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Offeror To Complete Block 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

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12. Discount Terms 13a. This Contract Is A Rated Order Under DPAS (15 CFR 700) 13b. Rating

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17a. Contractor/Offeror Code Facility 18a. Payment Will Be Made By Code

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17b. Check If Remittance Is Different And Put Such Address In Offer

18b. Submit Invoices To Address Shown In Block 18a Unless Block Below Is Checked See Addendum

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27a.Solicitation Incorporates By Reference FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 And 52.212-5 Are Attached. Addenda Are Are Not Attached.

27b.Contract/Purchase Order Incorporates By Reference FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 Is Attached. Addenda Are Are Not Attached.

28. Contractor Is Required To Sign This Document And Return _________ 29. Award Of Contract: Ref. Offer Copies to Issuing Office. Contractor Agrees To Furnish And Deliver All Items Set Forth Or Otherwise Identified Above And On Any Additional Sheets Subject To The Terms And Conditions Specified.

Dated . Your Offer On Solicitation (Block 5), Including Any Additions Or Changes Which Are Set Forth Herein, Is Accepted As To Items:

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CONTINUATION SHEET

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Buyer Name: LORI CAHILL

Buyer Office Symbol/Telephone Number: ACC-NJ-WS/(609)562-1305

Type of Contract 1: Firm Fixed Price

Type of Contract 2: Cost No Fee

Kind of Contract: Service Contracts

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Regulatory Cite Title Date Regulatory Cite Title Date _______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________ _______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________

1 52.224-4001 DISCLOSURE OF UNIT PRICE INFORMATION (AS7029) OCT/2010

This constitutes notification pursuant to Executive Order 12600, Pre-Disclosure Notification Procedures for Confidential Commercial

Information (June 23, 1987), of our intention to release unit prices in response to any request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5

USC 552. Unit price is defined as the contract price per unit or item purchased. We consider any objection to be waived unless the contracting officer is notified of your objection to such posting prior to submission of initial proposals.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey, located at Joint Base McGuire, Dix, Lakehurst (MDL) New Jersey is soliciting proposals for Survey Operations and Analytic Support services on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

(ARI).

This action will be awarded in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.5, "Simplified Proceedures for Certain Commercial Items."

Submission Information:_______________________

All questions concerning this procurement, must be submitted in writing and received by the Contract Specialist Lori Cahill at lori.a.cahill2.civ@mail.mil, no later than 11:00 A.M. on 03 June 2016.

Proposals SHALL be received by the date & time listed in block #8 above. Late proposals will not be considered.

Basis for Award: The Government will make the awards utilizing the Best Value Trade-off approach. This approach allows award to the offeror whose proposal is the most advantageous to the Government when considering evaluation factors in addition to price. These evaluation factors will include Technical, Past Performance, and Price. For more information regarding proposal submission or the source selection evaluation factors, please refer to the INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS (Section L) and the EVALUATION

FACTORS FOR AWARD sections of this solicitations (Section M).

Contract Type, Minimum Ordering Obligation, and Contract Maximum:_________________________________________________________________

The Government anticipates the award of an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) task orders, to include cost reimbursable/no fee Other Direct Costs (ODC's). The following minimum guarantee and contract ceiling amounts are for the services being procured under this contract, which has a period of performance of three (3) years, consisting of a base year and two option years.

Minimum Guarantee: $10,000.00 (Minimum guarantee is for the entire contract period of performance)

Total Contract Ceiling: TDB

It is the Government's intent to award Task Order 0001 to the awardee at the execution of the basic contract award. Award of Task Order

0001 will fulfill the Governments Minimum Guarantee.

Task Order Procedures:______________________

The government will issue a Task Order Request which will include individual performance work statements (PWS) for each task to be acquired under any resultant IDIQ contract. Each Task Order PWS will be within the scope and original intent of the Performance Work

Statement, in Section J. The Contractor will provide a proposal in response to the governments' Task Order Request which will be subject to negotiation.

The ACC-NJ Contracting Officer shall be the only government representative authorized to issue task orders against this contract.

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Also see contract clauses entitled:

252.216-7006 Ordering (MAY 2011)

52.216-19 Ordering Limitations (OCT 1995)

52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995)

Contract Years:_________________

This Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract will have three Ordering Periods as follows:

Base Year shall be for a period of 12 months from the date of contract award.

Optional Year 1 shall be for a period of 12 months following the base Period of Performance.

Optional Year 2 shall be for a period of 12 months following the 1st Option Year Period of Performance.

Task Orders issued under this contract will specify the period of performance of each order.

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ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

Reference No. of Document Being Continued

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SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

0001 SURVEY OPERATIONS AND ANAYLTIC SPT $ __________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: SURVEY OPS & ANALYTIC SPT

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Firm Fixed Price

The Contractor shall provide Survey Operations and

Analytic Support in accordance with the PWS.

Specific requirements and pricing will be set forth in each Task Order.

The Ordering Period shall be for 12 months from date of contract award.

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Deliveries or Performance _________________________

0002 OTHER DIRECT COSTS (E) $ __________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: OTHER DIRECT COSTS

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Cost No Fee

ODC's including postage, envelopes, printing and

Business Reply Account Permit/ Maintenance shall be preapproved by the COR and invoiced on a

Cost/No Fee basis.

Specific requirements and pricing will be set forth in each Task Order.

The Ordering Period shall be for 12 months from date of contract award.

The Contractor shall submit the Government

Not to Exceed "Plug-in" number of $595,296.00.

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Deliveries or Performance _________________________

0003 DATA ITEMS - ALL YEARS ______________________

A001 DATA ITEMS ALL YEARS 1 LO $ ** NSP ** ____________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: DATA ITEMS FOR ALL YEARS

Deliverables shall be in accordance with the requirements, quantities, and schedules set forth in the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), DD Form

1423, Data Item A001 through C006, located at

Exhibit

A.

Data Items are Not Separately Priced (NSP) and will be provided as specified on each order.

CDRLs are identified as follows:

A001:

DI-ADMIN-81373 Survey Method Briefing

A002:

DI-ADMIN-81313A

Monthly Status Report

B001:

DI-QCIC-81115

Sample Design Plans

B002:

DI-MGMT-81453A

Database Development

C001:

DI-MISC-80711A

Reports Deocumenting Sampling and/or Weighting

C002:

DI-MISC-80711A

Reports Monitoring Data Collection

C0003:

DI-MISC-80711A

Telephonic and Online Reports

C004:

DI-MISC-80711A

Database Develpoment & Survey Methodology

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C005:

DI-MISC-80711A

Weighting Development & Implementation

C006:

DI-MISC-80711A

Report of Methological Studies

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Inspection and Acceptance _________________________

INSPECTION: Destination ACCEPTANCE: Destination

DLVR SCH PERF COMPL

REL CD QUANTITY DATE ________ ______________ __________

001 1 SEE DD FORM 1423

0004 CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING - ALL YEARS _________________________________________

Contractor Manpower Reporting (CMR) shall be in accordance with paragraph 1.6.16 of the Performance

Work Statement found in Section C.

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1001 SURVEY OPERATIONS AND ANAYLTIC SPT $ __________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: SURVEY OPS & ANALYTIC SPT

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Firm Fixed Price

The Contractor shall provide Survey Operations and Analytic Support in accordance with the PWS.

Specific requirements and pricing will be set forth in each Task Order.

This is an optional CLIN, the Government is under no obligation to exercise this CLIN.

If exercised, the ordering period shall be for 12 months following the base Period of Performance.

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Deliveries or Performance _________________________

1002 OTHER DIRECT COSTS $ __________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: OTHER DIRECT COSTS

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Cost No Fee

ODC's including postage, envelopes, printing and

Business Reply Account Permit/ Maintenance shall be preapproved by the COR and invoiced on a

Cost/No Fee basis.

Specific requirements and pricing will be set forth in each Task Order.

This is an optional CLIN, the Government is under no obligation to exercise this CLIN.

If exercised, the ordering period shall be for 12 months following the base Period of Performance.

The Contractor shall submit the Government

Not to Exceed "Plug-in" number of $610,178.40.

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Deliveries or Performance _________________________

2001 SURVEY OPERATIONS AND ANAYLTIC SPT $ __________________________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: SURVEY OPS & ANALYTIC SPT

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Firm Fixed Price

The Contractor shall provide Survey Operations and

Analytic Support in accordance with the PWS.

Specific requirements and pricing will be set forth in each Task Order.

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This is an optional CLIN, the Government is under no obligation to exercise this CLIN.

If exercised, the ordering period shall be for 12 months following the 1st Option Year Period of

Performance.

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Deliveries or Performance _________________________

2002 OTHER DIRECT COSTS $ __________________ __________________

SERVICE REQUESTED: OTHER DIRECT COSTS

CLIN CONTRACT TYPE:

Cost No Fee

ODC's including postage, envelopes, printing and

Business Reply Account Permit/ Maintenance shall be preapproved by the COR and invoiced on a

Cost/No Fee basis.

Specific requirements and pricing will be set forth in each Task Order.

If exercised, the ordering period shall be for 12 months following the 1st Option Year Period of

Performance.

The Contractor shall submit the Government

Not to Exceed "Plug-in" number of $625,432.86.

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Deliveries or Performance _________________________

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Regulatory Cite Title Date Regulatory Cite Title Date _______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________ _______________ ______________________________________________________________________ ____________

1 52.232-4000 INCREMENTAL FUNDING (BS6001) OCT/2010

a. Task order may be incrementally funded. Subject to the availability of funds, the Government contemplates that funds for task oders may be allotted to the Contractor for the planned Fiscal Years (FY) in the amounts set forth in Column II of the Funding Plan set forth below. It is further contemplated that each total planned FY allotment may be allotted incrementally within each FY.

I II III IV

FISCAL TOTAL PLANNED DATE OF APPLICATION PERIOD OF

YEAR FY ALLOTMENT* OF INITIAL INCREMENT PERFORMANCE*

OF FY ALLOTMENT *

2016 $TBD on a TO Basis TO Award _________ ____TBD_____

2017 $____________ _____________________ ___________

2018 $____________ _____________________ ___________

b. Notwithstanding the incremental funding of the Task Orders, the Contractor is required to comply with the notification requirements of the Limitation of Funds Clause (FAR 52.232-22) or Limitation of Governments Obligation Clause (DFARS 252.232-7007), whichever is included in this contract.

NOTE: *To be completed by offeror and subject to negotiation.

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DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

Performance Work Statement for

SURVEY OPERATIONS AND ANALYTIC SUPPORT

U.S. ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

PART 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES/INTRODUCTION: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, materials, facilities, and other supplies and non-personal services necessary to conduct survey research services as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the U.S.

Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), except as specified in Part 3 as Government furnished property and services. The contractor will be responsible for conducting attitude and opinion surveys and survey analytic and methodological support in support of ARIs Scientific and Technology Program. The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 BACKGROUND: Managing the Armys manpower requirements during this evolving global strategic environment requires that the Armys senior leaders have accurate and up-to-date information on Soldiers attitudes and opinions on an array of personnel issues. The accuracy and timeliness of the attitude and opinion information provided to decision makers are of paramount importance in affecting the quality of decisions and personnel policies. As new policies are developed to enhance the Army's ability to staff the force, the Army needs survey research and analysis to gather and analyze data on the implementation and expected or actual effectiveness of those policies.

1.3 OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this contract are for the Contractor(s) to conduct the following in support of ARIs Scientific and

Technology Program attitude and opinion surveys: (1) survey development and administration and (2) survey analytic and methodological support.

1.4 SCOPE: The scope of this requirement is for the Contractor to provide ARI with the necessary capabilities to conduct and analyze attitude and opinion surveys in support of ARIs Scientific and Technology Program.

1.5. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The performance of performance includes a base year and two twelve month option periods.

1.6 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.6.1 QUALITY CONTROL: The Contractor shall develop and maintain an effective Quality Control (QC) program to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractors QC program is the means by which the Contractor assures that their work complies with the requirement of the contract. The Contractor shall obtain Contracting Officer (KO) approval in writing for any proposed change to the QC plan submitted with its proposal and incorporated into this contract in Section J.

1.6.2 QUALITY ASSURANCE: The Government shall evaluate the Contractors performance under this contract in accordance with the

Performance Requirements Summary (PRS), Attachment 1. This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the

Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

1.6.3 RECOGNIZED HOLIDAYS: Contractors are not required to work on the following Federal holidays:

New Years Day Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jrs Birthday Columbus Day

Presidents Day Veterans Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day

Independence Day Christmas Day

1.6.4 HOURS OF OPERATION: Contractor personnel are expected to provide support during normal operating hours (0800-1630) Monday thru

Friday, except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate work force for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the work force are essential.

1.6.5 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Performance of Survey Development and Administration Tasks under this contract will primarily be at the

Contractor's facility. Performance of Survey Analytic and Methodological Support Tasks under this contract will primarily be at the

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Government site, ARI, 6000 6th St., Fort Belvoir, V.A. 22060.

1.6.6 TRAVEL: Exclusive of a kick off meeting which could be done either in person or telephonically, travel is not anticipated for TOs under this Contract. Travel costs shall be considered reasonable and allowable only to the extent that they do not exceed on a daily basis, the maximum per diem rates in effect at the time of the travel. FAR Part 31 shall provide the basis for the determination as to what is reasonable and allowable. Maximum use is to be made of the lowest available customary standard coach or equivalent airfare accommodations available during normal business hours. All necessary travel meeting the above criteria shall be approved in advance by the Contracting Officers Representative (COR). Exceptions to these guidelines shall be approved in advance by the KO.

1.6.7 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

1.6.7.1 SECURITY CLEARANCE: No security clearance is required.

1.6.7.2 ANTITERRORISM (AT) /OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC) CONSIDERATIONS: The scope of work for individual TOs executed under this contract may require access to Army installations, facilities and controlled access areas; access to a Government information system or network; and/or the gathering and/or storage of data covered by OPSEC. The PWS for each individual TO will contain language specific to the requirements for the scope of work. Any or all of the AT/OPSEC requirements listed below may apply to a given TO.

1.6.7.2.1. AT LEVEL 1 TRAINING (GENERAL). All contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities and controlled access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is applicable. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the contracting officer, if a COR is not assigned, within 30 calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel. AT level I awareness training is available at the following website: http://jko.jten.mil. _

1.6.7.2.2. ACCESS AND GENERAL PROTECTION/SECURITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES. Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation

Provost Marshal Office, Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements (FAR clause 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel) as directed by DOD, HQDA and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection

Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes.

1.6.7.2.3. FOR CONTRACTORS REQUIRING COMMON ACCESS CARD (CAC). Before CAC issuance, the contractor employee requires, at a minimum, a favorably adjudicated National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) or an equivalent or higher investigation in accordance with Army

Directive 2014-05. The contractor employee will be issued a CAC only if duties involve one of the following: (1) Both physical access to a DoD facility and access, via logon, to DoD networks on-site or remotely; (2) Remote access, via logon, to a DoD 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. At the discretion of the sponsoring activity, an initial

CAC may be issued based on a favorable review of the FBI fingerprint check and a successfully scheduled NACI at the Office of Personnel

Management.

1.6.7.2.4. For contractors that do not require CAC, but require access to a DoD facility or installation. Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall comply with adjudication standards and procedures using the National Crime Information Center Interstate

Identification Index (NCIC-III) and Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) (Army Directive 2014-05/AR 190-13), applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures (provided by government representative), or, at OCONUS locations, in accordance with status of forces agreements and other theater regulations.

1.6.7.2.5. iWATCH Training. The Contractor and all associated subcontractors shall brief all employees on the local iWATCH program (training standards provided by the requiring activity). This locally developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the appropriate authorities (e.g., the local military police). This training shall be completed within 30 calendar days after the contract start date and within 30 calendar days of new employees commencing performance.

1.6.7.2.6. ARMY TRAINING CERTIFICATION TRACKING SYSTEM (ATCTS) registration for contractor employees who require access to government information systems. All contractor employees with access to a government info system must be registered in the ATCTS (Army Training

Certification Tracking System) at commencement of services, and must successfully complete the DOD Information Assurance Awareness prior to access to the IS and then annually thereafter.

1.6.7.2.7 FOR CONTRACTS THAT REQUIRE AN OPSEC STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURE/PLAN. Within 90 days of contract award, the

Contractor shall:

(1) Identify any Government critical information that may be gathered, stored, or processed during contract performance, and

(2) Develop an OPSEC Standing Operating Procedure (SOP) or plan for securing any such critical information. In particular, the

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Contractor shall consider personally identifying information and information related to military operations (e.g. tactics, techniques, and procedures) that might be gathered during data collections. The Contractor shall implement OPSEC procedures as ordered by the Commander or other authorized official. The Contractor shall have an identified certified Level II OPSEC coordinator per ARI 530-1, Operations Security.

The plan shall be reviewed by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and revised as requested by the COR or by the Government

OPSEC officer to ensure adherence to the Army Privacy Program in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-579) as codified in 5 U.S.C. Section 552a and Department of Defense (DoD) Regulation 5400.11-R, and to ensure adherence to AR 530-1, Operations Security.

1.6.7.2.8. For contracts that require OPSEC Training. Per AR 530-1 Operations Security, the contractor employees must complete Level I

OPSEC Awareness training. New employees must be trained within 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty and annually thereafter.

1.6.7.2.9. For information assurance (IA)/information technology (IT) training. All contractor employees and associated sub-contractor employees must complete the DoD IA awareness training before issuance of network access and annually thereafter. All contractor employees working IA/IT functions must comply with DoD and Army training requirements in DoDD 8570.01, DoD 8570.01-M and AR 25-2 within six months of appointment to IA/IT functions.

1.6.7.3 Physical SECURITY: The performance of this requirement will require that the Contractor has access to sensitive information.

The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all information and Government property provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, Government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured. Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is explained in Army Regulation (AR) 380-5, Chapter 5. Examples of CUI include For Official Use Only (FOUO) information that affects individuals privacy and survey results which could be viewed as sensitive to Army operations. Failure to safeguard any sensitive/privileged information which may involve the Contractor or the Contractors personnel or to which they may have access may subject the Contractor and/or the Contractors employees to criminal liability under Title 18, section 793 and 7908 of the United States

Code. Provisions of the Privacy Act apply to all records and reports maintained by the Contractor and must adhere to the installation security requirements.

1.6.8 SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Contractor personnel performing tasks which are listed in Part 5 of this PWS are required to have subject matter expertise and hands-on experience in certain areas. Individual TOs will specify what areas of expertise and hands-on experience are necessary for the performance of individual TOs. Examples will include, but are not limited to the following:

a. Microsoft Office Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access;

b. Software tools to extract and manipulate data fields from Army or DoD personnel databases (i.e., SPSS, SAS);

c. Military rank structure and other military personnel structures and policies as they relate to the ability to identify anomalies.

1.6.9 POST AWARD CONFERENCE/PERIODIC PROGRESS MEETINGS: The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 42.5. The KO, COR, and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the Contractor to review the Contractor's performance.

At these meetings the COR or KO will apprise the Contractor of how the Government views the Contractor's performance and the Contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues.

1.6.10 PROGRAM MANAGER: The Contractor shall provide a Program Manager (PM) who shall be responsible for the performance of the work.

The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the Contractor when the PM is absent shall be designated in writing to the

KO. The PM or alternate shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.

1.6.11 IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES: All Contractor personnel attending meetings and working in other situations where their

Contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by

Contractors are suitably marked as Contractor products or that Contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

1.6.12 USE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS: If the scope of individual TOs executed under this contract requires the use of human subjects, the contractor shall be required to comply with the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Title 45 Public Welfare Part 46 Protection of Human

Subjects (45 CFR 46).

1.6.12.1 Collections of information from only Army personnel must be reviewed by ARI prior to administration and licensed in accordance with (IAW) Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 8910.01 (Information Collection and Reporting). Collections of information from personnel both in the Army and in other DoD Services, or from members of the public, must be reviewed prior to administration by the

Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) IAW DODI 1100.13 (DoD Surveys) and licensed IAW DoDI 8910.01.

1.6.12.2 The Contractor will be required to comply with 48 CFR 252.235-7004.

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(a) Definitions. As used in 48 CFR 252.235-7004-

(1) Assurance of compliance means a written assurance that an institution will comply with requirements of 32 CFR Part 219, as well as the terms of the assurance, which the Human Research Protection Official determines to be appropriate for the research supported by the

DoD component (32 CFR 219.103).

(2) Human Research Protection Official (HRPO) means the individual designated by the head of the applicable DoD component and identified in the components Human Research Protection Management Plan as the official who is responsible for the oversight and execution of the requirements of this clause, although some DoD components may use a different title for this position.

(3) Human subject means a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research obtains data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or identifiable private information (32 CFR 219.102(f)). For example, this could include the use of human organs, tissue, and body fluids from individually identifiable living human subjects as well as graphic, written, or recorded information derived from individually identifiable living human subjects.

(4) Institution means any public or private entity or agency (32 CFR 219.102(b)).

(5) Institutional Review Board (IRB) means a board established for the purposes expressed in 32 CFR Part 219 (32 CFR 219.102(g)).

(6) IRB approval means the determination of the IRB that the research has been reviewed and may be conducted at an institution within the constraints set forth by the IRB and by other institutional and Federal requirements (32 CFR 219.102(h)).

(7) Research means a systematic investigation, including research, development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Activities that meet this definition constitute research for purposes of 32 CFR Part 219, whether or not they are conducted or supported under a program that is considered research for other purposes. For example, some demonstration and service programs may include research activities (32 CFR 219.102(d)).

(b) The Contractor shall oversee the execution of the research to ensure compliance with this clause. The Contractor shall comply fully with 32 CFR Part 219 and DoD Directive 3216.02, applicable DoD component policies, 10 U.S.C. 980, and, when applicable, Food and Drug

Administration policies and regulations.

(c) The Contractor shall not commence performance of research involving human subjects that is covered under 32 CFR Part 219 or that meets exemption criteria under 32 CFR 219.101(b), or expend funding on such effort, until and unless the conditions of either the following paragraph (c)(1) or (c)(2) have been met:

(1) The Contractor furnishes to the HRPO, with a copy to the KO, an assurance of compliance and IRB approval and receives notification from the KO that the HRPO has approved the assurance as appropriate for the research under the PWS and also that the HRPO has reviewed the protocol and accepted the IRB approval for compliance with the DoD component policies. The Contractor may furnish evidence of an existing assurance of compliance for acceptance by the HRPO, if an appropriate assurance has been approved in connection with previous research. The Contractor shall notify the KO immediately of any suspensions or terminations of the assurance.

(2) The Contractor furnishes to the HRPO, with a copy to the KO, a determination that the human research proposed meets exemption criteria in 32 CFR 219.101(b) and receives written notification from the KO that the exemption is determined acceptable. The determination shall include citation of the exemption category under 32 CFR 219.101(b) and a rationale statement. In the event of a disagreement regarding the Contractors furnished exemption determination, the HRPO retains final judgment on what research activities or classes of research are covered or are exempt under the contract.

(d) DoD staff, consultants, and advisory groups may independently review and inspect the Contractors research and research procedures involving human subjects and, based on such findings, DoD may prohibit research that presents unacceptable hazards or otherwise fails to comply with DoD procedures.

(e) Failure of the Contractor to comply with the requirements of this clause will result in the issuance of a stop-work order under FAR clause 52.242-15 to immediately suspend, in whole or in part, work and further payment under this contract, or will result in other issuance of suspension of work and further payment for as long as determined necessary at the discretion of the KO.

(f) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), in all subcontracts that may include research involving human subjects in accordance with 32 CFR Part 219, DoD Directive 3216.02, and 10 U.S.C. 980, including research that meets exemption criteria under 32 CFR 219.101(b). This clause does not apply to subcontracts that involve only the use of cadaver materials.

This clause indicates that prior to conducting research, the research protocol must undergo a review by the HRPO, which the contractor will submit through the COR. No research involving human subjects will be conducted until the research protocol has been approved by the ARI IRB and the HRPO and both approvals have been provided to the KO.

The Contractor also will be required to comply with the applicable provisions of ARI Procedures Memo, Use of Human Subjects in Research.

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If the Contractor has its own human subjects committee, it must be used. In this case, the Contractor may give evidence of compliance by submitting a completed Form HHS-596. The Contractor must submit the complete results of its in-house human use committee findings to the ARI COR immediately upon their receipt and before actual research involving use of human subjects begins. If the Contractor does not have its own such committee, it must completely process a protocol, through the COR, to the ARI Committee on the Use of Human

Subjects, before any data is collected.

1.6.13 PRIVACY ACT: The scope of work for individual TOs executed under this contract will require the gathering and/or storage of data covered by the Privacy Act (PL 93-579, 31 Aug 74). In the performance of such TOs, the Contractor shall comply with the requirements for systems security stated in the Privacy Act Statement used in the data or information collection. The Contractor shall adhere to the

Army Privacy Program in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-579) as codified in 5 U.S.C. \'a7552a and Department of

Defense (DoD) Regulation 5400.11-R.

IAW DoDI 5400.16 a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is required for all systems that contain PII on Federal personnel, DoD contractors and, in some cases, Foreign Nationals. The PIA is required to ensure that personally identifiable information (PII) in electronic form is collected, stored, protected, used, shared, and managed in a manner that protects privacy.

1.6.14 INFORMATION ASSURANCE COMPLIANCE: Contractor and all contractor personnel with access to or responsibility for nonpublic government data under this contract shall comply with DoD Directive 8500.1 Information Assurance (IA), DoD Instruction 8500.2

Information Assurance (IA) Implementation, DoD Directive 5400.11 H98210-15-R-0036

DoD Privacy Program, DoD 6025.18-R DoD Health Information Privacy Regulation, DoD 5200.2-R Personnel Security Program, Homeland Security

Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12, Army Regulation 25-1 (Army Knowledge Management and Information Technology) and AR 25-2 (Information

Assurance).

Contractor shall establish appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect any and all nonpublic government data to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of government data.

1.6.14.1 RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK COMPLIANCE:

Contractor systems and information networks that receive, transmit, store, or process nonpublic government data must be accredited according to DoDI 8510.01 "Risk Management Framework for DoD IT (RMF) (formerly DIACAP) and comply with annual Federal Information

Security Management Act (FISMA) security control testing. The contractor will be responsible for the cost of RMF processes and FISMA testing required for any contractor owned and operated network, facility and/or application processing DoD information. The contractor must perform offsite work with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) only on systems and platform information technology systems

(PIT) that meet Risk Management Framework (RMF for DoD Information Technology (IT) requirements. Systems previously certified under

DIACAP must be current but cannot exceed an authority to operate (ATO) date later than October 2016. Such information systems and PIT systems will be updated on an on-going basis to continue to meet applicable RMF requirements. Systems must have and maintain an

Authority to Operate (ATO) or if acceptable to the Government, if under DIACAP an Interim Authority to Operate (IATO) not to exceed the

October 2016 time frame.

Contractor PIT systems unable to provide proof of an existing ATO shall provide a System Security Plan and the supporting documentation for Steps 1,2, 3, 4 of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) DoDI 8510.01 pages 28-34 to obtain an Interim Authorization To Operate (IATO) or ATO within 6 months of contract award.

Contractor PIT systems must also meet the minimum required security controls for unclassified controlled technical information requiring safeguarding in accordance with the System Security Plan and the RMF documents. See table one for minimum security control. (A description of the security controls is in the NIST SP 800-53, ``Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and

Organizations''

(http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html).)

Table 1--Minimum Security Controls for Safeguarding

Access Control______________

AC-2

AC-3(4)

AC-4

AC-6

AC-7

AC-11(1)

AC-17(2)

AC-18(1)

AC-19

AC-20(1)

AC-20(2)

AC-22

Audit &_______

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Accountability______________

AU-2

AU-3

AU-6(1)

AU-7

AU-8

AU-9

Identification______________ and___

Authentication______________

IA-2

IA-4

IA-5(1)

Media Protection________________

MP-4

MP-6

System & Comm_____________

Protection__________

SC-2

SC-4

SC-7

SC-8(1)

SC-13

SC-15

SC-28

Configuration_____________

Management__________

CM-2

CM-6

CM-7

CM-8

Incident________

Response________

IR-2

IR-4

IR-5

IR-6

Physical and____________

Environmental_____________

Protection__________

PE-2

PE-3

PE-5

Awareness &___________

Training________

AT-2Contingency ___________

Planning________

CP-9

Maintenance___________

MA-4(6)

MA-5

MA-6

Program Management__________________

PM-10

System &________

Information___________

Integrity_________

SI-2

SI-3

SI-4

Risk Assessment_______________

RA-5

Legend:

AC: Access Control

AT: Awareness and Training MP:

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AU: Auditing and Accountability

CM: Configuration Management

CP: Contingency Planning

IA: Identification and Authentication

IR: Incident Response

MA: Maintenance

MP: Media Protection

PE: Physical & Environmental Protection

PM: Program Management

RA: Risk Assessment

SC: System & Communications Protection

SI: System & Information Integrity

1.6.15 PROPERTY RIGHTS: All Software, scripts, plans, procedures and documents produced under this contract become the property of the

U.S. Government and may not be altered, modified or shared with other public and private activities without prior approval from the

Government.

1.6.16 CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING REQUIREMENT: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the contractor will report ALL contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. The Contractor is required to completely fill in all the information in the format using the following web address: https://contractormanpower.army.pentagon.mil/. The required information includes:

(1) Contracting Office, KO, COR;

(2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number;

(3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period;

(4) Contractor name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of contractor employee entering data;

(5) Actual direct labor hours (including sub-contractors);

(6) Actual direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including sub-contractors);

(7) Total payments (including sub-contractors);

(8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by contractor (and separate predominant

FSC for each sub-contractor if different);

(9) Estimated data collection cost;

(10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (the

Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information);

(11) Locations where the contractor and sub-contractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United

States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website);

(12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and

(13) Number of contractor and sub-contractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country).

As part of its submission, the Contractor will provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Reporting period will be the Period of Performance (POP) not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each Government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year. Contractors may use a direct XML data transfer to the database server or fill in the fields on the website. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a contractors systems to the secure web site without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the web site. The specific formats for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the web site listed above.

1.7.1 KEY PERSONNEL: In the performance of this contract, key personnel will be identified.

1.7.1.1 PROGRAM MANAGER: The contractor shall provide a Program Manager (PM) who shall be responsible for the performance of the work.

The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the PM is absent shall be designated in writing to the

KO. The PM or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.

Qualifications: The position requires a minimum of a Ph.D. in a contract or TO relevant scientific/technical field plus ten years of work experience in that related scientific/technical field. Alternatively, a person with a masters degree in a contract or delivery order relevant scientific/technical field plus fifteen years of work experience in that related scientific/technical field will be acceptable. Finally, a person with a bachelors degree in a contract or delivery order relevant scientific/technical field plus twenty years of work experience in that related scientific/technical field could also serve in this position. The person must have demonstrated experience in managing large-scale applied research efforts, preferably in a military training environment. This specialized experience should include: complete analytical project development from inception to conclusion, demonstrated ability to provide guidance and direction in tasks similar to the sample tasks or areas of the PWS tasks, proven expertise in the management and control of funds and resources and demonstrated capability in managing multiple task contracts of this type and complexity within the past year. The persons work experience should include a history of increasing responsibilities in one or more contract relevant

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scientific/technical fields. Example degree fields are Psychology, Sociology, Human Factors, Operations Research, Engineering, Mathematics, and Education.

1.7.1.2 Task Leader/Principal Investigator (Data Collection operations): Possessing a minimum of a bachelor degree in a behavioral science field, plus ten years of related work experience, or a masters in a behavioral science field, plus five years of related work experience.

1.7.1.3 Senior Technical Contributor (Behavioral): Possessing a minimum of a masters degree in a behavioral science field, plus ten years of related work experience, or a PhD in a behavioral science field, plus five years of related work experience.

1.7.1.4 Senior Technical Contributor (Analytic): Possessing a minimum of a masters degree in an operations research, mathematics, statistics, economics, engineering or computer science field, plus ten years of related work experience, or a PhD in an operations research, mathematics, statistics, economics, engineering or computer science field, plus five years of related work experience.

1.7.1.5 Senior Technical Contributor (Data Collection operations): Possessing a minimum of a bachelor degree in a behavioral science field, plus ten years of related work experience, or a masters in a behavioral science field, plus five years of related work experience.

1.7.1.6 Mid-range Technical Contributor (Data Collection Operations): Possessing a minimum of an associates degree in a behavioral science field, plus seven years of related work experience, or a bachelors in a behavioral science field, plus three years of related work experience.

Any changes in these positions must be approved in writing by the KO.

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PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

AR Army Regulation

ARI U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

ATO Authority to Operate

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

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