DHS_TO_1_PWS_vs_2.doc

United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Program

System and Software Consulting Support For

517 SMXS/MXDED

Software Technology Support Center (STSC)

Hill AFB, UTAH 84056

Performance Work Statement

17 December 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

31.0

PURPOSE

31.1

SCOPE

31.2

REQUIREMENTS

42.0 Contractor Administration

42.1 Status Report

43.0

GENERAL INFORMATION

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1.0 PURPOSE

This Performance Work Statement (PWS) provides for System and Software Technology Support (SSTS) services to the 517 SMXS/MXDED Software Technology Support Center (STSC). The objective of this contract is to provide technical consulting and analysis to the STSC in consulting and support to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Biometric Identification and Management (OBIM) In Accordance With (IAW) the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract dated 23 January 2015.

All services requested under this PWS are non-personal in nature.

1.1 SCOPE

The Contractor is to provide assessment and technical consulting as part of a Government consulting team on development life cycle and maintenance life cycle systems and software technology, processes, and security issues of DHS programs, its applications, architectures and environments, IAW paragraph 2.3of the basic PWS. In general, the assessment and consulting required will provide DHS with expertise in: 1) the creation of the non-production environment supporting the software and systems development activities for program software applications and, 2) system technologies including recommendations on alternatives and transition strategies pertaining to critical program system activities. DHS will be responsible for creation and certification of all production products.

1.2 REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall provide technical consulting and analysis to the Government consulting team in the development of information for required milestone reviews to support the program schedule managed by the STSC and DHS Technical Program Manager (TPM) and technical lead. This work is complex and demanding, and requires the assignment of network, hardware, and software lifecycle engineers with over 10 years experience. The Government’s objective is to obtain a creditable draft plan and presentation to the DHS which follows the System Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) milestone reviews in support of the following program system and software development efforts:

1.2.1 Non-Production Environments (NPEs) Consulting

The contractor shall provide the Government consulting team technical consulting support for the establishment of a NPE for programs located at the all facilities that host NPE. This includes support to Government personnel who are developing and establishing program development environments. This technical consulting shall include conferring on planning, coordination, design, and implementation of the required environments including Development (DEV), Product Application Test (PAT), Component Assembly Test (CAT), and system support environments.

1.2.2 Consulting and technical support for program applications

The contractor shall provide the Government consulting team with information technology consulting, and technical support for information technology (IT) enhancements to the operational systems utilizing the DHS D102 Directive and its SELC lifecycle methodology. This includes expert consulting, technical support and recommendations regarding system software design and architecture, software interfaces, application-level software code, software processes and behaviors of the program systems, and technical documentation. Other services to include recommendations on alignment of best practices that will enhance system requirements, system development, system test and sustainment services across the program.

1.2.3 Provide Periodic Support

The contractor shall attend weekly Government meetings either in-person or telephonically, in order to verbally report on the status of the project, such as funding and milestone achievements, and explore any issues, concerns or risks to achieving project success. The contractor shall provide technical input to supplement Government reports.

The contractor shall provide input to the Government for periodic draft briefings that present and explore interim alternatives (to be documented in the SELC milestone reviews) to include separate in-person briefings which presents and explores alternatives documented in the milestone reviews of the system.

1.2.4 Travel Information

Travel to the DHS facility in Arlington, Virginia shall be necessary to accomplish the requirements of this PWS in order to support research, analysis, and the milestone reviews. The contractor personnel will need to meet DHS and National Level of Trust requirements. Travel requirements are defined as two trips per month by two personnel. All travel by contractors will be approved by the Technical Program Manager in accordance with Joint Travel Regulations (JTR).

2.0 Contractor Administration

2.1 Status Report

The Contractor shall provide the Government, via email, a monthly Contractor’s, Status and Management Report, in Contractor format, which will provide program cost information and the tasks accomplished each month by the Contractor, IAW IDIQ PWS para 4.3. (CDRL A001)

3.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

All other contract requirements will be IAW the basic contract PWS.