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Performance Work Statement (PWS) Data Analytics – Project Open Platform for Advanced Learning (OPAL)

INTRODUCTION

Purpose The purpose of this effort is to provide Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) support to deliver a hardware agnostic data platform technology as well as the knowledge needed for organic sustainment to project OPAL at the 309th Software Engineering Group (SWEG), Hill Air Force Base (AFB), UT.

Scope The contractor shall provide expertise, training, and software development needed to shift 309th flight data analytics efforts to a modern ‘big data’ architecture that is consistent across different development environments and weapons platforms. This data platform will be deployed across Major Commands to assist in data analysis and rapid turnaround. Deployment environments include On-Premises and virtual private clouds from IL2 to 6+. The size and variability of the data depends on the controlling authorities but can range as high as 10’s of petabytes from multiple weapons platforms. Thus, the data platform must be horizontally scalable and light weight enough to deploy with relative ease. Further details about the needs of the data platform are laid out in section 10. The scope of this project will focus on A-10 and F-16 flight test data, but future scope will expand the data platform on the initial framework.

Background Extreme Digital Development Group Enterprise (EDDGE) is developing tools to enable large scale data analytics including Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence techniques on avionics flight data. The current state of the data ecosystem is fragmented and requires standardization and mechanisms for easy data discovery for data consumers. EDDGE operates largely in IL-6+ environments where compute is currently limited to local servers which could be augmented with Graphics Processing Units (GPU). Therefore, EDDGE is investing in a lightweight cloud native data platform that is forward leaning and bridges near-term gaps enabling existing use cases, expertise development, and scalable operations in the future.

Non-Personal Services The Government will neither supervise nor direct Contractor personnel. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual Contractor employees. The Contractor shall manage its employees and guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services or give the perception of personal services. If the Contractor believes that any actions constitute or are perceived to constitute personal services, or are outside the scope of this task order, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer (CO) immediately.

Inherently Government Functions The Contractor shall not perform any inherently governmental functions as defined by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 7.5. All program decisions shall be the sole responsibility of the Government.

The Contractor shall not counsel, mentor, make judgments and/or discretionary decisions or perform any other activities related to supervision of Government personnel.

If the Contractor believes that any actions constitute or are perceived to constitute inherently governmental functions, the Contractor shall notify the CO immediately.

Data Rights The Government shall have unlimited data rights rights, in all drawings, designs, specifications, notes and other works developed in the performance of this contract, including the right to use same on any other Government design or construction without additional compensation to the Contractor. At any time and per Government request, any records, documents, and associated papers shall be available for review.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

All products developed under this contract shall be considered Government work and shall have no license encumbrances. The contractor shall support the Government in constructing a data platform consistent with a DevSecOps cadance and deployed environment security. The contractor will pair with SWEG Software Engineers to develop the organic knowledge necessary to sustain and push the platform forward.

0. The contractor shall assist in building a cloud native machine learning and data platform. Contractor ‘assistance’ will encompass paring with government employees during development, testing and deployment, including remote work. When performing on-premises setup and deployment contractors may need to assist with network admin and information technology infrastructure.

The contractor shall assist in an on-premises prototype deployment at the 309th within first 3 months of contract award and update with changes on unclassified repositories through the period of performance.

The contractor shall assist in development of a Kubernetes native application throughout period of performance The contractor shall assist in developing on, deploying onto, and deploying with PlatformOne. Furthermore, the data platform must be compliant with PlatformOne development pipelines and be able to maintain an Authority to Operate (ATO) at IL2-6+ The data platform must have data and ICD provenance The data platform must be auto-scaling and secure for 309th needs (~1000 users) while being available 95% of uptime of the deployed environment.

Security must be compliant with government regulations for impact level of deployed environment The data platform must have a search engine for all cataloged meta-data The data platform must have data ingest that can handle disparate data types and size. The initial data set will be Chapter 10 data from F-16, A-10, and other platforms as needed.

The data platform must have horizontally scalable decoupled compute and storage including utilization of GPU resources, if available.

The platform must be capable of arbitrary queries as well as complex computations that need to be parallelized across all the data.

The data platform must have hosted analysis tools and repository library The data platform must have secure ingress and egress Application Programming Interfaces (API) to allow for application development The data platform must be completely license free and have no proprietary software Software will be developed completely with test driven development and released for use every sprint.

Contractor shall have personnel with expertise to assist in development and analysis Recognized open source experts and contributors Contractor skill set including but not limited to development and deployment of Apache ecosystem, Jupyter Hub deployment, Python, R, Dask, Minio, Presto, Kubernetes, Fully containerized hosted applications Contractor must be able to perform Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence on high dimensional time series data Contractor must be able to design, develop, and deploy data infrastructures to enable 2.2.3 in both cloud and on-premises environments The contractor shall enable effective knowledge transfer One objective of this project is to build a Government workforce capable of maintaining and pushing all aspects of the data platform forward.

The contractor shall perform the following actions to enable knowledge transfer:

Pair programming with Government employees on shared repositories on US government owned development environments Deposit ADR (Architectural Design Review) into PlatformOne repositories according to 309th proceedure Provide hands on training to Government employees with industry experts in large scale data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Training must be accomplished on datasets isomorphic with A-10 and F-16 avionics data or on real datasets in Government owned environments and repositories.

Provide technical reports delineated in Section 8.2 Provide architectural reviews and material at the request of the PM Provide technical demonstrations and training on data platform usage for select stakeholders’ needs both inside and outside the 309th Build benchmark tests for the data platform Specific skillsets In addition to the overall skills delineated in section 2.2 the specific skills desired for a set of categories are delineated below. To contractor must have personnel with the skill set below employed or on retainer for immediately assistance with the project as needed. However, it is understood that skillsets in various quantities and clearance levels will be used by the contractor according to current project needs. See Section 6 for further security information and timelines.

Senior Data Scientist – IL4 Senior Data Scientist is responsible for working with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Product Owners to define, design, and train models for use in the isomorphic and production models.

Required Experience:

· 3+ years of experience with Data Science

· Bachelor’s Degree plus 4 years of experience in data analytics, or Master’s Degree plus 2 years of experience in data analytics, or PhD in STEM

· 2+ years of experience with relational databases and/or AWS RDS Databases

· 2+ years of experience in open source programming languages for large scale data analysis such as Python, R, and Scala

· Experience deploying models based on Deep Learning on isomorphic or generalized use cases

· Write clean and well-crafted code

· Willingness to learn new programming languages and skills

· Experience working with Machine Learning libraries

· Experience in Python, Scala, or R

· Experience with cloud-based machine learning services

· Experience with relational databases (SQL, Amazon Aurora, etc.) and data services

· Experience coordinating with other analysts using notebooks, repositories, and pipelines

· Credentialed access to IL4 environments Senior Cloud Systems Architect – SECRET Senior Cloud Systems Architect is responsible for deploying infrastructure for the isomorphic training environment, designing the production packages, and maintaining security. Candidate should be skilled in Cloud Native technologies on at least one Public Cloud platform and show proficiency with developing hybrid infrastructures and containerized architecture.

Required Experience:

· 5+ years of managing products or services in cloud platforms and/or Software as a Service at scale

· 2+ years of experience working directly with senior leadership within the company and with customer/partner organizations

· Demonstrates extensive experience defining and driving platform-based products, services or solutions

· Strong track record of incubating/building DevSecOps capabilities, API platform strategies, driving platform execution with engineering and launching cloud solutions

· Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence and build consensus across a broad range of backgrounds, organizational levels and personalities

· Hands-on engineer or coder with experience in Linux, Python, Cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), CI/CD tools and other open source technologies

· Demonstrated success in implementing emerging technology to meet requirements

· Developer background and understanding of how DevSecOps integrates with developers.

· Experience in building class and sequence diagrams

· Experience in Linux and bash or shell scripting

· Experience with JIRA and other Atlassian tools, Terraform, CloudFormation, and/or Docker Journeyman Full Stack Developer – IL4 Responsible for software development across data platform solution from integration, scripting, automation, and custom coding. Will work in the Isomorphic environment to create the production ready packages and address bug fixes and feature enhancements on the core application.

Required Experience:

· 2+ years developing in a modern cloud environment

· 2+ years developing robust and secure SOAP or REST based web services

· Working experience with large scale data store using both Relational and NoSQL Database

· Working experience developing with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, and HTML5 and have utilized various libraries such as JQuery, Angular or REACT

· Understanding of working with a team which implements CI/CD pipeline automation and modern development practices such as Test Driven Development (TDD)

· Experience creating unit tests and understand the what is required to consistently achieving 80%+ code coverage

· 2+ years of experience with repository tools such as GitLab or Bitbucket and project tracking systems such as Jira

· Experience working in Agile environments and applying automation techniques with multiple teams operating in parallel to accomplish large-initiative deployments

· Knowledge of modern infrastructure and pipeline automation tools - such as Terraform or CloudFormation

· Worked on teams that have distributed their solutions in containers and have an understanding of orchestration

· Experience with various deployment approaches such as Blue-Green deployment

· Experience deploying solutions to Kubernetes using advanced patterns such as Sidecar and Pods

· Expert level Python Skills

· Credentialed access to IL4 environments Journeyman Machine Learning Engineer - SECRET Journeyman Machine Learning Engineer will be responsible for development of machine learning models and pipelines in the isomorphic and production environments including performance tuning. Additional work includes pipeline configuration and coordination with Developers, DevOps Engineers, Data Scientists, and SMEs to design and implement MLOps changes.

Required Experience:

· 2+ years of experience doing Machine Learning Engineering at scale

· 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, including testing and deploying iterative releases of software systems

· 2+ years of experience applying, implementing, and/or developing machine learning or statistical algorithms

· Proficiency in Python, Java, Scala, or C++

· Experience in building and deploying ML models using libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, MXNet etc.

· Experience building Kubernetes Operators

· Experience managing Dask distributed clusters at scale and have a background as a community contributor to Dask

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or Master’s Degree or PhD in STEM

· Experience Building, testing, and releasing conda packages

· Experience working with cloud software design using distributed caching

· Highly proficient with Scientific Python packages and PyData stack

· Advanced knowledge of big data and machine learning technologies, especially in AWS and/or Google Senior AI Engineer – IL4 Senior AI Engineer has significant experience architecting, designing, coding, and debugging AI applications in multiple environments. Demonstrated experience in the field around development with modern toolsets and awareness of State-of-the-Art.

Required Experience:

· 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including testing and deploying iterative releases of software systems

· 3+ years of experience applying, implementing, and/or developing machine learning or statistical algorithms

· Proficiency in Python and/or C++ and SQL

· 5+ years in data modeling and systems design skills

· Experience in C (focused on Python and R interpreters)

· Comfortable with building software using CMake, nmake, or similar, able to dig into an unfamiliar build system or code-base to diagnose and fix problems.

· Familiarity with the shared library mechanisms on Windows, macOS and Linux, and techniques for diagnosing and resolving missing or mismatched libraries.

· An established portfolio of publications, projects and/or speaking engagements

· Experience working with cloud software design using distributed caching

· Advanced knowledge of big data and machine learning technologies, especially in AWS and/or Google

· Experience with distributed systems, ML libraries, and cloud-based ML libraries

· Credentialed access to IL4 environments Journeyman DevOps Engineer - SECRET The DevOps Engineer will recommended and help implement solutions that include toolsets for enabling full automation and scalability of infrastructure and pipeline solutions in cloud, hybrid, or on-premises environment.

Required Experience:

· 2+ years’ experience designing, building, and managing large scale infrastructures in AWS, Azure, or GCP

· 1+ years’ experience with Infrastructure architecture and automation

· Experience with configuration management tools including Ansible

· Experience with Infrastructure automation using tools/services such as Terraform or CloudFormation

· Experience with Continuous Integration methodologies and tools such as Jenkins or Bamboo

· Experience with Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence)

· Familiar with source control services and tools such as SVN, GIT, or AWS CodeCommit

· Exposure to compliance standards like FedRAMP

· AWS, Azure, or GCP Certification(s) in DevOps

· Exposure to security platforms like Sophos and Splunk

· Experience developing pipelines, webhooks, and automations on GitLab

· Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

· Exposure to government contracting processes and deliverables

· Knowledge of Python, Java programming languages Journeyman Information (Cybersecurity) Security Analyst - SECRET A Journeyman Information Security Analyst should have experience managing Security analysis software, proven experience with SIEM, and knowledge of encryption methodologies.

Required Experience:

· 5+ years of experience with cybersecurity

· Must understand NIST, FEDRAMP, and other Federal Security Policies

· Have CISSP, CCSP, GSEC, CEH or CISM certifications

· Experience with monitoring technologies such as Prometheus and Splunk

· Experience analyzing organizational security practices and implementing continuous improvements

· Experience researching security vulnerabilities and countering them

· Experience testing software, hardware, network, and other critical system components

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Hours of Operation Normal workdays are Monday through Friday except US Federal holidays and other Government closure days. Workers normally work eight (8) hours per day, 40 hours per week unless a Compressed Work Schedule (CWS) has been implemented in the work area. Normal core work hours shall be 0700-1530 Mountain Time for a normal workday. At alternate duty locations, the Contractor shall always be available during core hours via email and phone. The Contractor shall coordinate individual work schedules with the PM to satisfy overall mission requirements.

Federal Holidays The following Federal holidays are observed under this contract:

New Year’s Day 1 January Martin Luther King’s Birthday Third Monday in January President’s Day Third Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Independence Day 4 July Labor Day First Monday in September Columbus Day Second Monday in October Veteran’s Day 11 November Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November Christmas Day 25 December If the duty location is closed, no Contractor services will be provided unless authorized by the CO in writing. The Contractor shall be responsible for notifying its employees of installation closures.

Enterprise-wide Contractor Manpower Reporting Application The Contractor shall report ALL Contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) by October 31st of each year required for performance of services provided under this task order via a secure data collection site. The Contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: http://www.ecmra.mil/.

Labor Expenses In addition, the Contractor shall not incur labor expenses prior to the Period of Performance (PoP) start date. The intent of awarding prior to the PoP start date is to provide the Contractor time to obtain staffing, including any applicable relocation time, and process CAC and clearance requirements. This time is set at 30 calendar days.

Accounting System (TAS) The on-site Contractor personnel shall accurately and daily record all billable time using the 309th SWEG Time Accounting System (TAS). In the event TAS is unavailable for any reason, the Contractor shall report billable time on a daily basis to the Government POC. In order for man-hours to be billed, deliverable services must have been performed in direct support of a requirement identified.

Place of Performance Work shall be performed virtually and at installation locations until otherwise notified. While on installation locations, the contractor will be provided government owned and controlled workstations as needed.

HAFB Secure facility furnishings The Government will provide the following equipment for the contractors to complete their work while at Hill Air Force Base.

(Furnished by the Government)

2 Linux Desktops Computers will be connected to appropriate secure networks and accounts will be established to provide access.

Other installation secure facilities will be coordinated on a case by case basis Requirements for base access Contractor personnel will have to provide driver’s license information to PM for sponsorship onto base or have an active CAC.

Access to secure facility Secure facility access on HAFB will be provided through the JPAS visit request system and coordinated with the PM. The contractor will also need access to a facility with SIPR access while not at HAFB within 6 months of contract award. SIPR sponsorship will be provided by the 309th.

CONTRACTOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Identification of Key Personnel The Contractor shall identify a Technical Lead who shall be responsible for the performance of this contract. This individual typically has a detailed knowledge of daily activities associated with the project and task order and is responsible for day-to-day communication with Government personnel. The Technical Lead or alternate shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract and shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer no later than seven (7) calendar days after award.

Management of Personnel The Contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement. The Contractor shall provide for all management and support of Contractor personnel.

The Contractor shall maintain a stable workforce while minimizing the impact of any turnover and/or disruptions to the Government and/or mission. The Contractor shall ensure continuation of services during personnel absences due to sickness, leave, and voluntary or involuntary termination from employment. Upon notification of a pending vacancy, the Contractor shall provide written documentation to the CO and the COR at least two weeks in advance of vacancy or sooner when possible. In the case of a no-notice departure, the Contractor shall immediately notify the CO and COR in writing. This written notification shall include the date and time the position will be vacant, anticipated replacement date, and management plan and correction action, if needed, to ensure task mission is not impacted or degraded. Additionally, the Contractor shall fill the vacancy within 15 business days. If the vacancy cannot be filled within the required 15 business days, the Contractor must provide written notification to CO. In addition, the Contractor shall backfill temporary vacancies due to extended vacation, sick leave, family emergencies, etc., longer than two weeks in duration with qualified personnel to ensure timely product delivery.

The CO may direct removal (permanent or temporary) of personnel for security, safety, or health reasons, upon discovery of fraudulent credentials/qualifications, or when Contractor personnel behave in an unprofessional manner that would be considered unacceptable by a reasonable person.

Business Relations The Contractor shall successfully integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute the task order, the timeliness, completeness and quality of problem identification, corrective action plans, proposal submittals, timely identification of issues in controversy, effective/responsive management of Sub-Contractors, customer satisfaction, and professional and ethical behavior of the Contractor management personnel.

TRAVEL

Contractor personnel may be required to travel on an “as needed basis” to support the objectives of this PWS. Travel needs are estimated as follows:

Travel Pre-Approval The contractor is responsible for making all necessary travel arrangements. The Contractor shall obtain written approval to travel from the PM, DPD, or COR at least five (5) business days in advance before traveling. Request for approval shall include the following:

· Date and Location of Travel

· Event (Purpose of Travel)

· Number of Travelers

· Name and Title (Labor Category) of Travelers

· Goals and Desired Outcomes of Trip

· Why Alternate Methods are not Viable Options

· (i.e. Video Teleconference (VTC), Telecom, etc. are not options to accomplish purpose and goals of trip)

· Total Estimated Cost of Trip

· Anticipated Itinerary with Associated Estimated Costs (i.e. airfare, hotel, rental car, etc.)

Travel Expenses Contractor travel policies and procedures must be best business practices IAW FAR 31.205-46, Travel Costs. Contractor must use FAR 31.205-46 and the DoD Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) as a guide regarding air fares, per diem, allowances, and reimbursement of travel expenses. First class air travel is not authorized. Costs incurred must be IAW FAR 31.205-46. The Government reserves the right to disallow unreasonable travel costs. Travel must be billed as a separate line item on all invoices. The Contractor shall submit receipts for travel expenses to the COR IAW Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 301-11.25.

Post-Trip Report As part of any travel, the contractor representative shall submit a trip report. See CDRL table in section 8.1.2.

SECURITY

General Security Requirements The Contractor shall comply with the contract security requirements, the DD Form 254, DoD Contract Security Classification Specification (if applicable), and security requirements identified in the following subparagraphs. The Contractor shall pass down tailored security requirements, as stated in the contract, to all subcontractors.

This effort includes the need for SECRET clearance for select personnel. SECRET clearance by skillset is delineated in Section Error! Reference source not found. and timeline by project need below. Personnel security clearances will be processed through the Contractor and will be re-investigated at intervals not to exceed 5 years. *Note: current policy from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Feb. 10, 2017) considers an investigation to be current if it is less than 6 years old. As long as this policy remains in effect, investigations less than 6 years old will meet the requirement of this paragraph.

Contractor personnel responsible for assistance with on-premises installation will need SECRET clearance at start of project performance. All other listed SECRET clearances will be needed within 3 months of contract award.

The Contractor shall not reveal the specific nature of work being performed under this contract, or any details thereof, except when authorized in writing by the Government PM. The Contractor is prohibited from subcontracting to other Contractors, organizations, private individuals or Government agencies without the express written consent of the CO.

All contractor employees must be US Citizens. Contractor employees hired for working with classified information will require a security clearance at-or-above level of classified information to be worked.

Access to Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information Contractor personnel may be required to access Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information held by the United States Air Force (USAF) relating to the tasks to be performed under this Task Order. This information may belong to other Contractors, other third parties, or the USAF. Contractor personnel shall provide a completed copy of the Nondisclosure Agreement (reference Attachment 01) to the Government PM, COR, and CO prior to performing work that involves Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information held by the USAF relating to the tasks to be performed under this Task Order.

It should be noted that Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information shall not include information that the Contractor personnel or the Contractor can demonstrate: was known by the Contractor personnel or the Contractor without restriction as to further disclosure when received or was developed independently by the Contractor by individuals who had no direct or indirect access to such information, was obtained from a source other than the USAF, its employees, agents, or Contractors through no breach of confidence, was in the public domain when received or thereafter enters the public domain through no breach of confidence by Contractor or Contractor personnel, or was used or disclosed with the prior written approval of the USAF.

Common Access Cards A CAC will be required for work higher than IL2 and will be needed by relevant personnel within 2 months of award. The Contractor shall comply with Hill AFB Instruction 36-812 and AFFARS clause 5352.242-9001. It should be noted that this process may take four (4) weeks to complete; so it is critical that Contractors consider these instructions before award and prior to changing Contractor personnel after award.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Contractor performance will be continuously monitored by the 309th Technical Lead and PM using collaborative cloud-based task tracking systems, source code repositories, and application deploy targets. Any performance concerns will be addressed according to 309th and CO processes.

DELIVERABLES

Reports on technical progress of data platform development. Including but not limited to visual breakdowns of progress on individual architecture components, work instructions Travel reports denoting expenditures Personnel roster with up-to-date contact information for all personnel working on project Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) All intellectual property (hardware, firmware, or software) developed as part or result of this contract shall be the property of the Government. Similarly, all data rights from products developed as part or result of this contract shall be the property of the Government. Required contract deliverables shall be in accordance with the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs). Follow the reporting requirements listed on each CDRL.

CDRL Deliverables Summary

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GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP)/ CONTRACTOR ACQUIRED PROPERTY (CAP)

The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, expertise, materials, and transportation necessary for the performance of this contract unless otherwise directed by the Contracting Officer. The Government will not provide any facilities, equipment, materials, and/or services for this contract other than stated herein or as otherwise directed in writing by the COR.

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IMPACT LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS

ATTACHMENT 01

CONTRACTOR NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

CONTRACTOR

NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

Contract # _____________________________________

I, __________________________________, an employee of ______________________________________, (Contractor) in order to support the United States Air Force (USAF) and in consideration of the USAF granting me access to Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information held by the USAF relating to the tasks to be performed under the Task Order, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. I understand that my assignment to support the Contractor in its contractual duties under the Task Order (the “Effort”) will involve access to Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information belonging to other Contractors, other third parties, or the USAF. The sharing of Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information is necessary to effectively perform the mission of the USAF.

2. Except as expressly authorized in writing by the USAF, I agree to hold Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information in trust and confidence and agree that it shall be used only for my performance of duties in support of the Contractor’s performance of the Effort, shall not be used for any other purpose, or disclosed to any third party outside the USAF. I agree that I shall not, except as expressly authorized in writing by the USAF, at any time during or after my performance of duties in support of the Contractor’s performance of the Effort, directly or indirectly, disclose, publish or disseminate, to any other person or entity, any Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information I have access to by reason of my performance of duties in support of the Contractor’s performance of the Effort, nor shall I use any such Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information for my personal use or advantage, or make it available to others not cleared for access to Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information by the USAF or lacking a need-to-know for performance of the Effort. I will hold all Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information I have access to by reason of my performance of duties in support of the Contractor’s performance of the Effort in confidence and use it solely for the benefit of the USAF and the performance of Effort. I shall not retain any Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information, including written notes, photographs, sketches, models, memoranda or any tangible representation of the Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information except as required in my performance of duties in support of the Contractor’s performance of the Effort. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing statements, I agree that Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information shall not be released to the media, press, competing firms, individuals, or government officials outside the USAF for any purpose. I further understand and agree that all Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information shall be retained, disseminated, released, and destroyed in accordance with the requirements of law and applicable Department of Defense or USAF directives, regulations, instructions, policies and guidance.

3. All information that I receive or obtain in performance of my duties in support of the Contractor’s performance of the Effort shall be deemed to be Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information, including, without limitation, visual, verbal and written information, in whatever form or medium, including, but not limited to, personal, business or financial information, or intellectual property, or technical information in the form of discussions, communications, designs, concepts, requirements, specifications, software, interfaces, components, processes, or similar things. I understand and agree that any work product related to the Effort, including, but not limited to, final documents and products, drafts, feeder documents, briefings, notes, and any other related oral or written communication shall constitute Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information for purposes of this Agreement. Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information shall not include information that I or the Contractor can demonstrate (A) was known by me or the Contractor without restriction as to further disclosure when received or was developed independently by the Contractor by individuals who had no direct or indirect access to such information, (B) was obtained from a source other than the USAF, its employees, agents, or Contractors through no breach of confidence, (C) was in the public domain when received or thereafter enters the public domain through no breach of confidence by Contractor or myself, or (D) was used or disclosed with the prior written approval of the USAF.

4. I have been advised and understand that my violation of this agreement could cause irreparable injury to the United States. I understand that the United States Government may seek any remedy available to it to enforce this Agreement, including, but not limited to, application for a court order prohibiting disclosure of information in breach of this Agreement. I have been advised that the action can be brought against me in any of the several appropriate United States District Courts where the United States Government may elect to file the action. Court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the United States Government may be assessed against me if I lose such action. I understand that my violation of this Agreement may result in criminal action. I recognize that nothing in this Agreement constitutes a waiver by the United States of the right to prosecute me for any statutory violation.

5. Any questions I have regarding this agreement that I desire to direct to the USAF shall be in writing to _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ [Insert name & address of USAF POC].

6. I hereby assign to the USAF all royalties, remunerations, and emoluments that have resulted, will result or may result from any disclosure, publication, or revelation of Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information not consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

7. Unless and until I am released in writing by an authorized representative of the USAF, I understand that all conditions and obligations imposed upon me by this Agreement apply during the time that I am granted access to the Confidential, Proprietary and/or Sensitive Information, and at all times thereafter. Each provision of this Agreement is severable. If a court should find any provision of this Agreement to be unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement shall be interpreted under and in conformance with the laws of the United States.

By:_________________________________________

Print Name:__________________________________

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