Attch_10_Techn_Base_Sample.doc

W9115Uxxxxx TAR # xxx - TECHNOLOGY BASE SUPPORT xxxxx Attachment 10

1. GENERAL INFORMATION: To provide support to a range of functions related to instrumentation, modeling and simulation, data collection, reduction, and analysis in support of operational tests and technology events as required by Contract number W9115Uxxxxxx. Unless specifically changed by this task order, the contractor performance shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. If there is a conflict, the terms and conditions of the task order shall take priority.

1.1. Full name of effort: Technology Base Support.

1.2. Background: The Technology Base Support Task Authorization Request (TAR) is designed to provide support for new instrumentation, modeling and simulation, data collection, reduction, and analysis (DCR&A) tools; provide maintenance, upgrade and enhancement to existing technology tools; to provide expertise in planning the use of both new and existing technology tools; and to coordinate with live and constructive simulation experts on the integration between instrumentation, DCR&A and simulation. The requirement to provide expertise will involve work with operational test teams, developmental testers, evaluators, Program Managers, and organizations involved in training, acquisition, analysis, and research. This TAR is designed to provide Operational Test Command (OTC) with the expertise and tools to gather appropriate data from a variety of tests and events using means that meet certification and accreditation standards. The Technology Base Support TAR incorporates technology support requirements not currently covered under test specific TARs.

1.3. Classification: Unclassified.

1.4. Safety: Safety issues and concerns. Where risk to potential participants is judged to be more than minimal, all participants shall be fully informed and aware of safety issues. The risk at all levels in the performance of responsibilities pertaining to human subject participation in research and development activities must be considered.

(a) Human Use Committee (HUC) constraints and requirements: None identified at this time. Late or subsequent publishing of HUC constraints and requirements will be forwarded by the Test Officer (TO) through the Test Support Officer (TSO) to the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for inclusion in a follow-on point change or TIL.

(b) Other safety issues and concerns. No safety issues are anticipated beyond those described in the Base TAR.

1.5. Location / Dates: Fort Hood, TX and other locations to be determined / xxxx - xxxx.

1.6. Points of Contact/Technical Leads:

(a) Technical Point of Contact: xxxx, TTD, xxx-xxxx.

(b) xxxx, TTD, COR, 288-xxxx, xxxxx, TTD, ACOR, xxx-xxxx.

Personnel identified herein are constrained by the Performance Based Work Statement (PBWS). All technical coordination shall be within the general scope of the contract and the work requirement. Technical coordination shall not result in any action that:

1. Constitutes an assignment of additional work outside Section C or the government requirement.

2. Constitutes a change as defined in the contract clause entitled "Changes ‑- Cost-Reimbursement" (FAR 52.243‑2 Alt I).

3. Causes an increase in the total cost, the resource limits approved by the Contracting Officer in the approved performance estimate, or the time required for contract performance.

4. Changes in any of the expressed terms, conditions or specifications of the contract.

5. Interferes with the Contractor's right to perform the terms and conditions of the contract.

2. SCOPE OF WORK: The Test Support Contractor (TSC) shall provide all manpower resources to include management and supervision, supplies, materials, equipment, and tools, not otherwise provided as government Furnished Property (GFP), to perform the non-personal services required to provide instrumentation, data collection, reduction, and analysis support to operational testing, customer testing and experimentation of the OTC. On an intermittent assignment basis, the contractor shall be required to perform testing and experimentation in support of other Department of Defense (DOD) activities.

3. TASKS TO BE PERFORMED: The contractor's TIP response shall describe the technical approach and methodology with associated labor and reimbursables separately for each of the below sub-paragraphs. Costs shall be separately identified by each month and segregated by fiscal years. Test specific requirements shall not be charged to this TAR unless otherwise specified by a Task Instruction Letter (TIL) or other tasking document.

3.1. Engineering General and Administrative Support. General and administrative support for engineering capabilities required to provide technical competency for operational testing. When required by TIL, contractor shall track and provide separate costing of test support efforts under this paragraph. The contractor shall:

(a) Provide expertise to answer questions from OTC and other agencies regarding: status of work; availability of staff; instrumentation, modeling and simulation, network, and data collection and reduction availability, capabilities, and limitations. This support would include pre-Task Implementation Plan (TIP) instrumentation planning and coordination with OTC test teams that is not covered under existing TARs.

(b) Support recurring technology coordination meetings, technical interchanges and engineering evaluations. The contractor shall participate in biweekly planning meetings, face to face planning sessions as required, and other events as specific architectures dictate.

(c) Review documents, prepare plans and reports, conduct and report engineering evaluations, feasibility studies, and trade-off analysis, and formulate strategies and alternatives for support of operational testing requirements. Prepare functional and technical specifications.

(d) Prepare, provide and present training classes, presentations and demonstrations as directed.

3.2. Continuous Life Cycle Management of Technology Systems. The contractor shall provide engineering and technical support for the identification, evaluation, acquisition and infusion of emerging instrumentation, data acquisition and test and measurement; provide for the maintenance, upgrade and enhancement of existing technology tools; and maintain proficiency on existing technology tools. Additionally, the contractor shall:

(a) Support resolution of obsolescence issues by providing an analysis of alternatives, testing and recommending replacement parts and components for all existing instrumentation. The government must approve technical recommendation and associated costs before implementation takes place. A TIL must be issued by the Government and the TIP must be approved before the contractor may proceed with any upgrade or enhancement. If a specific upgrade for existing instrumentation system(s) is proposed in response to this TAR, it must be identified and costed separately.

(b) Evaluate existing technology systems on the contract.

(c) Identify technology for possible inclusion in the OTC inventory, develop a technology tools management plan and prepare and issue quarterly technology tool management reports.

(d) Continually assess new developments in existing and emerging technologies for possible integration into the OTC’s technology base.

(e) Support all regulatory certifications, validations, verifications, and accreditations required by test technology development and fielding. These include, but are not limited to: VV&A, DIACAP, TB MED 524, ANSI, DODIIS, ATEC Instrumentation Certification, and security accreditations. The TSC shall document system configurations and continually update them throughout the system’s life cycle.

3.3. Engineering and Software Development Laboratories. The contractor shall maintain and equip the necessary Engineering and Software Development laboratories for the purpose of designing and testing prototype and preproduction electronics assemblies including mechanical brackets, cables, and data collection computers. The contractor shall provide support for engineering evaluation of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and government Furnished Equipment (GFE) instrumentation to verify reliability and performance in an operational testing environment. The contractor shall:

(a) Procure, maintain or provide test equipment, fixtures and services for the performance of MIL Standard EMI/EMC, Shock, Vibration, Thermal, and Water Resistance testing for evaluation of design integrity and insure reliable performance.

(b) Provide specialized development / debug hardware and software, immediate software version control and backups.

(c) Support security requirements for handling CCI equipment including required locks, safes and personnel to ensure proper access to the area and safekeeping of sensitive equipment.

(d) Support security and storage requirements for handling Classified (SECRET) and COMSEC (CCI) equipment.

(e) Provide expertise and maintain currency by attending professional training courses and seminars for support of simulation capabilities including standardized interfaces such as TENA, DIS, CTIA and HLA and other architectures and standards as tasked.

3.4. Networks and Test Control. The contractor shall provide engineering, programming, technical, and analyst support to Transformation Technology Directorate's (TTD and other directed organizations to help customers (test team, Data Authentication Group (DAG), and evaluators) meet operational test and exercise requirements by providing DCR&A products, development assistance, product evaluation, and test support. The contractor shall:

(a) Provide a test and engineering strategy/layout to accommodate the instrumentation data collection effort for the system under test.

(b) Conduct acceptance testing on new or modified DCR&A tools planned for use in Operational Testing.

(c) Conduct Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) certification testing for DCR&A tools planned for use in Operational Testing.

(d) Provide and maintain an instrumentation control center appropriate to monitor and react to all instrumentation issues during operational test and certification events.

(e) Provide real-time network assessment of the test and experimentation network and the system/network under test to accommodate on-order demands and battle update briefings during pre-test, test, and post-test operations.

(f) Upgrade Data Collection (LAN) vans to support NetScout’s Network Intelligence Suite, fiber optic modems, encryption devices, wireless radio systems and associated installation kits and antenna assemblies.

(g) Recommend changes to OTC’s DCR&A Tools to improve OTC capabilities, to support tests, to support experiments, and to remove obsolete or excess equipment.

(h) Coordinate and obtain approval with the Government before developing any prototypes or initiating modifications.

(i) Train their personnel to effectively utilize DCR&A tools and associated systems in support of operational tests and certification events.

(j) Ensure that all DCR&A systems are kept in compliance with all DIACAP requirements.

3.5. Engineering Development. When tasked by TIL, the contractor shall design and develop technology tools. The contractor shall provide high level design, methodology, detailed design, and prototyping as necessary. The term development may also include devising modifications and enhancements to products developed by other contractors or government agencies. The contractor may be required to provide for fabrication of instrumentation devices in quantities required to meet developmental or test requirements. This fabrication may be either in-house or it may be partially or entirely sub-contracted. For all new development requirements, the contractor shall evaluate adopting the VITA standard and VICTORY open architectures for low power, small form factor conduction-cooled rugged system designed to meet Military Standard for Power, Environmental, EMI and Temperature.

3.6. Direct Test Technology Support. Period of Support: When tasked by TIL, the contractor is required to Configure, Install, Operate, and Maintain technology systems for test events, evaluations, certification testing, demonstrations, and other applications, prior to, during and post test.

3.7. Approved Technology Projects. Project status shall be presented to the TAR initiator during bi-weekly meetings and shall be rolled into the monthly TAR status report, and the Quarterly TIP revision. Government approval is required before the contractor starts work on a project.

Task details such as gap analysis, requirement, specification and deliverables are continually reviewed and validated by the Government and shall be available at the On-Line Instrumentation Catalog link:

https://otctscwebdev.otc.army.mil/ETIC/TSC%20Instrumentation/TaskPriority.aspx New Projects and priority changes guidance and directions will be provided by the Government.

Provide separate FY12 cost estimates and yearly sustainment cost estimate for each project.

General Requirement

4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS: Period of Support: "Upon TIP Approval xxxxxx.

DATE

EVENT/REQUIREMENT/DELIVERABLE

Each Wk

Weekly Status Report, CDRL xxx Continuous

Documentation required for DIACAP, such as the results of verification scans.

5 Days after TDY

Trip Reports Quarterly

Technology Tool Management Report As Requested

Certification reports by government As Requested

VV&A reports by government As Required

Hardware/software configuration documentation (e.g. source code, technical drawings) by Contractor Changes on all systems created or modified by the contractor, noting any new development or changes.

a. Delivery location for the above requirements (documentation) is USAOTC, TTD, ATTN: Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), Fort Hood, Texas 76544-5068, with copy furnished to the Contracting Officer.

b. All documentation shall be in accordance with the Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL), unless otherwise directed by the approved Task Order or TIL and provided to the Contracting Officer’s Representative Office, OTC, TTD, Fort Hood, Texas 76544-5068.

c. Request all deliverables that are written/electronic documents be delivered to USAOTC, ATTN: TTD COR, Fort Hood, 76544-5068. Delivery of documentation to personnel other than the TTD COR will be coordinated with the TTD COR/Contracting Officer.

5. MILESTONES: Period of Support: "Upon TIP Approval" - xxxx. Milestone/Deliverable dates shall be listed in chronological order of required delivery in the subsequent TILs.