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Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form

1. Vision Statement: Support the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) in the recovery of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and unaccounted for Americans.

2. This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) under W911NF-16-R-0007. Industry questions or comments shall be submitted to Tristan Harley at tristan.d.harley.civ@mail.mil, and Joel Koppinger at joel.m.koppinger.civ@mail.mil at. All questions and comments concerning this RFP must be submitted in writing. Verbal questions/comments will not be entertained. A cutoff date for receipt of industry written questions and comments on the RFP is 4:00 PM in Durham, NC (Eastern Time) on 31 August 2016. The Government will not extend the proposal due date for this acquisition.

3. This requirement encompasses responsive support to the DoD Humanitarian Demining Training Center (HDTC) in the area of ERW recovery, and will work in conjunction with the DPAA to recover unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts as their remains are often associated with aircraft crashes and other circumstances that involve explosive remnants of war (ERW)

4. 2. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541990 - All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, and the Business Size Standard is $15,000,000.00. The primary Product and Service Code (PSC) is L013: Technical Representative - Ammunition and Explosives.

5. The total maximum ceiling for the contract shall not exceed $49,859,961.00.

6. The ordering period for the Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (SA IDIQ) contract will be for five (5) years.

7. One Task Order Contract Award will be made as a result of the RFP. It is the Government’s objective to set this requirment aside for a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

8. Fixed Fee See Section L.2.4.1, entitled Part 1 - Fee for established maximum fee authorized. Fee shall not be applied to travel or equipment costs. Contractor will be allowed fixed fee on subcontract costs, excluding equipment and travel costs. A maximum nominal Fixed Fee for Prime contractors will be allowed on Other Direct Costs for subcontracts as follows: Subcontract Costs Maximum Nominal Fee Small Business Subcontracts 5% Other Than Small Business Subcontracts 3%

9. The Government will only accept one (1) proposal from each Corporation. For example, if ABC Corporation has multiple divisions, the corporation must decide which division will submit a proposal.

Failure to adhere to this term may result in all proposals from the Corporation being rejected.

10. The Offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov) in order to receive a contract award.

11. This RFP should not be discussed with any Government employee except the Contracting Officer, Mr.

Tristan Harley, and the associated Contract Specialist, Mr. Joel Koppinger. Failure to adhere to this restriction may be grounds to declare your firm ineligible for consideration of any award resulting from this competitive solicitation.

12. The Government will not accept any assumptions, alternate terms, alternate conditions, caveats, or exceptions with proposals. If an offeror includes any assumptions, alternate terms, alternate conditions, caveats, or exceptions with proposals, the proposal will not be considered for award.

13. The offeror and their subcontractors agree that the Humanitarian Demining Training Center (HDTC) has Government Purpose Rights - that is the Government may use, modify, release, reproduce, perform, display or disclose the data pertaining to such items, components, or processes within the Government without restriction but may release or disclose the data outside the Government only for government purposes.

Offeror and Subcontractor understands that HDTC can (i) use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data within the Federal Government without restriction; and (ii) Release or disclose technical data outside the Federal Government and authorize persons to whom release or disclosure has been made to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose that data for Federal Government purposes.

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

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0003 Months Accounting for Contract Services CPFF

The Accounting for Contract Services/Contractor Manpower Reporting requirement has been added to the statement of work, and contractor is required to provide data on contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) for performance of this contract. The cost, if any, for providing this data shall be entered into the space provided at this CLIN.

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0004 Months DD Form 1423 CPFF

DD Form 1423 Contract Data preparation in accordance with DD Form 1423, Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) appended here to as Exhibit A and specified in the PWS Section C herein. The contractor is obligated to deliver all data listed and the price attributable to the data shall be included in the total price of the Task Order. NOT SEPARATELY PRICED***

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AUTHORIZED OFFICE TO ISSUE DELIVERY ORDERS

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In accordance with FAR 16.505 and 52.216-18, the US Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division at Research Triangle Park, NC is the only activity authorized to issue orders under this contract.

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

PWS

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Department of Defense, Humanitarian Demining Training Center

(Collaboration Portal, Training Materials, Contracted Subject Matter Expert, and Sustainment Support)

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), is responsible for planning, coordinating, administering, and supervising Department of Defense (DOD) programs for transfer of defense articles, services, and technology, by sale, grant, or direct provision to foreign governments and international organizations. These programs include Foreign Military Sales (FMS), in which grants or loans are provided to foreign countries for financing of FMS or direct commercial contracts with U.S. industry; International Military Education and Training (IMET) under which financial support is provided to foreign students attending U.S. military schools; the Regional Defense Counter- Terrorism Fellowship Program (RDCP) under which support is provided to Foreign governments; and the Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief and Mine Action (HDM) Program under which support is provided foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations.

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts global search, recovery, and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts in order to support the Department of Defense’s personnel accounting efforts. DPAA operations include researching case files, investigating leads, excavating sites, and identifying and recovering Americans who perished while in the service of their nation, but were never brought home.

DSCA and DPAA are cooperating regarding opportunities to search for and recover unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts as their remains are often associated with aircraft crashes and other circumstances that involve explosive remnants of war (ERW). Often, unaccounted-for American military personnel from past conflicts and ERW are located in the same vicinity.

1.1 Background

The DoD Humanitarian Demining Training Center (HDTC) is the HDM division lead for humanitarian mine action (HMA). The centers core tasks include: providing HMA training and education services for DoD and partner nations in explosives remnants of war disposal and physical security and stockpile management of conventional munitions;

validating combatant command (CCMD) HMA planning, budgeting, and execution of the DoD HMA program for DSCA/BPC/HDM; and monitoring and evaluating global 10 USC 407 funded activities.

HDTC and DPAA require subject matter experts, technical support, logistical support and web based technology and curriculum to efficiently and effectively manage the DoD HMA and DPAA programs. Standards prescribed for managing the portfolio are broad in terms of subject matter expert support, technical support, and logistical support, hence latitude is given to the Director, HDTC to achieve the intent of the DoD HMA program as prescribed by congress in 10 USC 407, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 3207.01C, 8 August 2013, DSCA Vision 2020.

This contract for services directly supports 10 USC 407:

(e) (1)The term “humanitarian demining assistance”, as it relates to training and support, means detection and clearance of landmines and other explosive remnants of war, and includes activities related to the furnishing of education, training, and technical assistance with respect to explosive safety, the detection and clearance of landmines and other explosive remnants of war, and the disposal, demilitarization, physical security, and stockpile management of potentially dangerous stockpiles of explosive ordnance.

(2) The term “stockpiled conventional munitions assistance”, as it relates to the support of humanitarian assistance efforts, means training and support in the disposal, demilitarization, physical security, and stockpile management of potentially dangerous stockpiles of explosive ordnance, small arms, and light weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems. Such term includes activities related to the furnishing of education, training, and technical assistance with respect to explosive safety, the detection and clearance of landmines and other explosive remnants of war, and the disposal, demilitarization, physical security, and stockpile management of potentially dangerous stockpiles of explosive ordnance, small arms, and light weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems.

This contract for services directly supports CJCSI 2307.01C including:

Paragraph 5. Other Planning Guidance. U.S. Forces will not degrade their operational capabilities by providing equipment in excess of what was programmed to remain with the PN. The Department of Defense authorizes and encourages activities that enhance mission accomplishment and U.S. military personnel training and readiness.

These include the following:

-d. Contracting for services that cannot be accomplished by U.S. Forces but would improve the ability of participating U.S. military to conduct HMA operations. These activities will be reflected in the budget estimate for the country program and may include the following:

(2) Measures of effectiveness analysis, including assessments of the threat and an examination of the success of the program as it relates to the PN’s ability to assimilate training and apply that training to achieve goals leading to establishing an indigenous, self-sustaining mine action program. (3) Contracted services to support HMA operations and planning including budgeting and logistics assistance.

This contract for services directly supports DSCA Vision 2020 goals and objectives including:

Laying the Foundation for Establishing Knowledge Management Goal 3: Establish and implement community-wide standards for knowledge management.

-Objective 3.1 Optimize current and emerging data systems and information sharing to facilitate efficient business processes, satisfy customer requirements, and enable strategic thinking across the spectrum of security cooperation activities.

-Objective 3.2 Establish standard methodologies and instill a culture of organizational learning that systematizes the collection, analysis, and distribution of suggested approaches to recurring activities.

Laying the foundation for Synchronizing to Meet Customer Requirements Goal 4: Prioritize the achievement of U.S. Government strategic goals in executing DSCA-managed activities, programs, and resource allocation.

- Objective 4.3: Facilitate interagency collaboration with and external understanding of the Security Cooperation community to improve DSCA involvement in intra-agency Phase 0 planning and enable synchronization among security cooperation programs.

2.0 General Requirements

This section describes the general requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

2.1 Scope

The US government expects to accomplish the following:

Provide the DoD HMA and DPAA programs with sustainable CONUS and partner nation in-country subject matter expert (SME) support, underwater technical, engineering and archeology support, equipment procurement support, logistical support, curriculum development services and specialized technical training support. Curriculum development services require the use of the Systems Approach to Training (SAT) and processes for instructional systems design and quality that conforms to the ISO-approved standards of the HDTC SOP (Attachment 4). DoD HMA and DPAA areas of SME support, logistical support, curriculum development services and specialized technical training support include:

1) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level 1

2) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level 2

3) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level 3

4) Physical Security and Stockpile Management

a. Technical

b. Explosive Worker

c. Medical

5) Land based and Underwater ERW Non-Technical Survey, Technical Survey, Clearance, and Disposal

6) HMA Casualty Care (HMACC)

a. Basic Field Trauma Life Support and Blast Injury Care – PN Deminers/EOD Techs

b. Advanced Field Trauma and Blast Injury Care – PN Medical Personnel

c. Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) Infrastructure Development

7) Train the Trainer Familiarization

8) HMA Policy, New Equipment, and HMA Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

9) Information Management System development and database maintenance for land-based and underwater ERW technical survey, clearance, and disposal activities

10) OCONUS conventional stockpiled munitions assessment support for the Physical Security and

Stockpile Management program.

11) Terrestrial and Underwater Archeology

12) Unaccounted-for Americans Search, Recovery, and Repatriation

Conduct technical assessments of stockpiled conventional munitions storage practices of partner nations and conduct technical training courses customized for individual partner nations addressing best practices for stockpile storage.

Establish and maintain a HDTC online portal to share technical information, training curriculums and collaboration tools for ERW.

Provide strategic planning support to Director, HDTC in developing short and long term execution plans in support of DSCA 2020 and other DoD Security Cooperation guidance.

This is a non-personnel services contract to provide the Humanitarian Demining Training Center (HDTC), located at Fort Lee, Virginia, the following support for land-based and underwater ERW disposal, PSSM, and unaccounted-for Americans search, recovery and repatriation operations: technical, engineering; archeology; human remains search, recovery, and repatriation; curriculum development; training and logistical support. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

2.2 Location and Hours of Operation

HDTC is located at Building 9024, 1321 Battle Drive, Fort Lee, Virginia 23801. Hours of operation are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

2.3 Recognized / Government Holidays

Work shall not be required on the following Federal holidays unless specifically identified in a Requirement.

New Year’s Day Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Presidents Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day

Christmas

2.4 Travel / Temporary Duty

Travel charges shall be authorized in advance. Contractor travel charges shall be invoiced in accordance with the current volume of the Government Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Contractors will not be reimbursed for travel within a 50-mile radius. Fee/profit on travel is not authorized and shall not be reimbursed under the terms of the resultant task order for both prime and subcontractors.

The Contractor shall perform the HMA and DPAA technical support tasks identified in this PWS at various OCONUS and CONUS locations.

HMA and DPAA technical and training support tasks may be conducted in all countries and all combatant command areas of responsibility throughout the world including all CONUS states, Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, commonwealths, possessions, and compacts of free association.

2.5 Government - Contractor Relationships

a. The Government and the contractor understand and agree that the services to be delivered under this task order by the contractor to the Government are non-personal services and the parties recognize and agree that no employer-employee or master-servant relationships exist or will exist under the task order between the Government and the contractor and/or between the Government and the contractor's employees. It is therefore in the best interest of the Government to afford the parties a full and complete understanding of their respective obligations.

b. Contractor personnel under any resultant task orders shall not:

(1) be placed in a position where they are appointed or employed by a Federal Officer, or are under the supervision, direction, or evaluation of a Federal Officer, Military or Civilian.

(2) be placed in a staff or policy making position.

(3) be placed in a position of command, supervision, administration or control over DA Military or Civilian personnel, or personnel of other contractors, or become a part of the Government organization.

(4) be used for the purpose of avoiding manpower ceilings or other personnel rules and regulations of DA or the Civil Service Commission.

(5) be used in administration or supervision of military procurement activities.

c. Employee Relationships

(1) The services to be performed under any task orders do not require the contractor or its employees to exercise personal judgment and discretion on behalf of the Government, but rather the contractor's employees will act and exercise personal judgment and discretion on behalf of the contractor.

(2) Rules, regulations, directions, and requirements which are issued by command authorities under their responsibility for good order, administration, and security are applicable to all personnel who enter any Government installation, or who travel on Government transportation. This is not to be construed or interpreted to establish any degree of Government control which is inconsistent with a non-personal services task order.

2.6 Identification of Contractor Employees

a. All contractor employees shall be identified as such by wearing badges at all times while performing work at Government facilities and when performing work for the Government under the scope of specific contract at other installations or non-government sites to include attendance at meetings, seminars, etc. The badges may be either affixed to clothing or be displayed from a chain or other mechanism worn around the neck. Badges must include contractor's company name and employee's name. No other items may be placed on the badge.

b. Contractor workspace shall ensure that Federal employees and the public know that they are not Federal employees.

c. Contractor employees shall initially identify themselves by name and company affiliation when answering the telephone, presenting briefings, conducting or attending meetings/seminars or any other situations where their contractor status is not obvious.

d. Official contractor correspondence (written, facsimile, and email display) shall include their company name and any other documents or reports produced by contractors are identified as contractor products or contractor participation is disclosed.

2.7 Non-Personal Services

The Government shall neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. Such contractor employees shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services. If the contractor believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it shall be the contractor's responsibility to notify the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) immediately.

2.8 Inherently Governmental Functions

The Contractor shall not provide inherently governmental functions as defined in FAR 2.101 under any task orders.

2.9 Key Personnel

Certain skilled/experienced professional and/or technical personnel are essential for successful contractor accomplishment of the work to be performed under this contract. Key personnel are those: Personnel identified in the proposal as key individuals to be assigned for participation in the performance of the contract; Personnel whose resumes were submitted with the proposal; Personnel who are designated as key personnel by agreement of the Government and the Contractor.

The Government has identified the following three (3) functional key areas:

(1) Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM)/EOD/HMA Operations

(2) Instructional Systems Design/Curriculum Development

(3) Web application System Development

3.0 SPECIFIC TASKS

The contractor shall have the capability to perform as follows:

3.1 Subject Matter Expert (SME) Analysis and Support

The contractor shall provide the DoD HMA and DPAA programs with sustainable CONUS and partner nation in-country: EOD/HMA and unaccounted-for Americans search and recovery subject matter expert (SME) support;

terrestrial and underwater technical, engineering and archeological support; equipment procurement support;

logistical support; curriculum development services; and specialized technical training support. The Government reserves the right to approve all contractor SME personnel in support of this task.

SME support to HDTC is required in support of curriculum development, technical training and portal system development and administration. Curriculum development services require the use of the Systems Approach to Training (SAT) and processes for instructional systems design and quality that conforms to the ISO-approved standards in the HDTC SOP (Attachment 4). Curriculum shall be capable of being instructor led, self-study and -paced and virtual instructor led. HDTC anticipates utilizing short 3-5 minute videos to complement curriculum.

DoD HMA areas of SME support, curriculum development services and specialized technical training support include:

1) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Levels 1-3 curriculum in accordance with the International CEN standards which are tailored for the specific DoD HMA mission to be accomplished.

2) Physical Security and Stockpile Management

a. Technical

b. Explosive Worker

c. Medical

3) Land based ERW Non-Technical Survey, Technical Survey, Clearance, and Disposal

a. Current Landmine and Battle Area Clearance (BAC) techniques

b. Practical Mine Risk Education (MRE) techniques and methodologies.

c. Country-specific threat munitions training.

d. Base Line Survey Methods and Task Site Setup

e. GPS/DGPS Mapping Techniques

f. GIS/Information Management Techniques

g. Surface, Shallow and Deep Search Detection Operations

h. xManual and Mechanically Assisted Area Preparation and Excavation Methods.

i. Quality Control/Quality Assurance Methodologies

4) Underwater ERW Non-Technical Survey, Technical Survey, Clearance, and Disposal

a. Pre-deployment Diver/Diver Refresher Training

b. Side scan sonar, magnetometer, and acoustic tracking system operation

c. Underwater search and reacquisition techniques

d. ERW Detection System operation

e. Post Mission Analysis

5) HMA Casualty Care (HMACC)

a. Basic Field Trauma Life Support and Blast Injury Care – PN Deminers/EOD Techs

b. Advanced Field Trauma and Blast Injury Care – PN Medical Personnel

c. Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC) Infrastructure Development

6) Train the Trainer Familiarization

7) HMA Policy, New Equipment, and HMA Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

8) Information Management System development and database maintenance for land-based and underwater ERW technical survey, clearance, and disposal activities

9) HMA program and project development course for HMA Program Managers/Project

Officers.

10) Terrestrial and underwater archeology and technical support in support of Unaccounted-for

Americans Search, Recovery, and Repatriation

The contractor shall provide technical, engineering, archeological, curriculum development, technical training, and logistical support to US government personnel including US military and/or DoD civilians, or other US government

HMA and DPAA stakeholders, and partner nation personnel as approved by DSCA. Training, technical, engineering, and logistical support will occur CONUS or OCONUS and includes HMA training, HMA and DPAA project concept development events, site surveys, and partner nation training and technical support activities. The contractor shall be prepared to provide training, logistics, and in-country sustainment support OCONUS in potentially austere locations. The contractor shall provide HMA and DPAA coordination support with DoD components such as USARPAC, MARFORPAC, and CTF 75. The contractor shall provide strategic planning support to HDTC in support of HMA and PSSM goals and objectives in DSCA 2020 and other U.S. government security cooperation guidance.

The contractor shall provide subject matter expertise in support of designing and developing specialized system configurations of COTS based underwater ERW detection system. The COTS based system shall have the following components and capabilities:

Components:

Side Scan SONAR Magnetometer Winch and cable counter sheave for umbilical management and “cable out” measurements Topside processing equipment to collect data for Post Mission Analysis (PMA) Small boat to act as survey platform

Capabilities:

Max operating depth: 50m Min operating depth: 5m Minimum vessel size: 4m Minimum operating crew size: 3 Max allowable horizontal uncertainty for target detection: 5m Minimum frequency for side scan sonar: 445 kHz Must be able to collect side scan sonar and magnetometer data simultaneously that is geo-referenced w/in the allowable horizontal uncertainty of 5m Acoustic Location Devices must be compatible with a diver’s through water communication systems (i.e. able to operate at the same time w/o frequency interference).

All electronic devices must be splash proof (min rating of IPX4) Must be able to operate with minimal training All components must be man-portable and not dependent on Weight Handling Equipment (WHE)

The contractor shall provide tactics, techniques & procedures, operating equipment, developing master training packages and training host nation personnel on specialized underwater search, location, retrieval and disposal equipment such as side scan sonar, magnetometers, plotting/data fusion software, remote dredging and lift systems, and underwater demolition equipment.

The contractor shall provide providing subject matter expertise in support of developing SOP’s, developing specialized system configurations, tactics, techniques & procedures, operating equipment, developing master training packages and training host nation personnel and training host nation personnel on specialized landmine and other ERW clearance and stockpile inspection/disposal techniques.

The contractor shall provide deployment support and logistical support to improve the quality of the training program and increase the effectiveness of the DoD HMA support effort. The contractor shall support and supplement the HMA team with operational, logistical and administrative specialist(s) as required to support the DoD HMA train the trainer missions.

Between deployments of the HMA training teams, the contractor shall support the DSCA approved DoD HMA programs with sustainment and operational support. Sustainment training is provided to partner nations ensuring that the critical skills are by partner nation personnel and all HMA donated equipment is kept in a fully operational status. DoD HMA will partner with in-country International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) to meet this requirement. Based on operational forecasts for the first year of the Base Period it is imperative that the contractor have an established and proven in-country presence in the following countries: Sri Lanka, Laos, Cambodia, Viet

Nam, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Montenegro, Columbia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Sudan.

3.2 OCONUS Conventional Stockpile Munitions Assessments:

The contractor shall provide OCONUS conventional stockpiled munitions assessment support for the Physical Security and Stockpile Management program. The contractor shall provide personnel with ammunition and explosive ordnance handling expertise to support PSSM assessment visits to include conducting technical assessments of current stockpiled conventional munitions storage practices, developing customized training curriculums for individual partner nations and conducting or supporting the customized technical training courses for that partner nation. Customized training courses shall provide recommendations and advise Host Nations on best practices to ensure storage facilities can operate safely, economically, and efficiently. The Government reserves the right to approve all contractor SME personnel in support of this task.

3.3 Web-Based Portal Support:

The contractor shall design, develop, and maintain the HDTC web-based portal that contains curricula, collaboration tools, and ERW disposal and physical security and stockpiled management course training materials. HDTC will provide a listing of content for inclusion in the web-based portal by the Contractor. The HDTC web-based portal shall allow collaboration and communication forums for former and current HDTC students, DoD HMA program and project managers, select international non-governmental organizations, and partner nation personnel. The unclassified portal shall be used as a consolidation point for training materials, program information and updates, policy documentation and notices, and shall not include any export-controlled materials. The portal will serve as the primary means of sharing data, technical guidance, information and communication for HDTC to the HMA stakeholder community.

The web-based portal is for use of prospective students, enrolled students, and graduates of HDTC courses.

Approved by the Government and maintained by the Contractor, the portal will include course information and web-based training modules and HMA training curriculum for use on HMA missions. The portal shall have an open site for students to access course information intended primarily for newcomer audience. Open site content will support orientation of newcomers to information on reporting, what’s expected and the installation. The portal shall also have a restricted access site for enrolled students and graduates to access web-based training modules and HMA mission training material. Information on the website that will have restricted access, including training modules, calendars, contact information for former students, After Action Review link, ORDATA link, and e-mail inquiries is intended primarily for graduates and staff.

The contractor shall develop and administer curricula and web-based training materials (including multimedia and video) for existing and new HMA policy, equipment, and procedures to include a minimum of converting two existing courses to web-based formats and development of two new courses.

3.4 Monthly Status Reports

Monthly status reports detailing progress status for Tasks 3.1 through 3.3 and Final Summary Report shall be delivered to the Government.

3.4.1 Program Reviews

The Contractor shall support Quarterly program reviews at HDTC, Fort Lee, VA, or at a location as designated by the Director, HDTC.

4.0 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

This section describes the special requirements for this effort. The following sub-sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

4.1 Safety/OSHA Requirements

The contractor shall be in compliance with applicable state and federal safety standards. Special safety requirements will be identified in the individual tasks, when required. Contractor must ensure that they are in compliance with all applicable OSHA standards.

4.2 Contractor Furnished Items and Responsibilities

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, facilities, equipment and supplies unless otherwise provided by the Government.

4.3 Special Requirements:

Contactor trainers and technical advisors shall be competent in ERW of land-based and underwater unexploded explosive ordnance disposal competencies including detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordnance which may include: the rendering safe and/or disposal of explosive ordnance that has become hazardous by damage or deterioration when the disposal of such explosive ordnance requires techniques, procedures, or equipment that exceed the normal requirements for routine disposal. ERW include land based and underwater land mines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) (mortar rounds, artillery shells, bomblets, rockets, sub munitions, rocket motors and fuel, grenades, small-arms ammunition, etc.), and abandoned ammunition storage and cache sites.

Engineers shall be competent in underwater UXO disposal and the manufacture, design, maintenance, troubleshooting, engineering, and operation, of the hardware, software, and associated parts and assemblies used to construct the Humanitarian Underwater ERW Detection System ensuring the HUEDS is mission capable to support HMA underwater UXO disposal operations.

Contractors performing work shall have the following education, certifications, and experience pertinent to the subject matter and content in the category’s listed below.

Subject Matter Expert Qualifications:

Category 1 EOD/HMA

1) Master EOD Technician qualified and graduate of NAVSCOLEOD

2) 5 years of experience developing U.S. Joint Service EOD curriculum

3) 5 years of experience in military EOD/HMA operations overseas

4) 5 years of experience training U.S. and partner nation forces

Category 2: Diving

1) Navy First Class Diver/Navy EOD/Master Diver/Diving Officer and graduate of Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center

2) 10 years of experience in Underwater HMA and/or Underwater Mine Counter Measures

3) 5 years of experience in military operations overseas

4) 5 years of experience training U.S. and partner nation forces

Category 3: Medical

1) 10 years of experience developing curriculum and teaching Tactical Combat Casualty Care

(TCCC)

2) 5 years of experience in military operations overseas

3) 5 years of experience training U.S. and partner nation forces

Category 4: Physical Security and Stockpile Management

1) Demonstrated experience in supporting partner nation with ordnance handling/inspection, ordnance logistics, and ordnance storage/magazine physical security and stockpile management

2) 5 years of experience in military and/or INGO operations overseas

3) 5 years of experience training partner nation forces

Category 5: Underwater ERW Technical Survey

1) Fifteen years of experience executing towed side scan sonar surveys

2) 10 years of experience training U.S. and partner nation forces

3) 10 years of experience conducting underwater ERW surveys while simultaneously collecting side scan sonar and magnetometer data

4) 10 years of experience detecting ERW by analyzing side scan sonar and magnetometer data

5) 5 years of experience producing side scan sonar and magnetometer training videos and other training products for the training of U.S. or partner nation forces

6) Qualified trainer for “SeeTrack for HMA” or “SeeTrack Military” software

7) 10 years of experience using the Klein 3900 side scan sonar and Marine Magnetics magnetometers and associated software

Category 6: Unaccounted-for Americans Search, Recovery, and Repatriation

1) Demonstrate knowledge of archaeological operations

2) Demonstrate knowledge of and operational familiarity with the DPAA-Laboratory Standard

Operational Procedures, Section 2.0, Recovery Scene Processing, (last revised on 3 December 2015).

3) Demonstrated prior experience conducting field recovery work with DPAA.

4) Demonstrated prior experience in satisfactorily complying with the host nation’s laws and regulations that apply to archaeological recovery permits, environmental permits, and handling of human remains and cultural artifacts.

Category 7: Terrestrial and Underwater Archeology

1) At least one year of full-time professional experience or equivalent specialized training in archeological research, administration or management;

2) At least four months of supervised field and analytic experience in general terrestrial and/or underwater archeology; and

3) At least one year of full-time professional experience at a supervisory level in the study of archeological resources of the historic period.

4) Any additional minimum qualifications and standards as set forth in the Secretary of the Interior’s

Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (originally published in 48 FR 44716, 29 Sep 1983, and published in the Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR Part 61, Appendix A - Professional Qualifications Standards)."

4.4 Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (CMRA)

The contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to fill in all required data fields completely using the following web address: http://www.ecmra.mil/, and then click on "Department of the Army CMRA" or the icon of the DoD organization that is receiving or benefitting from the contracted services.

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), this runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year, beginning with 2013. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk by clicking on "Send an email" which is located under the Help Resources ribbon on the right side of the login page of the applicable Service/Component's CMR website.

4.6 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

The Government shall monitor the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Government’s QASP.

4.7 ORGANIZATION CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

4.7.1 Definition

The term "Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) is defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.1; also see FAR 9.502 (c). An "OCI exists when a Contractor would face an actual or potential conflict of interest if it worked on a planned task order, due either to its other business interests or to the nature of the effort to be performed. However, organizational conflicts of interest are more likely to occur in contracts involving:

a) Management support services;

b) Consultant or other professional services;

c) Contractor performance of or support in technical evaluations; or Systems engineering and technical direction work performed by a Contractor that does not have overall contractual responsibility for development or production.

4.7.2 Analysis

The Contracting Officer will evaluate the PWS for proposed task orders prior to issuance of the TOR to determine that no OCI has been identified , potential or otherwise. However, the contractor is encouraged to make a preliminary disclosure to the Contracting Officer, prior to the due date for receipt of Proposals, of any OCI issues the Contractor has identified. Such preliminary disclosure will allow the Contracting Officer more time to assess both the potential OCI and the Contractor proposed strategy to negate or mitigate the OCI. This assessment may be crucial since, per FAR 9.504(e), the Contracting Officer may not award the task order to a Contractor with an OCI that cannot be negated or mitigated. If the Contractor demonstrates to the Contracting Officer that there may be a possible conflict of interest arising out of an existing task order, the Contracting Officer will take the necessary action to delete that requirement and/or mitigate any conflict of interest that may be present. The Contractor agrees that the Government or an authorized representative may, up to three years after acceptance of all programmatic documentation to be delivered under applicable task order, restrict the Contractor's future participation in any resulting program managed system acquisition action(s).

4.7.3 Title 10, US Code Section 2399 prohibits the involvement of a defense contractor in the operational test and evaluation of its own systems and equipment. Consequently, all parties must be particularly sensitive to potential, actual, or perceived organizational conflicts of interest where system contractors are or appear to be involved in the operational testing and evaluation of their own equipment or systems, including involvement as a test support contractor. Such involvement is strictly prohibited. The Contractor acknowledges that it is familiar with Title 10 U.S.C. Section 2399 and FAR 9.5 and agrees that it will avoid conflicts of interest and, to the maximum possible extent, the appearance of conflict of interest, in accordance with the principles set forth in the Statute and FAR. The contractor also acknowledges that statutory operational testing and evaluation conflicts of interest arising under 10 U.S.C. 2399 and Army Regulation 73-1, paragraph 5-6, may not be mitigated or "firewalled" using the FAR 9.5 procedures.

4.8 Document Reporting Requirements and Deliverables

4.8.1. Report Covers

The cover of each document produced by the contractor must contain, as a minimum, the information listed below:

a) Contractor name and business address

b) Contract Number

c) Date of report

d) Period covered by report

4.8.2 Contents of Reports

The content of each document produced by the contractor must contain, as a minimum, the information listed below:

a) Man-hours expended by discipline for the reporting period, and cumulatively during the contract

b) Description of progress made during period reported, including problem areas encountered, and recommendations, if any for subsequent solution beyond the scope of this contract

c) Trips and significant results

d) Plans for activities during the following period

e) Disclaimer statement, such as, The views, opinions and findings contained in this document are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as official Department of Army position, policy, or decision, unless so designated by other official documentation.

5.0 Deliverables:

Data deliverables and delivery dates are summarized below.

CDRL Deliverable Item PWS Paragraph Due Date

A001 HDTC Portal Summary Requirements Document

3.1.1 30 days post award

A002 HDTC HMA Portal Functional Specifications

3.1.1 30 days post award

A003 HDTC Portal Implementation Plan 3.1.1 30 days post award A004 Monthly Summary Reports detailing Project

Data and Portal and Curriculum Development Progress

3.1.5 Monthly

A005 Final Summary Report 3.1.4 At Task Order Close

Non-Data Deliverables Non-data deliverables and delivery dates are summarized below.

Item Deliverable Item PWS Paragraph Due Date

1 HDTC HMA Portal 2.a 120 days post award

6.0 Government Furnished Property and Services

The contractor shall provide all equipment and labor necessary to perform the tasks.

7.0 Place of Performance

The work to be performed under this contract will be performed primarily at the Contractor site and various CONUS, OCONUS and theater locations to include, but not limited to the Solomon Islands, Cambodia and Sudan, with periodic visits to HDTC, Fort Lee, VA and DPAA locations in Virginia and Hawaii.

8.0 Period of Performance:

Period of performance for this contract is a five (5) year ordering period from date of award.

9.0 Points of Contact

Contracting Officer's Representative Name: Zeke Topolosky Agency: ARL/SEDD Telephone: (301) 394-2070 E-Mail: zeke.j.topolosky.civ@mail.mil

Technical Monitor Name: William Grau Agency: DSCA/HDTC Telephone: (804) 734-7891 E-Mail: william.t.grau2.civ@mail.mil

10.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

a. Unless otherwise specified, the following documents form a part of the PWS and are to be used for general guidance only in providing for the engineering and training technical services in support of DoD.

HDTC SOP HDTC Quality Management Manual

CJCSI 3207.01C, 12 SEP 2013

with Change 1, 8 August 2013

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

SUPPORT TO HUMANITARIAN

MINE ACTION

Excerpt 10 USC Section 407 Guidance for Acquisition of Training Data Products Parts 1-5

11.0 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT SUMMARY (PRS)

Government will ensure that performance conforms to specified requirements by including a Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) in any resultant task order that outlines the basis upon which…