RFP_ATT 01_SOW 23RDH01.pdf

N00173-23-R-DH01

Attachment 01 – SOW

STATEMENT OF WORK

RDT&E SUPPORT FOR TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE

SIMULATION - NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

1. BACKGROUND

The Tactical Electronic Warfare Division (TEWD) of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is responsible for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) that supports the Navy's electronic protection (EP) and electronic attack (EA) systems, their capabilities and the associated tactics. Studies, analyses and simulations are performed to develop candidate techniques as well as quantify and optimize the effectiveness of these systems.

Field and flight tests are executed to confirm the results of laboratory work and demonstrate capability to the fleet.

The Integrated Electronic Warfare Simulation (IEWS) Branch is one of seven major elements of the TEWD.

The IEWS Branch mission is to execute a multifaceted simulation program to advance U.S. Navy EW

RDT&E. Under Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) sponsorship, the Branch provides for the research, development, operation and maintenance of radio frequency (RF) anti-ship missile simulators, a large hardware-in-the-loop simulation facility (the Central Target Simulator) and specially-configured flying electronic warfare (EW) laboratories (currently hosted on Lear jet platforms). In cooperation with the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Branch also maintains significant expertise to review threat capabilities and identify potential design weaknesses. The Branch simulation assets directly support the effectiveness evaluation of current and future EW systems and techniques in the RF domain.

2. SCOPE

The NRL requires scientific, engineering, information technology (IT) and program management support for the IEWS Branch and the TEWD. The primary purpose of TEWD is to advance electronic warfare (EW) in order to protect the warfighter from newly fielded and emerging threats. The contractor shall provide a technical team that possesses the requisite experience in EW simulation, testing and evaluation.

The Contractor will provide NRL with technical personnel skilled in scientific and engineering disciplines related to EW simulation and EW effectiveness evaluation. The Contractor will perform research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering, test, evaluation, reporting and program management on assigned tasks. The Contractor will provide technical and analyst support to facility operations and support the coordination of task efforts, scheduling, budgeting and execution of assigned projects. The

Contractor will provide scientific, engineering, security, computer information technology, programmatic, and financial management personnel in each of the technical support areas described below.

The primary place of performance will be on-site at NRL-DC which will permit Contractor access to the specialized research equipment and facilities required for performance. The Contractor may be required to travel to support the execution of field and flight tests.

The Contractor will provide services in classified environments. The Contractor will provide personnel with security clearances up to the Top Secret/SCI (4 ticket) level. The Technical Direction Memo (TDM) associated with each individual task order will indicate the clearance and travel requirements for the task order.

3. REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide support in the operation, maintenance and development of hardware anti-ship missile (ASM) simulators. The Contractor shall support the operation, maintenance and development of

NRL’s Central Target Simulator (CTS) Facility, a closed-loop simulation facility that is used to evaluate the effectiveness of countermeasures in defeating RF-guided anti-ship missiles.

Contractor assistance shall be provided to NRL in developing, operating and maintaining EW simulations and components of these simulations. The Contractor shall provide support in the design, construction and verification of simulator control panels and software simulations of one or more aspects of an ASM engagement or an ASM subsystem.

The Contractor shall provide support in EW test planning, logistics, management and documentation. The

Contractor shall provide support for the special projects component of the IEWS Branch. Such support shall include analyses and documentation of these efforts. The Contractor’s will support the Surface Electronic

Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), Advanced Offboard Electronic Warfare (AOEW) Program, Effectiveness of Naval Electronic Warfare Systems (ENEWS) Program, Operational Navy (OPNAV) requirements and other test activities and sponsors. The contractor shall provide support for any specialized

Information Technology (IT) work environments that need to be established and maintained to perform these requirements.

The contractor shall provide scientific, engineering, IT, programmatic and financial support in the following areas:

• 3.1 - Simulation Maintenance

• 3.2 - Simulation Operation

• 3.3 - Simulation Development

• 3.4 - Reverse Engineering

• 3.5 - EW Test and Project Planning

3.1. Simulation Maintenance

3.1.1. The Contractor shall perform periodic and preventative maintenance on hardware simulators, simulator control panels, digital simulations, hybrid simulations (i.e., a combination of hardware, software and firmware components), CTS closed-loop simulations and CTS subsystem controllers according to established cycles or as required by test schedules.

3.1.2. The Contractor shall also perform maintenance on associated computer operating system(s), compilers, interface(s) to external components (e.g., VMIC, serial, parallel, USB, Firewire, Front Panel Data Port (FPDP), etc.), firmware and custom simulation software.

3.1.3. Maintenance activities may be externally driven (e.g., preparation for a major test) or they may be required in order to identify operational issues that will subsequently be isolated, corrected and verified.

3.1.4. The Contractor shall provide create and document the specialized Information Technology (IT) work environments that are needed to be established and maintained to perform simulation maintenance. Programmatic and financial management functions shall be performed as necessary in support of simulation maintenance.

3.2. Simulation Operation

3.2.1. The Contractor shall operate EW simulations in support of Navy RDT&E. The Contractor’s efforts shall include the setup, configuration and verification of the simulation or components of the simulation.

3.2.2. The Contractor shall assist with or be totally responsible for developing simulator specific test plans.

3.2.3. The Contractor shall operate one or more components of the simulation, provide a summary of the results immediately following each run and document results and observations in a test log. If questionable results arise, the Contractor shall support efforts for verification of simulation operation.

3.2.4. Following each test, the Contractor shall perform data reduction, analysis and required reporting.

3.2.5. The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining any special clearances and/or certificates necessary in order to work on Navy and/or civilian contractor-owned aircraft and ships. Details will be provided in task orders or technical direction memos.

3.2.6. The Contractor shall create and document the specialized Information Technology (IT) work environments that needed to be established and maintained to perform simulation operation.

Programmatic and financial management functions shall be performed as necessary in support of simulation operation.

3.3. Simulation Development

3.3.1. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support to the development of EW simulations, simulation components and advanced simulation capabilities.

3.3.2. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support for the development of hardware threat simulators (including signal processing hardware, software and firmware), control panels and other hardware and/or software needed to support EW testing.

3.3.3. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support in the development of software simulations for a threat missile or a missile subsystem.

3.3.4. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support in the integration and use of the resulting software in the CTS Facility or in all-digital simulations.

3.3.5. The Contractor shall provide support in the development of new hybrid simulations.

3.3.6. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support in the development of advanced simulation capabilities to be applied to CTS, all digital, hybrid and hardware-based simulations. Simulation development efforts require the design and fabrication of custom printed circuit boards, wiring assemblies, programmable logic array firmware and software.

3.3.7. The Contractor shall create and document the specialized Information Technology (IT) work environments that need to be established and maintained to perform simulation development.

Programmatic and financial management functions shall be performed as necessary in support of simulation development.

3.4. Reverse Engineering

3.4.1. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support in EW reverse engineering of threat missiles, missile subsystems and defense equipment.

3.4.2. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support for circuit tracing, schematic diagram development and circuit analysis of threat weapon systems.

3.4.3. The Contractor shall also provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support in the analysis of software and its impact on the operation of the equipment.

3.4.4. The Contractor shall utilize commercial software applications to generate schematic drawings, block diagrams, flow charts, presentations and narrative text that describe the operation of electronic assemblies and the associated control software.

3.4.5. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support for the specialized Information Technology (IT) work environments that need to be established and maintained for reverse engineering projects.

Programmatic and financial management functions shall be performed as necessary in support of reverse engineering.

3.5. EW Test and Project Planning

The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics and system engineering support to EW test & project planning, logistics, management and documentation as follows:

3.5.1. The Contractor shall provide test planning support to include the definition and development of test plans, research and identification of resource requirements and sources and providing scheduling and tracking of test resources for individual test events.

3.5.2. The Contractor shall provide project planning support to include the creation of development plans, research and identification of requirements and the provision of scheduling and tracking of progress for EW projects.

3.5.3. The Contractor shall provide logistics support involving efforts such as identifying those resources necessary to support test activities during deployment and coordinating with support command facilities to schedule and provide the necessary support for individual test events.

3.5.4. The Contractor shall provide test management support to include assistance in coordinating the overall test schedule with NRL personnel, producing briefing materials associated with test events, attending planning meetings and tracking the preparations and conduct of test activities.

3.5.5. The Contractor shall provide documentation to include compilation and publishing of test plans, briefings, management and tracking documents, and authorization/support requests. Documentation shall also include post-test support for collection and compilation of testing data and producing final test reports ranging from quick look analysis reports to formal reports. Documentation may also consist of financial summaries, projections, cost reports and the like.

3.5.6. The Contractor shall provide research, design, development, fabrication, logistics, system engineering and test support for the specialized Information Technology (IT) work environments that need to be established and maintained in support of EW test and project planning. Programmatic and financial management functions shall be performed as necessary in support of EW test and project planning.

4. SECURITY

A Secret clearance (or higher) is required to work on any contract resulting from this Statement of Work.

Detailed security requirements are delineated in the issued DD 254’s relevant to this contract. The Contractor shall ensure that all classified material is handled in accordance with the issued DD 254, the National Security

Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) (DoD 5220.22M) and all NRL and applicable Security Program

Guides/Directives. The Final Secret facility clearance is required at the time of award.

5. EQUIPMENT PURCHASES / GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIALS / EQUIPMENT /

INFORMATION / CONTRACTOR FURNISHED EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, SUBCONTRACTS

AND SUPPLIES

The Contractor is responsible for providing all supplies necessary for performance of this project. Equipment and unexpended materials and supplies purchased by the contractor under this contract become the property of the Government at the end of the performance period. The Contractor shall provide any other equipment, material, and supplies, not furnished by the Government, but required to perform the work defined under

Paragraph 3, Performance Requirements. The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary for performing efforts described in “Performance Requirements” – Section 3 above.

In the event that NRL is unable to furnish specific equipment, material, supplies, etc. that are found to be necessary to execute a specific tasking, the Contractor will be authorized to purchase the items using funds

NRL has provided for execution.

5.1. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE)/ GOVERNMENT FURNISHED

INFORMATION (GFI)

It is anticipated that Government property shall be used by the Contractor’s personnel in the performance of that portion of the contract performed on-site at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), including any of its field sites, and other government sites. Such use shall be on a rent-free basis, and all such property shall be considered to remain in the possession and control of the NRL for property responsibility and accountability purposes. The amount and type of any Government-furnished equipment (GFE) and

Government-furnished information (GFI) shall be dependent on when the contract is awarded. The current lists of GFE and GFI are identified in Exhibit C; Exhibit C shall be updated as needed with each task order.

As specified in Section 8 of this SOW, the Contractor shall provide at least quarterly updates of all GFE/GFI.

For work being performed on-site at NRL, desk and office space, telephones, office supplies, access to fax machine and copier will be provided. NRL will also provide general purpose computers for unclassified e-mail and any unclassified materials.

Where required, NRL will provide computers and access to internal and external classified networks for those individuals with the appropriate Security Clearance. No other material, labor, or facilities will be furnished by the government unless approved by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and provided for in the contract. If government-furnished property is required for the performance of this effort, the contract shall clearly identify what is required and the time it is necessary for uninterrupted performance of the effort.

6. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

6.1. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to the requirement. The Contractor shall maintain continuity between the support operations at NRL and the Contractor's corporate offices.

6.2. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

The Contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement. The Contractor shall respond to Government requests for contractual actions in a timely fashion. The Contractor shall have a single point of contact between the Government and Contractor personnel and provide the name of the individual(s) in writing to the Contracting Officer upon contract award.

7. TRANSITION

The Contractor shall follow the transition plan submitted as part of the Contractor's Transition

Management Plan the Contractor submitted as part of its proposal. In addition, the Contractor shall keep the Government fully informed of status throughout the transition period. This plan should describe the

Contractor's transition in to service at the beginning of the contract, and how work would be transitioned to a different contractor at the end of the contract.

The Contractor shall plan for the transfer of work control and information, addressing any security issues, the transfer and accountability of GFE, inspections and acceptance, and delineating the method for processing and assigning tasks during the phase-in/phase-out periods. The plan should address how the

Contractor will implement adequate measures to coordinate communications with the incumbent contractor

(phase in) or to an incoming contractor (phase out) and NRL staff in order to ensure uninterrupted workflow and minimal mission impact during the transition process.

Phase-In Period – 60 days. The period between contract award and contract commencement will constitute the Contract phase-in period and is as follows:

During the contract phase-in period, the Contractor shall prepare to assume full responsibility for all areas of operation in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract. The Contractor shall establish communications with the incumbent and take all actions required for a smooth transition to support total contract operations as proposed and accepted. During the contract phase-in period, the Contractor shall at a minimum: obtain all required certifications and clearances, obtain all required personnel security clearances, and attend post-award meetings as required.

Phase-Out Period – 60 days. The period between contract completion from incumbent contractor and award/commencement of successor/incoming Contractor will constitute the contract phase-out period and is as follows:

During the contract phase-out period, the Contractor shall continue all areas of operation in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract and make all relevant information concerning program and its operations available to the incoming Contractor to ensure the Government does not have interruption in support. The phase-out transition includes inventory of and turning over Government Furnished

Property/Equipment/Information. The Contractor agrees to furnish phase-in training and exercise its best efforts and cooperation to effect an orderly and efficient transition to the incoming Contractor.

8. DELIVERABLES

The Contractor shall provide the following deliverables for each task order. Additional detail on each deliverable is found in the DD-1423 Contract Data Requirements List documents associated with this SOW.

Deliverable Title

A001 Monthly Progress, Status and Management Report

A002 Ad Hoc Technical Reports and Presentations

A003 Government Property Inventory Report

9. TRAVEL

Travel may be required in support of this SOW. Due to the variable nature of the work performed by the IEWS

Branch, it is impossible to identify locations, frequency and duration of travel. The contractor shall obtain approval for travel and travel related costs billed to any contract resulting from this SOW.