Attachment13-InternationalAffairsAppendix.doc

Appendix 13 International Affairs

International Affairs Functional Annex

Dated: 29 Jan 2008

A. General Information.

The Deputy for International Affairs is the principal advisor to the MDA Director for all international activities. The Deputate ensures MDA’s international strategy is successfully developed and implemented and also facilitates BMDS development and deployment. The Deputate is led by a Director and Deputy Director. It is organized into three Directorates: 1.) European and Americas Regional Directorate; 2.) Asia-Pacific and Middle-East Directorate; and 3.) Strategy and Integration Directorate. The Deputy for International Affairs provides unique expertise across a broad range of international policy and foreign affair issues for the MDA Director, the Headquarters staff and element and program managers across the entire Agency.

The International Affairs Deputate’s mission consists of these sub-areas:

1.) Strategy and Performance Metrics;

2.) Business Development and Outreach, 3.) Foreign Affairs/Policy Support;

4.) Armaments Cooperation and Interoperability/Arms Control/International Investment;

5.) Security Assistance (including Foreign Military Sales);

6.) Multi-national Conference Support; and 7.) International Simulation Development.

Contractor support to the Deputate includes: development and implementation of the MDA International Strategy, providing expertise to international conferences, and analyzing international policy issues; armament cooperation and interoperability opportunities; and security assistance opportunities. The Deputate obtains international management expertise from contract services support contracts which will continue under the MiDAESS program. Task orders awarded under one or more of these contracts delineate specific task instructions and project requirements.

This annex includes the statement of work and general information for the International area.

B. Statement of Work—International Affairs.

International Affairs

C. Estimated Man-year Equivalents (MYEs)/Performance Locations.

The first charts below show total MYEs, by location, in October 2008 and October 2010 for each support area. Three National Capitol Region (NCR) contractor employees will relocate to Huntsville, AL as part of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Those contractor employees remaining in the NCR will relocate from the Navy Annex to Fort Belvoir, VA. The second chart lists a sample skill mix for the Deputate’s contractor support staff.

MYEs by Location with Anticipated BRAC Adjustments

Sample Skill Mix* Category

# MYEs

Total

* Position/skill category descriptions and/or definitions have not been provided.

D. Deliverables/General Work Products.

· Management Plan

· Transition Plan

· Funds and Labor Hour Expenditure Reports

· Monthly Status Reports

· Technical reports, studies

· Executive level decision memoranda and guidance letters (Draft documents)

· Presentation and briefing materials

This Draft RFP provides Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) submittals common to all MiDAESS contracts. Specialized or tailored CDRL items will be included in final requests for proposal (RFPs) for each functional annex/area.

E. Anticipated Contract Awards.

We anticipate a minimum of two contract awards under full-and-open competition. Each selected contractor must be capable of performing all of the tasks provided in the SOW at all locations listed in this annex.

We are continuing our search for additional small business opportunities in this area. Final determinations will be made after reviewing responses to our sources sought announcement.

We will not award the total anticipated MYEs in the first set of task orders. We will determine the actual number of MYEs to be awarded on the first set of task orders based upon on-going manpower reviews and an analysis of existing contracts transitioning into the MiDAESS program. We anticipate the first set of task orders to total approximately 29 MYEs.

We intend to award a near equal share of available MYEs with the first task order to each contract recipient. We will award subsequent task orders based on evaluation criteria such as cost and ongoing performance as explained in this draft request for proposal.

F. Small Business.

The applicable NAICS Code is 541611and size standard is $6.5 million annual revenue for the “Statement of Work—International Affairs.”

G. Security Requirements.

We require a minimum of a SECRET security clearance for all employees and the potential for access to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) SECRET. At contract award we require a minimum of one TOP SECRET security clearance with a final TOP SECRET clearance requirement of 50% when all 46 MYEs are awarded.

H. Travel Requirements.

Contractor employees should expect to travel approximately 10% to 25% of their time to various locations for support to international activities and conferences. This includes overseas travel.

I. Government Furnished Information/Equipment/Support.

· MDA will provide access to MDA facilities as required, including on-site work stations with computers and telephones

· Access to Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES) information

· Government laptops and Blackberries may be provided on a need-justified basis

J. Unique Source Selection Criteria.

This Draft RFP includes source selection criteria we will use for International Affairs.

The final RFP will include a Sample Problem specific to International Affairs. We will evaluate your response based on: your understanding of the problem and its political environment; the logic of your solution and its executability; realism; and innovation. Below is a sample problem representative of the problem you will see in the final RFP.

International Affairs Sample Problem: Several elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System have matured to the point that various countries are interested in acquiring them under the foreign military sales program. The Missile Defense Agency must develop a plan and accompanying procedures for executing this new mission. Describe the plan/procedures you would design to standardize foreign military sales within the MDA and work issues within the Security Assistance community.

K. Organizational Conflict of Interest.

The MDA Director relies on the Deputy for International Affairs to provide unbiased analysis, judgment and recommendations for action. The potential for conflicts of interest, whether real or perceived, is significant for those prime and subcontractors providing support to the Deputy for International Affairs and also providing support elsewhere in the Missile Defense Agency. Careful analysis of conflicts of interest must be accomplished by each offeror. We will allow both prime and subcontractors to accomplish this work only after the Contracting Officer approves a thorough and comprehensive mitigation plan that ensures your work remains independent of other program work. See Section H, Clause H-08, Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) (January 2008), for additional guidance.

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