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C-1 GENERAL

C-1.1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

C-1.2. EPG MISSION

C-1.3. OVERVIEW OF EPG ORGANIZATION/FACILITIES/CAPABILITIES

C-1.3.1. General C-1.3.2. Description of Services C-1.3.3. Mission Command and Network Test Directorate C-1.3.3.1. Mission Command & Network System Test Division C-1.3.3.2. Enterprise System & Software Testing Division C-1.3.3.3 Test Analysis Division C-1.3.3.4 C4 Test Bed C-1.3.4 Test Resources & Laboratories Directorate C-1.3.4.1. Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) C-1.3.4.2. Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Test Facility (E3TF) C-1.3.4.3. Antenna Test Facility (ATF) C-1.3.4.4. Environmental Test Facility (ETF) C-1.3.4.5. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) C-1.3.4.6. Search and Rescue Beacon Test Facility C-1.3.4.7. Cyber Security Testing Division C-1.3.4.8. Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Test Division

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C-1.3.5. Staff Support Directorate (SSD) C-1.3.5.1. Meteorological Support C-1.3.5.2. Spectrum Management/Spectrum Monitoring/ Land Mobile Radio (LMR) C-1.3.6. Office of Technology Development C-1.3.6.1. Office of Technology Development – Future and Emerging Requirements C-1.3.6.2. Office of Technology Development – Current Instrumentation C-1.3.6.3. Office of Technology Development – Hardware Design and Development C-1.3.6.4. Office of Technology Development – Instrumentation Training and Support C-1.3.6.5. Office of Technology Development– Configuration Management, Quality Assurance C-1.3.6.6 Office of Technology Development – Software and Hardware Instrumentation C-1.3.7. Office of Chief Information Officer (CIO)

C-2 SPECIFIC TASK DESCRIPTIONS

C-2.1. General

C-2.2. Initial Requirements

C-2.3. Program Management C-2.3.1. Organization C-2.3.2. Staffing Skill Levels and Experience C-2.3.2.1. Skill Levels C-2.3.2.2. Experience C-2.3.2.3. Technical Qualifications

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C-2.3.2.4. Staffing

C-2.4. Task Management

C-2.5. Best Industry Practices

C-2.6. General Test Support C-2.6.1. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) – Integration of Test and M&S C-2.6.2. Test Planning, Execution, and Reporting C-2.6.2.1. Test Plans and Procedures C-2.6.2.2. Document Review and Comment C-2.6.2.3. Test and Inspection Reports C-2.6.2.4. White Paper and Intellectual Property C-2.6.2.5. Test Operating Procedures (TOPs) C-2.6.2.6. Technical Support and Surge Capability C-2.6.2.7. Test Design and Assessment C-2.6.2.8. Test Databases C-2.6.2.9. Test Disclosure

C-2.7. Mission Command and Network Test Directorate C-2.7.1. Special Staffing Requirements

C-2.8. Test Resources and Laboratories Directorate C-2.8.1. C4 Test Bed C-2.8.2. Cybersecurity Testing C-2.8.2.1. Cybersecurity Developmental Test and Evaluation C-2.8.3. Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility 27 C.2.8.3.1. Environmental Effects C.2.8.4. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) C-2.8.4.1. GPS Product Support C-2.8.4.2. Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (COSPAS-SARSAT) Beacon Certification Facility

C-2.8.5. Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) C-2.8.5.1. Specific Staffing Requirements C-2.8.6. Antenna Testing C-2.8.6.1. Specific Staffing Requirements C-2.8.7. Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Test Division

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C-2.8.7.1. Electronic Warfare Developmental Test Support C-2.8.7.2. Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Test Support

C-2.9. Test Support Services C-2.9.1. Data Processing and Analysis

C-2.10. Strategic Marketing

C-2.11. STAFF SUPPORT DIRECTORATE

C-2.11.1. Meteorology C-2.11.2. Motor Pool Operations C-2.11.2.1 Specific Staffing Requirements

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C-2.11.2.2. Test Vehicle Operations C-2.11.2.3. Fleet Vehicle Maintenance C-2.11.2.4 The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS) C-2.11.2.5. Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS)

C-2.11.2.6. VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

C-2.11.3. Facility Engineering and Maintenance Operation and Support C-2.11.3.1 Facility Maintenance Operation Support

C-2.11.4. SECURITY

C-2.11.4.1. Security Requirements C-2.11.4.2. Search and Seizure C-2.11.4.3. Lost and Found Property C-2.11.4.5. Personnel Security Clearances C-2.11.4.6. Classified C-2.11.4.7. Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) C-2.11.4.9. Special Access Programs C-2.11.4.10. Personnel Attestations C-2.11.4.11. Reports of Adverse Information C-2.11.4.12. Installation Access C-2.11.4.12.2 Access into Restricted Areas C-2.11.4.13. Security Identification Badges with Photograph C-2.11.4.14. Common Access Card C-2.11.4.15 Departing Employees C-2.11.4.16 Foreign Nationals/Immigrant Aliens C-2.11.4.17. Safeguarding Government Information and Property C-2.11.4.18. Security Inspections C-2.11.4.19. Control and Accountability of Top Secret Information C-2.11.4.20. Loss or Possible Compromise of Classified Information C-2.11.4.21. Physical Security C-2.11.4.22. Operations Security (OPSEC) Reviews C-2.11.4.23. Photographic and Recording Equipment C-2.11.4.24. Disclosure of Information – Proprietary Information C-2.11.4.25. Personnel Requiring Visit Authorization Request (VAR) C-2.11.4.26. Contractors Authorized to Accompany the Force C-2.11.4.27. Contractor Performance or Delivery in a Foreign Country

C-2.11.5. SAFETY

C-2.11.5.1. Safety and Contractor Acquired Facilities C-2.11.5.2. Responsibilities C-2.11.5.3. Safety and HAZMAT C-2.11.5.3.1. Responsibilities C-2.11.5.4. Safety Policy C-2.11.5.5. Safety Plan and Preparatory Meetings C-2.11.5.6. Medical Surveillance Plan C-2.16.5.7. Safety Procedures C-2.11.5.8. Unsafe Procedures C-2.11.5.9. Safety Training Plan

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C-2.11.5.10. Accident Reporting C-2.11.5.11. Investigation Cooperation C-2.11.5.12. Building Fire Marshal C-2.11.5.13. Accountability C-2.11.5.14. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) C-2.11.5.15. Defibrillators C-2.11.5.16. Emergency Medical Service C-2.11.5.17. Industrial Hygiene C-2.11.5.18. Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) References C-2.1.5.19. Other Applicable Safety Documents, Publications, and References C-2.11.5.20. Environmental Regulatory Requirements C-2.11.5.21. Environmental Coordination C-2.11.5.22. Environmental Contamination C-2.11.5.23. Pollution Prevention C-2.11.5.24. Storm Water Management Plan C-2.11.5.25. Environmental Considerations C-2.11.5.26. Smoking Policy C-2.11.6 Spectrum Management Office (SMO) C-2.11.6.1. Spectrum Management C-2.11.6.2. Spectrum Monitoring C-2.11.6.3. Land Mobile Radio (LMR)

C-2.12. OFFICE of TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT C-2.12.1. Instrumentation and Software Development C-2.12.1.1. Development Priorities C-2.12.1.2. Development Methodologies C-2.12.2. Quality Control/Integration Testing C-2.12.3. Configuration Management C-2.12.4. Tool Documentation/Training

C-2.13. OFFICE of the CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO) C-2.13.1. General Information C-2.13.2 Information Assurance (IA) Requirements C-2.13.3. IT Contractor Employees C-2.13.4. IA Workforce Improvement Program C-2.13.5. Information Assurance (IA)/Information Technology (IT) Training C-2.13.6. Information Assurance (IA)/Information Technology (IT) Certification C-2.13.7. Contractor Employees Requiring Access to Government Information Systems C-2.13.8. SharePoint/ Web Software Development and Maintenance C-2.13.9. System Administration C-2.13.10 Information System Security Manager (ISSM) Support C-2.13.11. Local Area Network (LAN) and TITAN Support

C-2.14. PERSONNEL MANNING

C-2.14.1. General C-2.14.2. Qualifications and Relevance C-2.14.3 Workload Resource Requirements C-2.14.4. Job Description Database

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C-2.14.5. Standards of Conduct C-2.14.5.1 Removal of Personnel C-2.14.5.2. Professional Interactions: Government Civilians, Soldiers, and Other Contractor Personnel 67

C-2.14.5.3. Conflict Resolution C-2.14.6. Technical experts/monitors (TMs) C-2.14.6.1. TMs, Division Chiefs, and test officers (civilians or soldiers) C-2.14.6.2. Authority to Halt Operations C-2.14.6.3. Technical Liaison and Surveillance C-2.14.7. Hazardous Conditions C-2.14.8. Hours of Operation C-2.14.8.1. Scheduled Operations C-2.14.8.2. Test Mission Hours of Operation C-2.14.8.3. Other Hours of Operation C-2.14.8.4. Changes to Hours of Operation C-2.14.8.5. Temporary /Part-time / Surge Support C-2.14.8.6. Host Installation (Base/Post) Closure C-2.14.9. Emergency Plans/Operations C-2.14.10. Green Operations C-2.14.11. Place of Duty C-2.14.11.1. Government Office Space

C-2.15. QUALITY CONTROL

C-2.15.1. Government Inspections, Audits, Surveys, and Requests for Information and Technical Advice 73 C-2.15.1.1. Government Inspections, Audits, and Surveys C-2.15.1.2. Request for Information and Technical Advice C-2.15.2. Internal Control Checklists and Command/IG Inspections C-2.15.3. Files C-2.15.4. Government Quality Assurance C-2.15.5. Performance Evaluation Meetings C-2.15.6. Process Improvement

C-2.16. FINANCIAL TRACKING AND REPORTING

C-2.16.1. Financial Systems

C-2.17. AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (AIS)

C-2.17.1. Use of AIS C-2.17.2. AIS Communication C-2.17.3. Temporary Manual Operation of AIS C-2.17.4. Data Ownership

C-2.18. TRAINING OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

C-2.18.1. Government Funded Training C-2.18.2. Surge Support Training C-2.18.3. Emerging and Unforeseen Requirements Training C-2.18.4. Security Training C-2.18.5. Antiterrorism Level I Training

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C-2.18.6. AT Awareness Training for Contractor Personnel Traveling Overseas C-2.18.7. iWATCH Training C-2.18.8. OPSEC Training

C-2.19. TRAVEL

C-2.19.1. Remote Testing C-2.19.2. Conferences, Meetings, and Workshops C-2.19.3. Travel Time Compensation C-2.19.4. Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Usage C-2.19.5. Overseas Travel C-2.19.5.1. Travel to Germany C-2.19.5.2 Travel to Republic of Korea (ROK) C-2.19.5.3 Travel to Japan C-2.19.5.4. Travel to Southwest Asia C-2.19.5.5. Travel to Central America

C-2.19.5.6. NOTE 1

C-2.19.5.7. NOTE 2

C-2.20. REPORTING

C-2.20.1. Safety Summary C-2.20.2. Accident Reporting C-2.20.2.1. Serious Incident Reporting C-2.20.2.2. Commander’s Critical Information Reporting (CCIR) C-2.20.3. Quality Deficiency Reports C-2.20.4. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Plans C-2.20.5. Engineering Drawings, Associated Lists, and Code C-2.20.6. Organizational Files C-2.20.7. Monthly Activity Reports (MAR) C-2.20.8. Cost Performance Reporting C-2.20.8.1. Labor Charges C-2.20.8.2. Other Direct Costs (ODC) C-2.20.8.3. Travel C-2.20.8.4. Relocation/Recruiting C-2.20.8.5. Fully Burdened C-2.20.9. Cost Reporting Period C-2.20.10. Cost Reporting Accuracy and Completeness C-2.20.11. Preliminary Cost Estimates C-2.20.12. Test Cost Estimates

C-2.21. PERSONNEL REPORTING

C-2.21.1. Contractor Strength C-2.21.2. Personnel Roster C-2.21.3. Personnel Notification Form C-2.21.4. Transition of Personnel C-2.21.5. Surge Support C-2.21.6. Average Labor Rates by Category C-2.21.7. Accountability C-2.21.8. Training Requirements and Reports

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C-2.21.9. Contractor Operated Government Owned or Leased Equipment C-2.21.10. Waiver to Authorized Work Locations C-2.21.11. Data Calls C-2.21.12. Activity Based Costing Data

C-2.22. CONTRACT SURVEILLANCE

C-2.22.1. Accounting for Contractor Support C-2.22.2. On a three month updated basis (on the 5th day of the month following the quarter): .. 90 C-2.22.3. On a six month updated basis C-2.22.4. On yearly updated basis (due 1 June of each year):

C-2.23. RECORDS

C-2.23.1. Record Management C-2.23.2. Contract Data C-2.23.3. Procedures and Processes

C-2.24. CONTRACT CLOSE-OUT AND TRANSITION

C-2.24.1. Phase-In Period C-2.24.2. Property C-2.24.3. Continuity of Operations C-2.24.4. Documentation Transition C-2.24.5. Procurements C-2.24.6. Phase-Out Period

C-2.25. COORDINATION WITH OTHER CONTRACTORS

C-3 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS

C-3.1. DEFINITIONS

C-3.2. ACRONYMS

C-4. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

C-4.1 Government Furnished Property

C-4.2 Incidental Property

C-4.3. Contractor Property

C-4.4. Contractor Responsibility and Accountability of GFP

C-4.5. Property Damage in Conjunction with Accidents

C-4.6 Government Services Administration (GSA) Vehicles C-4.6.1 Government Furnished GSA Leased Vehicles C-4.6.2 User Responsibilities C-4.6.3 User Responsibility for Cleaning Interior and Exterior of GSA Vehicle C-4.6.4 Government Owned Vehicles (GOV) C-4.6.4.1 Government Owned Vehicle (GOV) Issuance to Contractor

C.4.7. SERVICES

C.4.7.1 Facilities C-4.7.2. Contractor Responsibilities in Government Furnished Facilities C.4.7.3. Facilities Maintenance and Repair

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C-4.7.4. Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) C-4.7.5. Load Testing C-4.7.6. Utilities C-4.7.7. Potable Water C-4.7.8. Telephone Service – Land Lines C-4.7.9. Telephones Services C-4.7.10. Network Access C-4.7.11. Refuse Collection C-4.7.12. Custodial Services C-4.7.13. Copying, Printing, and Reproduction C-4.7.14. Insect and Rodent Control C-4.7.15. Fire Protection C-4.7.16. Police Protection C-4.7.17. Mail C-4.7.19. Repair Parts C-4.7.20. Tools C-4.7.21. Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants (POL) C-4.7.22 Warehouse Support C-4.8. Maintenance and Repair

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Section C. Performance Work Statement

C-1 GENERAL

C-1.1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The United States Army Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) is located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, one of Department of Defense’s (DOD) foremost test and training ranges, supporting both military and commercial materiel developers by testing a broad spectrum of equipment throughout its life cycle, from concept through deployment. EPG is a tenant on Fort Huachuca with an area of operation which includes more than 76,000 acres of both public and private lands and the Fort Huachuca Military Installation. EPG has the capacity to extend its testing events into the protected Radio Frequency Environment – the Buffalo Soldier Electronic Testing Range (BSETR) (Arizona Senate Bill 1387 & Army Regulation (AR) 5-12, chap 3-5) comprising 1.6 million acres. Residing outside of the BSETR, EPG has access to additional remote test sites within southern Arizona such as the Wilcox Playa Range comprised of 27 acres and Sunnyside Range Compound comprised of 5 acres with an operating space of approximately 14,000 acres.

There is an ongoing effort to expand up to 200,000 acres. EPG is organized by core competencies, and the contractor shall provide services to the following competencies as part of an integrated team: distributed network systems testing, cybersecurity, enterprise system testing, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3), including electromagnetic interference / electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC), TEMPEST and antenna testing; environmental effects; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), electronic warfare, and sensors;

strategic development; spectrum/frequency management; information assurance, logistics, safety/security, and technical reporting. Additional competencies include developmental, integrated, and operational intelligence and electronic warfare software, and biometric testing.

C-1.2. EPG MISSION

The mission of EPG is to plan, conduct, analyze and report the results of developmental testing in direct support of Army Futures Command through rigorous testing, while continuing to support Program Executive Office’s and industry partners ensuring Soldiers receive systems that enable mission accomplishment on the battlefield. EPG also supports Operational Tests (OT) and rapid initiative, technical, or customer test and evaluations in support of our Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), Network, Electronic Warfare (EW) customers. To fulfill this mission EPG provides quality, efficient, timely, value added test services that support the acquisition process, provide comprehensive test and evaluation data products and performance information to its customers.

EPG’s customers are Army program executive offices, program, project, and product managers, evaluators, acquisition decision makers, and those supporting the Soldier directly.

C-1.3. OVERVIEW OF EPG ORGANIZATION/FACILITIES/CAPABILITIES

C-1.3.1. General

This is a non-personal services contract to provide personnel, management, transportation, tools, material, and equipment (except as specified herein as Government-furnished) to perform non-personal scientific and engineering support services. These services shall include planning, 10 | P a g e engineering, test design and analysis, software and hardware development, and support of testing activities conducted by the EPG. Intrinsic test services functions comprise: data collection, reduction and processing: compilation, review and reporting; technical writing; help desk/computer operations; and typing and editing of Government correspondence and technical reports on a wide variety of automotive, military, electronic, general equipment, and software materiel undergoing extensive testing. The services shall be performed to support the EPG mission and at EPG site locations or as otherwise directed, to include Continental/Contiguous United States (CONUS), Outside of Continental/Contiguous United States (OCONUS) and on occasion within war zones. The primary place of contract performance in support of this contract is Fort Huachuca, Arizona with contingent support from Fort Hood, Texas; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and various CONUS and OCONUS Temporary Duty (TDY) locations. The contractor shall perform to the standards and specifications set forth in the contract.

C-1.3.2. Description of Services

The contractor shall provide non-personal services and supervision in support of the various mission areas that are detailed by the existing EPG organizational structure (i.e., Directorates and Divisions). A variety of services will be required to support the EPG mission areas. Major support will be comprised of C4ISR testing functions, instrumentation development support, logistics and infrastructure support.

C-1.3.3. Mission Command and Network Test Directorate

EPG supports requirements definition, planning, test design support, test execution, data collection, reduction, analysis, and reporting for legacy and new C4 technologies system evaluations including: lab tests, field tests, and large scale, geographically distributed system of systems tests. The EPG Open Air Range (OAR) is an expansive, instrumented range. The OAR provides complete end-to-end test support for Army and other DOD agencies. The OAR is unique within the DOD because of its naturally quiet electromagnetic environment, its unique specialized facilities, its close relationship with the Army Intelligence training community, and its ability to use the expansive real estate of southern Arizona. A mix of live and virtual instrumentation and assets are employed across a backbone network to immerse military systems in a realistic electromagnetic environment. Another distinct advantage of the OAR’s location is the collocation with the DoD Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), the US Army Operational Test Command (OTC) Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate (IEWTD), and the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM).

C-1.3.3.1. Mission Command & Network System Test Division

The Mission Command and Network Systems Division performs the majority of the open-air C4 testing for EPG. This division performs developmental and customer tests, and regularly provides support to C4 operational tests. Testing is done from individual component level up to integrated C4 systems incorporating many of the components of the Army’s integrated tactical network. The following EPG capabilities are typically employed and contribute to successful C4ISR testing:

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• Test Control Center (TCC)

• Emulated Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Environment (ESE)

• Test Instrumentation/Test Analysis Network (TITAN)

• Current Force (CF) Tactical Operations Center (TOC)

• Meteorological (MET) Weather Center

• Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) Node

• Information Operations Node

C-1.3.3.2. Enterprise System & Software Testing Division

The Division specializes in enterprise software testing. The team consists of engineers, computer scientists, system administrators, network administrators and operations research personnel that execute usability, reliability, interface, scalability, accessibility, functional, performance and exploratory testing. Division employs latest proven commercial utilities to automate and simplify data collection, processing and reporting to address evolving and increasing complex enterprise systems. The Division’s collaboration with Army Evaluation Center has strengthened ATEC’s enterprise assessments. Team authors test operating procedures that are published to the Defense Technical Information Center, which is the repository for research and engineering information for the U.S. Department of Defense. Division focuses on early engagement with Program Executive Officers to ensure comprehensive and integrated development testing support. Team adapt to changing test requirements and emerging technologies where traditional test practices have proved to be inadequate. Division leverages expertise across organization to ensure that the right assets are deployed to provide the best customer experience.

C-1.3.3.3 Test Analysis Division

The Test Analysis Division is responsible for reducing and analyzing data from any of the test missions in EPG. The Test Analysis Division uses a variety of commercial and in-house-developed tools to process data from the raw-collection format to a final product needed by the customer. Rapid feed-back to the test team is important to ensure any instrumentation or test-related issues are addressed rapidly. This division supports or leads the Data Authentication Groups whose purpose is to ensure data used for analysis correctly represents the system under test.

C-1.3.3.4 C4 Test Bed

The test bed provides a relevant environment/venue to assess emerging and legacy C4I technologies. It also provides a technical setting to plan, conduct, analyze, and provide technical tests for C4I systems, system-of-systems and associated networks including: commercial, tactical, terrestrial, satellite, radio equipment, and systems. Efforts also include Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) networks, vehicles, soldier systems, and antennas in either an open, closed, or distributed network. The test bed offers mobile and fixed site Tactical Operations Centers (TOCs) with distributive testing capability.

Specific testing capability include desensitization, co-site, communications range, communications performance, and beta lab testing for customer applications providing end-to-end tactical communications test capabilities to support multiple programs. Additional capabilities exist to flexibly configure

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Battalion, Brigade, or Division echelons for programs such as Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit (HMS), Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio (MNVR), Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), and Consolidated Single Channel Handheld Radio (CSCHR). Test Bed technical experts have provided design and fabrication of specialized cables, test fixtures, mechanical prototypes, and electronic test aids as needed.

C-1.3.4 Test Resources & Laboratories Directorate

C-1.3.4.1. Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3)

EPG performs the full range of C4IE3 testing, provides solutions to C4IE3 problems, and provides technical consultation to the US Army, DOD, and other government agencies. Test experience includes all phases of the acquisition cycle to include, early research and development through system deployment and modification stages. Testing abilities include the following:

• Military standard electromagnetic interference (EMI)

• Military standard electromagnetic capability (EMC)

• Open-air electromagnetic susceptibility

• Open-air E3

• Open-air electric-field (E-field) measurements and mapping

C-1.3.4.2. Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Test Facility (E3TF)

The E3TF is comprised of a 13,100 square foot building in a secure 270,400 square foot compound. As an adjunct to the E3TF, there is a transmitter site outside the compound area that extends from the E3TF into Blacktail Canyon and the Smoke Week compound that can be used as an extended EMC test site or staging area. The E3TF is equipped with the permanent infrastructure and instrumentation to perform the full range of C4IE3 testing; this includes 2 anechoic chambers, both with 120 decibels (dB) of RF isolation, one capable of holding an AH- 64 Apache helicopter, without the blades, and the other capable of holding a 5-ton truck with an S280 shelter. There are two other large anechoic chambers; one has 100 dB of RF isolation and the other has 90 dB of RF isolation. All four chambers include shielded control rooms for instrumentation and personnel. E3TF test capabilities include Military Standard (MIL-STD)-461, MIL-STD-462, MIL-STD-464, RTCA/DO-160, ADS-37, NACSIM-5100A, NACSEM-5112, NTISSAM 1-91, NTISSAM 1-92, and KAG-30. E3TF testing includes:

E3/EMI/EMC/TEMPEST, bench tests, platform tests, MANPRINT/RAM, environmental, software testing, systems (airborne, ground, waterborne, C4, GPS/navigation, and distributed), system-of-system (SoS), information assurance, exploitation testing, single system testing, and interoperability testing.

The EPG E3TF is the Army’s TEMPEST tester. Engineers and technicians conduct and evaluate Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Capability (EMC), and TEMPEST tests.

Performance anomalies and issues are investigated, impacts described, and recommendations/solutions identified and provided. E3TF subject matter experts (SMEs) also serve as technical consultants to project managers, to review and/or monitor tests and test documentation, either conducted by vendors or other Government agencies, and to conduct

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C-1.3.4.3. Antenna Test Facility (ATF)

The US Army Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) ATF is used to conduct tests of antenna systems in the near- and far- field, and also supports testing of direction finding and emitter identification systems. Antenna characteristics are conducted by measuring radiation patterns or system responses of antennas and antenna systems that are mounted or free-standing. The facility consists of four Antenna Pattern Measurement systems: a 75-foot radius vertical Arc Range, a Low Observable Tower (100-foot Red and White nonmetallic tower), a Compact Antenna Test Range and a newly added Small Arc. The ATF is located on over 200 acres, which is suited and instrumented to perform direction finding and emitter identification measurements. Further, the vast real estate and remoteness of the East Range make possible the outdoor measurement necessary to reliably test the lower frequency spectrum. Capable of supporting the frequency range of 10MHz-18MHz. The personnel at the ATF have responsibility for test project management, to include overall test planning, test design, data measurement and collection, analysis, and reporting.

C-1.3.4.4. Environmental Test Facility (ETF)

EPG has conducted environmental tests on handheld, soldier worn and vehicular based C4ISR systems since 1958 based on the life-cycle process in simulated environments. EPG’s Environmental Test Facility (ETF) capabilities include various climatic chambers and instrumentation suites. EPG conducts MIL-STD-810 environmental tests. The ETF can provide effects of all major climatic extremes and a wide range of dynamic tests leveraging climatic chambers and vibration platforms: temperature; humidity; combined temperature and humidity;

combined temperature, humidity, and altitude; rain; solar radiation; blowing sand and dust; salt and fog; fresh and sea water immersion testing; and explosive atmosphere testing. The facilities are capable of supporting dynamic testing including sinusoidal and random vibration, shock, loose cargo, vehicle bounce, and bench handling. Four Advisory Group on Reliability of Electronic Equipment (AGREE) chambers provide capabilities for combined climatic dynamic for reliability testing. An in-house microbiology lab provides all necessary support to conduct fungus testing. The facility has an automated digital control and monitoring system for all chambers. Further capabilities include a deep immersion testing chamber (fresh and sea water) and rapid decompression, contamination by fluids, fire suppression system analysis, battery explosive containment analysis, and vehicle combat drop measurements. The ETF test chambers and equipment also require intensive maintenance programs in which the contractor fills a substantial role.

C-1.3.4.5. Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

The GPS Tactical Navigation Test Bed (GPSTB) provides hardware-in-the-loop and field testing of military GPS receivers and position, navigation and timing (PNT) systems. EPG's conducts MIL-STD-810 environmental tests, MIL-STD-461 electromagnetic interference (EMI) & electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests, reliability demonstration tests, open-air and simulated electronic warfare, live sky and simulated environment GPS receiver performance

14 | P a g e characterization, antenna pattern measurements, and other testing requested by customers which include the GPS Directorate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Product Manager- PNT (PM-PNT), as well as commercial customers. The GPSTB utilizes a suite of sophisticated GPS constellation simulators for laboratory performance testing. Portable GPS data loggers have been developed to allow recording of performance data from GPS receivers under test and data collection/reduction tools enable the processing of GPS performance data from singular or multiple units. Portable electronic warfare assets are developed, maintained and regularly used in field tests at locally and at other test ranges (by EPG operators on safari) jammers support electronic warfare (EW) testing. These test tools require regular updates and maintenance to keep pace with emerging technology. EPG also provides logistics support to PM-PNT for tracking, distribution and maintenance of test articles and test support accessories. This includes a wide inventory of DAGR receivers and accessories.

Contract requirements will encompass operation of various commercial and military GPS receivers, operation and development of custom data collection and data reduction systems, operation of test instrumentation to include but not limited to the following: oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal analyzers, precision network analyzers, vector signal generators, power meters, and multi-meters. The contractor shall also support testing of embedded GPS systems performed by other EPG facilities and test directorates. The contractor shall assist with preparation of frequency clearances for field jamming events, develop GPS simulator scenarios, and coordinate calibration of instrumentation.

C-1.3.4.6. Search and Rescue Beacon Test Facility

EPG is the only lab in the Western Hemisphere, and one of five sites in the world, that is approved to test the Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (COSPAS-SARSAT) distress beacons. The expertise required to support COSPAS-SARSAT testing is very specialized and is provided by EPG's GPS Lab directly and in concert with support from EPG’s ETF. Through this synergy common, cross-trained resources support beacon testing as well as GPS based systems. The test results from EPG are delivered to the COSPAS-SARSAT Secretariat from which a Type Approval Certification (TAC) is granted to use the beacon. COSPAS-SARSAT testing applies to all beacon types and protocols (user and location) and includes GPS/data simulation for testing self-locating beacons, antenna characterization tests, and system characterization tests. In addition to COSPAS-SARSAT testing EPG provides direct program support to the Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) joint program office. CSEL lab personnel test components of the system which includes a hand-held radio (HHR), radio loading equipment, four Ultra-High Frequency Base Stations (UBS), and workstations installed in rescue coordination centers.

The contractor shall provide operation, measurement, data collection/reduction and test measurement instrumentation & software development support applicable to testing CSEL and commercial and military COSPAS-SARSAT distress beacons.

C-1.3.4.7. Cyber Security Testing Division

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EPG has a test capability to perform developmental testing of offensive and defensive cyber warfare products. The Cyber Warfare Test Division conducts developmental testing of:

• DoD and non-DoD systems, system-of-systems, networks, software and firmware,

• Emerging network effects products,

• Evolving cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures, and

• Virtualization of cyber warfare operational environment.

Through the EPG Information Assurance Cyber Integrated Test System (IA CITS), testers can configure resources to support the needs of individual exercises and events. This flexibility includes details such as traffic generation, threat injection, operating system types, patch levels, enclave machines and network services. This environment also permits the testing, evaluation and interoperability assessment of enterprise information assurance devices and applications.

The IA CITS enables an integrated system and system-of-system (SoS) test process which provides an effective and efficient Information Assurance Test and Evaluation (IAT&E) methodology for military weapon systems that include Information Technology items. This SoS comprises a total network consisting of all the interconnected computer systems, communication systems, and network components within some logical boundary, such as a division’s control or the boundaries of an exercise/experiment.

The IA CITS team provides subject matter expertise in the areas of DOD 8500 Risk Management Framework (RMF) control measures, demographics, technical training and assessment, certification and accreditation, and vulnerability assessment. The IA and cybersecurity T&E methodology provides much of the essential vulnerability information by fulfilling the IA requirements with the following regulations, pamphlets, and instructions: AR 25-2- Information Assurance; AR 380-53- Security Monitoring; DODD 8500.1; and Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 8510.01 - DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) process.

All personnel shall meet the minimum qualifications standards including: Army IA Manager Qualifications; Vulnerability Scanning Knowledge and Expertise; CISSP Certification; RMF Knowledge and Expertise; Certified Ethical Hacker; IASO; Security+; SA/NM; GIAC; CCNE;

A+Core; Impact Training; TSMO NETT Training; Army Level 3 Systems Administration and Computer Network defense; and 8570.1M Training Requirements Level 2 Technical or Managerial. Testing includes vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and an in-house IA laboratory with reconfigurable capacity.

C-1.3.4.8. Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Test Division (EW&ISR)

The Electronic Warfare and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (EW & ISR) Division conducts customer and developmental testing, and supports Operation tests of tactical aerial and ground ISR, EW, and intelligence processing and reporting systems. The Division also tests military training systems and device to include training range communication systems, combat training devices and multiple laser integrated engagement systems (MILES). The Division

16 | P a g e supports predominately Army PEOs, but also supports other military service’s testing by providing signals, threat sources, spectrum and signal monitoring, and radio frequency measurements. The testing is conducted on Fort Huachuca, Arizona at the Buffalo Soldier Electronic Test Range or Sunny Side Range; at other MRTFB locations or other CONUS locations. The Division has responsibility for test project management, to include overall test planning, test design, data collection and reporting.

C-1.3.5. Staff Support Directorate (SSD)

The EPG Staff Support Directorate provides a staff/command presence for liaison relationships with Fort Huachuca, external organizations, and headquarters elements. The Command Staff develops and maintains Command policies and memorandums, training programs, and conducts operations management. Functions include: operations, safety, health, security, environmental risk, logistics and command engineers, equipment management, property book administration, motor pool, training, Public Affairs Office, protocol, purchasing, spectrum management, tower inspection/maintenance, and range management to support EPG’s test officers in accomplishing their test missions.

C-1.3.5.1. Meteorological Support

In support of testing across the vast ranges of Ft. Huachuca, EPG provides support to maintain, operate, calibrate and inventory the Surface Automated MET System (SAMS) Data Collection Towers (DCTs) and MET Sensors. Under limited supervision, the primary responsibilities of the MET Technician are to participate in assignments such as designing, building, installing, maintaining, operating, calibrating, evaluating and inventorying of equipment composing a complex weather data collection system. The MET technician also captures upper air sounding data and support various MET tracking systems. Due to the small team composition and technical level of instrumentation involved, the Technician must exercise independent judgment in resolving maintenance and operational problems in connection with systems, subsystems, and components involving equipment installation.

C-1.3.5.2. Spectrum Management/Spectrum Monitoring/ Land Mobile Radio (LMR)

The EPG Spectrum Management Office (SMO) capability is essential to both EPG and the Fort Huachuca Garrison as it coordinates radio frequency (RF), electromagnetic spectrum, communication needs and scheduling across multiple organizations to include the installation as required. The SMO is responsible for obtaining, managing, coordinating, monitoring and granting access to and maximum utilization of the electromagnetic spectrum resources for EPG and on the Buffalo Soldier Electronic Test Range (BSETR). The SMO will validate, control, protect, justify, account for, and defend the electromagnetic environment for all operations and is the single test range focal point for all range electromagnetic spectrum access requirements. The SMO provides technical, regulatory, procedural guidance and resolves electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) issues. The SMO is also the single focal point for all internal/external coordination with the government and civil authorities that may be necessary to preclude or resolve test range EMI/EMC conflicts.

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C-1.3.6. Office of Technology Development

C-1.3.6.1. Office of Technology Development – Future and Emerging Requirements

The contractor shall participate in research and development of technology requirements, acquisition, and integration. Contractor performs System Engineering functions for EPG to ensure standardization and compliance with appropriate C4I architectures. Contractor shall be responsible for research and development of technical areas pertinent to the EPG mission, leveraging open source, Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) products/capabilities as integrated components to EPG software and hardware capabilities.

Additionally, the contractor and Government team coordinates the development and implementation of new technologies that support EPG’s strategic goals and objectives for technical modernization and advancement. The team addresses immediate technology needs or the development/acquisition of capabilities to respond to longer term technical requirements.

Activities include supporting the government performing technical analysis of emerging requirements and documenting impacts/implications of these requirements on present or planned capabilities. Further, strategic investment planning also includes the prioritization of EPG’s Technology Development Acquisition Program (TDAP), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and Military Construction, Army (MCA) projects.

C-1.3.6.2. Office of Technology Development – Current Instrumentation

The Test Technology team is responsible for instrumentation development, design and deployment. As such, computer science and engineering professionals are responsible for developing technical approaches for all Software (SW) and Hardware (HW) projects that support testing and for producing program management plans for each project. The joint Government and contractor team develop and distribute test instrumentation in the six focus areas: (1) Test Planning, Control and Monitoring; (2) Data Reports and Analysis; (3) Data Collection and Reduction; (4) Stimulation/Simulation; (5) Timing/Global Positioning System (GPS)/Electromagnetic (EM); and (6) Data Management. EPG keeps pace with leading edge technologies in C4ISR, networks and electronic system testing and other focal areas in accordance with (IAW) the EPG Strategic Plan and objectives.

Based on customer requirements, research, planning, and strategic direction, the development team initiates and develops software test capabilities to address four testing areas: (1) Functional testing; (2) Interface/Integration testing; (3) Performance testing/Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM); and (4) Security/Safety testing. The simulation/stimulation and data collection components of EPG instrumentation rely on expertise that historically resides across all offices/sites within the Command. The instrumentation is very specialized and focused on very unique C4ISR military capabilities that require knowledge and expertise in the field of military messaging, command echelon, military C4ISR systems. All software must meet cyber security requirements identified in the Risk Management Framework (RMF).

Phoenix Architecture is an overarching structure that integrates all of EPG’s capabilities across six functional areas providing seamless communication and efficient data exchange: Test

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Planning, Data Reduction and Stimulation, Data Reduction and Analysis, Status and Control, Data Management, and Visualization and Reporting. Phoenix is EPG’s core capability and the instrumentation is used across ATEC to support all of the test centers in the area of C4 testing.

Test Technology is an area that requires substantial investment and intellectual capital. Due to the emerging technologies being integrated into modern-day and future military communication systems and electronic devices, EPG requires support from a variety of sources. Contractor shall coordinate work requirements with other specialty vendors with which EPG contracts for delivery of developmental and emerging technology products. Additionally, EPG requires contract support to adapt to and implement current industry best practices in software development methodologies and processes. For instance, Scrum is an iterative and incremental Agile software development framework for managing software projects, product, and application development. Contractor shall provide the applicable training required to adopt emerging methodologies given a 30 calendar day notification by the Contracting Officer’s Representative

(COR).

Instrumentation development requirements include research, user applications, network services, embedded solutions, legacy system support, as well as modeling and simulation. Unit, functional, system, and acceptance testing shall be based on user stories, test case development, and reports on test results. Regression testing is critical, especially in EPG’s dynamic environment where customer requirements often require customized or unique solutions that cannot impact or compromise the overall capability set of the instrumentation suite. EPG has various guidelines, plan, and process documents by which the contractor shall comply and perform these various functions.

C-1.3.6.3. Office of Technology Development – Hardware Design and Development

The Test Technology Design and Development (T2D2) Lab initiates, develops, and distributes EPG hardware test instrumentation. The Hardware Development team contributes to the design, development and fabrication of specialized electronic test equipment and associated software/firmware. T2D2 synthesizes new technologies to meet the demanding needs of the test officer conducting tests on cutting edge C4I systems.. Additionally, the team provides specialized hardware in support of tests.

C-1.3.6.4. Office of Technology Development – Instrumentation Training and Support

The EPG Instrumentation Training and Integration team is responsible for conducting training on new and upgraded software and hardware instrumentation capabilities. Training curriculum and media shall be suitable and appropriate for staff familiarity, general user capability, super user capability, detailed operator capability, and specific or general customer capabilities using various training methodologies: demonstrations and technology briefings; Computer Based Training (CBT); hands-on training; and by maintaining a ‘hotline’ for access to technical support for instrumentation and test capability troubleshooting/issue resolution.

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C-1.3.6.5. Office of Technology Development– Configuration Management, Quality Assurance

EPG requires unified guidance that assures management and customers that verified and validated test tools have been tightly coupled to requirements throughout the lifecycle with clear guidelines leading to acceptance testing. The SW employed at EPG for testing C2 systems are function focused, and therefore require levels of agility and adaptability that are not often required in the commercial or DOD Program of Record (POR) environments. Various requirements to support the EPG Configuration Management and Quality Assurance Plan (CMQAP) include system engineering, configuration management, customer acceptance testing, and quality assurance reviews and assessments. The CMQAP addresses the development, adaptation, modification, management and especially verification and validation (V&V) throughout the entire lifecycle. The Quality Assurance team analyzes organizational, testing, or developmental issues that require resolution, policy, or standards to be developed. Tying requirements to products is performed by the customer acceptance team. During acceptance testing, the team reviews the software requirements, reviews results of test cases, defines standards for user documentation, and assures customer of release that meets their specific requirements. The configuration management team manages versioning and releases, enforces CM policy and procedures, and provides customer liaison support for technical troubleshooting.

CM also tracks all instrumentation hardware and issues it to the Test Officers with the latest software releases. The Quality Assurance team verifies all instrumentation before it is issues to support a test. Finally, the Quality Assurance team performs audits and reviews, collaborates and coordinates with the development community to implement a constant focus on quality improvement, and leverages appropriate quality management tools to document and report on quality assurance results. EPG has various plan and process documents by which the contractor shall comply and perform these various functions.

C-1.3.6.6 Office of Technology Development – Software and Hardware Instrumentation

EPG conducts bench tests, lab tests, field tests, and large-scale, geographically distributed systems of systems tests. EPG employs a mix of live and simulated instrumentation and assets.

EPG uses various types of instrumentation as the primary means of data collection, and to stimulate or simulate specific environments, conditions or specific signals to support the mission.

C-1.3.7. Office of Chief Information Officer (CIO)

The Office of the CIO is responsible for the installation, maintenance, and management of all Information Technology (IT) and Information Assurance (IA) equipment, processes, and accreditations within EPG.

To successfully support EPG’s mission, the CIO requires the ability to rapidly move, store, and retrieve data from a wide variety of sources and locations in a highly reliable and secure manner.

The CIO requires a high level of technical expertise, flexibility, and depth of professional and technical expertise in order to meet its mission goals and objectives. A technical staff capable of modifying and operating sophisticated information management systems in a timely and cost-

20 | P a g e efficient manner is required to meet the needs of EPG. To further this end, the contractor shall support IT, IA, System Administration, Network Administration, Cabling, SharePoint/Development, Web, Cybersecurity, and Video Teleconference (VTC) efforts within the Office of the CIO.

C-2 SPECIFIC TASK DESCRIPTIONS

C-2.1. General

The Contractor shall furnish all scientific, engineering, technical, administrative, operation, maintenance, spectrum management office support, tower maintenance support and support services necessary for the performance of the PWS and IAW priorities and applicable mandatory directive…