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Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Maintenance and Technical Support Contract for Mechanical Simulation

Corporation TruckSim Licenses and SuspensionSim Licenses

04 January 2024 C.1 Background

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Analysis Center (DAC) requires maintenance and technical support for Mechanical

Simulation Corporation TruckSim licenses and SuspensionSim licenses which are used for mission critical data collection efforts supporting research and assessment. The DEVCOM DAC has an extensive vehicle file library and archives of previous analytical efforts that have leveraged TruckSim / SuspensionSim to support numerous ground vehicle studies.

C.2 Objective

The objective of this effort is to acquire a maintenance and technical support license package for the TruckSim and SuspensionSim licenses.

C.3 Requirements

C.3.1 (CLIN 0001 Base Effort) The Contractor shall provide a one (1) year maintenance and technical support license and four (4) months of back support for the following DEVCOM DAC simulation perpetual licenses:

· Two (2) TruckSim Network licenses – License # 14426 and 15248

· One (1) SuspensionSim Network license – License # 17197 C.3.1.1 (CLIN 0002 Option Effort) The Contractor shall provide a one (1) year maintenance and technical support license for perpetual license numbers 14426, 15248, and 17197.

C.2.1.2 (CLIN 0003 Option Effort) The Contractor shall provide a one (1) year maintenance and technical support license for perpetual license numbers 14426, 15248, and 17197.

C.3.2 The Contractor shall provide all license keys and software codes for the simulation software licenses, to include software derivatives, modifications, revisions, enhancements, upgrades, updates, releases, error corrections, patches, workarounds, interfaces or bug fixes. The Contractor shall enable the DEVCOM DAC owned TruckSim Network license and SuspensionSim Network license to operate on the Army / DAC network.

C.3.3 The Contractor shall provide all necessary technical support to respond to technical issues and bugs. The Contractor shall provide all necessary patches and updates to ensure that the TruckSim Network license and SuspensionSim Network license are useable through the performance period, to include any software code and documentation, including electronic instructions, user manuals, and installation instructions, necessary to meet Army IT / network requirements.

C.3.4 The Contractor shall provide technical support via telephone or email.

C.4 Non-Personal Services

The Contractor, as an independent contractor and not as an agent of the Government, shall provide the necessary resources (except those furnished by the Government) to accomplish tasks of the type set forth in the Performance Work Statement.

Contractor employees performing services under this contract shall be controlled, directed and supervised at all times by management personnel of the contractor. The contractor's management shall ensure that employees properly comply with the performance standards outlined in this Performance Work Statement and as required by the contracting officer or the contracting officer's representative (COR). Contractor employees shall perform independent of and without the supervision of any Government official. Actions of contractor employees may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the U.S. Government, overseeing the work of

Federal employees, providing direct personal services to any Federal employee or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Government shall control access to the facility and shall perform the inspection and acceptance of completed work and tasks.

C.5 Distribution Statement

The Contractor shall adhere to the following distribution statement with regards to the

PWS and the information generated under this effort:

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Distribution approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

Contracting Officer: