B01 - RFI - ATTM 0001 - Draft SOW - W91ZLK24R0013 - 14MAR2024.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

(SOW)

Standards and Specifications Subscription Services

Solicitation Number: W91ZLK-24-R-0013

Draft: 14 March 2024

United States Army Futures Command United States Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 210005

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1. BACKGROUND

The U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC), Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) provides research and development that enables the AFC mission to transform the Army to ensure war-winning future readiness.

2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

AFC seeks to enter into a contract consisting of a base year with four (4) one-year options in order to continue to provide a subscription to industry specifications and standards from multiple Standard Developing Organizations (SDOs) . This effort will enable AFC to continue an AFC wide Standards & Specifications Information Solution in order to maintain existing efficiencies and cost savings. Current joint AMC-AFC contract is enterprise wide and made available via a single access portal. In accordance with PL 104-133 sec.12(d)(1), DoD no longer creates and issues standards and specifications, but instead relies on these SDO-issued documents, which makes them necessary, per DoDI 4120.24 and DoDM 4120.24. Compliance with these standards and specifications, many of them DoD approved and adopted, in AFC's research, development, engineering, and testing functions ensures that the materiel AFC is responsible for is sound in terms of professionally accepted standards and specifications. This compliance ensures the sustainability and maintainability of AFC materiel. The following is a list of the necessary SDOs and products, and the number of simultaneous (concurrent) users and sites (locations) for each:

# Simultaneous Users

# Sites PRODUCT

All AFC Locations

999 13 Online Platform access

999 13 Index to Standards

2 13 AIA/NAS: Aerospace Industries Association/National Aerospace Standards (also in 3D) (Current plus Historical)

5 13 ASME with BPVC: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, incl.

Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (Current plus Historical)

3 13 ASQ: American Society for Quality

2 13 ASSP: American Society of Safety Professionals

999 13 ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials (Current plus Historical)

10 13 AWS: American Welding Society

999 13 IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Current plus Historical)

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999 13 IPC: Association Connecting Electronics Industries (formerly Institute for Printed Circuits)

6 13 ISO/ANSI: International Organization for Standardization & American National Standards Institute (Current plus Historical)

10 13 LIA: Laser Institute of America

50 13 Military Standards and Specifications (Current plus Historical)

999 13 NATO Documents

5 13 NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association (Current plus Historical)

10 13 NFPA: National Fire Protection Association

2 13 RTCA: Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics

1000 13 SAE/AMS: Society of Automotive Engineers - Aerospace Material Specifications

3 13 SAE/ARINC: Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated

5 13 SAE: Society of Automotive Engineers (Current plus Historical)

56 13 Parts Database Index

7 13 Parts Database - Electronics

7 13 Parts Database - Electronic Fasteners

56 13 Parts Database - non-electronics n/a n/a Link from Parts Index to Parts Availability Database (for individual sites that subscribe to ILS-Mart)

Limited Sites

# Simultaneous Users

# Sites PRODUCT

3 1 AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

5 2 ASHRE: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers

5 3 CGA: Compressed Gas Association

2 4 IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission

1 1 PIA: Parachute Industry Association (*DEVCOM/SC only)

5 3 TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association

5 4 UL: Underwriters Laboratories

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Provide AFC electronic access to search platform for standards and specifications publications, parts information and lists in order to facilitate AFC’s mission in research, development, testing and lifecycle management, and other requirements as deemed appropriate by AFC. Objective should include current and superseded industry SDOs listed above, but not exclusive to that list, and an index to current and superseded U.S.

Military Standards and Specifications (MIL STDS/SPECS). The ability to provide access to documents from SDOs not on the list on an as needed basis must exist.

4. SPECIFICATIONS

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

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

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

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

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

Ensure website is compliant with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794d).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The contractor shall have the ability to cross reference U.S. MIL STDS/SPECS with industry standards where industry standards have replaced U.S. Government MIL STDS/SPECS as the official military standard. Such cross referencing must be provided by the contractor to enable the end-user to track the history of a U.S. MIL STDS/SPEC in order for the end-user to view obsolete or rescinded U.S. MIL STDS/SPECS.

Supply Chain Information

Life Cycle Management of U.S. Army military equipment requires the procurement of parts. The contractor shall provide parts and logistics data to include parts catalogs and lists with immediate electronic access to facilitate the timely repair and maintenance of equipment in order to maintain the Operational Tempo of the U.S. Army. Parts database shall interface with parts inventory/availability lists from government suppliers and manufacturers.

5. DELIVERABLES

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

The Contractor shall develop and maintain a log detailing what AFC activity accessed the website, details of the origin and requested item. Monthly, or at intervals as required by the Government, the contractor shall provide the log data to the AFC Program Manager.

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

Government MIL STDS/SPECS and Industry standards and specifications held to be current by the Defense Automated Publishing Service.

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

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

6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

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The period of performance shall be a 12-month base period from the date of award an four (4) 12-month option periods.

7. DELIVERY INFORMATION

Inspection and Acceptance Point: Destination

Requiring Activity’s DODAAC: TBD

Shipping Address:

TBD

ATTN: Gloria Miller E-mail: gloria.a.miller.civ@army.mil

8. INVOICING INFORMATION

Inspect DODAAC: TBD Accept DODAAC: TBD mailto:gloria.a.miller.civ@army.mil