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Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Statement of Work (SOW)

Task Order Number:

#5TP

HAVE STAR VII

For the National Air and Space Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

19 September 2014

1.0. Requiring Agency

National Air and Space Intelligence Center 4180 Watson Way Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5648.

National Air and Space Intelligence Center Client Representative (CR): Gregory B. Raney Office Symbol: NASIC/XPQ Phone: 937-522-2408 Fax: 937-656-0655 E-mail: gregory.raney@us.af.mil

GSA Project Manager: Kevin Smith Phone: 937-427-4196 Fax: 937-431-0137 E-mail: kevin smith@gsa.gov

GSA Contracting Officer:

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:

(X) New Task ( ) Renewal () Revision/Amendment

() Work Request (X) Fixed Price and or Labor Hours

(X) On-Site (X) Off-site

2.0. INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND

The HAVE STAR has been a critical contacting vehicle for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) for 30 years. This contract has provided highly specialized intelligence analysis required by NASIC to analyze and evaluate worldwide foreign developments, and has continued to evolve to meet current and future systems, subsystems, technologies, and operational concepts related to the Air and Space systems, subsystems, and other new initiatives as they develop.

3.0 . SCOPE OF WORK / OBJECTIVE

The primary objective of this contract is to support the evaluation and analysis of intelligence data on foreign developments in current and future weapon systems, subsystems, and technologies impacting Air and Space systems, and other new initiatives. The intelligence data will be in the form of "all source" intelligence information, and will be used to support assessments and long-range forecasts of foreign developments in areas of interest (as described below). The highly specialized program support and training provided by this contract is an essential ingredient to NASIC analysis required to define worldwide targets in the areas of Air, Space, Cyberspace, Missiles, Signals, Information Operations, and selected new initiatives. The number and depth of specialized areas of these analyses require specialists of exceptionally high competence in the areas of military systems, operations, and trained to recognize subtleties in foreign developments which may directly impact current and future military operations and weapons developments.

4.0. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall provide a contract program manager to provide total task management and supervise contractor personnel. The contract program manager will serve as the primary point of contact to the Government Client Representative (CR) for all technical aspects of the required work. No personal services (reference FAR definition of personal services) will be performed under this contract. It will 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.

5.0. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

Applicable documents will be determined on an individual task order (TO) basis.

6.0. STATEMENT OF WORK REQUIREMENTS

6.1. Project Management

Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) 0001 Operation and Maintenance (O&M) or 0010 Research Development Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) The contractor under this BPA shall provide all labor, facilities, and non-Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) to successfully complete all O&M and RDT&E tasks that support the management of NASIC activities to include the following:

6.1.1. The contractor shall provide up-to-date status, individually for each task order with an active period of performance, through monthly Status / Financial Reports. Monthly Status / Financial Reports will be unclassified and include details on the following items for each previous time period: (1) Best up-to-date estimate of hours worked and therefore expected charges, including those of subcontractors; (2) status of the work performed; (3) any problems or constraints encountered that may impact cost or schedule; (4) status of open items from previous reports; (5) any suggested solutions to problems or constraints encountered; (6) a list of contractor or subcontractor personnel changes; (7) proposed initiatives or waivers requiring Government action. (Ref: Table 7.2. – Deliverable 1)

6.1.2. The contractor shall provide up-to-date status, individually for each task order with an active period of performance, through Program Management Reviews (PMRs). The contractor's program manager shall be required to present oral program reviews as directed by the NASIC CR. The first program review shall be presented at the completion of the first month after contract award, and thereafter as requested, but not less than quarterly. Attendance at the program review shall be coordinated with the NASIC CR (Ref: Table 7.2. – Deliverable 2).

6.1.3. Shall prepare written documentation on the results of tasking to include verbal and written comments, formal reports, informal memorandums and letters, meeting minutes, and specialized technical reports and papers (Ref: Table 7.2. – Deliverable 3).

6.1.4. Shall prepare documents, reports, and studies which pertain to Government selected topics of interest. Prior to the release, the contractor shall present these items to the Government appointed experts to ensure content accuracy and that security considerations are properly addressed (Ref: Table 7.2. – Deliverable 4).

6.1.5. Shall prepare and present briefings on Government selected studies, models, or analyses associated with this effort to various intelligence organizations, committees, or panels as defined by the Government. These briefings shall be presented to the Government appointed experts prior to the actual presentation, to ensure content accuracy and that security considerations are properly addressed (Ref: Table 7.2 – Deliverable 5).

6.1.6. Shall create and maintain a Project Management Plan on an as directed basis for individual Task Orders. The Project Management Plan shall provide the strategy for accomplishing the task with expected milestones to define and track the tasks progress. The Project Management Plan shall be completed and certified by the Contractor, the Technical Monitor and the Client Representative within 15 calendar days after award of the task order (Ref: Table 7.2. - Deliverable 6).

6.1.7. Shall prepare software products and items which pertain to Government selected areas of interest. Prior to the release, the contractor shall present these items to the Government appointed experts to ensure functionality and sufficiency, and that security considerations are properly addressed (Ref: Table 7.2. – Deliverable 7).

6.1.8. Shall maintain a complete listing of classified data, equipment, or material issued by the Government and maintained at the contractor’s facility in performance of this contract to include, the title of the material; the origination date; the overall classification; the type of material (i.e. report, electronic media, etc.); the number of copies held; and any other information necessary to identify the inventory. Further, the contractor shall obtain written prior approval by the CR to the release of classified material. The contractor shall provide the CR with a destruction certificate for classified destroyed (Ref: Table 7.2 – Deliverables 10 & 11).

6.2. The contractor shall provide the necessary resources to plan, implement, manage, and provide training as requested or required on analysis performed, including results and methods, or products developed for the O&M and RDT&E requirements set forth below either on-site or off-site as required in each individual task order. The tasks, other than project management are to be completed using either Firm-Fixed Pricing, Labor Hour, or Time and material CLINs. The contract type at each CLIN will be specified on the SOW of the task order.

6.3. O&M CLINs (This section identifies O&M tasks to be issued during the life of the contract.)

6.3.1. (O&M, CLIN 0002) Threat Development, Production, and Validation The contractor shall produce specialized threat information through a process that includes the identification of program-specific threat requirements, allocation of resources to meet program-specific threat requirements, integration of all-source analyses contributed by other agencies, production of specialized threat documentation and analysis tools, and, where required by regulation or directive, training and submission of specialized threat documentation to the appropriate agencies for approval and/or validation.

6.3.1.1. (O&M) Shall produce client-specific specialized threat products, based on annual threat task production plans, using all-source intelligence, in the following areas: Threat Targets, System Specific Threats, Reactive Threats, Operational Threat Environment, and Integrated Threat. This includes both long-term and quick-reaction tasking.

6.3.1.2. (O&M) Shall conduct and document foreign aerodynamic flight simulation analysis to include mission planning, flight profile modeling, attack simulation, and attack scenarios.

6.3.1.3. (O&M) Shall produce specialized analysis tools for government use and ownership.

6.3.2. (O&M, CLIN 0003) Threat Targets The contractor shall provide engineering descriptions and analysis of current, projected, and reactive aerospace system threats, and other new initiatives.

6.3.2.1. (O&M) Shall perform engineering analysis on current and projected foreign ballistic missile systems and subsystems. The analysis will address engineering designs, performance assessments, airframe, propulsion, guidance and control, reentry vehicles, warheads, countermeasures, and penetration aids.

6.3.2.2. (O&M) Shall conduct and document foreign ballistic missile flight simulation analysis to include missile trajectory modeling, attack simulation, and attack scenarios.

6.3.2.3. (O&M) Shall assess and analyze foreign ballistic missile and space signatures, including both actual and simulated in the visual, infrared (IR), ultraviolet (UV), and radar portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Utilize appropriate validation, verification, and accreditation (VV&A) processes.

6.3.2.4. (O&M) Shall analyze foreign ballistic missile vulnerability and hardening to lasers (IR to X-ray wavelengths), particle beam weapons (neutral and charged), and kinetic energy weapons.

6.3.2.5. (O&M) Shall perform engineering analysis on current and projected foreign manned aerodynamic systems including bombers, fighters, and combat support aircraft. The analysis shall address engineering designs, performance assessments, avionics, countermeasure systems, and weapons types and loading.

6.3.2.6. (O&M) Shall perform engineering analysis on current and projected foreign air-to-surface missiles, cruise missiles (air, ground, and sea launched), unmanned aerodynamic vehicles (UAVs), and unguided munitions. The analysis shall address engineering designs, performance assessments, guidance and control, avionics, warhead, and fusing.

6.3.2.7. (O&M) Shall assess and analyze foreign aerodynamic systems signatures, both actual and simulated, in the visual, IR, UV, and radar portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Utilize appropriate validation, verification, and accreditation (VV&A) processes.

6.3.2.8. (O&M) Shall assess foreign capabilities to achieve signature reduction on aerodynamic, ballistic missile, and other space systems in the areas of Radar Cross Section (RCS) (including analysis of advanced technologies), IR, and electronic emissions.

6.3.2.9. (O&M) Shall populate pertinent databases with assessed intelligence data as directed by the government Technical Monitor.

6.3.3. (O&M, CLIN 0004) System Specific Threats The contractor shall provide engineering descriptions and analysis of foreign ground-based, sea-based, air-based, and space-based Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Tracking capabilities to include modeling, and of current, projected, and reactive weapons and technologies that could threaten the Missile Defense systems, and other new initiatives.

6.3.3.1. (O&M) Shall analyze foreign ground-based, sea-based, air-based, and space-based electronic combat capabilities. The analysis shall examine the means to jam/spoof sensors and communication links, to include modeling.

6.3.3.2. (O&M) Shall analyze foreign air and missile defense suppression capability through the use of jamming, anti-radiation missiles, air-to-surface weapons (guided and unguided), ballistic weapons, special operations, and advanced technologies.

6.3.3.3. (O&M) Shall analyze foreign ground-based, sea-based, air-based, and space-based anti-satellite systems; including conventional, nuclear, directed energy weapons, or ballistic missile defense systems used in an anti-satellite role.

6.3.3.4. (O&M) Shall assess and analyze information operations and computer security threats.

6.3.3.5. (O&M) Shall characterize foreign non-conventional warfare including, but not limited to special-purpose forces, terrorist activity, Radio Frequency (RF) weapons, and emerging technologies.

6.3.4. (O&M, CLIN 0005) Operational Threat Environment Shall assess, analyze, and document the current, projected, and reactive operational environment.

6.3.4.1. (O&M) Shall characterize foreign offensive and defensive force levels, roles and missions, doctrine, strategy, tactics, and training.

6.3.4.2. (O&M) Shall characterize foreign socio-economic, ethnic, political, religious, etc., factors that influence force levels, roles and missions, military doctrine, strategy, training, and tactics.

6.3.4.3. (O&M) Shall analyze foreign command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) infrastructure and capabilities.

6.3.4.4. (O&M) Shall characterize foreign attack capabilities, including force size, composition, and attack timing, against both defended and undefended point and area targets.

6.3.4.5. (O&M) Shall characterize foreign information operations capabilities relative to information gain, exploit, attack, and defend.

6.3.4.6. (O&M) Shall characterize the employment of foreign camouflage, concealment, and deception (CC&D) equipment that supports foreign operation or strategic denial and deception activity. Shall assess foreign nation capability to develop or implement CC&D technology that is employed to protect aircraft, ballistic missiles, selected ground vehicles, and strategic facilities, and assess its ability to deny or degrade US intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors (ISR), and the US reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting, and acquisition capability.

6.3.4.7. (O&M) Shall characterize foreign perceptions of current and future US offensive and defensive systems including weapons, sensors, communications, and countermeasures.

6.3.4.8. (O&M) Shall assess foreign logistics, support, and production capabilities.

6.3.5. (O&M, CLIN 0006) Integrated Threat Shall access, analyze, and document the current, projected, and reactive integrated threat, that is, the synergy of threat targets, system specific threats, and the operational threat environment that defines the complete war fighting capability of an adversary.

6.3.5.1. (O&M) Shall analyze foreign capability to integrate offensive, defensive, and defense suppression operations to defeat or degrade current and future US offensive and defensive systems.

6.3.5.2. (O&M) Shall perform quantitative modeling of US/foreign strategic and theater exchanges.

6.3.5.3. (O&M) Shall perform quantitative modeling of US ballistic missile and/or other air and space defense systems to included architectures and related measures of effectiveness.

6.3.6. (O&M, CLIN 0007) Open Source Intelligence Analysis Shall access, analyze, exploit, and propagate foreign open source information

6.3.6.1. (O&M) Shall specialized analysis tools for translation of foreign language scientific and technical textual information in support of Open Source and all-source intelligence analysis and production.

6.3.6.2. (O&M) Shall maintain and upgrade specialized machine translation routines and applications for government use and ownership

6.4. RDT&E CLINs (This section identifies RDT&E tasks to be issued during the life of the contract.)

6.4.1. (RDT&E, CLIN 0011) Threat Development, Production, and Validation This section identifies RDT&E tasks to be issued during the life of the contract pertaining to threat development, production, and validation. The contractor shall research specialized threat information through a process that includes the identification of program-specific threat requirements, allocation of resources to meet program-specific threat requirements, integration of all-source analyses contributed by other agencies, research of specialized threat documentation and analysis tools, and, where required by regulation or directive, training and submission of specialized threat documentation to the appropriate agencies for approval and/or validation.

6.4.1.1. (RDT&E) Shall develop client-specific specialized threat products, based on threat task production plans, using all-source intelligence, in the following areas: Threat Targets, System Specific Threats, Reactive Threats, Operational Threat Environment, and Integrated Threat. This includes quick-reaction tasking.

6.4.1.2. (RDT&E) Shall develop, conduct and document foreign ballistic missile flight simulation research and development to include missile trajectory modeling, attack simulation, and attack scenarios.

6.4.1.3. (RDT&E) Shall develop specialized analysis tools for government use and ownership.

6.4.2. (RDT&E, CLIN 0012) Threat Targets The contractor shall develop engineering descriptions and research current, projected, and reactive aerospace system threats, and other new initiatives.

6.4.2.1. (RDT&E) Shall perform engineering research of current and projected foreign ballistic missile systems and subsystems. The research shall address engineering designs, performance assessments, airframe, propulsion, guidance and control, reentry vehicles, warheads, countermeasures, and penetration aids.

6.4.2.2. (RDT&E) Shall conduct and document foreign aerodynamic flight simulation research to include mission planning, flight profile modeling, attack simulation, and attack scenarios.

6.4.2.3. (R&D) Shall research foreign ballistic missile and space signatures, including both actual and simulated in the visual, infrared, ultraviolet, and radar portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Shall develop and utilize appropriate validation, verification, and accreditation (VV&A) processes.

6.4.2.4. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign ballistic missile vulnerability and hardening to lasers (IR to X-ray wavelengths), particle beam weapons (neutral and charged), and kinetic energy weapons.

6.4.2.5. (RDT&E) Shall perform engineering research on current and projected foreign manned aerodynamic systems including bombers, fighters, and combat support aircraft. The research shall address engineering designs, performance assessments, avionics, countermeasure systems, and weapons types and loading.

6.4.2.6. (RDT&E) Shall perform engineering research on current and projected foreign air-to-surface missiles, cruise missiles (air, ground, and sea launched), unmanned aerodynamic vehicles (UAVs), and unguided munitions. The research shall address engineering designs, performance assessments, guidance and control, avionics, warhead, and fusing.

6.4.2.7. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign aerodynamic systems signatures, both actual and simulated, in the visual, IR, UV, and radar portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Shall develop and utilize appropriate validation, verification, and accreditation (VV&A) processes.

6.4.2.8. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign capabilities to achieve signature reduction on aerodynamic, ballistic missile, and space systems in the areas of RCS (including analysis of advanced technologies), IR, and electronic emissions.

6.4.2.9. (RDT&E) Shall populate pertinent databases with assessed intelligence data as directed by the government Technical Monitor.

6.4.2.10. (RDT&E) Shall research electromagnetic codes, tools and techniques for application to specific signature intelligence analytic issues.

6.4.3. (RDT&E, CLIN 0013) System Specific Threats The contractor shall provide engineering research of foreign ground-based, sea-based, air-based, and space-based Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Tracking capabilities to include modeling, and of current, projected, and reactive weapons and technologies that could threaten the Missile Defense systems, and other new initiatives.

6.4.3.1. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign ground-based, sea-based, air-based, and space-based electronic combat capabilities. The research shall examine the means to jam/spoof sensors and communication links, to also include modeling.

6.4.3.2. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign air and missile defense suppression capability through the use of jamming, anti-radiation missiles, air-to-surface weapons (guided and unguided), ballistic weapons, special operations, and advanced technologies.

6.4.3.3. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign ground-based, sea-based, air-based, and space-based anti-satellite systems; including conventional, nuclear, directed energy weapons, or ballistic missile defense systems used in an anti-satellite role.

6.4.3.4. (RDT&E) Shall research information operations and computer security threats.

6.4.3.5. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign non-conventional warfare including special-purpose forces, terrorist activity, RF weapons, and emerging technologies.

6.4.4. (RDT&E, CLIN 14) Operational Threat Environment Shall research the current, projected, and reactive operational environment.

6.4.4.1. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign offensive and defensive force levels, roles and missions, doctrine, strategy, tactics, and training.

6.4.4.2. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign socio-economic, ethnic, political, religious, etc., factors that influence force levels, roles and missions, military doctrine, strategy, training, and tactics.

6.4.4.3. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) infrastructure and capabilities.

6.4.4.4. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign attack capabilities, including force size, composition, and attack timing, against both defended and undefended point and area targets.

6.4.4.5. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign information operations capabilities relative to information gain, exploit, attack, and defend.

6.4.4.6. (RDT&E) Shall evaluate the employment of foreign camouflage, concealment, and deception (CC&D) equipment that supports foreign operation or strategic denial and deception activity. Shall research foreign nation capability to develop or implement CC&D technology that is employed to protect aircraft, ballistic missiles, selected ground vehicles, and strategic facilities, and evaluate its ability to deny or degrade US intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors (ISR), and the US reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting, and acquisition capability.

6.4.5.7. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign perceptions of current and future US offensive and defensive systems including weapons, sensors, communications, and countermeasures.

6.4.4.8. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign logistics, support, and production capabilities.

6.4.5. (RDT&E, CLIN 0015) Integrated Threat Shall research the current, projected, and reactive integrated threat, that is, the synergy of threat targets, system specific threats, and the operational threat environment that defines the complete war fighting capability of an adversary.

6.4.5.2. (RDT&E) Shall research foreign capability to integrate offensive, defensive, and defense suppression operations to defeat or degrade current and future US offensive and defensive systems.

6.4.5.3. (RDT&E) Shall develop quantitative models of US/foreign strategic and theater exchanges.

6.4.5.4. (RDT&E) Shall develop quantitative models of US ballistic missile and/or air defense systems and architectures and related measures of effectiveness.

6.4.6. (RDT&E, CLIN 0016) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Analysis Shall access, analyze, exploit, and propagate foreign open source information

6.4.6.1. (RDT&E) Shall development of advanced analysis tools for translation of foreign language scientific and technical textual information in support of Open Source and all-source intelligence analysis and exploitation.

6.4.6.2. (RDT&E) Shall research, development, testing and evaluation of advanced machine translation applications for government use and ownership.

7.0. DELIVERABLES/SCHEDULE

7.1. Deliverable Acceptance Criteria

7.1.1. Deliverables Acknowledgement

Deliverables (Table 7.2.) issued under this contract will contain the following acknowledgments: "This research was supported and monitored by the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC).” Further, it will have a disclaimer to the effect that the report is the Contractor's opinion based on information furnished to them and does not necessarily represent the opinion of any Government agency.

7.1.1.1. Inspection Point

NASIC/XPQ will be the point for final inspection and acceptance by the Government for all special tasks, data, and reports called for during the contract period. For each task levied on the Contractor, the designated technical monitor will be responsible for the evaluation and acceptance of all products resulting from an assigned task.

7.1.1.2. All work will be subject to review by the NASIC technical monitor. The work will be in accordance with NASIC policy as identified in task orders, regulations, instructions, or subsequent superseding documentation; or as conveyed to contractor personnel by the NASIC CR or their designee(s) through the contractor's Program Manager.

7.1.1.3. The contractor will deliver the draft/final reports to the technical monitor in one hardcopy and one softcopy format (determined in each task order) in the NASIC currently installed versions of Microsoft Office. If another format is required, it will be specified in each individual task order.

7.1.1.4. The CR will have 10 workdays to review the draft deliverables and make comments. The contractor will then have five (5) workdays to make all recommended corrections/changes. The final report will be delivered to the technical monitor and/or CR who will have five (5) workdays for final review prior to acceptance or provide documented reasons for non-acceptance. When the Government fails to complete the review within the time specified the deliverable will become acceptable by default.

7.1.1.5. The CR will have the right to reject or require correction of any deficiencies found in the deliverables that are contrary to the information contained in the contractor's accepted proposal. In the event of rejection of any deliverable, the contractor will be notified in writing by the CR of the specific reasons why the deliverable is being rejected. The contractor will have five (5) workdays to correct the rejected deliverable and return it.

7.1.2. Guaranteed Final Report

Final reports will be required for each subtask and will be defined at the task order level.

7.1.3. Delivery of Reports and Software

All classified deliverables will be forwarded to CR (or their appointed representative) as follows:

7.1.3.1. Collateral Reports: All reports classified SECRET or below will be hand-delivered to NASIC or forwarded via registered mail, postage affixed, directly to:

Outside wrapper markings:

NASIC / XPQ

ATTN: Contract Nr/Task Number 4180 Watson Way Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5648

7.1.3.2. SCI Reports and Software

All SCI deliverables submitted under this contract will be forwarded via the Defense Courier Service to:

Outer wrapper markings:

DEFENSE COURIER SERVICE

DODDAC: HKL266

NASIC / SSO

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5648

Inside wrapper markings:

TO BE OPENED BY APPROPRIATE CONTROL OFFICER ATTN: Contract Nr/Task Number

NASIC / XPQ

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5648

7.2. Schedule

All deliverables will be identified at the task order level. The Contractor will submit reports and other deliverables for each sub task in accordance with the requirements set forth in Table 7.2. below:

TABLE 7.2.

PARAGRAPH

Management Reviews (PMRs)

Studies

Technical Monitor/POC

Technical Monitor/POC

30 days prior to end of Period of Performance 15 days prior to end of Period of Performance

Technical Monitor/POC

Technical Monitor & CR

Plan (QCP)

days after overall BPA award

and Release of Claims

days after the end of the Task order period of performance

Holdings – Inventory

Furnished Equipment

(GFE)

Inventory

Subcontractors

days after task order award

Package(s)

days after task order award

8.0. MEETING ATTENDANCE/TRAVEL

8.1. Meeting Attendance

The contractor shall participate in regular team meetings, technical interchange meetings, and interface control working group meetings as required. Meetings may be held at Wright Patterson AFB, OH, the prime contractor facilities, or at other locations as directed by the Government.

8.1.1. The contractor shall prepare and present briefings to the government when requested on the results of efforts undertaken for this SOW. The schedule will be as mutually agreed to between the contractor and the CR. Briefings will be conducted in appropriately cleared areas and IAW security rules and regulations.

8.2. Travel Requirements

Contractor personnel shall be required to travel to perform the efforts required in this SOW. Funding for travel will be obligated at the task order level. All travel must be approved by the government Technical Monitor through the CR prior to occurrence. Failure to obtain preapproval could result in non-payment by the government.

8.2.1. Travel between Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and the local contractor's office, and vice versa, is not a reimbursable cost under this contract.

8.2.2. All estimated travel (including the total number of trips, the beginning and duration of each trip, and the number of and occupations of all Contractor personnel making the trip) will be subject to the advance approval of the CR. Professional personnel provided under this contract will be willing to travel both inside and outside the continental United States as required. All requests for travel will be submitted to the Government CR via electronic mail. Further all travel preparations (air fare, hotel, rental car) will be made by the contractor. The contractor will adhere to Joint Travel Regulations policy and claims for reimbursement of expenses.

8.2.3. CONUS Travel Requirements

The contractor will adhere to the requirements listed above and will submit all requests for travel via electronic mail to the CR and include security clearance requests to the Government CR a minimum of 15 calendar days prior to the anticipated travel start date.

8.2.4. OCONUS Travel Requirements

The contractor will adhere to the requirements listed in 8.2.2, and when travel is required outside the continental United States, the contractor will be responsible for all additional preparations to include, passports, inoculations, and transportation expenses. All clearance requests must be sent to the CR a minimum of 30 calendar days before the anticipated travel start date.

9.0. PERSONNEL/REQUIREMENTS

9.1. GSA Service Schedule

NASIC will utilize the GSA Schedule 871, "PES Professional Engineering Services,” labor categories for this effort.

9.2. Selection of Personnel

The contractor's key personnel must have valid TOP SECRET/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances and there must be a sufficient number of appropriately cleared personnel to handle, store, work with, generate, and manage the classified information associated with this contract.

9.2.1. The contractor will provide a resume of each individual proposed outlining their qualifications, appropriate security clearance level, and their qualifications to the labor category proposed to the CR.

9.2.2. The Contractor will do everything possible to ensure continuity of effort by using the same key personnel throughout the period of the contract. However, if an individual leaves the contractor before the contract expires, the contractor must provide the Government with an individual of comparable qualifications, security clearances, and acceptable standards of moral and ethical conduct.

9.2.3. All potential replacements must have a resume outlining their qualifications, security clearances, and applicability to the labor category proposed to the CR.

9.2.4. The prime contractor may request for additional personnel to work on the contract, but the hours of the personnel cannot exceed the original amount on the contractor’s original proposal.

9.2.5. The Government reserves the right to deny the suitability of the contractor's employees. NASIC also reserves the right to recommend to the Contractor that certain employees will not be permitted access to Government facilities in performance of this contract (a) who are security risks, (b) whose performance is unsatisfactory, or, (c) who constitute a disruptive influence in the facilities.

9.3. Management and Training

The Contractor shall be responsible for selecting personnel who are well qualified to perform the required services, versed in supervising techniques used in their work, and for keeping personnel informed of all improvements, changes, and methods of operation.

9.3.1. The Contractor shall accomplish the assigned work by employing and utilizing qualified personnel with the appropriate combination of education, training and experience, as defined in the GSA Schedule Summary 871, "PES Professional Engineering Services" labor categories. The Contractor will not bill the Government for any time spent by employees in the above-mentioned training or for the training itself.

9.4. Exceptions to Personnel Qualifications

NASIC will accept nationally recognized experts and other people well qualified in the various labor categories in lieu of specified degree requirements on a case by case basis. When requested by NASIC, the Contractor will furnish in his response to the CR the specific qualifications of each individual proposed to work on the task. If key individuals are proposed in the Contractor's Proposal who the Contractor claims are nationally recognized experts or otherwise well qualified individuals, sufficient detail should be given to allow NASIC evaluators to verify this claim. Examples of special qualifications that will be recognized by NASIC will include, but not be limited to: (a) years of experience in the discipline(s) required for this effort; (b) publications; (c) presentations at national level conferences; (d) patents; (e) copyrights; (f) professional affiliations; (g) university affiliations; and (h) special recognition(s), awards, and honors. All nationally recognized experts must adhere to the same security clearance requirements, standards of conduct, and moral and ethical requirements. The NASIC CR reserves the right to disapprove personnel not believed to be technically qualified.

10.0. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION

10.1. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT/GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFE/GFP) - The contractor shall have access to the GFE/GFP specified below. If the contractor requires any additional GFE/GFP to accomplish individual task orders, the contractor will specify the requirements in the technical proposal, and will be subject to government approval. Should the Government disapprove any GFE/GFP requested in the proposal, the contractor will be prepared to accomplish the requirements of the SOW without the requested additional GFE/GFP.

10.1.1. Facilities and Services

NASIC will provide work space, furniture, access to business telephones (for business purposes only) and the computer time as required for work performed on-site at Wright Patterson AFB, OH at no additional cost to the contractor. Any requirements for additional Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) will be stated in each task order. All GFE must be returned at the end of the period of performance unless otherwise stated in writing by the CR.

10.1.2. Information Sources

Qualified government personnel will be available to provide technical input, answer questions, review completed draft deliverables and provide feedback. Timely communication is essential to meet shortened suspense dates, particularly as it relates to documentation and informational meetings and briefings. NASIC will provide access to JWICS, NIPRNET, and all-source intelligence data required to complete the items in the SOW.

10.1.3. Contractor Liability

The contractor has the responsibility to conserve and protect Government resources. The use of these resources for non-Governmental use is prohibited. The contractor will repair any Government-owned equipment, which is damaged through or by the fault of the contractor, with equipment of equal or better quality, at no cost to the Government. All repairs and/or replacement of GFE/GFP must be pre-approved by the CR.

10.1.4. GFE/GFP Inventory

The contractor will maintain a current list of all GFE/GFP broken out by active task order and provide it to the CR bi-annually. (Ref: Table 7.2, deliverable 10.)

11.0. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

11.1. The majority of the work under this contract will be accomplished at the contractor's facility and at the National Air & Space Intelligence Center, 4180 Watson Way, Wright-Patterson AFB, and Ohio 45433-5648.

11.2. Additional contractor work space may be required in various locations within the continental US, as designated by the NASIC CR. These potential locations will be stated on the DD254. Additional contractor work areas will be negotiated with other government agencies as necessary to complete this work, at no additional charge to the Government.

12.0. SECURITY

12.1. Security Clearance

There must be a sufficient number of TS/SCI cleared personnel to accomplish the work as is required by the Government. Special Access Program (SAP) access may be required of certain personnel on some task orders; task-specific DD 254s will be issued for these orders. The contractor's facility must be IAW the DD Form 254, "TOP SECRET Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification".

12.1.1. The contractor shall submit a DD Form 254 for all assigned subcontractors within 30 calendar days of establishment of the BPA. (Ref: Table 7.2, deliverable 11).

12.1.2. All key contractor personnel associated with a specific task order shall have TS/SCI clearances at the time of task order award. All contractor personnel requiring TS/SCI for a specific task order must submit a SCI Eligibility Nomination Package and SF86 on each proposed individual, for agency specific adjudication, to the designated CR, within 15 days of task order award. (Ref: Table 7.2, deliverable 12.)

12.1.3. In the event an individual's eligibility decision exceeds 30 calendars days beyond the contract award date, the Government reserves the right to request the nomination of a replacement candidate. Where no suitable candidate is nominated within 10 calendar days of the Government request, the Government reserves the right to cancel the task order award and issue a subsequent task order award.

12.2. The Use of Foreign Nationals

A foreign national is defined as all persons not citizens of, not nationals of or immigrant aliens to the U.S. It is expected that some materials marked NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS (NOFORN) will be passed to the Contractor in support of various tasks issued under this contract. Any Foreign National will be prohibited from reviewing material with this handling caveat. Per DoD 5220.22-R, dated 17 Feb 87, paragraph 1-237, Immigrant alien is defined as any person lawfully admitted into the U.S. under an immigration visa for permanent residence.

12.3. Privacy Act Information

The provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 protect information included in this contract, and, therefore all contractor personnel and any subcontractors assigned to this contract will take the proper precautions to protect the information from unauthorized disclosure.

12.4. Operational Security (OPSEC)

Critical Information (CI) associated with any task order must be protected to prevent adversary collection and exploitation. The Contractor will implement security requirements as directed by the government's OPSEC Plan including initial training and reoccurring training, which will be provided as Government Furnished Information (GFI).

13.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance will be identified on individual task orders. The BPA will be established for a duration of 60 months, and is subject to the annual reviews required by FAR 8.405-3(d)(1).

14.0. QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

The contractor will develop a Quality Control Plan (QCP) and Performance Matrix. The QCP and Performance Matrix will include a surveillance schedule and clearly state the surveillance method(s) to be used. The QCP and Performance Matrix should focus on the quality, quantity, and timeliness etc. of the performance outputs to be delivered by the contractor to the Government, and not on the steps required or procedures used to provide the product or service. The QCP and Performance Matrix will be developed to fairly evaluate the contractor's performance throughout the contract period of performance, and measure results of only the most critical and essential elements in the stated objectives of the SOW.

14.1. The QCP and Performance Matrix may be combined into one Microsoft Word document. The QCP and Performance Matrix will be submitted as a separate document from your proposals and resumes.

15.0 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

15.1. General Requirements

The CR will be responsible for coordinating all task-related matters within NASIC ensuring that client-supplied items specified in this SOW are available when needed. Further, the CR will be the primary focal point for apprising GSA of any problems with the contractor that may affect delivery or costs of completed work.

15.2. Guaranteed Final Report

Final reports will be required for each subtask and will be defined at the task order

15.3. Contractor Holidays

The prices/costs in the contract include holiday observances; accordingly, the Government will not be billed for such holidays. Any work to be performed on an observed holiday, must be submitted for approval to the CR a minimum of 10 days before the work is to occur. The request must include the name of the contractor, the number of hours requested, and a Government POC who will be available to sign the contractor in and out of the facility. If approved by the CR, the contractor will only bill the Government at the established contract hourly rate, and not at a higher holiday/overtime rate. The following days are considered contract holidays:

a) All days issued by Executive Order by The President of the United States;

b) New Year's Day;

c) Martin Luther King Jr. Day;

d) President's Day;

e) Memorial Day;

f) Independence Day;

g) Labor Day;

h) Columbus Day;

i) Veteran's Day;

j) Thanksgiving; and

k) Christmas.

15.4. Identification of Contractor Personnel

All contractor personnel and their subcontractors must identify themselves as Contractors or subcontractors during meetings, telephone conversations, and in electronic messages, or correspondence related to this contract. Further, all Contractor-occupied facilities (on Wright-Patterson AFB, OH or any other Government installations) such as offices, separate rooms, or cubicles must be clearly identified with Contractor supplied signs, name plates or other identification, showing that these are work areas for Contractor or subcontractor personnel.

15.5. Key Personnel

Individuals designated as key personnel will be committed to the project for its duration and cannot be substituted or replaced without the written agreement of the CO.

15.6. Manyear

For the purposes of this SOW one (1) man-year is defined as a total of 2087 labor hours.

15.7. Close-Out Procedures

The contractor is required as a deliverable of each task order to provide the GSA Information Technology Manager (ITM) a final invoice and Release of Claims no later than 60 calendar days after the end of each individual task order period of performance. GSA will subsequently modify the contract for closeout. (ref: Table 7.2 - deliverable 6)

15.7.1. The contractor will notify the GSA Contracting Officer (CO) when seventy-five (75%) of the funds have been expended for each task order.

15.8. Performance of Services During Emergency Conditions Declared By Wright-Patterson AFB Authority In the event an emergency is declared for WPAFB necessitating the implementation of an alternate work schedule (other than a standard 8-hour day, Monday-Friday work week), services provided under this contract may require implementation of an alternate work schedule, not to exceed a 40-hour work week. The GSA Contracting Officer will make notification to the appropriate contractor's point of contact. A modified work schedule will be adopted for the duration of the declared emergency and the contractor will comply with the provisions of that alternate work schedule.

15.9 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

15.9.1. All IT solutions to be implemented at NASIC, must conform to and be in compliance with the NASIC Enterprise Architecture as published by the Systems Integration Management Office (SIMO) and approved by the NASIC Chief Information Officer (CIO). Any deviations from the NASIC IT standards will be addressed through the processes outlined in NASICI 33-108.

15.9.2. All contractors and personnel requiring accounts with elevated system/network privileges must be trained and certified in accordance with DoD 8570.01-M – Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program and DFARs 252.239-7001, Information Assurance Contractor Training and Certification Program.

15.9.3. All IT solutions developed under this effort must be fully turned over to the Government without use restriction or limitation on the Government’s ability to provide the IT solution and/or source code to any other third party.

15.10. CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING – Enterprise – wide Contractor Manpower Reporting Application

15.10.1. The contractor will report all contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Acquisition Policy Division (XPQ) via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: http://www.ecmra.mil/

15.10.2. Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported anytime during the FY, all data will be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year, beginning with 2014. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk at http://www.ecmra.mil/.

16.0. ORDERING PROCEDURES

16.1. BPA Scope

The total scope of the technical tasks for which orders may be issued is set forth in Paragraph 6.0 of this SOW.

16.2. BPA Ceiling

Funding will be placed on the contract on an individual task order basis; however, the establishment of the BPA does not guarantee orders for any or all of the efforts specified in the requirements section of this BPA.

16.2.1. The total amount of each TO will establish a ceiling price for the order, which the contractor exceeds at its own risk. Any request to change the ceiling price for a task order must be submitted in writing by the contractor and sent to the Contracting Officer for determination and action.

16.2.2. Task orders may be incrementally funded. If incrementally funded, funds will be added to the contract as they become available. The contractor will not perform work resulting in charges to the Government that exceed the obligated amount of funds. The contractor will notify the GSA Contracting Officer (CO) in writing, whenever it has reason to believe that in the next 60 calendar days, the charges to the Government will exceed 75% of the obligated funds. This notice will state the estimated amount of additional funds required to complete performance of this SOW, and what, if any, the estimated impact on the current SOW, if funding is not received. The Government is not obligated to reimburse the contractor for any charges in excess of the obligated funds, and the contractor is not obligated to continue performance or otherwise incur costs that would result in charges to the Government in excess of the amount obligated under this order.

16.3. Limitation of Funds

The total sum allotted to the BPA and available for payments of labor, travel, and materials (O&M CLINs 0001 - 0009), (RDT&E CLINs 0010 - 0018) will be set in each Task Order (TO). Upon issuance of the Request for Quotes to establish a BPA, there are no anticipated other direct costs. In the event, other direct costs are identified for a specific task order, the regulation and limitations at FAR 8.402(f) apply.

16.4. General

The ordering activity will use the procedures in FAR 8.405-2 "Ordering Procedures for Services Requiring a Statement of Work (SOW)." The SOW requirements identified in this BPA are in general terms. Subtasks may be issued by the CR to the contractor within a particular TO.