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Work Assignment #2 GOES-R Ground System Maintenance and Sustainment Support

March 2, 2016

1. INTRODUCTION

The Contractor shall work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) to provide support the GOES-R ground system.

2. WORK ASSIGNMENT TASKS

The Government’s objective in soliciting work from this Contractor is to obtain sound technical and programmatic advice for NOAA, NESDIS and GOES-R management needed to ensure GOES-R mission success.

2.1 PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT

The Contractor shall provide support to project management activities including integrated baseline establishment and maintenance, status assessment and reporting of project cost, schedule and technical performance, identification, assessment, and management of project issues and risks, execution and maintenance of budgets and other programmatic and technical planning and execution activities. Provide project control support including budget development and defense, programmatic execution and tracking, and project management preparations for internal and external reporting, reviews, and milestone activities. Assist government in procurement activities and source selections as directed including acquisition strategy development, request for proposal documentation preparations, evaluation and source selection preparation and conduct; evaluation of change proposal materials related to existing procurements, and supporting review and approval materials.

The Contractor shall provide project management support in the form of identification and resolution of issues as well as preparation of plans, briefings, and documents in the areas of program planning and scheduling and program advocacy for the NOAA/NESDIS Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES R-Series (GOES-R) ground system.

The Contractor shall provide support for the communication of system status to agency leadership, stakeholders, and public; participate in technical interchange meetings/forums.

The Contractor shall provide technical communications support, including meeting facilitation, management briefing development, process improvement, status reporting, and other activities identified by project management.

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2.2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT

2.2.1 Maintenance and Sustainment Monitoring - The Contractor shall review maintenance and sustainment Contractors’ plans and progress.

The Contractor shall review and advise the Government as to the sufficiency of deliverables submitted by maintenance and sustainment Contractors.

The Contractor shall also monitor and evaluate the maintenance and sustainment Contractors’ and subcontractors’ integration and test activities.

The Contractor shall review, evaluate, participate in, and make recommendations for lowering risk in GOES-R ground system maintenance and sustainment Contractor operations including, but not limited to the following:

• the maintenance and sustainment Contractors’ execution of plans, designs, schedules, cost, processes, control, and the deployment of resources (including support equipment and facilities);

• the maintenance and sustainment Contractors’ activities such as tests (including configuration item acceptance, qualification and readiness) and test data reviews, and documentation.

The Contractor shall assist the Government in conducting integrated baseline reviews (IBRs) on maintenance and sustainment contracts.

2.2.2 System Engineering - The Contractor shall provide project technical and system engineering support including requirements management, design solution evaluation and trades analyses, interface management, integration and testing, verification and validation, risk management, technical data and configuration management, technical reviews, requirements compliance, software engineering management, mission assurance,, hardware and software sustainment (e.g. COTS updates, obsolescence, system refreshes, etc.), and technical and programmatic oversight.

The Contractor shall provide impact analysis for project, and Contractor-derived requirements change requests, deviations, and waivers.

2.2.3 Enterprise Architecture - The Contractor shall assist in the evolution of the GOES-R ground system into the NESDIS Enterprise Architecture (EA). The Contractor shall assist to ensure consistency with the NOAA Technical Reference Model and Standards.

The Contractor shall assist the project and Office of the NESDIS Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to develop recommendations for policies, principles, and procedures to assist the current and future NESDIS EA.

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The Contractor shall assist NESDIS in the planning and development of the EA to identify stakeholder needs and integration gaps.

2.2.4 IT Security - The Contractor shall provide technical support to the design, implementation, and evaluation of all phases of mission security and information assurance solutions for the GOES-R ground system.

The Contractor shall provide planning and implementation support of NIST FIPS and NOAA IT security policies and requirements. The Contractor’s support also includes planning and execution of Assessment and Authorization work, including activities to achieve and maintain Authority to Operate.

The Contractor shall conduct security assessments, develop system requirements, and prepare security plans, risk assessments, and security evaluation reports based on NIST, Department of Commerce, NASA, and Department of Homeland Security guidance for critical information technology (IT) systems.

The Contractor shall provide support for development of standards, guidance, and policies implemented in the GOES-R ground system.

The Contractor shall provide support for oversight of communications security (COMSEC) requirements and implementation.

The Contractor shall support the continuous monitoring of all information security, including activities associated with the acquisition and development efforts.

2.2.5 Transition and Handover - The Contractor shall provide operations transition support for the transition of operations from legacy systems to GOES- R.

The Contractor shall prepare artifacts and materials to support multiple system readiness reviews leading to launch and post-launch acceptance and handover reviews.

The Contractor shall provide operations and sustainment support following the transition and handover of the GOES-R series satellites to the routine operations phase.

2.2.6 Radiofrequency Support - The Contractor shall provide assistance in such areas as spacecraft-to-ground communications, including antennas and radio frequency (RF) analysis. The Contractor shall support the planning, procedures, and execution of RF Compatibility Testing.

The Contractor shall conduct RF link analyses and RF interference analyses, assist in RF National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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(NTIA) and International Telecommunications Union (ITU) filings, perform RF tradeoff analyses, and perform miscellaneous RF studies.

The Contractor shall provide space systems engineering radio frequency (RF) research and development support for integrating new technologies into future NOAA space systems and cost-effective user receive systems.

The Contractor shall provide research and development studies of spectrum utilization for the purpose of relocating operational frequencies within the Federal spectrum allocation. In connection with this work, the Contractor shall coordinate with NOAA, NASA, mission partners, other agencies, including NTIA and FCC, and international organizations. This work is responsive to the President’s Broadband Initiative to increase commercial spectrum for the broadband wireless industry.

3. DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall provide deliverables specified by the Government Work Assignment Points of Contact (POCs) that are responsible for this Work Assignment. Deliverables may include, but are not limited to, reports, analyses, studies, and meeting minutes.

The Contractor shall provide monthly progress reports that summarize progress on these activities and identify the delivered and near-term deliverable items, based on guidance from the technical point-of-contact and in accordance with the contract.

The Contractor shall provide weekly progress reports that identify technical issues, problems, successes, changes in direction, or new activities that have been assigned. The Contractor shall meet with the individual task leaders, either formally or informally, to discuss the status of the work effort, task issues, concerns, and other information associated with the task.

The Contractor shall provide deliverables in accordance with the schedule in the Work Assignment. In accordance with Section G12 of the Contract (Deliverables), the Contractor shall provide the following deliverables as required in Table 1.

Table 1 Progress Report Electronic copy to the

COR, CO, and the Work Assignment Point of Contact (POC)

See Contract

Task Management Plan Original and 1 copy to Work Assignment POC;

electronic copies to CO and COR

Within 10 days of receipt of Work Assignment

Nondisclosure Agreement

Original to CO; copy to

COR

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Security Forms Originals to Work

Assignment POC;

copies to COR

3.1 Technical Reports and Special Reports: The Contractor shall furnish the Government technical reports as needed in all task areas. In addition to these specific deliverables, the Contractor shall provide deliverables specified by the GSP and NESDIS technical staff leads that are responsible for this task. Deliverables may include, but are not limited to, reports, analyses, presentations, studies, meeting minutes, etc.

3.2 Progress Reports: The Contractor shall provide monthly progress reports that summarize progress on activities and identify the delivered and near-term deliverable items. Reports and deliverables shall be based on guidance from the technical point of contact and in accordance with the contract to include task item progress, problems, and projected work during the next reporting period. The Contractor shall provide weekly progress reports that identify technical issues, problems, successes, changes in direction, or new activities that have been assigned to the Contractor. The Contractor shall meet with the individual task leaders, either formally or informally, to discuss the status of the Contractor’s work effort, task issues, concerns, and other information associated with the task. The Contractor shall provide individual trip reports to the GSP and the JPSS Program, as required.

3.3 Quality Assurance: The Contractor shall provide project management to monitor overall task activities and major deliverables to ensure their quality, timeliness, and pertinence to the NESDIS objectives. Management review of task activities shall occur, as required, to ensure that the Government priorities are being supported and the quality and timeliness of the products shall satisfy the Government. Management review of major deliverables shall be performed sufficiently in advance of delivery to allow time for any needed revisions and to ensure that products are consistently high quality.

Management shall evaluate the task activities and major deliverables to determine if the Award Term assessment criteria have been achieved.

4. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The Period of Performance for this Work Assignment shall be one base year with four option periods as follows.

Base Period September 8, 2016 – September 7, 2017 Option Period One September 8, 2017 – September 7, 2018 Option Period Two September 8, 2018 – September 7, 2019 Option Period Three September 8, 2019 – September 7, 2020 Option Period Four September 8, 2020 – June 30, 2021

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5. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The services to be provided shall be performed at NOAA facilities, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD and/or at 1335 East West Highway, SSMC (Buildings 1, 2, and/or and 3), Silver Spring MD 20910. There will be ____________ desk spaces made available on-site for the Contractor’s use.

Requests for entering into a telework arrangement must be coordinated with the contracted individual’s supervisor and submitted on the approved Telecommuting Agreement Form, a copy of which is available from the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). The COR is responsible for reviewing, approving, and tracking all requests for telework, and making them available to the Contracting Officer if so requested.

6. LEVEL OF EFFORT - COST-PLUS-FIXED-FEE TERM TYPE ORDER

The Contractor shall make its own independent staffing requirements assessment.

7. SKILL REQUIREMENT

The FTEs must be knowable and understand all Federal laws, requirements, guidelines, mandates, etc. that are related to the tasks and requirements in this Work Assignment.

8. TRAVEL

No travel is anticipated.

9. WORK ASSIGNMENT POINT OF CONTACT (POC)

Work Assignment POC: To be Determined Email:

Phone:

10. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

To fulfill this statement of objectives, the Contractor may be required to develop technical and/or acquisition documents that may contain Sensitive Procurement Information. Access or knowledge of this information may limit the Contractor's eligibility to propose on future solicitations issued by the Government that are directly related to this statement of objectives.

As a result, the Contractor may be unable to propose on future solicitations unless the Contractor can clearly demonstrate and justify that it has sufficient administrative, operational and/or technical controls in place to effectively contain and firewall its other employees and information from those that are performing on this Work Assignment. This restraint is imposed to avoid any circumstance of unfair advantage or potential bias that may arise and jeopardize the procurement process for future solicitations.

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Contractor employees performing on this Work Assignment will be required to sign a Non- Disclosure Agreement.

11. IT SECURITY

The Contractor must comply with the DOC, NOAA and NESDIS IT Security policies and procedures. The Government will supply hardware and software necessary to perform the work required by this statement of objectives.

The Contractor shall comply with the IT Security requirements of the Department of Commerce as outlined in Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR) 1352.239-72, Security Requirements For Information Technology Resources (April 2010), except that development of a Security Authorization Package in accordance with CAR 1352.239-72, section (i) is not required. See also, Contract Section I.

12. PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

In conducting certain of these subtasks, the Contractor shall be provided access to sensitive but unclassified information dealing with known threats to NESDIS facilities, equipment, software, missions, and other security-related matters. The Contractor staff members required to handle this information shall obtain the necessary clearances and familiarity with Government-approved procedures for handling, storing, and generating sensitive information and shall treat all such information provided for the conduct of these subtasks accordingly.