Inner_Space_Statement_of_Work.pdf

NUWC 2019 COLLABORATION WITH THE URI INNER SPACE CENTER

STATEMENT OF WORK

1.0 BACKGROUND

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) has established several educational programs to expose children to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). These STEM programs seek to develop NUWCDIVNPT future workforce by emulating a strategic model of ‘plant, nurture and produce’ developed by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). NUWCDIVNPT objectives, based on this strategy, are three-fold: 1) to increase exposure to real-world STEM activities for students, 2) to increase interest in NUWCDIVNPT mission and its importance to national security for students, educators, parents and the public, and 3) to develop a pipeline of future STEM professionals for NUWCDIVNPT workforce.

Accordingly, NUWCDIVNPT student educational outreach effort spans a broad spectrum of age groups, beginning with middle schools and continuing through university graduate level programs. In order to expand its educational outreach to this diverse and broad audience, NUWCDIVNPT seeks to incorporate the capabilities and activities of the Inner Space Center (ISC) at the University of Rhode Island into its outreach program activities.

The ISC provides live video and audio communications feeds from oceanographic vessels conducting research and related activities. This permits NUWCDIVNPT’s diverse outreach program to share knowledge of current oceanographic STEM research projects, events and activities as they occur in near real time.

Since its opening, the ISC has supported a collaborative educational facility within the Undersea Collaboration and Technology Outreach Center at NUWCDIVNPT. This facility consists of integrated audio, video, and computer subsystems linked to the ISC through Internet2. Through this contract, the ISC will continue to collaborate with NUWCDIVNPT educational staff to upgrade and maintain the ISC systems in place for receiving the video/audio/data broadcasts.

2.0 SCOPE

The Contractor shall maintain the Inner Space Center (ISC) systems to provide access to the ISC feeds in real or near real time, its telepresence technologies and research activities in support of NUWCDIVNPT oceanographic STEM research projects.

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

3.1 The contractor shall maintain the Internet2 connection to NUWCDIVNPT

3.2 The contractor shall maintain the network router and hardware to receive and route multicast traffic.

3.3 The contractor shall maintain the audio/video/data systems to receive broadcasts

3.4 The contractor shall deliver multicast feeds from ISC through coordination between NUWC and the ISC staff.

4.0 EXCEPTION FROM INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

The Government has determined that this procurement is an exception to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Accessibility Standards (36 C.F.R. § 1194.3 - Chapter 2 E202 General Exceptions of Section 50 Refresh). Notwithstanding that an exception exists, the Contractor may furnish items or services provided under this contract that comply with the ICT Accessibility Standards (36 C.F.R. § 1194- Chapters/WCAG to Section 508 Refresh).