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W56HZV-15-A-0007 CO 0003

Attachment 0004

C.1.O SCOPE: This Performance Work Statement (PWS) is for non-personal services Call Order 0003 under Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) W56HZV-15-A-0007 to provide technical services for the development of Industrial Base Studies and Assessments.

C.2.0 INTRODUCTION: The Contractor shall validate and update the Engineering Skills Model, Model Users Guide and Final Report provided under Contract W56HZV-13-C-0344, Task 32 Ground Combat Systems Engineering Skills Assessment Number 2 and provide training on the use of the update engineering assessment model.

C.3.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS: Performance shall be required in accordance with this PWS and all attachments to BPA W56HZV-15-A-0007. The Contractor shall be responsible for the most recent version of the regulations, standards, handbooks, specifications, and other Government publications unless otherwise specified in this Call Order.

C.4.0 ENGINEERING SKILLS: The Contractor shall assist the Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) in evaluating historical ground combat related engineering data provided by the prime contractors and vendor base and the US Government as Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for undertaking engineering efforts associated with PEO GCS programs and validating the Engineering Skills model's accuracy by comparing model outputs to historical data. In addition, the Contractor shall evaluate potential engineering skill risks, identify critical capabilities, and develop risk mitigation options and strategies to sustain critical engineering skills.

4.1 The Contractor shall utilizing where practicable the data deliverables and engineering skills model and Model User Guide delivered under Contract W56HZV-13-C-0344, See Attachment 0007 – Final Report – Engineering Skills Assessment, Attachment 0008 – Engineering Skill Demand Model and Attachment 0009- Engineering Skills Assessment Demand Model User Guide.

4.2 In performing this effort the Contractor will likely not have direct access to prime contractor or vendor BOEs. The Contractor shall provide support in the form of model updates, model training for DCMA and PEO GCS personnel, hypothesis formulation using should costing expertise, and generation of presentation materials to communicate findings with key stakeholders. The Government makes no claim on the willingness of Government contractors or subcontractors to participate in this study.

4.3 The Contractor shall utilize historical and current Government and vendor generated data to conduct workshops to identify critical engineering capabilities and potential engineering competency requirement for future ground combat vehicles acquisitions and modernization programs. The Contractor shall capture supplier perspectives on the critical engineering skill sets required for major systems and subsystems on ground combat vehicles by both prime of Information Act.

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Performance Work Statement contractors and the supply base to gain an understanding of the expected engineering resource Life Cycle Plans (LCPs). These LCPs shall be compared against planned and potential workload scenarios to identify potential engineering skill gaps or critical skill sets at risk of being lost in a reduced demand environment.

4.4 ORGANIC BASE. The Army's organic base contains a number of sites with engineering capabilities that may be leveraged to mitigate the risk of losing engineering capabilities during the lull between the cancellation of ground combat programs, reduced production and future development or production of PEO GCS vehicle program(s). Engineering skills shall be assessed at the organic sites to determine capability, capacity, and cost to sustain critical engineering skill sets required to maintain PEO GCS vehicle overmatch capabilities relative to enemy threats. The Contractor shall support DCMA in assessing the organic base's engineering capabilities. The Contractor shall provide presentation materials to assist in conducting workshops, Request for Information (RFI) templates for requesting data for the assessment, and data analysis support.

4.5 PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS. A potential means to mitigate the risk of losing critical engineering skill sets in the ground combat industrial base is for the supply base to coordinate engineering efforts with the organic base. In order to do so, cost effectiveness must be balanced against the Government's ability to deliver key technologies that provide their vehicles with overmatch capabilities on the battlefield. The Contractor shall identify multiple scenarios for developing vehicle technologies by coordinating across the supplier and organic engineering bases.

4.6 INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: The Contractor shall develop an implementation roadmap addressing how to go from the current state of the design industrial base to the desired end state as identified in an optimal scenario. This shall include identifying what investments need to be made, determining when they need to be made, and determining what key metrics should be measured to assess whether the desired outcome is being achieved. As cost pressures are expected to continually be exerted on future vehicle programs, a successful investment strategy will ensure that any product development model can be sustained for the long term, but also adaptable to newly developed technologies that can quickly be incorporated in future development programs (i.e. provide the program with a "running start" on new vehicle development).

4.6.1 The Contractor shall assess non-recurring engineering, tooling, and equipment costs associated with developing and prototyping new ground combat vehicles and vehicle sub-systems. The Contractor shall incorporate non-recurring cost modeling capability into the current Engineering Skills Model.

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4.7 ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT MODEL: The Contractor shall assess the accuracy of the Engineering Skills Model delivered under Contract W56HZV-13-C-0344 by comparing model outputs to historical data. The Contractor shall revise and update the model and the Engineering Skills Assessment Demand Model Users Guide based on information learned under this effort. The revised model and User Guide shall be delivered in accordance with (IAW) Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) A001.

4.7.1 The traditional approach of developing combat vehicle platform(s) leads on occasion to the program not proceeding. There may be potential alternative models that can be leveraged from both other areas of the Department of Defense and commercial industry. The Contractor shall explore alternative product development models by leveraging commercial expertise and identifying potential obstacles to new product development models.

4.8 TRAINING: The Contractor shall conduct an in-depth training class on how to utilize the engineering assessment model delivered as part of this effort. The class shall be a minimum of 8 hours in length and shall accommodate up to twenty (20) government representatives. Each student shall be provided with an instruction booklet detailing the methodology, processes, and general instruction on how to use the model. Each student shall upon completion of the class be capable of independently developing and accessing multiple engineering skill scenarios. The instruction booklet shall be delivered IAW CDRL A004.

4.9 STATUS REPORTING: The Contractor shall summarize the current status on this effort in a weekly telephone call and status report with the PEO GCS Industrial Base Team and the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). The status shall as a minimum, address efforts completed within the week, efforts completed to date, efforts planned for the next week, if the program in on target for completion, issues, concerns and any assistance required of the Government. (CDRL A002)

4.10 FINAL BRIEFING: The Contractor shall within five (5) days of submission of the final report provide a briefing of its findings to PEO GCS and DCMA. The briefing shall occur at PEO GCS, Warren, Michigan. The Contractor shall coordinate the briefing date with the COR. The briefing shall be IAW CDRL A005.

C.5.0 DELIVERABLES: The Contractor shall deliver every piece of technical information that is developed under this Call Order or that otherwise supports the work effort required by the Contractor, or any subcontractors. Accordingly, the Government will either specify these items as contract deliverables elsewhere in this Call Order, or reserves the option to require delivery at a later time pursuant to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DFARS clause 252.227-7027, Deferred Delivery of Technical Data.

C.5.1 The Contractor shall submit deliveries in accordance with the requirements of this Call of Information Act.

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C.5.2 The Contractor shall use computer software compatible with the hardware and software specified in the CDRL or as agreed upon with the COR.

C.5.3 The Contractor shall prepare and deliver an interim report in a briefing format, IAW CDRL A005, Briefing Material. The Contractor shall provide a written final report and briefing package IAW CDRL A005 and A001.

C.6.0 MEETINGS: The Contractor shall attend, participate in, or conduct meetings as required by this Call Order. The most cost effective and efficient means for conducting the meetings shall be used considering the scope and depth of the meeting. Examples of effective means include on-site meetings, teleconferences, videoconferences, on-line meetings, or emails.

C.6.1 Start of Work Meeting: Within five (5) days of Call Order award, the Contractor shall participate in a Start of Work meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss execution of this Call Order, individual sub-tasks, establish working relationships and responsibilities and review data deliverables.

C.6.2 Weekly Status Meetings: In accordance with C.4.9 above, the Contractor shall participate in weekly status meetings.

C.6.3 The Contractor shall record minutes of all meetings, conferences, and teleconferences.

The Contractor shall distribute copies of the minutes to all Government personnel present and to the COR via email, within five (5) days of the meeting occurrence. Minutes shall include Contractor notes, presentations, action items, and a list of participants/attendees and be delivered IAW CDRL A003. The Contractor’s recorder is to be identified at the beginning of each event.

C.7.0 PERIOD of PERFORMANCE: The period of performance for this Call Order is four (4) months from date of contract award.

8.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM: The Contractor shall establish and maintain a Quality Assurance Program (QAP) governing performance for identifying and correcting deficiencies in the quality of services. The Contractor shall ensure it has an auditable QAP commensurate with the requirements of this Call Order and is documented and followed.

9.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN: The Government developed Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) outlining the process used to manage performance assessment. This will ensure that systematic quality assurance methods are utilized to validate of Information Act.

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Service Paragraph No. Standard Acceptability Level

Method of Surveillance

Technical Report / Study

C.4.7, C.5.3 Reports submitted at the frequency described under each Paragraph Number

100% IAW CDRL

A001

COR review and approval of all reports

Status Report C.4.9, C.21.3 Status Reports are due three (3) business days after the weekly meeting

100% IAW CDRL

A002

COR Review and approval of all reports

Conference Minutes

C.6.3 Meeting Minutes are due five (5) business days after meetings.

100% IAW CDRL

A003

100% Inspection by COR

Training Material

C.4.8 Draft of playbook and training manual due (5) business days prior to final deliverable

100% IAW CDRL

A004

COR Review and approval of all training material.

Briefing Material C.4.10, C.5.3 Reports submitted at the frequency described under each Paragraph Number

100% IAW CDRL

A005

100% Inspection by COR

Training C.17.1 Annual training for all personnel on the contents of the OPSEC plan

100% IAW CDRL

A006

COR Review and approval of training of Information Act.

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10.0 ACCESS to CONTRACTOR DATA: If requested by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall provide access at its worksite, during normal business hours, to records and data generated in the course of this Call Order. The Government shall have access to all data (e.g.

hard copy and computer files generated under this Call Order, and all underlying data and files) as well as plans, reports, assessments, software programs, technical reports, quality procedures, and analyses.

11.0 DATA RIGHTS: The Government’s right in technical data to be delivered under this Call Order are an important consideration. The Government’s right in such technical data will be those required by all relevant statutes and federal regulations, including but not limited to applicable DFARS, and FAR data rights clauses. Those clauses will be identified in the Call Order.

For purposes of this Call Order, the term, “as soon as practicable” as used in DFARS clause 252.227-7013(e)(3) to define the time when a contractor, or any subcontractors, are to deliver the prerequisite post-award Assertion of Restriction listing(s), shall mean a date no later than three (3) weeks before the expected award date for this Call Order.

C.12.0 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE.

C.12.1 A COR is an individual designated in accordance with DFARS 201.602-2, and is authorized in writing by the Contracting Officer to perform specific technical functions.

C.12.2 The Contracting Officer has designated Ms. Lori Bartsch as the COR for this Call Order.

The Contractor will receive a copy of the COR appointment letter that specifies the extent of the CORs’ authority to act on behalf of the Contracting Officer. The Government will explain the roles and authority of the COR as part of the Start of Work meeting for this Call Order.

C.12.3 The Contractor shall direct communications regarding technical matters on this Call Order to the COR.

C.13.0 CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT FOCAL POINT: For this Call Order, the Contractor shall establish a single individual as the focal point and maintain a program management system tailored to accomplish the administrative, management, security, quality control, technical and financial requirements. The Contractor shall within five (5) days of Call Order award provide the focal point to the Contracting Officer and the COR, via email.

C.14.0 IDENTIFICATION of CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES: All Contractor personnel attending meeting or working in other situations where its Contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as Contractor employees at the start of any meeting or telephone call to avoid creating an impression in the minds of the members of the public or Government that they are Government officials.

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C.15.0 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL: Contractor personnel providing services hereunder are employees of the Contractor and are under its sole administrative control and supervision. The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the Contractor’s employees in the performance of services. Accordingly, the Contractor shall select, assign, and provide direction to its employees performing services against this Call Order. The employees shall in turn be accountable solely to the Contractor, who in turn is responsible to the Government.

C.15.1 Employees selected by the Contractor for performance of this Call Order shall pass all security requirements established for access to Government facilities.

C.15.2 The Contractor shall utilize employees capable of achieving the requirements in accordance with the minimum qualification referenced for this BPA. All Contractor personnel assigned to perform work under this Call Order shall meet minimum qualifications, as stated in the BPA, Attachment 3, throughout the entire performance period.

C.16.0 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT of INTEREST: The Contractor personnel performing work under this Call Order may receive or have access to or participate in the development of proprietary cost or pricing information, budget information, analyses, specification, work statements, or performance evaluation services, which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 9.5.

C.16.1. Following award, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately when it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contract’s mitigation plan shall be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. In the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies deemed necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participating in subsequent requirements, which may be affected by the OCI.

C.16.2 The Contractor is responsible for replacing any of its employees who have a conflict of interest that would preclude the employee from working under this Call Order.

C.17.0 SECURITY REQUIREMENT: The contractor will not require access to classified information in performance of this Call Order. The Contractor will, however, have access to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). CUI provided or generated pursuant to this CO shall be protected. The procedures for the protection of CUI are outlined in Attachment 0001 – Guidelines for Controlled Unclassified Information of this CO.

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C.17.1 Operations Security (OPSEC) Requirements: The contractor is not required to produce an OPSEC plan for this Call Order. The contractor and its subcontractors are required to follow the OPSEC plan at Attachment 0002 – Operation Security Requirements. To ensure awareness of the OPSEC plan, the contractor shall provide annual training for all personnel on the contents of the OPSEC plan. Personnel shall receive OPSEC specific training within thirty (30) days of ward of this call order and the contractor shall provide a certificate of compliance within sixty (60) days. If additional personnel are latter assigned to efforts under this call order. The new personnel shall receive OPSEC Plan specific training within thirty (30) days of call order award and the contractor shall provide a certificate of compliance within 60 days of assignment. The contractor shall report OPSEC training in accordance with (CDRL A006).

C.17. 2 Public Release of Requests: Except for information previously approved by the Government, the contractor shall not release any information regarding the work performed under this contract outside of –(i) the United States Government, (ii) its own facility, (iii) its subcontractors performing work at any tier.

Release of information to any other individual or entity that is not contractually bound to protect information requires approval through the government’s public release process. The contractor shall screen all information submitted for determination of Public Release to ensure it is both unclassified and technically accurate. A letter of transmittal must certify the review.

Program information shall not be released outside program channels in accordance with the distribution statement until the review process is complete. All requests shall be submitted through the Contracting Officer for adjudication. The Government requires forty-five (45) days to process the request and render a decision.

C.17.2.2 The contractor shall submit all requests for Public Release approval through the Contracting Officer for a review by the Government Technical and Security personnel, culminating in a determination by the Public Affairs Officer (in accordance with DFARS clause 252.204-7000). The Public Affairs Officer will, after appropriate review, either authorize or reject the request to disseminate Government information publically. Note that authorization may be given contingent on specified changes being made to the material for which public release may have been requested. Requests for Public Release shall be sent electronically via encrypted email using cryptographic products / algorithms that are National Institute for Standards and Technology / Nation Information Assurance Partnership (NIST/NIAP) approved or mail the compact disc / digital video disc (CD/DVD) using U.S. Postal First Class Mail.

C.17.3 Release of Information: The Contractor shall not release any information or date to third parties without the express written approval of the Contracting Officer.

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C.17.4 Information Flow Down: The Contractor shall ensure the security requirements and guidelines of this Call Order are flowed down to U.S. subcontractors, teammates, and consultants.

C.18.0 INFORMATION AWARENESS TRAINING: All Contractor personnel who work under this Call Order who may require access to DoD owned or Contractor-owned computing resource processing Army information shall complete an initial information assurance orientation within fifteen (15) days of award of this call order as a condition for being granted accesses to those resources. This requirements applies when Contractor personnel require access to computer systems. If required, the Contractor shall provide notification to the COR that training has been successfully completed.

C.19.0 Non-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS or PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AGREEMENTS: The Contractor may be given privileged access to proprietary commercial and to sensitive Government data, facilities, and related information, including information that would normally be available only to Government personnel (including planning, programming, and budget documents), when such data is deemed necessary for completion of this Call Order. The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all Government information and supplier data provided for Contractor use. At the discretion of the Government, the Contractor and Contractor personnel may be required to execute Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) or Proprietary Information Agreements (PIAs).

C.19.1 Access: The Contractor shall indoctrinate its personnel who have access to sensitive information which the Contractor has possession of or access to regarding the circumstances under which the Contractor can have possession of or access to such information. Contractor personnel shall not engage in any other action, venture or employment wherein sensitive information is used for profit of any party other than those furnishing the information. The NDA for Contractor Employees as shown at Attachment 3 entitled Individual Non-Disclosure Agreement, shall be signed by all indoctrinated Contractor personnel and submitted to the COR and PEO GCS representatives for retention, prior to any of those individuals working on this Call Order. The Contractor shall restrict access to sensitive and proprietary information to the minimum number of employees necessary for performance.

C.19.2 Disclosure: The Contractor agrees that all information examined, obtained, generated, or accessed during the execution of this Call Order shall be used and disclosed exclusively for the performance of duties under this Call Order. In addition, the Contractor agrees to use and examine this information exclusively in the performance of this Call Order and to take the necessary steps in accordance with Government regulations to prevent disclosure of such information to any party outside the Government and Government support Contractors possessing appropriate agreements.

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C.19.3 Sensitive Data Furnished by the Government: In the event the Contractor is given access by the Government to proprietary or pre-decisional or For Official Use Only (FOUO) data of the Government, the Contractor shall protect such data from unauthorized use or disclosure as long as such data remains proprietary or pre-decisional or FOUO.

C.19.4 Proprietary Data of Third Parties: In the event the Contractor requests access to proprietary data of industrial base firms, vendors or subcontractors, to conduct studies or research associated with this Call Order it shall enter into agreements (NDAs or PIAs) with the supplying firm to protect such data form unauthorized use or disclosure so long as such data remains proprietary. The Contractor is responsible for obtaining these agreements between itself and the firms prior to visiting such companies or prior to receipt of proprietary data from the companies.

C.19.5 Government Access to NDAs or PIAs: The Contractor shall make the vendor – Contractor NDAs and PIAs available for Government review or shall submit copies of them is so requested by the Contracting Officer.

C.20.0 PERFORMANCE LOCATION(s): The Contractor may be required to perform services stated in this Call Order at “off-site” or at “on-site” locations. An off-site location includes a contractor’s home office, branch offices, or any facility or location utilized by the Contractor which is not under the control of a Government agency. An on-site location includes any U.S.

Government base or installation or other Contractor or vendor facilities within or outside of the Contiguous United States.

C.20.1 The Contractor is required to perform at both off-site and on-site locations for this Call Order.

C.21.0 TRAVEL: Travel may be required as a condition of Contractor performance on this Call Order.

C.21.1 The Contractor shall notify the COR a minimum of ten (10) business days prior to any scheduled CONUS travel and 20 business days before any OCONUS travel, with estimated travel length and projected daily start times. The notification period will allow for sufficient time for the COR to advise other Government agencies of the pending trip or determine if Government personnel will support the trip/travel. Contractor personnel shall follow the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) when requesting travel. Contractor travel expenses shall be in compliance with FARFAR Clause 31.205-46 and a request shall be submitted prior to performance of the travel to the COR for approval.

C.21.2 If travel sites are outside of the United States, the Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that its employees assigned to foreign site visits have all required travel documents and of Information Act.

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C.21.3 The Contractor shall submit trip reports as part of the monthly status report IAW CDRL A002. The trip reports shall consist of the purpose of the trip, date of travel, Contractor travelers, trip action items, and significant outcome of the trip.

C.22.0 INSTALLATION ACCESS IDENTIFICATION: In performance of this Call Order Contractor employees may be authorized Installation Access Identification or Badges upon entrance to the Government installation(s). The Contractor shall display the Identification or Badge while on the installation on the front outer garment between shoulder and waist. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring all Identification(s) or Badge(s) are properly safeguarded and accounted for at all times. The Contractor shall immediately file a Police Report (with the installation) in cases of loss, theft, forgery, or damage.

C.22.1 The Contractor shall ensure that all employees, including all sub-contractor employees at all tiers, return installation identification and access badges in accordance with FAR 52.204- 0 to the Visitor Control Center for deactivation or destruction. If an issued Identification or Badge is not returned, the Contractor shall report, as soon as the incident is discovered to the Installation Police Force.

C.23.0 COMMON ACCESS CARD: The Contractor will not be authorized Common Access Cards for this effort.

C.24.0 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS or SERVICES: The Government will provide reports, studies, data and information to assist the Contractor in performing this Call Order.

C.24.1 The Contractor is responsible for all Government furnished items during performance of this Call Order. Upon completion of the Call Order or termination, the Contractor shall return the data to the COR or notified the COR that all data has been destroyed. The Contractor shall provide written certification of destroyed data within thirty (30) days of Call Order completion.

C.24.2 The Contractor shall not provide any Government furnished information, software, data or other items for work outside the scope of this Call Order without permission of the Contracting Officer.

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C.24.3 If in the course of performing work under this Call Order, the Contractor may identify additional information, items, software, etc., which would assist in the completion of the project, the Contractor shall request the information from either the Contracting Officer or the COR in writing. The Government will review the request and determine if the items are to be provided.

C.25.0 DUPLICATION of EFFORT: The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer and the COR prior to award, or as soon as practicable following belief, if effort is or appears to be similar to, or a duplication of existing work the Contractor is or has performed.