Attachment_15_Key_Personnel.pdf

Attachment 15 - SOFAST-E Key Personnel Definitions

The following represent the minimum Pre-requisite tasks and general requirements the Government deems necessary for key personnel. The Government will not direct the Offeror to assign these tasks to specific labor categories, however, it will assess the Offerors proposed key personnel to ensure the following educational and experience levels have been met.

Duties:

SOFAST-E MANAGEMENT LEVEL PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

(a) Perform a variety of Program Management actions and activities in support of each delivery order. Functional duties primarily are to plan, direct, organize, control, and coordinate technical efforts, contractor manpower and team activities. Includes areas of administration, program control, and technical supervision of personnel involved in systems engineering, integration, system test and system supportability in support of assigned tasks.

(b) Tracks SOFAST-E program activities and coordinates with the Government’s Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) when necessary. Serves as the main point of contact for the SOFAST-E delivery order(s) to the Government with full decision making authority.

(c) Provides program oversight for a variety of multi-disciplined subcontractors’ teams.

(d) Make recommendations to the key stakeholders for the resolution of divergent viewpoints and inputs to critical decisions resulting from unforeseen situations and program trade-offs which may develop during the life of the contract and delivery orders.

(e) Establish and implement delivery/task order-level processes and procedures to successfully manage and accomplish delivery/task order specific requirements ensuring program milestones are met.

(f) Provide direction for day-to-day operations and ensure compliance with all management policies, plans, and standard operating procedures.

(g) Assess and manage program risk. Identify mitigation strategies and track status.

(h) Tracks program schedule status using efficient tools and coordinates with the customer

Experience: Shall have a minimum of 7 years of military/professional experience in program management related positions including at least 3 years of direct management support to a relevant DOD acquisition effort. A minimum clearance level required: Secret.

Education:

(a) A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, which includes at least introductory courses in accounting, business, and management; or

(b) A Master’s degree in a relevant scientific, technical, business, or management field may be substituted for 2 years of experience; or

(c) A Ph.D. in a relevant scientific, technical, business, or management field may be substituted for 3 years of experience.

Duties:

SOFAST-E TECHNICAL LEVEL PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

(a) Coordinate delivery/task order level technically related activities and provide first line supervision of technical personnel involved in systems engineering, integration support, test support and supportability efforts.

(b) Interface when necessary with the Government’s COR and COTR.

(c) Provide direction for day-to-day technical operations and ensure compliance with all management/technical policies, plans, practices and standard operating procedures.

(d) Interface with the identified Government counterpart while serving as the first line technical point of contact for the specific SOFAST-E delivery/task order to the Government.

(e) Reviews all engineering products for quality, engineering approach, risk factors and mitigation efforts.

(f) Conduct technical reviews and be main technical point of contact for technical reviews.

(g) Provide recommendations for resolution of technical problems.

(h) Conduct reviews to discuss alternative approaches and conducts engineering analyses and trade-off studies to mitigate the use of existing and potential proprietary software/hardware.

(i) Coordinate and evaluate systems design and architecture against the delivery/task order.

(j) When required, provide feedback/recommendations to technical specifications as they relate to the specific delivery/task order technical requirements.

(k) Evaluate in-house and subcontractor performance against technical SOW and specification requirements.

Experience:

Shall have 10 years experience in systems integration of Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS) and at least 2 years experience as a lead or supervisory engineer developing overall system concepts and technical approaches for meeting broadly stated requirements to include allocation of those requirements to system designs and preparation of preliminary systems engineering design specifications. Shall have comprehensive knowledge of hardware/software architecture and object modeling, domain engineering and software engineering processes as it applies to TADSS. Minimum clearance level required:

Secret

Education:

(a) A Bachelor’s degree in a technical or scientific field such as engineering or physics from an accredited university or college; or

(b) A Master’s degree in a technical or scientific field such as engineering or physics from an accredited university or college; may be substituted for 2 years of experience; or

(c) A Ph.D. in a technical or scientific field such as engineering or physics from an accredited university or college may be substituted for 3 years of experience.

Notice: If a discrepancy exists between the Key Personnel Descriptions and the Statement of Work, the Statement of Work will take precedence.