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SOLICITATION

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.5. DATE ISSUED

12 Apr 2017

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

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3. SOLICITATION NO.

W911QX-17-R-0008

Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A. Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) is a program that focuses on the Computational

Sciences, Architectures and Cutting Edge Network Sciences; Cyber Security and Cyber Defense support; High Performance Networking and Specialized System Administration for Research, Development and Collaborative Environments. C5ISR also includes specialized program oversight for ARL/CISD as a Computer Defense Service Provider (CDSP), and the Defense

Research and Engineering Network (DREN). These required services are crucial to ARL/CISD in providing leading edge research and technical solutions for the U.S. Army Warfighter in the

Service aforementioned areas.

The required C5ISR services include, but are not limited to the following:

• High Performance Networking Research Services

• Computational Architectures Research Services

• Computational Sciences Research Services

• Cyberspace Defense Service Provider, Assessment, and R&D Support Services

• Corporate Information Management – Collaboration Environment Technical Support

• Research, Development, and Engineering Network (RDENET) Scientific System

Administration Support

• Network Sciences Research Services

• Network Security and Assessments Services

B. The objective of this effort is to establish a Multiple Award (MA) Indefinite

Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) MA IDIQ Task Order Contract (TOC) where Cost Plus

Fixed Fee (CPFF) Task Orders will be issued for the required services. Each MATOC awarded will have an ordering period of five (5) years with total period of performance of eight (8) years that will allow the Government to post Request for Proposal’s (RFP’s) on a competitive basis to fulfill their C5ISR requirements. The awarded Task Orders will typically have a one (1) year

Period of Performance with two (2) additional one (1) year option periods. The R&D services to be provided by the Contractor encompass a wide variety of advanced technology support to include analysis, studies, development, design, and demonstration of innovative C5ISR concepts and prototype technologies. The resultant contract intends to obtain scientific and engineering support services for the C5ISR effort covering an ordering period of sixty (60) months and period of performance of eight (8) years after the contract award with an estimated ceiling valued at $175,000,000.00.

C. On/Off Ramp Provisions, see Section H.

D. The Government’s objective is to maximize practicable opportunities for Small Businesses.

As such, the Government may reserve at least one (1) of the anticipated exclusively for Small

Businesses who achieve a rating of no less than “Acceptable” for the Technical Factor (to include all subfactors), as well as achieve a rating of no less than “Satisfactory Confidence” and

“Relevant” or “Unknown Confidence (Neutral)” for the Past Performance Factor. All offerors, regardless of their socio-economic status, will be evaluated using the same evaluation criteria, identified in Section M “Evaluation Approach” below. This is necessary in order to provide the best possible solution for the Warfighter. To be eligible for award, both small and large businesses must have submitted a fully responsive proposal and be selected based upon the evaluation criteria and the terms and conditions of this Solicitation. To be selected for the Small

Business reserved awards, the Small Business must be eligible pursuant to FAR Part 19.

Proposals received that do not qualify as Small Business concerns under NAICS 541712 shall not be considered for the Small Business reserved awards, if any such awards shall be made.

E. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

541712 -

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, & Life Sciences and the Business Size

Standard is 1000 Employees.

F. Questions concerning this solicitation should be submitted in writing to the Point of Contact in block 10 of the solicitation and include Company Name, Point of Contact and Title, Telephone

Number, Email Address and Fax Number by 10:00AM ET on 3 May 2017. Questions will be answered by the issuance of a solicitation amendment.

G. The Solicitation will close at 10:00AM ET on 29 May 2017. No proposals will be accepted after that time. If the Offeror experiences technical difficulties when submitting their proposal, the Contracting Office should be notified in writing prior to the Solicitation closing for assistance.

H. The Government requires a minimum validity period of 120 calendar days for proposal submissions. Offerors may specify a longer acceptance period than the Government’s minimum requirement.

I. This summary is provided solely as an administrative convenience. It is not intended in any way to alter the terms and conditions of this RFP. Any inconsistency between this Executive

Summary and the RFP shall be resolved in favor of the RFP.

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX

QUANTITY

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0001 UNDEFINED Job

C5ISR

CPFF

Integrated Operations for High Performance Computing Technology Research and Development in accordance with Performance Work Statement (PWS) entitled "Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR)" set forth in Section C.

Specific requirements and pricing will be set forth in each Task Order (TO).

FOB: Destination

MAX COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL MAX COST + FEE

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0002 UNDEFINED Job

DATA

CPFF

The contractor shall deliver data in accordance with DD Form 1423, Exhibit A, in section J.

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0003 UNDEFINED Job

OTHER DIRECT COSTS (ODC) / TRAVEL

COST

Other Direct Costs (ODC's) associated with the performance of research and development engineering services for the Army Research Laboratory's (ARL)

C5ISR requirements in accordance with Section C, Performance Work Statement

(PWS). ODC's will not be subject to any type of fee (e.g. handling, materials, etc.). The contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer's Representative

(COR) with proper supporting documentation upon invoicing for reimbursement.

The COR will verify that the ODCs are allowable and allocable to each task order. ODCs shall only be charged against this line item upon the CORs and

Contracting Officer's approval. The Government will provide the ODC estimate at time of award.

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0004 UNDEFINED Job

CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING

CPFF

Cost for Providing Accounting for Contract Services. Accounting for Contract

Services Requirement, is included herein; the contractor is required to provide data on contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) for performance of this contract, in accordance with PWS. Instructions, including the Contractor and Subcontractor User Guides, are available at the CMRA

(Contractor Manpower Reporting Application) website at: https://cmra.army.mil.

For further assistance, email the CMRA Help Desk at contractormanpower@hqda.army.mil.

ACC-APG POINT OF CONTACT

The ACC - APG point of contact for this action is:

Contract Specialist Swati Jain

Telephone Number: 301-394-0045

E-mail: swati.jain2.civ@mail.mil

Contracting Officer Phillip Amador

Telephone number 575-678-3523

E-mail phillip.j.amador.civ@mail.mil

CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESEN

COR Name: To be released upon contract award.

COR Telephone: To be released upon contract award.

COR Email address: To be released upon contract award.

Technical Monitor , please remove this or fill in as N/A if no technical monitor is listed.

Tech Monitor Name: To be released upon contract award.

Tech Monitor Telephone: To be released upon contract award.

Tech Monitor Email address: To be released upon contract award.

TYPE OF CONTRACT

TYPE OF CONTRACT (Reference: 52.216-1)

The Government intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) contract(s) and potential CPFF (Completion) / COST (No Fee)

Task Orders resulting from this solicitation.

AUTH OFFICE TO ISSUE ORDERS

AUTHORIZED OFFICE TO ISSUE ORDERS

In accordance with FAR 16.505 and 252.216-7006, the US Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving

Ground, Adelphi Contracting Division at Adelphi, MD is the only activity authorized to issue orders under this contract.

CONTRACT MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CONTRACT VALUE

The minimum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity and contract value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not exceed the maximum quantity and contract value stated in the following table.

MINIMUM

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

$200.00 $175,000,000.00

CLIN MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN VALUE

The minimum quantity(s) and CLIN value(s) for all orders issued against the CLIN(s) on this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity(s) and CLIN value(s) stated in the following table. The maximum quantity(s) and

CLIN value(s) for all orders issued against the CLIN(s) on this contract shall not exceed the maximum quantity(s) and CLIN value(s) stated in the following table.

CLIN

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

0001 $200.00 $175,000,000.00

CLIN DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN ORDER VALUE

The minimum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not be less than the minimum quantity and order value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not exceed the maximum quantity and order value stated in the following table.

CLIN

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

$200.00

$175,000,000.00

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Basic Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and

Reconnaissance (C5ISR)

Integrated Operations for High Performance Computing - Scientific, Engineering, Analysis, and Outreach

Support Services

CONTENTS

C.1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

C.1.1 Scope

C.1.2 Background

C.1.3 Objective

C.2 REQUIREMENTS

C.2.1 Overview

C.2.2 Program Support

C.2.3 Program and Project Management Support

C.2.4 High Performance Networking Research Services

C.2.5 Computational Architectures Research Services

C.2.6 Computational Sciences Research Services

C.2.7 US ARL Cyberspace Defense Service Provider, Assessment, and Research and Development Support

C.2.8 Corporate Information Management – Collaboration Environment Technical Support

C.2.9 Research, Development, and Engineering Network (RDENET) Scientific System Administration Support

C.2.10 Network Sciences Research

C.2.11 Network Security and Assessments

C.3 PROPERTY

C.3.1 Contractor-Owned Property

C.3.2 Lost and Found Property

C.4 HOURS OF OPERATION

C.4.1 Normal Work

C.4.2 Telework

C.4.3 Extended Workweek

C.4.4 Holidays

C.5 TRAINING

C.6 HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

C.6.1 General Occupational Health and Safety Requirements

C.6.2 Procedural Compliance

C.6.3 Occupational Health Screenings

C.6.4 Record of Accidents or Incidents

C.6.5 Safety Certifications and Qualifications

C.6.6 Request for Safety Certifications

C.6.7 Safety Certification Authority

C.6.8 Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE)

C.7 TRANSITION PLAN

C.8 PERSONNEL

C.8.1 Qualification Requirements

C.8.2 Personnel Management

C.8.3 Recruitment and Retention

C.9 SECURITY

C.9.1 Overview

C.9.2 Security Clearance

C.9.3 Installation Access

C.9.4 Access Control Cards (ACC)

C.9.5 Common Access Card

C.9.6 Automated Data Processing (ADP) Security

C.9.7 Handling of Classified/Sensitive Information

C.9.8 Departing Employees

C.9.9 Conflict of Interest

C.9.10 Key/Lock Control

C.10 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

C.11 DELIVERABLES

C.11.1 Contract Data Requirements Lists

C.11.2 Program Management Plan

C.11.3 Financial Reports

C.11.4 Task Order Deliverables

C.11.5 Monthly Status Reports

C.11.6 Other Deliverables

C.12 VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT OPERATION LICENSES

C.12.1 Operation

C.12.2 Privately Owned Vehicle Usage

C.13 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE) / GFI / OTHER GOVERNMENT FURNISHED

MATERIALS

C.13.1 Government Furnished Property

C.13.2 Government Furnished Materials and Supplies

C.13.3 Government Furnished Services

C.14 OTHER DIRECT COSTS

C.14.1 Travel

C.14.2 Materials, Parts, and Components

C.15 DATA RIGHTS

C.16 ANTI TERRORISM OPERATIONS SECURITY AT OPSEC

C.1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

C.1.1 SCOPE

The mission of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is to provide U.S. soldiers the technological edge by conducting a broadly-based, multidisciplinary program of basic and applied research, exploratory development, and analysis, operating with the critical mass, synergy and flexibility to satisfy the Army's future technological needs.

This contract effort will provide the ARL Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD) with the research, development, and technology services to support its mission which focuses on scientific research and technology in the areas of information processing, network and communication sciences, information assurance, battlespace environments, computational sciences, and advanced computing.

C.1.2 BACKGROUND

C.1.2.1 This PWS details the levels and types of Contractor support and services required to sustain the mission and functions of the ARL CISD, located at the ARL facilities in Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD and in Adelphi, MD. The CISD provides scientific research and technology focused on information processing, network and communication sciences, information assurance, battlespace environments, and advanced computing that create, exploit and harvest innovative technologies to enable knowledge superiority for the Warfighter. CISD's technologies provide the strategic, operational, and tactical information dominance across the spectrum of the US ARL operations.

C.1.2.2 The required support includes services and solutions in the form of research, development, test, evaluation, production and fielding for the C5ISR. This support also includes High Performance Computing Modernization

Program / Defense Research and Engineering Network (HPCMP) / (DREN) Operations support, the HPCMP

Security Engineering support, the HPCMP Security Operations support and the HPCMP/DREN Network Operations support. The level of effort encompasses support of HPCMP and DREN/Secret Defense Research Engineering

Network (SDREN) Program Management Offices. Also included in this effort are support services for project management, network security analysis, systems management administration, administrative and program management/planning, database management, and software development.

C.1.3 OBJECTIVE

C.1.3.1 The objective of this acquisition effort is to establish a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle(s) under which Task Orders (TOs) may be issued. The TOs shall provide services for various programs conducted by CISD. Efforts may include; computer science and engineering research and development; network, network sciences, and network security research, development and operations; cyber security research and operations to include Computer Network Defense Service Provider (CNDSP); network integration and development; and program management support.

C.2 REQUIREMENTS

C.2.1 OVERVIEW

C.2.1.1 The Contractor(s) shall provide the personnel required to perform the following highly-technical, cutting-edge military research and development efforts. Specific technology focus areas to include both research and development and program services as identified under each of the following headings. Specific requirements will be identified in each individual TO PWS. Each TO will have an appointed Contracting Officer Representative (COR) who will serve as the single individual to monitor TO requirements and performance. Each TO may also have one

(1) or more appointed Technical Monitor(s) (TMs) that will assist the COR with survillence of the performance. The work performed under this contract shall be performed in accordance with each individual TO requirement and this base PWS.

C.2.1.2 The Contractor shall ensure its employees are trained and qualified for the positions that they are assigned and provide all applicable developmental training to its employees in order to maintain skills and knowledge of technical advancements associated with the positions.

C.2.2 PROGRAM SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS

General requirements that may be required of the Contractor are provided in, but are not limited to this section.

Specific technical activities and skill levels required to fulfill the CISD’s requirements vary by task and will be specifically outlined in each TO.

C.2.2.1 Program Oversight and Support

The Contractor Program Manager(s) shall provide oversight and management over contract employees and tasks as well as oversight of sub-contractors and shall be responsible for the following:

Manage Contractor personnel under each task.

Maintain a safe working environment by enforcing standard operating procedures (SOPs), rules, and regulations, to ensure the work environment is neat and orderly, and ensure that all Contractor personnel conduct themselves in professional manner.

Manage TOs and ensure compliance of work against each task’s capabilities and requirements.

Manage purchase requests in support of the program and ensure accuracy of all program expenditures.

Track all TO costs/expenditures, compile monthly reports, provide administrative support for activities associated with purchasing, communications contracts (wireless phones/air cards), and prepare and track all orders from initiation to completion for the purpose of budget formulation and trend analysis recommendations

Ensure the financial contract data requirements lists (CDRLs) for each subtask are submitted within the scheduled timeframe and that funding notifications are submitted within a timely manner.

C.2.2.2 Administrative & Security Support

The Contractor shall provide internal administrative support for TO’s to include the following:

Processing visitors and newly hired contract employees, to include validating clearances, badging, arranging for escorts, etc.

Support each task and program’s travel requirements, such as processing travel documents, coordinating travel authorizations, processing expense reports, planning and booking travel arrangements.

Escort visitors and un-cleared personnel through offices/facilities

Brief new contract employees on responsibilities within the facility

Support Contractor employees with classified and unclassified visits by submitting visit requests

Support the tracking of Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) updates and clearances.

Conduct screening of new contract hires.

Maintain a list or database of all Government furnished equipment that uniquely identifies each piece of equipment and it’s location.

C.2.3 PROGRAM & PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

C.2.3.1 Program & Project Management and Analysis.

C.2.3.1.1 The Contractor shall apply an understanding of the overarching and specific plans, programs and funding in support of ARL CISD to provide program support and analysis of the technical mission and customer programs and projects.

C.2.3.1.2 The Contractor shall provide Government technical managers with support related to the overall planning, execution, reporting and monitoring of Mission and Customer programs and projects. The Contractor shall research, consolidate, prepare, and present status reports, charts and other media of current and projected status of technical deliverables, including the management of cost, schedule and performance. The Contractor shall provide recommendations for each milestone and identify issues that may delay or impact the program or its direction.

C.2.3.1.3 The Contractor shall research Other Government Agencies, University, and Commercial partners and provide analysis to Government POC’s for ARL’s consideration for potential collaborative partnerships both internal and external to ARL’s Open Campus Initiative.

C.2.3.1.4 The Contractor shall monitor and report the utilization and execution of resources with consideration being given to Government mandated goals for obligations and disbursements and the impact project status will have on meeting these goals. The Contractor shall identify, research, and report anticipated shortages in resources, both labor and financial, that may impact programs and projects.

C.2.3.1.5 The Contractor shall assess programs and processes, review reporting documents, and provide decision-support analysis to provide recommendations for overall program direction.

C.2.3.2 Educational Outreach Analysis

C.2.3.2.1 The Contractor shall be responsible for developing, coordinating and providing analysis for a technology-oriented Education and Outreach Program to support ARL CISD’s research mission areas. The Contractor shall maintain continual professional interchange with High Performance Computing technology-orientated representatives of industry and Government. Efforts shall include the following:

Proactively seek and implement outreach efforts

Participate in and/or support formal and informational exchange meetings and workshops

Develop, produce and distribute information and/or items to promote High Performance Computing usage among the Department ofDefense’s (DoD) science and engineering community

Design, develop and maintain web sites and published media

C.2.3.2.2 The Contractor shall develop, process and manage a summer outreach program that includes sponsorship of High School, Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering/Scientist Students for summer outreach programs, based on available funding. The Contractor shall handle the recruiting, organizational and logistical arrangements. Efforts associated with this task include the following:

Identification of specific projects to support research in computational science in areas of interest to ARL

Identify and propose selection of qualified Students/Faculty for participation in program during each summer program. A list of proposed candidates shall be provided to the Government Point Of Contact

(POC).

Plan and coordinate student/faculty participation in required preparation and presentation of final report and/or project demonstration as determined by the Government POC at the close of each program cycle.

C.2.4 – HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKING RESEARCH SERVICES

This effort includes security, research and development supportservices for software and network engineering needed for experimental development and testing of advanced and emerging High Performance Computing (HPC) networking technologies; for example, the DoD Optical Network Test bed. The Contractor shall perform system analysis, software and networking engineering, development and research in order to accomplish assigned missions.

C.2.4.1 Software Defined Networking and Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) Research

C.2.4.1.1 The Contractor shall support the Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Global Environment for

Network Innovations (GENI) Research project. The Contractor shall support the research, development and sustainment of systems in the following technical areas:

SDN network modeling for studying State Dynamics to improve SDN performance and Security

Methods for interconnecting different GENI nodes

Building custom GENI aggregates

Heterogeneous network modeling research

Ability to compose research publications in peer-reviewed journals

C.2.4.1.2 The Contractor shall develop new network models in order to support experiments with SDN protocols and to modify OpenFlow protocols. Additionally, the Contractor shall study the Government’s SDN project requirements and research to extend the SDN based network topologies into the Government production networks.

Contractor SDN and GENI Research tasking that includes:

Design and Development of SDN Topologies to deploy next generation networking designs

Development of GENI clearinghouse to enable the formation of DoD specific GENI Federation

GENI Systems Development and Research to create test bed computational resources for researchers

C.2.4.2 Production Network Engineering

C.2.4.2.1 The Contractor shall provide the resources to enhance and secure production network technologies for the

Government researchers. The Contractor shall prepare the Government network to handle emerging technologies in order to give a technological edge over other networks. The Contractor shall deliver an enterprise level secure wireless network infrastructure to the Government.

C.2.4.2.2 The Contractor shall maintain, design and engineer networks. The Contractor is responsible for performing under the standards identified by the DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)and/or the current

Network Security accreditation standards. Other Contractor tasking will include the following:

Produce documentation, diagrams and reports to document the state of the networks

Network-based RMF control implementation and verification

Design and deployment of large scale Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) networks

Handle network issues, incidents, requests and other ARL support tickets that relate to the network

C.2.4.3 Research Development and Engineering Network (RDENET) Support

C.2.4.3.1 At times, a particular project or test cannot be run on the ARL production network and a segregated network must be created to support the project. In such cases the Contractor shall design and engineer Research

Development and Engineering Network (RDENET) networks to maintain capabilities required by the Government

Scientists and Engineers (S&Es). The Contractor is required to support efforts in the following areas:

Design, engineer, secure, and maintain Research, Development, Test, and Engineering (RDT&E) networks in DoD environments

Develop recommendations for RDT&E network environment policies, practices, and standard operating procedures.

C.2.4.3.2 The Contractor shall prepare documentation, reports, SOPs and diagrams to satisfy accreditation requirements of RDENET networks. The Contractor shall also provide support in the efforts to design and engineer new networking, to support ever-changing RDT&E requirements of the Government.

C.2.4.4 Dynamic Optical Networking (DON) Research, Development, Testing and Engineering

C.2.4.4.1 DON research aims to provide technological innovations that advance the state-of-the-art in high performance optical networks. This shall include dynamic super-cloud computing through reconfigurable high-speed optical interconnects between DoD Supercomputing Research Centers and other HPC resources. It may also include applications to other problems within the DoD that may benefit from dynamic reconfiguration of optical paths

C.2.4.4.2 The Contractor shall support investigating solutions to fundamental challenges related to dynamic provisioning and reconfiguration of high-performance optical networks. This research supports Defense Advanced

Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a transition partner for continued research and development related to the

DARPA CORONET project, and additional research opportunities with scientists and researchers at DoD labs, as well as with academic partners.

C.2.4.4.3 The Contractor shall provide DON investigations which shall include fundamental physics and material sciences that relate to fiber optic system performance, material sciences to reduce tuning time for telecommunication lasers, as well as software design and implementation of dynamic optical network control planes. Development investigations shall include research and development of other systems and technologies that shall demonstrate the viability of various solutions. Efforts include, supporting DARPA CORONET and associated technologies, Advanced Technical Demonstration Network, 3-Way Handshake (e.g., ROLEX) path restoration, CORONET network simulation develop and extension, interconnecting DoD and academic experimentation networks (e.g.

UMDMAX), DRAGON VLSR setup and development, configuration of optical network paths to support high-precision timing and clock distribution experimentation.

C.2.4.4.4 Efforts shall also include providing deliverables related to the following areas:

Research into dynamic optical networking technologies, capabilities, and applications.

Design, engineer, and maintain demonstration networks that employ DON technologies and methodologies to provide resulting capabilities to Government scientists and engineers

Prepare reports, papers, and other documentation to record and/or publish research findings and results

C.2.4.5 Quantum Networks

The Contractor shall support the theoretical research on quantum networks to maintain capabilities required by the

Government S&Es. The Contractor shall support efforts to perform basic research and build the theoretical and modeling foundation for quantum networks to meet the future mission-critical requirements of Army. Efforts shall also include providing deliverables related to the following areas:

Prototyping network systems using quantum optics infrastructure

Develop a quantum based frameworks to derive algorithms for distributed computing

Design and engineer new networks, to support ever-changing RDT&E requirements of the

Government.

Document findings through written reports, journal articles, technical reports, and/or conference presentations and proceedings.

C.2.5 COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURES RESEARCH SERVICES

C.2.5.1 High Performance Computing (HPC) Architectures

The Contractor shall investigate emerging binary and other novel architecture designs (quantum, neuro-synaptic) relevant to Army and other DoD mission-related areas. Research shall be performed in areas addressing benchmarking design, execution, and refinement to better assess emerging computer designs. Efforts shall include

Benchmark investigation and execution on a range of binary and emerging adiabatic quantum computing systems.

Development of parameterized models to describe and capture computing capacity.

Development of algorithm optimization approaches using various models and software engineering systems.

Parallel software development.

Investigation of power and performance optimization.

Compiler research targeting efficient instruction scheduling.

Investigation of multi-tiered and scalable software engineering through Domain Specific Languages or other methodologies.

Provide support for testbed capabilities and system monitoring, modification, and maintenance for various

R & D and production functions

Provide infrastructure support for R & D activities in software development and revision control, testing, data storage and access, and research collaboration.

Documentation of findings through written reports, journal articles, technical reports, and/or conference presentations and proceedings.

C.2.5.2 Provisioning for High Performance Computing (HPC) at the Tactical Edge

The Contractor shall support R & D efforts focused toward providing methods to enable HPC at the tactical edge.

This includes the development of models and concepts to allow for task migration among friendly assets, methods to allow for the formation and health assessment of tactical computational entities, techniques to assess the impact of various deployment scenarios, and the development of new emulation capabilities to assist with verification, validation, and assessment. The contractor shall develop new capabilities for situational awareness and enhanced distributed processing as a result of this high level computing capacity.. Efforts shall include:

Development of new models and techniques to maximize computing core capacity in distributed environments.

Investigation of task and/or data parallel processing in cloud service architectures.

Investigation of data redundancy and integrity.

Performance of provisioning model stress-testing through network simulation and/or emulation studies.

Investigation of novel technologies (capabilities) based on increased computing capacity.

Documentation of finding through written reports, journal articles, technical reports, and/or conference presentations and proceedings, and documentation for locally developed software.

C.2.5.3 Scalable Technologies for Spatial and Temporal Data Analytics and Machine Learning

The Contractor shall support research and development in areas dealing with high dimensional data and potentially scalable data sets with the purpose of drawing conclusions and the discovery of useful information. Examples of theoretical algorithms for these techniques include numerical and non-numerical analytics. Accelerated and parallel approaches to facilitate at or near real-time processing are covered under this task. Efforts shall include:

Development of new models and techniques to facilitate machine learning.

Investigation of novel approaches for “big data” processing including, data mining, genetic algorithms, signal processing, and simulation, as well as other potentially promising approaches.

Novel technique development for data analytics.

C.2.5.4 – High Performance Computing Technology, Hardware, and Software.

The Contractor shall support various aspects of a High Performance Computing Center to include, maintaining and troubleshooting complex hardware architectures, installation and configuration of system and end user software, managing access control, managing queueing systems and managing resource allocation.

The Contractor shall support software development for system tools, maintenance, analysis, and configuration.

Ability to communicate in a clear concise manner with HPC center customers, as well as other Contractor and

Government staff.

C.2.6 COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES RESEARCH SERVICES

C.2.6.1 Extreme-Scale and Multi-Scale Computational Frameworks

The Contractor shall support R & D efforts in extreme-scale coupled simulations. The Contractor shall also support research in the area of multi-scale predictive simulation as well as the development and implementation of new parallel solvers and post-processing algorithms and software. Efforts shall include the following:

Physics-based code development

Data Models and Formats

Big data informatics: Post-processing of large complex data sets

Complex software systems development

Mixed computer language development

Scientific visualization

C.2.6.2 Scalable and Multi-tiered Software Architectures

C.2.6.2.1 The Contractor shall provide development for specialized multi-tiered interfaces as a front-end to computational resources for both DSRC and ARL computer systems . The multi-tiered interface shall provide a straight forward interface for all levels of Government researchers for problem execution, visualization and post-processing of data. Data visualization capabilities shall provide Government researchers with the ability to visualize their complex data sets without the need for additional software. The research and development tasking associated with this project shall include the following:

Perform research and development into web-based visualization technologies

Perform applied research and development into complex authentication methods for web applications

C.2.6.2.2 The Contractor shall provide expertise that includes the following areas:

Open Source Databases and Document Management and Visualization Tools

Web-Based and complex system authentication development

High Level Scripting languages

C.2.6.3 Interdisciplinary Computing Methods

C.2.6.3.1 Interdisciplinary Computing Methods include the coupling of multi-physics and phenomenological models to provide an understanding of complex systems and environments, including network Simulation, Emulation and

Environment Software Development and Support. The Contractor shall provide software development support leveraging multiple techniques to predict hardware performance based on a number of external variable including the effects of terrain, weather, network traffic.

C.2.6.3.2 The Contractor shall execute the following tasking:

Perform software development for large geospatial data sets and research new ways to analyze and visualize large, complex distributed data.

C.2.6.4 Simulation and Emulation in HPC for Large Scale Tactical Networks

The Contractor shall:

Perform R & D for communications modeling in contested environments including Electronic Warfare and

Cyber effects.

Perform wavefrom model development and behavioral model development based on protocol definitions.

Modeling of RF envionments

Development of optimization methods for complex processes and systems

Provide documentation outlining research findings and provide recommendations for research direction.

C.2.7 U.S. ARL CYBERSPACE DEFENSE SERVICE PROVIDER, ASSESSMENT, AND RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT (R&D) SUPPORT SERVICES

C.2.7.1 The Contractor shall provide project management and technical support to ARL Computer Network Defense

Service Provider (CNDSP) and associated customers, including sites on the Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router

Network (NIPRNET), Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) and other DoD Networks. The

Contractor shall execute services that include vulnerability assessment support, anti-virus and anti-spyware support, Information Operations Condition (INFOCON) implementation, Information Assurance Vulnerability Management

(IAVM) support, network security monitoring and intrusion detection, attack sensing and warning, situational awareness, host based security, incident reporting, response, and analysis, and computer network defense (CND) training at the highest accreditation level. The Contractor apply security to research and engineering wide area networks, namely the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) and SDREN, in an effort to support the test and evaluation (T&E) communities residing on the networks, as well as support for operational enterprise networks, specifically Non-classified Internet Protocol (NIPRNet) and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network

(SIPRNet).

C.2.7.2 The Contractor shall support the U.S. ARL Assessment team, as well as the ARL CNDSP. The Contractor shall provide project management and technical support to ARL CNDSP and assessment team client and associated customers, including sites on the NIPRNET, DREN, and other DoD Networks.

C.2.7.2.1 The Contractor shall have experience and technical proficiency in External Assessments (EA), to include

Army Risk Management Framework (RMF) assessments, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Command Cyber Readiness Inspection (CCRI), and HPCMP Comprehensive Security Assessment (CSA). The

Contractor shall possess knowledge of RMF, DoD Evalutator Scoring Metrics (ESM), DoD 8500 series, and all applicable DoD and Army, Cyber, Information Assurance, Risk Assessment, and other required government policies. The Contractor shall plan, coordinate, execute and provide deliverables associated with a large-scale EA program.

C.2.7.3 The Contactor shall support the applied research, development, and engineering of cybersecurity capabilities to support the protection and defense of Army and DoD systems. The Contractor shall use a wide variety of programming and software development languages, as well as big data analytics and cloud technologies. The

Contractor shall support Army and DoD research environments, consisting of Army and DREN enterprise data, in order to support Commander situational awareness at an executive level. The Contractor shall implement the DoD

Big Data Platform as a framework to support big data analytics. This scope also includes recommendations on utilization of new system functionality as well as outlining the risks, impact, and potential benefits of the different implementation approaches possible.

C.2.7.4 The Contractor shall develope and apply scoring methodologies that are most effective in managing and mitigating risk. The Contractor shall correlate enterprise Information Assurance (IA) and CND capabilities to enable the on-going observation of DoD Networks and Information Systems (IS). The Contractor’s R&D efforts shall include collaboration and information sharing with DoD agencies, industry and academia partners.

C.2.8 CORPORATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT – COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

C.2.8.1 The Contractor shall support the Corporate Information Management Branch in its mission to provide the

Army’s premier laboratory with the necessary resources (people, technology, and processes) to facilitate novel and innovating research and development (R&D) for the Soldier. Through collaboration and coordination within the

Army, other services and their laboratories, industry, and academia, the ARL Corporate Information Management

Branch requires support in the identification, design, development,, and implementation of strategies and technologies most effective in promoting and enabling collaboration with partners. The Contractor shall work with internal and external stakeholders to understand and formally document requirements and build business cases, specifically with a focus on a technological solution for the ARL’s Open Campus endeavor and its eight (8) science and technology (S&T) campaigns – Extramural Basic Research, Computational Sciences, Materials Research, Sciences-for-Maneuver, Information Sciences, Sciences-for-Lethality and Protection, Human Sciences, and

Assessment and Analysis. Refer to: www.arl.army.mil/opencampus

C.2.8.2 The Contractor shall provide formal recommendations on strategies, technologies and platforms to assist

ARL scientists and engineers (S&Es) in sharing information and data with its partners, in order to establish and maintain synergistic relationships with international, academic, and entrepreneur communities.

C.2.8.3. The Contractor shall identify, design, develop, and implement accessible, online collaboration software/tools to accomplish the following:

Provide applicable program management tools

Provide applicable relational database management tools and techniques that facilitate collaboration

Share data and allow real-time desktop to desktop collaboration

Provide access and a real time Developer Environment for the development of High Performance

Computing capability.

C.2.8.3.1 The Contractor shall ensure the management tools include the ability to access and share program documents, briefings and reports in a secure manner. The capability shall also require DefenseCollaboration

Services (DCS)-like conference capability, as well as a search engine to find and retrieve data in a wiki-like format.

C.2.8.4 The Contractor shall lead the architecture and employment of a highly-customized, flexible, and diverse collaboration environment to foster partnerships between internal and external parties. The environment shall serve as an incubator for transitions of technologies and capabilities and increase opportunities for technology advancement and transfer of research knowledge. Additionally, the environment shall include authentication mechanisms to apply access controls and establish need-to-know principles.

C.2.9 RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING NETWORK (RDENET) SCIENTIFIC

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT

C.2.9.1 The Contractor shall provide Scientific System Administration (SA) and IA support t for RDENET, a special purpose segregated network that supports Research and Development (R&D) activities that cannot be performed on production and/or enterprise networks.

C.2.9.1.1 The Contractor shall perform IT and IA configuration and maintenance to include:

Initial setup and configuration of RDT&E systems, adhering to all applicable IA requirements, controls, guidelines, and accreditation specifications as specified by the ARL-Information Assurance Management

(IAM) office, RDENET Change Configuration Board (CBB), and Chief High Performance Computing

Networking Branch (HPCNB).

Managing RDENET systems and maintaining continued compliance with all applicable system and network requirements.

Developing centralized management and IT support systems, servers, and services to enhance efficiencies in maintaining RDENET systems’ conformance to applicable requirements.

Creating, updating, maintaining, and submission of required IA documentation.

Engineer the integration of R & D with IT systems and solutions in accordance with ARL S & E project requirements.

C.2.9.2 The Contractors shall collaborate with ARL IAM personnel, HPCNB Networking personnel, ARL CNDSP, and/or IA teams and personnel to maximize the security posture of the RDENET while ensuring the integrity, continuity, and capabilities required by the S&Es in order to perform their RDT&E mission.

C.2.10 NETWORK SCIENCES RESEARCH

C.2.10.1 The Contractor shall support the theoretical research in Network Science to maintain capabilities required by the Government S&Es. The Contractor shall support efforts to perform basic research and build the theoretical and modeling foundation for network science to meet the future mission-critical requirements of the Army. Efforts shall also include providing deliverables related to the following areas:

Mobile ad-hoc networking

Quality of information

Trust modeling

Quantum networking

Communication in resource constrained environments

Software defined networking

Social networking

Cognitive networking

Network emulation and simulation

Military internet of things

C.2.10.2 The Contractor shall perform analysis, design, development, documentation, and testing of multiple software and hardware systems, tools, components and libraries. The Contractor shall also perform algorithm analysis and design to provide novel computational capabilities required by the Network Sciences Research

Laboratory (NSRL) for achieving research objectives. Capabilities shall include:

Virtualized environments

Data visualization

Communication protocols

Energy efficient embedded software

Wireless Communications Systems

C.2.10.3 The Contractor shall provide system administration management, network system management, and audio/visual support of computational and collaborative research capabilities required by the Network Sciences

Research Laboratory (NSRL) for achieving research objectives.

C.2.11 NETWORK SECURITY & ASSESSMENTS

C.2.11.1 Network Security

The Contractor shall provide scientific subject matter expertise (SME) in cyber security to support external customers for program product lines. The Contractor support shall include cyber security science support regarding system requirements/capabilities, system functional analysis, system…