Attachment_01_-EPCARTS_LaborCategory_Descriptions.pdf

Environmental Planning, Compliance, and Remediation Technical Services (EPCARTS) Solicitation W9113M-17-R-0001

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EPCARTS GOVERNMENT LABOR CATEGORY DESRCIPTIONS

A. LABOR CATEGORIES:

The contractor shall utilize the Government labor categories (GLCs) identified and defined below in the performance of all task orders issued under this contract. However, given the potential for changes in the EPCARTS mission requirements, the Government reserves the right to add and/or delete GLCs over the life of the contract.

Program Manager: Responsible for leading the overall EPCARTS program for the contractor, ensuring timely and high quality services are provided and all terms and conditions of this contractor are met. Responsible for organizing and managing task workloads within established budget and schedule guidelines. Provides management of the overall activities and staff of the EPCARTS program. At a minimum, establishes budgets, forecasts, manpower, equipment and supply needs for the overall EPCARTS program. Responsible for overall performance within budgetary and schedule guidelines. The Program Manager shall be the contractor’s primary point of contact in all EPCARTS program-level dealings with the Government. The Program Manager shall be an employee of the prime contractor or, in the case of a joint venture, an employee of the managing joint venture participant.

Task Order Manager: Responsible for providing day-to-day management of individual task orders, monitoring and supervising both prime contractor employees and subcontractor performance. Implements appropriate quality assurance procedures to ensure that all task order requirements are delivered in accordance with applicable technical parameters and within budgetary and schedule constraints. Coordinates and interfaces with cognizant Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) regarding all technical matters.

Engineer/Scientist: Provides expert engineering and/or scientific solutions for highly complex technical/scientific matters to include providing technical support to field engineers, technicians, technical support representatives and customers who are diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing and debugging complex problems. May perform duties and responsibilities focused on increasing the quality and reliability of processes, products, or services provided by the supported customer.

May design and conduct tests and analyze results of tests or outputs intended for Customer.

Mathematical and statistical methods may be used. Will make recommendations based on findings. May perform work in which the principles, theories and general body of knowledge of civil, electrical, mechanical, or other engineering discipline is required. Contributes subject matter expertise and advice to the customer at a level that is typically attained via a related technical education.

Analyst: Provides expert analytical and/or scientific solutions for highly complex technical/scientific matters. May analyze program activities, such as acquisition or program planning, program “should cost” analyses, financial management, cost analysis, and other tasks related to Government programs, weapon systems, or similar complex programs. May analyze and format information developed and used to evaluate a Government program/remediation system/ similar complex program. May develop, plan, coordinate and integrate systems-related

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Programmer/Systems Analyst: Provides expert system support, including work involved in one or more of the phases of developing software or tools used in modeling and simulation capabilities. May develop applications or work with operating system software during modeling and simulation processes. May develop plans for systems from project inception to conclusion.

May be responsible for the evaluation, acquisition, installation and support of local area networks and/or wide area networks. May conduct studies, technical assessments, system analyses, and architectural-level analyses to determine system performance and effectiveness.

May formulate and use mathematical models or representations to conduct systems analysis.

Contributes subject matter expertise and advice to the customer at a level that is typically attained via a related technical education.

Senior Principal Investigator: Demonstrated expert capabilities as a researcher, analyst or coordinator on a major military program, environmental remediation system, or similar complex program. Duties may be logistics, research, analyst, or other value-added duty that requires independent judgment and knowledge of military programs, environmental remediation systems, or similar complex program. Works independently with little or no supervisory oversight necessary. May conduct studies, technical assessments, analyses, and evaluations to determine recommended “path-ahead” for the customer. May utilize models or other representative simulations to conduct systems analysis. Contributes subject matter expertise and advice to the customer at a level that is typically attained via a related technical education.

Senior Management/Technical Staff: Provides technical/project management of assigned projects or major phases of significant projects or programs by coordinating the efforts of assigned technical staff. Organizes projects and task workloads within budget and schedule guidelines. Typically has extensive knowledge and experience within assigned technical discipline. May provide management of the activities and staff of a research or technical business unit. Responsible for overall unit performance within budgetary and schedule guidelines. May identify and recommend objectives and scope of technical projects.

Communicates goals, scope, approach and schedule to assigned personnel. Establishes budgets, forecasts, manpower, equipment and supply needs for assigned area of responsibility. Typically has management experience in addition to related degree and extensive knowledge and experience within assigned technical discipline/area of responsibility. Contributes subject matter expertise and advice to the customer at a level that is typically attained via a related technical education.

Subject Matter Expert: Generate concepts as evidenced by product or process improvement or synthesis of new products or processes. Use and/or develop engineering/scientific tools to integrate requirements and solve technical problems. Utilize or develop tools, techniques, processes and/or facilities such as state-of-the-art simulation environments, laboratories, and test facilities. Lead engineering/scientific team activities in a specialized engineering/scientific or technology subject area. Contribute to the technical planning process and provide technical guidance.

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Technician: Provides technical support to engineers/scientists working in such areas as research, design, development, testing or manufacturing process improvement. May work from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions or defined plans to perform testing and troubleshooting functions on electronic or mechanical components, equipment or systems. May conduct engineering tests and detailed experimental testing to collect data or assist in research work.

Illustrator/Graphics/Tech Writer: Prepares graphic illustrations and/or technical narratives to demonstrate and/or document activities required during performance of task order requirements.

Completes assignments from concept phase through production for specific graphic and/or technical writing projects. Coordinates the graphic illustrations and/or technical documents for review and approval.

B. MINIMUM PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS:

All personnel utilized in performance of this contract and any task order issued thereunder, unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer, shall meet the following minimum educational and experience requirements. Requests for deviation to these requirements during the course of contract performance will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Program Manager: Masters Degree and at least 10 years experience managing large, technically-diverse programs in support of DoD efforts similar in scope, magnitude, and complexity of EPCARTS, OR Bachelor’s Degree and at least 15 years experience managing such efforts.

Task Order Manager: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or other related field and at least 7 years experience directly managing individual contract/task order efforts in support of one or more of the EPCARTS functional area requirements or other similar technical efforts.

Other Categories: The minimum qualifications applicable to all other categories (except Program Manager, Task Manager, and Subject Matter Expert) are set forth in the following table.

Specific requirements are delineated by levels within the categories. As the levels increase, the requisite responsibilities and corresponding minimum qualifications increase in magnitude. For example, Level I may begin upon completing a Bachelor’s Degree in an associated field, whereas Level IV would anticipate a highly-experienced senior executive/leader/expert who possesses requisite education/training (usually including advanced educational degrees and/or advanced qualifying experience) and is employed to study and resolve highly-complex technical problems.

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C. The contractor shall map its internal labor categories to the GLC that best defines the applicable duties, responsibilities, education and experience of the position.

EPCARTS Government Labor Categories Degree Required

Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate (See Notes 1 and 2)

Master’s or Doctorate (see Notes 3 and 4)

High School (see Note 5)

Job Title Engineer/ Scientist

Analyst Programmer/ System Analyst

Subject Matter Expert

Senior Principal Investigator

Senior Management/ Technical Staff

Technician Illustrator/ Graphics/ Tech Writer

Level Years’ Experience

Years’ Experience

Years’ Experience

Years’ Experience

Years’ Experience

Years’ Experience

Years’ Experience

Years’ Experience

I

0-4

0-4

0-3 8 15-19 10-14

0-5 0-5

II

5-12

5-12

4-7 11 + Masters

20-24 15-19 6-9 6-9

III

13-25

13-25

8-12 15 + Ph.D.

25+ 20-24 10-14 10-14

IV

25+ 25+ 12+ NA NA 25+ 15+ 15+

NOTE 1: Minimum education and experience requirements are based on a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in engineering, science, or other field relevant to the support for which the individual is performing. A Master's degree may be substituted for two (2) years’ experience. A PhD. may be substituted for four (4) years’ experience.

NOTE 2: For Analyst (Levels I and II) and Programmer/Systems Analyst (Levels I and II), three (3) additional years’ experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree. For Analyst (Levels III and IV) and Programmer/Systems Analyst (Levels III and IV), five (5) additional years’ experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.

NOTE 3: Minimum education and experience requirements are based on a Master’s degree from an accredited institution in engineering, science, or other field relevant to the support for which the individual is performing. A Doctorate degree may be substituted for four (4) years’ experience.

NOTE 4: For Senior Management/Technical Staff Levels I and II, a Bachelors degree with four (4) additional years’ experience may be substituted for a Master’s degree.

NOTE 5: Formal training relevant to the support for which the individual is performing may be substituted for years’ experience on a case-by-case basis, subject to Contracting Officer approval.