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STATEMENT OF WORK

I. BACKGROUND

NIST maintains calibration services for electric energy meters, digital multimeters (DMM), and current transformers (CT). NIST has developed a calibration database that these calibration services will utilize in order to automate data analysis. These measurement systems require their data format and records to be changed to use this database structure. In addition this database needs to be configured for each calibration service.

In order to maintain efficient and high-quality energy meter, DMM and CT calibration services, NIST must continue to improve their cost-effectiveness, maintain the quality system, and perform periodic inter comparisons with other national metrology institutes.

II. SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall develop and configure the NIST calibration database formats for use with the energy meter, DMM and CT calibration systems and services, and develop software tools to store, analyze, and process data from the energy meter, DMM and CT measurement systems. All procedures and documentations shall comply with the NIST Quality System, in accordance with the International Electro technical Commission (IEC) 17025 quality document.

III. SPECIFIC TASKS

The Contractor shall provide all support for project oversight, administration and technical execution of this contract. The Contractor is responsible for maintaining records of project activities.

The Contractor shall complete the following tasks:

a. Configure NIST calibration database for use with the energy meter, DMM and CT calibration systems.

b. Modify data recording and storage structure for the NIST energy meter, DMM and CT calibration systems to work seamlessly with the NIST calibration database.

c. Automate data analysis and calibration report generation. For the calibration services, develop software that will automatically process, summarize, compute uncertainties and apply corrections data taken on the NIST energy meter, DMM and CT calibration systems. The software shall also generate tables of results and generate test reports for the energy meter, DMM and CT calibration services. The software must run under Windows 7. The processing software shall operate with minimal amount of human interaction ie. Date ranges of data are selected along with a specific instrument and the software will then do all the processing, summarizing, uncertainty calculations, and corrections then generate a test report from the data. The test report format and wording shall be provided by the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC).

d. Automate control chart generation using NIST energy meter, DMM and CT check standards. The control charts must display 1 sigma and 2 sigma uncertainties with calculated drift rates for NIST check standard meters.

e. Develop a quality manual for using the NIST RS933 energy meter measurement system for calibrations. The quality manual must comply with higher level NIST quality manuals and ISO 17025. The links for the NIST level Quality Manual is: http://tsapps-i.nist.gov/qs4ms/index.cfm. The link for the Division level Quality Manual is: \\elwood.nist.gov\internal\697\Quality\Div684.05-.06Files

IV. DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERABLE DUE DATES

a. Software and documentation for processing test data and generating calibration reports for measurements made using the energy meter, DMM and CT measurement systems. One version of software for each, three pieces of software in total. Quality manual shall be in the form of a written document/report and an electronic copy in MS Word Version 2003 or 2010. Due no later than 12 months after contract award.

b. Quarterly progress reports, starting three months from date of award, are due by the fifteenth day of the next quarter and shall be provided to the TPOC in MS Word, Version 2003 or 2010. Quarterly reports shall include activities accomplished, planned activities for the next time period, any problems, issues, risks, and recommendations that were brought to the attention of the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC)

Standards for Acceptance of Deliverables: The TPOC will provide comments on each deliverable within 15 calendars days from receipt of a given deliverable. The contractor shall make any needed changes to the deliverables within 15 calendar days from receipt of electronic or written comments from the TPOC.

V. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance is 12 months after contract award.

All work shall be accomplished at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

VI. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY, DATA AND/OR INFORMATION

All material provided by the Government in the performance of this project remains the property of the Government and shall be surrendered to the Government upon completion or termination of this project.

During the period of performance, the Government will provide office space and a computer at NIST, with access to software, calibration records, and electrical standards needed to complete the tasks.

VII. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Development and configuration of the NIST calibration database formats, and software tools to store, analyze, and process data.

CONTRACTOR’S MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The Contractor shall have at least 10 years of knowledge or experience in the following:

a. Quality systems, particularly the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.

b. Database operation

c. Automated data analysis programming

d. Electrical engineering, including an understanding of measurements of ac and dc voltage, phase angle measurements.

e. Electric energy meters, josephson voltage standards, current transformers, current comparators and current comparator bridges, electronic signal sampling techniques, digital multi-meters, multi-function calibrators. Knowledge of uncertainty analysis and experience developing uncertainty budgets.