Attachment_4_-_Past_Performance_Questionnaire_and_Survey.doc

Department of the Army

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK CONTRACTING DIVISION

p.o. box 12211 research triangle park, nc 27709-2211

REPLY TO

ATTENTION OF

CCAP-SCR

SUBJECT: Offeror Past Performance Assessment in Support of Request for Proposal (RFP) Number W911NF-17-R-0001 Dear Sir/Ma’am;

The US ACC-APG-RTP Division is currently conducting a competitive source selection to evaluate Offerors on subject RFP. As part of this evaluation, we have requested that the Offerors provide information about their past performance on recent (past 3 years) and relevant efforts. Relevant efforts are defined as services/efforts that are the same as or similar to the effort (as compared to the attached DAGRS Performance Work Statement). You have been identified as the point of contact cited on the enclosure.

Your assessment of their performance is extremely valuable to our evaluation. Please complete the enclosure and return to the US ACC-APG-RTP Division via e-mail, no later than the proposal due date (February 14, 2017) 1600 in Durham, NC (Eastern Time). Your questionnaire may be submitted electronically to usarmy.rtp.aro.mbx.arl-um-arl4@mail.mil.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Questions may be directed to POC or the undersigned at (919) 541-4722.

Sincerely, Leroy Hardy

Contracting Officer Attached:

DARGS Performance Work Statement

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) For

Deployable Adaptive Global Responder Support (DAGRS)

Vision Statement: Enable full-spectrum, mission-tailored response capabilities for non-warfighting or mixed global contingencies in which U.S. defense assets participate.

1.0

INTRODUCTION:

1.1 Background:

This requirement encompasses Research and Development Test and Evaluation. Requirements may also include incidental non-personal services within the scope of Section 3 below. All requirements may support the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Communications Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) Quick Response Branch (QRB), Department of Defense (DoD) and other Government agencies.

RDECOM, CERDEC, NVESD is strongly focused on the Army Vision for the Transformation of the current to the Future Force. In order to provide the technology transition resulting in superior tactical sensors for tomorrow's warfighter, Night Vision's mission is to conduct research and development to:

• Provide U.S. Land Forces with Advanced Sensor Technology to Dominate the 21st Century

Digital Battlefield;

• Acquire and Target Enemy Forces in Battlefield Environments;

• Detect and Neutralize Mines, Minefields, and Unexploded Ordnance;

• Develop Humanitarian Demining Technology;

• Deny Enemy Surveillance & Acquisition through Electro-Optic, Camouflage, Concealment and

Deception Techniques;

• Provide for Night Driving and Pilot age; and

• Protect Forward Troops, Fixed Installations and Rear Echelons from Enemy Intrusion and deception; detect and neutralize mines, threat explosives, minefields and unexploded ordnance; provide for night driving and pilot age; and protect forward Warfighters, fixed installations and rear echelons from enemy intrusion.

NVESD delivers Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (ISR&T) technologies that provide actionable information that enables Soldiers to be aware of their surroundings and to perform their duties more safely and with increased effectiveness. This operational insight provides tactical and strategic alternatives for mission success and mitigates the risk of surprise attacks.

The NVESD’s Unique Mission Cell is sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology to conduct assessment activities to enhance expeditionary warfare capabilities and guide Army S&T investments.

The January 2012 strategic guidance for the Department of Defense describes the projected security environment and the key military missions for which the Department of Defense must prepare. A characteristic of the emerging environment is the need to provide support across a spectrum of warfighting and non-warfighting activities, conducted by the military, supported by multi-national and multi-agency capabilities reflecting a resource constrained environment. The DoD must be capable of conducting small footprint missions across a variety of contingencies, many of which are not warfighting capabilities, but instead are collaborative, innovative, low-impact, widely distributed and characterized by a mix of direct action, security force assistance and other activities.

The January 2012 strategic guidance for the Department of Defense describes the projected security environment and the key military missions for which the Department of Defense must prepare. A characteristic of the emerging environment is the need to provide support across a spectrum of warfighting and non-warfighting activities, conducted by the military, supported by multi-national and multi-agency capabilities reflecting a resource constrained environment. The DoD must be capable of conducting small footprint missions across a variety of contingencies, many of which are not warfighting capabilities, but instead are collaborative, innovative, low-impact, widely distributed and characterized by a mix of direct action, security force assistance and other activities.

The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review highlights the importance of and commitment to maintaining ready and capable forces. Readiness investments in training technologies, force protection, command and control, and intelligence and surveillance and reconnaissance systems strengthen U.S. standing. U.S. forces are postured globally, conducting counterterrorism, stability, and deterrence operations, maintaining a stabilizing presence, conducting bilateral and multilateral training to enhance U.S. security relationships, and providing the crisis response capabilities required to protect U.S. interests

The United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Overview describes the following defense strategy.

“The 2014 QDR outlines three mutually-supporting pillars that shape our defense priorities: protect the homeland; build security globally; and project power and win decisively:

• Protect the homeland to deter and defeat threats to the nation and to mitigate the effects of potential attacks and natural disasters. This means making selective investments in missile defense, nuclear modernization, and cyber capabilities. It also means sustaining capacity to protect U.S. airspace and shores, as well as reshaping the ability of the military forces to provide support to civil authorities when needed.

• Build security globally to preserve regional stability, deter adversaries, support allies and partners, and cooperate with others to address common security challenges. In practice, this means continuing to rebalance the Department’s posture and presence to the Asia-Pacific while maintaining a focus on the Middle East. It also means working closely with European partners to strengthen their capabilities, maximizing the impact of a relatively small U.S. presence in Africa, and working with interagency partners to counter illicit drug trafficking and transnational criminal organization activity.

• Project power and win decisively to defeat aggression, disrupt and destroy terrorist networks, and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Sustaining superior forces remains a top priority for force planning and development, so the following focus areas will be key: countering anti-access challenges; space; counterterrorism; precision strike; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and resilience. “

Building partnership capacity will remain important for sharing the costs and responsibilities of global leadership. The United States will emphasize non-military means and military-to-military cooperation to address instability and reduce the demand for significant U.S. force commitments to stability operations.

The guidance specifically addresses the need for capabilities to conduct humanitarian, disaster relief, and other operations. U.S. forces possess rapidly deployable capabilities, including airlift and sealift, surveillance, medical evacuation and care, and communications that can be invaluable in supplementing lead relief agencies, by extending aid to victims of natural or man-made disasters, both at home and abroad.

This contract will focus on providing responsive and adaptive capabilities to U.S. Military and combined civil/military actions that involve adaptive response other than what are commonly considered as warfighting. These include partnership building, stability operations, and other activities that support the Defense Strategy and Quadrennial Defense Review. The emphasis will be to provide necessary response with a small, highly capable, military footprint augmented by other Government organizations, non-government organizations, partner nations, and others to enhance effectiveness and affordability. This will require flexible, adaptive, globally adept performers who are able to rapidly and effectively work with U.S. military, multi-agency and multi-national communities to provide tailored capabilities.

1.2 Scope:

Within a single team framework this contract provides coordination and technology based solutions that enable and assist Army, joint service, multi-national, and other combined (DOD/other organizations) responses to activities involving non-warfighting capabilities or a mix of warfighting and non-warfighting capabilities. This includes necessary team capabilities and beyond-team outreach to facilitate future and contingency response activities in the global environment. This contract also provides a comprehensive tool to enable and enhance the ability of the Unique Mission Cell to collaborate and integrate capabilities of the diverse group of Government, industry, academic and international partners forming the global responder community of interest.

Efforts to be conducted under this contract include research and development (technology readiness levels of 4 or higher), operational integration, operational analysis and assessment, and other necessary support (logistics, communications, etc.). The preponderance of requirements is RDT&E under the NACIS 541 -- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services/541712 -- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) and may also include incidental knowledge based services.

2.0

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS::

The Contractor shall have all necessary knowledge, skills, equipment and facilities within the team structure to conduct all required support functions for military responder missions as defined within the scope. These include, but are not restricted to, knowledge services such as planning, analysis, coordination, reporting, accountability, and operational assessments, training and security. It also includes technical development and integration (R&D) activities such as prototype development, prototype integration, sub-system and system integration, equipment assessments, and operational integration.

Contractors shall act in accordance with and augment procedures and capabilities of the NVESD Unique Mission Cell and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)’s Enterprise Adaptive Red Team. Contractors are expected to use the advanced capabilities of this organization to enhance their ability to develop, integrate, employ and support military responder missions.

It is understood that this is a broad requirement, and encompasses the potential to conduct many activities, only some of which will come to fruition. The need to exercise any specific capability will be based on the evolving global environment and actual contingencies that occur. Therefore, the contractor must have the ability, motivation, and infrastructure to respond to multiple spikes in activity, and also withstand extended periods without activity on this contract.

2.1 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY):

Travel to other government facilities or other contractor facilities may be required and will be specified in this contract. All travel requirements (including plans, agenda, itinerary, or dates) shall be pre-approved by the government (subject to local policy procedures), and is on a strictly cost reimbursable basis. Costs for travel shall be billed in accordance with the regulatory implementation of FAR 31.205-46 Travel Costs (subject to local policy & procedures; may reference FAR). Contractor fee shall not be applied to travel costs.

2.2 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.

3.0

SPECIFIC TASKS:

a. Contractors performing on this acquisition shall be required to deliver, at short notice, all the products within the following technical areas:

(1) Electronic and Electro-Optic Equipment

(2) Software Design, Development and Integration

(3) Mechanical Components and Systems

(4) System Integration and Human Systems Interface

(5) Energy Generation and Storage

(6) Individual Platform Protection

(7) Individual and Platform Lethality

(8) Advanced Individual and Platform Mobility b.

Contractors performing on this acquisition shall be required to deliver products relating to the following mission areas:

3.1 Technical Development and Support:

The Contractor shall provide all necessary technical support to develop and produce operational equipment, subsystems and systems for employment in responder missions. This will include: design, development, fabrication, documentation and technical support (including field service representatives) of equipment and systems for responder missions. The Contractor shall provide incidental management, administrative and technical personnel and equipment, for units, COCOMs, TSOCs and other headquarters or command and control elements that are engaged in responder missions.

Performance Standards (STD)

a) STD: Solution is within widely accepted or other reasonable scientific and engineering standards in meeting assigned objectives.

b) STD: Solution is within the scope of the contract.

c) STD: Tasks are completed IAW task order schedule.

3.2 Technical Integration:

The Contractor shall conduct all necessary activities to ensure that equipment, sub-systems and systems are well integrated with appropriate units, platforms, vehicles, or weapon-systems to achieve responder mission objectives and requirements.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Solution is within widely accepted or other reasonable scientific and engineering standards in meeting assigned objectives.

b) STD: Solution is within the scope of the contract.

c) STD: Tasks are completed IAW task order schedule.

3.3 Operational Integration:

The Contractor shall coordinate with appropriate Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Headquarters and subordinate units to enable employment of responder capabilities with unique requirements and capabilities on highly accelerated schedules. The contractor shall also coordinate with the appropriate agencies for longer term planning and program duration. This requires the assimilation of responder support capabilities with individual Service and joint, multi-agency, and multi-national operations, acquisitions and logistics processes.

Performance Standards

a) STD: Solution is within widely accepted or other reasonable scientific and engineering standards in meeting assigned objectives.

b) STD: Solution is within the scope of the contract.

c) STD: Tasks are completed IAW task order schedule.

3.4 Knowledge Based Service Requirements:

Incidental Knowledge Based Services may include efforts directed toward support of RDT&E Installations or operations required for use in general research and development (R&D) and not allocable to specific R&D missions. Included are technical integration efforts, technical information and activities, space programs, major test ranges, test facilities and general test instrumentation, target development, support of operational tests, International cooperative R&D, and other R&D or operation and maintenance support.

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. Contractor shall propose resources to support requirements for this contract

4.3 Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (CMRA).

4.3.1 The contractor shall report ALL direct contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract for the TBD on each task order via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: TBE on each task order

4.3.2 Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year (FY), which 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. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk at help desk at: http://www.ecmra.mil/"

4.3.3 Applicable CMRA details:

4.3.3.1 The eCMRA site associated with this contract is TBD on each task order.

4.3.3.2 The Command of the Requiring Activity is TBD on each task order

4.3.3.3 The Unit Identification Code (UIC) for this requirement is TBD on each task order.

4.3.3.4 The Federal Service Code for this contract is AZ14

4.4 Contractor Furnished Items and Responsibilities:

The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, facilities, equipment and supplies unless otherwise provided by the Government. Contractor shall propose resources to support requirements at the individual task order level.

4.5 Quality Assurance:

Quality assurance specifications including special tests, sampling, first article inspection and place of performance shall be identified in each task order. Place of acceptance for all hardware/prototype deliveries shall be specified in each task order.

4.5.1 Quality Control Plan:

The Contractor shall develop a Task Order QCP and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with the IDIQ contract and this PWS. The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractors QCP is the means by which it assures that the work complies with the requirement of the contract. The finalized QCP will be accepted by the Government at the time of the award of the Task/Delivery Order. The Contracting Officer may notify the Contractor of required modifications to the plan during the period of performance. The Contractor then shall coordinate suggested modifications and obtain acceptance of the plan by the Contracting Officer. Any modifications to the program during the period of performance shall be provided to the Contracting Officer for review no later than 10 working days prior to effective date of the change. The QCP shall be subject to the Governments review and approval. The Government may find the QCP "unacceptable" whenever the Contractors procedures do not accomplish quality control objective(s). The Contractor shall revise the QCP within 10 working days from receipt of notice that QCP is found "unacceptable."

4.5.2 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP):

QASPs will be utilized by Government at the task order level as applicable

4.6 Document Reporting:

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

a. Name and business address of the contractor

b. Contract number

c. Total price of the task order

d. Whether the task order was competitively or noncompetitively awarded, and whether made on a technical or cost basis if competitively awarded.

e. Sponsoring government organization (including office identification and location) and responsible person within the organization.

f. 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.

4.7 Reports:

a) Monthly Reports: The Contractor shall provide monthly progress, status and cost reports for all active task orders. The reports shall include a one page executive summary and separable individual summaries of all active tasks. The executive summary shall provide details on the programmatic, schedule and cost of the overall contract. The individual task summaries shall include a technical abstract, project milestones, trip reports, technical and financial status and any significant issues.

b) Final Reports: The contractor shall provide a final report for each task order at the completion of the task order. This report shall summarize the technical, financial, and programmatic aspects of the work, as well as provide an After Action Review (AAR) report and a transition plan.

4.8 Government Furnished Property and Services:

The contractor shall provide all equipment, services, and labor necessary to perform the tasks unless the individual tasking documents explicitly state otherwise. Government property and services will be identified in the individual task order if applicable.

4.9 Organization Conflicts of Interest:

a. 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 contract, 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: Management support services; Consultant or other professional services;

Contractor performance of or assistance 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.

The Contracting Officer will review and analyze (PWS/SOW/SOO) under this contract prior to issuance of a Task Order Request and determine that no OCI has been identified, potential or otherwise. However, Awardees shall make a preliminary disclosure to the Contracting Officer, prior to the due date for receipt of Task Order Proposals, of any OCI issues the Awardee has identified. Such preliminary disclosure will allow the Contracting Officer more time to assess both the potential OCI and the Awardees 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/delivery 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 contract, 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 may, up to three years after acceptance of all programmatic documentation to be delivered under applicable Task Orders, restrict the Contractors future participation in any resulting program managed system acquisition action(s).

b. 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.

5.0

DELIVERABLES:

The contractor shall provide deliverables as described in subsequent task orders. Deliverables shall be specified by the government. Format and delivery schedule for deliverables shall be outlined in CDRLs and/or other means TBD.

Identifier:

A001 Monthly Report IAW DD 1423

A002 Final Report IAW DD 1423 Name Description

Monthly status report by task order

Final report by task order

The contractor shall ensure all deliverables (CDRLs), data, correspondence, and etc. is provided in a form approved by the receiving government representative. At a minimum, the data shall be provided electronically by email; hard copies are only provided if requested by the government. All data shall be provided in an editable format compatible as specified below.

Task Order deliverables shall be presented in the following formats:

Deliverable:

A. Word Processing

B. Spreadsheet/Graphs

C. Presentations

D. Scheduling

Software to be used:

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

6.

RELATED DOCUMENTS:

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: The following documents are for guidance only, with the exception of DoD-5220.22-M. Primary requirements are design review and analysis, fabrication of item/systems, configurations management, program control, and item testing.

Other DoD and MIL Standards will be applied as required in individual task orders.

6.1

NON-GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS:

ANSI 239.18-1987 American National Standard for Information Sciences- Scientific and Technical Reports - Organization, Preparation and Production.

Others will be applied as required in individual task orders.

7.

DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

7.1

DEFINITIONS:

CONTRACTOR. The term as used in this contract refers to the prime.

CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

PHYSICAL SECURITY. That part of security concerned with physical measures designed to safeguard personnel; to prevent unauthorized access to equipment, installations, material, and documents; and to safeguard them against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft. For DOD it includes communications security, the component that results from all physical measures necessary to safeguard classified equipment, material, and documents from access thereto or observation thereof by unauthorized persons.

QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the

Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

SUBCONTRACTOR. Any supplier, distributor, vendor, or firm that furnishes supplies or services to or for a prime contractor or another subcontractor.

TECHNICAL MONITOR. Officially appointed by the Contracting Officer when required to assist in monitoring contractor activities.

7.2

ACRONYMS:

(the only person that can obligate the Government and approve modifications to the contract)

8.0

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES:

The contractor shall provide all equipment, services, and labor necessary to perform the tasks unless the individual tasking documents explicitly state otherwise.

8.1

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION:

To be identified on individual task orders.

8.2

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIAL:

To be identified on individual task orders.

8.3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT:

To be identified on individual task orders.

8.4

CONTRACTOR ACQUIRED MATRERIAL:

To be identified on individual task orders.

8.5

CONTRACTOR ACQUIRED EQUIPMENT:

To be identified on individual task orders.

9.0 Place of Performance:

a. Performing contractor’s facilities

b. NVESD, Ft. Belvoir, VA

c. NVESD Unique Mission Cell, Tampa, FL

d. Other CONUS locations as specified at task order level

e. OCONUS locations as specified at task order level

10.0

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

Period of Performance: Five (5) Year Ordering period from date of Award

11.0

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Extensive travel is anticipated in support of this effort. Engineering and technical services personnel may attend program reviews, technical interchange meetings (TIM), assessments, planning meetings, other events as tasked and provide field service. These may be within or outside the Continental United States. These may be in designated hazardous area. The Contractor shall provide appropriate personnel in locations as tasked on individual task orders.

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POINTS OF CONTACT

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Technical Monitor (TM) a.

The COR will be Mr. John Klopfenstein, (813) 789-0294, john.p.klopfenstein.civ@mail.mil b.

Task Orders CORs and Technical Monitors will be assigned by the Contract Officer as appropriate.

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PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT SUMMARY (PRS)

Government will ensure that contract performance conforms to specified requirements by including a Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) that outlines the basis upon which the performance requirements will be measured. PRS will be issued at the task order level if deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer.

14.0 SECURITY

a.

All key management or technical personnel associated with this contract shall be cleared to the SECRET level. Some of the activities in this Task Order may require personnel to have a Top Secret (TS) or Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI). The requirement for personnel to have a TS or TS/SCI clearance will be made on a case-by-case basis at the Government’s request. If required, Contractor personnel shall be eligible for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. Prior to starting work, Contractor personnel shall have the required clearance granted by the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) and shall comply with Information Technology (IT) access authorization requirements.

b. Personal Security: Except as described above, personnel associated with this contract are generally desired to be clearable to "SECRET" level. However, the multi-national and multi- agency situation, and the need to employ the appropriate persons to the task in a global environment may preclude this. In all cases, the performer shall take necessary measures and be responsible to ensure that classified, official use, or other sensitive data is properly managed and controlled under this contract. A DD254 will be issued to support clearance requirements at the SECRET or above level.

14.1 All contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access Army installations, facilities and controlled access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training within XX calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, which is applicable. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the contracting officer, if a COR is not assigned, within XX calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel. AT level I awareness training is available at the following website: http//jko.jten.mil.

14.2. Contractor and all associated sub-contractors employees shall provide all information required for background checks to meet installation access requirements to be accomplished by installation Provost Marshal Office, Director of Emergency Services or Security Office. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements (FAR clause 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel) as directed by DOD, HQDA and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes.

14.3 Before CAC issuance, the contractor employee requires, at a minimum, a favorably adjudicated National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) or an equivalent or higher investigation in accordance with Army Directive 2014-05. The contractor employee will be issued a CAC only if duties involve on of the following: (1) Both physical access to a DOD facility and access, via logon, to DOD networks on-site or remotely; (2) Remote access, via logon, to a DOD network using DOD-approved remote access procedures; or (3) Physical access to multiple DoD facilities or multiple non-DoD federally controlled facilities on behalf of the DoD on a recurring basis for a period of 6 months or more. At the discretion of the sponsoring activity, an initial CAC may be issued based on a favorable review of the FBI fingerprint check and a successfully scheduled NACI at the Office of Personnel Management.

14.4 Contractor and all associated sub-contractor employees shall comply with adjudication standards and procedures using the Nation Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index (NCIC-III) and Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) (Army Directive 2014-05/AR 190-13), applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures (provided by government representative), or, at OCONUS locations, in accordance with status of forces agreements and other theater regulations.

14.5This standard language required US based contractor employees and associated sub-contractor employees to make available and to receive government provided area of responsibility (AOR) specific AT awareness training as directed by AR 525-13. Specific AOR training content is directed by the combatant commander with the unit ATO being the local point of contact. US based contractor employees and associated sub-contractor employees will submit an Isolated Personnel Report (ISOPREP) prior to deployment, in accordance with AR 525-28, Personnel Recovery. The contractor is required to fill out the survey on NIPRNET at https://medinah.sed.apg.army.mil/PRO-File prior to deployment.

14.6 The contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall brief all employees on the local iWATCH program (training standards provided by the requiring activity ATO). This local developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the COR. This training shall be completed within 90 calendar days of contract award and within 90 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 90 calendar days after contract award.

14.7 All contractor employees with access to a government info system must be registered in the ATCTS (Army Training Certification Tracking System) at commencement of services, and must successfully complete the DOD Information Assurance Awareness prior to access to the IS and then annually thereafter.

14.8 OPERATIONS SECURITY: The Prime contractor shall coordinate with the Government OPSEC Officer, comply with the government’s OPSEC Plan and provide new contractor employees Level 1 OPSEC Awareness training. The contractor shall coordinate OPSEC training requirements with the Government OPSEC Officer. All contractor employees must complete annual OPSEC awareness training in accordance with HQDA guidance. This training will be provided by the government at Fort Belvoir for all on-site contract employees at least annually. Contractors working OCONUS under NVESD contracts will receive Level 1 OPSEC Awareness training as directed or at the discretion of the appropriate military commander in theater.

14.9 Per AR 530-1 Operations Security, the contractor employees must complete Level I OPSEC Awareness training. New employees must be trained within 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty and annually thereafter.

14.10 All contractor employees and associated sub-contractor employees must complete the DoD IA awareness training before issuance of network access and annually thereafter. All contractor employees working IA/IT functions must comply with DoD and Army training requirements in DoD 8570.01, DoD 8570.01-M and AR 25-2 within six months of appointment to IA/IT functions.

14.11 Per DoD 8570.01-M, DFARS 252.239.7001 and AR 25-2, the contractor employees supporting IA/IT functions shall be appropriately certified upon contract award. The baseline certifications as stipulated in DoD 8570.01-M must be completed upon contract award.

14.12 DFARS Clause 252.225-7040 (DFARS Clause 252-225-7995 for CENTCOM), Contractor Personnel Authorized to Accompany U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States. The clause shall be used in solicitations and contracts that authorize contractor personnel to accompany US Armed Forces deployed outside the US in contingency operations; humanitarian or peacekeeping operations; or other military operations or exercises, when designated by the combatant commander. The clause discusses the following AT/OPSEC related topics: required compliance with laws and regulations, pre-deployment requirements, required training (per combatant command guidance), and personnel data required.

14.13 Contract Requiring Performance or Delivery in a Foreign County, DFARS Clause 252.225-7043, Antiterrorism/Force Protection for Defense Contractors Outside the US. The clause shall be used in solicitations and contracts that require performance or delivery in a foreign county. This clause applies to both contingencies and non-contingency support. The key AT requirement is for non-local national contractor personnel to comply with theater clearance requirements and allows the combatant commander to exercise oversight to ensure the contractor’s compliance with combatant commander and subordinate task force commander policies and directives.

14.14 Contractor shall comply with FAR 52.204-2, Security Requirements. This clause involves access to information classified “Confidential”, “Secret”, or “Top Secret” and requires contractors to comply with –

(1) The Security Agreement (DD Form 441), including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DoD 5220.22-M);

(2) any revisions to DOD 5220.22-M, notice of which has been furnished to the contractor.

14.15 Per AR 381-12 Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP), contractor employees must receive TARP training by a CI agent or other trainer as specified by the Contracting Officer.

PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE FORM

Contractor:____________________ Contract No.:____________________________

Subcontract No. (if applicable):_________________________________

POC:________________________

Title:________________________ (Name)

(E.G. PCO/ACO/TM)

(Agency, Telephone No., E-mail Address & Fax Number)

The following questions pertain to the contractor’s record of past (within the past three years) and current performance. The information that you provide will be used in the awarding of a federal contract. Therefore, it is important that our information be as factual and accurate as possible. Please provide examples and/or explanations (use additional pages if necessary). The following adjectival ratings shall be used in your response.

Outstanding: Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds many requirements that benefit the end user. Work was accomplished with few, if any, minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor were highly effective.

Good: Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds some requirements that benefit the end user. Work was accomplished with some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor were effective.

Acceptable: Performance meets contractual requirements. Work was accomplished with some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor were satisfactory.

Marginal: Performance does not meet some contractual requirements. Serious problems with contractor performance were experienced for which the contractor has either not yet identified corrective actions or the corrective actions taken appear only marginally effective.

Unacceptable: Performance does not meet most contractual requirements. Serious problems with contractor performance were experienced for which the corrective actions were ineffective.

PART I. (To be completed by the Offeror)

A. CONTRACT IDENTIFICATION

Contractor/Company Name/Division:

Address:

Program Identification/Title:

Contract Number:

Contract Type:

Prime Contractor Name (if different from the contractor name cited above):

Contract Award Date:

Forecasted or Actual Contract Completion Date:

Nature of the Contractual Effort or Items Purchased:

B. IDENTIFICATION OF OFFEROR’S REPRESENTATIVE

Name:

Title:

Date:

Telephone Number:

Address:

E-mail Address:

PART II. EVALUATION (To be completed by Point of Contact – Respondent)

A. Compliance of Products, Services, Documents, and Related Deliverables to Specification Requirements and Standards of Good Workmanship

· Outstanding (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

· Good

· Acceptable

· Marginal (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

· Unsatisfactory (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below) Comments:

B. Effectiveness of Project Management (to include use and control of subcontractors).

· Acceptable

· Marginal (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

· Unsatisfactory (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

C. Timeliness of Performance for Services and Product Deliverables.

· Acceptable

· Marginal (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

· Unsatisfactory (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

D. Effectiveness in Forecasting and Controlling Estimated Costs (Use this Question on Cost Reimbursement Type Contracts Only).

· Acceptable

· Marginal (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

· Unsatisfactory (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

E. Commitment to Customer Satisfaction and Business-like Concern for its Customers’ Interest

· Acceptable

· Marginal (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

· Unsatisfactory (Explanation must be provided in Comments field below)

F. General Comments. Provide any other relevant performance information.

G. Other Information Sources. Please provide the following information:

Are you aware of other relevant past efforts by this company?

If yes, please provide the name and telephone number of a point of contact:

H. Respondent Identification. Please provide the following information:

Organization:

Name:

Title:

Date:

Telephone Number

Address:

E-mail Address:

PART III. RETURN INFORMATION

Please return this completed Questionnaire via e-mail to the Contracting Officer identified in the cover letter.

Thank you for your assistance.

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