Statement of Work

# **Scope**

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This Statement of Work (SOW) delineates the Contractor tasks necessary
to perform engineering support services required for the operation of
Air Traffic Control (ATC) Simulations and Research for the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA Simulation Group, ACB-860). These services
include software engineering, software and hardware maintenance, and
operational support for the Target Generation Facility (TGF), Human
Factors Laboratory (RDHFL) and the computer systems laboratories with
which it interfaces. ACB-860 maintains a computer based ATC simulator
used for dynamic, controller-in-the-loop simulation of ATC scenarios in
both the enroute and terminal area environments. The TGF in installed at
the FAA Technical Center (FAATC).

# **Background**

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ACB-860 provides real time capabilities necessary for Operational Test
and Evaluation(OT&E) of National Airspace System (NAS) ATC systems prior
to field implementation. In addition, ACB-860 is used for capacity based
and human factors related experiments. The TGF provides radar data,
scenario generation and data link capability. The TGF simulates the
number and mix of aircraft projected for the NAS environment, multiple
sectors, interactive pilot consoles, and scenarios that reflect wind and
precipitation conditions. Simulated aircraft position data are
dynamically generated for aircraft traversing existing or hypothetical
geographical areas and are subsequently transformed into rho-theta
coordinates representing radar and beacon returns for each radar being
simulated. All phases of an aircraft\'s flight, from departure through
arrival, including individual pilot/aircraft responses, are simulated.
Aircraft position data are used as input to tests that may involve Air
Traffic Controllers. The Controller has voice communications with the
simulated aircraft under control through simulator pilots. The simulator
pilots respond to the ATC clearances issued by the controllers and
control the movements of the simulated aircraft.

# **General Requirements**

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The mission of ACB-860 at the FAATC is to provide a realistic, real time
ATC simulation capability with which current and advanced air traffic
control systems and concepts can be tested, evaluated, and refined.

## 3.1 System Development, Maintenance and Operations {#system-development-maintenance-and-operations .unnumbered}

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The contractor shall be responsible for the full range of system
development activities for ACB-860. This includes requirements
definition, specification development, implementation, test planning,
testing, and documentation. These activities may be associated with the
rewrite of existing programs or for the development of new programs such
that maximum efficiency and quality can be achieved in the TGF
activities at the FAATC.

The contractor shall be responsible for the maintenance, operation and
enhancement of ACB-860 software.

The contractor shall be responsible for the maintenance, operation and
enhancement of the RDHFL Display Laboratory System

The contractor shall be responsible for the maintenance, operation and
enhancement of external laboratory interfaces. ACB-860 interfaces with
several ATC laboratories at the FAATC, as well as remote sites such as
the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City OK. The contractor shall be responsible
for providing the necessary adaptation and configuration of these
systems for the purpose of simulations.

The contractor shall be responsible for the maintenance, operation and
enhancement of ACB-860 Development and Support computer workstations and
peripheral devices. Currently the Development and Support system
consists primarily of Sun SPARC and 3/80 UNIX-based workstations,
servers and peripheral devices.

## 3.2 Modeling, Experiment Design, Conduct and Analysis {#modeling-experiment-design-conduct-and-analysis .unnumbered}

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The Contractor shall be responsible for the analytical and modeling
activities associated with fulfilling the ACB-860 mission. The
Contractor shall analyze real-world air traffic functions that are to be
represented in the in ACB-860. The results of these analyses shall then
be applied to efficiently implement cost-effective, valid
representations in ACB-860. Activities shall also include the design of
experiments and the analysis of results. These activities encompass the
determination of experiment objectives, postulation of experiment
hypotheses, determination of the type, quality and quantity of data
required and the definition of the analyses that will be applied to the
data to meet the experiment objectives. The conduct of experiments
requires the contractors to plan experiment activities, provide quality
assurance of the experiment data, adjust the experiment design or
experiment activities as required, and provide any other support which
insures that the experiment objectives are being met.

# **Other Requirements**

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The contractor shall be responsive to the mission requirements of
ACB-860. Responsiveness is measured by the contractor's ability to
understand new requirements, timely response of task management plans,
quick reaction staffing, timely completion of all deliverables and
quality products.

The contractor shall be knowledgeable of En-route and terminal air
traffic control systems, procedures and facilities.

The Contractor shall work closely with, or independently of, FAA staff;
whichever arrangement best meets FAA requirements. In order to permit
close coordination with Technical Center personnel and to insure timely
response to urgent task requirements, contractor personnel assigned to
perform under the terms of these tasks shall be resident at the
Technical Center, unless specific approval for off-site work is granted
by the Contracting Officer.

Additional tasks may be added at the discretion of the CO and
COTR/DOCOTR.

# **Schedule**

The period of performance of this indefinite delivery, indefinite
quantity time and materials delivery order is 5 years. The
minimum-ordering obligation shall be 1,000 hours. The maximum ordering
obligation shall be 18,400 hours.

See attached Cost Worksheet for schedules and labor categories.

#  **Deliverables**

The Contractor shall provide support to the FAA in the writing and/or
reviewing of FAA program documentation. All documents prepared by the
Contractor shall be on the behalf of the FAA and the Contractor may not
independently publish or distribute any document without prior written
permission from the COTR/DOCOTR. The Contractor shall review and provide
written comments on the technical accuracy and completeness of each
document. No documents, reports, information, etc. may be released to
the public or provided to any party other than the FAA and it's
contractors without written approval of the COTR/DOCOTR.

The Contractor shall provide status reports, progress reports, quarterly
reviews, and other deliverables as required in a format proposed by
Contractor and agreed to by the Government, detailing major activities,
accomplishments, resources utilized and problem areas pertaining to the
reporting period and plans for upcoming reporting period.

The following deliverables shall be provided. Some due dates may be
dependent on system development contractor milestones. All references to
days are in calendar days.

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  **[ITEM]{.underline}**                   **[DUE DATE]{.underline}**

  Reports on Reviews/Meetings/Trips        7 days after Review/Meeting/
                                           Trip

  Oral/Written Status Reports              Weekly

  Written Progress Reports                 Monthly

  Comments on project documentation        As per project CDRL

  Special Reports (as needed)              As required

  Test Plans                               As required

  Test Procedures                          As required

  Test Scenarios                           As required

  Test Reports                             Quick Look 7 days, Final 30
                                           days

                                           
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NOTE: Some due dates may be dependent on program office milestones. The
COTR/ DOCOTR will advise the contractor when dates require adjustment.

# **Travel**

Travel is estimated to be six percent (6%) of the total estimated labor
dollar value for the 5-year performance period.

Travel shall be required to locations defined in 3.1. All travel shall
have prior authorization of the FAA Supervisor and the DOCOTR/COTR. The
contractor is reminded that this further defines [Part I, Section G.5
(Travel)]{.underline} of the contract award document.

# **Contract Administration**

The contractor shall submit invoices to the government as specified in
[Part I - Section G.2 (Invoice and Billing Instructions)]{.underline} of
the contract award document with the original directed to ACX-32, one
copy to the COTR, one copy to the DOCOTR and one copy to Administrative
Contract Officer (ACO). All submitted invoices shall contain information
as specified in [Section G.2, paragraph a]{.underline}.

The contractor shall submit a monthly progress report as defined in
[Part I - Section F.5 Monthly Progress Reports and Financial Summary
Report]{.underline} of the contract award document.

Any change in subcontractor support shall be coordinated with the CO and
the COTR/DOCOTR prior to implementation.

#  **Other Direct Costs (ODCs)**

ODCs are estimated to be one percent (1%) of the total estimated labor
dollar value for the 5-year performance period.

The contractor shall bill for ODCs as defined in [Part I - Section G.6
Other Direct Costs.]{.underline}

# **Government Furnished Property**

The contractor shall administer all government property as defined in
[Part I, Section G.13 Government Property Reports]{.underline}.

# **Personnel Requirements**

The Contractor is responsible for providing personnel with technical
expertise to meet specific requirements of the tasks outlined in this
SOW.

#  **Work Oversight**

The contractor shall have a task leader to supervise the contractor
personnel as needed. The Contractor's Task Leader shall discuss and
coordinate workload and job scheduling priorities with a government
representative. The Government Representative will be responsible for
providing the work orders to the Task Leader and will identify technical
requirements for the contractor to meet the mission of the client
agency. The contractor's Task Leader shall insure that the contractor
personnel provide quality deliverables as required and according to
schedule.

The Task Leader will also insure that contractor employees are aware of,
understand and abide by the client agency's established operational and
safety rules, regulations and work practices.

Contractor personnel are required to work a minimum of 40 hours per
week. Additional hours may be required to support test, legacy system
maintenance, and configuration management activities.

# **Security**

The Contractor shall follow the Security requirements as defined in
[Part I, Section H.3 Security Requirements.]{.underline}