16-R-0029_RFP_Amendment.docx

N68936-16-R-0029

SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

The required response date/time has changed from 29-May-2017 05:00 PM to 30-May-2017 05:00 PM.

The following have been added by full text:

INDUSTRY QUESTIONS

1. Question: SF 33, Block 9 indicates that the proposal is due 29 May 2017, which falls under U.S federal holiday, Memorial Day, and is considered a non-business day. We request that the submission is extended to the next business day, 30 May 2017.

a. The Government will extend the RFP response date to 30 MAY 2017.

2. Question: Will there be a wage determination sheet for Patuxent River, Maryland?

a. The Government will provide an additional Wage Determination for Saint Mary’s County, MD. Attachment 1 in Section J changed from GFP to Wage Determination for Saint Mary’s County, MD.

3. Question: Exhibit A lists CDRL A00E “Incurred Cost and Progress Reporting; however, this data requirement is not listed in the SOW.

a. CDRL A00E will be removed from Exhibit A in another amendment.

4. Question: Since Point Mugu and Patuxent River are listed as anticipated travel locations can it be assumed that there is no contractor facility requirement at these two locations. This aligns with 4.1.2.1 facility location.

a. The only facility requirement an offeror is required to provide is at China Lake, CA in accordance with SOW at 4.1.2.1.

5. Question: CDRL A002 listed is actually the Contractor Personnel Roster. The CDRL does not reference this para (4.11).

a. There is NO SOW paragraph 4.11. CDRL A002 “Contractor Personnel Roster” is listed in SOW paragraphs 3.0 and 4.7. Please ensure offerors are viewing the most current RFP.

6. Question: There was no DD 254 attached as Attachment 3 as noted under Section J – List of Attachments. Are they going to attach one before the RFP is due.

a. Offerors should note that sensitive/secure information, such as the DD254, is listed as an attachment to the RFP in a secure section requiring additional login. Additional instructions listed in help section of FBO.gov.

7. Question: The labor category Administrative Assistant is actually a Personnel Assistant (Employment) III as listed in the SCLS Occupational Title – The occupational code (01263) also refers to a Personnel Assistant (Employment) III.

a. The Government will revise the SCLS Code for Administrative Assistant to 01020. This code is listed in the RFP Section C SOW paragraph 6.4.

8. Question: How will Government Furnished Equipment/Property (GFE/GFP) be assigned? Basic Contract or Task Order Level?

a. At this time the contract does not contain any GFE/GFP, and all GFE/GFP originally provided under the solicitation will be removed from Section J herein to reflect this fact. However, if at any time GFE/GFP is required as a part of the contract's level of effort GFE/GFP will be assigned at the Task Order level and incorporated at the Basic Contract Level.

9. Question: NAVAIR Clause 5252.209-9513 Paragraph (e) appears to reference a list of suppliers and/or equipment – will the Government be providing this list and incorporating it as an Attachment?

a. The language in this section is referring to GFE/GFP. At this time no GFE/GFP exists on the contract.

10. Question: NAVAIR Clause 5252.209-9510 Paragraph (c) appears to reference a list of suppliers and/or equipment – will the Government be providing this list and incorporating it as an Attachment?

a. The language in this section is referring to GFE/GFP. At this time no GFE/GFP exists on the contract.

11. Question: The Government lists “NATO SEASPARROW training curriculum/presentation material” under 2.0 Applicable Documents in Attachment L-1 “Technical Sample Task”. Is the “Evolved SEASPARROW training material” provided in Attachment L-1A the applicable documents which the Government is referencing in section 2.0 of the Technical Sample Task or will there be a separate document uploaded?

a. The NATO SEASPARROW training curriculum/presentation material listed under 2.0 of Attachment L-1 Technical Sample Task and the EVOLVED SEASPARROW training material provided in Attachment L-1A is one in the same.

12. Question: Attachment L-2 “Technical Sample Task Estimate” does not identify Program Manager hours. How does the offeror address management and oversight for the sample task order and subsequent task orders?

a. Attachment L-2 does not preclude any offeror from proposing Program Management hours. The Government seeks to understand an offeror's process for determining the Level of Effort (LOE) necessary to support a given requirement such as the Technical Sample Task.

13. Question: For the Technical Sample Task; are the trips to various facilities (Tyndall, Portsmouth, and Tucson) for meetings with the Manufacturer, or for Test events? Or, are the trips for both meetings and test events?

a. Offerors shall regard travel listed in Attachment L-1 Technical Sample Task and Attachment L-2 Technical Sample Task Estimate for the purpose of various reviews and meetings.

14. Question: The Attachment L-3 format as a fillable PDF limits the amount of data that may be presented on 2-pages. May a Microsoft Word document be used for this form if all fields are represented?

a. The Government has no objection to converting Attachment L-3 to MS Word so long as no information in Attachment L-3 is neither omitted or added from the template. Offerors opting to convert Attachment L-3 to MS Word for the purpose of providing additional information must first convert their completed form into Adobe prior to proposal submission.

15. Question: The Attachment L-4 contains a header labeled “Attachment L-3”. Will the Government revise Attachment L-4’s header to read Attachment L-4?

a. The Government will revise the header in Attachment L-4.

16. Question: Contractor Performance Assessment Questionnaire (CPAQ) instructions ask the assessing official to sign the completed form however the form does not provide signature placeholder/location. Which page does the government desire to signature to be placed?

a. PCOs, ACOs, and Program Managers are familiar with CPAQs and may place their signature on either page after their write-up.

17. Question: Does the government want the sample task order pricing added as a separate of attachment L-5, or as a separate attachment in volume 3?

a. Please see instructions in Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.5. Offerors shall provide their pricing to Attachment L-1 and Attachment L-2 as a separate attachment in contractor format.

18. Question: The spreadsheet mentions SeaPort-e pass-through, but the RFP is not under SeaPort-e. Is this relevant to the current procurement?

a. SeaPort-e is not relevant to this procurement and Offerors shall disregard row 59 in Attachment L-5 “Cost Summary Spreadsheet”.

19. Question: Please provide clarification to what information the Government is seeking in Attachment L-6?

a. Attachment L-6 has been revised to only require disclosure of any individual personnel whose annual fully burdened labor rate proposed is over $300,000. In accordance with this change, SECTION L 3.0 VOLUME 3: PRICE/COST PROPOSAL, 3.3 Price/Cost Information have been updated.

20. Question: NAVAIR Clause 5252.228-9501 requires offerors to provide $200,000 in liability insurance for aircraft liability. The FAR states that this is only a requirement if aircraft are being used. Will the Government include this language so that this insurance will only be required if aircraft are being used.

a. The Government will revise the section of NAVAIR clause 5252.228.9501 relating to aircraft liability to N/A.

21. Question: “Principal subcontractor” is defined as providing 20% of the proposed total cost for the contract, or provides one or more Key Personnel. Section L, Page 96, 2.1 cites “no more than three forms for each principal subcontractor”. Request this be changed to “no more than three forms for each subcontractor” to allow submission of Past Performance Information Forms for subcontractors that do not meet the definition of principal subcontractor, but are providing key niche past performance and capabilities on the Offeror’s team.

a. The Government will revise the definition of Principle Subcontractor in Section L-1, Part A, paragraph 1.0 to include “is so integral to an offeror’s business strategy that exclusion from Past Performance evaluation would significantly weaken an offerors proposal”.

22. Question: Request confirmation that the portions of final versions of previous SOWs refers only to extracting and submitting the task Lists in those SOWs. For submitted IDIQ Past Performance, do we include SOW portions for both the ID/IQ SOW and for any work performed under awarded task orders referenced in the ID/IQ Past Performance Information Form?

a. The Government requests offerors provide the relevant portions of final versions of previous SOWs, in accordance with Section L-1, Part A, paragraph 3.0, which they feel best supports their past performance.

23. Question: Section L-1, Part A, paragraph 1.0 provides that all questions be received within 10 calendar days of the date this solicitation is issued. Would the government please consider an additional timeframe to accept questions – or possibly update to 10 working calendar days to allow for additional time?

a. Offeror’s may submit questions until 5:00 PM PST, 10 MAY 2017.

24. Question: The Offeror shall submit no more than five forms as the Prime Contractor, no more than three forms for each principal subcontractor, and/or no more than three forms for each JV team member. Can the Offeror submit past performance for subcontractors that are not defined as a “Principal Subcontractor”?

a. Offerors shall only submit past performance for Principal Subcontractors. See, question #24.

25. Question: Does the government have an estimate of the amount and/or frequency of task orders to be issued?

a. The current Engineering Support Services (ESS) contract maintains approximately 50 task orders at any given time.

26. Question: Is it the intention of the government to fully fund the 3 key positions concurrent with contract award?

a. The Government will not fully fund any of the key personnel through a single task order.

27. The RFP Level 3 headings in 1.1 Technical Sample Task and 1.3 Management Plan is inconsistent. The level 3 heading in the Technical Sample Task is a number, whereas the level 3 heading for the Management Plan is a letter. For ease and consistency of one-on-one comparison between the information presented in the offeror’s proposal and the proposal instructions, we request that the ESS RFP Solicitation section L.1.1.1 is renumbered to L.1.1.a.

a. The Government will revise heading to align with the rest of Section L’s configuration.

28. Section 3.6 is not included in the numerically ascending headings. Can the Government confirm that there is not any pertinent information that is missing from this section?

a. The Government confirms there is no Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.6. The Government will revise Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3 to add paragraph 3.6 as Reserved.

29. Question: There is a discrepancy between 30 days and 45 days for transition period in Section L-1, Part B, Volume 1, paragraph 1.3(c) Transition.

a. The Government will revise Section L-1, Part B, Volume 1, paragraph 1.3(c) to specify 30 days.

30. Question: Request the Government remove evaluation requirement for transition out plan under Section L-1, Part B, Volume 1, paragraph 1.3(c) Transition.

a. The Government will remove the Transition Out evaluation element from Section L-1, Part B, Volume 1, paragraph 1.3(c) Transition.

31. Question: The RFP states, “It is requested that Volume 2 Past Performance be submitted 14 days prior to the submission date specified in Block 9 of the SF 33 of the RFP.” Please confirm that the Past Performance volume may be submitted along with the other volumes on May 29 (current due date). Since the word requested was used, it appears offerors are only be asked for an earlier submission and that this is not a requirement to submit Past Performance within 14 days.

a. It is a request and not a requirement.

32. Question: Can the Government please clarify how past performance citations that feature work as a subcontractor are going to be evaluated? Will the Government use CPARs as an evaluation method for subcontracting work or should a Contractor Performance Assessment Questionnaire (CPAQ) be completed?

a. The Government will evaluate principal subcontractors as defined in Section L-1, Part A, paragraph 1.0 in the same manner as the offeror with the exception that principal subcontractors will be a contributing factor to the Primes overall Past Performance evaluation.

33. Question: Does the Government require Subcontractors to submit either the SF33 signed or a completed Section B? RFP says subs are to provide the same information as the prime for the price/cost proposal Do subcontractors submit fully disclosed packages simultaneously with prime?

a. Subcontractors will not sign an SF33 or competed section B. The note under Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3 that “Subcontractors proposed shall provide the same information required for the prime contractor, unless otherwise noted below” will be moved to under Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.3 for Price/Cost Information.

34. Question: The RFP requires offerors guarantee proposal validity for at least 180 days under Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.1(a)(iv). There are 245 days from submission to estimated award date, can the government please clarify if they intend to award earlier than the 1/29/2018 estimates award date listed in 5252.215-9503 ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE (NAVAIR)(FEB 1995)?

a. The Government requires offerors guarantee proposal validity for at least 180 days.

35. Question: The Limitation on Subcontracting under Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.3(g) states that the 50% SDVOSB calculation is done utilizing personnel costs that are inclusive of direct labor costs, overhead that has only direct labor as its base, and G&A multiplied by the labor cost. This does not account for all of the indirect rates applied to labor as part of most standard accounting practices. Is it possible to update the wording as follows: “Cost of contract incurred for personnel includes direct labor cost, overhead that has only direct labor as its base, fringe, if applicable, and the SDVOSBs General and Administrative rate multiplied by the labor cost”?

a. This language will not be revised.

36. Question: Concerning the Direct Labor Hour Level-of-Effort tables provided in Section L (page 102 of 112), does the government anticipate that any of the listed hours include overtime or surge?

a. Offerors shall propose to the level of effort as listed in Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.7.1.

37. Question: Please clarify if the Chief Engineer and Program Manager are to be executed as one or two separate personnel? On page 94, paragraph (2), the Government lists the functional areas separately. On page 95, paragraph (5), the positions are listed as what appears to be one functional role. On page 102, the applicable labor category, General and Operations Managers, notes that there are three (3) FTE work years. Please confirm our interpretation of the government’s requirement is correct: General and Operations Manager #1: Program Manager, General and Operations Manager #2: Chief Engineer, General and Operations Manager #3: Deputy/Local Operations Manager?

a. The Government has provided enough hours for three FTEs and believes the Key Personnel requirement in Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.7.2 could be achieved with either two or three FTEs. Each offeror shall determine the personnel they believe necessary for contract performance and support their rationale in the proposal’s Technical Volume.

38. Question: RFP Section C, SOW Para 4.1.1 indicates that approximately 88% of the total level of effort is performed on-site at China Lake, Point Mugu, or Patuxent River and approximately 12% is off-site in support of efforts in the same locations. It further indicates that a total of approx. 70% is at China Lake, 26% is at Point Mugu, and 4% is at Patuxent River. Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.3 states that the offeror shall propose the labor categories and labor hours provided in Attachment L-5. Since Attachment L-5 provided with the RFP contains no labor categories – please confirm that offerors are to fill in Attachment L-5 using the labor categories provided in Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.7 Government Furnished Information (GFI)? GFI Section 3.7.1 Labor Hours does not indicate which labor categories or hours should be proposed for each of the locations listed in RFP Section C, or which labor categories are on-site vs off-site. As pricing differs according to location and/or site, please advise how the Government intends offerors to propose the location and site for positions and hours provided?

a. The Government will revise Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.3 to specify offerors shall propose, utilizing Attachment L-5, the Labor Categories and labor hours provided in paragraph 3.7.1 of this volume in conjunction with percentages identified in RFP Section C SOW paragraph 4.1.1. Offerors shall utilize the percentages: 70% China Lake, 26% Point Mugu, and 4% Patuxent River as if all work will be conducted on-site.

39. Question: Are the rates for the Subject Matter Expert (SMEs) exclusive of indirects and fee?

a. Offerors shall use the following SME level of effort direct labor rates for FY2018 and provide escalation as applicable to each offeror’s accounting practice as instructed in Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.3(c ).

40. Question: Section L-1, Part B, Volume 1, paragraph 1.3(d)(3) asks offerors to describe the process that will be used to determine the complexity and variety of the work small businesses are to perform, and the process that will be used to ensure maximum practicable participation of small businesses for each task order. Given that ESS is an SDVOSB set-aside and the prime contractor is required to maintain a minimum of 50% of the work to be performed, we request that items 3a and 3b listed above be removed from the solicitation?

a. The Government will remove Section L-1, Part B, Volume 1, paragraph 1.3(d)(3).

41. Question: Section L-1, Part B, Volume 3, paragraph 3.3(a) discusses traceability. Because there is only (1) labor CLIN listed in the solicitation what level of traceability does the government want to show traceability with the CLINS, SubCLINs, the SOW, proposed effort, proposed manning levels, and the prices/costs.

a. The Government asks offerors to ensure all elements in an offerors cost proposal are traceable to the CLINS, level of effort, and work established in Section C of the RFP. The Government will remove language specifying SubCLINs as no SubCLINs exist at this time.

42. Question: Section L-1, Part A, paragraph 3.0 asks offerors to provide electronic copies of previous SOWs (column 2) and hard copies of each SOW (column 4), can the government please clarify if electronic or hard copies are desired?

a. The Government will revise the table to remove the note in Annex A. for offerors to provide electronic copies only.

The following have been modified:

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

The following addresses and points of contact are provided:

Email address: joel.ashworth@navy.mil

U.S. Postal Service Mailing Address:

Direct Delivery Address (UPS, FedEx, etc.):

CONTRACTING OFFICER

Email address: cheryl.d.mcguire@navy.mil

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SECTION C - DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS

STATEMENT OF WORK

Statement of Work For Engineering Support Services (ESS) – VI 17 February 2017

1.0 SCOPE

1.1 BACKGROUND

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) China Lake, California is the Department of the Navy’s Center of Excellence for Weapons and Armament. The mission of NAWCWD is to provide the Armed Forces with effective and affordable integrated warfare systems and life-cycle support to ensure battle space dominance. NAWCWD operates the Navy’s largest Western Land and Sea Range Test and Evaluation Complex which is used to verify and validate proof of concepts to operationally fielded capabilities by applying new technologies and performing Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), including logistics and in-service support for guided missiles, free-fall weapons, targets, crew systems, and electronic warfare systems.

Meeting the mission of RDT&E and operational readiness for today’s Navy requires the need for engineering support services to provide concurrent engineering and subject matter expertise across many different weapons systems. ESS offers the Government an infrastructure that fosters a unified collaborative approach for integrating engineering and management specialists across traditionally segregated phases of the acquisition life cycle – starting with concept refinement, encompassing new technologies in current or existing systems, development, demonstration, production, fielded deployment, and sustainment of weapons systems. The work, directed by individual task orders under the Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract supports major projects not limited to the Airborne Threat Simulation Organization (ATSO), AIM-9X, Sidewinder, Sea Sparrow, Tomahawk, Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM), High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM), Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), Cruise Missile, Standard Missile (SM-6), Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM), Long Range Anti-Surface Missile (LRASM), Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), Joint Strike Fighter (F-35), Aegis Combat System, Dual Band Radar, Next Generation Jammers and Systems Integration, Radar Reflectivity Laboratory, TACAIR Early Warning Support, Miniature Munitions, Gun Systems, Parachute Systems, Bomb Rack Systems, Full Scale Aerial Target Systems, Fleet Target Support, and Propulsion Systems.

1.2 OBJECTIVE

The contractor shall provide technical services in the following general areas:

1.2.1 System Engineering

The contractor shall provide System Engineering for design studies, evaluations associated with RDT&E, production, operations including effectiveness, design adequacy, performance, reliability, maintainability, user interface design, and cost estimating.

1.2.2 Test Engineering

The contractor shall provide Test Engineering services for planning, preparing for, performing, analyzing and documenting results for systems and systems of systems (SoS) undergoing tests.

1.2.3 Transition Engineering

The contractor shall provide services to include production, installation, interim operation, transition training to support prototypes, and Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) items for transfer of new technology from concept to fleet support.

1.2.4 Management Analysis

The contractor shall provide Management Analysis for project management and technical activities.

1.2.5 Training Services

The contractor shall provide Training Services on overviews of general engineering related topics and overview of Systems, Systems Engineering Process, and Project Management Practices.

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

The Government will provide all necessary reference documents not generally available to the contractor as required in this SOW and individual task order requirements. Throughout the life of the contract, if any instruction or document is replaced or superseded, the replacement or superseding instruction or document shall be applicable to the requirement defined in this SOW and individual task order requirements.

2.1 REFERENCES

2.1.1 DoD 4500.36-R, Management, Acquisition, and Use of Motor Vehicles

2.1.2 DoD 5200.01-M DoD Information Security Program Manual Volumes 1-4 (24 Feb 2012)

2.1.3 DoD 5220.22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

2.1.4 DoD 5400.7-R, Department of Defense Freedom of Information Act Program

2.1.5 DoDI 5200.02 Department of Defense Personnel Security Program (PSP) (21 Mar 2014)

2.1.6 SECNAV M 5510.30 Department of the Navy Personnel Security Program Manual (June 2006)

2.1.7 SECNAV M-5510.36, Department of the Navy Information Security Program

2.1.8 OPNAVINST 2221.5C Release of Communications Security (COMSEC) Material to U.S. Industrial Firms Under Contract to the U.S. Navy (7 Feb 07)

2.1.9 OPNAVINST 3432.1A Operations Security (4 Aug 2011)

2.1.10 NAVAIRINST 5510.38 Naval Air Systems Command National Security Program (7 Feb 2013)

2.1.11 NAWCWDINST 5500.01 Command Security Program Regulation (13 Feb 2012)

2.1.12 NAWSINST 5530.1B Physical Security Plan (31 Jan 12)

2.1.13 NSDD 298 National Security Decision Directive Number 298, National Operations Security Program (22 Jan 1988)

2.1.14 EKMS-1B AMD 9 Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) Policy and Procedures for Navy EKMS Tiers 2 & 3 (05 Apr 2010)

2.2 STANDARDS

National and international standards are fundamental to the acceptable performance of this requirement. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Standards Organization (ISO) standards may be invoked under individual task orders. All commercially available hardware and software to be acquired by the contractor in response to a Government requirement shall comply with the appropriate standards specified in the task order SOW. Additional standards and specifications with a variety of origins, and DoD standards will be utilized to the extent necessary to promote maximum utility, flexibility, and economy.

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

The following paragraphs describe technical task areas to be performed by the contractor. Work to be performed, required data deliverables, and applicable governing documents shall be specifically described in task orders to be issued by the Contracting Officer and shall be within the parameters of one or more of the tasks listed below. This work may be performed on assigned systems, subsystems, equipment and components. Technical tasking progress shall be summarized to include accomplishments, compliance to schedules, issues, problems, and risks to completion of the task order effort. The contractor shall provide reports and studies in support of Government administration of contract performance. The services under this SOW are vital to the Government and the contractor shall ensure Operational Security IAW Government requirements at all times and successful transition of ongoing tasking to follow-on contractor at such time as the period of performance for the contract ends. (CDRL A001) (CDRL A002) (CDRL A003)

3.1 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

The contractor shall provide engineering design, design review, analysis, and services as defined by the following requirements.

3.1.1 Design Engineering and Review. The contractor shall provide engineering designs, fabricate production prototypes, modify original designs, identify and complete design validation testing, and prepare technical data packages of systems, subsystems, equipment, and components. The contractor shall review and assist the Government with evaluation of designs provided as Government Furnished Information (GFI) to establish compliance with mission and other specified requirements. This includes analyses to identify potential impacts on performance, reliability, maintainability, user interface, logistics, schedule, and cost. The contractor shall perform integration, verification, and validation reviews of systems, equipment, assemblies, or modules to ensure that these items perform as specified by individual design specifications. (CDRL A005) (CDRL A00B)

3.1.2 Engineering Analyses. The contractor shall perform engineering analyses and studies for systems development, production, and in-service support activities. The contractor shall assist the Government by delivering procedures, processes, designs, and design changes for cost savings. The contractor shall perform reverse engineering, when necessary, on existing, obsolescent Government equipment, and deliver to the Government a design disclosure Technical Data Package including details concerning the substitution of piece parts and requirements concerning equivalency (exact reproductions). The contractor shall produce technology demonstrations, prototypes or mock-ups of hardware resulting from reverse engineering performed on Government equipment. (CDRL A005) (CDRL A00B)

3.1.3 Operation Research Services. The contractor shall construct, modify and/or perform statistical and/or analytical investigations of, and with, mathematical simulation models. These services may include aerodynamic modeling, tactics investigation through simulation, establishment of optimization techniques, control system analysis, derivation of decision theories, development of inventory control models, conducting probability and statistical theories, and providing independent analytical assessments of systems and other organizational structures. The contractor shall provide decision support systems and capabilities to correlate decision support applicability and their ability to support current needs and requirements. (CDRL A005)

3.1.4 Field Engineering Analysis. The contractor shall assist the Government in planning, organizing, and responding to Fleet requests to resolve problems and improve performance. The contractor shall perform analyses of system performance through an assessment of data generated during fleet operations, maintenance, testing, trials, or training exercises. The contractor shall perform field engineering tasks related to maintaining and enhancing deployed development equipment in accordance with the equipment's operational specifications or improved specifications. The contractor shall perform system or equipment alterations in accordance with the applicable installation specifications, guidelines and alteration instructions. The contractor shall conduct the associated operational verification tests to assure the operational integrity of the system or equipment. The contractor shall identify existing Government sources of information, collect available maintenance data, edit and analyze this data, identify trends or problems affecting mission requirements, and submit recommendations with associated rationale for changes to design or maintenance requirements to improve availability and performance. The contractor shall investigate failures of components and systems to isolate the causative defect and recommend to the Government possible corrective actions. (CDRL A005)

3.1.5 Chemical Analyses. The contractor shall plan, execute, analyze, interpret, and report the results of chemical investigations. These may include research and design of thermodynamics, energy transfer phenomena, solid-state mechanisms, molecular dynamics, kinetics, and spectroscopy of energetic reactions, molecular synthesis, environmental studies, metallurgical analysis, or other chemical properties. (CDRL A005)

3.1.6 Physics Analyses. The contractor shall plan, execute, analyze, interpret, and report the results of investigations on such items as the design of missile seeker performance, kinetics, ballistics, atmospheric optics, smoke modeling, radiation transfer, light scattering, electro-optics and geometrical and physical optics. (CDRL A005)

3.1.7 Electromagnetic Analyses. The contractor shall perform and document engineering analyses, studies, and testing concerning the areas of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), and Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). The contractor shall provide reports with supporting rationale for any assumptions made during the preparation of these reports. Engineering investigations in this area may include mechanical and electronic packaging technology, mechanical and thermal modeling, item packaging and mounting technologies, component design and integration, system, subsystem, equipment and component testing (electronic and mechanical), EMC control plans, and EMC test plans/test reports. (CDRL A006) (CDRL A00A)

3.1.8 Environmental Analysis. The contractor shall prepare, conduct analysis, and review studies that support NAWCWD Range objectives relative to range mission, and potential operational considerations as they relate to weapons systems engineering, and conduct of range operational tests. The contractor shall provide written reports on findings with assumptions and recommendations. (CDRL A005)

3.1.9 Production Engineering Analysis. The contractor shall analyze production costs and manufacturing problems; review production changes, waivers, and deviations; attend quality assurance audits and surveys; and identify problems and progress concerning production, costs, and product assurance. The contractor shall monitor, track, and report status and cost of systems, assemblies, equipment or components in various stages of production, repair or test. The contractor shall develop, prepare, assemble, validate, review, analyze, assess, and deliver Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Notice of Revision (NORs) with supporting rationale for ECPs. (CDRL A005) (CDRL A007) (CDRL A008)

3.1.10 Technology Studies. The contractor shall perform engineering analyses and conduct technical studies to support research and development of systems engineering and test evaluation technology. The contractor shall survey advanced technology approaches to similar problems both in Government and the private sector and document recommendations. The contractor shall identify manufacturers of, and the availability and suitability, of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) equipment. The contractor shall perform engineering investigations to assist the Government with evaluation of COTS item reliability, maintainability, availability, logistics support, and configuration status in accordance with applicable drawing specifications and appropriate support and configuration documents. The contractor shall report the results of such investigations along with recommendations and the basis for those recommendations. (CDRL A005)

3.1.11 Test Laboratory Design Studies. The contractor shall perform design, review, documentation, and provide input for potential upgrades to the design of test laboratories. The contractor shall review and provide response to Government provided test laboratories designs with recommended changes to documentation and drawings. (CDRL A00D)

3.1.12 Human Engineering. The contractor shall prepare, annotate, and assist the Government with evaluation of human engineering program plans, analysis reports, test plans and procedures, and other human engineering related documentation. The contractor shall attend human engineering reviews and demonstrations, testing, and mockup or model reviews, record discrepancies, and formulate recommendations for resolution. (CDRL A005) (CDRL A009) (CDRL A00F)

3.2 TEST ENGINEERING

The contractor shall provide testing, and support in test planning, test performance, test data analysis and documentation as defined by the following requirements.

3.2.1 Test Plans and Procedures. The contractor shall provide pre and post-test simulations of expected system performance in test scenarios. The contractor shall develop test exercise geometry and constraints necessary to implement test scenarios. The contractor shall develop and assist the Government with evaluation of test plans and procedures and provide comments. The contractor shall submit an evaluation report on the adequacy of such plans and provide rationale and assumptions. The contractor shall provide inputs to detailed test procedures implementing test plan requirements. (CDRL A00A) (CDRL A00G)

3.2.2 Test and Test Support. The contractor shall provide development testing to investigate technical approaches, verify interface interoperability, and assist the Government with evaluation of technical performance under controlled conditions and in representative operations environments. The contractor shall plan, coordinate and perform test and evaluation of completed hardware designs. The contractor shall provide data capture and data retrieval for testing support, telemetry analysis, operations support, maintenance support and data capture and data retrieval support. The contractor shall attend tests performed at both Government and private test sites to review the appropriate test requirements, provide participate in analytical support evaluations during testing and procedures, monitor the test being conducted, and document the test results. (CDRL A005) (CDRL A00F)

3.2.3 Test Analyses and Reports. The contractor shall review test data and perform analyses of the performance of units under test. The contractor shall formulate recommendations, with justification, to correct any test item performance, quality, maintenance, or problems impacting mission. The contractor shall recommend improvements, with justification, to design, configuration, materials, construction, or other criteria. The contractor shall collect test data and documents, review test documents, and prepare and produce test documents and reports. The contractor shall assist the Government with evaluation of test report content and recommend changes with supporting rationale. (CDRL A005) (CDRL A00F)

3.3 TRANSITION ENGINEERING

The contractor shall provide transition engineering during the development of systems, in the following production cycles, installation, interim operation, and training for the transition of development systems, commodities, prototype, and LRIP items as defined by the following requirements.

3.3.1 Development Item and Prototype Production. The contractor shall produce prototypes and development items in accordance with the authorization and specification package.

3.3.2 Installation Studies. The contractor shall identify and document installation requirements to ensure system compatibility; identify and provide recommended solutions to interface problems; review and monitor system tolerances; and perform system tests to assess performance, safety, operability, reliability and maintainability, for impact on systems interface. The contractor shall perform checks in accordance with installation drawings and specifications in preparation for installation of new equipment. The contractor shall be responsible for site planning and preparation for equipment installation. The contractor shall perform the installation of new test equipment in accordance with the applicable installation drawings and procedures not to include building modifications. The contractor shall conduct associated operational verification tests to assure operational integrity of the installed equipment. (CDRL A00B) (CDRL A00H) (A00J)

3.3.3 Transition Engineering Activities. The contractor shall perform engineering activities during the transition of milestone phases for development, pre-production, prototype, and LRIP equipment or components, production material, and modification kits during development and deployment. The contractor shall perform overhaul, repair, and maintenance actions on the above items as needed to support weapons systems research, development, testing, and evaluation. The contractor shall perform systems and equipment alterations. The contractor shall conduct the associated operational verification tests to assure the operational integrity of the system or equipment. The contractor shall review, maintain, update, and assist the Government with evaluation of data and associated documentation on fielded systems, subsystems, and components. The contractor shall provide and/or support inactivation and disposal to ensure that critical equipment removed is safeguarded and destroyed in accordance with the appropriate Government instructions and directives.

3.4 MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS

The contractor shall provide management analysis services as defined by the following requirements.

3.4.1 Technical Administrative Services. The contractor shall perform administrative support of the technical organizations to meet NAWCWD mission requirements. The contractor shall use Government furnished data to provide various technical administrative services including office administration, briefings and presentations, project reports, illustrations, display artwork, static electronic displays, exhibits, patent drawings, displays, viewgraphs, schematic diagrams, logic diagrams, pictorial illustrations, illustrated parts breakdowns, brochures, logo designs, flip charts, and project highlights; and perform data management, data maintenance and distribution. (CDRL A005)

3.4.2 Project Planning Services. The contractor shall analyze, make recommendations, provide rationale for the recommendations, and provide technical administrative services in preparing assigned project plans, schedules, cost estimates, and risk analyses. (CDRL A005)

3.4.3 Management Evaluation, Status Reviews and Reports. The Contractor shall review program and project management processes and analyze effectiveness to report on compliance with mission objectives and life cycle requirements. (CDRL A005)

3.5 TRAINING SERVICES

The Contractor shall develop, prepare and present training courses. These courses shall include an overview of general engineering related topics and an overview of Systems, Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering Process, and Project Management Practices. This training shall address program management disciplines and activities including planning, Work Breakdown Structures, risk management, integrated program teams, Earned Value Management, and problem identification, analysis and resolution. (CDRL A00C)

4.0 CONTRACTOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, REPORTING, AND GENERAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

4.1 PERFORMANCE

4.1.1 Place of Performance

Work shall principally be performed at NAWCWD China Lake, California; NAWCWD Point Mugu, California; and NAVAIR Patuxent River, Maryland with ancillary locations supporting known requirements outside the United States in British Columbia, Canada.

Approximately 88% of the total level of effort under the contract is performed on-site at China Lake, California; Point Mugu, California; or Patuxent River, Maryland.

Approximately 12% of the total level of effort under the contract is performed at various off-site locations in support of requirements at China Lake, California; Point Mugu, California; or Patuxent River, Maryland.

Of the total on-site and off-site work performed under the contract 70% of the level of effort will be performed at China Lake, California; 26% of the level of effort will be performed at Point Mugu, California; and 4% of the level of effort will be performed at Patuxent River, Maryland.

4.1.2 Local Facilities

4.1.2.1 Radius

The contractor shall establish one facility located within ten (10) miles of the NAWCWD main gate at China Lake, California.

4.1.2.2 Contractor Workspaces

Any contractor workspaces shall provide all equipment necessary for successful performance of those employees.

4.1.2.3 Government Workspaces

The Government will provide workspaces for the contractor’s technical workforce for work performed on-site at China Lake, California; Point Mugu, California; or Patuxent River, MD. Government provided workspaces will include desk units, phones, and the computer equipment necessary for performance.

4.2 TRAVEL

The Contractor shall be required to travel in the performance of this contract. The Contractor shall be responsible for all transportation, billeting, and messing for the Contractor personnel except in those cases where Government transportation, billeting, and messing are the only services available. All travel costs will be in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations. The Government anticipates travel to the following locations: Hood River, OR; Crane, IN; Sunnyvale, CA; Washington, DC; Patuxent River, MD; Point Mugu, CA; Norfolk, VA; and White Sands, NM. Other destinations will be defined based on individual task order requirements.

4.3 MATERIAL PURCHASING

The contractor shall manage material and consumable supplies at levels to meet mission requirements. The contractor must obtain prior approval from the COR for any purchases valued over $500. The contractor must obtain prior approval from the Contracting Officer for any purchases valued over $3,000. The contractor shall submit a consent package providing a description, price, evidence of adequate price competition, or if unavailable, a justification for use of a single source, and a determination that the price is fair and reasonable. The contractor shall submit all consent packages to the COR for either approval of material purchasing over $500 or initial review of material purchasing over $3,000. The COR will forward consent packages for material purchasing over $3,000 to the Contracting Officer for approval. These requirements apply to all contractor purchases.

4.4 VEHICLES

The contractor shall provide all vehicles required for the performance of this contract unless shared access is authorized by the Government. Contractor personnel may use Government owned vehicles managed through the Transportation Office, NAVFAC Southwest, Code 270, on an as available basis under the following conditions: Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) concurrence with the contractor’s need to use Government owned vehicle(s) and LIABILITY INSURANCE included in this contract applies to the use of Government owned vehicles; the contractor shall meet all training and licensing requirements to operate Government owned vehicles and equipment, as defined in NAVFAC P-300; the contractor need for Government owned vehicles and equipment must be less than full time and shall not interfere with Government use of those vehicles and equipment; and use of Government owned vehicles is for work on a Government site and is for official use only for specific Task Order requirements.

4.5 INFORMATION ASSURANCE

The contractor shall comply with the IA security requirements for accessing U.S. Government Information Technology systems and/or networks and will have the appropriate background investigation and security clearance in accordance with personnel security guidelines. The contractor shall adhere to the Department of the Navy’s (DON) Information Assurance Program prescribed methodologies for the protection of information to support DON Missions and shall comply with local service/component Command IA security directives, regulations, and standard operating procedures.

4.6 PUBLIC RELEASE

Disclosure of information is covered by DFARS 252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information, incorporated in Section I of the contract, notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the contractor must seek specific approval for disclosure of controlled unclassified information even if the information already exists within the public domain. Any controlled unclassified information pertaining to this contract shall not be released for public dissemination, including posting to any social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, unless it has been approved for public release by appropriate U.S. Government authority. Proposed public releases shall be submitted for approval prior to release in accordance with the Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254 (Block 12).

4.7 TRACKING & OVERSIGHT

The contractor shall maintain a cost accounting system that shall track, report, and invoice on actual expenditures for each Task Order. Additionally, the contractor’s cost accounting system shall be capable of tracking, reporting, and invoicing at the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) level 3 within each Task Order, when specifically required by the Task Order. (CDRL A001) (CDRL A002)

4.8 CONTRACT PHASE-IN

The contractor shall ensure the professional and orderly transition of contract responsibilities at the end of the current contract’s period of performance by cooperating with the incumbent contractor in fulfillment of their obligations for continuity of Government services.

4.9 CONTRACT PHASE-OUT

The contractor shall prepare and submit a Contract Phase-Out Plan describing the completion or transition of work in progress and the professional and orderly transition of contract responsibilities at the end of the contract’s period of performance. (CDRL A003)

4.10 SECURITY & CLASSIFIED DATA

4.10.1 Personnel Security

4.10.1.1 Personnel Security Clearances

The contractor shall establish a CAC/SAAR-N POC to coordinate with the Government in such matters. The CAC/SAAR-N POC shall deliver completed Trusted Associate Sponsorship Program (TASS) and SAAR-N forms electronically for approval and processing by the Government COR. SAAR-N forms should be digitally signed by all signatories using either their DOD or External Certificate Authority (ECA) issued Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate.

The contractor shall provide personnel with the appropriate security clearance levels for the work to be performed, and maintain sufficiently cleared personnel to perform the tasks required by this SOW IAW the DD Form 254, and the contract. All Contractor personnel shall possess a clearance and need-to-know commensurate with the requirements of their positions. At a minimum all personnel at NAWCWD shall possess a Secret Clearance. The Government will specify classification levels for each position at the task order level.

Access to TOP SECRET information is required in the performance of this contract and shall be in accordance with DoD 5220.22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)…