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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION C - DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS

The following have been modified:

SECTION C

DESCRIPTION / SPECS. / WORK STATEMENT

INTEGRATED TRAINING AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SUPPORT CONTRACT

3 May 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

C.1 GENERAL

C.1.1 INTRODUCTION

C.1.2 BACKGROUND

C.1.3 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

C.1.4 CONDUCT OF WORK

C.2 TASK ORDERS

C.2.1 INTEGRATED TRAINING AREA MANAGEMENT (ITAM) SUPPORT

C.2.2 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS INTEGRATION (TRI) SUPPORT

C.2.3 RANGE AND TRAINING LAND ASSESSMENT (RTLA) SUPPORT

C.2.4 LAND REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE (LRAM) SUPPORT

C.2.5 SUSTAINABLE RANGE AWARENESS (SRA) SUPPORT

C.2.6 RELATED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) SERVICES

C.2.7 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND REMOTE SENSING SERVICES

C.2.8 RELATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERVICES

C.2.9 ANNUAL MEETING SUPPORT

C.3 TASK ORDER EXECUTION

C.3.1 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

C.3.2 TASK ORDER SCOPES OF WORK

C.3.3 TASK ORDER REQUIREMENTS

C.4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

C.4.1 POINT OF CONTACT

C.4.2 PUBLIC DISCLOSURES

C.4.3 LAWS AND REGULATIONS

C.4.4 SERVICES AND MATERIALS

C.4.5 SUBMISSIONS

C.4.6 U.S. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND PERSONNEL

C.4.7 PASSES / IDENTIFICATION

C.4.8 SECURITY AND ANTITERRORISM

C.4.9 TRAVEL

C.4.10 CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING

C.4.11 EXERCISING OF OPTIONS

C.4.12 WORK PLAN / QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY CONTROL

C.4.13 AMMUNITION

C.4.14 TECHNICAL EXPERT STATUS ACCREDITATION AND SECURITY CLEARANCE

C.5 SPECIFIC WORK ITEMS ANTICIPATED UNDER TASK ORDERS

W912GB19R0051

SECTION C

DESCRIPTION / SPECS. / WORK STATEMENT

INTEGRATED TRAINING AREA MANAGEMENT GIS SERVICES CONTRACT

C.1 GENERAL. This Section C sets forth the general requirements for the performance of the various services required under this contract.

C.1.1 INTRODUCTION. This services contract is to provide support for the Integrated Training Area Management Program at training areas and installations throughout Europe. The objective of the contract is to provide a Firm Fixed Priced (FPP), Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) at US Army Europe (USAREUR) military training areas throughout the Europe Command (EUCOM) Areas of Responsibilities (AOR). This solicitation will cover multiple contract awards with a total capacity of up to $9.9M total. The $9.9M capacity shall be divided between the successful awardees (up to a maximum of six). These FFP, IDIQ, MATOCs for services will be awarded on a full and open competitive basis.

Period of performance of any awards under this solicitation will be for a single five-year ordering period.

C.1.2 LOCATION. This contract will be used within the area of operations where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District, supports the military and statesmanship mission of the U.S. Government. The effort is primarily anticipated for use on U.S Army installations and training areas throughout EUCOM AOR. The project sites are located primarily in Germany, but work will also be conducted in other outlying countries. However, a limited amount of work could be performed in any country where Europe District is directed to provide environmental services.

C.1.3 BACKGROUND. The intent of the ITAM Program is to provide training land management capability across the total Army. The US Army recognizes that the execution of training to doctrinal standards under realistic combat conditions will affect the environment. The ITAM Program is also an essential part of the Army’s commitment to environmental stewardship. ITAM establishes a systematic framework for decision-making and management of Army training lands. This allows the Army to manage its land in an environmentally sound manner to ensure no net loss of training lands for accomplishing primary activities (training, testing, storage, etc,) or for impacting the overall training capability. The effective integration of stewardship principles into training land and conservation management practices ensures that the Army’s lands remain viable to support future training and mission requirements indefinitely. It integrates elements of operational, environmental, master planning, and other programs to identify and assess land use alternatives. The ITAM Program thus supports sound natural and cultural resource management practices to provide stewardship of land assets, while sustaining those assets to support training, testing, and other installation missions. The ITAM program consists of four major elements: (i) Range and Training Land Assessment (RTLA), (ii) Training Requirements Integration (TRI), (iii) Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (LRAM), (iv) Sustainable Range Awareness (SRA).

i. Range and Training Land Assessment (RTLA). RTLA is an ecological component that characterizes and monitors an installation’s natural resources geospatially and temporally. The RTLA component of the ITAM Program provides for the collection, inventory, monitoring, management, and analysis of aerial photography, tabular and spatial data, concerning land condition on an installation or training range. RTLA provides data needed to evaluate the capability of training lands to meet multiple use demands on a sustainable basis. It incorporates a relational database and GIS data to support land use planning decision processes.

ii. Training Requirements Integration (TRI). TRI facilitates training land management decisions that meet both mission requirements and natural resource conservation objectives. TRI integrates the installation’s training and testing requirements for land use derived from the Range and Training Land Program (RTLP), range operations and training land management processes, and the installation training readiness requirements with the natural resource conditions of installation lands. The integration of all requirements occurs through continuous consultation between the Training Support, natural and cultural resource managers, as well as other installation staff members. The output of the TRI process shall be incorporated in the installation’s Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP), Range Development Plan (RDP), and Installation Master Plan.

iii Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (LRAM). LRAM is a preventive and corrective land rehabilitation and maintenance procedure that reduces the long-term impacts of training and testing on installation lands. Its primary function is to maintain land to ensure its capability to support the mission. It mitigates mission and training and testing effects by combining preventive and corrective land rehabilitation, repair, and/or maintenance practices to reduce the impacts of training and testing on an installation. It includes training area redesign and/or reconfiguration to meet training requirements.

iv. Sustainable Range Awareness (SRA). SRA provides a means to educate land users on their environmental stewardship responsibilities in conjunction with their use of Army lands. It also provides for the development and distribution of educational materials to land users. These materials relate procedures for sound environmental stewardship of natural and cultural resources and reduce the potential for inflicting avoidable impacts on Army training lands. SRA also includes information provided to environmental professionals concerning operational requirements.

C.1.4 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT. The aim of this contract is to perform those functions that are required to assist in establishing or updating Integrated Training Area Management Programs at installations throughout Europe. To accomplish these goals, services include, but are not limited to:

A. Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Support B. Training Requirements Integration (TRI) Support C. Range and Training Land Assessment (RTLA) Support D. Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (LRAM) Support E. Sustainable Range Awareness (SRA) Support F. Related Geographic Information System (GIS) Services G. Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing Services H. Related Natural Resources Management Services

Within each of these general work efforts, the Contractor shall (depending upon the particular scope of the work contained in an individual Task Order) conduct appropriate field surveys, field sampling, investigations, site visits, interviews, and literature searches; execute suitable studies; prepare satisfactory reports, prepare plans and specifications, perform on-going site monitoring, and provide on-site support to assist in performing SRP related tasks.

Any or all of the above may be required during the period of this contract. Those work efforts described above may occur at any location addressed in Section C.1.2 of this PWS.

C.1.5 CONDUCT OF THE WORK. The Contractor, the Contractor’s subcontractors and the Contractor’s suppliers shall perform all work in compliance with all applicable Host Nation environmental laws and requirements and in compliance with the approved work/management plan.

C.2 TASK ORDERS. The following types of Task Orders have been identified for possible execution under this contract:

C.2.1 INTEGRATED TRAINING AREA MANAGEMENT (ITAM) SUPPORT. Task Orders may involve assisting the Army Commands (ACOMs) or installations with the execution of the ITAM Program. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

Develop and Maintain ITAM Technical Reports, Documents and Regulations. Establish a technical library/repository linked to the USAREUR ITAM homepage of all known technical reports directly related to or impacting the ITAM program. Search, collect, and catalog past, present, and future reports. The repository shall be upgraded regularly.

May include development of web-based or standalone graphical user interfaces to facilitate search, retrieval, and viewing of ITAM library / repository documentation and acquisition of required software and data to accomplish stated tasks.

Support and Review Installation Cost Analysis for Supporting the Training Resource Model (TRM), and the Program Operating Memorandum (POM). Conduct cost analyses and develop automated tools to support the incorporation of ITAM into the Army Training Resource Model (TRM). Cost analyses consist of using Army methodologies to develop cost factors for the ITAM direct OPTEMPO portion of the TRM (i.e. LRAM and also developing cost models for the ITAM indirect OPTEMPO portion of the TRM (i.e. RTLA, TRI, and SRA) based on ITAM work plan data.

Upon ACOMs submission of Installation Work Plans (approx. 1 May every year), analysis to include rollup of projects in functional area and a cost breakdown of like projects. Utilizing historical data, contractor shall identify conditions and trends of costs, project type, and location. May include graphical user interface development to aid in ACOMs workplan management and acquisition of required software and data to accomplish stated tasks.

Institutional Documentation. Contractor shall develop, compile, update, and/or review documentation, such as Procedural Manuals, Information Papers, and other Army standardized reference documents, as requested by the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). Documentation should assist in standardizing and institutionalize the USAREUR ITAM program.

Develop, Evaluate, and/or Execute ITAM Demonstration Projects for Emerging Technologies. Contractor shall develop, evaluate, and/or analyze new technologies such as commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS), GIS Development Center initiatives, Conservation Technology Team (CTT) and other technology group projects as requested by the COR. This shall include coordination with ACOMs and installation POCs, technical report development and/or beta testing, and/or limited software development. All information shall be considered sensitive and shall not be released to anyone other than the COR or authorized technical agents or used in any manner other than for this effort. Publication, where appropriate, shall be by the Government.

Provide a Library of Standard Designs and Practices for Use in Europe. Develop a repository of project designs and best management practices (BMPs) from currently implemented projects and make available on the USAREUR ITAM website as well as through written or telephonic requests. Project designs shall consist of a project description, technical design specifications, and drawings necessary for construction projects, materials list, example Statement of Work (SOW), and project cost estimates. Contractor shall conduct periodic searches of available technical information in order to up-date standard designs. Searches shall be made of the civilian construction industry, engineering and agricultural technical documents, and periodicals, installation project managers worldwide, as well as other potential military / natural resource reference sources.

C.2.2 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS INTEGRATION (TRI) SUPPORT. Task Orders may involve assisting the ACOMs or installations with the execution of the TRI component of the ITAM Program. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

Integrate ITAM Program Elements to Support Training and Testing Requirements. Provide services to support the management of overall ITAM program objectives. Facilitate decisions concerning land use planning and management that meet training and testing activity requirements as well as regulatory compliance and conservation requirements.

This includes, but is not limited to, providing technical expertise necessary to accomplish the following tasks:

A. Review, evaluate, and reconcile information from all pertinent sources to include RTLP, LRAM, PLS, ESMP, Range Development Plan (RDP), RTLP-AS, RTLA, Mission Essential Task List (METL), Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) and Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP);

B. Provide support to ensure that compatible land uses such as forestry, grazing, hunting, fishing, and recreation programs do not compromise installation training and conservation goals;

C. Provide support to SRA, RTLA and LRAM activities to ensure integration in support of overall ITAM goals and installation training objectives;

D. Review the following: all SRPs generated by RTLA, LRAM, and other sources; all reconfiguration projects generated by Training Support personnel; and provide input to post-wide erosion control plans;

and

E. Assist in the preparation of the annual multi-year ITAM Work Plan to include all required ITAM program element costs. Coordinate with the natural and cultural resource and Training Support staffs.

Submit the work plan to Training Support or the ITAM staff element for approval. Provide required input to respond to questions arising from ACOMs review of work plans.

Collect, Analyze, and Summarize Training and Testing Data at Installation and ACOMs Levels in Support of Effective Land Management. These data include but are not limited to: an inventory of military users and equipment;

descriptions of military missions; schedules of past and future military activities; vehicle counts and vehicle mileage;

land requirements/assets; and range requirements/assets. Sources of information include but are not limited to: the Range Facility Management Support System (RFMSS); Range Development Plans; databases; unit training plans;

programs of instruction; testing plans; weekly training schedules; mission training plans; TC 25-1 Training Land; and TC 25-8 Training Ranges. Support the development and/or revision of the INRMP and ICRMP by providing training requirements data from the RDP.

Develop and Recommend Land Use Strategies that Consider the Impacts of Military Operations on Military Lands.

Assess the impacts of training and testing on land use and minimize negative impacts on land conditions, the environment, and training mission through improved decisions concerning land allocation and event scheduling.

Strategies shall use existing installation ITAM, training, and environmental data to provide land managers and commanders with a tool that considers the impacts of various military operations on installation lands. The risk assessment shall provide a mechanism to articulate to commanders and range operators the level of potential impacts and the potential need to examine alternatives. Provide information to commanders and units on land conditions and land-use options.

Provide Logistical Support to Facilitate TRI Integration. This may involve support to Other ACOMs or Installations in execution of their SRP programs. This may include facilitating meetings, workshops or conferences where SRP related information will be provided to participants. This will involve providing all materials and logistical support to host meetings, workshops, or conferences. These events may be held anywhere within the USAREUR area of responsibility.

C.2.3 RANGE AND TRAINING LAND ASSESSMENT (RTLA) SUPPORT. Task Orders may involve assisting the ACOMs or installations with the execution of the RTLA component of the ITAM Program. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

Provide Services to Support the Management and Collection of RTLA Data. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

A. Recommending protocols, procedures, technologies, and methodologies for gathering data and for assessing the condition of natural and cultural resources on the installation, and for making recommendations concerning future data collection activities;

B. Recommending and identifying the location and quantity for field plots, the time of collection (field season), and necessary resources (personnel and equipment);

C. Developing and/or maintaining an installation environmental baseline database needed to support training land management;

D. Monitoring for trends to the training land condition, analyzing trend information, and making appropriate recommendations for management actions;

E. Identifying and recommending priorities for land rehabilitation based on training and testing impacts and RTLA data analysis;

F. Coordinating the activities of installation field data gathering crews;

G. Coordinating the RTLA baseline data and subsequent data collection with execution of Planning Level Surveys (PLSs);

H. Assessing the effectiveness of methodologies being used to gather and analyze natural and cultural resource data in meeting the needs of the training land management and environmental/natural and cultural resources management as well as, integrating the environmental database into the ITAM GIS system;

I. Ensuring the GIS database supports the installation training and testing land managers and users;

J. Working with the natural and cultural resources staff to acquire the necessary data to support ITAM analysis, trend determination predictions, and database population;

K. Reporting data, findings, and progress to the ITAM coordinator; and

L. RTLA coordination management also includes coordinating and/or completing the acquisition and maintenance of RTLA equipment and supplies necessary for RTLA program execution.

M. Developing and / or maintaining a climatic monitoring program, to include procurement of peripheral devices and data, as needed to support land management and decision-making.

Provide the Technical Expertise Necessary to Develop RTLA Work Plans. Work plans contain detailed descriptions of time lines, data collection efforts, personnel and equipment requirements, and recommendations for future RTLA project efforts, including coordinating work plans with appropriate installation staff for approval.

Conduct a Thorough Search and Identification of Past Data. Data may be acquired on site from previously collected data for natural resource, environmental, or facility programs, installation maps or through the utilization of European or Host Nation government sources, SPOT imagery, drawings, or other aerial photographs or remote sensing data.

Provide and Maintain RTLA Equipment and Supplies. Contractor shall provide equipment and supplies including but not limited to a range of field equipment, sampling equipment, GIS and GPS equipment, cameras and other video equipment for monitoring activities, hardware, software, written and electronic documents, field books, and other equipment or supplies necessary for RTLA program execution.

Analyze the ecological status (condition) and trend (degradation or improvement) of surface water quality, soil stability, vegetation, and wildlife. This includes, but is not limited to:

A. Analyzing, summarizing, and reporting field data in the above tasks to reflect trends in populations, community structure, species frequency and density, diversity indices, plant community identification, and application in environmental assessments and impact statements; and

B. Identifying empirical relationships among resource types, their condition trends and land-use frequency, duration, and intensity.

Use RTLA Data and Mission Data to Assimilate, Analyze, and Provide Land Use Information. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

A. Land use summaries that include classification of land usage providing optimal training opportunities based on the land’s capabilities;

B. Ground disturbance summaries that identify training and testing impacts based on the environmental conditions of the land;

C. Ground cover summaries that provide information to assist resource conservation on potential erosion problems;

D. Aerial cover summaries that provide information used to determine land cover and concealment;

E. Woody vegetation summaries that provide information on forest succession management;

F. Plot summaries that provide historical trend data on impacts over time;

G. Training load summaries that provide levels of mission activity at which land-use resources can be sustained; and

H. Establishing factors that support estimates of mission impact to and from natural and cultural resources.

I. Reports may include, but are not limited to, floristic and faunal surveys, endangered species surveys, wetland assessments, and Environmental Assessments (EA), Environmental Review Guide (ERG), Flora and Fauna Habitat (FFH) Management Plans, Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans (INRMP), and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).

C.2.4 LAND REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE (LRAM) SUPPORT. Task Orders may involve assisting the ACOMs or installations with the execution of all aspects of the LRAM component of the ITAM Program.

Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

General LRAM Support. Provide services to support management of LRAM tasks with the appropriate Government point of contact (e.g., Range Control, Operations, Environmental Office). This includes, but is not limited to, providing technical expertise necessary to accomplish the following tasks:

A. Field surveys to identify and prioritize problem areas;

B. Recommending and defining potential LRAM project sites based on personal observations and input from and/or to the RTLA coordinator, training land managers, and other relevant users;

C. Designing needed training for land rehabilitation that includes minor construction and maintenance projects to sustain training lands both for future training and testing uses in an environmentally sound manner, projects may include erosion control, re-vegetation, clear-cutting, installation or removal of seibert stakes, and range modification to meet training mission requirements;

D. Coordinating the design of LRAM projects and coordinating LRAM project execution;

E. Upon project completion, revisiting project sites to evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed solutions, recommending and implementing any alterations to the installed practice, as necessary;

F. Ensuring that needed repair and maintenance projects are coordinated with the range operations staff, DPW, and natural and cultural resources management staff, as applicable, to ensure economies of scale, appropriate staff proponent for the projects, and to preclude duplication of efforts;

G. Following-up with training land users to ensure land rehabilitation and maintenance projects meet their needs and are not incompatible with training and testing requirements or other land uses; and

H. Provide services to support the development of the LRAM portion of the installation ITAM long-range plan and projects for inclusion in the installation annual work plan, the installation master plan, and the installation RDP. (Appendix H of DA PAM 350-4 provides a listing of LRAM activities and management practices.) Management also includes coordinating and/or completing the acquisition and maintenance of LRAM equipment and supplies.

I. Providing input on LRAM practices and costs for ITAM Program future use;

J. Procurement of Seibert Stakes, posts, fencing, signage or other mediums to demarcate areas that may impact training and / or other natural resource impacts.

Preparation of Plans and Specs for LRAM Projects. The Contractor will develop cost-effective and sound engineering proposals, to include rough order of magnitude cost estimates, to correct the erosion problems identified. Alternative remedial plans will be presented where more than one feasible option exists. Alternatives may include structures and / or recultivation as conditions require. The corrective actions will be presented in sufficient detail to allow the RTSC / TSC (or ASG / BSB) to proceed with the remedial work. Cost estimates for each alternative shall be developed.

Provide a Library of Standard LRAM Designs and Rehabilitation Practices for Use in Europe. Develop a repository of project designs and best management practices (BMPs) from currently implemented projects and make available on the USAREUR ITAM website as well as through written or telephonic requests. Project designs shall consist of a project description, technical design specifications, and drawings necessary for construction projects, materials list, example Statement of Work (SOW), and project cost estimates. Contractor shall conduct periodic searches of available technical information in order to up-date standard designs. Searches shall be made of the civilian construction industry, engineering and agricultural technical documents, and periodicals, as well as with installation project managers worldwide.

C.2.5 SUSTAINABLE RANGE AWARENESS (SRA) SUPPORT. Task Orders may involve assisting the ACOMs or installations with the execution of the SRA component of the ITAM Program. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

Develop and Provide ITAM, Natural/Cultural and Training Related SRA Materials. Provide the technical expertise to design and develop SRA materials and products. These materials and products include but are not limited to:

videos, Compact Disc Read Only Memory outputs (CD ROMs), field cards, posters, pamphlets, and brochures.

Contractor shall provide media reproduction and distribution as required.

Provide and Maintain ITAM, Natural/Cultural and Training Related SRA Equipment and Supplies. Contractor shall provide SRA equipment and supplies including but not limited to video cameras, digital cameras, projectors, projector screens, desktop publishing equipment and software, videotapes, CDs, DVDs, poster board, and electronic/printed materials, GIS and GPS equipment, hardware, software, and other equipment or supplies necessary for SRA program execution.

Develop and Maintain a Library of ITAM, Natural/Cultural, and Training Related SRA Materials. Search, locate, and catalog past, present, and future SRA materials in order to develop and maintain a centralized library of Government-funded SRA products. These products include but are not limited to: posters, display boards, videotapes, slide shows, presentations, and field cards. Contractor shall provide a list of available SRA materials on the ITAM homepage and update quarterly.

Develop and Conduct or Provide ITAM, Natural/Cultural, and Military Operations Related Training Courses.

Develop a series of training courses starting with an introductory course and progressing to courses that deal with special and advanced topics of interest pertinent to ITAM implementation. All course development shall comply with standard Army course development and documentation requirements including a Program of Instruction with task, conditions and standards, instructor notes, tests, quizzes, and course materials. Training is to be developed as on-site installation hands-on courses; technical notes are to be distributed on the Internet; concurrent training sessions may be required at installations; and workshops and distance learning through video-teleconferencing or other means.

Develop, Provide, Update, and Maintain the USAREUR ITAM Web Page. Contractor shall develop, update and maintain a USAREUR ITAM web page. Contractor shall provide continuous access for any DoD user, develop and maintain a central calendar of all USAREUR ITAM and or Home Station Training Support Division events, update no fewer than 3 times per week and provide access to the technical Library through a website that allows for complex tracking of site usage statistics.

Develop, Provide, and Update the USAREUR ITAM Newsletter. Assemble, edit, and print a quarterly ITAM newsletter containing articles solicited and collected from ACOMs/installation personnel pertaining to ITAM activities. Calls for articles shall be initiated through the USAREUR ITAM web page. Articles shall be proofed by contractor and content approved by COR prior to incorporation. Camera ready or fully printed run shall be provided as required. In addition, completed approved newsletter shall be reproduced and distributed as required and posted to the USAREUR ITAM Web page.

Develop, Provide, and Update USAREUR ITAM Multimedia Products and Television / Radio Commercials.

Assemble, edit, manage, and distribute ITAM SRA multimedia products and television / radio commercials and products. Content shall be developed and/or proofed by contractor and approved by project manager and/or COR prior to incorporation. Contractor shall when required manage distribution of products to relevant entities, as well as reproduction requirements and post to the USAREUR ITAM Web page.

Provide Logistical Support to Facilitate SRP Program Goals. This may involve support to Other ACOMs or Installations in execution of their SRP programs. This may include facilitating meetings, workshops or conferences where SRP related information will be provided to participants. This aspect is particularly import for new SRP programs such as AFRICOM where virtually no SRP support exists at this time. This will involve providing all materials and logistical support to host meetings, workshops, or conferences. These events may be held anywhere within the USAREUR area of responsibility.

C.2.6 RELATED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) SERVICES Task Orders may involve assisting the ACOMs or installations with the creation of GIS services in support of the previous described tasks to make the information available for dissemination ad use in support of the USAREUR ITAM Program or related USAREUR natural/cultural resources programs. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

GIS Equipment and Supply Support. From identified ITAM GIS requirements and applications, evaluate, recommend, and procure GIS COTS. Develop and update recommended GIS hardware/software lists, including vendor information and procedures for Government acquisition. Provide support to Army installations and offices in developing site-specific requirements and in executing acquisitions.

Develop Installation / ACOMs GIS Databases. Assist, consolidate, and/or maintain information, data, and/or database(s) on various installation-generated programs for analysis and use. Program data or databases may be generated by various installation staff elements including but not limited to Range Operation RFMSS data or Environmental Office ISR Data. Monitor for trends against ITAM data such as RTLA/LRAM/GIS data for yearly roll-up of condition of training lands installations or USAREUR.

Develop Installation Level GIS Data and Databases for ITAM Support Products. This may include, but is not limited to, the following services:

A. GIS Inventories. Perform inventories of existing installation GIS equipment and software, GIS data, data accuracy, availability, format, attributes, metadata, coverage, completeness, and applicability.

Coordinate with the installation environmental offices, range control, and real property offices to identify existing geospatial data. Prepare analysis of needs based on Government-provided guidelines. Develop cost estimates for data development for individual installations and data layers including with analog and ancillary data collection, digitization, accuracy assessment, and metadata documentation.

B. Data Development. Create Government-specified geospatial data layers to include the acquisition of field data including GPS data, remotely sensed data, analog data, analysis of data and classification, digitization, accuracy assessment, and preparation of required documentation. Compile geospatial data layers and attribute data into formats and databases compatible with installation system requirements and SDSFIE.

C. Data Editing/Updating. Update spatial and attribute features of existing geospatial data layers as specified by the Government. Perform format conversions into formats and media type provided by the Government.

D. GIS Data Analysis. Conduct spatial analysis for Army land management requirements utilizing existing geospatial and non-spatial data to produce new GIS data layers in accordance with user-defined output requirements. Analysis functions performed include classification and generalization; measurement and distance operations; overlays; neighborhood operations; and connectivity functions and processing of remote sensing data. Specific Army program support shall include soil erosion estimates and other land use and impact analysis for, range scheduling functions for RFMSS, and change detection analysis.

E. GIS Technical Support (on or off-site). Develop and maintain a technical support telephone line, e-mail, and / or FTP site for installation GIS assistance. Provide Army installation GIS technical assistance for data development; database maintenance; data analysis display; output; system configuration and maintenance; data sources and acquisition; hardware/software requirements and acquisition procedures and sources; and Federal Geographic Data Committee Standards and SDSFIE. Research GIS technical support questions that are posed, provide appropriate responses and references, and provide copies of references to appropriate personnel. Log and track all technical assistance requests and responses.

Initiate and maintain List-Server and/or Internet site for use by Army installations to post and respond to GIS support questions.

F. Provide GIS Training. Provide on-site, off-site, and distance learning packages to installations for GIS applications. This includes training for software, and commercial software used in support of Army programs such as ARC / Info, ARC View, ERDAS Imagine or ENVI.

G. Develop and Provide GIS Products. Identify Army GIS data input, output, and analysis requirements.

Identify commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) that meets this requirement. Where none exist or where existing software can be customized, create a development plan satisfying the Standard for Information Technology-Software Life Cycle Process, ISO/IEC 12207 (27 May 1998). Implement Government-approved development plans. Application development may include, but is not limited to, integration of selected GIS products into ATTACC and RTLP-AS to facilitate decision making by key members of the installation range management staff concerning management of installation ranges and training lands and customization of required GIS graphical user interfaces.

H. GIS Output. Prepare hard-copy map or digital map output of existing GIS data layers using map layer combinations, scale, graphics and annotation, and number of copies specified by the supported installations. Prepare tabular query reports (e.g., acreage by attribute category) on existing GIS data.

I. Data Loading. Prepare and load GIS data into a database/SDE, or similar, server environment. May require manipulation and editing of data. Applies to spatial and non-spatial data.

J. Metadata Creation and Editing. Create and/or update metadata of existing geospatial data layers as specified by the Government. Perform conversions into formats and media type provided by the Government.

K. System Integration. Assist, develop, execute, and/or manage system integration plans to include, but not limited to, system administration, database administration, collection and processing of real and post time field data collection systems, and network administration.

L. Internet Map Service Administration. Assist, develop, execute, and/or manage internet map system components to include, but not limited to, script compilation, programming, graphical user interface development, software loading, and system training.

C.2.7 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND REMOTE SENSING SERVICES. Task Orders may involve assisting the ACOMs or installations with the execution of aerial photography or remote sensing data acquisition or post-processing in support of the USAREUR ITAM Program or related USAREUR natural/cultural resources programs. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

Aerial Photography and/or Airborne Remote Sensing Data Acquisition. Assist, develop, and/or supervise and manage aerial photography or airborne remote sensing missions USAREUR-wide or on specific installations. This includes selection of cameras or airborne multispectral/hyperspectral scanners required to satisfy user-generated resolution, spatial, or spectral requirements and post-acquisition processing. Aerial photography services include georectification and orthorectification of new or existing data or the acquisition of field data including GPS data.

Spaceborne Remote Sensing Application Development. Identify, purchase and post-process spaceborne multispectral or hyperspectral data from commercially operating systems such as SPOT, LANDSAT, IKONOS, and ERS-1.

Develop Installation / ACOMs Classification Systems for Use with Remotely Sensed Data. Assist with and develop natural resource classification systems. This includes, but is not limited to, vegetation classification systems, erosion potential maps, and ecologically sensitive area maps.

Conduct a Thorough Search and Identification of Past Remotely Sensed Data. Data may be acquired on site from previously collected data for natural resource, environmental, or facility programs or through the utilization of European and Host Nation government sources. Data may also be acquired from commercial sources such as SPOT.

Additional services also include scanning, georectification orthorectification, and compression of these data.

Ground Truthing Data Collection and Analysis. As an independent project or during an aerial photography / remote sensing scanner survey the contractor may be required to collect data from the training areas on the day of the overflights. Data that may be collected include, but are not limited to, spectral measurements, GPS ground control data, traditional surveying, and soil moisture measurements. Once collected these data may need further analysis such as statistical analysis or modification necessary to load the data into existing databases or GIS systems.

C.2.8 RELATED NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICES. Task Orders may involve assisting the ACOMs or installations with the natural resources management programs that support of the USAREUR ITAM Program or related USAREUR natural/cultural resources programs. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

Vegetation and/or Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species (TES) Surveys. Task Orders may involve conducting baseline inventories of vegetation, plants and animal groups in specified areas. In most conditions, specific plant and animal groups will be identified for inventory. Vegetation inventorying may be quantitative, (vegetation cover) or qualitative, (vegetation type). Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

A. Secondary Data Collection. The Contractor may be required to identify potential plant and animal species for a given study area through review of historic data and review of current literature. The Contractor shall be responsible for collecting pertinent data in the form of maps, text, graphs and databases as applicable. Data sources may include: local, state, and federal forestry offices, Universities, Technical Experts, and technical and biological libraries.

B. Field Work Data Collection. Field Data Collection will be carried out at specified times of the year for a given study area as required to capture data for the plant and animal groups identified and to maintain consistency with previous data collection. Field data collection times will be identified in scoping meetings for individual task orders. The Contractor will be required to use standard field collection methodologies as agreed upon by and between the Contractor and the Government during the scoping of the Task Order.

C. Data Base / Map Preparation. Preparation and / or updating of maps and databases that either locates identified species and their potential habitats, identify total land cover, or identify change from one year to another. Maps shall be submitted in both hard copy and magnetic media. The format in which they are presented shall be identified at the scoping meeting for each task order. The database using relational software will be attached to the graphic files. Existing Training Area Maps in the Intergraph or Arc/Info format will be provided to the Contractor.

D. Report Preparation and Presentation. All reports shall be provided in English. German translation will be provided as negotiated for individual Task Orders. These reports shall be a comprehensive documentation of the historic and field data. The Contractor shall make a formal presentation to all of the staff involved in the project, Operations / Training, and other appropriate interest groups after final acceptance is obtained.

Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species Monitoring. Task Orders may involve conducting regular updating of the inventories of TES habitats or important biotope types within specified study areas. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

A. Primary Data Collection. The Contractor may be required to identify potential plant and animal species and population sizes for a given study area through review of existing TES Surveys. The Contractor shall be responsible for collecting pertinent data in the form of maps, text, graphs and databases as applicable.

B. Field Work Data Collection. Field Data Collection will be carried out at specified times of the year for a given study area as required to capture data for the plant and animal groups identified and to maintain consistency with previous data collection. Field data collection times will be identified in scoping meetings for individual task orders. The Contractor will be required to use standard field collection methodologies as agreed upon by and between the Contractor and the Government during the scoping of the Task Order.

C. Data Base / Map Preparation. Preparation and / or updating of maps and databases that either locates identified species and their potential habitats, identify total land cover, or identify change from one year to another. Maps shall be submitted in both hard copy and magnetic media. The format in which they are presented shall be identified at the scoping meeting for each task order. The database using relational software will be attached to the graphic files. Existing Training Area Maps in the Intergraph or Arc/Info format will be provided to the Contractor.

D. Management Recommendations. The Contractor may be required to prepare detailed management recommendations for the sustainability or improvement of Rare, Threatened and Endangered plant and animal species habitats as well as for protected biotope types.

E. Report Preparation and Presentation. All reports shall be provided in English. German translation will be provided as negotiated for individual Task Orders. These reports shall be a comprehensive documentation of the historic and field data. The Contractor shall make a formal presentation to all of the staff involved in the project, Operations / Training, and other appropriate interest groups after final acceptance is obtained

Water, Wetlands, and Biotope Inventory / Characterization. Task Orders may involve conducting baseline inventories of Water and Wetland habitats within specified study areas. In most conditions, specific plant groups will be identified for inventory. Typical examples of work that could be identified under a specific Task Order are presented below.

A. Secondary Data Collection. The Contractor may be required to identify potential plant species for a given study area through review of historic data and review of current literature. The Contractor shall be responsible for collecting pertinent data in the form of maps, text, graphs and databases as applicable.

Data sources may include: local, state, and Federal Forestry Offices, Universities, technical experts and technical and biological libraries.

B. Field Work Data Collection. Field Data Collection will be carried out at various times of the year for a given study area as required to capture data for the plant groups identified. Field data collection times will be identified in scoping meetings for individual task orders. The Contractor will be required to use standard field collection methodologies as agreed upon by and between the Contractor and the Government during the scoping of the Task Order.

C. Water Quality. The Contractor shall examine water quality in terms of its ability to support water / wetlands habitat, such as analysis of sedimentation.