HDG_OSP_Cabling_SOW_II.pdf

SCOPE OF WORK

FOR

HAVRE DE GRACE READINESS

CENTER

OUTSIDE PLANT COPPER

FIBER CABLING

RFQ Number: W912K6-18-Q-0040

Produced by the

Maryland Army National Guard USP&FO for Maryland 301 Old Bay Lane Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078

HdG RC Outside Plant Copper & Fiber Cabling / RFQ Number: W912K6-18-Q-0040

Table of Contents

PART 1 – SCOPE

1.1. Background

1.2. Period of Performance

1.3. General Information

1.3.1. Quality Assurance

1.3.2. Recognized Holidays

1.3.3. Hours of Operation

1.3.4. Place of Performance

1.3.5. Type of Contract

1.4. Security Requirements

1.4.1. Antiterrorism (AT) Level 1 Training

1.4.2. Access and General Protection/Security Policy and Procedures

1.4.3. Physical Security

1.5. Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings

1.6. Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

1.7. Key Personnel

PART 2 – APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2.1. General

2.2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

2.3. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

2.4. U.S. Federal Communicaitons Commission (FCC)

PART 3 - REQUIREMENTS

3.1. Removal:

3.2. Installation:

3.3. Splices:

3.4. Terminations:

3.5. Damage to existing OSP

3.6. Testing

3.7. Material Specifications ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

3.7.1. OSP Fiber

3.7.2. OSP Copper

3.7.3. Conduit Measuring Tape

3.7.4. Pull String

3.8. Deliverables

3.8.1. Data Sheets / Cut Sheets

3.8.2. Testing Results

1. Scope

2. Applicable Documents

3. Requirements

3.9. CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT REPORTING (CMR)

PART 1 – SCOPE

1. Scope

This is a non-personnel services contract to remove existing outside plant (OSP) fiber and copper and provide new OSP fiber and OSP copper to the newly constructed Havre de Grace Readiness Center from the United States Property & Fiscal Office (USPFO) building, Building O-2.

Provide new OSP fiber from the Warehouse to an existing hand hole spliced to the new OSP fiber between USPFO building and Havre de Grace Readiness Center. Reference Exhibit A.

1.1. Background

As part of the construction contract for the newly constructed Havre de Grace Readiness Center, a 4-in conduit was installed and connected to an existing hand hole in front of the USPFO Warehouse. Reference Exhibit A.

An existing 4-in conduit from the Warehouse to the USPFO is in use and currently serves a 50 pair OSP copper and a 24 strand OSP fiber.

Patch panel and line interface unit (LIU) are located in the USPFO and the readiness center telecommunication room.

1.2. Period of Performance

The period of performance shall be 30 days from Notice to Proceed.

1.3. General Information

1.3.1. Quality Assurance

The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with this SOW. At the completion of work, the contractor shall test all cabling and components in accordance with manufacture’s recommendations and meet contract requirements.

1.3.2. Recognized Holidays

The contractor shall not schedule work on the recognized holidays listed below or their corresponding training holiday. If the recognized holiday is on a Saturday, Sunday or Monday, the preceding Friday is a training holiday. If the recognized holiday is on a weekday other than Monday, the recognized holiday is celebrated on the day of the recognized holiday.

New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day President’s Day Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day Independence Day Christmas Day

1.3.3. Hours of Operation

The Havre de Grace Military Reservation normal business hours are between the hours of 6:30am and 5:00pm, Tuesday thru Friday except recognized holidays, training holidays, or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings.

The Contractor will coordinate with the COR to execute work under this contract on Mondays in order to minimize disturbance to the full-time work force. The COR may authorize work on any other day when coordinate a minimum of 7 days in advance, depending on organizational mission requirements.

1.3.4. Place of Performance

The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at Havre de Grace Military Reservation, 301 Old Bay Lane, Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078-4094.

1.3.5. Type of Contract

The government will award a Firm-Fixed Fee contract.

1.4. Security Requirements

Contractor personnel performing work under this contract must adhere to all security requirements specified in this PWS.

1.4.1. Antiterrorism (AT) Level 1 Training

All contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access Army installations, facilities and controlled access areas shall complete AT Level I awareness training prior to working on site. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee to the COR. AT level I awareness training is available at the following website: http://jko.jten.mil

1.4.2. Access and General Protection/Security Policy and Procedures.

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

Contractor and all associated sub-contractor employees shall comply with adjudication standards and procedures using the National Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index (NCIC-III) and Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) (Army Directive 2014-05/AR 190-13), applicable installation, facility and area commander installation/facility access and local security policies and procedures.

1.4.3. Physical Security

The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

1.5. Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings

The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart

42.5. The contracting officer, Contracting Officers Representative (COR), and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the contracting officer will apprise the contractor of how the government views the contractor's performance and the contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the government.

1.6. Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

The (COR) will be identified by separate letter. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration. The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract: perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance: maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract: issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications: monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property, and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

1.7. Key Personnel

The follow personnel are considered key personnel by the government:

MAJ William Petry Chief Information Officer Office: 410-702-9605 Mobile: 443-655-0139

Tim Wittman Enclave Manager Office: 410-436-4691 Mobile: 410-949-4247

The contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer. The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

PART 2 – APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2. Applicable Documents

2.1. General

The documents listed below are not necessarily all of the documents referenced herein, but are the ones that are needed in order to fully execute this scope of work. All documents shall be the most current edition at the time of contract award.

2.2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

1EEE 100 The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standard Terms

2.3. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

TIA-455-21 FOTP-21 - Mating Durability of Fiber Optic Interconnecting Devices TIA-526-14 OFSTP-14A Optical Power Loss Measurements of Installed Multimode

Fiber Cable Plant TIA-526-7 Measurement of Optical Power Loss of Installed Single-Mode Fiber Cable

Plant TIA-568.C.0 Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises TIA-568-C.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard TIA-568-C.2 Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling and Components

Standards TIA-568-C.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard TIA-569 Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and

Spaces TIA-606 Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure TIA-607 Generic Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding (Earthing) for

Customer Premises TIA/EIA-598 Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding TIA/EIA-604-10 FOCIS 10 Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard - Type LC TIA/EIA-604-12 FOCIS 12 Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard Type MT-RJ TIA/EIA-604-2 FOCIS 2 Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard TIA/EIA-604-3 Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard (FOCIS), Type SC and

SC-APC, FOCIS-3

2.4. U.S. Federal Communicaitons Commission (FCC)

FCC Part 68 Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network

PART 3 - REQUIREMENTS

3. Requirements

3.1. Removal:

Contractor shall remove existing OSP Fiber from USPFO to the Warehouse.

3.2. Installation:

The contractor shall install new 144 strand OSP Fiber, new OSP Copper, and pull string from USPFO to Readiness Center, ensuring a service loop of no less than (NLT) nine (9) feet is available at both ends. Contractor shall use existing 4-in conduit. Contractor shall use caution as the existing 4-in conduit is in use.

The contractor shall install new 12 strand OSP Fiber from the Warehouse to hand hole, ensuring a service loop of NLT five (5) feet is left on the warehouse end.

3.3. Splices:

Contractor shall splice the new 12 strand OSP Fiber from Warehouse to the new 144 stand OSP Fiber at the hand hole in front of the Warehouse for connection of six (6) strands to the USPFO and connection of six (6) strands to the Readiness Center, allowing for all 12 strands of the FOC to be spliced.

3.4. Terminations:

Contractor shall terminate ends of OSP Fiber at Line Interface Unit (LIU) using LC connectors.

Contractor shall terminate both ends of OSP Copper at 24 port Cat3 patch panel w/110 punch down.

3.5. Damage to existing OSP

Contractor shall take measures to prevent damage to existing OSP Copper serving the Warehouse. Should the Contractor damage the existing OSP, the contractor shall repair by splice or replacement. If necessary to cut existing conduit to obtain access to existing OSP for splice, the Contractor shall install a hand-hole of sufficient size instead of repairing the conduit.

3.6. Testing

The entire installation shall be tested before acceptance and before final payment. The contractor must submit for Government review a draft test plan of all proposed cabling and equipment being installed under the scope of work. Upon the draft’s approval, the contractor must prepare a finalized test plan to the Government. After the contractor has completed the installation and testing of the Information Transport System (ITS), the contractor must submit a test report for all fiber and copper cabling. Acceptance criteria include:

Criteria 1. Perform all required testing to insure minimum performance requirements are met in accordance with TIA-568-C.3/.4.

Criterial 2. The test plan must include, along with all testing system reports, a complete project test summary spreadsheet or CD of each strand with the pass/fail status, and causes for failures along with a total number of connectors installed.

Criterial 3. All failed tests, require the contractor to correct the failures prior to turnover of the installation. Tier 2 testing, data, analysis is required by the government at the contractors expense if Tier 1 testing does not prove adequate for identifying causes of failures, and if the government is responsible for paying for any repairs not within the original scope of contract.

3.6.1. OSP Fiber

Fiber Count: 12 and 144 Fiber Description: OS2 Single Mode (SM) Maximum attenuation: 0.4 db/km Maximum transmission distance: 5km Application: Outside use in ducts and underground conduits

3.6.2. OSP Copper

Performance Level: Category 3 Conductor Gauge: 24 AWG Number of Pairs: 50 Plenum Rated: No Application: Outside use in ducts and underground conduits

3.6.3. Conduit Measuring Tape

Minimum Length: 3000 feet Minimum Tensile Strength: 160 pounds

3.6.4. Pull String

Material: Polypropylene Minimum Size: ¼-in

3.7. Deliverables

3.7.1. Data Sheets / Cut Sheets

OSP Fiber OSP Copper Conduit Measuring Tape Pull String

3.7.2. Testing Results

3.8. CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT REPORTING (CMR)

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains a secure Army data collection site where the Contractor shall report ALL Contractor manpower (including subcontractor manpower) required for performance of this contract. The Contractor shall completely fill in all the information in the format using the following web address https://Contractormanpower.army.pentagon.mil. The required information includes: (1) Contracting Office, Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) or also know as the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR); (2) Contract number, including task and delivery order number; (3) Beginning and ending dates covered by reporting period; (4) Contractor's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of Contractor employee entering data; (5) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-Contractors); (6) Estimated direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including sub-Contractors); (7) Total payments (including sub-Contractors); (8) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by Contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-Contractor if different); (9) Estimated data collection cost; (10) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (the Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the Contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information); (11) Locations where Contractor and sub-Contractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website); (12) Presence of deployment or contingency contract language; and (13) Number of Contractor and sub-Contractor employees deployed in theater this reporting period (by country). As part of its submission, the Contractor shall provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Reporting period shall be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year. Contractors may use a direct XML data transfer to the database server or fill in the fields on the website. The XML direct transfer is a format for transferring files from a Contractor’s system to the secure website without the need for separate data entries for each required data element at the website.

The specific formats for the XML direct transfer may be downloaded from the website.