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Work Assignment #3 Office of Programs, Planning and Analysis (OPPA)

Systems Engineering and Program Management Support Services

March 2, 2016

1. INTRODUCTION

NESDIS addresses the nation’s requirements to provide global environmental data necessary to monitor the Earth, manage resources, support the Nation’s economy, and protect lives and property. In addition to the two major geostationary and polar-sun-synchronous observatory systems (GOES-R and JPSS), NESDIS develops and operates a number of other satellite systems. These programs are managed under the Office of Programs, Planning and Analysis (OPPA). Under OPPA, programs in the “implementation and execution” will be managed by the Program Management Execution (PME) Division. The Division’s vision is to use robust program management and systems engineering processes to maintain active management, oversight and communication among Delegated Partners to provide mission capabilities.

2. WORK ASSIGNMENT TASKS

This Work Assignment is issued for the acquisition of Systems Engineering and Program Management Support Services for OPPA and the portfolio of programs managed in execution.

These services include Systems Engineering, Programmatic Process Definition, Risk Management, Schedule Development, Systems Engineering Management, Programmatic Review & Support and related tasks.

Technical Requirements

The contractor shall supply Systems Engineering and Program Management Support:

Assist PME Division with key project management functions, including:

• Identify project risks and issues and develop or review of mitigation plans,

• Review technical documentation including L1R, SDR, SRR, CDR, among other documents,

• Support Quality Management activities,

• Assist in the development of project documents, presentations, and other informational material for status presentation,

• Develop or assist in the development of documentation and briefings for programmatic reviews (e.g., PMC, MSR, Risk Reviews)

Work AssignmentActivities

• Provide technical and managerial support to the project management, such as engaging in risk reviews for Jason-3 Project, Cosmic-2 Project, and MetOp-C Project

• Participate in division meetings, technical interchange meetings, and other working group or team meetings as directed.

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3. DELIVERABLES

At a minimum, the contractor shall deliver the following:

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

5. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

This work shall be performed on-site at the NOAA SSMC buildings in Silver Spring MD.

Office space is provided in SSMC1, 1335 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Local travel may be proposed to support task activities as directed by the Division. 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.

Deliverables Distribution Due Date Status Reports Via email to the Work Assignment

POC

Weekly/Bi-weekly

Progress Reports Electronic copy to the COR, CO, and the Work Assignment Point of Contact (POC)

See Contract

Task Order Final Report (TBD)

Original to CO; 1 copy to each COR and Work Assignment POC

Any documents, correspondence, software source code, or any works developed specifically in the conduct of this task.

As assigned

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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 Contractor staff proposed for this requirement shall possess:

• Knowledge of systems engineering as applied to satellite and ground systems project management

• Requirements Management Definition, Decomposition, Flow-down and Traceability

• Risk Informed Decision Making and Risk Management

• Configuration Management

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

The contractor shall travel outside the local area to support task requirements, such as monthly review meetings, working group meetings, quarterly review meetings, and necessary technical review meetings domestically and internationally as requested and approved by the COR. See Section F4.

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.

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

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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, Section I.

12. PERSONNEL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall comply with NOAA security requirements regarding access to government facilities and follow NOAA NESDIS/Finance Office policies and procedures. In addition, personnel shall be screened in accordance with the requirements for Moderate Risk contracts as specified by CAM 1337.70 section 2.2; specifically, in accordance with CAR 1352.237-70, Security Processing Requirements—High or Moderate Risk Contracts. Any access by contract personnel who are Foreign Nationals shall be in accordance with the requirements of CAR 1352.237-73, Foreign National Visitor and Guest Access to Departmental Resources.

Contractor will provide the NOAA points of contact the names of contractor staff assigned so that the NOAA staff has sufficient time to process requests for NOAA badges, and network access prior to contractor’s staff starting work at NOAA and/or NASA location. For any subsequent staffing changes, the contractor, at minimum, will provide five (5) working days written notice of requests for contractor staff to be provided NOAA badges and access to network systems.

1. INTRODUCTION