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DTRA COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION (CTR) ADVISORY & ASSISTANCE SERVICES (A&AS)

HDTRA1-20-R-0001

SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

A. CTR A&AS PROCUREMENT AND RFI RESPONSE OVERVIEW

1. Synopsis and Instructions This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This notice is for MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY, and in no way obligates the United States Government to issue a solicitation or otherwise make a contract award. This is not a guarantee of a future RFP or an award. This document should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by the U.S. Government. Any information provided to the Government in response to this document will become DTRA property and will not be returned. The Government will not reimburse contractors for any cost associated with responding to this request for information.

The objective of the future solicitation is to acquire support for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) office. At no time will the contractor be tasked with performing inherently governmental functions. The contract is tentatively planned to have a one year base period and four additional options of one year each. Potential sources, either alone or with appropriate teaming partners, must have demonstrated expertise and capability to perform all identified areas of scope defined in Section B of this RFI.

Concerns interested in responding to this RFI shall complete the Questionnaire Attachment 1 and return it to: dtra.belvoir.al.mbx.hdtra1-20-r-0001@mail.mil on or before the due date and time stated in the Questionnaire. The Government reserves the right to not consider the content of incomplete or late Questionnaires. Please provide the full name, title, company and both a telephone number and email address in all responses. An Industry Day is tentatively scheduled for February 11th at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Headquarters, Ft. Belvoir VA where industry will be invited to submit questions. Additional details about Industry Day will be posted in the System for Award Management (SAM) Contract Opportunities (formerly Fedbizopps/FBO) in advance of Industry Day.

2. Background DTRA safeguards America's interests from weapons of mass destruction (WMD): chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosives, by controlling and reducing the threat and providing quality tools and services for the warfighter. DTRA’s work covers a broad spectrum of activities shaping the international environment to prevent the spread of WMD, responding to requirements to deter the use and reduce the impact of such weapons, and preparing for the future as WMD threats emerge and evolve.

Established on 1 October, 1998, DTRA is the U.S. Department of Defense’s Combat Support Agency for countering weapons of mass destruction. DTRA's main functions are threat reduction, threat control, combat support, and technology development. DTRA and its co-located partner organizations are headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The agency maintains additional offices and representation across all combatant commands.

Housed within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency is the CTR Program. CTR’s overarching mission is to partner with willing countries to reduce the threat from WMD and related materials, technologies, facilities, and expertise. The CTR Program focuses on eliminating, securing, and consolidating WMD, related materials, and associated delivery systems and infrastructure at their source in partner countries. The CTR Program also focuses on building partner capacity to prevent the proliferation of WMD materials in transit across international borders.

The current contract, HDTRA1-16-C-0012 is a cost plus award fee contract performed by Booz Allen Hamilton. The period of performance ends May 26, 2021.

3. CTR A&AS Planned Procurement Features

· Contemplated Acquisition Strategy: The Government is contemplating one of two approaches: a full and open competition, non set-aside, single award, standalone, non-task order type contact, or a competitively awarded non set-aside task order against General Services Administration (GSA)’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) multiple award contract using FAR 16.5 “Fair Opportunity Process” procedures. The single award standalone contract would be awarded using FAR Part 15 procedures. The GSA OASIS task order would be awarded under Pool 1, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541690: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Likely scope areas are identified in this RFI background document. As used herein, the term “contract” is used to mean either the resulting contract or task order awarded under this procurement.

· The source selection approach will utilize a trade-off among price and non-price factors, which will be defined in the solicitation.

· Contemplated NAICS / Small Business Size Standard: 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, size standard $16.5M.

· Contract Type/Scope: A Cost Plus Award Fee contract is planned for this acquisition. This contract type is expected to provide the necessary flexibility and management of risk for the level of effort and skill mix changes that occur in response to world events while incentivizing optimal performance and cost control. The CTR mission and day to day requirements are very dynamic, and therefore the CTR A&AS requirement does not allow for defining work requirements in advance so as to allow for a firm fixed price contract.

· Estimated Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) Issue Date: Summer 2020. The contract is planned to be awarded in March of 2021, followed by a transition period if needed, and full performance beginning in late May 2021.

· Period of Performance: The planned period of performance is a one year base period with four, one year options.

4. Small Business Participation DTRA will make an official determination to conduct this procurement as an unrestricted full and open/fair opportunity competition or as a small business set-aside, at the conclusion of the market research stage. Small businesses are encouraged to consider teaming arrangements, partnerships, joint ventures, etc. to facilitate their participation. Interested parties are encouraged to visit the DOD Guidebook on Small Business Teaming at: https://www.dau.edu/tools/t/OSBP-Guidebook.

As used in the Guidebook and for this requirement, the term "teaming arrangement" is a broad term that encompasses traditional prime/subcontractor relationships as well as other arrangements such as joint ventures and partnerships. See FAR definition of “contractor team arrangement” at FAR 9.601.

Participation of small businesses to include service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged business concerns, and women-owned small business concerns in performance of the contract or task order will be addressed in the evaluation of proposals. DTRA will evaluate the extent to which offerors identify and commit to small business performance of the contract, whether as a joint venture, teaming arrangement, or subcontractor. A proposal evaluation factor will address the past performance of offerors in complying with requirements of FAR clause 52.219-8 “Utilization of Small Business Concerns”. If the competition is unrestricted, the solicitation will include an evaluation factor for the past performance of offerors in complying with requirements of FAR clause 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (applicable to offerors who have performed contract(s) subject to that clause).

The evaluation of proposals addressing the extent of small business performance will be separate from the review of small business subcontracting plans submitted pursuant to the clause at FAR 52.219-9 (if applicable) and will be structured to allow for consideration of offers from small businesses. If the competition is unrestricted (meaning large businesses may compete and will be required to submit Small Business Subcontracting Plans pursuant to FAR 52.219-9), the solicitation will require that proposed small business subcontractors be listed in the large business prime offeror’s small business subcontracting plan.

5. Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Policy Organizational conflict of interest (OCI) issues are of great importance to the CTR program. Due to the nature of this requirement, i.e. A&AS support, the successful offeror will have unique access to information that could potentially provide an unfair competitive advantage for future contracts as well as place the awardee in situations where its ability to render impartial advice to the Government could be impaired due to other interests of the awardee. As a result, CTR has established the following policy for avoiding OCIs:

The CTR Program has two classifications of contractor services: 1) Group A - “Operations Support” which includes this A&AS contract, the CTR Threat Reduction Logistics Services (TRLS) “single shipper” contract, and several other advisory and assistance/program management support-type contracts and 2) Group B “Mission Execution” which includes “performer” contractors (and their subcontractors) executing CTR projects to accomplish its threat reduction mission. The largest group of Mission Execution contracts are those performed under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (CTRIC) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) vehicles (e.g., CTRIC II, CTRIC III and BTRIC). Other Mission Execution contracts include the Science & Technical Engagement Partnership Program (STEP) Contract, grants and several 8(a) contracts.

Contractors are limited to contracts in Group A Operations Support or Group B Mission Execution, as defined above. For example, a contractor could perform on multiple contracts in Group B, but then could not perform on any contracts in Group A. Conversely, a contractor could perform on multiple contracts in Group A, but could not perform on any contracts in Group B. This policy applies to subcontractors in each group as well.

This classification system serves to separate the functions, and therefore the contractors, in such a way that minimizes known or potential OCI issues. The contractors performing operations support have, by the nature of their work, access to a broad range of information from Mission Execution contractors, including advance knowledge of requirements, cost and pricing information, and scheduling information that provides them with a competitive advantage; thus these contract holders must be prohibited from also performing work as a Mission Execution contractor or subcontractor in order to be in compliance with statutory competition requirements and regulatory organizational conflict of interest limitations.

When responding to this RFI, companies should consider these OCI restrictions when considering their team composition and their ability to pursue this opportunity. OCI mitigation plans are not contemplated.

6. Demonstration of Capability, Capacity and Financial Viability in RFI Responses The Government will assess the capability, capacity, and financial viability of potential offerors' responses to this sources sought/request for information to help determine the acquisition strategy and procurement features, including the small business participation approach.

On average, approximately 30% of the FTEs are required to hold active Top Secret DoD Security Clearances, 65% are required to hold active Secret DoD Security Clearances and less than 10% do not hold a clearance, because of specific exceptions or due to awaiting adjudication of their clearance. In general all personnel performing under the contract are required to hold at least a Secret clearance.

Historically, the predominant portion of the cost of performing this contract has been labor/services or travel with "other direct costs" (materials, supplies, facilities charges, etc.) being incidental relative to labor. Therefore, "capacity" will primarily entail the contractor being able to provide dedicated, reach back and surge technical subject matter expertise, in technical fields supporting all aspects of WMD nonproliferation activities carried out by CTR to include, but not be limited to, the below listed areas/specialties outlined in Section B. Respondents should show the number of available employees with relevant qualifications that the respondent currently employs, and the in-house resources they possess to recruit and hire subject matter experts quickly. Vague and generalized statements such as "we will hire highly qualified personnel as needed” would not demonstrate that the respondent has the necessary capacity.

For the portion of labor or facilities that the respondent would subcontract out, if any, a demonstration of "capacity" requires the respondent to address existing or planned agreements/subcontracts/ purchase orders with specific, named, entities and a demonstration of those entities' capability and capacity. The respondent is required to demonstrate that those entities, in combination with the prime, would possess the resources necessary to perform the contemplated work and have the ability to deliver those resources in a timely manner to the customer. The respondent's ability to timely enter into appropriate agreements with qualified subcontractors and to successfully manage those subcontractors, is paramount and will be a significant element of the Government's evaluation of capacity. Generalized and vague statements such as "we would subcontract for personnel with specialized knowledge as needed" would not demonstrate that the respondent has the necessary capacity.

c. “Financial Viability” means the respondent has the necessary financial ability to perform this acquisition. For example, the respondent can demonstrate credit worthiness by providing its Dun & Bradstreet rating, recent annual revenue/sales figures, descriptions of available lines of credit, etc. This information will be protected by the Government as “Source Selection Sensitive” and proprietary, however respondents shall also ensure this information is appropriately marked as proprietary.

B. CTR A&AS SCOPE

CTR A&AS requirements will consist of a service contract as defined at FAR 37.101. A&AS services to be provided under the contract will support or improve: organizational policy development; decision-making; general management and administration; acquisition management and program and/or project management and administration activities.

The A&AS contractor shall provide the essential resources to the CTR Program to provide for effective management of CTR programs; fulfill Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) requirements; comply with all Federal, Local, and Program policies, regulations and directives; and satisfy external reporting and oversight requirements. The following organizations participate in CTR program execution and are expected to require support under this contract: DTRA Director and Deputy Director, CTR Program Integration, the CTR Biological Threat Reduction Program, the CTR Chemical Weapons Destruction Program, the CTR Global Nuclear Security Program, the CTR Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination Program, the CTR Proliferation Prevention Program, the Defense Threat Reduction Offices/Cooperative Engagement Offices, the DTRA On-Site Inspection and Building Capacity Directorate, the Cooperative Threat Reduction Policy Office, and the Threat Reduction Engagement Program.

Scope Areas

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and WMD related systems refers to familiarity with the infrastructure, research activities, methods and related technologies for neutralizing or incinerating chemical weapons agents, safely handling and destroying biological pathogens, promoting Biological Safety and Security Standards, enhancing country and regional disease surveillance systems, promoting scientific research, and knowledge of enriched weapons-grade uranium and plutonium. Intimate knowledge of weapon system materials, their different forms, their integration and function as an entire weapon, how systems are dismantled, and how individual components are destroyed or safely processed for long-term storage or disposal. Expertise in current chemical weapons destruction technologies and the chemistry involved; as well as, expertise in understanding the differences and complexities associated with both bulk chemical agent precursors and munitions, and provide technical and programmatic analysis of alternatives for chemical weapons destruction. Additionally, the contractor shall have experience in Chemical Weapons Destruction to provide situational awareness and assessment of global security threats, conduct analysis of potential requirements, analysis of alternatives, and contingency plans.

WMD Proliferation Pathways and Interdiction refers to expertise on the current state of treaties, international agreements, and the provisions of U.S. law or policy regarding WMD proliferation prevention, especially issues of legal authorities for interdiction and seizure in both maritime and land-based contexts composed of how well each weapons system is designed and manufactured, and its maintainability over time. This scope area requires knowledge of all U.S. Government (USG) agencies and organizations engaged in proliferation prevention and complementary activities, and the extent of those activities. The contractor shall remain current on global incidents and developments related to WMD proliferation and proliferation prevention, and shall provide expertise in WMD detection equipment for land, maritime, and aerial operations, including networks and communications systems, portal monitors, and handheld and mobile detectors for radiological, biological, and chemical agents. Additionally, the contractor shall provide expertise in visual recognition of WMD, WMD components and delivery systems; as well as, customs, coast guard, and border guard security operations, tools, techniques, tactics, and procedures related to detection and prevention of WMD proliferation.

Safety and Security includes all sensing applications that apply to the defense of the United States of America, experts trained to recognize field hazards that include explosives, biological, chemical, and nuclear contamination, and appropriate methods for dealing with those hazards. The scope area requires the capability to provide expert advice and assistance to CTR project managers on the full range of physical security and safety issues associated with WMD and to assess the security and operating environment for new CTR engagement countries. The contractor shall validate the accuracy and completeness of vulnerability assessments and site designs, and shall advise the CTR project managers on partner state security personnel training requirements for the effective operation of CTR provided security systems and shall evaluate proposed training programs developed for potential use by the CTR Program. The contractor shall apply Personnel Reliability Programs knowledge to support the development and implementation of such programs in partner states. The contractor shall support CTR’s efforts to enhance partner state capacity to respond to WMD incidents or accidents, to include assistance in execution of training and exercises, development of plans for emergency response and consequence management, to include such areas as bio-containment laboratory accidents, radiological events, and large-scale chemical events. The contractor shall support efforts to assist in the design of security system requirements for WMD transport and storage systems. The contractor shall support efforts to advise on U.S., DOD and international Biosafety and Biosecurity guidelines, standards, and best practices and their implementation, and provide expertise and recommendations on how to build sustainable laboratory bio risk management capacity and implement risk-based laboratory biosafety and biosecurity measures within partner countries.

Engineering Expertise refers to engineering staff with comprehensive and broad experience in engineering fields such as construction, civil, mechanical, chemical, biological, industrial, electrical, safety, nuclear, HVAC, naval, and systems engineering, such that the contractor can rapidly respond to all engineering requirements and shall use state-of-the-art engineering tools, techniques, and approaches in executing engineering support tasks. As required, licensed professional engineers shall be used. The engineering staff shall be fully qualified to routinely perform the following tasks: provide concept designs, validate designs and design scope, assist in the development of scopes of work; assess and evaluate existing and proposed engineering systems; assess, evaluate, and recommend engineered installations, construction methods and materials, and processes.

Scientific (Nuclear, Chemical, Life Sciences, and related fields) refers to comprehensive scientific expertise to assess, evaluate, and recommend solutions to resolve the multitude of technical issues that may evolve in conjunction with the CTR Program. Disciplines shall include, but are not limited to: Physics, metallurgy, applied mathematics (with emphasis on disease surveillance modeling), statistics, probability, inorganic and organic chemistry; biology, genomics, informatics, microbiology, epidemiology, veterinary and clinical medicine, public health and veterinary system design and operation. The scope area also requires expertise in public health fundamentals, including infectious disease surveillance, laboratory detection, and epidemiologic investigation, and the contractor should understand polices and strategies to improve prevention, detection, and control of infectious diseases, with specific focus on those that help integrate clinical infectious disease preventive practices, address microbial drug resistance, and promote One Health approaches to prevent emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases. Additional expertise in laboratory design, layout, and operations to ensure optimal workflow and functionality; as well as quality management systems (QMS) to include identifying processes necessary for QMS, determining the sequence and interaction of these processes, determining criteria and methods needed to ensure that both the operation and control of these processes are effective, and reviewing implementation plans for QMS in partner countries.

Training and Exercise Development for CTR Mission Execution Projects includes expertise in exercise development requirements arising out of CTR mission execution activities which include table top and field events from concept through after action reporting; training curriculum/program and course development, curriculum and program evaluation, training tools and techniques. Training specialists will assist and review materials developed by the government partners and performing contractors across all program countries. Areas of focus include Veterinarian, Clinician, Laboratory, Epidemiology, and Biosafety and Security (BS&S). Additionally, this scope area requires the ability to conduct in-country inspections of facilities and assessments of training outcomes and trained personnel, table top and field exercises, after-action reporting and recommendations for training improvement, development, evaluation, and strategy, leading to end state criteria, by providing necessary expertise in areas such as Veterinary, Clinician, Laboratory, Epidemiology, BS&S.

Acquisition Management, Planning, and Execution refers to knowledge of the full range of federal and DoD acquisition and contracting laws, regulations, instructions and policies under DoD 5000 series and the FAR and DFARS to support comprehensive acquisition management, planning and execution. The contractor shall maintain awareness of, and perform analyses of evolving acquisition best practices, acquisition reform efforts, and updates to acquisition and procurement regulations, policy and legislation. A key responsibility will be to provide support to CTR Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and Project Officers in fulfilling pre and post award acquisition functions; however at no time will the contractor be tasked with performing inherently governmental acquisition functions. The contractor shall provide expertise and hands on support for the preparation of procurement request packages (statements of work, independent government cost estimates, work breakdown structures, proposal content and evaluation criteria, market research analyses, justifications for non-competitive actions, contract data requirements lists, etc.), supporting the preparation of program office file documentation (waivers, determinations and findings, certifications, etc.), conducting capabilities-based assessments, and researching and analyzing DoD best practices for program and acquisition management in an international environment. The contractor shall demonstrate expertise in the drafting of the following documents:

· Procurement Request Requirements packages for task orders, grants, contracts and modifications

· Analyses of alternatives generation and evaluation

· Technical proposal evaluations

· Requirements validation analyses and Review Briefs

· Requirements verification planning and execution (i.e. test and evaluation)

· Gap Analyses

· Funding estimates/planning and post-award burn rate tracking

· Risk Analyses

· Concept of operations development

· Design reviews

· Measures of effectiveness and performance metrics development

· Initial Operating Capability Plans and tests

· Full Operating Capability plans and tests

· Technical assessments

· Research and related activities

· Participation in trips, meetings and IPTs

· Initial Engagement Plans

· Program Plans

· Work Breakdown Structures

· Construction or Project Schedules

· Cost and technical estimates

· Meeting minutes

· Memoranda and correspondence

· Risk Management Plans

· Test and Evaluation Master Plans

· System Verification/Evaluation Reports

· Test Schedules and readiness Reviews

· Trip reports and similar documents

Foreign Area Expertise refers to expertise in bilateral treaties, multilateral conventions (Chemical Weapons Convention, Biological Weapons Convention, etc.), bilateral and multi-lateral agreements (CTR Umbrella and Implementing Agreements, Status of Forces Agreements, Science and Technology Agreements, etc.), and other such agreements and arrangements which may impact, or potentially impact, or support CTR efforts in order to perform/support OSD and DTRA review, analyses, document generation, negotiation, and implementation of the CTR Program. In the absence of clearly identified agreements and arrangements that facilitate cooperation between DoD and a prospective partner country, examination of the use of other possible legal avenues so as to avoid the delays that creation of a new agreement would cause. Legal and regulatory expertise to aid CTR in engagements with new partner countries may be required. This shall include, but not be limited to: researching current US legal and foreign agreements and making recommendations on applicability for use by CTR, including those pertaining to avoidance of foreign taxes which is an area of great significance in CTR. The contractor shall also provide expertise on such agreements as they relate to all legal avenues surrounding the characterization, testing, storage, disposal, and sharing of biological materials and data within the partner-country and across international borders.

Property Management Support, Lifecycle Management, and Sustainability Planning entails supporting/conducting Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and FAR/DFARS compliant property management activities to assist CTR in ensuring that all entities performing work for CTR (e.g. integrating contractors, other government entities, etc.) have appropriate inventory management and accountability mechanisms, are providing accurate property reports, and are compliant with internal CTR policy as well as DoD and higher level government property management guidance. The contractor shall perform assessments, analyses, project reviews, inventory checks and related activities required to support this activity. Additionally, the contractor will coordinate policy, document preparation and necessary approval, and specific provisions for the transfer of property (TOP) to partner governments. The contractor shall provide regular training, information papers, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) updates, and similar products on evolving or new property management requirements. Additionally, the contractor shall provide and maintain a property accountability database that will house complete, auditable records of CTR-provided assistance throughout the lifetime of the program, to include property documentation requirements unique to CTR.

Finance Support entails programmatic expertise to support all CTR Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) and program acquisition management related activities through completion of program financial planning and analyses, budget development, procurement package financial inputs, tracking of obligations and disbursements, Unliquidated Obligation (ULO) analyses and reconciliation, Bi-weekly Business Operations briefs and supporting documents, project plan financial inputs, cost benefit analyses, and Earned Value Management System (EMVS) reports and analyses. The contractor shall assist with DTRA/DoD Comptroller requirements and related products including the Program Objective Memorandum, budget exhibits such as the OP-5, and issue papers. Additionally, expertise is required to assist with cost estimating to include Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) & Rough Order of Magnitude estimates (ROMS), proposal cost/price analysis, and maintenance and improvement of CTR-wide cost estimating database/files(s) and financial databases to enhance financial support efficiency.

Strategic Planning addresses strategic planning and communications needs for functions specific to the mission of CTR, to include consideration of planned and potential new engagement areas. Additionally, support for organizational development, process implementation, trend monitoring, and continuous process improvement with an emphasis on ensuring critical needs are addressed in a timely manner. The contractor shall provide professional services to define and execute an approach to apply knowledge integration strategies across CTR Program activities. This will include assisting the Directorate in documenting best practices across all programs, documenting lessons learned, and making recommendations to adapt, apply, and embed those practices throughout the CT project life cycle.

Training of CTR personnel (government and contractor) entails developing, maintaining and improving CTR’s internal training curriculum which will include review of current courses, assessment of CTR training needs, identification of training areas requiring improvement; performance of training gap analysis and production of related reports and briefings. Based on these actions and products the contractor will update and maintain the living CTR strategic training plan and SOP that is reviewed and updated on a regular basis.

Training shall be provided in a variety of areas identified by CTR or by the contractor (with CTR approval) to include but not be limited to: program management, systems engineering, systems acquisition planning, risk analysis, requirements generation, acquisition and contracting processes, contract management, Earned Value Management, budget development, cost analysis, leadership, integrated logistics, test & evaluation, export compliance, property management and accountability, treaties and agreements, cultural understanding, negotiations, Integrated Product Team (IPT) operations, historic case study review and evaluation for lessons learned, and related areas to improve individual and team performance in pursuit of CTR mission accomplishment. For each training area the contractor shall produce: briefings, classroom exercises, scenarios, evaluation forms, training aides, post event reports and assessments and related products necessary for the execution, assessment and improvement of CTR training. Contractor support for training shall include instruction by experienced staff and qualified instructors, and constant evaluation of effectiveness. The contractor shall support at a minimum one CTR Training Week per year, to include a full week of class offerings for CTR Government and contractor personnel.

Information Technology and Information, Sensor and Related Technology refers to providing the expertise to use IT resources to support the management of internal and external tasking and reporting within CTR and in CTR’s interactions with other DTRA and non-DTRA elements/organizations. The contractor shall support the receipt of tasking, coordination of assignment of efforts, tracking of progress, consolidation of inputs, preparation of final documents for release, and transmission of materials to close out the task. Efforts will involve use of DTRA’s unclassified and classified systems.

IT Services include, but are not limited to, systems development, architecture, networking, information assurance, website administration and database management expertise to include automated information systems design, analysis, programming, implementation, documentation, specification development, requirements analysis and associated DoD IT security expertise.

This scope area also focuses on records management services for the Directorate to include: administrative and physical operation of CTR’s electronic and paper records management program and shall produce appropriate SOPs, training material, and related items necessary to implement a compliant and effective program.

This scope area also includes expertise in Information, Sensor, and Related Technology covering knowledge of information technology (IT) systems and software design, development, testing and certification for use in nonproliferation efforts; sensors (e.g. radars, unattended ground, electro-optical), related infrastructure, electronic surveillance, and communications; and database development, management and related activities. The contractor shall provide expertise in bioinformatics. The contractor shall provide subject matter expertise in the area of IT, epidemiology, biosecurity, and bio-surveillance, and disease reporting systems. Support will include, but not be limited to, assistance in the requirements review, development oversight, security, test and evaluation, integration efforts, and implementation of the systems.

Administrative and Travel Support includes office support services such as general administrative support and support of graphics and professional-quality document preparation. The contractor shall provide quality assurance of documents and ensure formats are in compliance with the DoD correspondence manual and other applicable standards. The contractor shall also maintain familiarity with the DoD Joint Travel Regulations and provide coordinated travel support services for both the A&AS staff and CTR staff, as well as other personnel supporting CTR as directed, to include: booking of airline tickets, hotels and rental cars; preparation of government travel orders, processing and maintenance of passports and visas, and processing of official country clearance cables in full compliance with the DoD foreign Clearance Guide and Classified Supplement, and with Combatant Command (COCOM), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Department of State (DOS), Embassy and DTRA rules and timelines.

C. ONLINE RESOURCE LINKS

Additional information about the DTRA and the CTR Program can be found at the following website links; additionally a link is provided to the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Manual for Contractors relating to contractor accounting systems requirements for cost reimbursement type contracts:

DTRA: http://www.dtra.mil/

DTRA CTR Mission: https://www.dtra.mil/Mission/Mission-Directorates/Cooperative-Threat-Reduction/

DTRA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP): https://www.dtra.mil/Work-With-Us/Office-of-Small-Business/

Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD A&S) https://www.acq.osd.mil/

DCAA Pamphlet 7641.90: https://www.dcaa.mil/Content/Documents/DCAAM_7641.90.pdf

RFI ATTACHMENTS:

1. CTR A&AS RFI QUESTIONNAIRE

2. Current CTR A&AS Contract SOW

3. Estimate of full time equivalents and labor categories

HDTRA1-20-R-0001 CTR A&AS Services RFI