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Statement of Work

Performance-based Work Statement (PWS) Airborne Magnetic and Electromagnetic Survey: Fort Irwin National Training Center, California

VISION STATEMENT

Geophysically map lithology and subsurface structure of groundwater basins within the Fort Irwin National Training Center (NTC).

1 INTRODUCTION

The USGS requests airborne geophysical data covering portions of the Fort Irwin NTC (see location map in Figure 1 and coordinate list in Table 1) using magnetic and electromagnetic methods.

A magnetic and electromagnetic system is required that can image lithologic variations and structural controls (faults and folds) on groundwater within a series of basins. These data are intended for rigorous inversion and interpretation of the 3-D geometry and lithology of the subsurface. These data will be used to provide input to groundwater flow models as well as to constrain models of the geologic and tectonic evolution of the region.

1.1 Mission

The goal is to provide high quality airborne magnetic and electromagnetic data that will be used for hydrogeologic investigations and geological framework studies.

1.2 Background

Basins within the NTC are floored by Jura-Cretaceous igneous basement and mantled by Tertiary volcanic, alluvial, and lacustrine deposits. These basins are heavily faulted and surrounded by significant topography.

An airborne electromagnetic (AEM) system is required that can image the complex structural framework and internal stratigraphy of these basins. These data are intended for numerical inversion to determine the 3-D extent of structural geologic features and hydrostratigraphy within the study area. The resulting models will be used to create a geological framework to be input into groundwater flow models. The USGS requires a platform that is well suited for near-surface (10-30 m depth) investigations yet able to resolve electrically conductive structures at depths in excess of 250 m beneath sediments. The data must be well characterized and corrected for any system response and drift.

1.3 Scope

The Contractor shall furnish all travel, mobilization, labor, materials, aircraft and aircraft facilities, and demobilization, except as otherwise specified herein, required for conducting a magnetic and electromagnetic survey within the NTC. The contractor shall provide digitally recorded and processed airborne data in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications set forth in this contract.

Mobilization and demobilization costs for equipment should be based on shipment from the vendor’s location to Barstow-Daggett, California which is approximately 40 miles southwest of the Fort Irwin NTC.

Aircraft fuel will not be provided by the Government. Actual flight staging will be within Bicycle Basin near the southeast corner of the core survey area (3905000N, 533000E). Security clearance is not required to access the NTC, however all crew on site will be required to complete a background check. Please note that anyone with a past criminal record will not be allowed on base.

Once determination of the contract award has been made, the USGS will require a list of all crew members, regardless of nationality, from the vendor. This information will be provided to Ft. Irwin who will prepare the required memo for access to the base. Bike Lake Airfield will permit refueling from an off-base fuel truck at Bicycle Basin staging area. The contractor driving the fuel truck will also be required to pass the background check and if known, should be on the list of crew members.

1.3a Flight Lines The government has a definite requirement for and plans to award a minimum of 1000 line km (621.4 line

mi) for item number one (Table 1).

Optional “Add-On” line kilometers may also be awarded at the time of contract award, up to 1500 additional line km, in part or all, or later upon issuance of modification, or they may not be awarded at all.

The government plans to make one (1) contract award for the area listed.

Optional advanced processing may be awarded at the time of contract award or later upon issuance of modification, or it may not be awarded at all. Advanced processing requirements are described in section 3.1, item p.

For optional “Add-On” line km and/or advanced processing, the government may require the delivery of the numbered line item identified in the schedule as optional “Add-On” line kilometers and/or advanced processing, in part or all, at the price stated in the schedule. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option once or multiple times by written notice to the contractor. These written notices may be issued at any time from date of award through contractor demobilization. The Contracting Officer may order all or any portion of the options’s estimated quantity through the issuance of one or more written notifications up to the estimated quantity stated in the schedule.

Table 1. Description of Supplies/Services and Price

Item No. Quantity Unit Price Amount

1. Airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey of core area (MINIMUM 1000 line km)

1000 line km $_____/km $_____ (621.4 line mi)

2. Optional “add on” line kilometers of add-on areas

(NOT TO EXCEED an additional 1500 line km):

1500 line km $_____/km $_____ (932.1 line mi)

3. Mobilization/Demobilization 1 job $_____

4. Stand-by days 3 days $_____/day $_____

5. Optional advanced data processing Minimum 1000 line km $_____/km $_____ (621.4 line mi)

NOTE: Offeror’s must quote pricing, in U.S. dollars, for all line items to be considered for an award.

NOTE: All quantities are estimated- no quantities are guaranteed.

1.3b Area(s) to be flown The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) geographical coordinates of the core and the larger investigation area, are listed in Table 2 and shown in Figure 1.

NOTE: Any variations from the required specifications listed below shall be discussed in the proposal along with their anticipated effect on survey results.

Figure 1. Fort Irwin NTC (yellow outline) with core area (line item 1, green outline) and potential add-on survey areas (line items 2, red outlines) shown. All coordinates are WGS84, UTM Zone 11. Black outline is approximate area of recent airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys. Coordinates are provided in Table 2.

Table 2. Corner UTM coordinates for the core (green on Fig. 1) survey area. See Fig. 1 for corners of add-on survey area.

Corners of the BASE Core Survey Area

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Northwest 506,000 3,929,000

Southwest 506,000 3,912,000

Southeast 533,000 3,912,000 Northeast 533,000 3,929,000

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zone 11, meters)

UTM Y (WGS84,

zone 11, meters)

Northwest 491,000 3,912,000

Southwest 491,000 3,887,000

Southeast 533,000 3,887,000 Northeast 533,000 3,912,000

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zone 11, meters)

UTM Y (WGS84,

zone 11, meters)

Northwest 533,000 3,929,000

Southwest 533,000 3,908,000

Southeast 577,000 3,908,000 Northeast 577,000 3,929,000

2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, and facilities, except as otherwise specified herein, required for conducting a magnetic and electromagnetic survey within the Forth Itwin NTC. The contractor will provide digitally recorded and processed airborne data in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications set forth in this contract.

In all cases of emergency during the course of this project if the COR is not available, the Contractor may contact the Technical Liaison (TL).

The core survey area is part of an active training area at Fort Irwin NTC. Therefore, the area of interest must be flown within a timeline to be closely coordinated with the NTC. The USGS requires that flight operations be carried out during a limited time window from June 13 to July 5, 2015. The specified time windows represent the only significant (1 week or longer) time window during which flight operations can be carried out. The crew will coordinate with Desert Ops at the Bicycle Lake staging area, who will inform the crew of any additional airspace issues. The FAA not responsible for airspace over Ft Irwin.

2.1 Non-Personal Services

The Government shall neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services. If the contractor believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it shall be the contractor's responsibility to notify the Contracting Officer (CO) immediately.

2.2 Business Relations

The contractor shall successfully integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute the requirement.

The contractor shall manage the timeliness, completeness, and quality of problem identification. The contractor shall provide corrective action plans, proposal submittals, timely identification of issues, and effective management of subcontractors. The contractor shall seek to ensure customer satisfaction and professional and ethical behavior of all contractor personnel.

2.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract, management, and personnel administration.

2.3.1 Contract Management

The contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to the requirement. The contractor must maintain continuity between the support operations at the location of the survey area and the contractor's corporate offices.

2.3.2 Contract Administration

The contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement. The contractor shall respond to Government requests for contractual actions in a timely fashion. The contractor shall have a single point of contact between the Government and Contractor personnel assigned to support contracts or task orders. The contractor shall assign work effort and maintaining proper and accurate time keeping records of personnel assigned to work on the requirement.

2.3.3 Personnel Administration

The contractor shall provide the following management and support as required. The contractor shall provide for employees during designated Government non-work days or other periods where Government offices are closed due to weather or security conditions. The contractor shall maintain the currency of their employees by providing initial and refresher training as required to meet the PWS requirements. The contractor shall make necessary travel arrangements for employees. The contractor shall provide necessary infrastructure to support this contract tasks. The contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion (time keeping, leave processing, pay, emergency needs).

2.4 Subcontract Management

The contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to integrate work performed on this requirement and shall be responsible and accountable for subcontractor performance on this requirement. The contractor shall manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) considerations with subcontractors. The contractor may add subcontractor(s) after notification to, and approval of the Contracting Officer (CO) or the Contracting Officer Representative

(COR).

2.5 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The contractor shall accomplish the assigned work by employing and utilizing qualified personnel with appropriate combinations of education, training, and experience. The contractor shall match personnel skills to the work or task with a minimum of under/over employment of resources. The Contractor shall provide the necessary resources and infrastructure to manage, perform, and administer the contract.

2.6 Location and Hours of Work

Accomplishment of the results contained in this PWS requires work at the survey site area and at various contractor, subcontractor, and Government facilities (mainly in the continental United States).

2.7 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

All travel and mobilization requirements shall be included in the Contractor’s price.

3 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

TASK 3.1 The Contractor shall acquire and process high-quality airborne electromagnetic (AEM) data.

NOTE: The contractor shall discuss in their proposal, the merits and possible disadvantages of these performance measures as well as any considerations which would require the modification of these performance measures.

Performance-based Flight Specifications. Failure to meet these specifications shall require additional flights by the Contractor, at no additional cost to the Government, until the specifications are fully met. The Contractor may not demobilize from the field until the Scientist in Charge approves the preliminary data.

a) Line spacing and direction. Flight lines over the core survey area shall have a nominal spacing of 400 meters in a north-south direction, but may be increased toward the west and east ends of the core area. Line spacing over the add-on survey area will be 400 meters or greater. The final flight line configuration within the core and add-on survey areas is left to the discretion of the USGS.The spacing between flight lines shall not exceed 125% of the specified line spacing for more than 800 meters, unless required by a safety or FAA regulation consideration.

b) Flight speed. Neither helicopter air speed nor ground speed shall exceed 80 mph during the survey. The nominal airspeed and data recording rate shall be specified in the proposal and discussed in terms of ground sampling interval.

c) Data recording rate. A nominal data recording rate of 0.1 seconds (10 Hz) or greater frequency shall be used for all systems.

d) Transit flights. All instruments shall be turned on and recording during transit between the base and survey area. Transit line data are to be delivered together with production data.

e) Terrain clearance of AEM system. Ground clearance of the electromagnetic sensor shall be maintained as close to 100 feet (30 meters) as possible. Deviations from this standard shall be acceptable for safety, legal, and aircraft performance reasons only. The contractor shall obtain clearance(s) required for low-altitude flights as necessary.

f) GPS system. A real-time, dual-frequency-phase GPS system suitable for post-flight differential correction shall be used during flights for all areas. A GPS receiver shall be mounted in or on the system frame and the flight path of both the helicopter and system frame will be recorded. A local GPS base station shall be used. The horizontal accuracy shall be no worse than 1 meter with post processing, and shall be reported to 0.00001 degrees. The datum shall be WGS84, with final coordinates also presented in UTM Zone 11N.

g) Altimeters. Barometric, laser, and radar altimeters shall be operated during all flights. A laser altimeter shall be mounted in or on the airframe for a towed system.Radar and laser altimeters shall be calibrated and accurate to within 0.5 meters for terrain clearances of 80 meters or more.

h) Sensor frame attitude. Measurements of system attitude (pitch and roll) shall be made using one or more inclinometers on the system frame. Attitude data shall be recorded by the data acquisition system every 0.1 second.

i) Digital terrain models (DTMs). DTMs derived from survey data, or preexisting DTMs, shall be sampled no more coarsely than 1/3 (one third) the terrain clearance.

j) Digital camera. A digital camera shall be used to record the terrain passing beneath the helicopter. Time and fiducial marks shall be superimposed on the video recording or digital pictures to allow direct correlation of the flight path with the digitally recorded geophysical data. In level flight, the viewing angle of the camera shall not be more than 2 degrees from vertical.

k) Current Waveform. The current waveform will be sampled and recorded at no greater than 1 minute intervals while in flight.

l) Test Line and System Noise Specifications. In advance or immediately prior to the survey, the system will be flown in both directions at typical production speeds at three (3) altitudes (30 m, 50 m, and 70 m) over a 5 km test line where prior ground TEM soundings have been acquired by the USGS. All costs associated with flying the test line are to be incorporated in item 3and will not count toward production flying. The test-line data will be evaluated by the Contractor and the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COR) or designated scientist. The evaluation shall be done overnight in the field. To the extent possible, system parameters shall then be optimized before routine surveying is started. Where prior ground truth information has been obtained, the USGS reserves the right to utilize these data to validate the calibration of the airborne system on the test line. Layered-earth models from the ground truth data will be used by the USGS to generate the forward response upward continued to the specific flight altitude using the airborne system specifications. Full specifications for the airborne system will be supplied to the USGS at least 1 month in advance of the test flight (system specifications are to include: system geometry, time gates, current waveform, system filters). A comparison between measured data and the upward-continued responses shall be made by the USGS within 24 hours and prior to initiation of the main survey. The measured data and upward-continued responses must agree to within 25%, or another level to be mutually agreed upon, at early times (less than 100 μsec) or high frequencies (greater than 10 kHz) and 10% at late time (greater than 1 msec) or low frequencies (less than 10 kHz) before a “Notice To Proceed” will be issued by the Contracting Officer or designated scientist-in-charge.

A sample of measured high-altitude (system response) data collected with the system to be employed shall be provided to the USGS within 2 weeks of a signed contract. These data will be used to define an empirical noise function for the system. This noise function will serve as a guideline in defining, through mutual agreement, a ‘maximum noise level’ that is acceptable for the survey. This maximum noise level will become a contract specification, and must not be exceeded during the survey.

m) System response. The platform shall be periodically elevated until the earth response vanishes. The raw data shall be recorded during ascent, at altitude, and upon descent. Such system response measurements shall be performed at the beginning and end of each flight as well as every 30 minutes within the first hour of flying, and every hour thereafter. Forward motion during ascent and descent should be the minimum required to keep the system oriented within normal operating specifications (i.e. level with the ground).

Spheric, power line, and general system noise shall be monitored, recorded, and included as part of the data deliverables. Static and in-flight system noise levels over a specified averaging time shall be specified in advance of the survey, assuming that spheric levels are typical for morning hours. Measurements of static noise levels and in-flight noise level at altitude shall be made before the survey, as well as at the beginning and end of each flight. The measured noise levels shall be at or below the ’maximum noise level’ to be mutually agreed upon before the start of the survey.

n) Data synchronization. All data acquisition systems in the aircraft and on the ground must be synchronized in real time. Digital recordings of all measurements shall be made at all times during the survey.

o) Raw flight data. AEM data are to be compiled at the end of each day and examined by the Contactor who will perform quality control. The data are to be delivered the following morning. The data shall be delivered in a Geosoft database format with Datum WGS84, Local datum transform, and Projection Method UTM. The USGS will perform independent quality assurance.

p) Advanced processing. If awarded, advanced processing includes the culling of distorted AEM data due to proximity to cultural noise sources and complete laterally- or spatially-constrained 1D-inversion of the post-processed data. Both minimum-layer (parameterized) and smooth (regularized) inversion models will be calculated and provided together with estimates of depth-of-investigation (DOI) for each model. The inversion method and approach to DOI calculation must be described in the proposal.

TASK 3.2 The Contractor shall acquire and process high-quality airborne magnetic data.

NOTE: The contractor shall discuss in their proposal, the merits and possible disadvantages of these performance measures as well as any considerations which would require the modification of these performance measures.

Performance-based Flight Specifications. Failure to meet these specifications shall require additional flights by the Contractor, at no additional cost to the Government, until the specifications are fully met. The Contractor may not demobilize from the field until the Scientist in Charge approves the preliminary data.

a) Line spacing and direction. Flight lines over the core survey area shall have a spacing of 400 meters in a north-south direction. Line spacing over the add-on survey area will be 400 meters or greater. Tie line spacing shall be 4 kilometers in an east-west direction The spacing between flight lines shall not exceed 125% of the specified line spacing for more than 800 meters, unless required by a safety or FAA regulation consideration.

b) Terrain clearance of magnetometer system. Nominal terrain clearance shall be governed by the specification put forth in Task 3.1 for the AEM data. Deviations from this standard shall be acceptable for safety, legal, and aircraft performance reasons only. The contractor shall obtain clearance(s) required for low-altitude flights as necessary.

c) Data recording rate. A nominal data recording rate of 0.1 seconds (10 Hz) or greater frequency shall be used for all systems.

d) Transit flights. All instruments shall be turned on and recording during transit between the base and survey area. Transit line data are to be delivered together with production data.

e) GPS system. A real-time, dual-frequency-phase GPS system suitable for post-flight differential correction shall be used during flights for all areas. A GPS receiver shall be mounted in or on the system frame and the flight path of both the helicopter and system frame will be recorded. A local GPS base station shall be used. The horizontal accuracy shall be no worse than 1 meter with post processing, and shall be reported to 0.00001 degrees. The datum shall be WGS84, with final coordinates also presented in UTM Zone 11N.

f) Altimeters. Barometric, laser, and radar altimeters shall be operated during all flights. A laser altimeter shall be mounted in or on the airframe for a towed system.Radar and laser altimeters shall be calibrated and accurate to within 0.5 meters for terrain clearances of 80 meters or more.

g) Airborne magnetometer. Total intensity magnetometers used to perform the survey shall have a sensitivity of 0.1 nT or better. Values shall be obtained along flight lines at intervals no greater that 10 meters. The error envelope due to turbulence and the internal magnetometer noise shall not exceed 0.1 nT for more than 10% of any flight line. If mounted on or in the aircraft, the magnetometer shall be compensated for errors caused by the magnetic field of the aircraft such that maneuver noise shall not exceed 3 nT for pitches or rolls of 20 degrees and heading changes shall not cause a variation of more than 1 nT in the magnetic reading. If mounted in a bird or a stinger, the magnetometer shall be compensated for errors that may be caused by the magnetic field of the aircraft, and other possible sources of errors, such as bird swing.

h) Base station magnetometer. One or more continuously recording ground magnetometers shall be located within 80 kilometers of all survey points. A total intensity magnetometer shall be used to monitor diurnal drift. A single location for each survey area shall be designated. The magnetometer shall have a resolution of 0.2 nT or better, have absolute control of 0.5 nT or better and a noise envelope of less than or equal to

0.1 nT. It shall be located so that sources of man-made noise such as vehicular traffic do not exceed 1 nT. It shall be sampled at less than or equal to 1 second intervals during airborne data acquisition. Digital recordings of the ground magnetometer made during times of airborne acquisition shall be available at all times during the survey. The digital data shall include the date, and absolute value of the magnetometer, and GPS time with accurate synchronization to the aircraft data acquisition system.

i) Data synchronization. All data acquisition systems in the aircraft and on the ground must be synchronized in real time. Digital recordings of all measurements shall be made at all times during the survey.

j) Magnetic storms. Magnetic survey data shall not be acceptable when gathered during magnetic storms or short term disturbances of the magnetic activity at the ground station used that exceed the following:

1. Monotonic changes in the magnetic field of 5 nT in any 5 minute period.

2. Pulsations having periods of 5 minutes or less shall not exceed 2 nT.

3. Pulsations having periods between 5 and 10 minutes shall not exceed 4 nT.

4. Pulsations having periods between 10 and 20 minutes shall not exceed 8 nT.

The period of a pulsation is defined as the time between adjacent peaks and troughs. The amplitude of a pulsation is one-half the sum of the positive and negative excursions from trough to trough or peak to peak.

k) Diurnal correction. The total field airborne magnetometer shall be corrected for diurnal variation and instrument drift.

l) Basic data processing. Lag, shift, and level corrections shall be applied to the magnetometer and navigation data as appropriate to properly determine outputs from each survey system and coordinates.

Methods of determining and applying these corrections shall be clearly specified.

m) Leveling. Tie-line leveling shall be applied to the diurnally-corrected magnetometer data. Subsequent microleveling may be applied as necessary.

n) IGRF removal. The International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) shall be removed from the leveled magnetic data. IGRF values shall be computed at precise XYZ positions of observed field measurements. At a minimum most leveling shall be completed prior to IGRF removal so that the IGRF can be replaced by the Definitive Geomagnetic Reference Field in future years without having to relevel the data. The correction shall be documented.

4 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

This section describes the special requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

4.1 Security and Safety

The Contractor shall include a Safety Plan with the proposal, and adhere to the Safety Plan during performance of this PWS.

4.2 Quality Control Program (QCP)

The Contractor shall include a QCP with the proposal and shall adhere to the QCP while performing this PWS. The QCP shall, at a minimum, meet normal industry standards. The Contractor, as part of QCP, shall adjust and calibrate sensor equipment, and operate the equipment to meet specifications, and maintain the QCP to meet the interpretational procedures applied to the data.

4.2.1 The Contractor shall check, adjust, and calibrate all geophysical and navigational equipment according to manufacturer’s recommendations immediately before commencing data acquisition and within the time period specified by the manufacturer.

4.2.2 The Contractor shall describe and include as part of the final report, (5.A001): all data processing steps, models, and assumptions which correct, transform, alter, or change raw measured data in any way.

4.3 Government Furnished Materials

The Government will not furnish materials for this contract.

5 DELIVERABLES

5A The contractor shall provide deliverables as described. Format and delivery schedule for deliverables are outlined below:

5.A001 Contractor's report. Report describing all aspects of data acquisition, basic processing, and details of all other deliverables.

5.A002: Geosoft databases of magnetic and electromagnetic data. The databases shall include the following channels:

• line number

• flight line direction

• survey flight number

• fiducial counter

• longitude (decimal degrees, WGS84)

• latitude (decimal degrees, WGS84)

• year and julian date

• time of day

• Raw AEM response for all measured receiver components versus time or frequency. Raw responses consist of un-corrected receiver coil data, i.e. data as they come out of the amplifiers, A/D corrected and converted to nV/m2 (time-domain) or ppm (frequency-domain).

• Minimally-processed AEM response for all measured receiver components versus time or frequency. Minimally-corrected responses have been corrected based on the system response/internal calibration check. Data that have been corrected for bias response and have been stacked/averaged into discrete soundings. Lag correction, if needed, is applied to any data at this step. No data leveling or smoothing is applied.

• Final AEM response for all measured receiver components versus time or frequency. These are data that have undergone further smoothing and/or leveling.

• transmitter current

• GPS elevation

• radar altitude (m)

• laser altitude of AEM sensor (m)

• digital terrain model derived from GPS and altimeter data (m)

• AEM sensor attitude (tilt in degrees)

• base station magnetometer reading

• uncorrected total magnetic intensity

• diurnal-corrected total magnetic intensity

• tie-line leveled total magnetic intensity

• IGRF

• total-field magnetic anomaly

5.A003 AEM system response data. High-altitude AEM system response data for each flight prior to any corrections. Any system response corrections applied to the minimally-processed data shall also be provided. The method used in applying system response corrections to production data shall be provided.

5.A004 AEM processing parameters. Complete record of leveling/corrections/filters applied to the data at each processing step (i.e. any corrections to a given flight/line/sounding for each time gate). Includes the type and widths of averaging filters as part of a detailed description of all processing methods applied to the data.

5.A005 AEM geometric parameters. Includes dimensions of the transmitter loop as a segmented polygon, the number of turns in the Tx, the length of the cable connecting the helicopter and platform, and the relative XYZ position of the Tx loop, EM receiver(s), magnetometer, GPS receivers, radar receiver, lasers, and inclinometers.

5.A006 AEM electrical parameters. Includes base repetition frequency, nominal peak Tx current, generalized current waveform, timing between the beginning of the waveform and the first gate center time, slope and cut-off frequency of the receiver coil, slope and cut-off of any system filters, gate center time, width, and integration envelope specified for each gate.

5.A007 Navigational data. Altitude and positioning data and system frame inclination data.

5.A008 All digital and analog records for airborne systems and any ground monitoring systems if collected.

5.A009 All video or digital camera recordings and the original of all written or recorded electronic navigation information that was used to position the track of the aircraft.

5B If the optional advanced processing item is awarded, the contractor shall provide additional deliverables as described. Format and delivery schedule for deliverables are outlined below:

5.B001 Contractor's advanced processing report. Report describing all aspects of advanced data processing, inversion, and details of all other deliverables. Report must detail all user-manipulated inversion settings and constraints.

5.B002: Geosoft databases of processed electromagnetic data and inverted models. The databases shall include the following channels:

• line number

• flight line direction

• survey flight number

• fiducial counter

• longitude (decimal degrees, WGS84)

• latitude (decimal degrees, WGS84)

• year and julian date

• time of day

• transmitter current

• GPS elevation

• Measured airframe altitude

• Inverted airframe altitude

• digital terrain model derived from GPS and altimeter data (m)

• AEM sensor attitude (tilt in degrees)

• Fully processed AEM response for all measured receiver components versus time or frequency used for inversion. These are data that have undergone further smoothing and/or leveling, and culling/adjustments made for proximity to cultural noise sources.

• Inverted resistivity, smooth laterally or spatially constrained model (minimum 19 layer)

• Inverted resistivity, minimum layer model

• Smooth model discretization (top and bottom depth of each model layer)

• Minimum-layer model discretization (top and bottom depth of each model layer)

• Smooth model goodness-of-fit statistic for each inverted sounding

• Minimum-layer model goodness-of-fit statistic for each inverted sounding

• Depth-of-investigation estimate for each smooth model inverted sounding

• Depth-of-investigation estimate for each minimum-layer model inverted sounding

5.1 Inspection and Acceptance

(a) Before mobilization, the Technical Liaison shall be given a copy of the flight plan for discussion and approval. The Government reserves the right to visit the contractor in the field to observe survey data acquisition and reduction procedures or to visit the contractor at the contractor's place of business to ascertain that proper procedures are being employed in compiling the data. Any data processing or field techniques that are deemed proprietary by the contractor will be maintained proprietary by the USGS inspector(s).

(b) During the course of the survey, the flight crew will maintain contact with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or a designated scientist. Preliminary data shall be sent to the COR or designated scientist daily via overnight mail, e-mail, or computer network to a ftp site.

(c) Preliminary digital flight-line data, base station magnetics, and navigational data shall be submitted at the time the flying is completed for each area via overnight mail, e-mail, or computer network to a ftp site.

The flight crew will remain in the field while the preliminary data are reviewed. This review will take no longer than 24 hours after the COR or designated scientist(s) receives the data.

(d) The contractor shall have thirty (30) days following the completion of flying to submit final deliverables due under section 5A to the address in 5.5 Contract Delivery Terms, below. The Government will conduct its review of the digital data within seven (7) calendar days after receipt of the final deliverables. If corrections or adjustments are required by the Government to fulfill the specifications outlined in section 5, the contractor will have an additional fourteen (14) days following notification of inadequacy to correct the digital data or supporting documentation.

(e) If the optional advanced processing item is awarded, the final deliverables due under section 5A will be provided on the same schedule outlines in Items (c) and (d). The contractor shall have an additional forty-five (45) days following the delivery of the products listed under section 5A to perform the advanced processing and provide deliverables listed under section 5B. The Government will conduct its review of the advanced processing products within seven (7) calendar days after receipt of the final deliverables. If corrections or adjustments are required by the Government to fulfill the specifications outlined in section 5, the contractor will have an additional fourteen (14) days following notification of inadequacy to correct the digital data or supporting documentation.

(f) With the submittal of all final deliverables as listed above, the contractor shall have met all criteria as specified herein and shall have made all corrections required resulting from the Government. The Government reserves the right to review again the deliverables for compliance prior to acceptance by the Contracting Officer. Until final acceptance, deliverables may be returned to the contractor for compliance with corrections listed during the Government's review in above Items (c),(d), and if awarded (e).

5.2 Preservation, Packaging, Packing, and Marking

Preservation, packing, packaging, and marking for shipment of deliverable items called for by the contract shall be in accordance with the best commercial practice to assure acceptance by common carrier at the most economical rate(s).

Packages containing software or other magnetic media shall be marked on external containers with a notice reading substantial as follows: “CAUTION: SOFTWARE/MAGNETIC MEDIA ENCLOSED. DO NOT

EXPOSE TO HEAT OR MAGNETIC FIELDS.”

5.3 Place and Method of Delivery

(a) The delivery point for the supplies and services shall be:

U.S. Geological Survey Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center MS 964, Building 20 Box 25046, Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 Attn: To be determined at time of award

(b) Prices shall be F.O.B. Destination.

5.4 Contract Delivery Terms

Deliveries under this contract shall be in accordance with the following:

(a) Final Deliverables The Contractor shall complete the requirement to provide all drafts, make all required corrections, and submit all final deliverables to the points of acceptance by the Contracting Officer in accordance with the following schedule:

Final products shall be delivered within thirty (30) calendar days following the completion of flying. If optional advanced processing is awarded, additional products will be delivered within seventy-five (75) days following the completion of flying.

(b) Preliminary Copies Preliminary digital flight-line data and/or grids shall be submitted at the completion of flying for the survey area.

6 SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

6.1 Indemnity

The contractor herein is an “independent contractor” and shall obtain all necessary insurance to protect himself from liability arising out of this contract.

The contractor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Government harmless in connection with, any loss or liability from damage to, or destruction of, property or from injuries to, or death of, persons (including the agents and employees of both parties) if such damage, destruction, injury or death arises out of, or is caused by performance of work under this contract, unless such damage, destruction, injury or death is caused solely by the active negligence of the Government, its agents or employees. The contractor agrees to include this clause, appropriately modified, in all subcontracts to be performed under this contract.

A certificate or insurance company statement showing the “contractor” holds $1,000,000.00 liability insurance shall be included with the proposal.

6.2 Permits and Licenses -- General

In the performance of work hereunder, the Contractor shall obtain and maintain in effect all necessary permits, visas, and licenses required by Federal, State, or local government, or subdivision thereof, or of any other duly constituted public authority. At no separate or additional cost to the government, the contractor shall comply with all laws and regulations applicable to work to be performed hereunder, including any revised statutes or regulations effective during the life of the contract.

6.2.1 Applicable Regulations and Permits -- Aircraft Operations

(a) All aircraft used in the performance of the work under this contract shall be maintained and operated in accordance with all required Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, including Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations Part 375 entitled, “Navigation of Foreign Civil Aircraft within the United States,” published 3/3/86. Additional or separate charges may not be made under this contract for compliance with FAA regulations, including any revisions made since 1986 and during the life of the contract.

Certificates of airworthiness and registrations for the proposed aircraft shall be included in the proposal.

(b) When the project falls under controlled air space, the contractor shall contact the appropriate Air Route Traffic Control Center.

(c) If the project area includes all or part of a military installation or other classified area, the contractor must comply with all security regulations associated with taking, reproducing, or distributing photographs of these facilities, and must satisfy Department of Defense (DOD) security requirements specified in DOD 5220.22M, “Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information.” The contractor may be required to visit the installation to obtain necessary clearance from the military commander. Difficulty obtaining the necessary clearance should be reported to the Contracting Officer Immediately. All photographic materials resulting from photography of classified areas shall be handled, stored, and shipped in accordance with security regulations.

(End of PWS)

Clauses

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es) http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ http://www.doi.gov/pam/aindex.html

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. (JUL 2013) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (NOV 2014) 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror (NOV 2014) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (NOV 2014) http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

52.204-19 Incorporated by Reference of Representations and Certifications (DEC 2014) 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation.

(MAY 2011)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items. (DEC 2014) 52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (SEP 2013) 52.223-3 Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data (JAN 1997) 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information (MAY 2011) 52.223-6 Drug-Free Workplace (MAY 2001) 52.223-17 Affirmative Procurement of EPA Designated Items in Service and Construction Contracts (MAY 2008) 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications. (DEC 2012) 52.227-14 Rights in Data – General (MAY 2014) 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations. (JUN 2013) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. (DEC 2013) 52.233-1 Disputes (MAY 2014) 52.246-4 Inspection of Services – Fixed Price (AUG 1996)

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items. (MAR 2015)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Dec 2014)

(2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

__X_ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

___ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

___ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section…