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STATEMENT OF WORK

Special Events and Ceremonies (SEC) United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Fort Bragg, North Carolina

1 GENERAL: This is a non-personal, severable services contract to provide a Guest Speaker and Logistics Support Services to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS). The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. The Contractor, in turn, shall be accountable to the Government for Contractor or subcontractor personnel. The contract service providers shall ensure it, and its personnel, do not perform any inherently governmental functions during the performance of this contract.

2 SCOPE: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, facilities (venues), materials and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Guest Speaker and Logistical Support Services in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). Speaking engagements will generally last one to two hours in length and will not exceed four hours unless additional in-depth knowledge of the topic is required and specified on the BPA Call. Venue rental may be required for time periods up to forty-eight 48 consecutive hours. The Contractor may be required to provide equipment and services, including but not limited to seating, audio equipment, audio visual coordinator, stage, lighting, podium, tables, restrooms, emergency medical teams, uniform deputies, venue-required security, projectors, flags, and spotlights.

2.1 Guest Speakers. The Contractor shall provide a guest speaker in support of USAJFKSCWS operations to provide strategic, operational, tactical, and/or professional context.

2.1.1 Educational Lecturer. Educational lecturer guest speakers shall have advance knowledge and professional experience in topics, including but not limited to: Psychological Operations, Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Civil Affairs operations, Cyber Intelligence and Electronic Communication, Combat and Weapons training, Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicles (RPAV), SOF Strategy and Policy, and Physical Security. Educational lecturer guest speakers will have a minimum of 5 years of combined private industry and/or military experience in their professional field, or previously held a professional teaching position at an accredited educational institution with graduate level education in their professional field. Special qualifications, such as security clearance requirement, cyber security certifications, geographically specific experience, or other requirements, may be given on the BPA Call.

2.1.2 Former Prisoner of War (POW). Former POW guest speakers shall provide training sessions conveying first-hand knowledge of former Prisoners of War to students. Speaker must be validated as Ex-POW per the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) records.

2.1.3 Medical Professional. Medical professional guest speakers must have supported either the SOCM or SFMS programs in their professional capacity as a medical professional and will present information relevant to medical training and development. Medical Professional guest speakers must have, within the 12-months prior to BPA Call, had oversite of USAJFKSWCS students and staff in the SOCM or SFMS programs, and be able to observe training at Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center (JSTOMC) facilities.

2.2 Venue. The Contractor shall provide venues to host graduations or instructional programs for the execution of USAJFKSWCS events within 50 miles of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Venues must be able to handle a varied number of attendees from small groups to venues capable of holding more than 3500 attendees. A list of preferred venues may be provided at the time of BPA Call competition.

2.3 Cancellation. If venue and/or guest speaker cancellation is required, the Government may cancel up to 72 hours prior to the start of the event. The Government is not responsible for any venue costs, if notice is provided 72 hours prior to the start of the event. The Government will pay non-refundable costs incurred by the Contractor for venues cancelled with less than 72-hour notice and non-refundable guest speaker travel expenses. The Contractor shall submit supporting documentation for non-refundable expenses.

2.4 Contractor Travel: The Contractor shall be responsible for making all necessary travel arrangements for assigned contractor employees. Contractor will be authorized travel expenses consistent with the substantive provisions of the Joint travel regulation (JTR), consistent with FAR 31.205-46, and the limitation of funds specified on the BPA Call. The BPA Call will direct all contractor travel for speaking engagements. Travel costs shall be determined reasonable and allowable to the extent that they comply with the provisions in FAR 31.205-46.

3 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance shall be for one period of 5 years (60 months) from the effective date of the agreement with annual ordering periods.

4 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Performance location will not exceed 50 miles of Fort Bragg, NC.

5 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: Contractor is required to possess a Top-Secret Facility Clearance (FCL) at the time of proposal submission, and it must be maintained for the duration of the contract. The security requirements are IAW the attached DD254. Contractor personnel shall comply with all applicable security and safety regulations, guidance, and procedures, including local, referenced in this SOW and in effect at the work sites. Guest speaker personnel security level requirements will be annotated on the BPA Call.

5.1 Security specifications applicable to performance of this purchase order are expressed on the associated DD Form 254. The Contractor shall adhere to all applicable Government orders, guides, and directives pertaining to classified material and shall comply with the security specifications expressed in the DD254. Classified information is Government information which requires protection in accordance with Executive Order 13526, National Security Information (NSI) as amended, and supplemental directives.

5.2 Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Include DFARS clause 252.204-7012, which requires the contractor to comply with NIST 800-171. Also include DFARS provision 252.204-2019 into solicitations. Acquisition officials should follow procedures outlined in DFARS 204.73 and verify vendors have an adequate NIST SP 800-171 summary assessment score within the Supplier Performance Risk System (within PIEE). If the score doesn’t show a medium- or high-level assessment with a score of 110 or better (as described in the “NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Methodology”), include clause 252.204-7020 and obtain the vendor’s “system security plan” and “plan of action” for NIST SP 800-171 verification and assurance by Army security officials.

6 CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING. The contractor shall self-report ALL contract labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the USAJFKSWCS via https://sam.gov. The legacy Enterprise Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (eCMRA) was decommissioned in June 2020. Contractors will begin reporting manpower data relating to the performance of services contracts into https://sam.gov, consistent with existing service contract reporting requirements under the FAR Subpart 4.17—Service Contracts Inventory, that is currently applicable only to Federal civilian agencies.

6.1 While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year, beginning with 2025. The contractor shall report the following information:

a. Contract number and, as applicable, order number.

b. The total dollar amount invoiced for services performed during the previous Government fiscal year under the contract.

c. The number of Contractor direct labor hours expended on the services performed during the previous Government fiscal year.