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Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form

SOLICITATION / CONTRACT FORM

A-1 Solicitation/Contract Form:

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CONTRACT SPECIALIST: Nathan Carver

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 228-688-4126

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CONTRACTING OFFICER: Michael S. Reiners

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REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Anthony Dandridge

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EMAIL ADDRESS: tony.dandridge@nrl.navy.mil

(1) This solicitation is for research and development prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 35, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The resultant award will be a Single Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. Both completion and level of effort (LOE) task orders will be issued under this single award task order contract.

(2) The Produce/Service Code (PSC) for this procurement is AJ13. The NAICS code is 541715 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees.

(3) The resulting ID/IQ contract will have an ordering period of five (5) years.

(4) This contract has cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) contract line item numbers (CLINs) for labor and cost reimbursable (no fee) CLINs for Other Direct Costs (travel and material).

(5) The offeror’s proposal may be incorporated into the contract upon award.

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Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

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The contractor shall provide Research and Development Efforts as specified in Section C.

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The contractor shall provide Research and Development Efforts as specified in Section C.

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2001 Labor

The contractor shall provide Research and Development Efforts as specified in Section C.

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2003 Lot OPTION Travel, Freight / Shipping, and ODC's

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Travel, Freight / Shipping, and ODC's

3001 Labor

The contractor shall provide Research and Development Efforts as specified in Section C.

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Materials and Equipment Cost

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Travel, Freight / Shipping, and ODC's

4001 Labor

The contractor shall provide Research and Development Efforts as specified in Section C.

4002 Lot OPTION Materials and Equipment Cost

COST

Materials and Equipment Cost

4003 Lot OPTION Travel, Freight / Shipping, and ODC's

COST

Travel, Freight / Shipping, and ODC's

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATION

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

OPTICAL TECHNIQUES, DEVICES, AND

MEASUREMENTS (UNCLASSIFIED)

STATEMENT OF WORK

(OPTICAL TECHNIQUES, DEVICES AND MEASURMENTS)

Table of Contents

Section 1 – Background Section 2 – Scope Section 3 – General Requirements Section 4 – Technical Task Section 5 – Period of Performance Section 6 – Contractor Furnished Equipment, Materials, Subcontracts and Supplies Section 7 – Security Requirements Section 8 – Deliverables

1.0 Background

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) carries out a variety of research, laser development, and applications-oriented activities in the generation of sensing systems, integrated optics communication systems, platform protection systems, threat materials characterization and threat surrogates development. The research, both theoretical and experimental, is concerned with discovering and understanding the basic principles and mechanisms involved in optical devices, materials and phenomena. It describes research to develop and produce optical materials and techniques that are the subject of certain key research projects at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.

2.0 Scope

2.1 Desired technical services will focus on unclassified basic and applied research and experiments over a 5-year period for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C. These efforts include a number of inter-related tasks that vary in both their technical dimensions and deliverable products. However, several tasks may support the same mission and must be coordinated or interfaced. These tasks include the research and development of materials, devices and processing. Many of the experimental equipment items and facilities necessary to carry out these tasks are unique to the Naval Research Laboratory, which dictates that a major portion of the tasks be performed here.

2.2 These tasks will deal with a number of programs including fiber optic acoustic sensors, seismic, electric and magnetic field sensors, fiber optic sensors for smart structures, chemical (both agent and non-agent) sensors, explosives sensors, biological agent sensors, laser sensors, microwave photonics and fiber optics for sensing, electronic warfare, radar, and communication links, multicomponent polymers for optical, electronic, and mechanical applications, optical emitters, focal plane arrays, and quantum optics. In addition, research into UV to LWIR, and Multi-spectral imaging systems are included in these tasks.

2.3 In many of the sensor programs, emphasis will be placed on signal processing, both electronic and optical, and system integration as well as the development of the transducer. Work will involve system integration of a unique optical sensor designs with an appropriate interrogation approaches to process sensor data. Signal processing efforts may include novel optical techniques for the interrogation and/or demodulation of sensor networks as well as electronic, firmware, and software processing techniques and their implementation.

2.4 Sensor interrogation may require implementation of novel electronic and optical signal processing techniques optimized for particular applications. Chemical and Biological Warfare (CBW) sensor development efforts span a broad range from basic measurement phenomenology to system prototyping and deployed system support. Versions of these system prototypes may be field tested to evaluate their performance.

2.5 The work on fiber optics for electronic warfare, and radar will focus on the design, fabrication, evaluation, and analysis of modulators, photodetectors, amplifiers, and other fiber optic components. The design, fabrication and evaluation of new optical devices and electro-optic circuits in the areas of microwave photonics, laser transmitters, signal processing, microwave generation and microwave systems (e.g. radar and electronic warfare) are required. The development and fabrication of mid-infrared (2-12 μm) optical fibers and waveguide devices for IR-transmitting optical links, bright infrared sources, optical switching and other applications is also required.

2.6 Also required are specialty optics, such as windows and lenses based on glasses, ceramics, and crystals with superior thermal, mechanical and optical performance. Additionally, advanced thin films are needed for fabrication of flexible, rugged photovoltaic devices, thermoelectric devices and metamaterials at several wavelengths for enabling new applications or improved functionality.

2.7 The work with multicomponent polymer materials includes advances in the fields of gradient index optics, high dielectric strength capacitor materials, novel electro-mechanical actuators, and nonlinear optics. The work on optical emitters will focus on the design, growth, processing, and testing of semiconductor emitters operating at infrared wavelengths beyond 2 m. The work on focal plane arrays will focus on the design, growth, processing, and testing of infrared detector arrays operating in the SWIR, MWIR, LWIR, and VLWIR spectral bands. The work on quantum optics will focus on the design, growth, processing, and testing of structures suitable for recording, storing, detecting, and entangling quantum bits. The work includes the design and synthesis of novel colloidal semiconductor and metallic nanostructures for chemical and biological sensing, cellular imaging and optical detection.

2.8 The work will involve (a) field measurements and analysis of signatures, propagation effects, devices, and sensors, and (b) laboratory measurements and analysis of materials, optical devices, systems and optical phenomena including development of detection algorithms and analysis of sensor characteristics/performance. In addition, the work will support the measurement programs by providing for the design and construction of electronic circuitry for control of optical systems. The work shall be performed at field sites in the US, at sea, and at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC.

3.0 General Requirements

3.1 Non-Personal Services

The Government will neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks.

The Government will not assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees.

The Contractor shall be responsible for managing its employees and guarding against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services.

The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer (KO) if any Government requested actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services.

3.2 Business Relations

The contractor shall integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute this contract.

3.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract management and contractor personnel administration.

3.4 Contractor’s Management Plan

The CMP provides the Government insight to the systems, processes, and structure within which the contractor operates. The CMP should include, as applicable and if not defined in a separate plan: quality control, risk management, systems engineering, software development, configuration management, earned value management, and subcontract management.

The Contractor shall submit a Contractor’s Management Plan (CMP) in accordance with DI-MGMT-80227, and in the format defined in CDRL A001.

3.5 Contractor Furnished Equipment, Materials, subcontracts and Supplies Equipment and unexpended materials and supplies purchased by the contractor under this contract become the property of the Government at the end of the performance period, including all options, or when the Government asserts ownership.

The Contractor shall provide supplies for contractor personnel.

The Contractor shall provide any other equipment, material, and supplies, not furnished by the Government, but required to perform the work defined under Paragraph 4, Technical Tasks, below.

The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary for performing efforts described in Paragraph 4, Technical Tasks, below.

3.6 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The minimum education, training, and experience required by contractor personnel to perform support tasks identified in this SOW are defined in the labor category descriptions provided as Attachment 1, Personnel Qualifications.

3.7 Location and Hours of Work

Accomplishment of the results contained in this SOW requires work at the Naval Research Laboratory facilities, 4555 Overlook Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20375-5320. Normal workdays are Monday through Friday except US Federal Holidays. NRL workers typically work eight (8) hours per day, 40 hours per week. Flextime workers start not earlier than 0600 and not later than 0900. Core hours of work are from 0900 to 1500 daily. All employees are expected to be available during core hours. Additional information on work hours is provided in Section 1. (c), NRL HOURS OF OPERATION AND HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, in the NRL ROSC.

3.8 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

Travel to other contractor or government facilities, such as, Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, MD, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Dahlgren, VA, NAS Point Mugu, CA and NAS China Lake, CA, as well as other Government sites in pursuit of NRL objectives may be required for the conduction of experimental research, attendance at government reviews, scientific meetings, and seminars. Additionally, testing of components and prototypes may occur at Government bases and test ranges including the White Sands Missile Range, NM, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ, and NSWC Crane, IN. Travel to foreign sites, such as Vidsel Test Range in Sweden, for the same purposes as above, may also be required.

The Contractor shall maintain the capability to arrange the travel of contractor personnel to locations in CONUS/OCONUS, often on short notice.

The Contractor shall submit all travel requirements (including plans, agenda, itinerary and dates) for pre-approval to the Government and is on a strictly cost reimbursable basis.

The Contractor shall bill costs for travel in accordance with FAR 31.205-46 Travel Costs (subject to local policy & procedures).

4.0 Technical Tasks

4.1 Optical Techniques and Devices

4.1.1 Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors

The contractor shall advise and assist in the development of concepts for novel fiber optic sensors of interest to the Navy for both static and dynamic environments. Parameters and fields to be sensed include, but are not limited to, strain, acoustic, magnetic, electro-optical, and seismic. Detailed analysis of fiber optic sensor shall be provided by the contractor to select the most effective sensor concept and design. The contractor shall develop innovative optical interrogation techniques for both interferometric and non-interferometric sensors. Approaches should include frequency, time, and wavelength division multiplexing (FDM, TDM, and WDM) or combinations of these techniques as most appropriate for a given sensor and application. The contractor shall design, test and package interrogation and multiplexing approaches tailored to fiber transducers and other novel optical sensing methodologies for evaluation in field test environments. The contractor shall analyze and develop novel approaches for underwater acoustic sensing using coherent optical interferometry to generate a virtual array. The contractor will develop models and analysis of the system design, including estimates of realistic noise sources and detection limits and demonstrate prototype systems. The contractor shall investigate this approach for other applications. The contractor shall also develop and optimize new optical sources for both interferometric and non-interferometric sensing. The contractor shall develop new techniques for the measurement of the strength and wavelength dependence of Bragg grating arrays which would result in higher performance, lower cost arrays for a range of naval applications. The contractor shall carry out analysis of concepts and evaluation of designs for the application of optical sciences to the field of chemical sensing for a wide range of situations including environmental monitoring and fuel contamination. The contractor shall use various sensing techniques to include ellipsometry, visible light spectroscopy, infra-red spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

4.1.2 Photonic systems

The contractor shall advise and assist in the area of optical and electro-optic devices for free space optical communication, and quantum information science and technology. The contractor shall develop new concepts for solid state lasers, fiber lasers, optical fiber amplifiers, laser transmitters, quantum well modulators, signal processing elements, free space and fiber optic communications, photodetectors and photo receivers, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and optical MEMS, and photonic control of phased array antenna systems.

4.1.3 Infrared-Transmitting Fibers and Devices

The contractor shall advise and assist in the area of mid-IR transmitting optical fibers and planar waveguide devices.

This work will include the development of methods to purify, fabricate and fiberize chalcogenide materials (S, Se, or Te-based) as well as tellurite materials (based on TeO2). These materials will be either undoped, to serve as IR transmissive materials, or will be doped with various rare earth elements (e.g. Pr, Er) to be light sources in the infrared.

The contractor shall also characterize the fiber properties and light emission properties such as absorption and emission cross sections, efficiency and lifetime of the doped optical fibers, and develop ways to utilize them as practical IR sources or amplifiers. The contractor shall also study the nonlinear properties of these fibers to determine their utility for novel optical devices. The contractor shall advise and assist in the area of novel infrared planar waveguide structures, by utilizing thin film samples made in-house, and developing methods to locally modify the refractive index using high intensity radiation. The contractor shall characterize these structures and investigate ways to utilize them for high speed optical switching and other related applications.

4.1.4 Organic Opto-electronic Materials and Devices

The contractor will synthesize, purify and characterize organic electronic and optoelectronic materials such as novel electron transporters with high mobilities and electron affinities. The development of the new materials will include carrier transporters with good thermal and morphological stability. The contractor will modify the optical and electrical properties of transparent conducting polymers via molecular engineering. These polymers will be evaluated as potential transparent electrode materials for all plastic electro-optic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). OLEDS with an "inverted structure" (metal cathode at the bottom, transparent anode on top) will be fabricated and characterized in comparison to a control device with the regular structure (transparent anode at the bottom, metal cathode on top). The contractor will optimize the device structures for high electroluminescence quantum efficiency and long-term stability. The contractor shall build on active matrix arrays which will be developed elsewhere. The active matrix-OLED devices will be tested for luminous power efficiency, brightness and degradation effects.

4.1.5 Chemical, Biological and Radiation Sensing

The contractor shall design and develop optical techniques based on luminescent quantum dots with and without bio conjugation and nanochannel glass structures for new approaches to chemical, biological and radiological sensing.

The contractor shall assist in the design and development of aerosol particle characterization, data analysis, and detection algorithm development for chemical and biological detection. The contractor shall design and synthesize colloidal semiconductor and metallic nanoparticles, including magnetic nanoparticles for novel optical detectors, sensors and imaging applications.

4.1.6 Optical Glasses, Ceramics and Crystals

The contractor shall develop new concepts for glasses, ceramics, crystals and composite materials with broad band transparency from UV to far IR for windows, lenses and other optical elements. The contractor should also develop transition metal and rare earth ion doped materials for phosphors, scintillators, and lasers with superior thermal performance compared with existing materials.

4.1.7 Thin Film and Surface Technology

The contractor shall develop thin film technology based on functional materials to enable fabrication of photovoltaic devices and other devices with superior performance. This includes metamaterials, plasmonic devices and generation of active and passive surfaces.

4.2 Measurement and Characterization

4.2.1 Field Measurements and Analysis for infrared signatures, electro-optical sensing and optical devices.

The contractor shall conduct field experiments to determine the performance of electro-optical and infrared sensors.

The contractor shall implement signal processing algorithms on computers for real-time display, and analysis of infrared and hyperspectral imagery. The contractor shall perform transmission measurements on optical devices. The contractor shall assemble the measurement system, acquire the data, and assist in the reduction and analysis of the data.

4.3 Laboratory Measurements for infrared sources and electro-optical sensors

4.3.1 Infrared Sources

The contractor shall design, assemble and maintain novel experimental instruments for the measurement of lasers and other infrared light sources in spectral regions of importance for aircraft and ship self-defense.

4.3.2 Electronics for electro-optical sensors.

The contractor shall design custom electronic circuitry for novel modes of operation of electro-optical sensors. The contractor shall develop new concepts for processing and disseminating information from these sensors. The contractor’s responsibilities shall include algorithm development and applications programming in support of experimental computer controlled electro-optical sensor systems. The contractor shall develop analog circuits to advance signal conditioning and high speed analog to digital conversion. The contractor shall use government provided equipment including test electronics such as, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and custom computer interface boards.

4.4 Sensor Measurements, Analysis, and Development

4.4.1 Laboratory Measurements

The contractor shall design new experimental approaches, conduct experiments, and analyze the test results to characterize the performance of optical and infrared sensor systems and of sensor components such as focal plane arrays.

4.4.2 Image Analysis

The contractor shall analyze multispectral image data, and investigate techniques for image fusion of these data. The contractor shall investigate the resolution and target detection capability using multispectral and multiframe image data.

4.4.3 Optical Limiter Materials Characterization

The contractor shall develop new concepts for optical limiter materials and perform measurements of their linear and nonlinear optical properties. The contractor shall be responsible for operating, maintaining, calibrating, and aligning the radiation sources, including lasers and optical parametric oscillators, and other system components including sensors, automated data acquisition systems, and detection systems. The contractor shall optically characterize doped polymer materials for optical limiting. The contractor shall be responsible for operating and maintaining polymer extrusion and molding equipment to achieve close control over both the polymer properties and the concentration and aggregation of dye material. The contractor shall fabricate the samples, acquire and analyze the optical data and elucidate the photophysics of different polymer/host combinations.

4.4.4 Infrared Source Development and Testing

The contractor shall develop new concepts for infrared CW and pulsed light sources, including fiber and semiconductor lasers to be used for a range of Navy applications. Measurements to be performed shall include photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectroscopy, lasing spectroscopy, light-light and light-current characteristics, near-field and far-field measurements. Other characterization shall include such properties as the non-radiative lifetimes, internal losses, internal efficiencies, thermo-mechanical properties and wave-guiding parameters.

Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) shall be carried out to grow quantum heterostructures with favorable properties, and the MBE machine and laboratory shall be maintained. Metal, dielectric, and semiconductor thin film depositions will also be carried out by a variety of methods such as e-beam evaporation, sputtering, thermal evaporation, e-beam evaporation, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and electro-plating.

Methods for etching novel III-V materials will be developed and optimized. Other responsibilities will include mask design and development, as well as patterning by e-beam and optical lithography. Fabricated devices will be characterized by such methods as atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and ellipsometry. Optical characterization of the fabricated devices will also be carried out by a variety of methods.

5.0 Period of Performance

The contract will cover a 12 month base period and 4 one (1) year option periods. The estimated period of performance reads as follows and will be finalized upon award:

Base Year 11/12/2021 to 11/11/2022

Option Year 1 11/12/2022 to 11/11/2023

Option Year 2 11/12/2023 to 11/11/2024

Option Year 3 11/12/2024 to 11/11/2025

Option Year 4 11/12/2025 to 11/11/2026

6.0 Contractor Furnished Equipment, Materials, Subcontracts and Supplies

Equipment and unexpended materials and supplies purchased by the contractor under this contract become the property of the Government at the end of the performance period, including all options.

The Contractor shall provide supplies for contractor personnel.

The Contractor shall provide any other equipment, material, and supplies, not furnished by the Government, but required to perform the work defined under Paragraph 4, Performance Requirements, above.

The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary for performing efforts described in Paragraph 4, Performance Requirements, above.

7.0 Security Requirements

All work on this contract will be at the unclassified level.

8.0 Transition

The Contractor shall follow the transition plan submitted as part of the Contractor's Management Plan (CMP) and keep the Government fully informed of status throughout the sixty (60) day transition period.

C-1 ENTERPRISE-WIDE CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING APPLICATION (SAM)

The Contractor shall report contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the NRL via a secure data collection site. Contracted services excluded from reporting are based on Product Service Codes (PSCs). The excluded PSCs are:

(1) W, Lease/Rental of Equipment;

(2) X, Lease/Rental of Facilities;

(3) Y, Construction of Structures and Facilities;

(4) D, Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunications, IT and Telecom-Telecommunication (D304) and

Internet (D322) ONLY;

(5) S, Utilities ONLY;

(6) V, Freight and Shipping ONLY.

The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address https://www.sam.gov.

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance, during each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk, linked at https://www.sam.gov.

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Section D - Packaging and Marking

PACKAGING AND MARKING

D-1 PACKAGING AND MARKING

All unclassified data and deliverable contract line items shall be preserved, packaged, packed and marked and must conform to normal commercial packing standards to assure safe delivery at destination.

D-2 The Contractor shall mark all shipments under this contract in accordance with the addition of ASTM-

D- 3951-90 “Standard Practice for Commercial Packaging” in effect on the date of the contract.

D-3 The Contractor shall comply with FED STD 313 (Symbols for Packages and Containers for

Hazardous Industrial Chemical and Materials) to the extent applicable.

Section E - Inspection and Acceptance

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E-1 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Inspection and acceptance of the final delivery will be accomplished by the Technical Manager (TM) or Contracting Officer Representative (COR) designated in Section G of this contract. Inspection and acceptance will be performed at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375-5320.

Constructive acceptance, in accordance with FAR 32.904, shall be deemed to have occurred on the 30th day after the final delivery.

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 Destination Government Destination Government 0002 Destination Government Destination Government 0003 Destination Government Destination Government 0004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1001 Destination Government Destination Government 1002 Destination Government Destination Government 1003 Destination Government Destination Government 1004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2001 Destination Government Destination Government 2002 Destination Government Destination Government 2003 Destination Government Destination Government 2004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3001 Destination Government Destination Government 3002 Destination Government Destination Government 3003 Destination Government Destination Government 3004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4001 Destination Government Destination Government 4002 Destination Government Destination Government 4003 Destination Government Destination Government 4004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.246-5 Inspection Of Services Cost-Reimbursement APR 1984 52.246-9 Inspection Of Research And Development (Short Form) APR 1984

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 Destination Government Destination Government 0002 Destination Government Destination Government 0003 Destination Government Destination Government 0004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1001 Destination Government Destination Government 1002 Destination Government Destination Government 1003 Destination Government Destination Government 1004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2001 Destination Government Destination Government 2002 Destination Government Destination Government 2003 Destination Government Destination Government 2004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3001 Destination Government Destination Government 3002 Destination Government Destination Government 3003 Destination Government Destination Government 3004 N/A N/A N/A N/A 4001 Destination Government Destination Government 4002 Destination Government Destination Government 4003 Destination Government Destination Government

Section F - Deliveries or Performance

DELIVERABLES OR PERFORMANCE

F-1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The work under this contract (CLIN 0001 through CLIN 0003) shall commence on date of award and be completed no later than 12 months thereafter. CLIN 0004, CDRLs, shall commence on date of award and shall run through the last day of the contract. The remaining four, 12-month option periods shall be exercised at the sole right of the Government. Performance under this contract shall not exceed 60 months total. The POP dates below are an estimate and will be finalized upon award.

TYPE CONTRACT LINE

ITEMS

PERIOD OF

PERFORMANCE

BASE YEAR 0001, 0002 and 0003 11/12/2021 – 11/11/2022

OPTION 1* 1001, 1002 and 1003 11/12/2022 – 11/11/2023

OPTION 2* 2001, 2002 and 2003 11/12/2023 – 11/11/2024

OPTION 3* 3001, 3002 and 3003 11/12/2024 – 11/11/2025

OPTION 4* 4001, 4002 and 4003 11/12/2025 – 11/11/2026

(* - If Exercised)

F-2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The principal place of performance of this contract shall be at the Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, D.C. 20375.

F-3 PLACE OF DELIVERY – FOB DESTINATION

The contractor shall deliver supplies, all transportation charges paid, to destination in accordance with the clause in Section F of the Schedule titled FAR 52.247-34 FOB Destination (NOV 1991).

Receiving Officer Naval Research Laboratory Contract Number N00173-21-F-

ATTN: *

CODE: *

LOCATION: *

Bldg. 49 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington DC 20375-5320

(*To be filled in at time of award.)

F-4 DELIVERABLES

Identifier Name Suspense Date A001 Contractor’s Management Plan (CMP) 30 Days after Contract Award

A002 Quarterly Letter/Technical Report 15 Days after end of Quarter A003 Monthly Funds Status and Contractor On-Site Labor Report Within 15 days of the close of each monthly reporting period A004 Technical Documentation As Required A005 Contract Summary Technical Report Within 60 days of completion of this contract.

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

0001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

52.242-15 Stop-Work Order AUG 1989 52.242-15 Alt I Stop-Work Order (Aug 1989) - Alternate I APR 1984 52.242-17 Government Delay Of Work APR 1984 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination NOV 1991

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

0001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

2004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

3004 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

4003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Section G - Contract Administration Data

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G-1 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

In order to expedite administration of this contract, the following delineation of duties is provided, including the names and contact information, for each individual or office specified. Contact the individual/position designated as having responsibility for any questions, clarifications or information regarding the functions assigned herein.

(a) The Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), designated in Block 6 on the Standard Form 26, will expedite administration of the contract and direct inquiries to the appropriate off ice listed below.

(b) The Contract Administration Office (CAO) designated in Block 20A on the Standard Form 26 is responsible for all matters specified in FAR 42.302(a) and DFARS 242.302(a), except in those areas otherwise designated herein.

• Contract Specialist: Nathan Carver, Code 1335, (228) 688-4126, Email Address:

Nathan.Carver@nrlssc.navy.mil,

• NRL Competition Craig S. Barton, Code 3200, (202) 767-5227, Email Address:

Advocate craig.barton@nrl.navy.mil.

• Ombudsman (FAR 16.505(b): DASN(AP), NCAG@navy.mil, 703-614-9600

• Security Matters Contracting Officer Representative for Security, Code 1226, (202) 767-2240, DSN

297-2240, email: security-group@nrl.navy.mil.

• Safety Matters Head Safety Branch, Code 3540, (202)767-2232, safety@nrl.navy.mil

• Patent Matters Associate Counsel (Intellectual Property), Code 1008.2, (202) 404-1552, DSN 297-1552, email: patents@nrl.navy.mil.

• Release of Data: Public Affairs Officer, Code 1030, (202) 767-2541, DSN 297-2541, email:

nrl1030@ccs.nrl.navy.mil. For FOIA information, see http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/public-affairs-office/foia/.

(c) Contract administration functions withheld, additional contract administration functions assigned, or special instructions are set forth below: None.

(d) Inquiries regarding payment should be referred to DFAS at http://www.dod.mil/dfas/contractorpay/myinvoice.html

G-2 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) — FUNCTIONS AND LIMITATIONS

(a) Dr. Anthony Dandridge is hereby designated as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).

Unless terminated sooner, this appointment is effective for the period of performance of this contract including any options, if exercised. COR authority may not be re-delegated. No change in COR assignment shall be made without written notice by the Contracting Officer, who will modify the contract to reflect the change of COR assignment. The Contracting Officer may designate assistant or mailto:,%20Code%201335,%20(228)%20688-4126,%20Email%20Address:%20Nathan.Carver@nrlssc.navy.mil, mailto:,%20Code%201335,%20(228)%20688-4126,%20Email%20Address:%20Nathan.Carver@nrlssc.navy.mil, mailto:craig.barton@nrl.navy.mil mailto:NCAG@navy.mil mailto:security-group@nrl.navy.mil mailto:safety@nrl.navy.mil mailto:nrl1030@ccs.nrl.navy.mil.

http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/public-affairs-office/foia/ alternate COR(s) to act for the COR by naming such assistant/alternate(s) in writing and transmitting a copy of such designation to the contractor via contract modification.

(b) The responsibilities and limitations of the COR are as follows:

(1) Providing technical direction and guidance as necessary with respect to the performance of work under this contract. Technical direction and guidance may be used to provide technical advice/recommendations/clarifications on the statement of work/specifications. It MAY NOT be used to tell the contractor how to perform the work.

(2) Submitting interim and final Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARS) at www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/cparsmain.htm.

(3) Quality assurance of services performed or deliveries made

(4) Inspection and acceptance of services or deliverables

(5) Ensuring that Government Furnished Property, to include any contractor use of on-site equipment and/or IT resources is adequately monitored and accounted for.

(6) Security requirements on Government installation, such as the request and retrieval of personnel security badges and vehicle passes.

(7) Monitoring contractor's performance and promptly report problems and recommendations for corrective action to the PCO

(8) Complete and upload a COR Status Report monthly via the CORT Tool in the Procurement Integrated

Enterprise Environment (PIEE), formerly WAWF. The due date for reports will be identified upon COR appointment via the contracting officer.

(9) Attend post award conference, if conducted.

(10) Ensuring a copy of all Government technical correspondence, to include Technical

Direction Memorandums/Guidance, is uploaded to CORT Tool.

(11) Monitoring of funds expended

(12) Ensuring that the Contractor does not exceed the defined statement of work set forth in the contract.

(c) Limitations: The COR is not authorized to take any action, either directly or indirectly, that could result in a change in the cost/price, quantity, quality, place of performance, delivery schedule, or any other terms or conditions of the contract. If, as a result of technical discussions, it is desirable to alter contract obligations or the statement of work/specifications, a modification must be issued in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer in order to effect such changes. No such changes shall be made without the express written prior authorization/direction of the Contracting Officer.

G-3 SUBCONTRACTORS

(a) Advance notification or requests for consent pursuant to the contract clause entitled "Subcontracts"

(FAR 52.244-2) shall be directed to the cognizant administrative contracting officer (ACO).

(b) Paragraph (j) of FAR 52.244-2 is filled in as follows. The following subcontractor have been identified in the

Contractor’s proposal as necessary for performance of this contract and were evaluated during negotiations:

http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/cparsmain.htm

SUBCONTRACTOR ESTIMATED TOTAL COST

G-4 INCREMENTAL FUNDING AND ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS

Orders issued under this contract may be incrementally funded. Incrementally funded orders will contain a provision substantially as follows:

Pursuant to the Limitation of Funds clause (FAR 52.232-22), the total amount allotted to this contract is $*. The amounts presently available and allotted to this contract for payment of cost and fixed fee and the period covered by these amounts for incrementally funded CLINs is set forth below:

CLIN ALLOTTED TO COST ALLOTTED TO FEE TOTAL ALLOTTED TO CPFF

0001 * * * 0002 * N/A N/A 0003 * N/A N/A 0004 * N/A N/A

(* - To be completed at time of task order award)

G-5 INFORMATIONAL SUBLINE ITEMS

It is anticipated that the services performed under this contract will be paid for from multiple sources of funds.

Informational subline items will be established as necessary to identify each accounting citation classification.

G-6 PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR MULTIPLE ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION

CITATIONS (COST-REIMBURSEMENT)

In accordance with PGI 204.7108, the new payment table provided at PGI 204.7108(b)(2) is not applicable to this contract; therefore, use PGI 204.7108(d)(12) Other and pay as follows: If there is more than one Accounting Classification Reference Number (ACRN) within a contract line item, the payment office will make payment using the ACRN(s) cited on the contractor's invoice. The non-standard clause (d)(12) “Other” provides a significantly better reflection of how funds will be expended in support of contract performance; and (b) are agreed to by the payment office and the contract administration office.

G-7 TECHNICAL DIRECTION MEMORANDUM (TDM)

(a) For the purposes of this clause, technical direction includes the following:

(1) Direction to the Contractor which shifts work emphasis between work areas or tasks, requires pursuit of certain lines of inquiry, fills in details or otherwise describes work which will accomplish the objectives described in the statement of work;

(2) Guidelines to the Contractor, which assist in interpretation of drawings, specifications or technical portions of, work description.

(b) Technical instructions must be within the scope of work stated in the contract. Technical instructions may not be used to:

(1) Assign additional work under the contract:

(2) Direct a change as defined in the contract clause entitled "Changes";

(3) Increase or decrease the estimated contract cost, the fixed fee, or the time required for contract performance; or

(4) Change any of the terms, conditions or specifications of the contract

(c) The TDM shall be written by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), with the original given to the Contractor and a copy retained in the CORs file. Technical direction may be issued orally only in emergency situations. If technical direction is issued orally, a TDM must follow within two (2) working days from the date of the oral direction. Amendments, corrections, or changes to TDMs shall also be in written format and shall include all the information set forth in paragraph (e) below.

(d) A TDM shall be considered issued when the Government deposits it in the mail, or if transmitted by other means, when it is physically delivered to the contractor.

(e) TDMs shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

(1) Date of TDM,

(2) Contract Number,

(3) Reference to the relevant portion or item in the Statement of Work,

(4) The specific technical direction or clarification,

(5) The type of work to be performed, i.e., (a) SETA support or (b) R&D work,

(6) A reference to the appropriate CLIN or Sub CLIN,

(7) The anticipated level of effort, materials and travel expected as a result of the TDM,

(8) The JON, Program Element, and associated dollar amount, and

(9) The signature of the COR

(f) CORs shall provide a copy of each TDM with the necessary increment of funds to the Contracting Officer for retention in the official contract file. CORs shall retain all files containing TDMs for a period of two (2) years after the final contract completion date.

(g) The only individual authorized in any way to amend or modify any of the terms of this contract shall be the Contracting Officer. When, in the opinion of the Contractor, any technical direction calls for effort outside the scope of the contract or inconsistent with this special clause, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing within ten (10) working days after its receipt.

G-8 Electronic and Information Technology (EIT)

In accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), all EIT supplies and services provided under any resulting award must comply with the applicable accessibility standards issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board at 36 CFR part 1194 (see FAR Subpart 39.2).

Electronic and information technology (EIT) is defined at FAR 2.101

G-9 Identification of Awardee Personnel On-Site at NRL

Pursuant to DFARS 211.106, Awardee employees shall identify themselves as Awardee personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as non-governmental personnel and displaying distinguishing badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel. In addition, Awardee personnel shall appropriately identify themselves as Awardee employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence.

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving

Reports

DEC 2018

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

DFARS 252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (DEC 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

“Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

“Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

“Payment request” and “receiving report” are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://piee.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF.