Atch_1_MEUAS_IV_PWS_1Oct19.pdf

H9240819R0001 Attachment 1, PWS 1 Oct 19

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems IV (MEUAS IV)

1 October 2019

Vision Statement

1 Introduction

1.1 Mission

1.2 Background

1.3 Scope

2 General Requirements

2.1 Non-Personal Services

2.2 Business Relations

2.3 Contract Administration and Management

2.3.1 Contract Management

2.3.2 Contract Administration

2.3.3 Personnel Administration

2.4 Subcontract Management

2.5 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

2.6 Location and Hours of Work

2.7 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

3 Performance Requirements

3.1 Pre-Deployment /Transition

3.2 AISR Hours Operation

3.3 Flight Technical Performance

3.4 Primary Payload (FMV Sensor) Technical Performance

3.5 Data Link Technical Performance

3.6 Secondary Payload (Capacity) Techical Performace

3.7 Transition / Post Deployment

3.8 Program Management (Site Personnel)

3.9 Program Management (Site AISR Operations)

3.10 Logisitics Managament

3.11 Program Management (Administration)

4 USG Support

4.1 Pre-deployment

4.2 Transition-In

4.3 Transition-Out

4.4 Post Deployment

4.5 Site Facilities

4.6 USG Secondary Payloads & Crypto Transport

4.7 QASP / MOEs

4.8 DD-254

5 Deliverables

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems IV (MEUAS IV)

Vision Statement

Provide continuous 24 hours per day, seven days per week (24/7) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) at United States Government (USG) specified overseas locations via contractor owned, contractor operated (COCO) runway independent, unmanned airborne ISR (AISR) services with the maximum flexibility possible in meeting site-unique requirements.

1.0 Introduction

The purpose of this PWS is to define the contracted service requirements to meet the mid-endurance unmanned AISR operations and support needs of Special Operations

Forces (SOF).

1.1 Mission

The various SOF missions need a total turn-key organic solution for 24/7/365 unmanned AISR services at USG specified location(s). These services include, but are not limited to delivering the most capable MEUAS platforms and payloads, providing the experts in system operations and maintenance, and leading efficient logistic and program management processes. The SOF mission requires responsive, real-time management of personnel travel and equipment transport to and from deployment sites, dependable availability of reliable shelters, equipment, spares, fuel, electric power, contract and management systems, and facilities to successfully meet, plan, organize, staff, direct, and control unmanned AISR services. SOF operators rely heavily on these

MEUAS services, which enable SOF to establish, operate, and maintain their overall

AISR mission capability within the deployment Area of Responsibility (AOR) dependent solely on these COCO MEUAS services.

1.2 Background

MEUAS IV is a follow-on contract to provide AISR services to SOF personnel and missions. Due to changing threats, mission needs, and available capabilities, the

MEUAS IV contract has increased in scope over previous MEUAS contracts. MEUAS IV defines improvements in the technical performance required of the unmanned AISR systems and payloads, logistics, and program management support required to successfully deliver MEUAS services.

1.3 Scope

This MEUAS IV Services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will provide SOF with COCO mid-endurance unmanned AISR for the next five years.

Offerors who meet the Threshold requirements of this IDIQ contract will then have the ability to propose their services for individual SOF sites supported by this IDIQ contract.

These individual SOF sites are unique in mission requirements, geography, and infrastructure, which will necessitate varying the technical, logistic and management capability values within the overall Threshold-to-Objective requirement spectrum in the site proposal requests.

2.0 General Requirements

This section describes the general requirements for this effort. The following subsections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

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 Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) immediately. Contractor comments such as, “The Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Program Manager told me to do it” are not acceptable.

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 all deployed locations 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 (POC) between the Government and contractor personnel assigned to support contracts or task orders. The contractor shall assign work and maintain proper and accurate timekeeping records of personnel assigned to work on the requirement. The contractor shall not deviate from the contracted scope of work. Contractor comments such as, “The Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or Program Manager told me to do it” are not acceptable. Contractual changes can only be authorized by the

Contracting Officer.

2.3.3 Personnel Administration

The contractor shall provide the following management and support as required.

For CONUS/corporate located contractors supporting this effort:

The contractor shall provide necessary infrastructure to support contract tasks and make necessary travel arrangements for employees. The contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion (e.g., timekeeping, leave processing, pay, emergency needs).

For deployed contractors supporting this effort:

The deployed locations being supported are operational 24/7 every day of the year (no holidays/weekends off). The contractor shall provide necessary infrastructure to support ongoing contract tasks. The contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion (e.g., timekeeping, 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 prime contractor shall manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) considerations. Contractors may add subcontractors to their team after notification to the PCO and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). For all subcontractor responsibilities to the Government (e.g., Letters of Authorization (LOAs), Common

Access Cards (CACs), training) the prime contractor will still be the sole Point of

Contact (POC).

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 ensure the deployed footprint (personnel and equipment) utilized in the performance of each Task Order (TO) issued hereunder will be the minimum necessary to accomplish the task with consideration for sparing required to prevent a work stoppage due to re-supply delays of up to 60 days. 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 various deployed

Outside Contiguous United States (OCONUS) locations as well as various contractor, subcontractor, and Government facilities stateside.

SOCOM CONUS personnel normal workdays are Monday through Friday except US

Federal holidays. Workers typically work eight (8) hours per day, 40 hours per week.

Flextime workers start not earlier than 0600 and not later than 0900. Core hours of work are from 0900 to 1500 Eastern Standard Time (EST). The single contractor POC is expected to be available during core hours.

For deployed personnel, the sites supported are operational 24/7 all year. The contractor must have a process in place to respond in a timely manner to urgent situations that may arise with their personnel downrange (e.g., travel emergencies, medical emergencies).

2.7 Travel

Excluding operational site travel, all travel requirements (including plans, agenda, itinerary, or dates) shall be pre-approved by the Government Contracting Officer

(subject to local policy procedures), and is on a strictly cost-reimbursable basis. Costs for travel shall be billed in accordance with FAR 31.205-46.

3.0 Performance Requirements

MEUAS IV service must be able to start delivering unmanned AISR capability for SOF warfighters at USG specified locations within 90 days of contract tasking. Once deployed at a site, the MEUAS IV services must provide a minimum of 300 through a maximum of 1,200 flight hours per month, as ordered on the task order. MEUAS IV technical requirements include aircraft flight performance, full motion video (FMV) sensor performance (considered a contractor furnished), and a secondary payload capacity (payloads in addition to the FMV sensor). When MEUAS IV service requirements require a contractor’s departure from a site, the contractor must remove their equipment and personnel without causing a break in continuing unmanned AISR operations. Additionally, MEUAS IV services must provide incidental engineering support as negotiated by individual task order. Engineering support includes future requirements for system enhancements, alternative/additional payloads, additional systems testing, payload integration, safety certifications, performance upgrade, and systems engineering. MEUAS IV services shall also provide operation, maintenance, logistic and management capabilities for each operational deployment location task order to ensure that the minimum specifications outlined in this PWS are satisfied.

MEUAS IV services will be provided in a safe and reliable manner.

This PWS is meant as an overview of basic scope of the requirements. Details will be provided for each individual requirement via a request for task order proposal as addressed in Section H of this contract. Minimum requirements for services shall include:

3.1 Pre-Deployment MEUAS IV service contractor shall deliver unmanned AISR capability for SOF warfighters at USG specified location(s) within 90 days of contract tasking.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts a pre-deployment site survey, as well as, prepares and submits pre-deployment site survey (PDSS) reports.

AQL: All required USG support is identified to meet Initial Operation Capability (IOC).

b) STD: Deploys equipment and personnel to meet (Full Operational Capability).

AQL: All required personnel and equipment is in place for scheduled start (Full

Operational Capability), unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the

Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

Deliverables

a) A001 MEUAS IV Pre-Deployment Site Survey Report

b) A002 MEUAS IV Site Specific Standard Operating Procedures

3.1.1 The Contractor shall perform site surveys at ordered deployment locations to assess the adequacy of infrastructure to support ISR services.

The USG contracting officer reserves the right to re-compete the task order or waive requirements if the contractor identifies site issues during the PDSS that prevent the required services by the required start date.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts a pre-deployment site survey, as well as, prepares and submits pre-deployment site survey (PDSS) reports within 30 days of the task order award detailing type and quantity of USG support required and any contractor performance-limiting factors to meeting service requirements, unless a waiver is requested in a timely manner and is approved by the Contracting Officer.

AQL: All required USG support identified and all contractor performance limiting factors identified in the site survey report.

Deliverables

a) A001 MEUAS IV Pre-Deployment Site Survey Report

3.1.2 The Contractor shall prepare all material and equipment for shipment on commercial and military transportation systems including but not limited to export/import licenses and hazardous material certifications per Defense Transportation Regulation, Part II Chapter 208, including shipment and preparation of hazardous materials. (https://www.ustranscom.mil/dtr/part-ii/dtr_part_ii_208.pdf)

The contractor shall pack/palletize all equipment and materials to meet the requirements of both commercial carriers and USG transports. The contractor is responsible to ensure all their equipment and materials are packed in a way that enables loading onto a USG transport and immediately addresses any issues and cargo frustrations preventing the USG loadmaster from accepting the contractor’s equipment and materials due to packing/palletizing. The initial system shipment configuration shall be based on operating for 60 days without resupply in order to provide sufficient spare parts to support the task ordered monthly flight hour level of operations.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts pre-deployment site survey (PDSS) report within 30 days of task order award detailing the equipment and materials packing plan including shipment on https://www.ustranscom.mil/dtr/part-ii/dtr_part_ii_208.pdf commercial carriers and then USG transports from an OCONUS USG transportation facility.

AQL: All required USG support identified and all contractor performance limiting factors identified in the site survey report.

3.1.3 The contractor shall ship all equipment and materials required to support the PWS requirements.

The contractor shall ship all equipment and materials to the USG designated transportation facility using a commercial carrier. The contractor shall then ensure all their equipment and materials are successfully loaded onto a USG transport by addressing any issues and cargo frustrations preventing the USG loadmaster from accepting the contractor’s equipment and materials. The initial system shipment configuration shall be based on operating for 60 days without resupply in order to provide sufficient spare parts to support the task ordered monthly flight hour level of operations.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts pre-deployment site survey within 30 days of task order award detailing the equipment and materials staging plan at the site(s) including but not limited to storage, maintenance, and operations areas as agreed upon with the USG site representative (GSR).

AQL: All required USG support identified and all contractor performance limiting factors identified in the site survey report.

b) STD: Deploys equipment and materials to meet start date with no negative impact to the mission.

AQL: All required equipment in place for scheduled start of operations, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements. Accomplished with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

3.1.4 The Contractor shall ensure deploying personnel have met all requirements necessary to accompany U.S. Armed Forces including but not limited to Aircraft and Personnel Automated Clearance System (APACS), Isolated Personnel

Reports (ISOPREPs), medical requirements, LOAs, and CACs.

The contractor shall arrange transportation for personnel to the designated USG AOR entry point using a commercial carrier. The contractor is then responsible to ensure all personnel successfully enter the AOR by addressing any documentation issues preventing entry of contractor personnel and establish the longest possible visa by country.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts pre-deployment site survey (PDSS) report within 30 days of task order award detailing personnel travel including transport on commercial carriers and then on USG transports from an OCONUS USG designated transportation facility.

AQL: All required USG support identified and all contractor performance limiting factors identified in the site survey report.

b) STD: Deploys personnel to meet start date with zero negative impact to the mission.

AQL: All required personnel in place for scheduled start of operations, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements. Accomplished with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

3.1.5 The Contractor shall equip all UAS personnel with personal protective equipment (PPE) and ballistic protective gear for the assigned deployment AOR as required by local ground force commander.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Deploys personnel to meet start date compliant with applicable standards.

AQL: All required personnel in place for scheduled start of operations with 100% compliance.

Deliverables

a) A002 MEUAS IV Site Specific Standard Operating Procedure

3.1.6 The Contractor shall develop and maintain qualifications and proficiency levels of all UAS personnel. Contractor training, qualification and proficiency records shall be made available for Government review upon request.

The contractor UAS operator personnel must have at conducted at least 50 flight hours on the contractor’s UAS, including at least one live flight, and have completed at least one live flight within 60 days of deployed operations. The contractor engineering and maintainer personnel must have training on their system, subsystem, mechanical, and electronic architectures.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Deploys personnel to meet start date with zero negative impact to the mission.

AQL: All required personnel in place for scheduled start of operations with 100% compliance. Accomplished with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

a) A002 MEUAS IV Site Specific Standard Operating Procedure

3.1.7 The Contractor shall provide all fuels, electrical power, aeronautical maps/charts, launch site weather instrumentation, and Digital Terrain Elevation

Data (DTED) required to perform the requirements of this PWS and associated task orders.

The GSR makes final operational weather determination. The contractor may request

Government assistance in access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) website and other administrative assistance appropriate to the situation (e.g., sponsoring a contractor for access). The intent is for the contractor to be a self-sufficient/"turn-key" operation to the extent possible.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Deploys equipment to meet start date with no negative impact to the mission.

AQL: All required equipment in place for scheduled start of operations with 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the

Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements. Accomplished with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

b) A002 MEUAS IV Site Specific Standard Operating Procedure

3.1.8 The Contractor shall coordinate with local authorities on any schedule changes and airspace limitations for system operation prior to each flight mission.

The contractor shall ensure flight missions comply with applicable airspace restrictions.

Loss of link procedures, loss of Global Positioning System (GPS) (navigation) procedures, and any parameter deemed necessary for the safety of personnel, the safe operation of the AV, and safety of other aircraft that may operate in close proximity to the AV shall be planned, incorporated and briefed by the flight crew prior to each mission. The lost communications procedures shall include a lost communications flight plan that could result in a recovery at a designated safe location in the event communication is not re-established.

Performance Standards

a) STD: No negative impact to the mission.

AQL: 100% compliance.

Deliverables

a) A002 MEUAS IV Site Specific Standard Operating Procedure

3.1.9 The Contractor shall be responsible for system set-up and checkout of the

UAS at the deployed location.

The contractor is responsible to store and load Communications Security (COMSEC) keys for Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) and GFP/other secondary payloads carried on mission aircraft. The contractor shall provide a GSA-approved, Class 6 safe to store COMSEC and at least two site-assigned persons trained to accept and load the COMSEC key(s).

The contractor must coordinate with site leadership to arrange delivery of equipment, materials, and personnel to the site and the assignment of the equipment and material storage and personnel billeting. The contractor must prepare the site area and install equipment to facilitate UAS operations, maintenance, and storage. The contractor must coordinate with the GSR and perform the required initial equipment pre-flight, staging, environmental assessment, launch, test flight, and recovery (see para 3.2) required to validate the contractor is ready to start site unmanned AISR operations.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Deploys equipment and personnel to meet start date with no negative impact to the mission.

AQL: All required personnel and equipment in place for scheduled start of operations.

Accomplished with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

Deliverables

b) A008 MEUAS IV Government Property Inventory Report

3.1.10 The Contractor shall provide space for at least one military intelligence analyst/payload operator per GCS within the operational deployment contractor space.

Performance Standards

a) STD: No negative impact to the mission.

AQL: 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.1.11 The Contractor shall develop Government approved / site specific Standard

Operating Procedures (SOP) prior to activation of the site.

The SOP will serve as a record of the contractor’s plans, actions to provide MEUAS IV services. The SOP will include the contractor’s identification of all required USG support to meet the site task order start date (para. 3.1.1) and the contractor’s plan to deploy equipment and personnel to meet start date (para. 3.1.2 – 3.1.9). The SOP is a living document outlining daily operations procedures, flight planning resources, frequency coordination and de-confliction procedures, key personnel, responsibilities, Field Support Representative (FSR) operator proficiency training, contact information, and other related information to assist mission accomplishment at the specific operating location.

a) STD: Reports plans, schedule and actions completed to deploy equipment and personnel to meet start date with no negative impact to the mission.

AQL: All actions reported in meeting personnel and equipment in place requirements for scheduled start of operations with 100% compliance.

3.1.12 The Contractor shall work with incumbent contractors to transition-in ISR services in an orderly manner without service interruption.

Continuous mission coverage shall be provided throughout the 90-day transition-in period with the incoming contractor demonstrating the capability to support mission requirements 10 days before the incumbent contractor’s operations end.

The incoming contractor must plan for deploying their initial capabilities within the site’s facility limitations and operate alongside the incumbent contractor. The incoming contractor shall gradually increase its flight operations throughout the transition period.

The incoming and outgoing contractor site leads will be jointly responsible for establishing a high level of cooperation to achieve the dual objectives of an effective transition of operations.

The incoming contractor shall follow the transition-in plan submitted as part of the proposal and keep the USG fully informed of status throughout the transition period.

Throughout the transition-in, it is essential that attention be given to minimize interruptions or delays to work in progress that would impact the overall USG AISR mission. The incoming contractor must plan for the assumption of work control, delineating the method for processing and assigning tasks during transition-in. The transition status will be included as a monitored item in telephone conferences and status reports.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Deploys equipment and personnel to meet start date with zero negative impact to the mission.

AQL: All required personnel and equipment in place for scheduled start of operations with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

b) STD: Gains access, connectivity, and working, storage, and lodging space for initial

AISR capabilities performance.

AQL: Adequate access, connectivity, and space is gained for initial AISR performance.

3.2 The contractor must provide 300 ISR flight hours per month (T), 1,200 (O) as specified in individual site task order available when requested 24/7/365.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts pre-flight inspections ensuring safe/effective operation of the air vehicle, the FMV sensor and available USG payload(s) with zero negative impact to the mission.

AQL: UAS equipment mission capable and ready for takeoff at USG required launch time with zero negative impact to the mission.

b) STD: Conducts UAS equipment positioning for takeoff with zero negative impact to

AQL: Positions UAS equipment for takeoff at USG required launch time with zero negative impact to the mission.

c) STD: Assesses environment (weather, winds, RF frequency spectrum, airspace de-confliction) for safe/effective flight with zero negative impact to the mission.

AQL: Assessment completed (using contractor equipment) and documented with results available before USG required launch time with zero negative impact to the mission.

d) STD: Conducts launch and recovery operations.

AQL: Air vehicle(s) launched on time and recovered at site recovery area. Response time from receipt of a launch request for a non-scheduled or delayed mission to AV launch shall be no longer than 30 minutes.

e) STD: Conducts air vehicle flight operations and FMV sensor operations including coordination with USG secondary (GFP) payload operators to provide flight profiles including slant ranges and orbit directions that optimize secondary payload

AQL: Air vehicle(s) and FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness.

f) STD: Reports all flight-related accidents/mishaps to USG and provides all documentation, root cause analysis, and plan of action for incident resolution.

AQL: Verbal report to on-scene USG representative with follow-up written description.

a) A007 MEUAS IV System Mishap/Safety Investigation Report

3.2.1 The contractor shall be capable of operating at least two air vehicles simultaneously with a GCS for each aircraft (T), up to seven air vehicles using only one GCS (O).

a) STD: Conducts air vehicle flight operations and FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: Air vehicle(s) and FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness including flying multiple air vehicles simultaneously for “handoff” of target ISR responsibility or against multiple targets with 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.2.2 The contractor shall be able to conduct an in-flight air vehicle hand-off operations to a remote GCS operated by the contractor (Spoke) and be able to support one 1 (T), 5 (O) location(s) . The remote GCS shall have the same capabilities as the main GCS.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts air vehicle flight operations and FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: Air vehicle(s) and FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness including flying multiple air vehicles simultaneously for “handoff” of target ISR responsibility or against multiple targets with 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.2.3 The contractor shall be capable of accurately adapting to dynamic, in-flight air vehicle re-tasking instructions. On command from the GCS, the air vehicle shall have the capability to automatically enter into an orbit above a target that is within the center of the FMV payload sensor display.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts air vehicle flight operations and FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: Air vehicle(s) and FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements. Accomplished with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

3.2.4 The contractor shall use a programmable automatic Loss of Link procedure.

The recovery route will include the ability to loiter for a predetermined length of time in the event of a primary data link loss. If the data link cannot be reacquired, the AV shall execute preprogrammed instructions resulting in a recovery at a predetermined end point. The AV shall also be capable of executing a preprogrammed mission recovery option at the operator’s discretion.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts air vehicle flight operations and FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: Air vehicle(s) and FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.2.5 The contractor shall operate UAS with three or less flight failures (aircraft not recovered within site recovery area) per 90-day period (T), zero flight failures per 90-day period (O).

UAS aircraft flight failures are unacceptable considering the associated loss of high value USG GFP secondary payloads and the risk to USG personnel in securing/recovering air vehicle crash sites.

Flight failure would only be assigned to the contractor if the data indicates pilot error or contractor-provided equipment failure.

a) STD: Conducts air vehicle flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: Air vehicle(s) a operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting

Officer for specific USG mission requirements. Accomplished with no valid complaints of lack of personnel for required positions, purposeful neglect or delay against contractor personnel, and responses including written (email) acknowledgement of associated USG complaints within one (1) working day of request(s) and all actions proactively worked and status reported until resolution.

3.3 MEUAS IV service contractor shall provide required UAS flight technical performance as described in the following sub-paragraphs:

3.3.1 The UAS shall be runway independent and able to operate from austere/unimproved/confined locations within a 200ft. x 200ft. (T), 25ft. x 25ft. (O) closed area with 20 ft. obstructions immediately beyond the closed area (T) 40 ft.

(O) for launch and recovery operations with all specified/required UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.2 The UAS shall achieve endurance of 8 hours (T) 36 hours (O) and land with at least 30 minutes of reserve fuel at a launch density altitude of 6000ft and operating at a density altitude of 10,500 feet, with all specified/required UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.3 The UAS shall achieve a minimum transit speed (straight/level flight to/from target area) of at least 35 knots (Kts) air speed (T), at least 100 Kts Air speed (O) for UAS with all specified/required UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.4 The UAS shall be able to launch and recover in a density altitude of 6,000 ft.

(T), 12,000 ft. (O) in concert with paragraph 3.3.1 and 3.3.2, with all specified/required UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.5 The UAS shall achieve an operational ceiling (defined as climb rate capability of less than 100 ft, per minute) of 13,000 ft. Density Altitude (T), 25,000

ft. Density Altitude (O) in concert with paragraph 3.3.3 with all specified/required

UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.6 UAS fuel or other high energy density low logistical solution shall be provided by the contractor.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance.

3.3.7 The UAS shall be able to take off in -5 kt. to 20 kt. headwind and 10 kt.

crosswind for launch (T/O) and -5 kt. to 20 kt. headwind and 10 kt. crosswind for recovery (T/O) with all specified/required UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.8 At a slant range that the FMV quality of paragraph 3.4.1 & 3.4.2 are satisfied, the UAS shall have an acoustic signature on FMV target that is acoustically undetectable in a suburban environment defined by a below 55 dB Overall Sound

Pressure Level (OASPL) measured from 50 Hz to 10,000 Hz and below the Level I

MIL-STD-1474D spectral shape plus 10 dB at 1/3rd Octave Band (T), acoustically undetectable in a night-time desert environment below 25.5 dB Overall Sound

Pressure Level (OASPL) measured from 50 Hz to 10,000 Hz and below the Level II

MIL-STD-1474D spectral shape minus 10 dB at 1/3rd Octave Band (O).

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.9 The UAS shall have a matte white or gray finish that minimizes its visual signature to ground observers under normal atmospheric conditions.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance.

3.3.10 The UAS shall have a GCS controllable daylight and Infrared (IR) anti-collision lighting system.

The lighting system shall provide a visibility range of at least 3 nm and produce energy emitted in a 360 degree pattern around the AV, +30 degrees (above) and -30 degrees

(below) the horizontal plane of the AV. The IR-light intensity shall be at least of a Class

B Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS) radiant intensity (NRIb) of 2.31 E-04 NRI. The day and IR systems shall be separately controllable.

Performance Standards

AQL: UAS operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance.

3.3.11 [See also para 3.1.9] The UAS shall have a Global Positioning System

(GPS) with SAASM (T), M-Code GPS (O).

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for.

3.3.12 The UAS shall operate in temperature ranges of -5 to 120 degrees

Fahrenheit (T), -20 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit (O); relative humidity ranges up to

50 percent (T), up to 100 percent (O); rainfall ranges up to 0.25 inch per hour (T), up to 0.5 inches per hour (O); and icing ranges from no icing (T), up to 1.0 inch icing per hour (O) with all specified/required UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.13 The UAS shall have a Mode 3/C transponder with "IDENT" capability (T) a

Mode 5 transponder with optional Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast

(ADS-B) in/out capability (O) controlled via the Ground Control Station (GCS) for

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) compliant airspace transportation.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: UAS operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.3.14 [See also para 3.1.9] The UAS shall not require any SECRET data/hardware storage onboard the aircraft unless a Government Furnished Property (GFP) payload or SAASM requires such storage.

Every effort will be made to minimize the amount of storage of sensitive/classified data onboard the AV. Anti-tamper and other protection means shall be used where feasible.

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.4 MEUAS IV service contractor shall provide required FMV / FMV sensor performance as described in the following sub-paragraphs.

The contractor shall provide an FMV sensor as part of the UAS baseline aircraft configuration* and its size, weight and power (SWaP) requirements are separate from secondary payload SWaP considerations.

The FMV sensor shall have the ability to be focused on a particular coordinate, object, or target for extended periods of time sufficient to track a target as long as it remains in an area of interest.

The FMV sensor shall be capable of tracking stationary or moving targets of interest using automated video-based motion tracker algorithms.

Daytime and nighttime FMV capability can be delivered from separate FMV sensors replaced as needed for daytime and nighttime mission requirements.

*UAS Baseline Platform Configuration: Aircraft equipment needed for launch, flight, and recovery including propulsion system, flight control surfaces and sensors, autopilot, C2 and payload datalink radios/antennas, GPS, transponder, navigational lights, and FMV payload with modules required for video transmission (e.g., video encoder), power distribution subsystems, payload communications interfaces, and all requisite harnessing, battery, as well as volume for > 5 lbs. of additional payloads.

3.4.1 [See also para 3.3.8] The UAS shall provide Daytime FMV resolution of 5-inches Ground Resolved Distance (GRD) (T), 0.1-inches GRD (O) in accordance with slant range of paragraph 3.3.8 and at altitude supporting paragraph 3.3.2.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting

Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.4.2 [See also para 3.3.8] The UAS shall provide Nighttime FMV resolution of 30-inches Ground Resolved Distance (GRD) (T), 0.1-inches GRD (O) in accordance with slant range of paragraph 3.3.8 and at altitude supporting paragraph 3.3.2.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting

Officer for specific USG mission requirements.

3.4.3 The UAS shall have no laser (T), laser rangefinder/ illuminator/ pointer/ designator (O).

Use of high power laser (Class III or higher) will require coordination with the government to conduct a Laser Safety Review Board (LSRB).

The illuminator/ pointer/ designator shall be able to be disabled with no loss of function to platform systems.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.4.4 The UAS shall include as secondary three (3) remote FMV viewing terminals per operational site, capable of viewing (receiving) FMV from dismounted/line of site location using a custom kit with tablet form factor (T), viewing (receiving) and control of FMV native to user’s organic hardware (O) with ranges of 5 nm (T), 20 nm (O).

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.4.5 The UAS shall be capable of injecting near real-time UAS FMV into host unit's ISR Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) system(s) using video distribution such as HDMI/HD-SDI (or NTSC if standard definition), KLV metadata stream over RS-232 cabling, and network stream simultaneously(T/O).

The video file format cannot be proprietary. All imagery shall be the exclusive property of the U.S. Government. The contractor shall have no rights to use any imagery, without express written permission from USG.

The contractor shall provide the ability to collect, synchronize, enhance imagery and metadata and archive to standard compliant data sets for FMV and text.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.4.6 UAS FMV clips shall be easily and quickly exportable into industry standard format playable by Windows Media Player on any standard computer without the need for proprietary video playback software (T) Video clips shall be geospatially/ temporally searchable and exportable, during the mission (O).

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.4.7 The UAS shall have metadata associated with each FMV frame (T), severable from FMV (EO/IR) imagery, metadata shall not be permanently burned into the pixels of still or recorded FMV files, and have the ability to be turned on/off (O).

Recorded still images and FMV frames shall maintain frame by frame association with metadata including air vehicle location, center field of view location, target range, slant angle, and time stamp.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.4.8 The GCS shall be capable of recording 1,500 hours of high quality (no data loss/degradation) digital FMV with associated metadata (T), 2,500 hours (O).

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.4.9 The Contractor shall store all video and data recordings from each mission within the GCS and have the capability to record mission video to a USB external hard drive.

The video recorded from each mission shall be stored for up to one week and then consolidated on a large storage medium and provided weekly (or sooner if requested) to the USG. When transferred, the USG will assume storage responsibility. All imagery recordings shall be the exclusive property of the USG and shall not be used and/or released without expressed written consent of the contracting officer.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.4.10 Nighttime Near Infrared (NIR) ability: None (T), inflight selectable NIR response, with ability to fuse NIR over other IR image (O).

a) STD: Conducts FMV sensor operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: FMV sensor(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.5 The UAS shall provide data link performance as described in the following sub-paragraphs:

3.5.1 All UAS shall have datalinks for aircraft command and control (C2), primary, and secondary payload communications with Advanced Encryption Standard

(AES) 256 bit encryption (T) with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)

140-2 certification / National Security Agency (NSA) Type I encryption (O)

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts data link operations to meet technical specifications.

AQL: Data links operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% capability compliance.

3.5.2 The UAS shall achieve a clear Line of Sight (LoS) range of 70 nautical miles

(nm) (T), 150 nm (O) for both aircraft Command and Control (C2) and payload data link connectivity with all specified/required UAS aircraft equipment, FMV sensor, and > 5 lbs. of secondary payload.

Actual LoS range capability may be limited by surrounding site geography. Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) capabilities are defined as a secondary payload.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Conducts UAS flight operations to meet technical specifications

AQL: UAS(s) operated to enhance mission effectiveness with 100% compliance

100%, unless task order deviation of compliance is granted by the Contracting Officer for specific USG mission requirements. Complete and usable data must be received from Air Vehicle (AV) when at maximum LoS range from Ground Control Station (GCS) antenna.

3.5.3 The UAS shall have data rates for FMV meeting the ground resolution requirements of paragraphs 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 and capable of delivering 10 frames per second…