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Performance Based Statement of Work Reactive Material Testing and Materials Recovery Department of Physics Naval Postgraduate School

1.0 Background/Introduction:

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) requires three types of energetics tests on reactive materials (RMs). NPS seeks a vendor with an approved facility that can test RMs of DoD interest and provide diagnostics and data output as specified in the deliverables. The vendor will provide (1) gun-launched RM testing into various surfaces and impact overpressure, (2) (optional) detonation testing of RM cases filled with high explosive, and (3) (optional) soft catch of RM case fragments post-detonation. The total quantity of 1.1 class high explosives shall not exceed 2 kg. The vendor will provide all support personnel, explosive charges, and diagnostic equipment for the testing via either in-house resources or via no-cost DoD collaborators.

2.0 Scope:

Naval Postgraduate School requires the services of a contractor who will conduct a series of gun-launched high density reactive materials, as well as explosively test a series of explosive-filled HDRM cases. For each type of test the vendor will collect relevant characterization data and provide a complete package of collected data after testing. The vendor should have experience with US DoD energetics testing procedures and must also provide confirmation that the explosive testing facility meets all BATFE and state guidelines for energetic materials and related environmental issues.

3.0 Tasks:

The contractor shall perform the following task(s) as follows:

3.1 Fifty individual shots of RM projectiles into a steel test chamber (known colloquially as a “pig”). The test chamber will be a steel cylinder roughly 2 ft in diameter. The chamber will be sealed at the front face with either or a 1/16” steel plate or a polymer-coated 1/16” steel plate that will be perforated by the projectile, and the back face will feature either a polymer-coated mild steel anvil of 1-2”, 5ksi or stronger concrete, or a mild steel block. NPS will provide the RM projectiles, which will be 4.5 mm, 9 mm, or 10 mm cylinders, spheres, and cubes saboted to a 50 caliber Mann accuracy barrel. In the ideal case the Mann barrel should be capable of firing the projectiles with a muzzle velocity up to 6000 ft/sec.

3.1.1 A pressure transducer inside the steel test chamber for each shot, from which quasistatic overpressure will be determined; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.1.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.2 OPTION TEST SERIES 1: Six tests of cylindrical RM cases filled with HE (preferably C4). The case inner diameters will be 1” with a length of 2-3”. The case mass to high explosive mass will 2-3 and the high-explosive core in the charges will not exceed 100 g and will be initiated with an RP-80 detonator or equivalent. The vendor must provide explosive, detonators, gauges and consumables, other than the RM cylinders which will be provided by NPS. Endcaps will be mild steel. Three of the detonations will be carried out in a properly-rated steel test chamber purged with argon or nitrogen to limit RM aerobic combustion prior to each shot. The second set of three tests will be duplicates of the first, but in air.

3.2.1 A pressure transducer inside the steel test chamber for each shot, from which quasistatic overpressure will be determined; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.2.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.3 OPTION TEST SERIES 2: Three tests of cylindrical RM cases filled with C4 explosive. The case inner diameters will be 1” with a length of 2-3”. The case mass to high explosive mass will 2-3 and the high-explosive core in the charges will not exceed 100 g and will be initiated with an RP-80 detonator or equivalent. The vendor must provide explosive, detonators, gauges and consumables, other than the RM cylinders, which will be provided by NPS. Endcaps will be mild steel. The detonations will be carried out in a properly-rated steel test chamber packed with low-density snow generated by a snow machine or ice shaver. The explosive-filled HDRM case will be suspended in a cavity in the snow roughly five times its diameter and the cavity purged with argon to limit HDRM aerobic combustion prior to each shot.

3.3.1 After each shot, the snow will be evaporated, and the explosive residue collected and sieved by the vendor by particle sizes greater than 30 microns; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion.

3.3.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.4 OPTION TEST SERIES 3: Fifty individual shots of RM projectiles into a steel test chamber (known colloquially as a “pig”). The test chamber will be a steel cylinder roughly 2 ft in diameter. The chamber will be sealed at the front face with either or a 1/16” steel plate or a polymer-coated 1/16” steel plate that will be perforated by the projectile, and the back face will feature either a polymer-coated mild steel anvil of 1-2”, 5ksi or stronger concrete, or a mild steel block. NPS will provide the RM projectiles, which will be 4.5 mm, 9 mm, or 10 mm cylinders, spheres, and cubes saboted to a 50 caliber Mann accuracy barrel. In the ideal case the Mann barrel should be capable of firing the projectiles with a muzzle velocity up to 6000 ft/sec.

3.4.1 A pressure transducer inside the steel test chamber for each shot, from which quasistatic overpressure will be determined; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.4.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.5 OPTION TEST SERIES 4: Six tests of cylindrical RM cases filled with HE (preferably C4). The case inner diameters will be 1” with a length of 2-3”. The case mass to high explosive mass will 2-3 and the high-explosive core in the charges will not exceed 100 g and will be initiated with an RP-80 detonator or equivalent. The vendor must provide explosive, detonators, gauges and consumables, other than the RM cylinders which will be provided by NPS. Endcaps will be mild steel. Three of the detonations will be carried out in a properly-rated steel test chamber purged with argon or nitrogen to limit RM aerobic combustion prior to each shot. The second set of three tests will be duplicates of the first, but in air.

3.5.1 A pressure transducer inside the steel test chamber for each shot, from which quasistatic overpressure will be determined; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.5.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.6 OPTION TEST SERIES 5: Three tests of cylindrical RM cases filled with C4 explosive. The case inner diameters will be 1” with a length of 2-3”. The case mass to high explosive mass will 2-3 and the high-explosive core in the charges will not exceed 100 g and will be initiated with an RP-80 detonator or equivalent. The vendor must provide explosive, detonators, gauges and consumables, other than the RM cylinders, which will be provided by NPS. Endcaps will be mild steel. The detonations will be carried out in a properly-rated steel test chamber packed with low-density snow generated by a snow machine or ice shaver. The explosive-filled HDRM case will be suspended in a cavity in the snow roughly five times its diameter and the cavity purged with argon to limit HDRM aerobic combustion prior to each shot.

3.6.1 After each shot, the snow will be evaporated, and the explosive residue collected and sieved by the vendor by particle sizes greater than 30 microns; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion.

3.6.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.7 OPTION TEST SERIES 6: Fifty individual shots of RM projectiles into a steel test chamber (known colloquially as a “pig”). The test chamber will be a steel cylinder roughly 2 ft in diameter. The chamber will be sealed at the front face with either or a 1/16” steel plate or a polymer-coated 1/16” steel plate that will be perforated by the projectile, and the back face will feature either a polymer-coated mild steel anvil of 1-2”, 5ksi or stronger concrete, or a mild steel block. NPS will provide the RM projectiles, which will be 4.5 mm, 9 mm, or 10 mm cylinders, spheres, and cubes saboted to a 50 caliber Mann accuracy barrel. In the ideal case the Mann barrel should be capable of firing the projectiles with a muzzle velocity up to 6000 ft/sec.

3.7.1 A pressure transducer inside the steel test chamber for each shot, from which quasistatic overpressure will be determined; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.7.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.8 OPTION TEST SERIES 7: Six tests of cylindrical RM cases filled with HE (preferably C4). The case inner diameters will be 1” with a length of 2-3”. The case mass to high explosive mass will 2-3 and the high-explosive core in the charges will not exceed 100 g and will be initiated with an RP-80 detonator or equivalent. The vendor must provide explosive, detonators, gauges and consumables, other than the RM cylinders which will be provided by NPS. Endcaps will be mild steel. Three of the detonations will be carried out in a properly-rated steel test chamber purged with argon or nitrogen to limit RM aerobic combustion prior to each shot. The second set of three tests will be duplicates of the first, but in air.

3.8.1 A pressure transducer inside the steel test chamber for each shot, from which quasistatic overpressure will be determined; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.8.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.9 OPTION TEST SERIES 8: Two tests of cylindrical RM cases filled with C4 explosive. The case inner diameters will be 1” with a length of 2-3”. The case mass to high explosive mass will 2-3 and the high-explosive core in the charges will not exceed 100 g and will be initiated with an RP-80 detonator or equivalent. The vendor must provide explosive, detonators, gauges and consumables, other than the RM cylinders, which will be provided by NPS. Endcaps will be mild steel. The detonations will be carried out in a properly-rated steel test chamber packed with low-density snow generated by a snow machine or ice shaver. The explosive-filled HDRM case will be suspended in a cavity in the snow roughly five times its diameter and the cavity purged with argon to limit HDRM aerobic combustion prior to each shot.

3.9.1 After each shot, the snow will be evaporated, and the explosive residue collected and sieved by the vendor by particle sizes greater than 30 microns; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion.

3.9.2 One high-speed Phantom camera (or equivalent) camera will be used to capture high-resolution, high-speed video of the impact/deflagration event; data from these will be compiled and sent to NPS upon completion of the shot.

3.10 Provided test scheduling permits, DoD Federal employees may be present at the test facility for Tasks 3.1-3.9. Federal employees would be observers only and would not handle energetic materials nor any test devices containing energetic materials, including Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH).

3.11 Vendor shall take full responsibility for cleanup and any necessary environmental remediation of explosive and HDRM residue. Neither NPS nor any part of the Federal government assumes any liability for contamination, accidents, damage, or injury at the test facilities.

3.12 The Government will furnish HDRM materials for testing; once provided, vendor assumes all liability for handling, storage, testing, and remediation of these materials. Neither NPS nor any part of the Federal government assumes any liability for any contamination, accidents, damage, or injury resulting from the use of the provided HDRM materials. HDRM is expected to be consumed during the testing process and will not be returned to the Government in any form.

4.0 Deliverables:

The contractor shall be responsible for providing the following deliverables before September 30th, 2020:

4.1 Pressure transducer and imaging data for the gun-launched projectile shots.

4.2 Pressure transducer and imaging data for the explosive-filled RM case shots.

4.3 Particle size data for the snow collection of fragments shots.

4.4 Pressure transducer and imaging data for the gun-launched projectile shots.

4.5 Pressure transducer and imaging data for the explosive-filled RM case shots.

4.6 Particle size data for the snow collection of fragments shots.

4.7 Pressure transducer and imaging data for the gun-launched projectile shots.

4.8 Pressure transducer and imaging data for the explosive-filled RM case shots.

4.9 Particle size data for the snow collection of fragments shots.

Performance Measurement - Quality Assurance Plan

3.1

Complete data set (Deliverable 4.1) from instruments at the gun-launched projectile shots.

Data set must provide a full representation of the projectile collision with the anvil to the end of the HDRM combustion.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

3.2 Complete data set (Deliverable 4.2) from instruments at the 12 explosive-filled HDRM case shots.

Data set must provide a full representation of the shot sequence, from initiation of detonation to the end of the fireball combustion.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

Data set must provide size distribution of fragments greater than 40 microns.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

3.4

Complete data set (Deliverable 4.4) from instruments at the gun-launched projectile shots.

Data set must provide a full representation of the projectile collision with the anvil to the end of the HDRM combustion.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

3.5 Complete data set (Deliverable 4.5) from instruments at the 12 explosive-filled HDRM case shots.

Data set must provide a full representation of the shot sequence, from initiation of detonation to the end of the fireball combustion.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

Data set must provide size distribution of fragments greater than 40 microns.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

3.7

Complete data set (Deliverable 4.7) from instruments at the gun-launched projectile shots.

Data set must provide a full representation of the projectile collision with the anvil to the end of the HDRM combustion.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

3.8 Complete data set (Deliverable 4.8) from instruments at the 12 explosive-filled HDRM case shots.

Data set must provide a full representation of the shot sequence, from initiation of detonation to the end of the fireball combustion.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

Data set must provide size distribution of fragments greater than 40 microns.

Data will be supplied via secure email and on removable media to NPS for evaluation.

Monitoring will occur directly after each test is conducted.

If performance falls below the AQL defined above, the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) shall document the instance(s), coordinate with the Contracting Officer and advise the Contractor. The Contractor will be requested to review the documentation and provide a written response on how performance will be corrected in the future. Re-performance of any work for failure to perform in accordance with the specified AQL or task requirement shall be completed at the Contractor’s own expense and at no additional cost to the Government.

5.0 Minimum Technical Requirements:

· A certified explosive test facility with a limit of 1.1 high explosives of 1 lb or higher, conforming to all BATF and state regulations for an explosive facility and explosives handling.

· Qualified personnel and safety officers who can oversee handling of high explosives and setting a booster train.

· Capabilities to field high-speed imaging and pressure transducer diagnostics for high-explosive tests. Must have prior experience doing comparable explosive testing.

· Capabilities to provide complete remediation of any explosive and RM residue at the test facility following the completion of shots.

· Prior experience working with the high density reactive materials to be used in these explosive tests.

6.0 Period of Performance:

Base: One year from date of award Options one through eight: One year or through 30 September 2020

7.0 Place of Performance:

All work will be completed at the contractor’s site.

8.0 Government Furnished Property:

NPS will provide the RM projectiles and sabots, as well as the RM cylinders for detonation testing.

9.0 Work Week and Hours of Operation:

The Contractor shall provide services during normal working hours excluding federal holidays. Normal working hours are 0730-1630, Monday through Friday, unless requirements dictate otherwise. Exceptions can be permitted by the TPOC upon request and at the TPOC’s discretion.

Following is a list of holidays observed by the Government.

If any of the above holidays occur on a Saturday or a Sunday, then such holiday shall be observed by the Contractor in accordance with the practice as observed by the assigned Government employees at the using activity

10.0 Travel:

No travel is required for completion of these tasks and deliverables.

11.0 Transition Activities:

It is essential to the Government that services required under this PWS are performed without interruption. At the conclusion of any performance period, including option periods or extensions, the services provided under this PWS may be awarded to another contractor. The contractor in place shall be required to assist in the transition activities.

12.0 Security Requirements:

This requirement is unclassified. Contractor Key Personnel must be U.S. Citizens.

Contractors performing on this contract are required to familiarize themselves with, and participate in, the Naval Postgraduate School’s OPSEC program. Must be familiar with and comply with NPSINST 3432.1B, the NPS Critical Information List, DOD Directive 5205.02E and their applicable references. The contractor will be required to complete OPSEC and counter-intelligence training within 30 days of beginning the work, or provide proof of OPSEC and counterintelligence training completed within the previous 12 months. The contractor may not publicly release any information about developmental work or curriculum at NPS without prior written approval from the Principal Investigator (PI).

All data from this project will be supplied directly to Naval Postgraduate School and will not be made public in any way or provided to any other source.

13.0 Human Subject Research:

Contractor personnel performing work under this contract may not support, advise, or conduct research involving human subjects. If at any time during the period of performance of this contract the tasks involve human subject research, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer. The contract must be amended in accordance with DoDD 3216.02 and DFAR 252.235-7004 in the event human subject research is proposed.

14.0 Privacy Act Statement:

“Pursuant to Title 5 United States Code 552a(m)(l), the contractor and all employees of the contractor working under this contract are required to comply with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552a (“The Privacy Act of 1974”).”

15.0 Identification of Contractor Employees:

In accordance with DFAR 211.106, there shall be a clear distinction between Government employees and service contractor employees. Service contractor employees shall identify themselves as contractor personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as contractor personnel. Contractor personnel will be required to obtain and wear badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel to provide a clear distinction between service contractor employees and Government personnel. In addition, contractor personnel shall appropriately identify themselves as contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

16.0 Non-Personal Services Statement:

Contractor employees performing services under this order will be controlled, directed, and supervised at all times by management personnel of the contractor. Contractor management will insure that employees properly comply with the performance work standards outlined in the SOW. Contractor employees will perform their duties independent of, and without the supervision of, any Government official or other Defense Contractor. The tasks, duties, and responsibilities set forth in the task order may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the United States Government, overseeing the work of Federal employees, or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Government will control access to the facility and will perform the inspection and acceptance of the completed work.

17.0 SUPTXT 204-9400 Contractor Unclassified Access to Federally Controlled Facilities, Sensitive Information, Information Technology (IT) Systems or Protected Health Information (Jan 2017)

Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12, requires government agencies to develop and implement Federal security standards for Federal employees and contractors. The Deputy Secretary of Defense Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 08-006 – “DoD Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 12 (HSPD-12)” dated November 26, 2008 (or its subsequent DoD instruction) directs implementation of HSPD-12. This clause is in accordance with HSPD-12 and its implementing directives.

APPLICABILITY

This clause applies to contractor employees requiring physical access to any area of a federally controlled base, facility or activity and/or requiring access to a DoN or DoD computer/network/system to perform certain unclassified sensitive duties. This clause also applies to contractor employees who access Privacy Act and Protected Health Information, provide support associated with fiduciary duties, or perform duties that have been identified by DON as National Security Position, as advised by the command security manager. It is the responsibility of the responsible security officer of the command/facility where the work is performed to ensure compliance.

Each contractor employee providing services at a Navy Command under this contract is required to obtain a Department of Defense Common Access Card (DoD CAC). Additionally, depending on the level of computer/network access, the contract employee will require a successful investigation as detailed below.

ACCESS TO FEDERAL FACILITIES

Per HSPD-12 and implementing guidance, all contractor employees working at a federally controlled base, facility or activity under this clause will require a DoD CAC. When access to a base, facility or activity is required contractor employees shall in-process with the Navy Command’s Security Manager upon arrival to the Command and shall out-process prior to their departure at the completion of the individual’s performance under the contract.

ACCESS TO DOD IT SYSTEMS

In accordance with SECNAV M-5510.30, contractor employees who require access to DoN or DoD networks are categorized as IT-I, IT-II, or IT-III. The IT-II level, defined in detail in SECNAV M-5510.30, includes positions which require access to information protected under the Privacy Act, to include Protected Health Information (PHI). All contractor employees under this contract who require access to Privacy Act protected information are therefore categorized no lower than IT-II. IT Levels are determined by the requiring activity’s Command Information Assurance Manager.

Contractor employees requiring privileged or IT-I level access, (when specified by the terms of the contract) require a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) or T5 or T5R equivalent investigation, which is a higher level investigation than the National Agency Check with Law and Credit (NACLC) described below. Due to the privileged system access, an investigation suitable for High Risk national security positions is required. Individuals who have access to system control, monitoring, or administration functions (e.g. system administrator, database administrator) require training and certification to Information Assurance Technical Level 1, and must be trained and certified on the Operating System or Computing Environment they are required to maintain.

Access to sensitive IT systems is contingent upon a favorably adjudicated background investigation. When access to IT systems is required for performance of the contractor employee’s duties, such employees shall in-process with the Navy Command’s Security Manager and Information Assurance Manager upon arrival to the Navy command and shall out-process prior to their departure at the completion of the individual’s performance under the contract. Completion and approval of a System Authorization Access Request Navy (SAAR-N) form is required for all individuals accessing Navy Information Technology resources. The decision to authorize access to a government IT system/network is inherently governmental. The contractor supervisor is not authorized to sign the SAAR-N; therefore, the government employee with knowledge of the system/network access required or the COR shall sign the SAAR-N as the “supervisor.”

The SAAR-N shall be forwarded to the Command’s Security Manager at least 30 days prior to the individual’s start date. Failure to provide the required documentation at least 30 days prior to the individual’s start date may result in delaying the individual’s start date.

When required to maintain access to required IT systems or networks, the contractor shall ensure that all employees requiring access complete annual Information Assurance (IA) training, and maintain a current requisite background investigation. The Contractor’s Security Representative shall contact the Command Security Manager for guidance when reinvestigations are required.

INTERIM ACCESS

The Command's Security Manager may authorize issuance of a DoD CAC and interim access to a DoN or DoD unclassified computer/network upon a favorable review of the investigative questionnaire and advance favorable fingerprint results. When the results of the investigation are received and a favorable determination is not made, the contractor employee working on the contract under interim access will be denied access to the computer network and this denial will not relieve the contractor of his/her responsibility to perform.

DENIAL OR TERMINATION OF ACCESS

The potential consequences of any requirement under this clause including denial or termination of physical or system access in no way relieves the contractor from the requirement to execute performance under the contract within the timeframes specified in the contract. Contractors shall plan ahead in processing their employees and subcontractor employees. The contractor shall insert this clause in all subcontracts when the subcontractor is permitted to have unclassified access to a federally controlled facility, federally-controlled information system/network and/or to government information, meaning information not authorized for public release.

CONTRACTOR’S SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE

The contractor shall designate an employee to serve as the Contractor’s Security Representative. Within three work days after contract award, the contractor shall provide to the requiring activity’s Security Manager and the Contracting Officer, in writing, the name, title, address and phone number for the Contractor’s Security Representative. The Contractor’s Security Representative shall be the primary point of contact on any security matter. The Contractor’s Security Representative shall not be replaced or removed without prior notice to the Contracting Officer and Command Security Manager.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND SECURITY APPROVAL PROCESS FOR CONTRACTORS ASSIGNED TO NATIONAL SECURITY POSITIONS OR PERFORMING SENSITIVE DUTIES Navy security policy requires that all positions be given a sensitivity value based on level of risk factors to ensure appropriate protective measures are applied. Contractor employees under this contract are recognized as Non-Critical Sensitive [ADP/IT-II] positions when the contract scope of work require physical access to a federally controlled base, facility or activity and/or requiring access to a DoD computer/network, to perform unclassified sensitive duties. This designation is also applied to contractor employees who access Privacy Act and Protected Health Information (PHI), provide support associated with fiduciary duties, or perform duties that have been identified as National Security Positions. At a minimum, each contractor employee must be a US citizen and have a favorably completed NACLC or T3 or T3R equivalent investigation to obtain a favorable determination for assignment to a non-critical sensitive or IT-II position. The investigation consists of a standard NAC and a FBI fingerprint check plus law enforcement checks and credit check. Each contractor employee filling a non-critical sensitive or IT-II position is required to complete:

· SF-86 Questionnaire for National Security Positions (or equivalent OPM investigative product)

· Two FD-258 Applicant Fingerprint Cards (or an electronic fingerprint submission)

· Original Signed Release Statements

Failure to provide the required documentation at least 30 days prior to the individual’s start date shall result in delaying the individual’s start date. Background investigations shall be reinitiated as required to ensure investigations remain current (not older than 10 years) throughout the contract performance period. The Contractor’s Security Representative shall contact the Command Security Manager for guidance when reinvestigations are required.

Regardless of their duties or IT access requirements ALL contractor employees shall in-process with the Command’s Security Manager upon arrival to the command and shall out-process prior to their departure at the completion of the individual’s performance under the contract. Employees requiring IT access shall also check-in and check-out with the Navy Command’s Information Assurance Manager. Completion and approval of a System Authorization Access Request Navy (SAAR-N) form is required for all individuals accessing Navy Information Technology resources. The SAAR-N shall be forwarded to the Navy Command’s Security Manager at least 30 days prior to the individual’s start date. Failure to provide the required documentation at least 30 days prior to the individual’s start date shall result in delaying the individual’s start date.

The contractor shall ensure that each contract employee requiring access to IT systems or networks complete annual Information Assurance (IA) training, and maintain a current requisite background investigation. Contractor employees shall accurately complete the required investigative forms prior to submission to the Command Security Manager. The Command’s Security Manager will review the submitted documentation for completeness prior to submitting it to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Potential suitability or security issues identified may render the contractor employee ineligible for the assignment. An unfavorable determination is final (subject to SF-86 appeal procedures) and such a determination does not relieve the contractor from meeting any contractual obligation under the contract. The Command’s Security Manager will forward the required forms to OPM for processing. Once the investigation is complete, the results will be forwarded by OPM to the DoD Central Adjudication Facility (CAF) for a determination.

If the contractor employee already possesses a current favorably adjudicated investigation, the contractor shall submit a Visit Authorization Request (VAR) via the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) or a hard copy VAR directly from the contractor’s Security Representative. Although the contractor will take JPAS “Owning” role over the contractor employee, the Navy Command will take JPAS "Servicing" role over the contractor employee during the hiring process and for the duration of assignment under that contract. The contractor shall include the IT Position Category per SECNAV M-5510.30 for each employee designated on a VAR. The VAR requires annual renewal for the duration of the employee’s performance under the contract.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND SECURITY APPROVAL PROCESS FOR CONTRACTORS ASSIGNED TO OR PERFORMING NON-SENSITIVE DUTIES Contractor employee whose work is unclassified and non-sensitive (e.g., performing certain duties such as lawn maintenance, vendor services, etc.) and who require physical access to publicly accessible areas to perform those duties shall meet the following minimum requirements:

· Must be either a US citizen or a US permanent resident with a minimum of 3 years legal residency in the United States (as required by The Deputy Secretary of Defense DTM 08-006 or its subsequent DoD instruction) and

· Must have a favorably completed National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI) or T1 investigation equivalent including a FBI fingerprint check prior to installation access.

To be considered for a favorable trustworthiness determination, the Contractor’s Security Representative must submit for all employees each of the following:

· SF-85 Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions

· Two FD-258 Applicant Fingerprint Cards (or an electronic fingerprint submission)

· Original Signed Release Statements

The contractor shall ensure each individual employee has a current favorably completed National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI) or T1 equivalent investigation, or ensure successful FBI fingerprint results have been gained and investigation has been processed with OPM

Failure to provide the required documentation at least 30 days prior to the individual’s start date may result in delaying the individual’s start date.

* Consult with your Command Security Manager and Information Assurance Manager for local policy when IT-III (non-sensitive) access is required for non-US citizens outside the United States.

Office of Contracting and Logistics Management Revised 04 Aug 17