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UNCLASSIFIED

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

FOR

CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (CDAO)

SENSITIVE DECISION SUPPORT (SDS)

15 MAY 2025

SECTION I – INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

On December 8, 2021, the Deputy Secretary of Defense created the position of CDAO to serve as the Department’s senior official responsible for strengthening and integrating data, artificial intelligence, and digital solutions in the DoD. Stood up in February 2022 by integrating the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), Defense Digital Services (DDS), the Chief Data Officer, and the enterprise platform Advana into one organization, the CDAO is building a strong foundation for data, analytic, and AI-enabled capabilities to be developed and fielded at scale. Part of this foundation is ensuring the Department follows a data-centric approach to supporting decisionmaking and building effective and interoperable decision aids ready for AI and informed by data across platforms, domains, and services.

To achieve this outcome, the CDAO seeks contractor support to Sensitive Decision Support (SDS) in the functional areas of information and intelligence, to include threat research, technology protection, supply chain risk management, and counterintelligence. The three major lines of effort in this mission area are:

a. Inform—Inform leaders and bake-in threat awareness thru analyzing decisions made and actions conducted in CDAO, refining into useable information needs to drive IC analysis and production.

b. Protect—Protect critical CDAO information and technology and reduce risk to projects and programs sponsored by or managed by the CDAO thru informed threat analysis of program procedures.

c. Affect—Affect CDAO sensitive decisionmaking and propose joint concepts for competing against our adversaries to increase decision space of warfighters and senior leaders through deliberate activities and investments.

1.2 Scope

The contractor shall provide industry-leading information, intelligence, and decision support services that will significantly increase the effectiveness of SDS in CDAO and support across the DoD enterprise. The Contractor will have access to acquisition sensitive information and may have access to Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) information, as well as conduct program management activities. This is a contract for General Services. The Contractor shall assist the CDAO’s Sensitive Intelligence Office (SIO) with the development of courses of action to realize a decision support advantage related to AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support capabilities and their associated technologies, evaluate technology and program protection and risk mitigation strategies, and assist in the coordination and implementation of projects as developed for SDS. The Contractor will be required to collaborate with various Government agencies and service elements, and coordinate proposals with those organizations at the direction and oversight of the SIO. The Contractor shall provide direct interface to Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) leadership, senior leadership at DoD Combatant commanders, services and agencies regarding a variety of technology strategy and planning initiatives.

1.3 Key Personnel

Contracting Officer (KO) – The Contracting Officer who maintains the BOAs and is the ultimate decision authority on this contract.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) – The Contracting Officer’s Representative at the requiring agency. The KO will officially designate in writing a COR. The COR will have responsibility for:

Program Manager (PM) – The Contractor shall identify a PM by name who shall provide management, direction, administration, quality management, and leadership of the execution of the Task Order. The PM shall act as the overall lead, manager, and administrator for the effort. The PM shall direct efforts of cross-competency teams including Contractors at multiple locations, if necessary, and shall serve as the primary interface and POC with Government program authorities and representatives on technical and project issues. The PM shall be responsible for regularly briefing leadership on program status and milestones. The PM shall oversee Contractor personnel project operations by developing procedures, planning and directing execution of the contractual, technical, multi-disciplinary engineering, programming, maintenance, and administrative support effort, and monitoring and reporting progress. The PM shall manage acquisition and employment of project resources and control financial and administrative aspects of the project. The PM shall maintain awareness of, and take responsibility for managing, the ethical and privacy implications associated with preparing or creating data sets that will be used in artificial intelligence applications. It is required that the PM has the following qualifications:

· Must be an employee of the prime offeror or teaming arrangement partner or have an offer of employment that the PM intends to accept in the event of an award being made to the offeror.

· Possess a minimum of five years of Project Management experience managing complex projects in an IT engineering or big data environment.

· Possess a minimum of five years of experience managing complex projects utilizing agile project management methodologies.

· Must be a U.S. Citizen and have a favorable TS/SCI eligibility determination from an authorized adjudication authority.

1.4 Non-Personal Services

The Government shall neither supervise Contractor employees nor control the methods by which the Contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work scheduled for, individual Contractor employees. It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to manage its employees and to 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, it shall be the Contractor’s responsibility to notify the Contracting Officer (KO).

SECTION II – DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

2.1 Statement of Work

The Contractor shall use a data-centric approach, employ analytic tools, and when appropriate employ modeling & simulation, advanced analytic techniques, and artificial intelligence capabilities to support the development of analytical products as necessary for the below-listed required tasks. The Contractor shall provide services from a foundationally trained workforce; however, the rapidly changing technology sector of Artificial Intelligence and supporting intelligence and counterintelligence tasks may require follow-on training in order to consistently provide the Government with the best possible support. When training opportunities are in the best interest of the Government, the Contractor may request Government sponsorship and funding for training to the COR for approval by the Government Customer. Examples of training meeting a standard of best interest to the Government, wherein the content is time-perishable, are courses provided by the Joint Counterintelligence Training Activity (JCITA), and other commercially provided training focused on time-sensitive adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, such as SEC503 and FOR578 offered by the SANS Institute. Some training will be sponsored and provided by the Government at no cost to the CDAO nor the Contractor and will be coordinated directly with the Government Customer.

2.2 Task #1: Inform.

Subtask 1.1: Intelligence Research The Contractor shall conduct multi-domain and all-source information and intelligence research on functional and geographic topics of interest, primarily related to Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, and Decision Support systems used around the world by foreign governments and militaries. This includes searching opensource information and information provided via U.S. Government systems and applications. Contractor shall observe, interview, and develop Information Needs products for various customers in CDAO, including senior executive leadership. The contractor shall identify timely, objective, and relevant information to satisfy the Information Needs of CDAO customers and brief in various formats on periodic timelines using the most appropriate source and means available and not conducting Intelligence Activities as defined by E.O. 12333. Identifying, retrieving, and storing information which is publicly available shall be conducted pursuant to the scope and limitations provided in DoDD 3115.18. Any other information researched from U.S. Government sources doesn’t constitute collection and is used as a consumer of U.S. intelligence information. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· Provide assessments of the global competition landscape with a focus on implications and opportunities for the CDAO in the sector of AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support systems used for military and national security purposes. The contractor shall provide an annual formal assessment due by the end of each calendar year and informal quarterly updates.

· Provide tailored expert and analytic assessments on implications to CDAO investments and activities based on threats presented from the intelligence record on adversary motivations, capabilities, and intent to collect against, compromise, or otherwise exploit DoD AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support efforts. The contractor shall provide an annual formal assessment due by the end of each calendar year and informal quarterly updates.

2.3 Task # 2: Protect.

Subtask 2.1: Program Protection Support Services The Contractor shall research, observe, and cultivate a robust understanding of select projects and programs in CDAO, to include capability development by the government, industry, and academia, systems integration, and military-specific procedures for the end use and maintenance of cutting-edge AI-enabled and autonomous capabilities. The Contractor shall conduct expert level counterintelligence analysis of the applicable threat landscape and assessed vulnerabilities of CDAO-sponsored or –developed capabilities, providing program managers, resource sponsors, and senior leaders with actionable and measurable protection options. The Contractor shall maintain published plans and assist the Government in assessing vendor implementation of covered plans. The Contractor, when requested, shall assist the Government in determining an objective risk calculation of threats posed from foreign intelligence and security services via CDAO vendors, their vendors and supply chains. The Contractor shall provide expert analysis of provided vendor IT network maps, system, security, and application logs, and periodic reviews of network packet capture to identify indicators of an attack and document preliminary reports for cyber investigative teams, as well as executive-level summary briefings of findings. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· Detailed Program Protection Plans, and when applicable, Counterintelligence Support Plans and/or Anti-Tamper Plans in accordance with DoDI 5000.83 for covered CDAO projects and programs. Plans will be updated annually for assigned programs, unless otherwise scheduled based on events.

· Cyber vulnerability reports for covered vendors as an explicit annex to the servicing Program Protection Plan. Cyber vulnerability annex will be informally updated semi-annually.

Subtask 2.2: Security Classification Guidance Support Services The Contractor shall assist the Government in the development of Security Classification Guides and other security classification policies and procedures in support of the CDAO’s Original Classification Authority pursuant to DoDD 5105.89. The Contractor shall provide the Government with robust and detailed analyses of Critical Program Information, Critical Technical Information, and other elements which could constitute protection at Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or Classified Military Information (CMI) levels, up to TOP SECRET, for activities conducted or sponsored by the CDAO. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· Annual, due at the anniversary of each guide, a line-line/line-out update to existing CDAO-issued and maintained Security Classification Guides.

· An annual report due at the end of each calendar year of identified gaps between issued classification guidance for covered topics and issues within CDAO’s cognizance.

· An annual report due at the end of each calendar year to highlight key issues and gaps identified across the DoD enterprise for security classification guidance and best suited for CDAO-issued best practices or interim guidance.

2.4 Task # 3: Affect.

Subtask 3.1: Strategic Disclosure Development Support Services The Contractor shall provide expert-level research, analysis, and concept development/execution of AI and Autonomy-themed Strategic Disclosure activities in support of joint concepts for competing. The Contractor shall incorporate expertise in intelligence collection, analysis, and production methodologies and processes with a keen focus on foreign military capabilities, counterintelligence activities, cyber network exploitation, space/counterspace, and foreign military leadership to the development of actionable concepts and studies for Strategic Disclosure. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· A quarterly implementation plan for the current year strategy to support joint competition, to include appropriate measures of performance and effectiveness.

· An annual report to detail a proposed new or updated strategy to support joint competing with AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support capabilities.

Subtask 3.2: Sensitive Decision Support Formal Reporting Support Services The contractors shall provide expert-level support to technical writing, business analytics, and process development/implementation services, using modern tools and techniques and balancing analytic efficiency and user experience for a large amount of complex information and produce descriptive but concise reports for senior leadership consumption. The contractor shall provide a professional working proficiency in Microsoft O365 suite of tools, to include the Power Apps such as Power BI and Power Automate or similar tools to visualize and process complex data. Specific deliverables for this subtask will be:

· A quarterly report of Strategic Disclosure activities, due within 30 days but not to exceed 60 days proceeding the end of each calendar quarter.

· An annual report of Strategic Disclosure activities, due within 30 days but not to exceed 60 days proceeding the end of the calendar year.

Subtask 3.3: Strategic Disclosure Warfighter Integration Support Services The contractor shall provide expert-level strategic and joint research, analysis, planning, and integration support services to ensure AI and Autonomy-themed Strategic Disclosure activities are appropriately and effectively integrated with warfighter plans, exercises, and assessments. The contractor shall build and maintain a network of relationships with the operations and plans (J3/J5) elements within the functional and geographic Combatant Commands (CCMDs) and when appropriate specific Task Forces of the U.S. Government. This support will require extensive travel and the ability to work as a globally dispersed team, prioritizing the Indo-Pacific and European theaters as well as the functional areas of Special Operations, Space, and Cyber. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· A quarterly implementation plan for the current year strategy to support joint warfighter integration of AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support capabilities. Each quarter should have at least one developed and actionable concept.

· An annual report to detail a proposed new or updated strategy to support joint warfighter integration of AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support capabilities.

SECTION III – PERFORMANCE & RESOURCE SUMMARY

3.1 Labor Categories. The below-listed Labor Categories (LCAT) constitute an initial assessment of prioritized support services requested to minimally deliver on the states Lines of Effort during the base period of performance. See Appendix 1 for a table of additional subtasks LCATs available during the base and option periods of performance or task order modifications, as substantiated by the Government Customer.

3.2 Period of Performance. The initial period of performance for this task order is 12 months. The Government may exercise option periods of performance in additional increments 12 month increments for a total of an additional 48 months of services, and an additional one-time option to extend services not to exceed six months, as articulated in the FAR, Part 52.217-8.

3.3 Place of Performance. The Contractor’s primary duty location will be the Suffolk Building site located at 5615 Columbia Pike in Falls Church, VA and may be reassigned in the National Capital Region to other sites authorized for use by the CDAO. The contractor may propose and the Government Customer shall provide approval or denial for alternate worksites on a per-person basis in the commuting areas of San Diego, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, and Boston, MA to access the best talent available or to meet the needs of the Government Customer. In these alternate sites, if classified processing is required, the contractor shall secure tenant use agreements with an appropriate host facility, prioritizing Joint Reserve Intelligence Centers, operated by various National Guard Bureaus or Service Reserve Centers and the Defense Intelligence Agency. The Government Customer will sponsor and provide oversight for appropriate use. The contractor shall fund costs associated with facility access and use. The Government will shall fund costs associated with network account provisioning and use for Government-owned networks in host facilities. The contractor may, with approval from the Government Customer and in coordination with the COR, for telework on a situational or scheduled basis.

3.4 Duty Hours and Schedule. The Contractor shall have access to the appropriate Pentagon Reservation sites authorized for use by the CDAO and specifically relevant to the Contractor’s assigned tasks, on all business days Monday through Friday, during normal day hours (0630-1830). If the Contractor requires access afterhours to Government facilities, the Government may authorize access for discrete or established and recurring days/times, as approved by the Government customer and in coordination with the COR. The primary duty location will be Government facilities on an in-person basis during normal duty hours. The Contractor must gain Government Customer approval and in coordination with the COR for recurring or situational telework. The Contractor may employ a flexible schedule to offset daily arrival and departure times, with no more than (4) hours carrying over between days worked and no more than (12) hours carrying over between weeks worked, during the 80-hour bi-weekly period, without additional and specific approvals from the Government customer and in coordination with the COR. Compensatory time is permissible for reasonable and temporary sprints and surges in assigned work. Overtime pay or work on Federal Holidays shall not be provided unless absolutely necessary to the mission, certified by the Government customer and with the express permission of the KO.

3.5 Government Furnished Equipment. The Government will provide Contractors with Common Access Cards (CAC) and enable swipe access to assigned work areas, where appropriate for and authorized pursuant to security clearance and need to know. The Contractor shall identify personnel authorized for UNCLASSIFIED telework, based on assigned duties and amount of work which can be conducted on UNCLASSIFIED systems. The Government will provide laptops to identified Contractors.

3.6 Security Requirements. The Government shall provide the Contractor with a DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification. Proposed Contractor personnel shall possess an active TOP SECRET clearance with a valid SCI eligibility. Interim clearances or below TOP SECRET will not be accepted. Contractors may have to complete additional requirements, as required, in order to gain access to DoD Special Access Program (SAP), Additional Compensatory and Control Measures (ACCM) and Intelligence Community Controlled Access Program (CAP) information, potentially including signing consent polygraph examination statements with the U.S. Intelligence Community.

3.7 Travel.

3.7.1 Local Travel. Local travel to attend meetings or events may be required at no cost to the Government. Travel within the National Capital Region commuting vicinity is considered a cost of doing business and shall not be separately reimbursed. The Government will use the definition provided in DoDI 4515.14 for “Washington Local Commuting Area” and will not reimburse for travel during the day and within these areas. Contractors attending training or mission events on an overnight basis, or successive days at the endge of the Washington Local Commuting Area may request travel funding, approved by the Government customer and in coordination with the COR.

3.7.2 CONUS Travel. Prior to travel, the Contractor shall coordinate with, and receive approval from the Government Customer and in coordination with the COR, at least 5 business days prior to the trip taking place.

3.7.3 OCONUS Travel. Prior to travel, the Contractor shall coordinate with, and receive approval from the Government Customer and in coordination with the COR, at least 10 business days prior to the trip taking place. Theater Business Clearances shall be obtained, as necessary, prior to travel. No special issuances passports or CAC and official travel orders in lieu of a passport shall be provided to the contractor.

3.7.4 Additional Guidance. Further guidance for Contractor travel can be found at https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/faqctr.cfm.

3.7.5 Trip Reports. Following each trip, the Contractor shall prepare and deliver Trip/After Action Reports IAW local guidance. The trip report shall be completed in accordance with the requiring activity’s guidance.

SECTION IV - SCHEDULE AND DELIVERABLES:

4.1 Reports. The Contractor shall provide a Weekly Activity Report (WAR) to the Government customer and COR, detailing the per-position activities and associated products and results via UNCLASSIFIED email. The Contractor shall provide the Government with a Monthly Status Report (MSR), due the end of the first week of each month, detailing activities conducted, results achieved, upcoming milestones and any limiting factors for Contractor performance. In addition to the specific deliverables assigned per subtask, Contractor personnel will be requested to provide periodic updates for work on specific tasks and assigned portfolios, likely on a weekly or monthly basis but may be daily depending on the task urgency and sensitivity, directly to the Government customer via email at the appropriate classification of the work assigned.

CORE STATEMENT: This task is consistent with the Contractor’s mission. The Contractor has the capacity and capabilities to conduct the aforementioned tasks.

FUNDING: This is a one-year task order. Funding for this effort has been identified and is anticipated to fully fund this effort, in full or in increments in accordance with DoD Appropriations timelines. Funding is allotted to fund any resulting deliverables, briefings, and work billable for this effort.

TECHNICAL COGNIZANCE: Technical Cognizance for this task order is assigned Shane Partlow, SIO, shane.w.partlow.civ@mail.mil.

SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS:

d. If during the course of performing this task order, the Government or The Contractor identifies the need for substantial change, a sponsor-approved amendment to this task order will be submitted to the Contracting Officer, with a copy to the sponsor or the project manager as appropriate.

e. This task will be conducted under Industrial Security Procedures specified in DoD 5220.22-M, “National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual,” or as directed by the Contracting Officer.

f. The Government shall have thirty (30) days to respond to the Contractor on any draft report and its final disposition.

g. A general “need to know” is hereby established in connection to the Contractor performance of this task order. Access to classified documents, publications, and security clearances necessary to complete the task will be obtained through the appropriate channels, unless otherwise instructed.

h. Written reports will be contractor format, unless otherwise specified by the Government.

Appendix 1

Option Year Tasks and Labor Categories

SECTION I: ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE

1.1 The Government may exercise additional periods of performance in additional 12-month increments up to 48 months beyond the base period of performance. The Government may also exercise an option to extend services for an additional period of up to six months, per FAR Part 52.217-8.

SECTION II: DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES

2.1 Task #1. Inform.

Subtask 1.1: Sensitive Access Support Services The Contractor shall provide sensitive access support services to the administration and maintenance of Additional Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM), Intelligence Community Controlled Access Program (CAP), and DoD Special Access Program (SAP) access control programs. The Contractor shall submit, brief, and debrief authorized personnel to ACCM, CAP, and SAP accesses, when directed by the Government, and record in the appropriate systems of record, notably the Joint Access Database Environment (JADE). The Contractor shall ensure compliance with all information security, physical security, and network security laws, regulations and policies governing the associated information levels and provide regular reports to the Government on the status of CDAO personnel indoctrinated to ACCM, CAP, and SAP information. The Contractor shall conduct preliminary review of appropriate facilities for compliance with physical security standards for SAP facilities (SAP-F) and assist the Government in the day-to-day management of accredited and prospective SAP-Fs. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· Weekly reports for ACCM, CAP, and SAP access requests, roster of briefed personnel, roster of de-briefed personnel, and any incidents or issues reported with an ACCM, CAP, or SAP implication.

· Monthly reports for facilities specially requested or designated for the discussion, processing, or storage of CAP and SAP material.

Subtask 1.2: AI Technical Evaluation The Contractor shall provide experienced technical evaluation services in the development, integration, use, and assessment of AI-enabled and autonomous systems, to include Large Language Models, Computer Vision Models, and Decision Support Models. The Contractor shall conduct in-depth research, analysis, and produce reports on the performance, degradation, and anomalous behaviors of covered AI-enabled systems, to include systems and platforms used by AI-enabled software applications. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· An annual report is due at the end of the calendar year on implications to CDAO investments and activities on specific AI-enabled projects as informed by appropriate classified counterintelligence information.

· As-needed and ongoing reports on discreet projects to the supported project manager to ensure a high-level of AI technical competence for the project. At least quarterly per assigned project.

Subtask 1.3: Human Factor Technical Analysis The Contractor shall assess the CDAO’s performance and effectiveness of specific AI and Autonomy-enabled capabilities to mitigate threats and prove resilient to adversary exploitation. This task will be informed by highly sensitive intelligence information and specific deliverables are:

· A formal annual report based on highly sensitive foreign intelligence information regarding the clear and objective human factors, to include chain and link analysis for a provided target.

· Informal quarterly update reports to the previous year’s annual report.

2.2 Task #2. Protect.

Subtask 2.1: Foreign Disclosure Program Support Services The Contractor shall provide specific and expert-level support to the CDAO Foreign Disclosure program and provide an experienced Foreign Disclosure Representative to support the CDAO Designated Disclosure Authority. The Contractor shall manage the CDAO Foreign Disclosure Management System and conduct preliminary review of and make specific recommendations to the Government for adjudication of requested disclosures. The specific deliverable for this subtask is:

· An annual report due at the end of the calendar year for all foreign disclosures made pursuant to CDAO authorities for CUI and CMI, with an overview of title, type, recipient nation/agency, and benefit to the USG narrative.

· Quarterly updates to the annual report.

Subtask 2.2: Export Control Support Services The Contractor shall maintain expert-level knowledge of the policies, procedures, and best practices of administering covered and deemed exports, as well as exemptions to export control policies, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The Contractor shall research, observe, and analyze the capabilities, uses, and supply chains of CDAO-sponsored or –developed hardware and software nominated for export to foreign countries and identify potential export control implications to the Government for action. The Contractor shall not conduct any exports of export-controlled software or hardware and make no implicit or explicit statements of intent to foreign governments regarding export or disclosure. The specific deliverable for this subtask is:

· An annual report, due at the end of each calendar year to identify potential statutory or other regulatory blockers to the export of military-use capabilities (hardware and software) to benefit U.S. national security, and proposed mitigations or changes to policy.

2.3 Task # 3. Affect.

Subtask 3.1: Strategic Disclosure Service Capability Integration Support Services The contractor shall provide expert-level strategic research, analysis, planning, and integration support services to ensure AI and Autonomy-themed Strategic Disclosure activities are appropriately and effectively integrated with Service capability development. The contractor shall build and maintain a network of relationships with the operational capabilities and plans offices within the headquarters elements of each Service. This support will require some travel and the ability to integrate with other Service elements development, testing, and integrating AI and Autonomy-themed capabilities.

· A quarterly implementation plan for the current year strategy to support service capability integration of AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support capabilities. Each quarter should have at least one developed and actionable concept.

· An annual report to detail a proposed new or updated strategy to support service capability integration of AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support capabilities.

2.4 Task #4 Joint Sensitive Activity Support.

Subtask 4.1: Joint Operational Data Modernization Support Services The contractor shall provide highly technical and expert-level support to identifying key data requirements to achieving a militarily relevant analytic outcome, ensuring frameworks for data collection, retention, tagging, and transmission are AI-ready. The contractor shall apply best practices of data management principles to ensure an appropriate economy of scale when combining extremely large amounts of dynamic and dispersed data to achieve specific analytic outcomes. The contractor shall deliver analyses on proposed data models, schemas, and implementation plans to support Joint Sensitive Activities. Specific deliverables for this subtask are:

· A formal annual report to detail a proposed (or updated after initial proposal) common data model and associated requirements for implementation across the joint force to achieve a specific set of analytic outcomes, intended to become the Joint Sensitive Activity Data Modernization Strategy.

· A quarterly implementation plan and associated milestones and progress in support of the overall Joint Sensitive Activity Data Modernization Strategy.

Subtask 4.2: Joint AI Capability Integration Support Services The Contractor shall provide robust and expert-level support to modernizing various joint sensitive activity focus areas, ensuring processes, procedures, platforms, and systems are AI-ready and interoperable across the Joint and Combined force. The Contractor shall research, observe, interview, and assess the limiting factors and requirements to achieve a data-centric and AI-ready future across security domains and functional areas to provide senior leaders with maximum visibility and decision space in competition, crisis, and conflict. The Contractor shall apply the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process in order to inform the Government’s Joint Sensitive Activity Modernization efforts. The Contractor shall support discreet and potentially globally dispersed Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations. Specific deliverables of this subtask are:

· A formal annual report on an integrated and prioritized list of applicable AI, Autonomy, and advanced Decision Support capabilities recommended for joint capability consideration.

· An informal quarterly report on the implementation progress and any limiting factors to developing or integrating proposed joint capabilities.

SECTION III: ADDITIONAL LABOR CATEGORIES

3.1 Additional labor categories may be used for additional periods of performance and services provided, within the scope of the DRAID BOA and will be agreed upon between the Contractor and the Government during Task Order modification or incremental exercising of optional periods of performance.