PEO AVN draft PWS_Academia 26 Aug 2025.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

For Academia Engineering and Program Management Support

PANRSA-25-P-0000 028679

1.0 ORGANIZATION AND MISSION

The Program Executive Office for Aviation (PEO AVN) is the United States (U.S.)

Army’s lead agency for aviation platform and platform enabler acquisition, responsible for the design, development, operation, and fielding of mission capable platforms and systems that enable full spectrum operations. PEO AVN’s mission is to serve soldiers and our nation by designing, developing, delivering, and supporting advanced aviation capabilities for operational commanders and our allies. PEO AVN is focused on delivering advanced aviation capabilities to combat commanders that enhance the reach, reliability, survivability, and lethality of its platforms and systems.

2.0 OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE

2.1 Objective

To meet its mission, PEO AVN has a need to collaborate with its Academia partners (hereafter referred to as the Contractor) specializing in engineering and program management to obtain support of PEO AVN efforts in Headquarters (HQ) and/or Project Management Offices (PMOs). The Contractor will be required to conduct a variety of work tasks and provide personnel with varying levels of experience, expertise, and capabilities to assist the Government in supporting PEO AVN HQ and/or PMOs.

2.2 Scope

This PWS establishes the tasks required of the Contractor to provide support to PEO AVN in engineering and program management. The Contractor is being tasked by the Government to provide support personnel with a wide range of expertise to assist the Government in several capabilities from which specific Task Orders (TOs) will be issued. The TOs will contain specific TO requirements.

2.3 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

Top-level reference documents associated with this requirement are identified by number, version, title, date, and category in the Document Summary List (DSL). The document versions specified on the DSL take precedence over the generic references (without revision letters) cited in this PWS.

2.4 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Work performed shall take place at Government and/or Contractor facilities.

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall perform efforts as described in the following paragraphs of this PWS, to be delineated by individual TOs. For the duration of the contract period, the Contractor shall maintain the capability to perform the TOs issued hereunder.

3.1 Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Support

3.1.1 The Contractor shall support the development/implementation of the system engineering process for assigned systems.

3.1.2 The Contractor shall develop new system engineering processes for new system developments, and perform analysis and/or evaluation of existing systems to improve existing system engineering processes and develop new processes as required.

3.1.3 The Contractor shall utilize Work Breakdown Structures as a basis for planning, monitoring, reporting, controlling cost, schedule, and evaluating program technical performance.

3.1.4 The Contractor shall provide technical support to the development, review and maintenance of all elements of technical documentation associated with fielding or fielded systems (Technical Manuals, Modification Work Orders, Provisioning).

3.1.5 The Contractor shall provide support to PEO AVN HQ and its platforms. To support unique Aviation requirements, the Contractor shall provide technical expertise to the design, fabrication, analysis, integration and air worthiness substantiation of numerous modifications required to support PEO AVN and/or PMOs mission IAW the military and/or civilian air worthiness standards.

3.1.6 The Contractor shall provide technical expertise to the airworthiness qualification/release programs standard configurations and/or alterations/modification to standard configurations.

3.1.7 The Contractor efforts shall also include analysis, review, evaluation, recommendations, and preparation of documentation to support an air worthiness release (AWR) per guidance from the Aviation Engineering and the latest revision of AR 70-62, Airworthiness Qualifications of U.S. Army Aircraft Systems or DoD equivalent.

3.2 Digital Engineering and Digital Engineering Technology Support

3.2.1 The Contractor shall provide support for digital engineering technologies and associated practices. The Contractor shall provide implementation, integration and management of digital engineering technologies and ensure they align to organizational processes as well as Army goals for modern engineering standards. Representative examples are as follows:

• The Contractor shall provide support for the deployment, integration and maintenance of digital engineering environment to include Model-Based Systems Engineering, simulation tools, CAD technologies and digital thread technologies.

• The Contractor shall integrate digital engineering platforms with other IT systems while maintaining data integrity.

• The Contractor shall enable defined, digital engineering workflows and support collaboration and integration of data from various sources.

• The Contractor shall perform product upgrades, install security updates and other patches as required for security compliance or to maintain a modern digital engineering environment.

• The Contractor shall support the development and management of digital threads connecting data across tools, platforms and/or networks.

• The Contractor shall enable integration between digital engineering tools and collaboration tools to enhance team communications and streamline workflows.

• The Contractor shall evaluate digital engineering technologies against organizational engineering processes to assess alignment between tools and processes. The Contractor shall provide alternative solutions where there is misalignment between an organization’s process and the tool defined to support it.

3.3 Industrial Operations

3.3.1 The Contractor shall perform Logistics Engineering technical analysis and studies on designated systems and components to determine supply impact.

3.3.2 The Contractor shall support in the development and execution of Engineering Change Proposals (ECP's), Contract Statement of Work (SOW's), Maintenance Engineering Orders (MEO's), Maintenance Engineering Calls (MEC's), Depot Maintenance Work Requests (DMWR's) and other technical publications supporting logistics engineering activities such as new system development, system upgrades, depot maintenance, logistics support analysis, and technical publications.

3.3.2 The Contractor shall plan and conduct Logistics and Specialty Engineering workshops and training seminars.

3.4 Reliability Engineering

3.4.1 The Contractor shall provide expertise in Life Cycle Logistics Support. The Contractor shall maintain awareness and determine what is required for compliance with logistics regulatory and statutory requirements.

3.4.2 The Contractor shall develop methods to perform reliability, availability, maintainability, and logistics analyses to include forecasting, predictions, early identification of life-limiting components, and assessment of performance specification parameters.

3.5 Program Management

3.5.1 The Contractor shall provide program management support and recommendations for all weapon system/support system life cycle performance requirements. The support shall include analysis and integration of data from the programmatic, engineering, test and evaluation, configuration and data management, and logistics functions, and synthesis of data to present project status, long range plans, and program accomplishments in relation to program objectives, budgetary constraints, schedules and technical requirements.

3.5.2 The Contractor shall participate in meetings to review contractor requirements, exchange information, and discuss project objectives. The Contractor shall participate in working groups throughout the duration of the project as required.

3.5.3 The Contractor shall provide input and recommendations for cost estimating and/or budget activities inclusion of all program life cycle phases, in accordance with applicable DoD Directives, Army regulations, and policies.

3.5.4 The Contractor shall conduct and document broad base analyses, facilitation, and assessment of aviation and/or missile related acquisition programs to support organizational planning and development.

3.5.5 The Contractor shall provide programmatic support in the establishment of international programs to promote joint and allied cooperative programs and interoperability.

4.0 Deliverables

Written results of evaluations, analyses, and other task activities shall be provided, as required, to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or appropriate personnel in Contractor or COR directed format for each contract data requirement list (CDRL).

5.0 Travel

Travel may be required in the performance of individual task requirements. The Contractor shall obtain prior approval from the COR before performing any travel. The Contractor shall prepare and deliver a trip report upon completion of travel IAW DI- MGMT-80227/CDRL Number AXXX.

6.0 Government Furnished Property (GFP)/Government Furnished Information

(GFI)

6.1 Government Furnished Property

GFP shall be handled IAW Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.245-1.

6.2 Contractor/Contractor Acquired Property (CAP)

Any CAP shall be handled IAW FAR 52.245-1.

6.3 Government Furnished Information

The Government will provide the Contractor and Contractor personnel with access to information, on an as-needed basis, to complete TO requirements. Any GFI, such as federal policies, directives, instructions, or documents, provided during performance of TO requirements shall be provided with a Distribution Statement setting forth the disclosure limitations with which the Contractor must comply. In the event that GFI is provided without a Distribution Statement, any disclosure shall be IAW DFARS 252.204- 7000, Disclosure of Information, and the base contract. The Contractor and Contractor personnel shall treat technical data in its possession as Government sensitive information that is not to be released outside of the originating organization.

7.0 Intellectual Property

The Government shall receive, and the Contractor hereby grants, Unlimited Rights to all works, documents, materials, electronic files, technical data, computer software, and computer software documentation developed or delivered under this PWS, or pertaining to any item, component, or process developed or delivered under this PWS. All documents and materials produced under this PWS shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents, data, information systems, and materials may not be used or sold by the Contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. Pursuant to the clause at DFARS 252.227-7020 (Rights in Special Works), the Government shall have, and the Contractor hereby grants, Unlimited Rights in works first produced, created, or generated and required to be delivered under this contract, and the Contractor hereby assigns copyright in those works to the Government.

Use of Contractor-provided management tools to support the requirements of this PWS is permitted, but such use shall have been included with the Contractor’s proposal or approved by the COR. This requirement extends to any work, copyrighted or not, not first produced, created, or generated under this PWS, except for any data previously delivered under a Government contract, or otherwise already in the Government inventory. Where tools are incorporated and relied upon as part of the technical approach for performance, the Contractor shall provide the Government with a royalty free 'right-to-use,' or secure licenses transferable to the Government. All hardware and software products used on Government systems or connected to Government networks must be approved by the Government prior to deployment. The Contractor may use its own enterprise tools but shall provide the Government with access to those tools. The Contractor shall provide information in a timely manner where such tools form an integral part of Contractor-to-Government communications and interactions. The Government shall identify the system of record for each functional area and that system shall constitute the official tool(s) and repositories for monitoring progress and for storing deliverables. Where necessary to perform a job or function, the Contractor shall be responsible for providing personnel familiar with the tool(s) being used. If training is required, such training or familiarization with tools is the responsibility of the Contractor.

The Government will provide the Contractor with documentation or orientation as to how any Government supplied tools have been configured.

8.0 Security

The Contractor shall provide security to a level necessary to meet the requirements of the tasks requested. The Contractor’s work effort shall not be above the level of SECRET. Contractor personnel shall retain a SECRET level clearance for the duration of the task order. The Contractor shall comply with the requirements of the DOD Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254). The Contractor shall maintain a SECRET facility clearance and have a sufficient number of employees with a Personnel Security Clearance at the SECRET level, to meet the requirements of the PWS. Some Contractor personnel may require access to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET). The Contractor shall submit completed clearance packages within ten (10) calendar days of identification of any increased security requirements. As specified herein, certain Contractor personnel shall possess, and maintain, at a minimum, a SECRET clearance unless otherwise specified.

8.1 Anti-Terrorism (AT) Level I Training - All Contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities, and controlled access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is applicable and annually thereafter. The Contractor shall maintain certifications of completion for inspection purposes. AT Level I awareness training is available at https://jko.jten.mil.

8.2 Access and general protection/security policy and procedures. This standard language is for Contractor employees with an area of performance within Army controlled installation, facility, or area. The Contractor and all associated sub‐ contractors employees shall provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Provost Marshal Office, Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. The Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements (FAR clause 52.204‐9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel) as directed by DOD, HQDA and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in the Contractor security matters or processes.

8.2.a For contractors requiring Common Access Card (CAC). Before CAC issuance, the Contractor employee requires, at a minimum, a favorably adjudicated National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) or an equivalent or higher investigation in accordance with Army Directive 2014‐05. The Contractor employee will be issued a CAC only if duties involve one of the following: (1) Both physical access to a DoD facility and access, via logon, to DoD networks on‐site or remotely; (2) Remote access, via logon, to a DoD network using DoD‐approved remote access procedures; or (3) Physical access to multiple DoD facilities or multiple non‐DoD federally controlled facilities on behalf of the DoD on a recurring basis for a period of 6 months or more. At the discretion of the sponsoring activity, an initial CAC may be issued based on a favorable review of the FBI fingerprint check and a successfully scheduled NACI at the Office of Personnel Management.

8.2b. For contractors that do not require CAC but require access to a DoD facility or installation. Contractor and all associated sub‐contractors employees shall comply with adjudication standards and procedures using the National Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index (NCIC‐III) and Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) (Army Directive 2014‐05/AR 190‐13), applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures (provided by government representative), or, at OCONUS locations, in accordance with status of forces agreements and other theater regulations.

8.3 AT Awareness Training for Contractor Personnel Traveling Overseas. All Contractor employees, including subcontractor employees required to travel overseas as a condition of this contract will receive Government provided AT awareness briefing specific to the destination countries. Additionally, all Contractor employees, including subcontractor employees stationed or deployed in OCONUS contingency operations areas or designated combat zones will receive Government provided AT awareness training specific to the area of responsibility (AOR) at their overseas location. Specific

AOR training content is directed by the combatant commander, with the unit Antiterrorism Officer (ATO) being the local point of contact.

8.4 iWATCH Training. The Contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall brief all employees on the local iWATCH program (training standards provided by the requiring activity ATO). This local developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the COR. This training shall be completed within 90 calendar days of contract award and within 90 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 120 calendar days after contract award.

8.5 Army Validation System (AVS) registration for Contractor employees who require access to government information systems. All Contractor employees with access to a government information system must be registered in the AVS at commencement of services, and must successfully complete the DOD Information Assurance Awareness prior to access to the IS and then annually thereafter.

8.6 For contracts that require OPSEC Training. Per AR 530-1 Operations Security, the Contractor employees must complete Level I OPSEC Awareness training. New employees must be trained within 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty and annually thereafter.

8.7 Utilization of Government OPSEC SOP/Plan. There is no required OPSEC deliverable associated with this contract. However, the Contractor shall adhere to all OPSEC requirements outlines in the Program Executive Office, Aviation Policy Memorandum 12-8, Operations Security Plan, dated 6 august 2012, national Security Decision Directive (NSDD) No. 298, National Operations Security (OPSEC) Program, dated 22 January 1988, Department of Defense Directive 5205.2 DoD Operations Security (OPSEC) program, dated 29 November 1999, and Army Regulation 530-1, Operations Security (OPSEC), dated 19 April 2007. Government contracting Activity approval is required prior to imposing OPSEC Point of Contact. That individual will become OPSEC Level I certified within six months of being appointed. OPSEC Level I training is available at https://www.iad.gov/ioss/index.

OPSEC Training for On-Post Contractors. All Contractor employees, including subcontractor employees, stationed on Army installations, facilities, or controlled areas to include OCONUS contingency operations areas or designated combat zones shall complete OPSEC Level I training within 30 calendar days of starting work on the contract or effective date of incorporation of this requirement whichever is first. All Contractor employees shall complete annual OPSEC training. The Contractor shall maintain certificates of completion for each affected Contractor and subcontractor employee for inspection purposes. OPSEC Level I training is available at https://www.iad.gov/ioss/index.

8.8 For Information Assurance (IA)/Information Technology (IT) Training. All Contractor employees and associated sub-contractor employees must complete DoD IA Awareness Training before issuance of network access and annually thereafter. All Contractor employees working IA/IT functions must comply with DoD and Army training requirements in DoD 8570.01, DoD 8570.01-M, and AR 25-2 within six (6) months of appointment to IA/IT functions.

8.9 For contracts that require handling or access to classified information. The Contractor shall comply with FAR 52.204-2, Security Requirements. This clause involves access to information classified “Confidential,” “Secret,” or “Top Secret” and requires contractors to comply with— (1) The Security Agreement (DD Form 441), including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DoD 5220.22-M);

(2) any revisions to DOD 5220.22-M, notice of which has been furnished to the Contractor.

8.10 Threat Awareness Reporting Program. For all contractors with security clearances.

Per AR 381-12 Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP), Contractor employees must receive annual TARP training by a CI agent or other trainer as specified in paragraph 2-4b.

9.0 Contact Manpower Reporting

The Contractor shall report all personnel labor hours, including subcontractor labor hours, required for performance of services provided under this contract via a secure data collection site. The Contractor is required to report this information via the System for Award Management (https://www.sam.gov).

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year.

10.0 Performance Objectives/Metrics

10.1 This performance-based service task order incorporates the following performance objectives: (1) High Quality Technical Performance, (2) Adherence to Schedule, (3) Control of Labor Resources, (4) Effective Management and Contract Compliance, (5) Regulatory Compliance. This assessment will correlate with the assessment of the Contractor’s performance in achieving the individual task order performance objectives (see Appendix X). It is the Contractor’s responsibility to employ the necessary resources to ensure accomplishment of these objectives. The Government’s assessment of the Contractor’s performance in achieving these objectives will utilize the standards, acceptable quality levels, surveillance methods, and performance incentives described in the Performance Requirements Summary matrix set forth in Appendix A. The performance incentives will be implemented via the Government’s past performance assessment conducted in accordance with Part 42 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as applicable, and the “Task Order Performance” criteria of the annual award term evaluation, Basic BPA provision 45.

10.2. The performance objectives, standards, and acceptable quality levels shall be applied on a TO basis with performance incentives to be implemented on an annual basis. The Government will conduct informal interim counseling sessions with the Contractor’s Program/TO Manager to identify any active TO performance that is not meeting the acceptable quality levels. These sessions will be conducted at least on a quarterly basis in order to provide the Contractor a fair opportunity to improve its performance level.

10.3 The Contractor will be notified, in writing, of the Government’s determination of its performance level for each performance objective including all instances where the Contractor failed to meet the acceptable quality level.