STANDARDS_AND_SPECS_-_STATEMENT_OF_WORK_(SOW).pdf

Statement of Work

AMC Enterprise Standards and Specifications Subscription

1. BACKGROUND.

The requirement provides support for AMC's mission in research, development, testing, and lifecycle management. The U.S. Army Materiel command seeks a single solution for purchasing commercial standards and specifications via a subscription (multiple user license) to a consolidated database. The subscription provides for a searchable index as well as immediate digital download of the subscribed items, unless the originator does not produce them in digital form.

This subscription is internet based via a link in AKO to support all AMC personnel worldwide as they perform research, development, and lifecycle management functions of all ground and air platforms, munitions, and soldier systems that AMC supplies. These standards are used by AMC scientists and engineers to insure that the Army Warfighter has the very best and technically advanced materiel. For example, the Parachute Industry Association provides industry standards for all parts of parachutes that the Army’s airborne soldiers use.

In accordance with Public Law 104-133 sec.12(d)(1), DoD no longer creates and issues standards and specifications, but instead relies on Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) to develop those standards. SDOs are professional associations that write Standards for their industry.

2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

This requirement is for an enterprise subscription providing AMC and Major Subordinate Commands

(MSCs) electronic access to standards and specifications publications, including full-text online downloads, from the twenty-eight Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) listed. This effort will enable AMC to continue an enterprise wide Standards & Specifications Subscription in order to maintain existing efficiencies and cost savings. The SDOs, and number of simultaneous users required for each, is listed below:

# of

Simultaneous

Users SDO/Standard Collections Note

50 Online Platform access

50 Index to Standards

2 AIA/NAS Collection Historical

10 AIA/NAS Standards & 3D EW (Nonmember) Active

3 AIAA/Collection Active

2 ASHRAE/Collection Active / Historical

3 ASME Historical Standards & PTCs Historical

999 ASME/BPVC

ASME/BPVC Complete w/o Ref Standards Active /

Historical

5 ASME/Standards & PTC Collection Active

3 ASQ/Collection Active

ASSE/ASSP - Safety Engineers/Safety Professionals

Collection Active

999 ASTM/Standards Collection Active / Historical / Redlines

10 AWS/Collection Active / Historical

5 CGA /Collection Active

2 ICEA/Collection Active / Historical

10 IEC/Collection Active Also PEO STRI site

999 IEEE/Collection Active / Historical

5 IPC/Collection (Member) Active / Historical

2 ISA/Collection Active / Historical

6 ISO(ANSI) Collection Active / Historical / Redlines

999 NATO Documents

5 NEMA/Collection Active / Historical / Redlines

10 NFPA/Fire Codes Active Also PEO STRI site

2 PIA/Parachute Industry Active

1 RTCA/Collection (Nonmember) Active

500 SAE/AMS/AS/GV/MNLS Active

3 SAE/ARINC/Collection Active

1 SAE/ARINC/Collection Historical

5 SAE/Tech Reports Collection Active / Historical Also PEO STRI site

4 TIA/Standards Collection Active

2 UL Collection Historical

3 UL/Collection w/Direct Active

10 US DoD MILSpecs Historical Collection

50 US DoD MILSpecs & Standards Active Also PEO STRI site

5 Part Specifications Database Index

10 Parts Database - Electronics

10 Parts Database - Electronic Fasteners

50 Parts Database - Non-Electronics

Interface between Parts Specifications and Parts Availability

Databases

300 Parts Availability Database, 775 users

3. OBJECTIVE.

Provide AMC electronic access to search platform for standards and specifications publications, parts information and lists in order to facilitate AMC’s mission in research, development, testing and lifecycle management, and other requirements as deemed appropriate by AMC. Objective should include current and superseded industry Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) listed above, but not exclusive to that list, and an index to current and superseded U.S. Military Standards and Specifications. The ability to provide access to documents from SDOs not on the list on an as needed basis must exist.

4. SPECIFICATIONS.

Primary deliverable is a search platform with full-text access to no less than 99% of the industry standards required by AMC. Such access is to be via internet and accessible at the desktop by qualified AMC personnel.

Access for AMC personnel will be through a central portal within the AMC IT architecture.

Online database must be available: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to include holidays and weekends, with a system availability rate not lower than 98% at all times.

Access to the system will be authenticated under the direction of the Program Manager who will be a full-time AMC employee.

AMC Program Manager responsible for Standards and Specifications information shall be granted administrator access sufficient to manage interface for AMC personnel.

Ensure website is compliant with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C.

794d).

End user requests for technical support shall be completed within 8 working hours of the request.

Advanced requests for technical support will come from the Program Manager.

Prior to planned outages, AMC must be given 72 hours’ notice.

Full online search capability is required in accordance with internationally accepted search fields.

The ability to provide metadata for downloading to local systems as updates must exist.

The contractor is responsible to report to the Program Manager all cybersecurity incidents within 2 hours of receipt of knowledge of the incident.

The contractor shall operate within established legal parameters of intellectual license and copyright as directed in US Code Title 17, including the resale rights.

The contractor shall have the ability to cross reference U.S Military Standards and Specifications (MIL

STDS/SPECS) with industry standards where industry standards have replaced U.S. Government MIL

STDS/SPECS as the official military standard. Such cross referencing must be provided by the contractor to enable the end-user to track the history of a U.S. MIL STDS/SPEC in order for the end-user to view obsolete or rescinded U.S. MIL STDS/SPECS.

Supply Chain Information.

Life Cycle Management of U.S. Army military equipment requires the procurement of parts. The contractor shall provide parts and logistics data to include parts catalogs and lists with immediate electronic access to facilitate the timely repair and maintenance of equipment in order to maintain the

OPTEMPO (Operational Tempo) of the U.S. Army. Parts database shall interface with parts inventory and availability lists from government suppliers and manufacturers.

5. DELIVERABLES.

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to include holidays and weekends, full-text access to

Standards and Specifications.

The Contractor shall maintain a log detailing what AMC activity accessed the database and which standard was downloaded. Monthly, or at intervals as required by the Government, the contractor shall provide the statistics to the AMC Program Manager.

The Contractor produces, for search and full-text retrieval, an index of all U.S. Government MIL

STDS/SPECS and Industry standards and specifications held to be current by the Defense Automated

Publishing Service (DAPS).

For search and full-text retrieval purposes, the Contractor produces a current, comprehensive index of standards produced by Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) to include but not exclusive to the list above.

For search and full-text retrieval purposes, the Contractor produces a current, comprehensive database of logistical information to include items that are procured and stocked by the federal government and searchable by relevant means such as part number, FSC, and NIIN.

The Contractor produces for AMC a monthly financial report of all transactions between AMC and contractor in an Excel spreadsheet detailing who placed an order for a standard/specification; what was ordered; cost per order; and date of order. Report should be within 15 days of the last day of previous month, and due no later than 15th of each month.

6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.

The period of performance for this requirement is for one (1) year from the date of contract award.

7. DELIVERY INFORMATION:

Inspection and Acceptance Point: Destination

Ship to DODAAC: W73QKK

Delivery Address: HQAMC, CIO/G-6

AMCIO-B/ATTN: Gloria Miller

4400 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

256-450-7289 gloria.a.miller.civ@mail.mil

8. INVOICING INFORMATION:

Inspect DODAAC: W73QKK

Inspect POC: Amy Y. Williams

Accept DODAAC: W73QKK

Accept POC: Amy Y. Williams