Performance_Based_SOW_N6227119Q1132.pdf

Office of Contracting and Logistics Management

Revised 17 May 2016

Performance Based Statement of Work

Naval Postgraduate School

1.0 Background/Introduction:

The Department of Oceanography has a requirement for contractual services to conduct research to aid Principle Investigators and thesis students by developing processing and display techniques for underwater optical and hydrographical data. This service also benefits the

METOC (373), Physical Oceanography (374), and USW (525, 526) curriculum development through adding ensemble sea-floor environment and 6-DOF modeling.

Burial and mobility of underwater munitions vary under various environment characteristics such as waves, currents, sediment transport, and sea floor morphology. Timely prediction of sea-floor environment and munition‘s mobility including location and burial is crucial to assess characteristics of munitions underwater and their environment. The objective of this research is to develop a high fidelity, computationally efficient coupled ensemble sea-floor environment and 6 degrees of freedom munition (CESE6D) model to assess the environment conditions and to predict mobility of munitions.

2.0 Scope:

Providing computational expertise to process mine burial and hydrographic data and to update the Navy’s mine impact burial model (IMPACT35) in preparation for student thesis research on the project.

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

3.1 Producing an Interactive Data Process and Display Package for analyzing underwater hydrographic and sediment data

3.1.1 Develop software for accessing all types of ocean data: ASCII, binary, netCDF

3.1.2 Develop visualization package for display profiling and gridded data

3.1.3 Provide statistical analysis tool to obtain mixed layer depth, isothermal depth, and thermocline gradient from profiling data

3.2 Installing and Updating the mine impact burial model (IMPACT35)

3.2.1 Installing the IMPACT35 in the Lynux machine of the OC Department (Sp-235)

3.2.2 Updating the IMPACT35 with the Matlab scripts

3.2.3 Developing input link from the environment model for IMPACT35

3.2.4 Providing an analysis package for IMPACT35 output

3.3 Providing IMPACT35 User’s Manual

3.4 Installing and Updating the mine scour burial model

3.4.1 Installing the mine scour burial model in the Lynux machine of the OC Department (Sp-235)

3.4.2 Updating the mine scour burial model with the Matlab scripts

3.4.3 Developing input link from the environment model for mine scour burial model

3.4.4 Providing an analysis package for mine scour burial model output

3.5 Providing mine scour burial model User’s Manual

3.6 Installing and Updating the seabed environmental model – Delft3D

3.6.1 Installing the Delft3D in the Lynux machine of the OC Department (Sp-235)

3.6.2 Updating the Delft3D model with the Matlab scripts

3.6.3 Developing link between Delft3D and IMPCT35/mine scour burial model

3.6.4 Providing an analysis package for Delft3D model output

3.7 Coupling Delft3D/IMPACT35/mine scour burial model

3.8 Providing coupled Delft3D/IMPACT35/mine scour burial User’s Manual

3.9 Providing appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications (meeting Scientific Journal submission standards);

the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb.

4.0 Deliverables:

The contractor shall be responsible for providing the following deliverables:

Base Year

4.1 Interactive Data Process and Display Package (including software, visualization package, and statistical analysis tool).

4.2 IMPACT35 Software installed and updated (including input link and analysis package).

4.3 User’s Manual for IMPACT35

4.9 Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications (meeting Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum amount of figures/data required is 100/10 Mb.

Option Year 1

4.4. Mine scour burial model software installed and updated (including input link and analysis package).

4.5. User’s Manual for Mine Scour Burial Model

4.9 Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications (meeting Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum

Option Year 2

4.6 Seabed environmental model (Delft3D) software installed and updated (including input link and analysis package).

4.7 Coupled Delft3D/IMPACT35/Mine Scour Burial Model

4.8 User’s Manual for Coupled Delft3D/IMPACT35/mine scour burial model

4.9 Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal Publications (meeting Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum

Performance Measurement - Quality Assurance Plan

Base Year

Task Deliverable that will be inspected

Acceptable Quality Level

(AQL)

Method Frequency

3.1

Interactive Data Process and Display Package

(Including software, visualization package, and statistical analysis tool).

Capable to process any type of ocean optical and hydrographic profile data

100% Inspection by COR

One time within four months of award

3.2

Installed and Updated

IMPACT35 Model

Software (including input link and an analysis package)

Ready for student and faculty use

One time within nine months of award

3.3

IMPACT35 User’s Manual

Ready for student and

One time within eleven months of award

3.9

Appropriate figures/data for Scientific Journal

Publications (meeting

Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum amount of figures/data required is

100/10 Mb

Meeting Scientific Journal

Standards

Continuously through the period of performance

Option Year One

Acceptable Quality

Level (AQL)

3.4

Installed and Updated Mine

Scour Burial Model

Software (including input link and an analysis package)

Ready for student and

One time within eight months of award of option

3.5

User’s Manual for

Mine Scour Burial Model months of award of option

Publications (meeting

Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum amount of

Meeting Journal

Option Year 2

Acceptable Quality

Level (AQL)

3.6

Installed and Updated

Delft3D Model Software

(including input link and an analysis package)

One time within four months

3.7

Coupled

Delft3D/IMPACT35/Mine

Scour Burial Model

One time within eight months

3.8

User’s Manual for

Coupled

Delft3D/IMPACT35/Mine

Scour Burial Model months of award of option

Publications (meeting

Scientific Journal submission standards); the minimum amount of

Meeting Journal

If performance falls below the AQL defined above, the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) 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.

4. Minimum Technical Requirements:

- Four years of experience in applying statistical, dynamical, and numerical techniques to find solutions to a wide variety of oceanographic problems; in processing the Navy’s Master Observational Oceanographic Data Set

(MOODS), High-Intake Defined Extinction Bathyphotometer (HIDEX-BP), seaglider optical and hydrographic data; in using a wide range of PC and LYNUX based systems with MATLAB, FORTRAN and C languages sufficient to improve ocean models;

- Knowledge of underwater mine impact burial prediction model, i.e., IMPACT35.

- Skill in writing efficient, well documented computer code in FORTRAN, C++, MATLAB and LYNUX shell scripts to acquire, store, manage, process, analyze, and visualize ocean optical and hydrographic data.

- Minimum acceptable education is a master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Oceanography, or related field

5. Period of Performance: Base Period: One year from date of award with Two Option Years

6. Place of Performance: The work shall be conducted at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, in the

Oceanography Lab: Sp-235. The contractor must be on-site to complete the tasks and deliverables. The work will be conducted on government Oceanographic Department computers.

7. Government Furnished Property:

The government shall provide appropriate office space (Sp237B), supplies and equipment to perform tasks at NPS. Any

Government-provided property and information shall be used for official Government business only. Any applicable documents that are authorized for use in performance of these services shall be provided, in accordance with security and contract terms and conditions.

7.8. PCs (IT140343, IT154064), Lynux Workstation (IP: 172.20.64.203), and Data Server (IP: 172.20.71.175), Software programs

- Unclassified oceanographic data such as temperature, salinity, and ocean optical profile data collected from survey ships, gliders, and satellites.

8. 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 COR upon request and at the COR’s discretion.

Following is a list of holidays observed by the Government.

Name of Holiday Time of Observance

New Year’s Day 1 January

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Third Monday in January

President's Day Third Monday in February

Memorial Day Last Monday in May

Independence Day 4 July

Labor Day First Monday in September

Columbus Day Second Monday in October

Veteran's Day 11 November

Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November

Christmas Day 25 December

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

9. Travel:

Travel will be in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and will be reimbursed by the government on an as-incurred basis.

Associated Task From/To Travel Location Duration of Trip How Many Travelers

10. 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.

11. Security Requirements:

Contractor personnel performing work under this contract must have an unclassified security clearance (unlimited) at time of the proposal submission, and must maintain the level of security required for the life of the contract. 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, DoDI 5205.2E 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).

12. 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.

13. Privacy Act Statement: (No action required, leave this 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”).”

14. Identification of Contractor Employees: (No action required, leave this statement)

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.

15. Non-Personal Services Statement: (No action required, leave this 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.

16. NAVSUP 5252.204-9400 Contractor Unclassified Access to Federally Controlled Facilities, Sensitive Information, Information Technology (IT) Systems or Protected Health Information (July 2013)

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 Navy 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) which is a higher level investigation than the National Agency Check with Law and Credit (NACLC) described below. Due to the privileged system access, a SSBI suitable for High Risk public trusts 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 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 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 Navy 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. Navy recognizes contractor employees under this contract as Non-Critical Sensitive [ADP/IT-

II] 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 by DON as National Security Positions. At a minimum, each contractor employee must be a US citizen and have a favorably completed NACLC to obtain a favorable determination for assignment to a non-critical sensitive or IT-II position. The NACLC 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 Navy Command’s

Security 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. 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 Navy Command Security Manager. The Navy Command’s

Security Manager will review the submitted documentation for completeness prior to submitting it to the Office of Personnel

Management (OPM). Suitability/security issues identified by the Navy may render the contractor employee ineligible for the assignment. An unfavorable determination made by the Navy 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 Navy 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 DON 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 NONSENSITIVE 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) 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 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. In order to maintain access to required systems, the contractor shall ensure completion of annual

Information Assurance (IA) training, monitor expiration of requisite background investigations, and initiate reinvestigations as required.

* 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.