PASS Draft PWS Base IDIQ Updated.pdf

CUI

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Program And Staff Services (PASS)

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION:

1.1 BACKGROUND/OVERVIEW The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities

Development Command (DEVCOM) Chemical Biological Center (CBC), subsequently referred to as DEVCOM CBC or the Center, is currently a subordinate activity of the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC). The center is primarily responsible for the conduct and management of research, development, and life-cycle engineering support of defensive systems.

The Center’s mission is to develop, integrate, sustain, and dispose of decisive technology-enabled capabilities. The Center, along with other Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) defense Organizations, will be serviced by this contract. The Center has lead responsibility for monitoring work performed under this contract. Mission focused requirements include: (1) Developing materials and technologies for the future; (2) Transitioning technology out of the laboratories and into the hands of the warfighter and customers in the shortest time possible; (3) Completing systems engineering, assessment and analysis; and (4) Providing life-cycle engineering services to development and sustainment efforts.

1.2 SCOPE. This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with performance based task and delivery orders for the DEVCOM CBC. This award provides services to include: (1) human capital (2) intelligence and security documentation processing Security; (3) strategic planning, (4) business development; (5) operations; (6) project management; (7) acquisition development; (8) financial management; (9) safety; and (10) risk management. The aforementioned services support the following mission areas: (1) chemical and biological (CB) detection; (2) CB information systems technology; (3) CB protection and decontamination sciences; (4) CB commodities testing and evaluation; (5) chemical sciences; (6) biological sciences; (7) toxicology; (8) aerosol science; (9) target defeat (obscurants, non-lethal and associated pyrotechnic technologies); (10) veterinary services; (11) and physical and mathematical/computational methods and techniques services. Task orders may be classified up to the SECRET level.

1.3 Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI): The Contractor and any subcontractor(s) personnel performing services under this contract will receive, have access to, or participate in the development of proprietary or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent OCIs, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart

9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit an OCI Mitigation Plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any existing OCI. The Contractor’s OCI Mitigation Plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies as he/she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI. As a condition of award, the Contractor’s eligibility for future prime contract or subcontract awards will be restricted for the minimum specified time of three (3) years for ANY work provided under this contract; to include any information that the Contractor had access to, whether Governmental or proprietary information from other contractors and as specified in FAR 9.505-1 through

FAR 9.505-4.

1.4 Period of Performance: This contract will be five-year ordering period.

1.5 Place of Performance: Services shall be performed at primarily at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD, subject to the section below regarding telecommuting. Temporary duty services may be required at locations other than APG to include Continental U.S (CONUS).

1.6 Telecommuting: Telecommuting is permitted, pursuant to FAR 7.108. all Telecommuting shall conform to security protocols. The Contractor shall provide a Telecommuting Program Plan as part of their proposal and provide any Telecommuting Program Plan Updates to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) any plan updates within 15 days of the update. Telecommuting shall be, at a minimum, no additional cost to the Government.

1.7 Combating Trafficking in Persons: The United States Government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy regarding trafficking in persons. Contractors and Contractor employees shall not engage in any forms of trafficking in persons during the period of performance of the contract such as, but not limited to procuring commercial sex acts during the period of performance of the contract, nor use forced labor in the performance of the contract. The Contractor shall notify its employees of the United States Government’s zero tolerance policy and the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of this policy. Such actions may include, but are not limited to, removal from the contract, reduction in benefits, or termination of employment. The Contractor shall take appropriate actions, up to and including termination, against employees or subcontractors that violate the US Government policy as described at FAR 22.17.

1.8 Identification of Contractor Employees: All Contractor personnel attending meetings, emailing on Government networks, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression that they are Government employees. The Contractor shall ensure that all documents or reports produced by Contractor personnel are suitably marked as Contractor products or that Contractor participation is appropriately disclosed. The Contractor’s status as a “Contractor” shall be predominantly displayed in ALL correspondence types (to including e-mail signature blocks) all dealings with Government or non-Government entities. Contractor personnel shall wear identification badges distinguishing themselves as such. The badges shall have the company name, employee name and the word “Contractor” displayed. The Contractor shall retrieve all identification media (including vehicle passes) from their employees who depart employment for any reason. All identification media (i.e., badges and vehicle passes) shall be returned to the COR within 14 days of an employee’s departure.

1.9 Post-Award Meeting/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor shall attend any Post-Award Meeting convened by the Contracting Officer per FAR Subpart 42.5. The Contracting Officer, COR, and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contactor’s performance. At these meetings, the Contacting Officer will apprise the Contractor of how the Government views The Contractor’s performance and the Contractor shall apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. The Contractor shall resolve outstanding issues raised by the Government.

Contractor attendance at these meetings shall be at no additional cost to the Government.

1.10 Phase-In/Phase-Out: To minimize any decreases in productivity and to prevent possible negative impacts on additional services, the Contractor shall have personnel on board, during the days as specified at the task order level for phase in/phase out periods to ensure work is not affected between the current contract services and this contract, and any potential subsequent award. During the phase-in period, the Contractor shall become familiar with performance requirements in order to commence full performance of services on the Period of Performance start date. During the Phase-Out period, the Contractor shall work with any incoming contractor(s) to ensure services remain uninterrupted and ensure all deliverables/access to information is turned over to the COR prior to end of the contract, unless otherwise specified herein or by the COR or Contracting Officer.

1.11 Quality Control Plan (QCP): The Contractor shall develop and maintain an effective QCP at the task order level to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractor’s QCP is the means by which the Contractor assures itself that its work complies with the requirements of the contract. At a minimum, the Contractor shall develop QC procedures addressing the areas identified in Technical Exhibit 1, Performance Requirements Summary.

1.12 Quality Assurance (QA): The Government shall evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the QASP. This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s). This contract will be administered through performance based practices. A QASP will be established as the overarching management tool IAW FAR Subpart 37.6, Performance Based Contracting. Individual task orders will contain QASPs that may include specific performance standards and inspection methods for those task orders. In the event of a conflict between the Contract and TO QASPs, the TO QASP shall have control.

1.13 Physical Security. The Contractor shall safeguard all Government information and property. The Contractor shall secure Government facilities, equipment, and materials at the end of each work period.

1.14 Non-Disclosure Agreement. As required by the government, contractor employees shall sign and provide a Non-Disclosure Agreement per Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 227.7103-7. The Non-Disclosure Agreement shall be provided to the

COR prior to beginning work. Due to the highly sensitive material the Contractors may have access to, it is imperative the Contractor provides strict compliance and guidance regarding release of information mandates.

1.15 Key Control. The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of ensuring all keys/key cards issued by the Government are not lost or misplaced and are not used by unauthorized persons. Such procedures shall include turn-in of any issued keys by personnel who no longer require access to locked areas. The Contractor shall immediately report any occurrences of lost or duplicated keys/key cards to COR. NOTE: All references to keys include key cards. No keys issued by the Government shall be duplicated. In the event keys, other than master keys, are lost or duplicated the Contractor shall, upon direction by the Contracting Officer, re-key or replace the affected lock or locks; however, the Government, at its option, may replace the affected lock or locks or perform re-keying. When the replacement of locks or re-keying is performed by the Government, the total cost of re-keying or the replacement of the lock or locks shall be deducted from the monthly payment due the Contractor. In the event a master key is lost or duplicated, all locks and keys for that system shall be replaced by the Government and the total cost deducted from the monthly payment due the Contractor. The Contactor shall prohibit the use of the Government issued keys/key cards by any persons other than the Contractor’s employees. The Contractor shall prohibit the opening of locked areas by Contractor employees to permit entrance of persons other than Contactor employees engaged in the performance of services in those areas, or personnel authorized entrance by the Contracting Officer.

1.16 Lock Combinations: The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of ensuring all lock combinations are not revealed to unauthorized persons. The Contractor shall ensure that lock combinations are changed when personnel having access to the combinations no longer have a need to know such combinations.

1.17 CAC Requirements: The Common Access Card (CAC) is the Department of Defense (DoD) Federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5143.01, DoD instruction Number 5200.46 dated Sept 9, 2014, establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for investigating and adjudicating eligibility to hold a CAC. The issuance of a CAC will be based on four criteria; (a) eligibility for a CAC; (b) verification of DoD affiliation from an authoritative data source; (c) completion of background vetting requirements according to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 201-3, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors, dated January 2022, DoD Manual 5200.02, Procedures for the DoD Personnel Security Program (PSP), dated April 3, 2017, (Change 1 Effective October 29, 2020), and (d) verification of a claimed identity. CAC eligible personnel shall be registered in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) through either an authoritative personnel data feed from the appropriate Service or Agency (government human resources) or Trusted Associate Sponsorship System (TASS) (contractor sponsor). Individuals appropriately sponsored for a CAC consistent with DoD Manual 1000.13, Volume 1, dated January 23, 2014 (incorporating Change 1, Effective July 28, 2020) requires, at a minimum, the completion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check with favorable results and a favorably adjudicated National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI), Tier 1 (T1), or equivalent, in accordance with revised Federal Investigative Standards for a final credentialing determination for a CAC. Individuals requiring a CAC must meet the credentialing standards IAW the U.S.

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) memorandums, “Final Credentialing Standards for Issuing Personal Identity Verification Cards under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12” issued by OPM in July 2008 and U.S. Office of Personnel Management Memorandum, “Credentialing Standards for Issuing Personal Identity Verification Cards Under HSPD-12 and New Requirement for Suspension or Revocation of Eligibility for PIV Credentials, dated December 15, 2020.

1.18 Unscheduled gate closures and location operations: Unscheduled gate closures by Security Police may occur at any time causing all personnel entering or exiting a closed gate to experience a delay. This cannot be predicted nor prevented. Contractors are not compensated for unexpected closures or delays. Vehicles operated by Contractor personnel are subject to search pursuant to applicable regulations.

1.19 Travel on Government Installations: Any moving violation of any applicable motor vehicle regulation may result in the termination of the Contractor employee’s installation driving privileges. The Contractor’s employees shall become familiar with and obey the regulations of the installation; including, but not limited to fire, traffic, safety, and security regulations while on the installation. Contractor employees should only enter restricted areas when required to do so and only upon prior approval. All Contractor employees shall carry proper identification with them at all times. The Contractor shall ensure compliance with all regulations and orders of the installation which may affect performance.

1.20 Recognized Holidays: The following are recognized US holidays. While the Contractor is ultimately responsible for determining how their employers will work, the below recognized holidays are observe by federal employees and may affect the Contractor’s ability to perform specified services:

1.20.1 New Year’s Day: January 1st

1.20.2 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday

1.20.3 President’s Day

1.20.4 Memorial Day

1.20.5 Juneteenth: June 19th

1.20.6 Independence Day: July 4th

1.20.7 Labor Day

1.20.8 Columbus Day

1.20.9 Veteran’s Day: November 11th

1.20.10 Thanksgiving Day

1.20.11 Christmas Day

1.21 Non-Personal Services: The Government will neither supervise employees nor control the method by which the Contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances will 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 Contracting Officer immediately.

1.22 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.

1.22.1 The Contract shall adhere to their proposed Key Personnel Workforce Replacement Program to ensure a consistent workforce for providing replacement personnel in a timely manner. Specifically, the Contractor shall adhere to: (1) the plan for continuality of services in the case of a vacant position; (2) Methodology for the backfilling of vacant positions; (3) the plan for filling vacant positions at a minimum of 30 days or less; and (4) the “Vacancy Late Plan” as part of Key Personnel Workforce Replacement Program in the event a person cannot be replaced as specified (30 days or less) to provide a remedy to include potential considerations.

1.22.2 The following may be considered key personnel at the task order level.

Contract Program Manager: Must have 10 years of experience in a combination of research, development, test, or evaluation organizations. Must have 5 years of experience in program management in a technical environment. Secret clearance required.

GFEBS Senior Consultant : Expert knowledge of Funds Control Module (FCM), General Fund Business Enterprise System (GFEBS), Faces-to-Spaces, and reimbursable business processes. Comprehensive experience (at least five years of experience) in teaching, training, and using GFEBS applications for specific business processes in the Army related to complex reimbursable operations. Must have 10 years of Federal government reimbursable accounting experience. Secret clearance required.

Engineering Controls Certification Specialist (Hazardous Work Protection - Hood Certifiers): Must have a Technical Degree above a high school diploma. Must have a minimum of 6 years of experience in the field of engineering controls certification.

Congressional Affairs Advisor: Expert knowledge of the rules, regulations, and restrictions for working with Congress. Experience developing and coordinating Congressional responses to ensure that they are properly reviewed and approved prior to release. This knowledge and experience are typically a mix of professional education and professional experience in Congressional Affairs.

1.22.3 REMOVAL OF PERSONNEL. The Government may require the removal of any Contractor employee for reasons of misconduct, safety, environmental, security, or any employee found to be, or suspected of being, under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or incapacitating agent. Upon request, the Government may require the Contractor to test employees suspected of being under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or incapacitating agent. The removal of a Contractor employee from the job site shall not alleviate the Contractor of the requirement to provide sufficient personnel to perform the services as required by this contract.

1.22.4 INPROCESSING OF CONTRACT EMPLOYEES. Contractor shall notify the COR in writing at least 24 hours prior to new personnel start date. Information of new employee that shall be provided to the COR shall include, contractor name, labor category/position, proposed work location (Bldg) and work telephone number, if known. Contract Manager will ensure contract employee is appropriately in processed through the DEVCOM CBC Security Office on the first reporting day.

1.22.5 OUTPROCESSING/DEPARTURE OF CONTRACT EMPLOYEES. Contractor shall notify the COR in writing within 2 hours of an employee’s departure. The Contractor shall ensure all Contractor employees return Common Access Cards/Identification Cards and all permits issued by the Government at the completion of their employment. The turn of these items will be completed no later than 24 hours of their departure. An employment/installation clearance procedure and checklist will be developed and implemented by the Contractor to ensure that an employee has turned in all badges, Government property, and keys before leaving employment on the installation and access to the Local Area Network (LAN)/email has been cancelled. This checklist will contain a signature block for the Center’s Security and Intelligence Division to initial to ensure all contract employees have cleared all aspects of employment at the Center. Keys will be returned to the issuing key custodian prior to the employee departing DEVCOM CBC. In addition, Contractor personnel briefed on Special Access Programs (SAPs) shall contact DEVCOM CBC Security personnel to complete a termination briefing prior to termination of employment.

1.23 Resource and Financial Management:

1.23.1 The Contractor shall purchase, hardware, materials, supplies, replication expenses, and associated support/maintenance costs (Other Direct Costs (ODCs)) required to perform the tasks specified herein and per FAR 31 and FAR 32. An Estimated List of Materials/Supplies are specified in Technical Exhibit Three. All items shall only be purchased to allow the Contractor to perform the services specified at the task order level. The use of acquiring ODCs shall NOT be used to circumvent required Government acquisition process; nor simply trying to buy items/supplies for the Government. The Contractor shall use the cost reimbursable expense not to exceed (NTE) CLIN. Any items over with a total price of $5,000 and shall be approved by the Contracting Officer only prior to purchase. All materials, except expendable supplies, purchased by the Contractor with funds from this task order shall follow relevant Government Furnish Property (GFP)/Contractor Acquired Property (CAP) clauses. The Contractor shall provide a minimum of three cost/price estimates or a justification for sole source to the Contracting Officer or designee for review and/or approval prior to purchase. The Contracting Officer will modify the contract whenever CAP is identified per DFAR PGI 245.402-71.

1.23.2 Subcontract Management: The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to integrate work performed on this requirement and shall be responsible and accountable for subcontractor performance on this requirement. The prime Contractor will manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) considerations. (Reference OCI Section.) Contractors may add subcontractors to their team after notification to the COR and Contracting Officer.

1.23.3 Training: Contractor employees shall be trained, qualified, certified, and licensed in accordance with the requirements specified in this contract prior to starting work except for the training that is not commercially available and Government-unique. For training or certification that is not commercially available and Government-unique, contractor’s employees shall have a maximum of 90 days to complete the training and certification.

1.23.4 The Contractor shall maintain records of all scheduled and completed accomplished training, which will be available for periodic inspections by the government. In addition, copies of training certificates shall be available upon request by the COR as proof of training completion prior to reimbursement, as required.

1.23.5 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY). Travel to other government facilities or other Contractor facilities may be required and will be specified in the PWS. The Contractor shall have personnel available and ready to travel on the required date. All travel requirements (including plans, agenda, itinerary, or dates) shall be pre-approved by the COR 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 Public Law 99-234, Volume II of the Joint Federal Travel Regulations, and FAR 31.205-46 Travel Costs (subject to local policy & procedures; may reference FAR).

1.23.6 TRAVEL TIME COMPENSATION. Exempt and non-exempt employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are described in 5 CFR 551. Contractor employees who travel outside of their normal duty hours shall be paid wages for travel hours under certain circumstances as described in 5 CFR 551.422.

1.23.7 All travel, training and per diem requirements that are to be reimbursed to the Contractor must be approved by the COR within 5 workdays prior to commencement of training/travel.

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS. Documents listed below form a part of this contract to the extent invoked by specific reference in other paragraphs of this contract. If a document is referenced without indicating the specific paragraph as being applicable, then the document is applicable in its entirety, or as specified in the individual task or delivery order. Additional documents will be included in individual task orders as applicable.

Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) – can be found at https://www.ecfr.gov/

Title 5 CFR 551, Pay Administration Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Title 5 CFR 551.422, Time Spent Traveling Title 5 CFR 900.601-900.605, Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration Title 5 CFR 9701.501-9700.527, Labor-Management Relations Title 7 CFR Part 331, Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins Title 9 CFR Part 121, Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins Title 10 CFR Part 19, Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers: Inspection and

Investigations Title 10 CFR Part 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation Title 29 CFR Part 1904, Recording and Reporting Occupational Illness and Injury Title 29 CFR Part 1910, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Title 32 CFR Part 117, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

(NIPSOM)

Title 37 CFR Part 404, Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions

Title 42 CFR Part 73, Select Agents and Toxins Title 49 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter 1, Subchapter C, Hazardous Materials Regulations

Department of Defense Instructions (DoDI) – can be found at https://www.esd.whs.mil/directives/issuances/dodi/

DODI 4000.19, Support Agreements, 16 December 2020 DoDI 5000.02, Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, 23 January 2020;

(change 1 effective 08 June 2022) DoDI 5200.46, DoD Investigative and Adjudicative Guidance for Issuing the Common

Access Card (CAC), 09 September 2014; (change 2 effective 02 November 2020) DoDI 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), 6 March 2020 DODI 5210.65, Security Standards for Safeguarding Chemical Agents DoDI 5210.88, Security Standards for Safeguarding Biological Select Agent and Toxins

(BSAT)

DoDI 5535.08, DoD Domestic Technology Transfer, 22 September 2022 DoDI 6055.11, Protecting Personnel from Electromagnetic Fields, 12 May 2021 DoDI 6055.15, DoD Laser Protection Program, dated 04 May 2007; (change 1 effective

31 August 2018) DODI 8140.03, Cyberspace Workforce Qualifications and Management Program, 15

February 2023 DoDI 8582.01, Security of Non-DoD Information Systems Processing Unclassified

Nonpublic DoD Information, 9 December 2019 DODI 4161.02, Accountability and Management of Government Contract Property, 27

April 2012; (change 2 effective 31 August 2018)

Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) – can be found at https://www.esd.whs.mil/Directives/issuances/dodd/

DoDD 5143.01, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (USD(I&S)), 24 October 2014; (change 2 effective 6 April 2020)

DoDD 5535.02, DoD Patent Security Review Process, 24 March 2010; (change 1 effective 28 July 2017)

DoDD 7045.20, Capability Portfolio Management, 25 September 2008; (change 2 effective 21 June 2019)

DoDD 8140.01, Cyberspace Workforce Management, 05 October 2020

Department of Defense Manual (DoDM) – can be found at https://www.esd.whs.mil/directives/issuances/dodm/

DoDM 1000.13 Volume 1, DoD Identification (ID) Cards: ID Card Life-Cycle, 23 January 2014; (change 1 effective 28 July 2020)

DoDM 5200.02, Procedures for the DoD Personnel Security Program, 03 April 2017;

(change 1 effective 29 Oct 2020)

DoDM 8570.01, Cyberspace Workforce Qualification and Management Program, 15 February 2023

Army Regulations (AR) – can be found at https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx

AR 1-201, Army Inspection Policy, 25 February 2015 AR 11-2, Managers’ Internal Control Program, 4 February 2010 AR 11-34, The Army Respiratory Protection Program, 25 July 2013 AR 20-1, Inspector General Activities and Procedures, 23 March 2020 AR 25-1, Army Information Technology, 15 July 2019 AR 25-2, Army Cyber Security, 04 April 2019 AR 25-400-2, Army Records Management Program, 18 October 2022 AR 40-3, Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Care, 23 April 2013 AR 40-5, Army Public Health Program, 12 May 2020 AR 50-6, Chemical Surety, 13 November 2022 AR 58-1, Management, Acquisition, and Use of Motor Vehicles, 23 March 2020 AR 70-25, Use of Volunteers as Subjects of Research, 25 January 1990 AR 70-57, Army Technology Transfer, 2 March 2022 AR 70-77, Program Protection, 8 June 2018 AR 190-5, Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision, 22 May 2006 AR 190-11, Physical Security of Arms, Ammunition and Explosives, 17 January 2019 AR 190-13, The Army Physical Security Program, 27 June 2019 AR 190-17, Biological Select Agents and Toxins Security Program, 5 March 2019 AR 190-45, Law Enforcement Reporting, 27 September 2016 AR 190-51, Security of Unclassified Army Resources (Sensitive and Non Sensitive), 27

June 2019 AR 190-59, Chemical Agent Surety Program, 10 April 2012 AR 200-1, Environmental Protection and Enhancement, 13 December 2007 AR 220-1, Army Unit Status Reporting and Force Registration- Consolidated Policies, 16

August 2022 AR 360-1, The Army Public Affairs Program, 8 October 2020 AR 380-5, Army Information Security Program, 25 March 2022 AR 380-10, Foreign Disclosure and Contacts with Foreign Representatives, 14 July 2015 AR 380-49, Industrial Security Program, 20 March 2013 AR 380-67, Personnel Security Program, 24 January 2014 AR 381-12, Threat Awareness and Reporting Program, 01 June 2016 AR 385-10, The Army Safety Program, 24 February 2017 AR 500-3, U.S Army Continuity of Operations Program, 2 July 2021 AR 525-2, The Army Protection Program, 9 June 2023 AR 525-26, Infrastructure Risk Management, 22 June 2004 AR 525-27, Army Emergency Management Program, 29 March 2019 AR 530-1, Operations Security, 26 September 2014 AR 600-8-6, Personnel Accounting and Strength Reporting, 27 June 2022 AR 600-8-105, Military Orders, 20 December 2022 AR 600-85, The Army Substance Abuse Program, 23 July 2020 AR 700-127, Integrated Product Support, 22 October 2018 AR 700-139, Army Warranty Program, 2 February 2015

Army Pamphlets (DA PAM) – can be found at https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/PAM.aspx

DA PAM 40-11, Army Public Health Program, 18 May 2020 DA PAM 25-2-6, Cybersecurity Training and Certification Program, 8 April 2019 DA PAM 385-10, Army Safety and Occupational Health Program Procedures, 24 July

DA PAM 385-24, The Army Radiation Safety Program, 30 Nov 2015 DA PAM 385-30, Risk Management, 2 December 2014 DA PAM 385-40, Army Accident Investigations and Reporting, 18 Mar 2015 DA PAM 385-61, Toxic Chemical Agent Safety Standards, 01 November 2018 DA PAM 385-64, Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards, 24 May 2011 (Rapid

Action Revision Issue Date 10 October 2013) DA PAM 385-69, Safety Standards for Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 06

May 2009 (Rapid Action Revision Issue Date 08 February 2013) DA PAM 750-8, The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS) User Manual, 22 August 2005

Army Directives (AD) – can be found at https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ArmyDir.aspx

AD 2014-05, Policy and Implementation Procedures for Common Access Card Credentialling and Installation Access for Uncleared Contractors, dated 7 March 2014

AD 2018-26, Enabling Modernization Through the Management of Intellectual Property, dated 7 December 2018

Army Doctrine Publications (ADP) – can be found at https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ADP.aspx

ADP 3-0, Operations, 31 July 2019 ADP 3-37, Protection, 31 July 2019 ADP 5-0, The Operations Process, 31 July 2019 ADP 6-22, Army Leadership and the Profession, 31 July 2019

Army Techniques Publications (ATP) – can be found at https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ATP.aspx

ATP 1-06.4, Internal Controls,12 May 2016 ATP 1-20, Military History Operations, 09 June 2014 ATP 3-13.3, Army Operations Security for Division and Below, 16 July 2019 ATP 6-0.5, Command Post Organization and Operations, 1 March 2017

Army Field Manuals (FM) – can be found at https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/FM.aspx

FM 1-02.1, Operational Terms, 09 March 2021 FM 3-0, Operations, 1 October 2022 FM 5-0, Planning and Orders Production, 16 May 2022 FM 6-0, Commander and Staff Organization and Operations,16 May 2022 FM 6-99, U.S Army Report and Message Formats, 17 May 2021

Aberdeen Proving Ground Regulations (APGR) – can be found at https://armyeitaas.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/IMCOM-ID-S-USAG- APG/USAGAPGPAIO/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FIMCOM%2DID%2DS%2DUSA G%2DAPG%2FUSAGAPGPAIO%2FPublic%20Policies%2FAPGR&viewid=5d7e9da8%2Dfa 2e%2D49f5%2D9750%2D5e13495c45a5

APGR 190-4, Movement Control Within the Installation, 01 July 2009 APGR 190-5, Motor Vehicle Traffic Regulation, 28 April 2021 APGR 200-60, Environmental Quality Hazardous Waste Management, 1 Jan 2015 APGR 420-1, Fire Prevention Regulation, 26 April 2021

Department of Defense Forms (DD Form) – can be found at https://www.esd.whs.mil/directives/forms/

DD Form 441, Department of Defense Security Agreement DD Form 254, Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specifications

Military Standards (MIL-STD) – can be found at https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qssearch.aspx

Military Standard (MIL-STD) 882E, System Safety, 10 February 2022 MIL-STD-810H, Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests, 18

May 2022 MIL-STD-2073-1E, Standard Practice for Military Packaging, 22 April 2019

Miscellaneous

American National Standard Institute (ANSI) Z136.1-2014, American National Standard for Safe Use of Lasers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) C95.1-2005, IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz, 8 February 2019

IEEE C95.6-2002, IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, 0-3 kHz, 23 October 2002

DoD 6055.9-STD, DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards 29 February 2018 (change 2 dated 21 August 2019)

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 6th Edition, June 2020 Chemical Biological Center (CBC) Preparation of Standing Operating Procedures CBC Hazard Communication Program CBC Biosafety Manual Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) CBC Nuclear Regulatory License (NRC) CBC Chemical Hygiene Plan CBC Safety Policy CBC Acceptable Use Policy, dated 31 October 22 Military Decision Making Process Earned Value Management Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Contract Security Classification

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) memorandum, “Final Credentialing Standards for Issuing Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12” issued by OPM on 31 July 2008

OPM Memorandum, “Credentialing Standards for Issuing Personal Identity Verification Cards Under HSPD-12 and New Requirement for Suspension or Revocation of Eligibility for PIV Credentials, dated 15 December 2020

Public Law 99-234, dated 2 January 1986 Public Law 99-502, Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 [as codified in 15 United

States Code (U.S.C.) 3710a and implemented by Executive Order 12591 (10 April 1987)] Joint Travel Regulation

DOD Financial Management Regulation Title 18 US Code 793, Gathering, Transmitting, or Losing Defense Information Title 18 US Code 798, Disclosure of Classified Information National Institute of Standards and Technology (NSIT)-SP 800-171, Revision 2, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations, February 2020

3.0 REQUIREMENTS. The Contractor, as an independent contractor and not as an agent of the government, shall provide the necessary resources (except those specifically designated as government-furnished) to perform the work as specified in an individual task order under the scope of work defined below. The Contractor shall provide personnel, and other necessary resources, material, and equipment to perform the program support services tasks in the functional areas that are briefly defined below.

3.1 At the task order level, the Contractor shall appoint a POC who shall supervise contractor personnel. The name of this person, and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the PM is absent, shall be designated in writing to the Contracting Officer. One PM should be appointed for the entire contract. The PM or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The PM shall work through the COR, (or the Contracting Officer if a COR is not assigned), to resolve issues, receive technical instructions, and ensure adequate performance of services. The PM shall ensure Contractor employees do not perform any services outside the scope of the contract without an official modification issued by the Contracting Officer. The PM shall ensure contractor’s employees understand that services performed outside the scope of the contract are performed wholly at the expense of the contractor.

3.2 The Contractor shall acquire all supplies and equipment required for contract performance. The Government will provide equipment and facilities when and only as appropriate.

3.3 The Contractor shall provide all documents/deliverables specified in Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs). The CDRLs will be specified only at the task order level.

3.4 The Contractor shall maintain a daily record of regular and overtime worked, specifying the project, Cost Center, labor category, task or delivery order number, and contract number which will be provided electronically to the government on a bi weekly (every two week) basis.

The Contractor is responsible to verify timekeeping data and make corrections as necessary.

3.5 The Contractor shall require the Contractor to prepare and submit monthly progress reports in accordance with ELIN A001.

3.6 Accounting for Contract Services Requirement (“Contractor Manpower Reporting”). The Contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract via a secure data collection site. The Contractor is required to completely fill in all required data fields using the following web address: http://www.sam.gov. For instructions, please select “Help” from the main navigation menu, then select “User Guides”, and then select “Quick Start Guide for Service Contract Reporting” to create the required report. Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year, 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, beginning with 2024. If further assistance is required, contractors may direct questions to the Federal Service Desk located at www.fsd.gov.

3.7 Staff, Human Capital, and Development Services.

3.7.1 The Contractor shall prepare, edit, and format technical reports, scopes of work, status reports, summaries of program activities, annual reports, cost documents, job aides, briefings, and workforce communications.

3.7.2 The Contractor shall conduct business process capabilities analyses to optimize processes for the Chemical Biological Center to more effectively. Consolidate customer communication and share research accomplishments in order to deliver the best product possible to the Soldier.

Provide recommendations on how to match business processes to the execution of a capable research and development program.

3.7.3 The Contractor shall provide training of personnel to enhance capabilities of workforce in response to workforce capability analyses and business process capabilities analyses. Provide and conduct workforce development programs that address leadership development. Provide facilitation, consultation, mentoring and coaching for executives and senior leaders.

3.7.4 The Contractor shall conduct workforce capability analyses of the Center workforce to determine how the education, skills, and training match to the emerging threat and future-force needs. Determine whether the processes are adaptable and compliant with national objectives.

3.7.5 The Contractor shall provide recommendations to government personnel on labor and management employee relations issues for CBC. Contractor shall summarize and compile applicable labor and employee management regulations and provide information to COR/ACOR.

Contractor shall draft Center-wide guidance/policies for government review and approval, in the major areas of labor relations, leave administration, conduct and discipline, adverse actions and grievances and appeals. Contractor shall analyze proposals from the union to determine the ramifications and provide that analysis and recommendations to the government personnel to assist in negotiating strategies, and coordinates with CBC management representatives on government proposals. Intelligence and Security Documentation Processing Services.

Contractor shall provide information, analysis and recommendations to documentation to maintain regulatory compliance of DEVCOM CBC’s physical security program, information security program, industrial security program, personnel security program and technology protection program. Contractor shall establish criteria, methods, and procedures to conduct initial security inspections. Contractor shall review and analyze DEVCOM CBC’s security plans for compliance with established policies and procedures. Contractor shall interpret and provide guidance on security regulations and issues to government POCs. Contractor shall analyze regulations for the purpose of creating or modifying DEVCOM CBC policies, standards or procedures to meet changing conditions or correct deficiencies in the programs or functions.

Contractor shall research and analyze regulatory and policy information that will be provided to the government COR for inclusion in CBC specific training, Contractor shall facilitate training course presentations.

3.8 Strategic Planning, Communications and Business Development Services.

3.8.1 The Contractor shall conduct studies and make recommendations on DEVCOM CBC operations and organizational structure management-related areas. Participate in development of project scopes of work, strategic and business planning, communications, and marketing.

3.8.2 The Contractor shall organize and facilitate conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia, and meetings. Develop and provide advance planning and read ahead packages. Provide pre-event planning and communications. Conduct workshops or presentations. Provide onsite meeting and event services. Conduct post-event activities to include developing the conference and meeting proceedings, summaries, minutes, and/or generation of a lessons learned reports.

3.8.3 The Contractor shall collect data, prepare, analyze, and revise responses to information and data requests from higher headquarters.

3.8.4 The Contractor shall provide a tailored, logical, structured analytical methodology to assess complex problems and produce effective decisions. Provide unbiased process facilitation while documenting process rationale in order to produce defendable results. Support multi-criteria decision making, which may include analysis of alternatives, business case analysis, and cost benefit analysis.

3.8.5 The Contractor shall provide technical consultation to Office of Research and Technology Applications staff members in technology transfer mechanisms including at a minimum; (1) agreement formation; (2) business interactions and best practices; (3) non-disclosure agreements; (4) royalty calculations and (5) license negotiations.

3.8.6 The Contractor shall provide analysis of existing DEVCOM CBC patents and technical publications to determine applicability of DEVCOM CBC technologies to entities outside DEVCOM CBC. Utilize venues such as technology conferences, symposia, literature searches and other professional networks to identify entities that can utilize DEVCOM CBC technologies to support their requirements.

3.8.7 The Contractor shall research potential partners to promote DEVCOM CBC technologies and collaboration opportunities. Maintain documentation of potential partners and their capabilities. Support DEVCOM CBC in the preparation and maintenance of required documentation to support collaboration and partnership with identified entities included, at a minimum; (1) cooperative research and development agreements; (2) patent license agreements;

(3) technology support agreements, etc.

3.8.8 The Contractor shall provide upfront analysis of requirements and track solicitations and submissions for the DEVCOM CBC Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and the U.S. Army and Chemical Biological SBIR and STTR program offices.

3.8.9 The Contractor shall provide compilation and generation of an annual technology transfer report, including identified technology transfer metrics to be submitted to the Department of Army Technology Transfer PM.

3.8.10 The Contractor shall provide and facilitate outreach and in-reach efforts to educate the DEVCOM CBC workforce and potential partners of technology transfer opportunities. Develop training materials as required. Participate in DEVCOM CBC scheduled training events and provide follow-on assistance to the workforce resulting from training execution.

3.8.11 The Contractor shall participate in meetings and technical exchanges to promote collaboration and collaboration exploration between DEVCOM CBC and potential partners.

Participation includes hosting and organizing meetings, teleconferences and visits to achieve technology transfer objectives. Address questions and concerns in consultation with technology transfer personnel and support staff (including DEVCOM legal counsel) to provide answers on technical, management and legal matters related to collaboration.

3.8.12 The Contractor shall provide technology and capability marketing products to enable linkages between DEVCOM CBC’s technology and capability set with available government and private sector needs. Products include but are not limited to technology fact sheets, internal and external website input and other products to achieve business development goals. Participate in conferences and exhibit opportunities to promote partnerships, technology transfer opportunities, business development and capability exploration.

3.8.13 The Contractor shall provide newsgathering services and generate stories with photos/graphics/videos for internal distribution and public release across a variety of media.

Media will include but not be limited to print, social media, web pages, intranet, etc. Travel to DEVCOM CBC remote sites at Rock Island Arsenal, Pine Bluff Arsenal, and Dugway Proving Ground will be required on an annual basis to support newsgathering activities.

3.8.14 The Contractor shall provide publication planning, writing, photography (including equipment), graphics, publication design, quality control, printing, and other services required to produce print publications in support of command communications and business development.

Duties shall include gathering content, taking photographs, coordinate with graphic designers, etc. Print publications will include but not be limited to a quarterly 32-48 page, full-color magazine, fact sheets, tri-fold brochures, event programs, marketing postcards, capability and facility guides, etc. Publications will conform to existing style guide and layout templates. The aforementioned services in this task shall comply with FAR Subpart 8.8 (actual printing shall be done by the Government).

3.8.15 The Contractor shall provide planning, writing, talent, videography, editing, equipment, and other requirements in order to produce video products in support of command communications and business development. Video products will include but not be limited to DEVCOM CBC overview videos, spotlight videos, and special event videos.

3.8.16 The Contractor shall coordinate content for the organization’s intranet, website, and social media channels (to include, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter).

3.8.17 The Contractor shall provide project planning, graphics design, assembly, and other services required to produce exhibits and other displays in support of command communications and business development. Exhibits will include but not be limited to posters, static displays, interactive displays, etc. Travel may be required to support set up, tear down, and transport of exhibits at conference venues.

3.9 Operations and Plans Services.

3.9.1 The Contractor shall collect data related to regular and reoccurring taskers. The Contractor shall coordinate all assigned internal and external taskers for CBC G-3/5 Operations.