DRAFT Satellite 2.0 RFP v.1.4.pdf

U.S. Department of Commerce

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (ProTech)

Satellite Domain

DRAFT Request for Proposal

RFP: TBD

Date: TBD

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Acquisition and Grants Office

Corporate Services Acquisition Division

SCHEDULE Continued

ITEM

NO.

SUPPLIES/SERVICES QTY UNIT UNIT

PRICE

AMOUNT

0001 Base Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) is for Commercial - Fixed Price type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

0002 Base Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Commercial - Time-and-materials (T&M) type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

0003 Base Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Commercial - Labor-hour

(LH) type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

0004 Base Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial Fixed-

Price type orders.

Period of Performance: date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

0005 Base Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial Cost-

Reimbursement type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

0006 Base Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial T&M type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

0007 Base Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial LH type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at

1001 Option Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Commercial - Fixed Price type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

1002 Option Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Commercial - T&M type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

1003 Option Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Commercial - LH type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

1004 Option Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial Fixed-

Price type orders.

Period of Performance: date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at

1005 Option Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial Cost-

Reimbursement type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

1006 Option Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial T&M type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at award].

1 LOT 0.00 0.00

1007 Option Period: Professional, Scientific, and

Technical Services Solution in accordance with the Performance Work Statement contained in Section C.

This CLIN is for Non-Commercial LH type orders.

Period of Performance: [date to be entered at award] through [date to be entered at

SECTION B

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COST

B.1 GENERAL

The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (ProTech) solution is a suite of multiple-award Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts consisting of four Domains:

Satellite, Fisheries, Oceans, and Weather. These Domains provide resources in support of the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to include its Line and Staff

Offices. The ceiling dollar amount for all orders under all ProTech Domains is $8,000,000,000.

Each Domain has its own IDIQ contract with multiple awards. This contract provides professional, scientific, and technical services to the Satellite Domain (hereafter “ProTech

Satellite”) under NAICS code 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)) - Exception C (Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, Their Propulsion Units and Propulsion Parts).

The scope of work under ProTech Satellite is defined in Section C.

B.2 BASE AND OPTION PERIODS

The term of ProTech Satellite is a five-year base ordering period and one (1) five-year option ordering period, for a total period of performance of 10 years if all options are exercised. There is no guarantee that the option will be exercised on any or all of the awarded contracts. This is not a multi-year contract as defined in FAR 17.103.

B.3 CONTRACT TYPE

ProTech Satellite is a multiple-award IDIQ contract that allows for task orders to be issued on a

Fixed-Price, Cost-Reimbursement, Time-and-Materials (T&M), and/or Labor-Hour (LH) basis.

Task orders may also combine more than one pricing arrangement (e.g., FFP/LH, etc.), although separate contract line item numbers (CLINs) are required for each pricing arrangement.

B.4 TASK ORDER PRICING

ProTech Satellite provides the flexibility to determine fair and reasonable pricing tailored to the task order requirement dependent upon level of competition, risk, uncertainties, complexity, urgency, and contract type. The Task Order Contracting Officer (TOCO) has the authority and responsibility to determine cost or price reasonableness for task order requirements, normally not to exceed the contracted ceiling rates. Exceptions where the TOCO has the flexibility to exceed contracted ceiling rates include the following: special security clearances, sea days, hazard pay, and/or other extraordinary circumstances.

The labor rates contained in Attachment J-3 are ceiling rates for work taking place in locations within and outside the continental United States. They are not applicable to cost-reimbursement task orders. Competition at the task order level is expected to establish fair and reasonable pricing for task orders placed for all contract types. For those relatively rare instances when competition does not exist, these ceiling rates will be available for the TOCO to consider and use.

Some task orders may require services that do not correspond to the labor categories included in

ProTech Satellite. Accordingly, if permitted by the task order solicitation, the contractor may propose appropriate labor categories and labor rates necessary to meet the requirements of the solicitation despite their not being included in ProTech Satellite as awarded.

The TOCO must establish an appropriate CLIN structure, and identify both the applicable contract type and clear delineation of work at the task level, for all CLINs in each task order.

B.4.1 Fixed-Price Orders

Fixed-price orders are defined under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.2, Fixed-Price

Contracts, and other applicable agency-specific regulatory supplements.

B.4.2 Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Orders

T&M and LH orders are defined under FAR 16.601 and 16.602, respectively, and Commerce

Acquisition Manual (CAM) Subpart 1316.1.

The Contractor may provide separate and/or blended loaded hourly labor rates at the task order level for Prime Contractor labor, each Subcontractor/Team Member, and/or each Division, Subsidiary, or Affiliate in accordance with the provisions set forth in FAR 52.216-29, 52.216-30, and/or 52.216-31. The TOCO will identify applicable provision(s) in the task order solicitation and the Contractor shall comply with the provision(s).

B.4.3 Cost-Reimbursement Orders

Cost-Reimbursement Orders are defined under FAR Subpart 16.3, Cost-Reimbursement

Contracts, and CAM Subpart 1316.1. Cost Reimbursement task orders shall only be used for the acquisition of non-commercial items.

The Contractor shall have and maintain an adequate accounting system that will permit timely development of all necessary cost data in the form required by the proposed contract type. The

Contractor may be required to submit a cost proposal with supporting information for each cost element including, but not limited to: direct labor, fringe benefits, overhead, general and administrative expenses, material handling costs, facilities capital cost of money, other direct costs, and fee consistent with their cost accounting system, provisional billing rates, and forward pricing rate agreements.

The TOCO will identify requirements for certified cost and pricing data and data other than certified cost and pricing data in the task order solicitation and the Contractor shall comply with the provisions set forth in the task order solicitation.

B.4.4 Other Direct Costs

Other Direct Costs (ODCs) established on a cost-reimbursement basis, including travel costs, shall be pre-approved by the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) at the task order level and be allowable on the task order only if approved as outlined in the task order.

B.4.5 Program Management Costs

Program management support costs encompass support for management, reporting requirements, and related travel and meeting attendance costs associated with the Contractor’s program management staff as it relates to the overall management of the IDIQ contract. Program

Management (IDIQ Contract-Level) Support Costs: Contract-level program management support costs shall not be proposed or billed as a direct charge to the ProTech Satellite IDIQ contract.

Project Management (Task Order-Level) Support Costs: Contract-level program management support costs are differentiated from individual task order project management support costs.

Task order project management support costs may be proposed and billed against individual task orders for direct support of the effort performed under those task orders.

B.5 COMMERCE ACQUISITION REGULATION (CAR) 1352.216-75 MINIMUM

AND MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNTS (APR 2010)

During the term of ProTech Satellite, the Government will place orders totaling a minimum of

$250. The amount of all orders under the ProTech Domains will not exceed $8,000,000,000.

The exercise of the option period does not re-establish the contract minimum.

(End of Clause)

(End of Section B)

SECTION C

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is an agency that enriches life through science. NOAA’s reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as NOAA works to keep citizens informed of the changing environment around them. NOAA provides environmental intelligence for the nation. From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration, and maintaining marine commerce, NOAA’s products and services support economic vitality and more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product. The people of NOAA use research and tools to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers, and other decision makers with reliable and timely environmental intelligence.

C.2 OBJECTIVES

The overall objectives of the ProTech program are to:

● Obtain high-quality professional, technical, and scientific services

● Develop an industrial base of partners

● Develop and maintain performance-based contracts

● Contribute to the NOAA mission

Services not covered by the Satellite Domain scope of work include the following:

● Architect and Engineering (A&E) Services subject to the Brooks Act and FAR Subpart

36.6 acquisition procedures;

● Inherently Governmental functions – see the prohibition at FAR Subpart 7.503(a);

● Personal services as defined in FAR Subpart 37.104(a);

● Legal services;

● Requirements where the primary objective or the predominance of the work is to obtain information technology (IT) services; and

● Requirements for any IT products and services, except where (1) the IT cannot feasibly be separated from the non-IT requirements or (2) when the IT is incidental to contract performance.

o IT is defined by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum

15-14, Management and Oversight of Federal Information Technology, as:

Any services or equipment, or interconnected system(s) or subsystem(s) of equipment, that are used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the agency; where such services or equipment are 'used by an agency' if used by the agency directly or if used by a contractor under a contract with the agency that requires either use of the services or equipment, or requires use of the services or equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product. If delivering IT products or services, the contractor shall comply with government IT standards, such as those for IT security, and with requirements for sharing and efficiency at the federal, agency, bureau, and line office levels.

o IT is incidental to a contract when the IT services or products are neither contract deliverables nor create, modify, operate or maintain IT used by the government or on its behalf.

C.3 SATELLITE DOMAIN

The mission and objectives of the primary users of the Satellite Domain are related to satellite and observation activities and the collection, preservation, and dissemination of information and services derived therefrom. The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

(NESDIS) is dedicated to providing timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life. To fulfill its responsibilities, NESDIS acquires and manages the Nation's operational environmental satellites. NESDIS provides data and information services including space weather and Earth system monitoring. NESDIS performs data and information product stewardship and preservation. NESDIS develops and produces information products, applications, tools, and models derived from observed data. NESDIS performs official assessments of the space and Earth’s environment and conducts related applied research.

NOAA's environmental satellite data are essential for forecasting the weather/oceans/cryosphere, analyzing environmental/climate phenomena, and monitoring hazards worldwide. This 24/7 global coverage provides a constant stream of information used for making decisions with respect to events that impact our climate, weather, oceans, and daily lives. Other NOAA offices may also use the contracts awarded within this Domain for their in-scope requirements.

The services provided under ProTech-Satellite will support sites worldwide, which include, but may not be limited to, Fairbanks, Alaska; Silver Spring (NOAA Headquarters), College Park, Greenbelt, and Lanham, Maryland; Wallops and Ashburn, Virginia; Boulder, Colorado;

Asheville, North Carolina; Stennis, Mississippi; Townsville, Australia; and international partnership facilities.

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, materials, equipment, facilities, travel, and other services required to satisfy task order requirements. The suite of resulting contracts for this

Domain is intended to satisfy the need for professional, technical, and scientific services to support the full range of related requirements for observing system activities, including satellite missions, which NOAA manages or in which NOAA participates, and managing the space and

Earth environmental data that results from those missions. Increasingly, NESDIS is looking for synergies in collaborating with domestic and international, public and commercial, partners through joint missions, opportunity payloads and even data procurement. NESDIS work is conducted at NOAA headquarters, as well as in regional offices, science centers, data centers, associated field offices, laboratories, contractor facilities, and other field locations.

For additional information about NESDIS, see http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about_satellites.html.

C.3.1 Professional Services

In order to fulfill its critical mission, NOAA relies on industry for a wide breadth of professional, technical, and scientific services. The breadth of needed services is so great that there is no reasonable expectation that they can all be acquired from a single contractor. Moreover, relying on a single contractor would incur mission risk to NOAA due to lack of redundancy and an insufficient industrial base to ensure mission success into the future. Accordingly, as described in

Section C.2, through the ProTech Program, NOAA intends to achieve a cadre of service providers who collectively can provide the necessary services, while also ensuring NOAA high-quality technical and scientific solutions to its task orders through the competition of industry-leading service providers.

Section C.3.1 details the classes of Professional Services required for this contract. The professional services are broadly classified as Program and Project Management, Business

Services, and Communication Services. Although Professional Services are differentiated from the Technical and Scientific Services of Section C.3.2, NOAA expects that the conduct of the

Professional Services will be fully informed by appropriate science and engineering subject matter expertise. For instance, a strategic planning task order would be accomplished with expert awareness of the Department of Commerce, NOAA, and NESDIS Strategic Plans, mission goals and objectives.

Table 1 (below) lists the classes of Professional Services in its second column. Each table cell represents a work statement “element.” The term element is used very deliberately to avoid use of the term “requirement.” Although NOAA requires the totality of service elements, no contractor is required to be capable in any specific element. Lists within service classes are representative, not comprehensive, and do not imply compulsory capability. The entry “Property, Inventory Management & Tracking” indicates that discussions of contractor experience and capability of any (or all) of the three services are relevant. Element C.3.1.12 is an element for a contractor to describe its capability in, for instance, property management. Experience across the entire mission lifecycle is relevant, whether it is the analysis of existing property management processes to identify opportunities for modernization, or the development of automated processes, or the actual execution of the property management function for an office or program.

Table 1 - Professional Services

Program & Project Management Services

Cost Management

C.3.1.1 Budgets and Budget Estimation http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about_satellites.html

C.3.1.2 Financial and Cost

Performance Management

C.3.1.3 Agile Based Project Management

C.3.1.4 Earned Value Management

C.3.1.5 Change Management

C.3.1.6 Document & Record Management

C.3.1.7 Performance Baselines

C.3.1.8 PMBOK-Informed Best Practices

C.3.1.9 Program & Project Plans

C.3.1.10 Quality Management

C.3.1.11 Risk Management

Resource Management

C.3.1.12 Property, Inventory Management & Tracking

C.3.1.13 Logistics

Schedule Management

C.3.1.14 Schedules, Timelines, Milestones, Roadmaps

C.3.1.15 Work Breakdown Structures

Business Services

C.3.1.16 Acquisition & Grants Assistance

C.3.1.17 Action & Tasker Management

C.3.1.18 Conduct Informal Opinion Surveys & Collect Feedback

C.3.1.19 Configuration Management

C.3.1.20 Coordination, Facilitation, Planning

C.3.1.21 Cost-Risk Studies, Trade Studies

C.3.1.22 Economic & Social Science Analysis

C.3.1.23 Evaluate Deliverables

C.3.1.24 Observing System Investments

C.3.1.25 Policy & Regulation (e.g. Legislative, Security) Compliance

C.3.1.26 Procedure/Process Analysis, Engineering & Improvement

C.3.1.27 Program/Project Function & System Criticality

C.3.1.28 Strategic Planning

Communications Services

C.3.1.29 Business Writing & Documentation

C.3.1.30 Graphics, Social Media, Web, Video, Visualization

C.3.1.31 Public Education, Engagement, Outreach & Training

C.3.1.32 Technical Education, Engagement, Outreach & Training

C.3.1.33 Technical Writing incl. Briefs, Presentations, Publications

C.3.2 Technical and Scientific Services

In order to fulfill its critical mission, NOAA relies on industry for a wide breadth of professional, technical, and scientific services. The breadth of needed services is so great that there is no reasonable expectation that they can all be acquired from a single contractor. Moreover, relying on a single contractor would incur mission risk to NOAA due to lack of redundancy and an insufficient industrial base to ensure mission success into the future. Accordingly, as described in

Section C.2, through the ProTech Program, NOAA intends to achieve a cadre of service providers who collectively can provide the necessary services, while also ensuring NOAA high-quality technical and scientific solutions to its task orders through the competition of industry-leading service providers.

Section C.3.2 details the classes of Technical and Scientific Services required for this contract.

The technical and scientific services are broadly classified as Architecture Services or Scientific and Engineering Services.

Table 2 (below) lists the classes of Technical and Scientific Services in its second column. Each table cell represents a work statement “element.” The term element is used very deliberately to avoid use of the term “requirement.” Although NOAA requires the totality of service elements, no contractor is required to be capable in any specific element. Lists within service classes are representative, not comprehensive, and do not imply compulsory capability. The entry

“Algorithms – Calibration, Validation, Verification” indicates that discussions of contractor experience and capability of any (or all) of the three algorithm services are relevant. Accordingly

Element C.3.2.16 is the location where a contractor to describe its capability for the analysis of algorithm calibration and validation processes, or its experience with algorithm verification.

Experience across the entire mission lifecycle is relevant, whether it is the analysis of existing calibration-validation processes to identify new approaches for greater accuracy, or the development of automated calibration-validation processes, or the actual execution of the algorithm calibration function for a program.

Table 2 - Technical and Scientific Services

Systems Architecture

[insert language]

C.3.2.1 Advanced/Future/Innovative

C.3.2.2 Archival and Working Data Storage

C.3.2.3 Cloud Services

C.3.2.4 Enterprise or System Ground Segment Data

C.3.2.5 Enterprise or System Ground Segment Products

C.3.2.6 Enterprise or System Ground Segment Satellite Operations (SatOps)

C.3.2.7 Flight Segment

C.3.2.8 Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Alignment, Coordination

C.3.2.9 High Performance Computing

C.3.2.10 In Situ Observing Systems

C.3.2.11 Observing Systems

C.3.2.12 Opportunity Initiatives

C.3.2.13 Satellite Communications & Data Backhaul

C.3.2.14 Satellite Observing Systems

Science and Engineering

Algorithms - [insert language]

C.3.2.15 Algorithms - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.16 Algorithms - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.17 Algorithms - Development Environments, Testbeds

C.3.2.18 Algorithms - Maintenance & Sustainment

C.3.2.19 Algorithms - Research to Operations, Operations to Research (R2O, O2R)

C.3.2.20 Algorithms - Stewardship & Quality Assurance

Antennas or Antenna Systems

C.3.2.21 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.22 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Anomaly Troubleshooting or Resolution

C.3.2.23 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Calibration, Validation or Verification

C.3.2.24 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Compatibility, Interfaces, Integration

C.3.2.25 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Engineering

C.3.2.26 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Maintenance & Sustainment

C.3.2.27 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Monitoring or Performance

C.3.2.28 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Planning

C.3.2.29 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Mission Operations

C.3.2.30 Antennas or Antenna Systems - Transition to Operations

Applications - [insert language]

C.3.2.31 Applications - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.32 Applications - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.33 Applications - Data Analysis & Display

C.3.2.34 Applications - Development Environments, Testbeds

C.3.2.35 Applications - Documentation

C.3.2.36 Applications - Environmental Monitoring

C.3.2.37 Applications - Maintenance & Sustainment

C.3.2.38 Applications - Research to Operations, Operations to Research (R2O, O2R)

C.3.2.39 Applications - Stewardship & Quality Assurance

Data (Includes Data Systems, Databases, Datasets) - [insert language]

C.3.2.40 Data - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.41 Data - Archive, Storage

C.3.2.42 Data - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.43 Data - Collection, Ingest

C.3.2.44 Data - Collection Campaigns, Expeditions, Surveys, Sorties

C.3.2.45 Data - Compatibility, Interfaces, Integration

C.3.2.46 Data - Development Environments, Testbeds

C.3.2.47 Data - Dissemination, Distribution

C.3.2.48 Data - Formats

C.3.2.49 Data - Fusion

C.3.2.50 Data - Historical Trending

C.3.2.51 Data - Interpretation

C.3.2.52 Data - Processing

C.3.2.53 Data - Procurement of Commercial or Private

C.3.2.54 Data - R2O, O2R

C.3.2.55 Data - Stewardship & Quality Assurance

Flight Segment

C.3.2.56 Flight Segment - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.57 Flight Segment - Anomaly Troubleshooting, Resolution

C.3.2.58 Flight Segment - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.59 Flight Segment - Engineering

C.3.2.60 Flight Segment - Compatibility, Interfaces, Integration

C.3.2.61 Flight Segment - Monitoring, Performance

C.3.2.62 Flight Segment - Planning

C.3.2.63 Flight Segment - Pre-Launch, Launch, Early Orbit Raising

C.3.2.64 Flight Segment - Mission Operations

C.3.2.65 Flight Segment - Flight Software

C.3.2.66 Flight Segment - Transition to Operations

Ground Segment - Data Systems

C.3.2.67 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.68 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Anomaly Troubleshooting, Resolution

C.3.2.69 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.70 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Engineering

C.3.2.71 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Compatibility, Interfaces, Integration

C.3.2.72 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Monitoring, Performance

C.3.2.73 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Mission Operations

C.3.2.74 Ground Segment - Data Systems - Transition to Operations

Ground Segment - Products

C.3.2.75 Ground Segment - Products - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.76 Ground Segment - Products - Anomaly Troubleshooting, Resolution

C.3.2.77 Ground Segment - Products - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.78 Ground Segment - Products - Engineering

C.3.2.79 Ground Segment - Products - Compatibility, Interfaces, Integration

C.3.2.80 Ground Segment - Products - Monitoring, Performance

C.3.2.81 Ground Segment - Products - Mission Operations

C.3.2.82 Ground Segment - Products - Transition to Operations

Ground Segment - Satellite Operations (SatOps)

C.3.2.83 Ground Segment - SatOps - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.84 Ground Segment - SatOps - Anomaly Troubleshooting, Resolution

C.3.2.85 Ground Segment - SatOps - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.86 Ground Segment - SatOps - Telemetry, Command, Control, Communications

C.3.2.87 Ground Segment - SatOps - Engineering

C.3.2.88 Ground Segment - SatOps - Compatibility, Interfaces, Integration

C.3.2.89 Ground Segment - SatOps - Monitoring, Performance

C.3.2.90 Ground Segment - SatOps - Mission Operations

C.3.2.91 Ground Segment - SatOps - Pre-Launch, Launch, Early Orbit Raising

C.3.2.92 Ground Segment - SatOps - Transition to Operations

Instruments, Sensors (Includes Space-Based or In situ)

C.3.2.93 Instruments, Sensors - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.94 Instruments, Sensors - Anomaly Troubleshooting & Resolution, Product

Impact

C.3.2.95 Instruments, Sensors - Calibration, Input Parameter Datasets, Lookup Tables

C.3.2.96 Instruments, Sensors - Characterization & Traceability to Standards

C.3.2.97 Instruments, Sensors - Compatibility, Interfaces, Integration

C.3.2.98 Instruments, Sensors - Engineering

C.3.2.99 Instruments, Sensors - Installation

C.3.2.100 Instruments, Sensors - Inter-satellite Calibration, Validation, Global Space-

Based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS)

C.3.2.101 Instruments, Sensors - Monitoring, Performance

C.3.2.102 Instruments, Sensors - Pre-Launch, Launch, Early Orbit Raising

C.3.2.103 Instruments, Sensors - Transition to Operations

C.3.2.104 Instruments, Sensors - Validation & Verification

Models

C.3.2.105 Models - Climate, Meteorological

C.3.2.106 Models - Cryospheric

C.3.2.107 Models - Data Assimilation

C.3.2.108 Models - Emissivity & Radiative Transfer

C.3.2.109 Models - Environmental Assessment, Monitoring, Prediction, Warnings

C.3.2.110 Models - Hydrodynamic

C.3.2.111 Models - Impact Assessments

C.3.2.112 Models - Numerical Weather Prediction

C.3.2.113 Models - Oceanographic

C.3.2.114 Models - Orbit, Conjunction Analysis

Products (Includes any of Level 0 - 4 Processing)

C.3.2.115 Products - Advanced/Future/Innovations

C.3.2.116 Products - Archival Storage, Temporary Storage

C.3.2.117 Products - Blended (Multi-Platform, Multi-Spectral, etc.)

C.3.2.118 Products - Calibration, Validation, Verification

C.3.2.119 Products - Development Environments, Testbeds

C.3.2.120 Products - Generation

C.3.2.121 Products - Dissemination, Distribution

C.3.2.122 Products - Maintenance & Sustainment

C.3.2.123 Products - Research to Operations, Operations to Research (R2O, O2R)

C.3.2.124 Products - Stewardship & Quality Assurance

C.3.2.125 Products - Atmospheric

C.3.2.126 Products - Coastal Zone

C.3.2.127 Products - Cryospheric

C.3.2.128 Products - Land and Surface Hydrologic

C.3.2.129 Products - Meteorologic

C.3.2.130 Products - Oceanographic

C.3.2.131 Products - Space Weather

C.3.2.132 Products - Topographic, Bathymetric, Sea Surface Heights

Requirements

C.3.2.133 Requirements - Enterprise - Databases, Tools

C.3.2.134 Requirements - Enterprise - Allocation, Definition, Derivation, Identification

C.3.2.135 Requirements - Enterprise - Management

C.3.2.136 Requirements - Enterprise - Systems

C.3.2.137 Requirements - Enterprise - Traceability

C.3.2.138 Requirements - Enterprise - Verification

C.3.2.139 Requirements - User - Applications, Data, Products

RFI & Spectrum Management

C.3.2.140 Radio Frequency Interference

C.3.2.141 RF Spectrum Allocation, Utilization

C.3.2.142 RF Spectrum - Domestic, International Coordination

Simulators & Field Experiments

C.3.2.143 Field Experiments, Observing System Experiments (OSE), Observing System

Simulation Experiments (OSSE), Site Selection

C.3.2.144 Simulators - Non-Space Sensors

C.3.2.145 Simulators - Space Sensors

C.3.2.146 Simulators - Satellites and their Subsystems

C.3.2.147 Simulators - System Loading, Processing

Systems Engineering

C.3.2.148 Systems Engineering - Standards, Specifications

C.3.2.149 Systems Engineering - Test, Integration

C.3.2.150 Systems Engineering - Risk

C.3.2.151 Systems Engineering - Requirements

C.3.2.152 Systems Engineering - Planning

C.3.2.153 Systems Engineering - System Function, Performance, Utility

General Technical Services

C.3.2.154 Technical - Concepts of Operations

C.3.2.155 Technical - Documentation

C.3.2.156 Technical - Program/Project Assessments, Evaluations, Reviews

C.3.2.157 Technical - Technology Assessments, Evaluations

C.3.2.158 Technical - Forum Participation (Meetings, Symposia, Work Groups, etc.)

C.3.2.159 Technical - Statistically Designed Surveys to Support Analysis

C.3.2.160 Technical - Review Participation (Preliminary Design, Critical Design, etc.)

1 Archival Storage: The Archival Storage Functional Entity (aka, “Archival Storage”) provides the services and functions for the storage, maintenance and retrieval of Archival Information

Packages (as defined in the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) — Reference model

(https://www.iso.org/standard/57284.html and https://public.ccsds.org/pubs/650x0m2.pdf)).

2 Quality control and assurance includes analysis, identification, correction, and documentation of erroneous data and derived information throughout the life cycle of the data.

(End of Section C) https://www.iso.org/standard/57284.html https://public.ccsds.org/pubs/650x0m2.pdf

SECTION D

PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 PACKAGING

Unless otherwise specified, packaging of all deliverables must conform to commercial packing standards to assure safe delivery at destination. Clauses and other requirements regarding packaging shall be designated by the TOCO at the task order level.

D.2 MARKING

All deliverables required under this contract shall be marked in accordance with Government specifications. At a minimum, all deliverables shall be marked with the contract/order number and Contractor name.

Specific marking requirements may be addressed in individual task orders.

(End of Section D)

SECTION E

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates the following clauses by reference with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Full text can be accessed electronically at the following internet address: https://www.acquisition.gov/

FAR Clause Title and Date

52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies – Fixed Price (AUG 1996)

52.246-3 Inspection of Supplies – Cost Reimbursement (MAY 2001)

52.246-4 Inspection of Services – Fixed Price (AUG 1996)

52.246-5 Inspection of Services – Cost Reimbursement (APR 1984)

52.246-6 Inspection – Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour (MAY 2001)

52.246-16 Responsibility for Supplies (APR 1984)

(End of Clause)

E.2 CAR 1352.246-70 PLACE OF ACCEPTANCE (APR 2010)

(a) The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will accept supplies and services to be provided under this contract.

(b) The place of acceptance will be specified in each individual Task Order.

(End of Section E) https://www.acquisition.gov/

SECTION F

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates the following clauses by reference with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Full text can be accessed electronically at the following internet address: https://www.acquisition.gov/

FAR

Clause Title and Date

52.242-15

Stop-Work Order (AUG 1989) (for other than cost-reimbursement task orders) and ALT I (APR 1984) (for cost-reimbursement task orders)

52.242-17 Government Delay of Work (APR 1984)

52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination (NOV 1991)

52.247-35 F.o.b. Destination, Within Consignee’s Premises (APR 1984)

(End of Clause)

F.2 CAR 1352.270-70 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (APR 2010)

(a) The five-year base ordering period of this contract is from [TBD] through [TBD]. If the option is exercised, the contract end date shall be extended through the end of that option period.

(b) The option period that may be exercised is as follows:

Period Start date End date

Option I [TBD] [TBD]

(c) The notice requirements for unilateral exercise of option periods are set out in FAR 52.217–9.

(End of Clause)

F.3 DELIVERY

The services required under each individual task order shall be delivered and received at the destination within the time frame specified in each order.

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F.4 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Place of performance shall be set forth in individual task orders. Alternative work schedules (i.e.

remote workplaces) may be included at the task order level.

F.5 NOTICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF DELAYS

In the event the Contractor encounters difficulty in meeting performance requirements, or when it anticipates difficulty in complying with the contract delivery schedule or completion date, or as soon as the Contractor has knowledge that any actual or potential situation is delaying or threatens to delay the timely performance of this contract, the Contractor shall immediately notify the TOCO and the Task Order Contracting Officer Representative (TO COR), in writing.

This notification shall give pertinent details, but this data shall be informational only in character; this term shall not be construed as a waiver by the Government of any delivery schedule or date, or any rights or remedies provided by law or under this contract.

F.6 DELIVERABLES

(a) All applicable task order deliverables and their required delivery dates, destination of delivery, and schedule for completion of work to be performed, will be specified in task orders issued under this contract, as applicable.

(b) For purposes of delivery, all deliverables shall be made by close of business (COB) 4:30

P.M. local time at destination, Monday through Friday, unless stated otherwise in the task order.

(c) All deliverables submitted in electronic format shall be free of any known computer virus or defects. If a virus or defect is found, the initial deliverable will not be accepted. A replacement file shall be provided within two business days after notification.

(d) Any failure of the Contractor to adhere to a delivery schedule or a deliverable requirement may be reflected in the Contractor’s past performance report.

(e) The following table provides a summary of reporting requirements:

Report Description Number of Copies Due Dates

Monthly Contract Status

Report

(Section F.6.1)

1 – IDIQ CO

1 – COR

15th calendar day of each month as specified in F.6.1.

Monthly Task Order Status

Report

(Section F.6.2)

1 – IDIQ CO

1 – TOCO

1 – TO COR

15th calendar day of each month, or as specified in the individual task orders as specified in F.6.2.

F.6.1 Monthly Contract Status Report

The Contractor shall provide a Monthly Contract Status Report (summation of individual task order activity), which documents the Contractor’s task order awards and modifications received during the reporting period, significant activities, issues, corrective actions, and planned significant activities projected in the next 60-day period. The report is due by the 15th calendar day of each month consisting of activity from the previous month. (For example: The report due

February 15th is to cover the activity – new task orders awarded and new modifications received

- for the period January 1st through January 31st.) If the 15th calendar day falls on a weekend or holiday, the report is due the following business day. If there is no activity (e.g. no active task order) during the reporting period, the report shall be submitted with “no activity” annotated under Task Order Summary section along with any updates for the Website Revisions and

ProTech Opportunities Activity sections.

The Monthly Contract Status Report shall be provided in Adobe electronic format and emailed to the designated recipients listed in the deliverables table. The subject line of the email notice presenting the submission of the monthly report shall be annotated with – Monthly Contract

Status Report (state the month and year) (See Section J – Attachment J-2 for the report template).

F.6.2 Monthly Task Order Status Report

If a contractor does not have any active task order awards during the reporting period, then submission of a monthly report shall not be required.

If the contract has active task order awards, the Contractor shall provide a Monthly Task Order

Status Report, which documents the Contractor’s task order modifications received during the reporting period, activities, issues, corrective actions, and planned significant activities projected in the next 60 days. The report is due by the 15th calendar day of each month consisting of activity from the previous month. If the 15th calendar day falls on a weekend or holiday, the report is due the following business day.

The Monthly Task Order Status Report shall be provided in Adobe electronic format and emailed to the designated recipients listed in the deliverables table. The subject line of the email notice presenting the submission of the monthly report shall be annotated with – Monthly Task Order

Status Report (state the month and year). Additional report recipients, content, and due dates may be identified in individual task orders.

(End of Section F)

SECTION G

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

Accounting and appropriation data for obligations under the contract will be set forth in individual task orders.

G.2 PRIMARY GOVERNMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following subsections describe the roles and responsibilities of individuals and authorized users who will be the primary Points of Contact (POC) for the Government on matters regarding contract administration as well as other administrative information. The Government reserves the right to unilaterally change any of these individual assignments at any time.

G.2.1 GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL

G.2.1.1 CAR 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer’s Authority (APR 2010)

The Contracting Officer (CO) – ProTech Satellite Contract Level

The ProTech Satellite CO, within the AGO Corporate Services Sourcing Acquisition Division

(CSAD), has overall responsibility for administration of ProTech Satellite. The CO, without right of delegation, is the only person authorized to make or approve any changes in any of the requirements of this contract, and, notwithstanding any provisions contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely in the CO. In the event the contractor makes any changes at the direction of any person other than the CO, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract terms and conditions, including price.

The ProTech Satellite CO for this contract is:

Name: [TBD]

Address: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Acquisition and Grants Office

Corporate Services Acquisition Division

1325 East West Highway, SSMC2

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email: [TBD]

Telephone: [TBD]

G.2.1.2 CAR 1352.201-72 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) (APR 2010)

(a) [TBD] is hereby designated as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). The COR may be changed at any time by the Government without prior notice to the contractor by a unilateral modification to the contract.

The COR, within the AGO, is responsible for the receipt and acceptance of the contract-level deliverables and reports, and past performance reporting for the ProTech contracts. The COR supports the ProTech Program Manager and the CO in the general management of the program and provides technical acquisition support to the TO CORs. The COR for ProTech Satellite is:

Name: [TBD]

Address: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Acquisition and Grants Office

Corporate Services Acquisition Division

1325 East West Highway, SSMC2

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email: [TBD]

Telephone: [TBD]

(b) The responsibilities and limitations of the COR are as follows:

(1) The COR is responsible for the technical aspects of the contract and serves as technical liaison with the contractor. The COR is also responsible for the final inspection and acceptance of all deliverables and such other responsibilities as may be specified in the contract.

(2) The COR is not authorized to make any commitments or otherwise obligate the Government or authorize any changes which affect the contract price, terms or conditions. Any contractor request for changes shall be referred to the Contracting Officer directly or through the COR. No such changes shall be made without the express written prior authorization of the Contracting

Officer. The Contracting Officer may designate assistant or alternate COR(s) to act for the COR by naming such assistant/alternate(s) in writing and transmitting a copy of such designation to the contractor.

(End of Clause)

G.2.1.3 Task Order Contracting Officer’s Representative (TO COR)

TOCOs shall designate CORs for individual task orders who will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of task orders. The TO COR will represent the TOCO in administration of technical details within the scope of the task order. The TO COR is also responsible for the final inspection and acceptance of all task order deliverables and reports, and such other responsibilities as may be specified in the task order. The TO COR is not otherwise authorized to make any representations or commitments of any kind on behalf of the TOCO or the

Government. The TO COR does not have authority to alter the Contractor’s obligations or to change the task order specifications, price, terms, or conditions. If, as a result of technical discussions, it is desirable to modify task order obligations or the specification, changes will be issued in writing and signed by the TOCO.

G.3 CAR 1352.216-76 PLACEMENT OF ORDERS (APR 2010)

(a) The contractor shall provide goods and/or services under this contract only as directed in

Task Orders issued by authorized individuals. In accordance with FAR 16.505, each order will include:

(1) Date of order;

(2) Contract number and order number;

(3) Item number and description, quantity, and unit price or estimated cost or fee;

(4) Delivery or performance date;

(5) Place of delivery or performance (including consignee);

(6) Packaging, packing, and shipping instructions, if any;

(7) Accounting and appropriation data;

(8) Method of invoicing, payment and payment office, if not specified in the contract;

(9) Any other pertinent information.

(b) In accordance with FAR 52.216-18, Ordering, the following individuals (or activities) are authorized to place orders against this contract:

All warranted DOC and NOAA COs with an approved delegation letter from a ProTech CO are considered designated ordering officials for this IDIQ.

(c) If multiple awards have been made, the contact information for the task order ombudsman is:

Name: Rafael Roman

Address: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Acquisition and Grants Office

1325 East West Highway, SSMC2

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email: Rafael.Roman@noaa.gov

(End of Clause)

G.3.1 Ordering Process

All ProTech Satellite contract holders will be provided a fair opportunity to be considered on task orders, in accordance with FAR 16.505(b)(1), unless exempted in accordance with applicable terms of the FAR. The TOCO, in consultation with the TO COR or other designated technical representatives, will examine the capabilities of the contract holders in order to determine if a socio-economic category set-aside is appropriate for each order. After completing this examination, the TOCO may limit competition for an order to a socio-economic category.

The TOCO will then solicit proposals from the contractors within the appropriate small business category, as applicable, or open the competition to all contract holders after review and coordination with the NOAA Small Business Office and the Small Business Administration

(SBA). If there is only one contract award to any one type of small business concern the

Government may issue orders directly to that concern for work that it can perform.

In the event issues pertaining to a proposed task cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of the

TOCO, the TOCO reserves the right to withdraw and cancel the proposed task. In such event, the

Contractor(s) shall be notified in writing of the TOCO’s decision. This decision is final and conclusive and shall not be subject to the “Disputes” clause or the “Contract Disputes Act.”

G.4 EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE

Past performance information is relevant for task order source selection purposes. It includes, but is not limited to: the Contractor’s record of conforming to contract requirements and to standards of good workmanship; the Contractor’s adherence to contract schedules, including the administrative aspects of performance; execution within cost/price; the Contractor’s history of reasonable and cooperative behavior and commitment to customer satisfaction; and generally, the Contractor’s business-like concern for the interests of the customer.

(a) Purpose – In accordance with FAR 42.1502(d), the Contractor’s performance will be periodically evaluated by the Government in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting

System (CPARS), in order to provide current information for source selection purposes. These evaluations will therefore be marked “Source Selection Information.” CPARS will be completed for the IDIQ contract, and may be completed for task orders when determined useful for source selection purposes.

(b) Performance Evaluation Period – The Contractor’s performance will be evaluated at least annually. CPARS is a web-enabled tool to evaluate the Contractor’s performance and for the

Government and Contractor to review, comment on, and approve evaluations.

(c) Performance Evaluation Factors – The Contractor’s performance will be evaluated in accordance with the factors identified within the contract requirement.

(d) Contractor Review – A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the Contractor as soon as practicable after completion of the evaluation.