Solicitation - W912HQ26QA023.pdf

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Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form

USACE History Office (CEHO) Historical Support ServiceInstrument Name:

Product Service Code : B521

W912HQ26QA023

Section B - Supplies or Services & Prices or Costs

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0001 Historical Support Services - Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, materials required to complete historical support services in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement.

Travel may be required. The ordering period for this Blanket Purchase Agreement will be for 5 years from the date of award.

Prices will be negotiated for each individual BPA Call.

Product Service Code: B521

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS):

541720

Claimant Program Code: S1

Pricing Arrangement: Firm Fixed Price

1 Job

Section C - Description/Specifications/Statement of Work

Performance Work Statement

Historical Support Services

1.0 Introduction

The Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CEHO), located in Alexandria, Virginia, is responsible for collecting, preserving, interpreting, and disseminating the history of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as outlined in AR 870-5 (Military History), AR 870-20 (Army Museums), and ER 870-1-1 (Field Operating Activities - Historical Programs). To accomplish its mission, CEHO's historical and curatorial staff conduct the following activities: researching, writing, and reviewing a wide variety of historical products; collecting, arranging, cataloging, digitizing, and preserving historical documents, photographs, and artifacts; and managing a wide-ranging oral history program. To advance its mission and effectively serve the demand for historical services from the USACE enterprise, CEHO requires a historical services contractor to support CEHO; all USACE organizations and activities; and the history and the museum staffs at the U.S. Army Engineer School at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.

1.1 Scope

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, management, supervision and materials necessary to provide historical support services. A list of proposed labor categories is provided in the attached Appendix. Anticipated tasks associated with this request include but are not limited to the following:

Conduct primary and secondary research at archives, libraries, and other repositories that the Government may designate;

Write or review an essay, study, or monograph on a specified topic or subject related to the history of the Corps of Engineers;

Provide graphic design, layout, and publication support services for historical products such as reports, brochures, books, posters, and displays Provide editorial and indexing services;

Provide archival support services for both analog and digital content, including reviewing, arranging, conserving, and describing historic research materials, including documents, photographs, audio recordings, and electronic data;

Provide library cataloging and metadata services Conserve and digitize a wide variety of historic materials including photographs, slides, maps, documents, audio recordings, motion picture film, and various forms of digital audio;

Furnish museum support services, including collection management, preservation, and conservation, and producing historical displays;

Provide curatorial support services including object inventories; basic preservation and conservation; label, rehouse, and photograph historic artifacts; and update catalog records in the Office of History's collection of historic artifacts;

Conceptualize, design, research and write exhibit text, fabricate, and install historic and museum displays.

Provide library services, including collection development, weeding, cataloging, metadata, and arranging;

Conduct, transcribe, and accession oral history interviews into CEHO's oral history collection;

and Conduct archaeological research and prepare in-depth reports relating to anthropological and archaeological resources.

2.0 General Requirements

This section describes the general requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

2.1 Non-Personal Services

The Government shall neither supervise Contractor employees nor control the method by which the Contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules 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 Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) immediately.

The Contractor shall advise and support the Government but shall not make final decisions or certifications on behalf of the Government nor perform any inherently governmental functions. The

Contractor and its employees shall not represent the Government nor appear to represent the Government in performance of these contract services. Contractor personnel shall clearly identify themselves as Contractor employees in all interactions during contract performance.

2.2 Business Relations

The Contractor shall successfully integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute the requirement. The Contractor shall manage the timeliness, completeness, and quality of problem identification. The Contractor shall provide corrective action plans, proposal submittals, timely identification of issues, and effective management of subcontractors. The Contractor shall seek to ensure customer satisfaction with and professional and ethical behavior by all Contractor personnel.

2.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for management and administration of contracts and personnel.

2.3.1 Contract Management

The Contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to the requirement.

2.3.2 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 assigned to support contracts or BPA Calls.

2.3.3 Personnel Administration

The Contractor shall provide the following management and support as required. The Contractor shall provide for employees during designated Government non-workdays or other periods where Government offices are closed due to weather or security conditions. The Contractor shall maintain the currency of their employees by providing initial and refresher training as required to meet the PWS requirements. The Contractor shall make necessary travel arrangements for employees. The Contractor shall provide necessary infrastructure to support contract tasks. The Contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion (time keeping, leave processing, pay, emergency needs).

2.4 Subcontract Management

The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to integrate work performed on this requirement and shall be responsible and accountable for subcontractor performance on this requirement. The prime Contractor will manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) considerations. Cross teaming may or may not be permitted.

2.5 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The Contractor shall accomplish the assigned work by employing and utilizing qualified personnel with appropriate combinations of education, training, and experience. The Contractor shall match personnel skills to the work or task with a minimum of under/over employment of resources. The Contractor shall ensure the labor categories as defined in the Labor Categories document (see Appendix A), labor rates, and man-hours utilized in the performance of each BPA Call issued hereunder will be the minimum necessary to accomplish the task.

2.6 Location of Work

The Government anticipates that much of the work required will be in the Washington metropolitan area. Unless otherwise specified, services provided in the District of Columbia, as well as in the neighboring jurisdictions in Maryland and Virginia, including the Office of History's office in Alexandria, Virginia, will be considered local and the Contractor will not be reimbursed for travel expenses in those areas. The cost of travel outside of the Washington metropolitan area will be set forth in each BPA Call and reimbursed in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations. Unless otherwise noted, the Contractor will provide all of the equipment necessary to perform the work under this contract. The cost of material and ancillary support costs (copying, shipping documents, etc.) shall be established in each BPA Call. Close contact between the Contractor and the COR during each assignment is required to ensure prompt and acceptable accomplishment of work.

2.7 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

Travel to government facilities or other locations may be required and will be specified in the individual BPA Call PWS. All travel requirements (including plans, agenda, itinerary, or dates) shall be pre-approved by the Government (subject to local policy procedures), and travel is on a strictly cost-reimbursable basis. Costs for travel shall be billed in accordance with the regulatory implementation of Public Law 99-234 and FAR 31.205-46 Travel Costs.

3.0 Performance Requirements

The following section specifies the Performance Objectives and Performance Elements for the contract.

3.1 Period of Performance

The period of performance of this Blanket Purchase Agreement will not exceed 60 months in duration.

BPA Calls will not exceed 12 months past the expiration of this BPA Master Agreement.

3.2 Historical Support Services

3.2.1 The Contractor shall host a BPA Call kickoff meeting for each BPA Call issued under this contract.

The BPA Call kickoff meeting will be a conference call between USACE and Contractor to discuss schedule and to review document availability and roles. Meeting will be held within five (5) business days after BPA Call award as designated by the Government.

3.2.2 The Contractor shall develop and provide a draft and final work plan for the BPA Call.

The Contractor shall prepare draft and final work plans that describe the processes for executing each BPA Call. The Contractor shall manage each BPA Call in accordance with the work plan to assure that all services are performed, reviewed, and provided in a manner that meets professional quality standards. Also included in each BPA Call will be one conference call to discuss USACE comments on the draft work plan.

The draft work plan will be required to be provided to USACE within five (5) business days after kickoff meeting. USACE will have five days to review the plan. The Contractor will submit a final work plan within five days of receiving USACE's comments.

3.2.3 The Contractor will conduct primary and secondary research at archives, libraries, and other repositories that the Government may designate.

Based on that research, the Contractor may survey an assigned body of records and produce an inventory of those records to include: notes on the size of the collection; description of the types of records in the collection and their condition; and an assessment of the historic value of the collection.

Where applicable the Contractor may be instructed to obtain paper or digital copies of those records or the applicable finding aids to be accessioned into the CEHO Research Collection. The Contractor may conduct research in assigned repositories to obtain visual materials (e.g., photographs, maps, plans and drawings, film, videotape, slides) and provide paper, film, or high resolution digital copies along with the applicable captions, credits, and a descriptive metadata entry for each file. The digitization standards for all materials produced under the resulting contract will be specified in the individual BPA Calls.

3.2.4 The Contractor will research and write an essay, study, or monograph on a specified topic or subject related to the history of the Corps of Engineers.

The narrative shall be comprehensive, well-researched, analytical, and balanced. It shall be written in a clear, crisp style attractive to the general public, shall reflect the careful research and thought necessary to find acceptance in the scholarly community, and shall include the appropriate footnotes, glossary, index, and bibliography. Where appropriate, in addition to the text, products will include film, paper, or high-resolution digital copies of proposed photographs, maps, and illustrations, complete with captions and credits and a metadata entry for each digital file. For digital images, the minimum resolution/size will be 600 ppi at four by six inches. The digitization standards for all materials produced under the resulting contract will be specified in the individual BPA Calls. When necessary, the Contractor will also provide the necessary photo releases for use of those images by the Government.

3.2.5 The Contractor will provide graphic design, layout, and publication support services for historical products such as reports, brochures, books, and posters.

In accordance with industry standards, the Contractor will perform desktop publishing and layout to produce innovative, attractive, and inviting designs for the various products. Larger projects, such as book-length manuscripts, are anticipated to contain prefatory material (foreword, preface, etc.), manuscript text, end notes, bibliography, and appendices. Some products will require the Contractor to design and produce maps, charts, or diagrams based on original sources in a standard, publication-wide format. For each product, the Contractor will produce a final electronic package that conforms to all current industry-standard specifications for printing and publication (including web publishing). The Contractor may also be required to format new or existing layouts for e-books. The Contractor may also be tasked with publishing historical products.

3.2.6 The Contractor will provide an array of editing services to improve written products that range from image captions and credits to book-length manuscripts.

Services requested may include substantive editing of written works of history with the goal of maintaining an author's voice while at the same time identifying inconsistencies, logical faults, information gaps, or other errors in the substance of the work; clarifying language or organization of the narrative; and conforming the work to accepted style guidelines. For other projects, the Contractor may be tasked only with proofreading and copyediting--applying consistent style and usage; correcting spelling, grammatical, typographical, and other obvious errors; and basically ensuring a clean manuscript. Services may be tasked at a level falling anywhere along this range of editing services and may apply to any type of historical product produced by the Office of History or other USACE elements.

3.2.7 The Contractor will provide archival support services for both analog and digital collections, including reviewing, arranging, conserving, and describing historic materials such as documents, photographs, motion picture film, audio recordings, and electronic data for accession into USACE historical holdings such as the Office of History's Research Collection.

Materials to be inventoried and accessioned may include paper, photographs, or electronic records.

Where applicable, the Contractor will prepare finding aids in accordance with professional standards and of sufficient detail and clarity to describe the collection and promote historical research. New material may be added to CEHO's historical holdings as separate collections or may be integrated into its existing file architecture. In the case of electronic records, the documents will be arranged and stored on CEHO's shared drive and backed up on another storage medium. Paper records and photographs will be arranged and stored in archival containers.

The Contractor will be responsible for arranging and describing born-digital archival materials in accordance with professional standards and practices to ensure the long-term preservation of collections. Contractors will screen out restricted, personal, classified and proprietary information such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, classified data, medical records, etc. in digital archival files and will create and/or maintain metadata.

3.2.8 The Contractor will digitize a variety of material including photographs, negatives, slides, documents, monographs, maps, motion picture film, microfilm, and audio recordings.

The Contractor will also transfer existing digital material to new digital formats. All digitization formats, as well as the required resolution, will be established in the individual BPA Calls. The Contractor will also provide the Government with the necessary metadata to enable the material to be accessioned into the Office of History's Research Collection.

3.2.9 The Contractor will provide curatorial support services including: conduct object inventories; perform preservation and conservation; label, rehouse, and photograph historic artifacts; and update catalog records in the Office of History's collection of historic artifacts.

The Contractor will also create and update artifact records and perform research where necessary. In addition, the Contractor may be called upon to move artifacts to new storage locations and to construct a proper storage environment for museum artifacts.

3.2.10 The Contractor will develop historical displays (both physical and online virtual exhibits) using artifacts, images, and text from CEHO's Historical and Research collections and augmented with material from other collections as required.

The Contractor will conduct the necessary historical and archival research, select appropriate artifacts and photographs, and prepare the necessary explanatory text, captions, credits, and visual material.

After review and approval by the Government, the Contractor will design, produce, and install the exhibit. Installation may include the fabrication of display cases, mounts, signage, and lighting.

3.2.11 The Contractor will prepare for and conduct oral history interviews on the entire career or some specific portion of the career (such as an assignment) of an active duty or retired engineer officer or civilian employee or someone significant to the history of the Corps of Engineers.

Interviews will be conducted following procedures outlined in CEHO's oral history guides. In-person interviews will be conducted using high-quality digital recorders with external XLR microphones and will be recorded in uncompressed WAV format. Some interviews may be done remotely, using recorded sessions from online conferencing software, as long as a broadband connection is possible.

Contractor will prepare a list of keywords to facilitate the preparation of the transcript. The interviews will be transcribed in accordance with the format prescribed by CEHO. Interviews conducted by CEHO staff members and others may also be transcribed. For interviewees who are not current federal employees, the Contractor will secure a completed access agreement from the interviewee.

3.2.12 The Contractor will develop web pages or websites related to Army engineer history using industry standard software tools that are compatible with existing web sites maintained by the Office of History or other government entities.

The web-based content, including text, illustrations, graphics, and audio-video material, may be prepared using government-or contractor-supplied information. The pages and sites will be well organized, visually appealing, and easy to use. The formats and specifications for web pages or sites produced under the resultant contract will be specified in the individual BPA calls.

3.2.13 The Contractor will provide library services for book and print collections

The Contractor will review CEHO/USACE monograph and print collections to assess relevance to the collections, catalogue and accession as required and affix metadata to digital work processes. The Contractor may also be required to make suggestions for collection development.

3.2.14 The Contractor will provide archaeological and cultural resources support services to include preparing applicable reports.

The Contractor will conduct archaeological or cultural resources research and prepare in-depth reports relating to anthropological/archaeological resources.

3.3 Program/Project Management.

3.3.1 The Contractor shall participate in meetings for program management as deemed necessary by either party.

At the discretion of the Government, the meetings may be held virtually, at Headquarters USACE in Washington, D.C., or at the Humphreys Engineer Center in Alexandria, Virginia, or at another facility that the Government may designate.

3.3.2 The Contractor shall provide program management for work assigned.

Program management will include a single POC with contracting authority. The Contractor must have the ability to handle multiple BPA Calls and subcontractors simultaneously as well as the ability to hire and retain personnel associated with work assigned.

4 Special Requirements

This section describes the special requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

4.1 Security

4.1.1. General security requirements and guidance: The security requirements described below apply to all contract personnel (including employees of the prime Contractor ("Contractor") and all subcontractor employees) supporting the performance requirements of this contract. The Contractor is responsible for compliance with these security requirements. Questions regarding security matters shall be addressed to the designated Government representative, e.g., Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Requiring Activity (RA) representative, or Contracting Officer (if a COR or other RA representative is not appointed). Contract personnel are critical to the overall security and safety of US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) installations, facilities and activities, and security awareness training contributes to those efforts. The Department of Defense (DoD) and Army security training requirements specified below, if applicable, are performance requirements; all applicable contract personnel shall complete initial training within 30 days of contract award or the date new contract personnel begin performance on the contract. Within five business days from the completion of training, the Contractor shall provide written documentation (e.g., email or memorandum) to the Government representative. The documentation shall include the names of contract personnel trained and which training they completed; the Contractor shall maintain training records as part of their contract files and be prepared to provide copies of training certificates to the Government representative. Contractor personnel and vehicles are subject to search when entering federal installations. Additionally, all contract personnel shall comply with Force Protection Condition (FPCON) measures, Random Antiterrorism Measures (commonly referred to as "RAMs"), and Health Protection Condition (HPCON) measures. The Contractor is responsible for meeting performance requirements during elevated FPCON and/or HPCON levels in accordance with applicable RA plans and procedures --this includes identifying mission essential and non-mission essential personnel. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the FPCON or HPCON levels at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may implement security changes that affect contract personnel. The Contractor shall ensure all contract personnel are aware of their security responsibilities, including any site-specific requirements identified in local policies or procedures.

4.1.2. Antiterrorism (AT) Level I training: All contract personnel requiring routine access to Army installations, facilities, and controlled access areas, or requiring network access shall complete initial and annual refresher AT Level I awareness training. Online AT Level I awareness training is available at https://jko.jten.mil/ (website subject to change).

4.1.3. Physical security and access control requirements: All contract personnel requiring physical access to a federal installation or facility shall comply with the access control procedures of that location. Contract personnel requiring unescorted access to meet contract performance requirements on a DoD installation in the US shall be vetted by the installation/facility Provost Marshal/Directorate of Emergency Services/Security Office using the National Crime Information Center-Interstate Identification Index (commonly referred to as "NCIC-III") and Terrorist Screening Database (commonly referred to as "TSDB"). Contract personnel shall comply with all personal identity verification requirements specified in installation/facility policies and procedures. Contract personnel who do not meet requirements for unescorted access to USACE facilities shall coordinate escorted access with the Government representative, as needed. Contract personnel who receive keys, access cards, or lock combinations that provide access to government-owned property shall comply with key and lock control procedures of the RA.

4.1.4. Contract personnel requiring a common access card (CAC): Contract personnel will be issued a common access card (CAC) only if duties involve one of the following: (1) both physical access to a DoD facility and access to DoD information systems or networks; (2) remote access to a DoD information system or network using DoD-approved remote access procedures; or (3) physical access to multiple DoD facilities or multiple non-DoD federally controlled facilities on behalf of the DoD on a recurring basis for a period of 6 months or more. Before CAC issuance, contract personnel must have at a minimum, a favorably adjudicated Tier 1 investigation or an equivalent or higher investigation in accordance with applicable Army regulations and Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12). At the discretion of the RA, an initial CAC may be issued based on a favorable review of a fingerprint check and a successfully scheduled Tier 1 investigation with the National Background Investigations Bureau. The RA provides contract personnel with additional information and forms to initiate the CAC issuance process, and/or to initiate background investigations, when required.

Contract personnel shall complete these processes within established timelines to avoid delays.

4.1.5. Suspicious Activity Reporting training (e.g. iWATCH, CorpsWatch, or See Something, Say Something): All contract personnel shall receive initial and annual refresher training from the RA representative on the local suspicious activity reporting program. This locally developed training provides contract personnel with general information on suspicious behavior, and guidance on reporting suspicious activity to the project manager, security representative or law enforcement entity.

4.1.6. Contract personnel requiring access to Government information systems: All contract personnel with access to a government information system (including USACE business systems and CAC-enabled websites) shall comply with applicable DoD and Army regulations and shall use the organization's UserID-Password Administration and Security System (U-PASS) at commencement of services to request network user accounts. Contract personnel shall complete DoD Information Assurance Awareness training prior to accessing information systems, and annually thereafter.

4.1.7. Contracts requiring a formal OPSEC program: The Contractor shall develop an OPSEC SOP /Plan within 90 days of contract award. The OPSEC SOP/Plan shall be reviewed and accepted by the RA OPSEC Officer. This plan will include a process to identify critical information, where it is located, who is responsible for it, how to protect it, and why it needs to be protected. In accordance with Army and DoD regulations, the contractor shall have a certified Level II OPSEC coordinator, who shall ensure OPSEC compliance during contract performance.

4.1.8. Training requirements for the protection of sensitive information: All contract personnel with access to critical information (as identified in the RA's OPSEC Program) shall complete initial and annual refresher OPSEC Level I Awareness training, which is available at the following websites:

https://www.iad.gov/ioss/, or http://www.cdse.edu/catalog/operations-security.html (websites subject to change). All contract personnel with access to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) shall complete initial and annual refresher CUI training in accordance with applicable Army policy.

4.1.9. Contracts requiring handling or access to classified information: The prime Contractor shall have a Facility Clearance (FCL) at the appropriate level prior to performance on the contract; the RA will sponsor the prime contract company in obtaining the FCL. All cleared contract personnel shall comply with the FCL requirements, as well as applicable laws and regulations regarding contractor access to national security information. For classified contracts, the RA will generate the DD Form 254, which will be attached to the contract.

4.1.10. Threat Awareness Reporting Program: All contract personnel who maintain an active security clearance shall receive initial and annual refresher training on the Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (commonly referred to as "TARP"), provided by a Counterintelligence Agent. As determined by the servicing Counterintelligence Agent for the RA, contract personnel may complete web-based TARP training.

4.1.11. Escorting in classified and/or sensitive areas: In accordance with applicable regulations, all contract personnel who do not possess the appropriate security clearance or access privileges will be escorted in areas where they may be exposed to classified information or operations, sensitive information or activities, or restricted areas.

4.1.12. Pre-screen candidates using E-Verify Program: Contractors shall comply with the requirements set forth in FAR clause 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification and FAR Subpart

22.18 in using the E-Verify Program at (https://www.e-verify.gov/) (website subject to change) to meet the contract employment eligibility requirements. Contractors are encouraged to cooperate with Federal and State agencies responsible for enforcing labor requirements to include eligibility for employment under United States immigration laws. An initial list of verified/eligible candidates shall be provided to the COR no later than three business days after the initial contract award. When contracts are with individuals, the individuals will be required to complete a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, and submit it to the Contracting Officer to become part of the official contract file.

4.2 Quality

This section describes the Quality Control components for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

4.2.1 Quality Control

The Contractor shall develop a quality control plan (QCP) and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with the IDIQ contract and this PWS. The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractor's QCP is the means by which he assures himself that his work complies with the requirement of the contract.

The finalized QCP will be accepted by the Government 30 days after date of the contract award. The Contracting Officer may notify the Contractor of required modifications to the plan during the period of performance. The Contractor then shall coordinate suggested modifications and obtain acceptance of the plan by the Contracting Officer. Any modifications to the program during the period of performance shall be provided to the Contracting Officer for review no later than 10 working days prior to effective date of the change. The QCP shall be subject to the Government's review and approval. The Government may find the QCP "unacceptable" whenever the Contractor's procedures do not accomplish quality control objectives. The Contractor shall revise the QCP within 10 working days from receipt of notice that the QCP is found "unacceptable."

4.2.2 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

The Government shall monitor the Contractor's performance under this contract and each BPA Call in accordance with the Government's QASP.

5.0 Deliverables

The Contractor shall provide deliverables as described in subsequent BPA Calls. Deliverables shall be specified by the Government. Format and delivery schedule for deliverables are outlined CDRLs and /or as stated in the applicable section of the applicable BPA Call PWS.

Number Name Frequency Quantity

A1 Draft Work Plan for each BPA Call. Each BPA Call

A2 Final Work Plan for each BPA Call. Each BPA Call

A3 Draft deliverables as specified in the individual BPA Calls.

As required per BPA Call

A4 Final deliverables as specified in the individual BPA Calls.

As required per BPA Call

A5 Quality Control Plan

The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services.

Once 1, updated as required

Performance Requirements Summary

Statements Standards/AQLs Incentive/Remedy

5.1 Peer Review

5.1.1 The Contractor shall

host BPA Call kickoff meeting for each BPA Call.

Meeting will be held within 5 business days after BPA Call award as designated by the Government.

N/A

5.1.2 The Contractor

shall develop and provide a draft and final work plan for each BPA Call.

a) Draft work plan provided within 5 business days after kickoff meeting. b) Final work plan provided within 5 business days after teleconference with USACE.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.3 The Contractor will

conduct archival and secondary research at archives, libraries, and other repositories that the Government may designate.

The Contractor will survey records, noting the size, condition, and format of the entire collection and of the applicable records series and subseries within the collection. Copies of finding aids and other material from the collection will be provided at the resolution and format specified in the BPA Call and accompanied by the appropriate metadata.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.4 The Contractor will

research and write an essay, study, or monograph on a specified topic or

Based on thorough and well-documented historical research, Contractor will produce clear, interesting, and engaging historical products. Products will be accompanied by high resolution photographs and

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

subject related to the history of the Corps of Engineers.

illustrations and include captions, credits, and photo releases.

5.1.5 The Contractor will

design, layout, and provide publication services for historical products.

In accordance with industry standards, the Contractor will design, layout, and produce historical products ranging from book-length manuscripts to posters and brochures. Contractor will provide digital files for printing and PDFs for display on the web.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.6 The Contractor will

provide editing services.

Contractor will provide editorial services ranging from substantive editing to resolve inconsistencies or errors, to proofreading and copyediting for stylistic consistency, spelling, and grammar.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.7 The Contractor shall

provide archival support services for both analog and digital collections to arrange, conserve, describe, and accession material into the Research Collection.

Contractor will arrange, conserve, describe, and accession paper and electronic records into CEHO's historic holdings. Paper records will be stored in archival containers; electronic records stored on CEHO's network. Finding aids will include sufficient detail to promote historical research; digital archiving may involve data appraisal, review; perform data migration; create and/or maintain metadata standards.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.8 The Contractor will

digitize historical material.

The Contractor will digitize a wide variety of historical material, including motion picture film and audio records, in the format and resolution specified in the BPA Call. Contractor will also supply the

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

necessary metadata to allow the material to be accessioned into CEHO's Research Collection.

5.1.9 The Contractor will

provide curatorial services for CEHO's collection of historic artifacts.

The Contractor will conduct object inventories, perform preservation and conservation, label, rehouse, and photograph artifacts, and update object catalog records. Curatorial support will be in accordance with American Alliance of Museum standards and AR 870-20.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.10 The Contractor will

develop physical and online exhibits.

The Contractor will design and fabricate historical displays that include artifacts, accurate and informative text, captions, and the appropriate visual material. The engaging displays will be designed to appeal to the general public.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.11 The Contractor shall

conduct oral history interviews.

The Contractor will prepare for and conduct oral history interviews. Interviews will be conducted in accordance with Oral History in the U.S. Army Corps of

All interviews must Engineers: A Guide.

be recorded on high quality digital recorders, external XLR microphones, and recorded in uncompressed WAV format.

For each interview the Contractor will prepare a list of keywords to facilitate transcription.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.12 The Contractor will

develop web pages or web sites.

The Contractor will prepare web pages or sites using commercially available software in accordance with Office of History design standards and style guide. The pages and sites will be well organized, visually appealing, and easy to use.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.13 The contractor will

provide library services for CEHO's book and print collections

The Contractor will provide cataloging services for print materials; support collections development activities; and provide metadata services for ongoing digitization efforts.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

5.1.14 The contractor will

provide archaeological support services

The Contractor will conduct archaeological or cultural resource management research and prepare in-depth reports on those resources.

Re-perform at no cost to the Government.

APPENDIX A - LABOR CATEGORIES

The following labor categories are the only approved labor categories to be used on task orders:

Supervisory Archivist Must:

Have an American Library Association (ALA)-accredited Master of Library Science (MLS) or Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree with a concentration in archival studies, library sciences, or a related field. A master's degree in a related field may be substituted for an MLS or MLIS degree provided the candidate has five years' experience processing archival materials, digitizing material, and working with large quantities of electronic records.

Have three years' experience processing archival materials to include: arranging, describing, preserving, and cataloging archival and digital materials and preparing finding aids.

Have three years' experience working with large quantities of digital records, including image capture, data migration and metadata creation, and converting a wide variety of existing historic material to digital formats and preparing the related metadata.

Be familiar with, and able to supervise work in, Encoded Archival Description (EAD), including working knowledge of XML-related tools such as Oxygen.

Have one year's experience overseeing archival operations, supervising archivists, and exercising quality control over projects.

Provide three finding aids and detailed descriptions of digitization projects for evaluation.

Archivist Must:

Have an ALA-accredited MLS or MLIS with a concentration in archival studies, archival management, or records management.

Have two years' experience processing archival collections to include original arrangement, description, and preservation of collections in accordance with professional best practices.

Have experience with historical research to conduct biographical and historical context research as applied to archival collections.

Have two years' experience digitizing a wide variety of historical materials, including applying metadata to ensure interoperability and discoverability.

Have experience with Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and XML-related tools such as Oxygen.

Have an aptitude for complex, analytical work with excellent attention to detail.

Be able to lift materials weighing up to 20 pounds.

Provide two sample finding aids with detailed DACS elements, and which demonstrate historical research and writing ability.

Digital Archivist Must:

Have an ALA-accredited MLIS with a concentration in digital archiving, or a related field in information management, or a Society of American Archivists (SAA) Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate.

Have demonstrated knowledge of digital preservation standards and best practices for born-digital content.

Have knowledge of establishing, arranging, describing, and maintaining control of born-digital archival materials in accordance with professional standards and practices to ensure the long-term preservation of collections.

Be able to implement and/or create controlled vocabularies to facilitate arrangement and description when appropriate.

Be able to screen out restricted, personal, classified, and proprietary information (such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, classified data, medical records, etc.) in digital archival files.

Have experience with migration strategies to preserve digital objects.

Be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Librarian (Cataloging and Metadata) Must:

Have an ALA-accredited MLS or MLIS degree.

Have two years' professional original and copy cataloging experience in a variety of formats, including monographs, audio and visual formats, maps, manuscripts, rare books, etc.

Have expertise in handling older, delicate materials.

Have knowledge of library automation/cataloging platforms such as EOS, OCLC, and Library of Congress classification.

Be familiar with common metadata standards, such as MARC, MODS, Dublin Core, etc.

Be able to support the ingestion and digitization of USACE publications by ensuring metadata meets standards for interoperability and end-user discoverability.

Have one year's experience with development and/or maintenance of metadata files and the ability to identify errors in metadata.

Have an aptitude for complex, analytical work with excellent attention to detail.

Be able to lift materials weighing up to 20 pounds.

Supervisory Project Historian Must:

Have a doctorate in History or closely related field (such as American Studies or Political Science).

Have five years' experience in research and writing on the history of the United States military or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Have two years' experience overseeing historical research and writing projects.

Have produced publications and/or papers demonstrating knowledge of and experience in conducting research at the National Archives and other government primary source repositories and in writing analytical and narrative historical studies.

Provide three writing samples for evaluation.

Project Historian Must:

Have a master's degree in history or closely related field (such as American Studies or Political Science).

Have five years' experience in research and writing on the history of the United States military or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Knowledge of USACE's Civil Works missions and authorities can augment the first two criteria.

Have two years' experience overseeing historical research and writing projects.

Have produced publications and/or papers demonstrating knowledge of and experience in conducting research at the National Archives, other government primary source repositories, operational records maintained on site by federal government agencies, and in writing analytical and narrative historical studies.

Provide three writing samples for evaluation.

Historian Must:

Have a master's degree in history or closely related field (such as American Studies or Political Science).

Have three years' experience in research and writing on the history of the United States Military or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Knowledge of USACE's Civil Works missions and authorities can augment the first two criteria.

Have produced publications and/or papers demonstrating knowledge of and experience in conducting research at the National Archives and other government primary source repositories, in operational records maintained on site by federal government agencies and, in writing analytical and narrative historical studies.

Provide three writing samples for evaluation.

Historical Researcher Must:

Have a master's degree in history or in a closely related field.

Have three years' experience in conducting historical research in the National Archives, Federal Records Centers, the Library of Congress, and in the operational records maintained on site by federal government agencies.

Historical Research Assistant

Have bachelor's degree in history or in a closely related field.

Have one year's experience in conducting historical research in the National Archives, Federal Records Centers, the Library of Congress, and in the operational records maintained on site by federal government agencies.

Project Oral Historian Must:

Have at least a master's degree from an accredited college or university in a social science or related field.

Have formal oral history training and four years' experience in conducting oral history interviews on topics related to United States military history.

Have two years' experience developing and supervising the execution of oral history programs; to include establishing lines of inquiry, identifying potential interviewees, generating and reviewing questions, and reviewing and editing transcripts.

Provide a list of at least 20 recently conducted oral history interviews and examples of five transcripts of interviews conducted within the last five years.

Oral Historian Must:

Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a social science or related field.

Have formal oral history training and two years' experience in conducting oral history interviews on topics related to United States military history.

Provide a list of at least 10 recently conducted oral history…