M00264-18-R-0012_(RFP).docx

M0026418R0012

Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

Initial Project Assesment

FFP

IAW PWS section 4.1 FOB: Destination

MAX

NET AMT

Front End Analysis

IAW PWS section 4.2

MAX

Design Product

IAW PWS section 4.3

MAX

Development Product

IAW PWS section 4.4

MAX

Travel

Travel Costs

MAX

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS

MINIMUM/MAXIMUM AMOUNTS

The minimum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity and contract value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not exceed the maximum quantity and contract value stated in the following table.

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

$1,000.00 $10,000,000.00

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Performance Work Statement For The College Of Distance Education And Training (CDET) Interactive Multimedia Instruction Services

1. Background The Marine Corps College of Distance Education and Training (CDET), Marine Corps University (MCU)/Education Command (EDCOM) is located at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico, VA. CDET is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing electronic learning solutions through the use of information technologies that meet critical instructional needs across the United States Marine Corps (USMC) training and education (T&E) continuum. The CDET, in close collaboration with sponsors of Marine Corps T&E programs, develops innovative technology-enabled solutions that increase readiness by providing learning opportunities and support to Marines, anytime, anywhere. CDET’s Digital Content Department (DCD) provides the Marine Corps with an e-learning design and development capability to satisfy unmet or emerging T&E requirements. The CDET DCD maintains a standing capability to produce new or updated e-learning across the following primary content categories: Ground Combat; Combat Service Support; Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4); Aviation Combat and Support; Professional Military Education; Annual Compliance and Common Skills; and a range of annual training requirements. DCD-produced e- learning products are used as stand-alone programs, as part of resident or online instructor- or leader-led T&E, and for on-the-job learning or performance support. E-learning product sizes range from discrete multimedia training aids to complete courses of instruction.

The DCD’s primary design and development focus is Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) for delivery via the Marine Corps Distance Learning Network (MarineNet), which hosts, delivers, and tracks Marine Corps web-based courses. IMI developed for MarineNet delivery shall conform to the MarineNet Courseware Development Technical Standards, which includes the applicable version of the Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model (SCORM). However, standalone versions, deliverable via CD or DVD are also produced, and DCD anticipates future requirements that include production for delivery via mobile devices. Unless specifically exempted as a national security system (as defined in the National Defense Authorization Act (Clinger-Cohen Act) for fiscal year 1996, Section 5142 (40 USC 1452)), products shall comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or an alternative shall be provided that allows access to the information needed. Unless specifically waived or expanded, DCD develops e-learning products that are compatible with the Marine Corps hardware/software baseline and deliverable via the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN).

2. Scope The scope of this effort is to provide analysis, planning, design, and development products to the Marine Corps College of Distance Education and Training (CDET), Education Command (EDCOM) in support of their mission to provide effective interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) and related digital products and electronic learning (e-learning) initiatives to the Marine Corps. The Contractor shall support the CDET Digital Content Department (DCD) product development mission by producing instructional products with varying levels of complexity, length and user interactivity in an online courseware format. Key knowledge areas to support this requirement include all phases of e-learning product design and development, comprising e-learning feasibility analysis, instructional design, multimedia design and development, courseware programming, and coordination/liaison with Operating Forces (OPFORs) and other CDET customers. Delivered products align directly to these knowledge areas and include the production and delivery of initial project assessments, project front end analysis, design products, final development (courseware) products, and the deployment of products on the MarineNet family of systems.

3. General Information:

3.1 Ordering Period

This contract consist of a five (5) years Ordering Period from the contract award date.

0. Type of Contract:

This contract is a single award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract consisting of Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN) for performance tasks listed in the PWS.

0. Place of Performance

For this requirement, place of performance is expected to be primarily at contractor site. CDET offices, located on Marine Corp Base (MCB) Quantico, will provide MCEN testing stations on premises for contractor quality control personnel to utilize for review purposes. Additionally, one (1) seat on premises, within CDET offices, will be provided for utilization by the lead contractor responsible for government coordination activities.

0. Security Requirements Overarching security requirements and contractor access to classified information shall be as specified in the DD Form 254. The security clearance classification for this requirement is UNCLASSIFIED. Contractor personnel shall possess the appropriate security clearance upon reporting to work on the first day.

Common Access Card (CAC): Contractor personnel assigned to work aboard Marine Corps facilities are required to possess a CAC. Upon award of the contract the Field Security Office (FSO) will coordinate with the COR of the contract and provide a list of all contractor personnel (name, Social Security Number, date of birth and an email address) assigned to work on this contract.

0. Travel The Contractor may be required to travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations in support of this contract to fulfill the requirements contained in this PWS. All travel transactions will be accounted for under a separate line item under the contract. Travel transactions will be defined and agreed at the task order level as a FFP.

0. Special Qualifications The Contractor shall be responsible for employment, training, guidance, and supervision of qualified personnel performing under this PWS. The Contractor shall accomplish the assigned services by employing and utilizing qualified personnel possessing an appropriate combination of education, training, and experience to successfully accomplish the services in this PWS as indicated below:

TABLE 1 Education, Training, and Experience

Skillsets, Knowledge, and Experience Necessary to Meet Requirements

1. Knowledge and experience with the following:

- Multimedia instructional design concepts, principals, and tools

- Lectora Inspire, Adobe Captivate, and similar courseware development software and tools

- QuestionMark Perception assessment generation software and tools

- Adobe Creative Cloud or equivalent Adobe application suites

- Authoring languages such as Java, JavaScript, XML, HTML5, ActionScript, and CSS

- Development and manipulation of audio, video, animations, and still images

- 3D modeling programs and 3D HTML5 gaming engines such as 3ds Max, Daz 3D, and PlayCanvas

2. Experience conducting learning analysis to identify T&E gaps that can effectively and efficiently be remediated via technology-based learning

3. Demonstrated track record of creating course structure and content that meets the needs of adult learners in an electronically delivered distance learning environment

4. Experience with eLearning development standards, SCORM (including advanced sequencing and navigation), TinCan and/or xAPI, and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508

5. Experience in designing and programming eLearning content as responsive and/or adaptive in structure.

0. Quality Assurance and Performance A Quality Assurance Surveillance Program (QASP) establishes the requirements for acceptance of work, performance quality, and associated deliverables. The COR is responsible for establishing the provisions of the QASP. The QASP incorporates The Contractor’s quality control processes with the Government’s terms and conditions for acceptance of products and services. Additionally, the QASP includes a set of functional metrics that shall serve as a means for gauging overall effectiveness and correcting any problems associated with performance. Overall quality ratings will be provided to The Contractor quarterly for PWS-level performance. The Contractor shall provide their Quality Plan to the COR within thirty (30) days after contract award for review, comment, and acceptance. Formal quality control measures are expected to be executed for all formal deliverables under this contract. The Contractor’s Quality Plan shall include an internal quality control report for each Task, delivered with each required Task deliverable.

0. Data Rights All reports, data, materials (including, but not limited to, training materials, computer software and hardware, source code, interfaces, instructional/educational items/tools, website-related and digital design works, and related items) and information, and all associated intellectual property (singularly or collectively “Items”), in whatever form, created, generated, or produced under this contract shall become the property of the Marine Corps; therefore, the Marine Corps shall have the right to use, modify, reproduce, perform, display, release, or disclose such Items in whole or in part, in any manner, and for any purpose whatsoever, and to have or authorize others to do so.

The Marine Corps requires unrestricted use of the subject deliverables that are part of this effort. Therefore, any restricted data rights, information, software, items and/or other materials including, but not limited to, the contractor ’s or a third-party’s proprietary items must not be used for any services and/or deliverables under this PWS without the specific written approval by the Contracting Officer prior to start of any work.

No items created or provided expressly for this contract shall be used by the contractor for any purpose other than those purposes that are in support of and for performance under this contract without the prior written permission of the Contracting Officer. Since all Items supplied/delivered to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose, no Items may be used, distributed/disseminated, or sold by the contractor without first obtaining prior written permission from the Contracting Officer. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

Moreover, since the Government shall have all rights, title and interests in or to all items including all associated intellectual property created, generated, or produced under this contract, including, without limitation, the source codes of any software, web designs or web-related or associated products, still photos and other graphics, video and animation products, storyboards and scripts, training/instructional materials and courseware (all of which are also included as “Items”) it shall be understood by the contractor that all items are Government owned and are the sole property of the Government and not the contractor , sub-contractor, or individual author or researcher, with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright, and intellectual property and intellectual property rights belonging exclusively to the Government or as protected under federal and Marine Corps Human Subjects Protection regulations. Furthermore, the contractor shall not use the contractor ’s (and its employees’) or a third-party’s personally protectable rights, e.g., right-to-privacy, etc., associated with the use of an image or likeness of any person or property, and/or of a person’s voice for any purpose without meeting the requirements of DFARS clause 252.227-7020, and without the specific, written approval by the Contracting Officer, prior to start of any work. In this regard, the contractor will ensure that all image, likeness and voice releases will assign all the individual’s rights to the image, likeness, and/or voice contained within all deliverable content to the contractor, and the contractor through this contract assigns all such rights/releases to the Government.

3.8.1 VIDEO/AUDIO-Related Tasks

Releases or permits authorizing the U. S. Government’s (“USG”) use of privately owned locations and/or sounds from such locations, participants’ voices and images, consistent with scripted requirements of the video vignettes, must be obtained from all entities/personnel who are photographed, audio recorded, or filmed in the execution of this project. These releases/permits must be submitted to, and approved by, the Contracting Officer, or, at the discretion and approval of the Contracting Officer, will be provided to the contractor, prior to performing work associated with recording or capturing privately owned locations, or personal images or voices. Furthermore, if music or other proprietary items are incorporated into the scripts, storyboards, videos, photographs, artwork, audio, voiceover, narrations, and other video and audio recorded materials, (unless the terms are otherwise agreed upon by the COR) the contractor shall obtain an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license of sufficient scope to assign to the USG unrestricted use of such items/materials. More specifically, contractor will ensure that all image, likeness and voice releases will assign all of each individual’s rights to the image, likeness, and/or voice contained within all deliverable content to the contractor, and the contractor through this contract assigns (and the contractor will execute an assignment document to transfer) all such rights/releases to the Government.

Such releases and permits will be reviewed and approved by the Government’s Counsel. Moreover, the contractor will provide the original of all releases/permits and licenses along with a spreadsheet listing all such signed releases/permits and licenses to the Contracting Officer or the COR upon request or at the time of delivery of the finished products.

Note: Special use permits are required for filming on Federal property administered by the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service in accordance with section 460L-6d of title 16, U.S.C., and certain States may also require permits for filming on State-owned properties.

The Contractor shall incorporate the following statement on each segregable video package or courseware that contains a non-segregable video package:

“In addition to works of the U.S. Government (as defined by 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), this instructional/video material may also contain items that are either covered by copyright or trademark, or other intellectual or personal property rights including, but not limited to, individuals’ names and likenesses that are either licensed to the U.S. Government and owned by third parties, or are assigned to or otherwise owned by the U.S. Government. The viewer/user should not assume that anything on this instructional/video material is necessarily in the Public Domain.”

3.8.2 Ownership, Work Made for Hire:

The Contractor will agree that the items produced hereunder, and any portion(s) thereof, shall be considered “works made for hire” (as that term is understood in United States copyright law) created by contractor as employee(s) for hire of the United States Government (“USG”), whom contractor confirms shall be deemed the creator of the items. The Contractor will further agree that the USG shall be the absolute owner(s) of the items created, generated or produced pursuant to the contract and/or any sub-contract and all rights therein including all intellectual property, copyright and copyright renewal rights throughout the world. Moreover, the contractor agrees that all intellectual property rights in and to all Items including, but not limited to, the artistic and literary material furnished by the contractor to the USG in connection with this effort shall be the sole and absolute property of the USG for any and all purposes whatsoever. All negatives exposed and processed, sound tracks and recordings, videotapes, video or digital materials and other media and matter utilized in the production of, or associated with, this effort shall be the sole and exclusive property of the USG and shall be deliverable on demand, and shall not be used by the contractor except with the written permission of USG (or unless such use is for the manufacture of additional copies ordered by the USG. Moreover, the contractor shall execute, acknowledge and deliver such instruments or papers as the USG may deem necessary to further evidence or effectuate ownership hereunder. Moreover, the contractor will confirm that no further approval shall be required from the contractor or any other individual or entity for any use of the Items and/or other video content by the USG. With respect to the aforementioned, the contractor shall consolidate all intellectual property rights in or to the items and/or other video content in order to provide the USG with an assignment of such intellectual property rights in or to the items and/or other video content. DFARS section 252.227-7020 is incorporated hereto and into any resulting contract by reference herein. If copyrighted material is required, and use of such material is authorized in writing by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor will be responsible for securing copyright via negotiation and contract, which will be reviewed and approved by the Government’s Counsel. The period of usage will be agreed upon with the COR.

3.2 Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI)

The Contractor shall report immediately to the Contracting Officer any instances where Organizational Conflict of Interest is apparent or present, per criteria set forth under FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that concern may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

4. Specific Requirements The scope of this effort comprises courseware services in four (4) distinctive task areas. The task areas for this effort are (1) Initial Project Assessment, (2) Front End Analysis, (3) Courseware Product Design and (4) Courseware Product Development and Deployment. The Contractor shall maintain regular communication with COR-designated Government staff. The Contractor shall work collaboratively with CDET DCD Government staff, USMC project proponents, and other Contractor staff as needed during all project phases (analysis, planning, design, and development). The specific scope and deliverable for each of the aforementioned task areas are as follows:

4.1 Task 1: Initial Project Assessment

The Contractor shall conduct an initial project assessment originated from a CDET Electronic Distance Learning application once it has been vetted via the DCD Scope and Suitability Team and accepted for development by the annual targeting board. The initial project assessment shall be conducted in the form of a needs analysis to validate the need for an e-learning intervention and to provide important information regarding which gaps need to be addressed to ensure that the intervention is targeted to organizational needs. This shall include a thorough analysis of the instructional materials utilized to conduct the current training, interviews with the appropriate stakeholders, and agreement with the stakeholders regarding an instructional methodology to utilize. The output shall include at a minimum, the initial instructional methodology and delivery medium agreed upon with the USMC project sponsor, level of interactivity and learning time necessary to achieve the learning outcomes agreed upon with the stakeholders, and a plan of action and milestone (POA&M) document providing the estimated timeline to complete all phases of the project. Levels of user interactivity with respect to the content shall be defined per MIL-HDBK-29612-3A, Department of Defense Handbook on the Development of Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI) (Part 3 of 5 Parts) listed within Technical Exhibit 2. A more thorough table of interactivity levels and the associated learning levels can also be found in Technical Exhibit 2.

Deliverable: A detailed assessment report that includes a POA&M which provides the timeline to complete all phases of the project at the level of interactivity and learning time assessed as necessary to achieve the learning outcomes. The contractor shall be expected to deliver any and all raw data collected in support of creating the Initial Project Assessment; e.g. completed surveys, questionnaires, meeting minutes, recordings, etc.

The Contractor shall have 20 business days (4 weeks) to complete the initial project assessment from task order approval to product delivery to CDET.

4.2 Task 2: Front End Analysis

The Contractor shall provide a front-end analysis (FEA) to be delivered as a formal report based on an approved initial project assessment. The FEA report should generally follow the general structure listed in Table 2. The content within each section will exemplify a thorough investigation of the instructional objective(s) and identify possible alternative solutions to identify educational gaps that can effectively and efficiently be remediated via technology-based learning. The major components required to be included within the context of the FEA include an exhaustive needs analysis that details the current instruction method and learning outcomes being met, the desired future outcome of instruction, and a recommendation for a plan of action. The recommendation should be inclusive of instructional method as well as tools and materials required for full effectiveness. The report should include a detailed target audience analysis, and a task and topic analysis.

TABLE 2 Front End Analysis Report Format

Stakeholders for collaboration will include a Subject Matter Expert provided by the USMC sponsor, a Project Officer from CDET, and a Government ISS from CDET, all of whom shall be assigned for the duration of the project. These members will be assigned at the outset of the FEA effort.

Deliverable: The Contractor shall provide a “blueprint”, delivered in document file format, which defines project requirements, describes the ideal instructional methodology to meet the requirements, and identifies acceptable alternatives to meet the training outcomes of CDETs customer, the USMC sponsor. The contractor shall be expected to deliver any and all raw data collected in support of creating the Front End Analysis; e.g. completed surveys, questionnaires, meeting minutes, recordings, etc.

The initial scope of the FEA shall be defined by the complexity and learning time indicated by the Government accepted Initial Project Assessment. The Contractor shall deliver the FEA reports per the time conditions agreed upon within the Task Order

The learning times for development shall be tasked in different increments depending on the level of the interactivity agreed upon for the preponderance of the course content. For the purposes of this PWS, a courseware learning increment is a fixed amount of user learning time used in an additive nature to sum the composite learning time for a project. Interactivity Level 1 projects shall be tasked in 0.5-hour increments with an unlimited composite learning time for the project as indicated in Technical Exhibit 1. Interactivity Level 2 projects shall be tasked in 0.5-hour increments with a twenty-hour composite learning time maximum for each project. Interactivity Level 3 projects shall be tasked in 0.25-hour increments and have a four-hour composite learning time maximum for each project. Interactivity Level 4 projects shall be tasked in 10-minute increments and have a one-hour composite learning time maximum for each project.

4.3 Task 3: Courseware Product Design

The Contractor shall provide a courseware design product that formally identifies the design elements to include the learning objectives, content sequencing, instructional strategy, delivery strategy, and evaluation strategy. The ultimate deliverable included in the design product shall be content design storyboards, which shall include a demonstration of the intended sequencing, delivery and evaluation strategies, as well as indications of the content to be included within the final development product.

Deliverable: Final courseware design product shall include a full description of the major components of the project and include enough detail to ascertain the development products functionality, flow, and layout. A prototype of the development product is not required in all instances, but is recommended and may be required within the Task Order. The delivery format is not dictated, but must be appropriate for formal evaluation by the government utilizing the current MCEN hardware and software capabilities. Examples of appropriate delivery formats are Microsoft Word or PowerPoint document formats.

The contractor shall be expected to deliver any and all raw data collected in support of creating the Design product; e.g. completed surveys, questionnaires, meeting minutes, recordings, etc. The Contractor shall develop, and update as needed throughout production, comprehensive project design and style/convention documents. The Contractor shall document and communicate any changes or variance from Government approved project design plans that may result in changes to schedule, quality, or cost.

Tasking increments for the content design product shall follow the same user interactivity level, learning increment, minimum and maximum learning time criteria indicated in Technical Exhibit 1. Delivery schedules for the Design product shall be in accordance with the agreed upon timeline within the Task Order.

4.4 Task 4: Courseware Product Development and Deployment

The Contractor shall provide an electronically-delivered training product that meets the requirements as set forth in the project FEA, mirrors the specifications of the design product, functions on the MarineNet family of systems as indicated, and is compatible with the MarineNet system for distribution to the user population.

Programming standards shall comply with the following:

1. MarineNet Content Development Tech Standards, Version 3.0 or current version.

1. MARADMIN 620/08

1. MarineNet Software Baseline Requirements

Deliverable: Final development product shall include the complete online courseware product to be hosted on MarineNet. All knowledge checks and assessments shall be delivered in a non-randomized format for Government and Sponsor review, in addition to the randomized format for testing and final deployment. The product shall undergo and must successfully pass the MarineNet system integration testing prior to acceptance. A final product package shall also be included with delivery, which will include all source files and metadata, submitted in the Final Product Package (FPP) file structure using the current DCD Metadata Conventions.

The contractor shall be expected to deliver any and all raw data collected in support of developing the Courseware Product and deployment of the product; e.g. completed surveys, questionnaires, meeting minutes, recordings, etc.

The development product must meet MarineNet Digital Content Development Tech Standards. The MarineNet Integration Test will be coordinated by CDET. The testing and report of findings may take up to a maximum of ten (10) working days to complete prior to report back to the contractor. Test incidents included within the report shall be adjudicated or fixed prior to official Government acceptance of the product.

Tasking increments for the courseware development product shall follow the same user interactivity level, learning increment, minimum and maximum learning time criteria indicated in Technical Exhibit 1. Delivery schedules for the Development and deployment of the product shall be in accordance with the agreed upon timeline within the Task Order.

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Courseware Learning Increments and Learning Time Limitations

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 2

Levels of Interactivity Definitions

Levels of Interactivity Criteria

LEVEL 1 INTERACTIVITY

PASSIVE

Capable of computer- generated multimedia presentations of intellectual skills (facts, rules, procedures).

Capable of showing a procedure with computer-generated multi-media explanations of equipment operation.

Student interaction limited to those required to advance with the presentation.

Fact Learning. The learning of verbal or symbolic information (e.g., names, formulas, facts).

Rule Learning. Learning to use two or more facts in a manner that will provide regularity of behavior in an infinite variation of situations.

LEVEL 2 INTERACTIVITY

LIMITED PARTICIPATION

Capable of providing drill and practice.

Capability for providing feedback on student responses.

Capability for emulation of simple psychomotor performance.

Capability to emulate simple equipment operation in response to student action.

Computer evaluation of student intellectual skills by computer-based predictive and performance test items.

Fact Learning.

The learning of verbal or symbolic information (e.g., names, formulas, facts).

Rule Learning.

Learning to use two or more facts in a manner that will provide regularity of behavior in an infinity variation of situations.

Procedure Learning.

Learning to perform step by step actions in the proper sequence.

Perception (Encoding).

Perception of sensory stimuli that translate into physical or mental performance.

Readiness.

Learning to have readiness to take a particular action.

Guided Response.

Learning of a complex physical or mental skill by copying and demonstration.

Receiving. Learning and demonstrating the ability to perceive the normal, abnormal, and emergency condition cues associated with the performance of an operational procedure. Situational Awareness of operational condition cues.

Responding. Learning and demonstrating mental preparedness to encode operational cues as indicators of normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions associated with the performance of an operational procedure.

LEVEL 3 INTERACTIVITY

COMPLEX PARTICIPATION

Capable of providing complex branching paths based on student selections and responses.

Capable of presenting or emulating complex procedures with explanations of equipment operation.

Capability for student participation in emulation of psychomotor performance and extensive branching capability.

Capability for limited real-time simulation of performance in the operational setting.

Computer evaluation of student intellectual skills by computer-based predictive and performance test items.

Computer evaluation of student procedural performance includes the capability to generate time and error scores for performance test items.

Procedure Learning.

Learning to perform step by step actions in the proper sequence.

Discrimination Learning.

Learning to group similar and dissimilar items according to their distinct characteristics.

Problem-Solving.

Learning to synthesize lower levels of knowledge to resolve problems.

Continuous Movement.

Learning to track or make compensatory movements based on feedback.

Perception (Encoding).

Perception of sensory stimuli that translate into physical or mental performance.

Readiness.

Learning to have readiness to take a particular action.

Guided Response.

Learning of a complex physical or mental skill by copying and demonstration.

Mechanism. Learning to perform a complex physical or mental skill with confidence and proficiency.

Adaptation.

Learning to modify a complex physical or mental skill to accommodate a new situation.

Origination.

Learning to create a new complex physical or mental skill to accommodate a new situation.

Innovation. Learning and demonstrating the mental preparedness to make decisions by generating the results expected upon completion of prioritized strategies or tactics in response to normal, abnormal, and emergency cues associated with the performance of an operational procedure, and the ability to generate new actions in response to abnormal or emergency cues.

Receiving. Learning and demonstrating the ability to perceive the normal, abnormal, and emergency condition cues associated with the performance of an operational procedure. Situational Awareness of operational condition cues.

Responding. Learning and demonstrating mental preparedness to encode operational cues as indicators of normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions associated with the performance of an operational procedure.

Valuing. Learning and demonstrating the ability to judge the worth or quality of normal, abnormal, and emergency cues associated with the performance of an operational procedure.

Competence. Learning and demonstrating the mental preparedness to make decisions by using prioritized strategies and tactics in response to normal, abnormal, and emergency condition cues associated with the performance of an operational procedure.

LEVEL 4 INTERACTIVITY

REAL-TIME PARTICIPATION

Capability for real- time simulation of performance in the operational setting.

Computer evaluation of student performance and intellectual skills by computer-based predictive and performance test items.

Computer evaluation of student procedural performance includes the capability to generate time and error scores for performance test items.

Employs state-of-the- art technology for simulation and communication.

Discrimination learning. Learning to group similar and dissimilar items according to their distinct characteristics.

Problem-Solving. Learning to synthesize lower levels of knowledge for the resolution of problems.

Mechanism. Learning to perform a complex physical or mental skill with confidence and proficiency.

Adaptation. Learning to modify a complex physical or mental skill to accommodate a new situation.

Origination. Learning to create a new complex physical or mental skill to accommodate a new situation.

Continuous Movement. Learning to track or make compensatory movements based on feedback.

Receiving. Learning and demonstrating the ability to perceive the normal, abnormal, and emergency cues associated with the performance of an operational procedure. Situational Awareness of operational cues.

Responding. Learning and demonstrating the mental preparedness to encode operational cues as indicators of normal, abnormal, and emergency conditions associated with the performance of an operational procedure.

Valuing. Learning and demonstrating the ability to judge the worth or quality of normal, abnormal, and emergency cues associated with the performance of an operational procedure.

Performance Requirements Summary

The Contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success. All deliverables shall be submitted to the COR or his/her government representative. The COR is responsible for tracking and acceptance of deliverables.

Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the Government will provide written acceptance, comments, and/or change requests. The Government and Contractor shall agree upon a reasonable duration within the Task Order for Government review, adjudication and subsequent Contractor correction based on specific deliverable type and scope. All Government comments shall be incorporated prior to resubmission. If written acceptance, comments, and/or change requests are not provided within the designated time, the deliverable shall be deemed acceptable as provided by the Contractor. All products delivered under this PWS will conform to current DoD, Department of the Navy (DoN) and Marine Corps standards and guidelines.

Task 1

Initial Project Assessment

- Assessment report that includes a POA&M which provides the timeline to complete all phases of the project at the level of complexity and learning time assessed as necessary to achieve the learning outcomes.

- Meets performance objective standards with respect to Timeliness, Work Quality, and Rejection Rate as stated within the QASP documentation.

100% Government inspection, timeliness, work quality, and rejection rate.

- Categories of complexity mirroring user interactivity levels with respect to the content per MIL-HDBK-29612-3A.

- Meets performance objective standards with respect to Timeliness, Work Quality, and Rejection Rate as stated within the QASP documentation.

100% Government inspection, timeliness, work quality, and rejection rate.

- Meets performance objective standards with respect to Timeliness, Work Quality, and Rejection Rate as stated within the QASP documentation.

100% Government inspection, timeliness, work quality, and rejection rate.

- The courseware product meets MarineNet Digital Content Development Standards.

- The courseware products successfully pass the MarineNet system integration testing.

- A final courseware product package is included with delivery.

- Final courseware product includes all data rights, source files and metadata.

- Courseware product is submitted compliant to the published MarineNet file structure using the MarineNet metadata conventions.

- Meets performance objective standards with respect to Timeliness, Work Quality, and Rejection Rate as stated within the QASP documentation.

100% Government inspection, testing of courseware product, timeliness, work quality, rejection rate, and delivery of all data rights source files and metadata information.

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

DELIVERY INFORMATION

13-JUN-2023

13-JUN-2023

13-JUN-2023

13-JUN-2023

13-JUN-2023

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( ) Paragraph (d) does not apply and the offeror has completed the individual representations and certifications in the solicitation.

(c) (1) The following representations or certifications in SAM are applicable to this solicitation as indicated:

(i) 52.203-2, Certificate of Independent Price Determination. This provision applies to solicitations when a firm-fixed-price contract or fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment is contemplated, unless—

(A) The acquisition is to be made under the simplified acquisition procedures in Part 13;

(B) The solicitation is a request for technical proposals under two-step sealed bidding procedures; or

(C) The solicitation is for utility services for which rates are set by law or regulation.

(ii) 52.203-11, Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions. This provision applies to solicitations expected to exceed $150,000.

(iii) 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements--Representation. This provision applies to all solicitations.

(iv) 52.204-3, Taxpayer Identification. This provision applies to solicitations that do not include the provision at 52.204-7, System for Award Management.

(v) 52.204-5, Women-Owned Business (Other Than Small Business). This provision applies to solicitations that—

(A) Are not set aside for small business concerns;

(B) Exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; and

(C) Are for contracts that will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas.

(vi) 52.209-2; Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation.

(vii) 52.209-5; Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters. This provision applies to solicitations where the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(viii) 52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law. This provision applies to all solicitations.

(ix) 52.214-14, Place of Performance--Sealed Bidding. This provision applies to invitations for bids except those in which the place of performance is specified by the Government.

(x) 52.215-6, Place of Performance. This provision applies to solicitations unless the place of performance is specified by the Government.

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