N6230619K0008_PWS_DataProcessing_Sources_Sought_23May19.docx

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Performance Work Statement (PWS) For

ANALYSIS, EVALUATION, AND PROCESSING OF T-AGS, HSL, and ACS LIDAR BATHYMETRY DATA 23 May 2019

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

This Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the Government's requirements in terms of the objective and measurable outputs.

1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to perform data analysis, evaluation, and processing as defined in this PWS. The contractor shall perform to the standards in the resultant contract.

1.2 Background: The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), Hydrographic Department (NP4) is tasked with providing hydrographic survey data in support of Navy requirements for surface and sub-surface Safety of Navigation (SoN). Navy requirements are interpreted, plans and technical specifications are developed, hydrographic and bathymetric data are gathered and ingested. These resultant datasets are verified and validated. While the primary purpose and overall arching requirement is SoN, the data are utilized in a variety of other products to enhance the situational awareness of the Warfighter. NAVOCEANO will establish a multiyear contract for assistance in the analysis, evaluation, processing, and exploitation of these data.

1.3 Objectives:

1.3.1 NAVOCEANO requires assistance in the analysis, evaluation, processing, and exploitation of these data.

1.3.2 Services shall be provided to analyze and process hydrographic and bathymetric datasets collected by a variety of survey platforms of NAVOCEANO. Services require a mixture of manning levels and shall include personnel experienced in program management, system operations and hydrographic surveying.

1.4 Scope:

1.4.1 Effort under each task order will consist of analyzing and processing hydrographic and bathymetric datasets collected by a variety of survey platforms. Typical dataset type and estimated volume are listed below:

1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for one (1) five (5)-year ordering period.

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Quality Control: The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The contractor’s quality control program is the means by which the contractor assures the work complies with the requirement of the resultant contract. As a minimum, the contractor shall develop quality control procedures that address the areas identified in Technical Exhibit 1, “Performance Requirements Summary”. After acceptance of the quality control plan, the contractor shall receive the contracting officer’s acceptance in writing of any proposed change to the QC system.

1.6.2 Quality Assurance: The Government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under the resultant contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s). In accordance with the information provided within this document, the following matrix provides the expected performance required, as well as the methods the Government will use to inspect the contractor’s work.

1.6.3 Recognized Holidays:

1.6.4 Hours of Operation/Place of Performance: All effort shall be restricted to the contractor facility during normal business hours.

1.6.5 Type of Contract: The Government anticipates award of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract.

1.6.6 Security Requirements:

Personnel Security and Information Security requirements for this effort include the following:

· This effort includes both UNCLASSIFIED and SECRET datasets.

· The level of security required for services performed under this contract is SECRET. A DD-254 Form is required. All contractor employees performing services under this contract shall have the appropriate security clearances at time of contract award. Contractors require IT Level II (non-critical sensitive information access) as defined in SECNAV M5510.30. Contractor facility requires a SECRET FCL and accredited space to handle, store and process classified information up to and including the SECRET level.

· All information, products delivered, or services performed may not be disclosed by any means without prior approval of the COR or Technical POC. Dissemination or public disclosure includes, but is not limited to, permitting access to such information by foreign nationals or other person or entity; publication of technical or scientific papers; advertising and or other proposed public release.

· The potential consequence for failing to meet any of the requirements listed above includes a determination on untrustworthiness and denial of access for the proposed employee. Failure to obtain a favorable trustworthiness determination in no way relieves the support personnel from the requirement to execute performance under this agreement within the timeframes specified.

1.6.6.1 PHYSICAL Security: The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all Government property provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, Government equipment and materials shall be secured.

1.6.7 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 42.5. The Contracting Officer (KO), Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings, the KO will apprise the contractor of how the Government views the contractor's performance and the contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the Government.

1.6.8 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): A COR will be appointed at time of contract award.

The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract: perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance: maintain written and oral communications with the contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract: issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications: monitor contractor's performance and notifies both the KO and contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of Government furnished property, and provide site entry of contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

1.6.9 Contract Manager: The contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer. The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.

1.6.10 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. 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. Contractors will be required to adhere to all security requirements and visitor badging when visiting NAVOCEANO as part of this contract.

1.7 Contractor Manpower Reporting

1.7.1. The contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the Naval Oceanographic Office via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: http://www.ecmra.mil/. 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, beginning with 2016. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk at help desk at http://www.ecmra.mil/.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

This section includes all special terms and phrases used in the PWS. The definition must clearly establish the meaning. Each definition provided should be carefully considered, for that definition becomes binding for all requirements in the resultant contract. This section should also contain a complete listing of all acronyms used, giving both the acronyms and the words represented by the acronym.

PWS – Performance Work Statement

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): A representative from the requiring activity assigned by the KO to perform surveillance and to act as liaison to the contractor

Defective Service. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with it in the Performance Work Statement.

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

Quality Control. Those actions taken by a contractor to control the performance of services so that they meet the requirements of the PWS.

Quality Assurance. Those actions taken by the Government to assure services meet the requirements of the Performance Work Statement.

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3.1 Government furnished equipment provided under resultant contract will include up to five (5) licenses of SABER software, one (1) license of CARIS, and up to five (5) licenses of project required internal software. The Government will provide dataset information on external hard drives to be returned with processed datasets.

Part 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4.1 General: Except for those items specifically stated to be Government furnished in Part 3, the contractor shall furnish everything required to perform this PWS.

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: The contractor shall possess and maintain a SECRET facility clearance from the Defense Security Service. The contractor’s employees, performing work in support of this contract shall have been granted a SECRET security clearance from the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5 BASIC SERVICES.

5.1 Effort for T-AGS/HSL data under each task order will include the use of SABER software (version 5.1.3 or newer) for dataset evaluation, manipulation, and Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) production. Effort for LIDAR data under each order will include the use of ABE software provided to the contractor for dataset evaluation, manipulation, and BAG production. The use of other NAVOCEANO approved software may be required. All resultant data files must be compatible with NAVOCEANO approved software.

5.2 The Contractor shall review the provided datasets / reports / logs and perform the required processing to determine dataset quality with respect to the survey Technical Specification requirements. Survey datasets shall be processed and BAG files generated in accordance with an established processing plan for each data type. Special instructions on the processing of individual datasets may be provided.

5.3 Tasks shall include the following:

5.3.1 Processing Plan Document: The contractor shall prepare a written processing plan documenting the data processing strategy for each task listed in the following sections. The contractor shall provide the processing plan to NAVOCEANO for review and concurrence prior to performing dataset analysis.

5.3.2 Data Pre-Processing: The contractor shall perform data pre-processing on the provided survey datasets and apply appropriate offsets, biases, and horizontal / vertical corrections.

5.3.3 Data Evaluation and Editing: The contractor shall evaluate and edit the provided survey datasets to identify features and hazards, address systematic errors, invalidate dataset outliers, and to provide accurate statistical depth values.

5.3.4 Data Validation: The contractor shall validate the provided survey datasets and determine if the dataset status as compared to the requirements listed in the survey Technical Specifications.

5.3.5 BAG Generation: The contractor shall generate BAG files representing the best possible depth estimate of the seafloor bathymetry that the environment and survey data collection systems will support.

5.3.6 Dataset Documentation and Organization: The contractor shall sufficiently document all effort put forth towards dataset evaluation, manipulation, validation, and BAG production. Data will be organized into an acceptable and standardized naming convention and archive structure prior to delivery.

5.3.7 Progress, Status, and Issues Document Generation: The contractor shall prepare a written progress / status / issues document that describes the current status of the effort. The contractor shall also document any issues that have been encountered in data processing and how they were remedied. The contractor shall provide the document to NAVOCEANO on a monthly basis.

5.4 Government Furnished Information

5.4.1 Government furnished information provided under resultant contract may vary with each dataset and may include:

5.4.1.1 Dataset documentation

5.4.1.2 Survey Technical Specifications.

5.4.1.3 Survey specific documentation.

5.4.1.4 Specific instructions to be used in the creation of deliverables.

5.4.1.5 Dataset information

5.4.1.6 Navigation information.

5.4.1.7 Attitude information.

5.4.1.8 Water level correction information.

5.4.1.9 Feature/hazard information.

5.4.1.10 Hydrographic/bathymetric survey data.

5.4.1.11 Complimentary information

5.4.1.12 NGA Digital Nautical Charts (DNCs).

5.4.1.13 NGA raster nautical charts.

5.4.1.14 All information provided to the contractor shall only be used under the terms of fulfilling the contractual obligations.

5.5 Travel Requirements

5.5.1 It is anticipated that the following travel requirements will be necessary per task order:

Stennis Space Center, MS

5.5.2 Contract personnel associated with this effort shall travel to NAVOCEANO on a periodic basis to discuss software design and progress. Frequency of travel is to be appropriate for effort expended. At least three meetings are anticipated.

5.5.3 The Government may reimburse the contractor for approved travel expenses in accordance with Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) as approved by NAVO. The Government will not pay profit or fee on travel costs. When travel is required, the contractor shall submit a request to the COR who will submit the request to the KO, for approval before the scheduled travel dates. Contractor will be authorized travel expenses consistent with the substantive provisions of the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and the limitation of funds specified in this contract. All travel requires KO approval/authorization and notification to the COR.

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

6.1 Publications applicable to this PWS are listed below. The publications must be coded as mandatory or advisory, the date of the publication, and what chapters or pages are applicable to the requirement. All publications listed are available via the Internet.

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Service Summary

The contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success.

(Minimum Acceptable Standard)

(MAS)

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 2

DELIVERABLES SCHEDULE

1 Both administrative and dataset deliverables shall be prepared. Administrative progress, level of effort, and issues deliverables shall be submitted on the 15th of each month via email. The deliverables are to be submitted via external hard drive. Deliverables shall be submitted to the contract technical POC, or designee.

1.4.2 In the event of the rejection of any deliverable, the contractor shall be notified in writing by NAVOCEANO, giving the specific reason(s) for rejection. The contractor shall have thirty(30) working days to correct the rejected deliverable and return it to NAVOCEANO. Effort required to correct a rejected deliverable will be the responsibility of the contractor and at no additional cost to the Government.

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