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Statement of Work
1. BACKGROUND
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National
Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), provides scientific and
technical leadership for development of environmental satellite services and products.
The NESDIS Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis (OPPA) provides engineering
and program management to small-scale flight projects, domestic and international
partnerships, and data exploitation initiatives. OPPA’s mission is to provide the
leadership, expert engineering, and project management to enable deployment of new
satellite missions necessary to maintain the uninterrupted flow of remotely-sensed
environmental data required to protect life, property, and the environment and to promote
economic well-being. OPPA is responsible for advanced planning and systems
engineering and acquisition activities, including defining user requirements and
developing conceptual engineering design of future satellite systems to meet those
requirements. It manages systems development, and launch services, and launch and
early orbit support to system handover to operations. OPPA cooperates closely with
other NOAA offices, Federal agencies, foreign technical agencies, international scientific
and technical organizations, and constituents in carrying out their responsibilities on
behalf of the American public.
2. SCOPE OF WORK
Work Element 1: Program Management and Scientific Analysis Support
Scope:
OPPA conducts conceptual and preliminary system studies for the evolutionary and
logical growth of the civil operational remote sensing satellite systems (oceanic and
meteorological). It translates remote sensing user requirements into system concept and
system performance objectives and specifications for implementation by the current or
future satellite systems. It provides technical justification for budgetary and
programmatic changes for system growth, and for improvements based on user
requirements and technical feasibility. It plans, provides, and performs technical liaison
with other NESDIS offices, the technical staffs of NASA, Federal and non-Federal user
agencies and groups. It evaluates and recommends system changes (space, sensor, and
ground) that will improve reliability, data thru-put rates, and data and service quality and
utility.
In support of mission requirements, OPPA is tasked with hundreds of formal requests
each year for technical information related to its mission. These requests come from a
wide variety of sources, including the White House, Congress, Department of Commerce,
NOAA Headquarters, other NOAA Line and Program Offices, domestic and foreign
partner agencies (i.e., NASA, EUMETSAT, JAXA), NESDIS HQ, Offices and Centers,
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and the general public. Support is needed to help OPPA management respond to requests
for technical information in an accurate, succinct, and timely manner to help NOAA
management make the right decisions related to mission planning and budgeting, and
mission sustainment. Launch and communications support are needed to help OPPA
ensure it is ready for upcoming mission launches. Communications need to be accurate,
coordinated, and completed in a timely fashion. Further communications and conference
support are needed in planning, execution, and possible attendance of scientific and
technical conferences and activities.
Support is also needed for critical scientific analysis and documentation support to OPPA
strategic and advanced planning, assessment of new technology and requirements,
efficient management of technical action items, and development and updating of
technical documents.
Technical Services Requirements:
The contractor shall plan, investigate and provide scientific analysis of new NASA, DoD,
and other U.S., and foreign satellite capabilities, as requested, that NOAA may leverage
to meet its requirements for Earth and space weather observations. Typical areas that the
Contractor shall provide analysis and/or documentation are:
● NASA Earth Science and Heliophysics satellite missions (Earth Ventures,
Decadal Survey, Earth Science Technology Office, Space Technology Mission
Directorate, NASA Centers (e.g., JPL, Goddard)
● NOAA Technology Demonstrations for Gap Mitigation (e.g., EON-MW, EON-
IR)
● ● Other planned NOAA satellite missions (GPSRO, Solar Wind, CME,
Scatterometry, Altimetry)
● DoD satellite missions (e.g., Altimetry, Ocean Color, Ocean vector winds, low
light imagery, space weather)
The above list contains typical examples. OPPA may require contractor analysis of other
emerging satellite opportunities in the future, which will fall within the same range and
scope of effort as the above list. Working in support of the OPPA managers, the
Contractor shall review and analyze scientific and new technologies and applications of
interest to NOAA-wide observing systems. Duties include assisting with technology
discussions and planning as well as assist with documenting NOAA required studies,
analysis and responses such as response to National Research Council reports.
The contractor shall provide engineering and project management services, including
development or assistance in the development of project documents, and briefings for
programmatic reviews; review and analysis of technical documents.
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The contractor shall also provide technical management support by improving office
productivity through the development, implementation, and monitoring of efficient office
management processes and techniques; track key office technical action items using
standard operating procedures; develop and update administrative plans and documents
as needed; and to lead other routine tasks as necessary to maintain a productive
workplace environment.
Specific activities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
● Lead reporting and communications of action status to OPPA leadership at daily
meetings
● Develop and update OPPA Technical Action Tracker database, provide critical
OPPA action metrics
● Create and maintain technical library that includes all major OPPA briefing and
action responses
● Receive and document all internal and external scientific and technical data
requests for OPPA, control the technical action management process by tracking,
coordinating and consolidating all responses and inputs received from OPPA.
Maintain configuration control of official OPPA responses to incoming NESDIS,
NOAA, OMB, Congressional, and GAO requests.
● Develop, update, and implement standard operating procedures for OPPA action
process, routing procedures, and record keeping.
● Develop communications of highly technical material in layman’s terms
3. IT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
● The contractor shall comply with the IT Security requirements of the Department
of Commerce as outlined in Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR) 1352.239-
72, Security Requirements For Information Technology Resources (April 2010)
● In addition, personnel shall be screened in accordance with the requirements for
High Risk contracts as specified by CAM 1337.70 section 2.2 (Oct 2015);
specifically, in accordance with CAR 1352.237-70, Security Processing
Requirements—High or Moderate Risk Contracts (April 2010). Any access by
contract personnel who are Foreign Nationals shall be in accordance with the
requirements of CAR 1352.237-73, Foreign National Visitor and Guest Access to
Departmental Resources (APR 2010).
The contract shall submit security forms required by CAR clause 1352.237-70 two (2)
weeks prior to each new contract employee’s start of work so that the NOAA staff has
sufficient time to process requests for background checks, NOAA badges, and network
access.
4. DELIVERABLES
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The following deliverables shall be developed in concert with the respective NOAA
managers.
a) OPPA Action Tracker database, developed, maintained, and updated, as directed,
to provide critical OPPA action metrics
b) OPPA technical library, developed, maintained, and updated, as directed, to
include all major OPPA briefing and action responses
c) Communication inputs, such as Story Boards, NESDIS News inputs, as directed,
to address OPPA Communication efforts
d) Satellite mission analysis report, as directed, which consists of a 2-4 page Word
document that describes a research satellite system’s capabilities, potential
benefits to support NOAA operational requirements, and limitations
e) Presentations in power point format, as directed, for all assigned travel or support
to government travel to meetings
f) Input (spreadsheets, budget planning documents, and PowerPoint briefings) to
support OPPA Integration Program, as well as advanced planning, program
definition, and technology assessment functions.
g) Scientific analysis and input to Research to Operations Transition Plans (specific
deliverables and schedules developed per the direction of NOAA managers)
h) Trip report summary for all assigned domestic and international trips
i) Monthly Activity Report, within 5 business days after the end of the accounting
month.
5. TRAVEL
The estimated travel requirements for the Work Element 1 are not to exceed eight
domestic trips.
The contractor shall plan, coordinate and obtain Government approval for all travel. The
contractor shall provide the Government a trip report. At a minimum, the trip report
should be a narrative of the visit’s important events. When multiple contractors from the
same contract travel to the same event, a group trip report will suffice.
6. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
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The services to be provided under this task order shall be performed at NOAA/NESDIS
Headquarters, /or at
contractor designated site.
7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
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