PWS_AVTB_DIVE_SUPPORT_M68909-18-Q-7603_Amendment_1.pdf

Performance Work Statement

For

Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch (AVTB)

Emergency Dive Support Services

28 November 2017 (Revised 14 December 2017)

Prepared by:

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch

Operations Section

Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5271

PWS for AVTB Emergency Dive Support Services ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Objective

1.2 Background

1.3 Scope

2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2.1 Compliance Documents

2.2 Guidance Documents and Government-Furnished Information

3 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Emergency Dive Support Service

3.1.1 Emergency Rescue

3.1.2 Underwater Cutting Equipment

3.1.3 Wave Buoy Inspection

3.2 Training

3.3 Scheduling

3.4 Equipment

3.5 Government-Furnished Transportation

4 DELIVERABLES AND INSTRUCTIONS

4.1 Deliverables

4.1.1 Monthly Status Report (MSR)

4.2 Instructions

4.2.1 Deliverables

4.2.2 Unclassified End Products

4.2.3 Delivery Revisions

5 PERFORMANCE LOCATION

6 INSPECTION OF DELIVERABLES

7 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

8 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

9 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

9.1 Security Level

9.2 Base Security

9.3 RAPIDGATE

9.4 OPSEC Requirements

10 COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC)

11 PERSONNEL

12 TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

13 INVOICING

14 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

14.1 Contracting Officer

14.2 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

15 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST

ATTACHMENT A – ACRONYMS

APPENDIX A – CDRL SUMMARY

ADDENDUM 1 – NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT ........................................................... 1-1 iii

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 3-1 Datawell Wave Buoy Figure 3-2 Tether for Datawell Wave Buoy

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Objective

The purpose of this contract is to provide emergency dive support services to the Amphibious

Vehicle Test Branch (AVTB).

1.2 Background

AVTB is a Marine Corps test facility supporting the development and acquisition of amphibious and combat vehicles. AVTB provides decision-makers timely and accurate information regarding the effectiveness and suitability of the platforms under test. AVTB is located at the boat basin in the Del Mar area of Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California. Due to the high risk nature of the AVTB mission, emergency dive support services are required during all amphibious vehicle test events.

The Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault (PM AAA) has tasked AVTB with conducting developmental testing of the Marine Corps future Amphibious Combat Vehicle

(ACV) and AAV P7/C7(A2). Beginning January 2017, BAE and SAIC are developing prototype vehicles as part of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase of this acquisition. At the end of this phase, the selected vendor will continue testing at AVTB for the foreseeable future. Testing will take place primarily at AVTB, in the Del Mar boat basin, and at various offshore locations adjacent to MCB Camp Pendleton.

1.3 Scope

The scope of dive support to be provided includes, but is not limited to the following:

To ensure testing is executed in a safe environment, AVTB determined there is a requirement to have an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliant, three-person surface-supplied dive team on-site during open ocean operations that could include surf height up to 12 feet. A diver shall also be able to operate underwater with 0’ to 10’ visibility, in heavy fog and light rain conditions, medium to high rolling seas, and in hours of darkness.

The divers shall perform under water inspection of vehicles or rescue of personnel from submerged test vehicles, as needed and directed by the COR during a test event.

The Contractor shall supply a dive team to support the wide range of technical and safety responsibilities while being used to support AVTB’s test platforms for testing future technology and Sustainment Training.

There are two fully burdened rates for the 3-man dive team, one for in the water (Dive Support) and one for not in the water - in a boat or on land (Dive Support (Stand-by)). The determination as to whether divers need to enter the water rests with the on-site Government Test Director (or designated representative), except during an emergency situation when approval cannot be obtained in time to prevent the loss of life or equipment.

2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2.1 Compliance Documents

The OSHA Commercial Diving Operations Department of Defense Interface Standard, 29 CFR

1910, Subpart T, is applicable to this Performance Work Statement (PWS) to the extent specified herein. The Contractor shall use the latest available version.

2.2 Guidance Documents and Government-Furnished Information

AVTB Test Execution Standard of Operations Procedures, 2 July 2014.

3 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Emergency Dive Support Service

The Contractor shall provide an OSHA-compliant three-person dive team to support AVTB during amphibious vehicle operator training, sustainment operations, and developmental test and evaluation support. Diver responsibilities and tasks are as follows

3.1.1 Emergency Rescue

The Contractor shall provide immediate emergency dive support services that will assist personnel in egressing from a sinking or submerged test article and/or any waterborne support vehicle(s) and will execute a surface or subsurface rescue of a vehicle crew and other personnel down to approximately a 90-foot depth.

Diver will need to possess the capability, tools, equipment, and supplies (including compressed air) necessary to enter a submerged vehicle, administer oxygen, extract personnel, and bring them to the surface where on-sight medical personnel will take over. Vehicle crews typically consist of a driver, a vehicle commander, and a crewman.

3.1.2 Underwater Cutting Equipment

The Contractor shall provide underwater equipment either to cut or to burn through metal hatch handles or hinges approximately three inches thick, to support rescue efforts. The reasonable amount of time to cut or to burn through metal hatch handles or hinges that are approximately three inches thick is: 5 minutes = maximum threshold, 2 minutes = objective.

3.1.3 Wave Buoy Inspection

The Contractor shall inspect and clean the AVTB Datawell wave buoy (Figure 3-1) located approximately one mile off the coast of Camp Pendleton in 60 feet of water. The inspections will consist of a surface inspection of the actual buoy and a below the surface inspection of the buoy tether (Figure 3-2). If the tether is fouled (e.g. obstructions of the tether due to marine growth or objects that could tangle the tether), the diver is required to clear the fouling, as long as there is no risk to the diver. Risk determination and risk mitigation will be the responsibility of the dive supervisor. The buoy will be inspected and cleaned at least three times a year as directed by the AVTB Operations Officer and lab director.

Figure 3-1 Datawell Wave Buoy

Figure 3-2 Tether for Datawell Wave Buoy

3.2 Training

All contractor personnel shall attend vehicle familiarization training provided by AVTB personnel. Training will include emergency egress locations, vehicle appendages, and safety hazard areas (approximately two hours).

All members of the Dive Team must have a minimum of 2 years-experience and a Certificate of

Completion from either an Accredited Commercial Dive School A diver's training meets the requirements specified by the national consensus standard published by the American National

Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE) (i.e., ANSI/ACDE-01-1998, American National Standard for Divers - Commercial Diver Training -

Minimum Standard) or the United States Navy 2nd Class Dive School.

All contractor personnel shall attend familiarization training on AVTB Test Execution Standard of Operations Procedures with AVTB small craft operators (approximately one hour).

3.3 Equipment

The Contractor shall furnish its own computer equipment, access to the Internet, administrative supplies, and other supplies required for the tasking in this PWS. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for cell phone or wireless Internet access charges under this PWS. The

Contractor shall wear their company organization identifiable clothing when not executing dive operations.

The Government (AVTB Range Safety Officer (RSO)) will provide medical support personnel and treatment.

3.4 Scheduling

Standard work hours are 0730-1630 (90 percent of the time). Nonstandard work hours occur from 1630-2359 (10 percent of the time). Depending on the test schedule, there may be work hours required on Saturday and Sunday, as determined by the COR.

Contract task orders will be issued by MCTSSA Contracts with a tentative schedule. The

Contractor must be able to respond to schedule fluctuations within 24 hours of notice and direction from the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or Contracting Officer. Test events may be delayed, cancelled, or rescheduled due to a variety of circumstances including, but not limited to, sea state conditions, vehicle reliability, and prior test event delays that impact subsequent events. If testing is cancelled for the day after the emergency dive support personnel have arrived onsite, the vendor will be paid for a minimum of two hours (stand-by-diver rate).

3.5 Government-Furnished Transportation

The Government (AVTB RSO) will provide boat support during testing and inspections. The

Government provides "boat support" in the sense of the "dive platform" for dive support operations. This boat is large enough to support the underwater dive equipment such as; surface supplied air, underwater cutting tools, dive tanks, fins wetsuits and other ancillary items that are required by a 3 man dive team in order to execute ACV testing and underwater recovery operations.

4 DELIVERABLES AND INSTRUCTIONS

Prior to the first submission of any deliverable, the Contractor shall provide the COR a copy of the formatted deliverable for format approval, unless otherwise stated herein. The delivery dates are in calendar days, unless otherwise specified in this PWS.

4.1 Deliverables

4.1.1 Monthly Status Report (MSR)

The Contractor shall prepare and deliver an electronic MSR on test support activities accomplished during the month. The draft report shall be delivered by the 6th day of each month and the final report shall be delivered by the 10th day of each month. The MSR shall be delivered in the current version of Microsoft Office® used by AVTB. The MSR shall be sent via e-mail to the COR and shall include, at a minimum: a description of the services provided; status of the ongoing efforts; technical issues, concerns, or problem areas; and planned or recommended solutions for correcting the problems.

CDRL A001 – DI-MGMT-80227, CONTRACTOR’S PROGRESS, STATUS, AND

MANAGEMENT REPORT: MONTHLY STATUS REPORT

4.2 Instructions

4.2.1 Deliverables

The MSR (Enclosure 1) shall be submitted to the COR via e-mail. The MSR shall be in the current version of Microsoft Office® used by AVTB. The COR will approve in writing any mutually agreed changes in deliverable formats, in advance of submission of the deliverable.

The MSR will be subject to the performance standards and acceptable quality levels specified in the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) (Enclosure 2). 0 contains a summary of the

Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) items.

4.2.2 Unclassified End Products

The MSR is the only unclassified end product to be delivered.

4.2.3 Delivery Revisions

The delivery dates are in calendar days, unless otherwise specified and agreed to in advance.

Revised delivery dates may only be authorized by the issuance of a duly executed modification to the contract by the Contracting Officer.

5 PERFORMANCE LOCATION

Performance of work associated with this project will be performed primarily at AVTB, in the

Del Mar boat basin, at various offshore locations adjacent to MCB Camp Pendleton, and to locations as stated in paragraph 12.

6 INSPECTION OF DELIVERABLES

The COR will inspect the MSR at the place of delivery (AVTB).

Inspection and acceptance of the contract deliverables are the responsibility of the COR, unless otherwise specified in the contract. The COR will make official acceptance notification to the

Contractor on all final deliverables via signature of acceptance. Rejection of deliverables will be provided to the Contractor via written correspondence. Minor corrections required to deliverables will be verbally discussed with the Contractor and noted on deliverable products. A revised deliverable shall be resubmitted to the Government within three working days, unless a different schedule is agreed to between the Government and Contractor because of the scope of required modifications.

7 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance for this contract is anticipated to be a base period of ten (10) months from contract award and four (4) one-year option periods. The Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite

Quantity (ID/IQ) contract period includes a base period from 1 March 2018 to 31 December

2018, with four one-year option periods. Task orders can be issued during these periods and will specify the period of performance for the services ordered.

8 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND

FACILITIES

No office will be provided under this PWS.

9 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

9.1 Security Level

The information provided to the Contractor will be unclassified, or Controlled Unclassified

Information (CUI), or both. The Contractor is not required or expected to have a facility clearance, and contractor personnel supporting this effort are not required to possess a clearance.

Contractors requiring access to U.S. Government CUI shall possess a completed background investigation (minimum of a Tier 1 National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI)) for this public trust position.

The Contractor shall ensure the nondisclosure of all information encountered in the performance of this contract by requiring its employees, subcontractor employees and any other non-government personnel supporting this contracted effort to sign the attached Non-Disclosure

Agreement (ADDENDUM 1). The Contractor will provide copies to the government of any individual’s signed Non-Disclosure Agreement, if requested. Contractor personnel shall abide by all government rules, procedures, and standards of conduct. The Contractor shall ensure that all personnel and subcontractors, if any, are aware of the security requirements of this PWS.

9.2 Base Security

The Contractor shall comply with MCB Camp Pendleton’s security regulations and policies.

The Contractor shall be a U.S. or naturalized citizen, whose military duty was not terminated by a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge, are not subject to an outstanding criminal warrant, have no felony convictions, and have no more than three criminal misdemeanor convictions within the last seven years. Additionally, contractor employees must not have criminal misdemeanor or felony convictions for crimes of a sexual nature, crimes of violence, crimes related to gang activity or hate crimes, or crimes resulting from the possession or distribution of any illegal drugs.

All Contractors aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, with the exception of emergency personnel, shall wear a properly issued badge at all times. AVTB will issue badges for the personnel performing under this contract. Contractor employees shall comply with all emergency rules and procedures established for MCB Camp Pendleton. All personnel aboard MCB Camp Pendleton are subject to random inspections of their vehicles, personal items, and themselves. Consent to these inspections is given when personnel enter MCB Camp Pendleton.

9.3 RAPIDGATE

The Government has implemented the RAPIDGate program on MCB Camp Pendleton and the

Contractor shall obtain employee passes for base access by contacting (877) 727-4342. Failure to participate in the RAPIDGate program will restrict access to the base and may not be used as a reason for late performance or nonperformance of services.

9.4 OPSEC Requirements

The practice of Operations Security (OPSEC) prevents the inadvertent compromise of sensitive unclassified and classified activities, capabilities, or intentions at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. The Contractor must adhere to all Government OPSEC measures currently in place at the Government facility. The Contractor shall provide OPSEC training to all contractor personnel supporting this effort. Taking pictures from cameras or cell phones is not allowed while aboard the compound or in the test areas.

10 COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC)

CACs are not required for this contract.

11 PERSONNEL

Personnel must meet the training requirements stated in paragraph 3.2 above and the Base

Security requirements stated in para 9.2 above.

Contractor personnel may be substituted during contract or task order performance period through written notice submitted to the COR. Any substituted personnel must meet or exceed all specified qualifications.

12 TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

The contractor may be required to travel to the locations listed below in support of this PWS when notified by the COR. Authorized travel shall will be conducted and reimbursed in accordance with FAR 31.205-46. Actual travel required will vary depending on the Test requirements and schedules as they evolve throughout the period of performance. All travel must be authorized by the COR prior to beginning travel or incurring travel costs. The following is a notional list of travel requirements; however, the contractor is expected to support all potential travel requirements at these and other locations throughout the world.

Purpose Location No.

Personnel

Estimated Trips /

Year

No. Days per

Trip

Off Site Test Hawaii 3 2 30

Off Site Test Guam 3 2 30

Off Site Test Oregon 3 2 20

Off Site Test Northern California 3 2 20

13 INVOICING

The Contractor shall submit an electronic-copy of an invoice not more than once a month via

Wide Area Workflow (WAWF).

The Contractor shall be required to implement the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) process to submit an electronic payment request. To implement DFARS

252.232-7003, “Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (March 2007),” the United States

Marine Corps (USMC) utilizes WAWF-Receipt/Acceptance (RA) to electronically process vendor requests for payment. This process allows Department of Defense (DoD) vendors to submit and track invoices and receipt/acceptance documents electronically. The Contractor shall be required to utilize this system when processing invoices and receiving reports. The

Contractor shall (1) ensure an Electronic Business Point of Contact is designated in the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov, and (2) register to use WAWF-RA at the https://wawf.eb.mil site, within ten calendar days after award of this contract or modification.

Step-by-step procedures to register are available at the https://wawf.eb.mil site.

14 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

14.1 Contracting Officer

Only the Contracting Officer can authorize deviations from the terms and conditions of this contract. If the Contractor does deviate, without the issuance of a duly executed contract modification, the associated risks and costs shall be borne by the Contractor.

14.2 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

The Contractor will only receive tasking from the Contracting Officer (KO) or the COR. The

COR is limited to providing program specific clarification to the contractor’s task leader for this contract, and does not have the authority to take any action, either directly or indirectly, that would change the pricing, quality, place-of-performance, delivery schedule, or any other terms and conditions of this contract or to direct work that goes beyond the scope of this contract’s

PWS. If the Contractor perceives that the COR or any other government personnel is requesting an effort outside the existing scope of this contract, the Contractor shall promptly notify the

Contracting Officer in writing. No action shall be taken by the Contractor under such direction until the Contracting Officer has issued a contractual change or otherwise resolved the issue.

The COR will be appointed at the time of contract award. The Government reserves the right to reassign the COR position.

15 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST

(a) Organizational Conflict of Interest means that because of other activities or relationships with other persons, a person is unable or potentially unable to render impartial assistance or advice to the Government, or the person’s objectivity in performing the contract work is or might be otherwise impaired, or a person has an unfair competitive advantage. Person as used herein includes corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, and other business enterprises.

(b) The Contractor warrants that to the best of its knowledge and belief, and except as otherwise set forth in the contract, the Contractor does not have any organizational conflict of interest(s) as defined in paragraph (a).

(c) It is recognized that the effort to be performed by the Contractor under this contract may create a potential organizational conflict of interest on the instant contract or on a future acquisition. To avoid this potential conflict of interest, and at the same time to avoid prejudicing the best interest of the Government, the right of the Contractor to participate in future procurement of equipment and/or services that are the subject of any work under this contract shall be limited as described below in accordance with the requirements of FAR 9.5.

(d) (1) The Contractor agrees that it shall not release, disclose, or use in any way that would permit or result in disclosure to any party outside the Government any proprietary information provided to the Contractor by the Government during or as a result of performance of this contract. Such information includes, but is not limited to, information submitted to the

Government on a confidential basis by other persons. Further, the prohibition against release of

Government provided information extends to cover such information whether or not in its original form (e.g., where the information has been included in contractor-generated work or where it is discernible from materials incorporating or based upon such information). This prohibition shall not expire after a given period of time.

(d) (2) In accordance with DFARS 252.204-7000, the Contractor shall not release to anyone outside the Contractor's organization any unclassified information, regardless of medium (e.g., film, tape, document) pertaining to any part of this contract or any program related to this contract, unless the Contracting Officer has given prior written approval.

(d) (3) The prohibitions contained in subparagraphs (d)(1) and (d)(2) shall apply with equal force to any affiliate of the Contractor, any subcontractor, consultant, or employee of the Contractor, any joint venture involving the Contractor, any entity into or with which it may merge or affiliate, or any successor or assign of the Contractor. The terms of paragraph (f) of this Special

Contract Requirement relating to notification shall apply to any release of information in contravention of this paragraph (d).

(e) The Contractor agrees that, if after award, an actual or potential organizational conflict of interest is discovered, the Contractor shall make immediate and full disclosure in writing to the

Contracting Officer. The notification shall include a description of the actual or potential organizational conflict of interest, a description of the action, which the Contractor has taken or proposes to take to avoid, mitigate, or neutralize the conflict, and any other relevant information that would assist the Contracting Officer in making a determination on this matter.

Notwithstanding this notification, the Government may terminate the contract for the convenience of the Government if determined to be in the best interest of the Government.

(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (f) above, if the Contractor was aware, or should have been aware, of an organizational conflict of interest prior to the award of this contract or becomes, or should become, aware of an organizational conflict of interest after award of this contract and does not make an immediate and full disclosure in writing to the Contracting Officer, the

Government may terminate this contract for default.

(g) If the Contractor takes any action prohibited by this requirement or fails to take action required by this requirement, the Government may terminate this contract for default.

(h) The Contracting Officer’s decision as to the existence or nonexistence of an actual or potential organizational conflict of interest shall be final and is not subject to the clause of this contract entitled “DISPUTES” (FAR 52.233-1).

(i) Nothing in this requirement is intended to prohibit or preclude the Contractor from marketing or selling to the United States Government its product lines in existence on the effective date of this contract; nor, shall this requirement preclude the Contractor from participating in research and development or delivering any design development model or prototype of any such equipment. Additionally, sale of catalog or standard commercial items are exempt from this requirement.

(j) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, if it has been tasked to evaluate or advise the Government concerning its own products or activities or those of a competitor in order to ensure proper safeguards exist to guarantee objectivity and to protect the

Government’s interest.

(k) The Contractor shall include this requirement in subcontracts of any tier, which involve access to information, or situations/conditions covered by the preceding paragraphs, substituting

“subcontractor” for “Contractor” where appropriate.

(l) The rights and remedies described herein shall not be exclusive and are in addition to other rights and remedies provided by law or elsewhere included in this contract.

(m) Compliance with this requirement is a material requirement of this contract.

ATTACHMENT A – ACRONYMS

Acronyms, Abbreviations, Definitions, Codes, and Symbols

Item Meaning

AAA Advanced Amphibious Assault

ACV Amphibious Combat Vehicle

AVTB Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List

COR Contracting Officer’s Representative

CUI Controlled Unclassified Information

DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DoD Department of Defense

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

ID/IQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity

MCB Marine Corps Base

MSR Monthly Status Report

NACI National Agency Check with Inquiries

OPSEC Operations Security

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PM Program Manager

PM AAA Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault

PP Polypropylene

PWS Performance Work Statement

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

RA Receipt/Acceptance

RSO Range Safety Officer

SAM System for Award Management

USMC United States Marine Corps

WAWF Wide Area Workflow

WAWF-RA Wide Area Workflow-Receipt/Acceptance

APPENDIX A – CDRL SUMMARY

CDRL CDRL Title Format Due Date

PWS

Paragraph

A001 Monthly Status Report

Contractor format is acceptable

The draft report shall be delivered by the 6th of each month. The final report shall be delivered by the 10th of each month.

4.1.1

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ADDENDUM 1 – NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT