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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Part 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. General: This is a non-personnel services contract to provide executive development training. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform executive development training as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background: The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Executive Development Program (UNC) has worked closely with the Department of Navy on key projects such as the “'Understanding Defense Industry' course” . Further, the UNC team has presented at seminal events such as the Navy Flag Officer and Senior Executive Service (NFOSES) Symposium to further the development of the highest levels of Navy leadership. The UNC team has also provided the Navy Flag Officer Strategic Thinking course and the Navy Senior Executive Service (SES) Career Executive Leadership Program (CELP) / Department of the Navy Executive Leadership Program (DELP) courses. As the Strategic Systems Program(SSP) enters into new development of TRIDENT II Life Extension 2 and the warhead, while sustaining the current system, it is critical that supervisors and workforce personnel have the techniques and tools to help prioritize and focus on the right work in order to meet the increased demand of mission requirements. SSP is interested in leveraging these programs or provide a targeted training for the SSP leadership team.

1.3 Objectives: The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School will facilitate the Senior Leader Development Program, which is focused on the prioritization of work to selected members of the SSP leadership team. The desired outcome from leader development session is as follows:

(1)SSP supervisors will recognize the value of strategic leadership in helping the workforce achieve mission requirements;

(2)Obtain knowledge, techniques and tools they can use to effectively communicate throughout the organization to bring about better time management, decision-making, delegation and work prioritization for themselves and their employees.

1.4 Scope: The UNC Executive Development team shall provide instructors and materials to deliver two training sessions up to three days in duration at Strategic Systems Programs Headquarters, Washington, DC or field activities.

1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for one (1) Base Period of 12 months and one (1) 12-month option period.

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Recognized Holidays:

New Year’s Day

Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday

Columbus Day

President’s Day

Veteran’s Day

Memorial Day

Thanksgiving Day

Independence Day

Christmas Day

1.6.2 Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of 0800 until 1700 Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. For other than firm fixed price contracts, the contractor will not be reimbursed when the government facility is closed for the above reasons. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this Performance Work Statement (PWS) when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

1.6.3 Place of Performance: The work under this contract will be performed at the following locations;

Strategic Systems Programs Headquarters, Washington, DC Strategic Systems Programs Sites (selected locations to be determined by prioritization of need):

Naval Ordnance Testing Unit, Cape Canaveral, FL

Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic, Kings Bay, GA

Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific, Bangor, WA

Program Management Office, Flight Systems, Littleton, CO

Program Management Office, Shipboard Systems, Pittsfield, MA

1.6.4 Type of Contract: This is a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) commercial service contract.

1.6.5 Security Requirements: Contractor personnel performing work under this contract is not required to have a security clearance at time of the proposal submission or for the life of the contract.

1.6.6 Technical Point of Contact (TPOC):

NAME: Emily Allen-Shaw

ADDRESS: 1250 10th St SE, Suite 5400, Washington Navy Yard, D.C.

TELEPHONE: (202) 451-3637

EMAIL: Emily.Allen-Shaw@ssp.navy.mil

1.6.7 Contractor Travel

The contractor will be required to travel in performance of this contract. The number of trips and types of personnel traveling shall be limited to the minimum required to accomplish work requirements and shall be coordinated with the TPOC. Contractor will be authorized travel expenses consistent with the substantive provisions of the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and the limitation of funds specified in this contract.

PART 2

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

2. Government Furnished Items and Services:

Facilities, Supplies, and Services - The Government will provide the facility to provide the required training. The Government will provide access, as needed, to scanners, printers, lighting and sound.

2.1 The Government will provide the necessary workspace for the contractor staff to deliver the requested services to include desk space, telephones, and projection services when required.

2.2 Information – The Contractor shall contact the TPOC to receive coordination assistance in accessing required information

2.3 Parking Passes – SSP parking placards are limited and granted on a case-by case basis. The cost of parking is not and shall not be charged as a direct expense of the contract.

PART 3

SPECIFIC TASKS

3. Specific Tasks:

3.1. Basic Services. The contractor shall provide services for curriculum development and presentation faculty for up to three (3) full days of executive development training to SSP leadership at SSP Headquarters (HQ) and/or Field Activities (FAs):

3.2 The Contractor shall ensure the instructor is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) of each course provided in order to train selected members of the SSP leadership team.

3.3 The Contractor shall provide customized curriculum content that coincides with the SSP mission and goals designed to advance the learner's skills and development. The contractor shall specifically, target course content for leading change in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) World. The course shall provide a practical framework based on award-winning academic models of simple rules that focus on helping leaders and leadership teams analyze their own performance and distill simple rules that they can then test, evolve, and use to balance the fundamental tension between efficiency and flexibility in order to win. The course shall focus on helping leaders analyze their own behaviors for strategic thinking and spotlight easy-to-implement leadership lessons that they can use to better drive productivity and innovation.

3.4 The Contractor shall deliver the each course consisting of up to six (6) hours of instructional time followed by approximately one (1) hour of formal discussion facilitated by the Government.

3.5 The Contractor shall ensure the SME engages with attendees to extend learning from the course.

3.6 The Contractor shall provide course materials to support up to forty (40) participants (CDRL A001).

3.7 If SSP participants require pre-course work, the Contractor shall coordinate through the

Government Technical Point of Contact (POC).