the Homeland Defense and Security Technical Area Tasks (HD TAT) contract, as well as its follow-on, the consolidated Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract (IAC MAC) contract, are precluded from being awarded a prime contract on this HDIAC BCO contract.

1.4 TASK REQUIREMENTS

1.4.1 Collection and Storage

1.4.1.1 General. The contractor shall monitor and extract HDIAC technology- related STI from worldwide engineering, technical, and scientific information, including documents, databases, and electronic, paper, and other media. The contractor shall ensure maximum use of the resources of other DoD IACs. Key processes in this area include employing technology and innovative techniques, utilizing personnel experienced in research analysis and synthesis, maintaining awareness through participation in conferences, symposia, workshops and engineering and scientific community coordination. The contractor shall review and evaluate STI for relevance and accuracy. Outputs consist of information awareness products, databases, the IAC website and evaluated STI.

The contractor is required to interface with the MAC TAT contractors in their related BCO domain when relevant to efforts performed under this contract, and fully utilize relevant MAC TAT contractor STI contributions. MAC TAT contractor contributions consist of gathering, evaluating and producing STI during performance of a MAC TO.

1.4.1.2 Sources: In order to perform work specified herein, the contractor shall utilize information resources of the current incumbent HDIAC BCO contractor; technology information collected by the contractor’s staff; information furnished to the HDIAC BCO by the U.S. Government and/or its contractors; and any additionally available (foreign or domestic) HDIAC information. The contractor shall obtain information from DoD staff elements, laboratories and agencies with competence in the fields of science and technology which this center addresses. The contractor shall search and extract information from resources and collections rather than trying to duplicate them.

Collection and use of unclassified, unclassified but limited distribution, and classified (foreign and domestic) information in the performance of this PWS is authorized as long as all security regulations and restrictions are adhered to.

1.4.1.3 Collection Activities: The contractor shall employ techniques and technology to monitor and extract STI and engineering data from current and historical sources across government, industry, and academia, utilizing a core staff of technical experts (i.e., scientists, engineers, information specialists, etc.), related to HDIAC technical focus areas. Additionally, in acquiring the source information, the contractor shall utilize personnel experienced in research, analysis and synthesis of technical literature and advanced STI management procedures for evaluation that will ensure the highest possible access and identification of emerging technology STI for the HDIAC user community's benefit.

1.4.1.4 Storage: The contractor shall store paper, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic media under conditions necessary and sufficient to ensure that information contained in the media shall remain accessible to the Government during the period of performance of this contract. All HDIAC holdings within the repository are in English or have been translated into English. The figures below provide a summary of the current holdings of the HDIAC repositories and the estimated quantities of items in each category as of solicitation issuance.

The contractor shall maintain an electronic archive of all information displayed on its HDIAC website. This archived information shall be returned to the Government at the completion of the contract or otherwise disposed/transferred as directed by the Contracting Officer.

Estimated Numbers

1.4.1.5 DTIC Research and Engineering (R&E) Gateway (STI Repository): This online portal is where DTIC's master repository of digital STI is housed. The DTIC R&E Gateway collections provide for total electronic collection and dissemination capabilities of STI within the IAC Program. The technical reports database contains both metadata and full text searchable documents. There is one metadata record per document. In coordination with the IAC Program Management Office (PMO), the contractor shall provide input into the R&E Gateway database, consisting of STI documents and citation/metadata, through an interface system called TEMS (or TEMS successor) to which the Government will furnish the contractor access. Before uploading any STI, regardless of source, the BCO contractor shall perform a quality check to ensure it meets DTIC-provided quality standards for the R&E Gateway.

1.4.1.6 Scanning and Uploading: The current HDIAC contractor has been scanning and uploading STI into the DTIC R&E Gateway, via TEMS or TEMS successor Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS), throughout the term of their contract. Materials, both digital and hardcopy, that have been uploaded into the R&E Gateway will not transfer from the incumbent HDIAC contractor. The contractor shall continuously review and identify STI eligible for uploading into The R&E Gateway and shall also process STI received in a timely manner from the IAC MAC contractors when that STI has a primary subject matter that falls within the scope of HDIAC. For STI identified for uploading by HDIAC BCO contractor, the contractor shall, if needed, scan the document (most documents processed will already be in electronic format), convert into PDF format, OCR, index, and upload it. Once documents are digitized and entered into The R&E Gateway, the contractor is authorized to destroy any hardcopy or duplicate electronic documents. Targeted documents for uploading into The R&E Gateway are high demand documents, leveraged for technical inquires that are tied to DoD technology needs for today and the foreseeable future years. For STI that has been produced by a MAC contractor, HDIAC is responsible for performing a quality check and submitting it into The R&E Gateway via the IAC STI document processing system.

The contractor shall utilize this system to provide rapid collection and dissemination capabilities. Note for classified records, regardless of whether the source is HDIAC or a MAC contractor, the transmission procedure requires the HDIAC contractor to burn the data to media which is then mailed to DTIC by registered mail.

The contractor shall perform a quality check of all STI documents regardless of whether the STI source is the BCO or a MAC contractor. The quality check shall be completed upon approval from the ACOR for submitting the STI. As part of the quality check, the contractor shall correct all minor discrepancies/irregularities in the STI that it can resolve independently (for example, marking ambiguities, page numbering or citation issues, etc.) and also shall ensure it is bona fide STI. For STI received from a MAC contractor, if there are problems that the BCO contractor cannot resolve, it shall promptly refer the STI in question, along with an identification of the problem, to the MAC contractor for correction. STI submittal problems that cannot be promptly resolved by the BCO or MAC contractor shall be referred by the BCO contractor to the DoD IAC PMO point of contact for The R&E Gateway, or the HDIAC COR. In no case shall the BCO contractor hold STI approved for submittal to The R&E Gateway, for more than two weeks, without taking progressive steps as needed to resolve any problems with the document.

1.4.1.7 HDIAC Libraries. The contractor shall maintain and expand the library collections (both hardcopy/physical and digital) of STI materials such as reports, videos, audio-recordings, studies and analyses, not suitable for upload to The R&E Gateway, consisting of information in various classifications (unclassified, FOUO, Secret and Top Secret). The HDIAC libraries shall provide a HDIAC technology community-wide system for facilitating the reuse of HDIAC technology STI resources. Any substantive change in the types of libraries maintained shall be made by the contractor only when properly authorized. Libraries maintained by HDIAC include:

A database within the library shall contain the following items and other data as the contractor deems appropriate:

a) HDIAC Tool Library

b) INFOSEC Library

c) HDIAC Centralized Document Repository

1.4.1.8 Additional Libraries and Databases: The Government does not have any requirements for the contractor to develop or maintain any specific additional databases and libraries other than those listed herein. The contractor shall create and maintain whatever additional databases and libraries it deems necessary to optimally perform this contract and in accordance with the technical approach set forth in its accepted proposal. This information is provided for background purposes only; it is not intended to establish a mandatory or optimal requirement. The details as to whether any or all of these records may be transferred to the new HDIAC contractor will be determined by the incumbent HDIAC and the successor HDIAC contractor during the transition-in period.(A012).

Information contained in each library or database may contain information at different levels of classification up to TOP SECRET, therefore it is expected that they may reside in separate libraries.

The information below describes the current size of the HDIAC facility devoted to the libraries and server room:

Unclassified Holdings: Seven bookcases, approximately 6 feet high by 3 feet wide each, with five shelves each. These bookcases hold books, journals and other data products. Several boxes approximately 2 feet by 3 feet in size hold brochures, back issues of newsletters and CDs with informational/promotional information about HDIAC. A cabinet approximately 3 feet by 4 feet in size holds CDs and DVDs. The storage area footprint for all media is a space of approximately 500 square feet. The cabinet, boxes and bookcases referenced above are contained within this storage area.

Classified Holdings (digital holdings that are classified at the SECRET and below levels, including CONFIDENTIAL and NATO restricted). The following estimated quantities of holdings are stored in one, five-drawer GSA storage container authorized for storage of classified materials. The storage area footprint for the media is a space of approximately 120 square feet:

Foreign Government Information Documents:

NATO Documents :

US Collateral Classified Documents:

Server Facilities. Five server racks in a room that is approximately 10 feet by 20 feet in size. This facility is supported with a fire suppression system, backbone uninterruptable power supply, HVAC, security/physical access control and broadband internet access.

1.4.2 Dissemination, Training, and Awareness

1.4.2.1 General: The contractor shall be responsible for dissemination of HDIAC STI in the form of products and services. Dissemination takes the form of STI production and distribution such as the Journal, models and simulations, and other products; briefings, conference presentations; training/webinars; research and analysis responses to user inquiries, and IAC service promotion. The contractor shall draw on library holdings and other databases and all available STI and relevant subject matter expertise when developing and disseminating information to the HDIAC S&T community.

1.4.2.2 Products: One of the means of satisfying user needs for authoritative information directly applicable to their ongoing work is through the design, preparation and maintenance of STI products. The contractor shall provide information products to other U.S. Government organizations, their contractors, and other approved, DTIC authorized users within available physical, information, and financial resources in accordance with all applicable DoD Regulations, Directives, Instructions, and Policies with respect to the dissemination of STI. The contractor is not authorized to promote or sell the products of third-party sources. The contractor’s information outputs may take the form of standards, reports, guidebooks, technology benchmarks, handbooks, manuals and data sets; lists of technical experts; critical reviews, alternative technology analyses; technology assessments; state-of-the-art (SOAR) reports; models, analytical tools and techniques; and other specialized STI products (CDRLs A003, A005, A010, A018).

Handbook, databases, data books, and web-based technical reports shall be submitted to the COR who must pre-approve them before publication/dissemination.

The contractor shall potentially develop the following new products for HDIAC:

2016 State-of-the-Art Report: PTSD: Applications & Future Directions in Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Neuroscience

2015 State-of-the-Art Report: Global Biothreat Biosurveillance: Data Generation & Collection

2015 State-of-the-Art Report: Socio-cultural Challenges of Prospective DoD Operations in Megacities

2014 State-of-the-Art Report: Alternative and Emerging Energy Technologies

2017 Technical Solution Brief: Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction: Characterization and Trend Analysis of Nanotechnology in WMD Development

2017 Technical Solution Brief: Flexible Ballistic Body Armor for Special Operations Canines

2017 Technical Solution Brief: Vibrating Insoles for Enhanced Warfighter Performance

2017 Technical Solution Brief: Multi-Spectrum Energy Harvesting System

2017 Technical Solution Brief: Analysis of Burst Pulse Excitations for IED Threat Mitigation

June 2017 Sound Byte: Solar Roads

March 2017 Sound Byte: Medical Monitoring by Smart Tattoos

December 2016 Sound Byte: Nuclear Waste Security and Management

October 2016 Sound Byte: 3D Printing Applications for Alternative Energy

Highlights/Sound Bytes – The HDIAC Highlights and Sound Bytes authored by HDIAC researchers/SMEs and are specific developments in a singular focus area focused on novel research and technology.

1/17/17 Webinar: National Security Risks of Emerging Technologies

9/20/16 Twitter Chat: Medical

2/23/17 Twitter Chat: 3D Printing Weapons

4/27/17 Twitter Chat: Concussion Diagnostics

In developing these products, the Community of Practice (CoP) will be used to gauge product interest, identify other supporting STI, and dissemination of product announcements.

One of the objectives of HDIAC operations is to encourage use of existing HDIAC information throughout the DoD and DoD-related HDIAC community to minimize unnecessary duplication of effort. The contractor shall propose additional current awareness products in addition to those specified above, and/or dissemination techniques to expand use of existing HDIAC information resources. Each product must be reviewed and pre-approved by the COR and the IAC PMO (and DTIC public affairs) before publication/dissemination. The contractor shall propose methods to produce current awareness products in task orders during the contract period (CDRL A003).

1.4.2.3 Training, Presentations and Conferences: The contractor shall aggressively develop a classroom and web-based training program targeted towards the needs of HDIAC users. This may include informal briefings and presentations. The contractor is responsible for sponsoring, planning agendas for, and speaking and/or providing training at major technical conferences, meetings, symposia, or workshops. The contractor shall make optimum use of computer technology to store, sort, select, package, and disseminate data and information. The contractor shall not expend any resources associated with planning or hosting a conference until the requisite approval to conduct a conference have been obtained from the appropriate approval authority by the requiring activity in accordance with the current DoD Conference Guidance. The contractor shall be aware of and not incur any prohibited conference expenses per the DoD Conference Guidance. The DoD Conference Guidance can be located at http://dcmo.defense.gov/Products-and-Services/DoD-Conference-Policies-and-Controls.

Course topics and handouts shall be approved by the COR. Training authorized on this contract shall serve to disseminate information to the HDIAC scientific and technical community that is relevant to the HDIAC research and development subject areas described herein. This does not include "how/to" classes/tutorials for users or administrators on existing systems, applications, products or techniques, whether the systems/products/techniques are commercial off-the-shelf or non-developmental; such training is not authorized under the scope of the HDIAC contract. (CDRLs A010, A018).

All web based courses will be integrated into the HDIAC CoP. A sample of potential course offerings are listed below.

2/28/17: Pentagon Technical Lecture Series, Technology and a New Arms Race

Tech Talks: Critical Infrastructure Resilience 10/18-10/20/2016: Presented "Nanotechnology and Emergency Management" at the 64th Annual International Association of Emergency Managers Meeting, Savannah, GA (HDS & CIP)

8/25/15: Current High Throughput Cytogenic Techniques for Radiation Biodosimetry

6/1-6/2/2016: NCT CBRNE USA Conference

7/11/2016: Biometric Innovation Forum

3/15/17: "Advances in Technology: An Overview and Wrap-up" Presentation at Safety in the New Technology Frontier 11/29-12/01/2016: International State-of-the-Science Meeting on Minimizing the Impact of Wound Infections Following Blast-Related Injuries HDIAC Tech Talk: Nanomedicine & the DoD