FY22 29228 - Statement of Work_27MAY2022_FINAL.pdf

Statement of Work (SOW)

1.0 Objective: Testers and Evaluators (T&E’ers) must understand, speak the language of, and properly integrate with the needs and processes of their major customers, the program managers and systems engineers. This training course shall present a basic overview of key program management processes such as leadership, planning, monitoring, control, work breakdown structure, scheduling, budgeting, contracting, and earned value management; and key systems engineering processes such as requirements analysis, functional analysis, partitioning, design, risk management, trade studies, and concurrent and specialty engineering. These areas shall be presented with a perspective that will help ensure that testers and evaluators become better informed and more effective members of any development team. The purpose of this training course is to provide knowledge and tools that empower the workforce to maintain Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) as the T&E center of excellence.

Without this training course, Test and Evaluation employees would lack the fundamental concepts of Test and Evaluation, Systems Engineering, and Program Management.

Intended Audience: Test and Evaluation Workforce

Attendee Pre-requisites: None

Course Title: What Test and Evaluators Need to Know About Program Management and Systems Engineering and Why

Course Length: 2 days (16 hours)

Number of Trainings Requested: (5) total see below

Base Year (BY): Two courses

Option Year (OY) One: One course

Option Year (OY) Two: One course

Option Year (OY) Three: One course

Base Year (BY) Period of Performance (PoP): 7/1/2022 - 3/14/2023

Option Year (OY) One (PoP): 03/15/2023 - 3/14/2024

Option Year (OY) Two (PoP): 03/15/2024 - 03/14/2025

Option Year (OY) Three (PoP): 03/15/2025 - 03/14/2026

Estimated Training Dates:

Base Year (BY): 9-AUG 2022, 16-AUG 2022

Option Year (OY) One: 23-MAY 2023

Option Year (OY) Two: 21-MAY 2024

Option Year (OY) Three: 20-MAY 2025

Delivery Methods:

• On-site/in-person at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme Division

• Virtual - Microsoft Teams

• In-person training at local hotel within a 10-mile radius of Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme Division

Number of Students: 20

2.0 Course Content: This training presents a basic overview of key program management processes such as leadership, planning, monitoring, control, work breakdown structure, scheduling, budgeting, contracting, and earned value management; and key systems engineering processes such as requirements analysis, functional analysis, partitioning, design, risk management, trade studies, and concurrent and specialty engineering. These areas are presented with a perspective that will help ensure that testers and evaluators become better informed and more effective members of any development team.

2.1 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: This course shall include the following technical content:

Program Management: Program and program life cycle overview; Planning and control; Work Breakdown Structure; Scheduling; Estimating and budgeting; Earned Value Management; Contract Types

Systems Engineering: Systems Engineering Overview; Intro to Specialty Engineering Disciplines;

System Reliability; System Safety; Risk Management; Trade Studies; Mission Engineering

Test and Evaluation: Overview; Test design and planning, evaluation framework; Verify vs validate;

Developmental Test/Operational Test/Integrated Testing; Integrated Test and Evaluation; T&E programmatics; Test and Evaluation early in programs

Integrating Systems Engineering and Test and Evaluation into Agile: Overview of Agile and Development, Security, and Operations; Integrating Systems Engineering and Agile; Integrating Test an Evaluation and Agile

Special Topics: Human Systems Integration; Unmanned and Autonomous Sys Systems Engineering and Test and Evaluation; Future Issues

Modeling and Simulation

Case Studies

DOD Acquisition

Instructional Techniques: The government would like both requested training events occurring during the Base Year to be conducted virtually, and the flexibility for the training events in the Option Years to be conducted either virtually or on-site/in-person. Instructors are required to lecture using hands-on labs with the goal of increasing attendee participation and knowledge. For live, online training, virtual labs will be administered/managed by the vendor. Web-teleconference and virtual labs must be accessible by web browser. Software cannot be downloaded or installed on government assets. NOTE: Naval Surface

Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme Division (PHD) (NSWC PHD) uses Microsoft Teams as a communication and collaboration platform; however, government laptops do not have web cameras.

Pre-tests and Post-tests: Pre-tests and Post-tests consisting of questions that support the course content are required for each course. Pre and post tests should be used to test an attendee’s knowledge prior to completion with the goal of showing increased knowledge after completion of the Post-test. Pre and Post Tests shall be sent to NSWC PHD via email to: steven.k.cosgrove.civ@us.navy.mil.

Record of Daily Attendance: Instructors shall keep a record of student attendance during each course to ensure proper attendance can be recorded at the time of training completion. Attendance shall be kept for each day to ensure attendees are present. Upon completion of the training, instructor signed attendance record(s) shall be sent to NSWC PHD via email to: steven.k.cosgrove.civ@us.navy.mil to issue credit for attendance.

Completion Certificates: Each student shall be administered a Completion Certification consisting of the attendees name, name of training course completed, training length in days and hours, and the date the training was completed. Upon completion of the training, certificates shall be sent for distribution to NSWC PHD via email to: steven.k.cosgrove.civ@us.navy.mil.

Certification Exam Vouchers: Not required.

3.0 Requirements:

A. 2-day, 16 hour, 20 person What Test and Evaluators Need to Know About Program Management and Systems Engineering and Why Course at NSWC Port Hueneme Division. [(CLIN 0001 – Base Year (BY), Period of Performance 7/1/2022 - 3/14/2023]: The vendor shall conduct two

(2) training events for twenty students in accordance with the topics of discussion detailed above. The vendor shall provide all training materials (i.e., Curriculum, Outlines, Student Handbooks/Workbooks, and Presentations). Training shall be conducted via MS Teams for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division. One expert-level instructor shall be provided to support this 16-hour training course.

B. 2-day, 16 hour, 20 person What Test and Evaluators Need to Know About Program Management and Systems Engineering and Why Course at NSWC Port Hueneme Division.

[(Option CLIN 0002 – Option Year (OY) One, Period of Performance 03/15/2023 - 3/14/2024]: The vendor shall conduct one (1) training event for twenty students in accordance with the topics of discussion detailed above. The vendor shall provide all training materials (i.e., Curriculum, Outlines, Student Handbooks/Workbooks, and Presentations). Training shall be conducted via MS Teams or in-person/on-site for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division. One expert-level instructor shall be provided to support this 16-hour training course.

C. 2-day, 16 hour, 20 person What Test and Evaluators Need to Know About Program

[(Option CLIN 0003 – Option Year (OY) Two, Period of Performance 03/15/2024 - 03/14/2025]:

The vendor shall conduct one (1) training event for twenty students in accordance with the topics of discussion detailed above. The vendor shall provide all training materials (i.e., Curriculum, Outlines, Student Handbooks/Workbooks, and Presentations). Training shall be conducted via MS Teams or in-person/on-site for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division. One expert-level instructor shall be provided to support this 16-hour training course.

D. 2-day, 16 hour, 20 person What Test and Evaluators Need to Know About Program

[(Option CLIN 0004 – Option Year (OY) Three, Period of Performance 03/15/2025 - 03/14/2026]:

The vendor shall conduct one (1) training event for twenty students in accordance with the topics of discussion detailed above. The vendor shall provide all training materials (i.e., Curriculum, Outlines, Student Handbooks/Workbooks, and Presentations). Training shall be conducted via MS Teams or in-person/on-site for Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division. One expert-level instructor shall be provided to support this 16-hour training course.

4.0 Performance Based Criteria:

Performance Requirement: The contractor shall provide a What Test and Evaluators Need to Know About Program Management and Systems Engineering and Why training course.

Performance Standard: Based on a score of “1” to “5” in the 16 categories of the NSWC PHD Office of Workforce Development Course Evaluation Survey. These 16 categories are listed on the associated Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP), page 5 and 6, column name: Standards/AQLs, paragraph (c).

Acceptable Quality Level: The contractor shall cover 100% of the topics listed in Section 2.0 Course Content and 2.1 Technical Requirements over the length of the training course. A Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) will be used to determine if the contractor's performance meets the performance standards contained in the contract.

Method of Surveillance: NSWC PHD Office of Workforce Development will provide a course evaluation to each course participant, which will then be provided to the contractor and the Engineering and Test Office Training point of contact.

Incentive: Failure to meet acceptable quality levels may result in an unsatisfactory past performance report by the Government.