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STATEMENT OF WORK

for

DTRA Treaties and Partnerships Department on

The Treaty on Open Skies SME Technical Support (27 February 2018)

1.0 BACKGROUND AND SCOPE

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) manages the U.S. Technical Equipment Inspection (TEI) Program and provides certification and subsequent inspections of foreign arms control equipment intended for use in and around U.S. facilities. The TEI Program is currently applicable to Foreign Inspection Team (FIT) equipment and supplies for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Treaty on Open Skies (OS), International Atomic Energy Agency agreements, and the Chemical Weapons Convention and may expand operations for future arms control treaties and agreements.

Prior to and following treaty inspections conducted by foreign inspectors, DTRA performs point-of-entry and point-of-exit inspections of FIT equipment, sensors and supplies to ensure that those items are identical to the items specified on the certified equipment list for the specific treaty/agreement. Inspections under any of the treaties and agreements listed above may occur simultaneously, and each treaty and agreement has a specified allowable timeframe to complete the TEI process.

The scope of this requirement includes contract support necessary to support the TEI Program and the DTRA Treaties and Partnerships Department in accomplishing program goals and objectives as they relate to the Treaty on Open Skies. The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, labor, services and supplies necessary to support the requirement. This includes support of certification and pre-flight inspections of Open Skies sensors such as electro-optical sensors (EO), infrared sensors (IR), and synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2.1. The Treaty on Open Skies along with any key documents, decisions and updates can be found at any of the following websites:

https://www.state.gov/t/avc/trty/102337.htm (includes Article-by-Article Analysis) https://www.state.gov/t/avc/trty/102337.htm (Treaty is available in 6 agreed languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish).

http://www.osce.org/oscc (The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) is the implementing body for the Open Skies Treaty. It consists of representatives from each of the 34 States Parties to the Open Skies Treaty).

3.0 TASKS OR REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide expert-level support on the Treaty on Open Skies to ensure that the DTRA TEI Program supports operations while protecting U.S. national security interests.

3.1. Project Management

The contractor shall perform administrative, technical, and financial management functions during the course of this effort and shall maintain a status of their effort towards achieving the Statement of Work (SOW) objectives, including all technical activities and efforts, problems/deficiencies, impacts, and recommended solutions. The contractor shall provide a concise monthly status report of 1-2 pages documenting accomplishments and expenditures for the month. The contractor shall provide a copy of the monthly invoice to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). (Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) A001)

3.2. Subject Matter Expertise and Technical Support

3.2.1. The contractor shall serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and shall provide technical support to develop, sustain, and improve the capability, within applicable treaty constraints, to:

(a) Determine how to independently verify that sensors are not operated in an unauthorized manner during flight and to detect the presence of any hidden sensors. Determine how to verify that the sensors are functioning IAW specific, declared operating modes (i.e., how to determine which configuration the sensor is operating);

(b) Determine how to ensure digital data collected from aerial observation missions is not retained or diverted at points along the collection-transport-process-destroy continuum;

(c) Perform and verify permanent, non-destructive erasure of digital data from imagery systems (EO, IR, and SAR);

(d) Quickly and easily confirm that no modifications have been made to Open Skies aircraft or sensors since certification;

(e) Measure and assess the separate and combined effects of electro-optical sensors, infrared sensors, and synthetic aperture radar;

(f) Ensure that TEI personnel have extensive knowledge of all inspection procedures and necessary equipment deemed appropriate to accomplish the certification/inspection of sensors;

(g) Provide SME expertise and technical leadership on DTRA R&D projects providing treaty support; and

(h) Provide SME support to treaty certification processes, associated meetings and working groups for both the U.S. and Russian planned certifications.

3.2.2. As requested, the contractor shall participate in Open Skies missions, inspections, meetings, working groups, exercises, or other events as requested by the DTRA Treaties and Partnership Department. This may include, for example, passive overflight missions, active overflight missions, blue-on-blue exercises, or joint training flights and may require CONUS and

OCONUS travel. The contractor shall prepare technical papers, briefings, and talking papers to support these events, as requested by DTRA. (CDRL A002)

3.3. [OPTION 1] Data and imagery analysis The contractor shall analyze imagery from the IR Sensor Characterization Device, to include modulation transfer function (MTF) calculations, focal plane array (FPA) imagery and analysis, and thermal measurement analysis, to include measuring the noise equivalent temperature difference (NETD), and measuring minimum resolvable temperature difference (MRTD).

3.4. [OPTION 2] IR Calibration Target Analysis The contractor shall support the experimental collection of IR imagery on various calibration targets and analyze the imagery to assess the characteristics of various IR calibration targets. The targets could include various shapes such as a tri-bar target or Siemens star, or various target materials. Target analysis would include assessing the optimal target size, the effects of temperature, and optimal target backgrounds to provide the USG with the best information on target selection.

3.5. Travel Requirements

• Long-distance travel may be required during the performance of this effort. Local travel within the National Capital Region will also be required for this effort. Travel locations and durations as may be required will be at the direction of the COR. The contractor shall provide a detailed estimate of any required travel to the COR. All travel shall be in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), and all travel shall be approved by the COR via e-mail prior to the Contractor’s incurring any travel expense. The government anticipates the frequency and locations to be as follows yet other locations could be required and the frequency and duration of each trip is subject to change:

o Vienna, Austria: one (1) person/trip * one (1) week/trip * two (2) trips/PoP o Dayton, Ohio: one (1) person/trip * one (1) week/trip * eight (8) trips/PoP o San Francisco, CA: one (1) person/trip * one (1) week/trip * four (4) trips/PoP o Salt Lake City, UT: one (1) person/trip * one (1) week/trip * four (4) trips/PoP o Russia: one (1) person/trip * one (1) week/trip * two (2) trips/PoP

Various other locations subject to COR request/approval.

3.6. Security Requirements

Participating Contractor personnel working on this program must be U.S. citizens, and will require a minimum of a DOD Secret clearance in order to provide the required support. Selected individuals shall require TOP SECRET/SCI level clearance and most work will require access to the DTRA classified and unclassified local area networks (LAN). Information, documentation and other products shall be classified and handled appropriately in accordance with published classification guidance. Clearances must be in place prior to contract award in accordance with the attached DD254.

3.7. Government-Furnished Support

As identified above, some work will be required at Government sites. The Government will provide working space, supplies, and access to computer equipment and telephones as appropriate for on-site support.

3.8. Schedule

The base period of performance for this effort shall be from 18 August 2018 – 17 August 2019.

The period of performance for options shall be from 18 August 2019 – 17 August 2020, 18 August 2020 – 17 August 2021, 18 August 2021 – 17 August 2022 and 18 August 2022 – 17 August 2023. All references to days are to calendar days.