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RH 22.2 RESOLUTE HUNTER Exercise Systems

PERFORMANCE STATEMENT OF WORK (PSW)

PART I: GENERAL INFORMATION

A. INTRODUCTION

Organization: Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC), Maritime Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (MISR) Weapons School (WS).

Mission: NAWDC, via the MISRWS, leads the development and execution of Department of Defense’s (DoD) battle management (BM) / command and control (C2) / intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) exercise, RESOLUTE HUNTER (RH), in order to train and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and readiness across the United States Navy, joint, and coalition services. MISRWS serves as the RH Program Manager for development and execution of the training exercise.

B. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Background: NAWDC’s MISRWS is responsible for training and qualifying Navy MISR Package Commanders (MISR-PC) , Coordinators (MISR-C), and Afloat Officers (MISR-A); developing and implementing new TTPs for MISR tactical operations at the CSG, MOC, and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) level; providing support and instruction on MISR to the various Naval Aviation, Surface, Sub-surface, Expeditionary, and Information Warfare Weapons Schools, as well as Joint and Coalition Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Weapons Schools. RH serves as the capstone graduation event for MISR WTI training, as well as the sole BM/C2/ISR-centric training exercise to service, joint, and coalition partners. The exercise was designed to address the shortfalls in ISR training across the DoD and provide a challenging and dynamic training environment to develop capabilities, skills, and proficiency to execute the find, fix, track, target, engage, assess (F2T2EA) kill chain with specific emphasis on the find, fix, track (F2T) portion of operations.

Objective: The objective of this contract is to provide training systems, technical expertise, and operational support to NAWDC’s MISRWS in the design, planning, preparation, execution, and evaluation / assessment phases of the RH exercise. NAWDC, via the MISRWS, is responsible for the effective implementation of each phase of the exercise. The RH exercise is held semi-annually, requiring year-round preparation to effectively execute and develop. With the annual workload on the MISRWS staff, contractor support is required for the effective preparation and execution of the RH exercise and to maintain the current standard of excellence.

C. SCOPE

Experienced contractor services are required to provide technical and functional support to NAWDC during each phase within the RH exercise: design, planning, preparation, execution, and evaluation / assessment.

Support required includes: identification of available training systems capabilities and inventory, analysis of system capabilities best suited to meet training requirements and desired learning objectives (DLO), injection of system capabilities and limitations in conjunction with scenario development, preparation and employment of exercise systems during execution, exercise White Cell participation, dedicated training and consultation for participants, and exercise data collection and analysis during RH training events in order to facilitate the integration of BM/C2/ISR into naval, joint, and coalition tactical operations. Further analysis will determine requirements for sustained contractor support while considering growth of the exercise and associated costs.

Expertise: Specific required expertise is defined by the MISRWS, i.e. operational, collection, and technical systems experience for MISRWS. All contractors will have the following general experience in addition to their specific mission area experience(s):

Familiarity with Navy and DoD planning, programming, and budget processes.

At least three years Active Duty, or equivalent, full-time experience in the applicable mission area with or within the U.S. DoD.

Exposure to evolving U.S. DoD concepts of Network-Centric / Netted Warfare, and Effects Based Planning and Operations.

Current knowledge of Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Package

Commander (PC) and Coordinator TTPs and development.

Minimum of 15 years’ collection operations and/or technical experience with associated collection systems and their employment.

Bachelor degree required (20 years’ experience may substitute for degree requirement).

Must have experience in various disciplines, systems, and applications of collection operations to include: communications intelligence, electronic intelligence, proforma intelligence, datalink network communications, radio communications, and unmanned aerial vehicle operations across the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of war.

Must provide unit-level experienced ISR collection operation and/or technical SMEs to include former operators of U.S. Navy or US Air Force ISR collection systems.

All must have experience with technical writing to include, publications, guidance, instructions, and TTPs, Possess Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility or higher, with ability to obtain SCI access designation, at time of task order award or within 2 months of contract award. Additional ability to obtain access to Special Access Programs (SAP).

PART II: WORK REQUIREMENTS/DESCRIPTION

A. TECHNICAL SUPPORT:

The contractor will provide highly experienced, technical, and specialized ISR related support services for integration into the Navy-developed training environment. Specific programs / tasks are include, but not limited to, the following list:

RH Design Support. Contractor support based on a manpower value approximation of (4) Full- Time Equivalent (FTE) compared to the requisite weight of effort for each phase and tasks.

Contractor will determine appropriate and effective allocation of manpower to meet labor requirements within bounds of contract funding. Working hours typically via normal business hours Monday – Friday. Design phase serves as initial phase of exercise cycle. Requirements there within may overlap into and run concurrently with other phases of the exercise cycle.

o The contractor shall provide administrative and financial management functions during the course of this contract which will include; activities and milestones, describing status, outlining contractor activities, financial management, program planning, and describing the overall results of all efforts. Reports shall be made IAW the table included under section B. This task is expected to be performed monthly.

o The contractor shall support development of, but not limited to, the following: opposing force (OPFOR) command and control (C2) structure (e.g. hierarchy, communications network, force composition), OPFOR scheme of maneuver (SOM) (e.g. troop movements, communications plans, emitter plans, air plans), and training system requirements based on established DLOs (e.g. mobile C2 vans, unmanned aerial vehicles, datalink networks, emitters). Contractor shall be prepared to support design requirements via on-site conferences or virtual participation when travel is restricted nor cost effective.

The contractor will recommend the format of deliverables. Deliverable(s) will be submitted electronically to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), MISRWS RH Manager, or its Designated Government Representative (DGR) for acceptance. This task is expected to be performed 12.5% of the time.

o The contractor shall prepare presentations to facilitate senior level meetings across

MISRWS and the NAWDC command. All data from the meeting will be recorded and disseminated to key personnel in order to eliminate any conflict within the NAWDC command. This task is expected to be performed 1.0% of the time.

RH Planning Support. Contractor support based on a manpower value approximation of (4) FTE compared to the requisite weight of effort for each phase and tasks. Contractor will determine appropriate and effective allocation of manpower to meet labor requirements within bounds of contract funding. Working hours typically via normal business hours Monday – Friday.

o The contractor shall support planning event coordination of all scheduled planning events

(e.g. initial, mid, final) to include the following: logistical requirements to transport training systems (e.g. fueling, power supply, authorizations for base or range access), network or information technology requirements to integrate within FRTC, security requirements for employment of training systems within the FRTC, manpower requirements to operate training systems, any additional considerations for safe, effective employment of training systems within FRTC. Contractor shall be prepared to support planning requirements via on-site attendance at each planning event or virtual participation when travel is restricted nor cost effective. Deliverables and requirements will be executed IAW the table included under Section B and/or when revisions are required. This task is performed 7.5% of the time o The contractor shall support the development of OPFOR and White Cell SOM to include the following: training systems capabilities to shape scripting products, recommendations of training system employment TTPs and strategies to create a realistic, dynamic training environment for participants, survey of FRTC and existing infrastructure to determine optimal placement of equipment to replicate a realistic force presentation. Deliverables will be IAW the table included under Section B and/or when revisions are required. This task is performed 2.5% of the time.

RH Preparation Support. Contractor support based on a manpower value approximation of (4) FTE compared to the requisite weight of effort for each phase and tasks. Contractor will determine appropriate and effective allocation of manpower to meet labor requirements within bounds of contract funding. Working hours typically via normal business hours Monday – Friday.

o The contractor shall support the preparation of exercise training systems to include the following: site preparation for training systems (e.g. power supply, access, supporting infrastructure), staging, installation, and operational checks of training systems prior to execution commencement, coordination, communications checks, and rehearsal of technical operators prior to execution commencement. Contractor shall be prepared to support preparation requirements on-site. Reports shall be provided IAW the table included under Section B and/or when revisions are required. This task is performed 12.5% of the time.

RH Execution Support. Contractor support based on a manpower value approximation of (4)

FTE compared to the requisite weight of effort for each phase and tasks. Contractor will determine appropriate and effective allocation of manpower to meet labor requirements within bounds of contract funding. Working hours typically outside of normal business hours Monday – Saturday.

Staggered shifts and weekend support may be required to support unique exercise requirements and provide timely documentation products. The contractor shall provide up to 14 hours of continuous mission support in accordance with the exercise schedule.

o The contractor shall support training systems execution to include the following: training system employment in accordance with scenario scripting and OPFOR SOM (e.g. mobile C2 van movements and activity, unmanned aerial vehicle flight profiles, datalink activity, emitter activity), real-time feedback of system and operator observations of Blue Force participants’ activity via White Cell / OPFOR C2 hierarchy, recommendations for real-time systems employment based on Blue Force force disposition, and data compilation of training system activity for analysis debrief purposes. Reports shall be provided IAW the table included under Section B and/or when revisions are required. This task is performed 40% of the time.

o The contractor shall support debrief of events to include following: instruction of training system employment, recommendations to Blue Force participants regarding effective TTPs to F2T training systems, planning and execution considerations for exploitation of training systems, truth data of training system activity to validate Blue Force collection.

Reports shall be provided IAW the table included under Section B and/or when revisions are required. This task is performed 20% of the time.

RH Evaluation Support. Contractor support based on a manpower value approximation of (4)

FTE compared to the requisite weight of effort for each phase and tasks. Contractor will determine appropriate and effective allocation of manpower to meet labor requirements within bounds of contract funding.

o The contractor shall support documentation and reporting of lessons-learned and observations concerning each phase of the exercise cycle in order to develop best practices for future iterations of the exercise. The contractor shall support evaluation of the exercise to include, but not limited to, the following: participant hot wash attendance, leadership outbrief attendance, and after action report (AAR) submission for each exercise iteration, capturing lessons-learned and best practices. Reports shall be provided IAW the table included under Section B and/or when revisions are required. This task is performed 2% of the time.

o The contractor shall document any recommendations and evaluated alternative approaches for more fully integrating intelligence into MISR operations readiness constructs that improve fidelity, realism, and transfer to operational contexts. This task is performed 1% of the time.

o The contractor shall facilitate consultation with operational, academic and private sector agencies and individuals for strategic planning, analysis of alternatives, design, conduct, evaluation, and documentation of training effectiveness and evaluation efforts in training and rehearsal environments and events. This task is performed 1% of the time.

B. DELIVERABLES

All deliverables must meet professional standards and meet the requirements set forth in contractual documentation. The contractor will be responsible for delivering all end items specified. Documentation provided in response to the objectives will be in the contractor’s preferred format using standard Microsoft Office products (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access etc.). It is the Contractor’s primary responsibility to ensure all requirements are met in a timely manner at the required quality level. The Government should ensure this responsibility has been met before paying the contractor. The following items are deliverables that fall within the scope of this task and which are illustrative of the type of work the Government expects to order.

Progress Report. Progress reports must be submitted to the Contract Officer Representative

(COR), NAWDC contracting representative, and RH Program Manager no later than the 10th workday of every month. Progress reports must be submitted on the prime contractor’s letterhead and be accompanied by a copy of that month’s invoice, with written approval of the invoice by the COR. Failure to provide reports correctly will cause resubmission by your company. At a minimum, the monthly Progress report will include:

o Contract Number, Order Number, and Project Number o Brief task description o A narrative review of work accomplished during reporting period and / or significant events o Deliverable process o Problem areas o Anticipated activity for the next reporting period o Description of any travel or unique services provided

Delivery Instructions. All deliverables will be delivered to the COR or RH Program Manager no later than the date specified in the ‘Reporting Requirements’ table below. Deliverables are to be transmitted with a cover letter, on the prime contractor’s letterhead, describing the contents.

Concurrently, a copy of the cover letter is to be furnished to the NAWDC COR.

Inspection and Acceptance. In the absence of other agreements negotiated with respect to time provided for government review, deliverables will be inspected and the contractor notified of the COR’s findings within five (5) workdays of normally scheduled review.

Reports. In addition to the reports listed below, additional reports may be requested to include any updated versions listed under the Reporting Requirements chart in PART II B. As with many Department of Defense (DoD) publications, updated versions, or follow on iterations, of the below deliverables will be required as the RH exercise continues to evolve.

The Contractor will deliver and periodically revise, maintain, and update the data items listed in the table, below:

PART II TABLE 1.0 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:

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Item No.

Data Item Title Delivery Time Deliver To

RH Training System Employment Strategies

Two months prior to exercise commencement and/or as directed by RH team lead

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager or delegated subtask lead

RH Training System Logistical Requirements

Two months prior to exercise commencement and/or as directed by RH team lead

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager or delegated subtask lead

RH Training System Preparation and Survey

Two months prior to exercise commencement and/or as directed by RH team lead

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager or delegated subtask lead

RH Training System Staging, Installation, Operational Checks

Two weeks prior to exercise commencement and/or as directed by RH team lead

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager or delegated subtask lead

RH AAR (e.g. observations, lessons-learned, best-practices)

Two weeks after exercise completion and/or as directed by RH team lead

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager or delegated subtask lead

Alternate Methods for Future U.S. Navy ISR Training

Four months after exercise completion and/or as directed by RH team lead

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager or delegated subtask lead

RH CONOPS / TTP

Recommendations

Two months after exercise completion and/or as directed by RH team lead

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager or delegated subtask lead

Monthly Progress Report Monthly Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager and COR

Contract Management Report Quarterly Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager and COR

Trip Reports Incorporated into monthly report

Electronically to MISRWS RH Manager and COR.

Criteria for Acceptance. Specific criteria for acceptance of deliverables will be as follows:

Reports will be provided hard copy or electronically in Microsoft Office application format.

Monthly reports must accompany any billing requests.

Schedule. Specific delivery schedule will be as follows:

o Monthly Report: Contractor will provide electronic monthly status reports on all issues defined in PART II B within ten (10) days of the first of the month. This electronic copy will be sent to the NAWDC COR.

o Quarterly Reports: Contractor will provide electronic quarterly status reports on all issues defined in PART II B within ten (10) days of the first of the new quarter. This electronic copy will be sent to the NAWDC COR.

o Final Report: The contractor will submit final reports on all efforts to include but not limited to, the deliverables annotated in PART II: Work Requirements/Description to the addresses above, ten (10) days before the end of the period or performance.

PART III. SUPPORTING INFORMATION

A. PRIVACY AND SECURITY:

Clearances. All assigned contractor personnel will have a current Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) and possess a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) clearance. Contractor personnel must possess the required clearance level at time of award or have the ability to achieve TS. Additional ability to obtain access to Special Access Programs (SAP) is required.

Privacy Act. Work on this project requires that personnel have access to Privacy Act Information. Personnel will adhere to the Privacy Act, Title 5 of the U.S. Code, Section 552a and applicable agency rules and regulations.

B. PERFORMANCE:

Location of Performance: Off-site work will be performed primarily at contractor facilities; on-site work is to be performed at government locations at NAWDC on NAS Fallon, NV, and other government locations as described in PART III Table 1.0, below.

Hours of Work: Contractor personnel are expected to conform to NAWDC normal operating hours and will typically make themselves avail Monday through Friday from 0730 to 1630, unless coordinated with the MISR Weapons School.

C. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

The base time period of performance will commence June 2022. The scope of this contract is to plan and execute RH 22-2. Further analysis will determine additional requirements for sustained contractor support while considering growth and costs associated with the exercise in the form of revisions to existing contract for renewal or new contract.

D. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED RESOURCES:

The contractor will specifically identify in the task proposal the type, amount, and time frames for any government resources, excluding those listed below. The government will provide the following resources:

Hardware. Windows-compatible personal computers and printers.

Software. Contractors will be able to use Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Outlook, and any other software support as required.

Facilities, Supplies, and Services. The government will provide workspace, access to government furnished computer, telephones, and fax machines, etc., for personnel assigned to government site support, throughout the period of performance.

Information. The government will provide the following information:

CIS Skills. Personnel assigned to this task must possess skill with the software and hardware systems as specified in PART 1 of this SOW, and will be familiar with policies and procedures pertaining to their use.

Functional Skills. Personnel must be capable of working independently and with demonstrated working knowledge of systems, policies, and procedures, and must be able to apply the expertise in MISR, intelligence, and targeting related issues.

Key Personnel. The contractor must identify key personnel in the technical proposal. NOTE:

Key personnel may not be removed from the task without express approval of the COR. The contract proposal should include resumes with current SSBI dates included.

Materials. Materials and equipment are to be provided by the contractor when essential to the task performance and noted in part 1 of this SOW and must be specifically approved by the contract monitor, not to exceed the ceiling price identified. All equipment and or job-related materials purchased by the contractor that are required to fulfill the contract will become the property of the Federal Government. The contractor must furnish the contract monitor copies of such documents monthly, through e-mail, conventional mail, fax, or in person.

Travel. Included in price for support of RH22.2

PART III TABLE 1.0 TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

Training. NAWDC will train these contractor personnel on office-specific software and systems as required.