MCC Satellite Internet PWS.pdf

Ver. May 2018

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

FOR

Mobile Communications Center Satellite Internet Service

1.0 General:

1.1 Scope: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary, except as specified in Paragraph 3.0 as Government Furnished, to provide Mobile Communications Center Satellite Internet Service, as defined in this PWS.

1.2 Background: The Tennessee National Guard’s Mobile Communications Center is a trailer that deploys to disaster sites in the continental United States. In order to provide communications support to Soldiers operating in the wake of fires, floods, earthquakes, and other natural and man-made hazards, it requires satellite internet service to maintain reach back communications. This service must be robust enough to support the data needs of up to 10 Soldiers, VOIP phones, and Radio Over IP devices.

1.3 Period of Performance (PoP): The Period of Performance shall be one year with options for up to four additional years.

1.4 General Information:

1.4.1 Quality Control (QC): The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective QC Plan (QCP) to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The contractor’s QCP is the means by which it assures itself that its work complies with the requirements of the contract. As a minimum, the contractor shall develop QC procedures that address the areas identified in Technical Exhibit 1, Performance Requirements Summary (PRS).

1.4.2 Quality Assurance (QA): The Government will evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). This plan is primarily focused on what the Government will do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and acceptable quality level(s) or defect rate(s).

1.4.3 Recognized Holidays: The following are recognized United States (US) holidays.

The contractor is not required to provide remote technical support “help desk” activities on the following dates. However, satellite service must be available regardless of holidays.

1.4.3.1 New Year’s Day: January 1st

1.4.3.2 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday

1.4.3.3 President’s Day

1.4.3.4 Memorial Day

1.4.3.5 Independence Day: July 4th

1.4.3.6 Labor Day

1.4.3.7 Columbus Day

1.4.3.8 Veteran’s Day: November 11th

1.4.3.9 Thanksgiving Day

1.4.3.10 Christmas Day: December 25th

1.4.4 Place and Performance of Services: This contract requires no on site work. The service provider will operate from their existing facilities to provide both satellite internet and technical “help desk” support when required.

1.4.5 Security

1.4.5.1 Communications Security/Information Technology (COMSEC/IT) Security. All communications with DoD organizations are subject to COMSEC review. All telephone communications networks are continually subject to intercept by unfriendly intelligence organizations. DoD has authorized the military departments to conduct COMSEC monitoring and recording of telephone calls originating from, or terminating at, DoD organizations. Therefore, the contractor is advised that any time contractor personnel place or receive a call they are subject to COMSEC procedures. The contractor shall ensure wide and frequent dissemination of the above information to all employees dealing with DoD information. The contractor shall abide by all Government regulations concerning the authorized use of the Government's computer network, including the restriction against using the network to recruit Government personnel or advertise job openings.

1.4.5.2 AT Level 1 Awareness Training (AT): Since the contractor has no requirement to come onto a military installation in order to perform services, all Antiterrorism Level 1 training requirements are non-applicable.

1.4.5.3 iWATCH Training: Since the contractor has no requirement to come onto a military installation in order to perform services, all iWatch training requirements are non-applicable.

1.4.5.4 OPSEC Training: Since the contractor has no requirement to come onto a military installation in order to perform services and has no interaction with military personnel outside of occasional technical support calls, all OPSEC training requirements are non-applicable.

1.4.6 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The contractor agrees to attend any post award conference calls convened by the KO in accordance with FAR Subpart 42.5. The KO, COR and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contactor’s performance. At these meetings, the KO will apprise the contractor of how the Government views the contractor’s performance and the contractor shall apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. The contractor shall resolve outstanding issues raised by the Government. Contractor attendance at these meetings shall be at no additional cost to the Government.

1.4.7 Contract Manager (CM): The contactor shall designate a CM who shall ensure performance under this contract. The name of this person, and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the CM is absent, shall be designated in writing to the KO.

The CM or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The CM shall work through the COR, to resolve issues, receive technical instructions, and ensure adequate performance of services. The CM shall ensure that contractor employees do not perform any services outside the scope of the contract without an official modification issued by the KO. The CM shall ensure contractor employees understand that services performed outside the scope of the contract are performed wholly at the expense of the contractor.

1.4.8 Combating Trafficking in Persons: The United States Government has adopted a zero tolerance policy regarding trafficking in persons. Contractors and contractor employees shall not engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the period of performance of the contract; procure commercial sex acts during the period of performance of the contract; or use forced labor in the performance of the contract. The Contractor shall notify its employees of the United States Government’s zero tolerance policy, the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of this policy. The contractor shall take appropriate action, up to and including termination, against employees or subcontractors that violate the US Government policy as described at

FAR 22.17.

1.4.9 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/materials produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the KO. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.4.10 Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI): The contractor and subcontractor personnel performing services under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent OCIs, as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The contractor shall notify the KO immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the KO to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the KO. In the event the KO unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the KO may impose 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.

2.0 Definitions and Acronyms:

2.1 Definitions:

2.1.1 Contractor: A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2 Contracting Officer (KO): A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): An employee of the U.S. Government designated by the KO to monitor contractor performance. Such appointment will be in writing and will state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications.

This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4 Defective Service: A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the PWS.

2.1.5 Deliverable: Anything that can be physically delivered and includes non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6 Key Personnel: Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7 Physical Security: Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8 Quality Assurance: The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP): An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.10 Quality Control: All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to ensure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11 Subcontractor: One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.2 Acronyms:

AEI Army Enterprise Infostructure AR Army Regulation AT/OPSEC Antiterrorism/Operational Security BI Background Investigation CM Contract Manager CMRA Contractor Manpower Reporting Application COR Contracting Officer Representative DA Department of the Army DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DoD Department of Defense FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation GFP/M/E/S Government Furnished Property/Material/Equipment/Services HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive IA Information Assurance IS Information System(s) JEOC Joint Emergency Operations Center KO Contracting Officer NGB National Guard Bureau OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest PII Personally Identifiable Information PIPO Phase In/Phase Out POC Point of Contact PRS Performance Requirements Summary PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan QC Quality Control QCP Quality Control Program SSN Social Security Number TE Technical Exhibit USD(I) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

3.0 Government Furnished Property, Material, Equipment and Services (GFP/M/E/S):

The Government will provide the property, material, equipment, and/or services listed below solely for the purpose of performance under this contract:

3.1 Property: The Government will furnish the Mobile Communications Center trailer.

3.2 Materials: Not applicable.

3.3 Equipment: The Government will furnish the following equipment to receive and transmit satellite data:

3.3.1 AvL 1000K 1.0M Mobile Satellite Antenna System – iDirect Compatible

3.3.2 iDirect Evolution X5 satellite modem - Land Mobile.

3.3.3 6W Ku-Band BUC (Block up converter) NJT5027F, iDirect compatible, Output power: 6 Watts (+ 37.7dBm min.) RF Frequency: 14.0 – 14.5 GHz, IF Frequency: 950- 1450MHz, F input connector.

3.3.4 LNB – NJR2835S, Ku-Band Internal Reference PLL, iDirect Compatible, Input Frequency: 11.70-12.20 GHz, F output connector, Output Frequency: 950-1450 MHz.

3.4 Services: The Tennessee National Guard will maintain any coax cable runs required to connect items in 3.3.

3.5 Utilities: The Tennessee National Guard will provide power to the satellite transceiver and associated equipment.

4.0 Contractor Furnished Property, Materials, and Equipment (CFP/M/E):

4.1 General: Except for those items specifically stated to be Government-Furnished in Paragraph 3.0, the contractor shall furnish everything required to perform these services as indicated in Paragraph 1.1.

5.0 Requirements: The contractor shall:

5.1 Provide satellite internet with a 10 MBps download speed and 2 MBps upload speed. 10 days of this service per month will be provided in the base contract price with no data limitations during those 10 days. The 10 days will be any days during a billing month that the Tennessee National Guard has the satellite transceiver on and communicating with the service provider’s satellites.

5.2 Provide a flat per day rate for usage beyond 10 days per billing month.

5.3 Provide a publically routable static IP address to support Radio Over IP services.

5.4 Provide a technical support line open a minimum of eight hours per day, Monday through Friday (excluding Federal holidays), to help troubleshoot technical issues.

6.0 Applicable Publications: Publications applicable to this PWS are listed below:

Publication (Chapter/Page)

Date of Publication

Mandatory or Advisory

Website

Federal Acquisition Regulation Mandatory https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar or http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

Mandatory http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current /index.html or http://farsite.hill.af.mil/

DoDM 1000.13-M-V1 DoD Identification (ID) Cards (Enclosure 2, paragraph 3.b)

01/23/2014 Mandatory http://www.esd.whs.mil/Directives/issuances/dod m/

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 201-2 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

(paragraph 9)

August 2013 Mandatory http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.2 01-2.pdf

DoDM 5200.2 Regulation 5200.02 Procedures for the DoD Personnel

Security Program (PSP)

04/03/2017 Mandatory http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.htm l

Army Directive 2014-05 Policy and Implementation

Procedures for Common Access Card Credentialing and Installation Access for Uncleared Contractors

03/07/2014 Mandatory http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ ArmyDir.aspx

AR 190-13

The Army Physical Security Program

02/25/2011 Mandatory http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ AR.aspx

Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12

Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and

Contractors

08/27/2004 Mandatory https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-12

DoDD 5400.11 Department of Defense Privacy

Program

10/29/2014 Mandatory http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/dir.html#

DoD 5400.11-R Department of Defense Privacy

Program

05/14/2007 Mandatory http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.htm l

DoDD 8140.01 Cyberspace Workforce Management

08/11/2015 Mandatory http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/dir.html

DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Workforce

Improvement Program

12/19/2005 (Change 4:

11/10/2015)

Mandatory http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.htm l

AR 25-2

Information Assurance

10/24/2007 Mandatory http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ AR.aspx

AR 530-1

Operations Security

09/26/2014 Mandatory http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ AR.aspx

DoD 5220.22-M National Industrial Security Program

Operating Manual

02/28/2006 (Change 2:

05/18/2016)

Mandatory http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.htm l

AR 381-12

Threat Awareness and Reporting

Program (TARP) (Section II, ¶ 2-4.b)

06/01/2016 Mandatory http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ AR.aspx https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.201-2.pdf http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.201-2.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ArmyDir.aspx http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ArmyDir.aspx http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-12 https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-12 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/dir.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/dir.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx http://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx

6.1 Applicable Forms: Forms applicable to the PWS are listed below:

Form Date Website

DD 1172-2

Application for Identification Card/DEERS Enrollment

Mar 2017 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/index.htm

I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification

11/14/16 https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-9.pdf

DD 441

Department of Defense Security

Agreement

Jan 2017 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/dd/ddforms0001- 0499.htm

DD 250

Material Inspection and Receiving

Report

Aug 2000 http://dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/dd/ddforms0001-0499.htm http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/forminfo/forminfopage2479.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/forminfo/forminfopage2479.html http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/index.htm https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-9.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/dd/ddforms0001-0499.htm http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/dd/ddforms0001-0499.htm http://dtic.mil/whs/directives/forms/dd/ddforms0001-0499.htm

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary (PRS)

This PRS includes performance objectives the Contractor will use to determine contractor performance and will compare contractor performance to the Acceptable Quality Level (AQL).

Performance Objective

Performance Standard Acceptable Quality Levels (AQL)

Surveillance Method / By Whom

5.1 Provide Satellite Internet Service

(Uptime)

Provide 10 MBps down x 2 MBps up internet service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Service uptime of 95%. COR- In Person

5.1 Provide Satellite Internet Service

(Speed)

Provide bandwidth of 10 MBps down x 2 MBps.

This specification is a maximum available throughput in accordance with the contracted billing rate.

High usage by multiple agencies will reduce this throughput.

Capacity should not drop below 3 MBps down and 500 KBps up.

COR- In Person

5.4 Technical

Support

Technical support available M- F and eight hours per day

(with the exception of Federal holidays.

During periods of high demand, technical support returns calls within three hours of a message being left during prescribed business hours.

COR- In Person

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 2

Deliverables Schedule

Not applicable.