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Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Nuclear Enterprise Directorate

Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS)

Industry Day

January 20, 2022
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• Introduction, Logistical Details & Guidelines

• Nuclear Enterprise Directorate Overview

• Individual Program Overview

• Requirement Overview

• Contract Requirements

• Tentative Acquisition Schedule

• Wrap-up

Overview

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Introduction, Logistical Details & Guidelines

• Industry day is for research and planning purposes only; information 

provided is not binding upon the U.S. Government

• All questions should be submitted NLT January 27, 2022 via email to 

dtra.belvoir.ne.mbx.professional-services-support@mail.mil

• All notices, Q&A, draft solicitation, etc. will be posted on www.SAM.gov

“Contract Opportunities” (formerly FBO) under HDTRA1-22-R-0003. In 

case of conflicts or other differences between verbal answers, written 

answers and/or RFP content, the written materials take precedence and 

reflect the official DTRA requirement. 

• Industry Day slides will be posted NLT January 21, 2022

• Questions& Answers and participant list will be posted NLT February 14, 

2022

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Our Mission: 

• Provide capabilities that enable DoD warfighters, interagency 

stakeholders, allies and partners to ensure a safe, secure, 

and credible U.S. nuclear deterrent, and conduct nuclear 

weapons and CWMD training and Mission Assurance 

Assessments

Nuclear Enterprise Directorate

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Joint Staff and the Unified Combatant Commands

Military Services DoD and Other Federal Agencies

NATO and Allies 

Customers & Partners

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CONUS Main Locations

~$115.2M Total NE Budget

FY 2021

$109.8M O&M

$5.1M PDW 

Military (~135) Govt Civilian (~155) $0.342M RDT&E 

Contractor (~320)

+ 1 OCONUS location

Demographics & Resources

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Nuclear Enterprise Directorate 

(NE) 

Chief of Staff

&

Senior PM

Mission Assurance 

Dept (NE-MA)

Defense Nuclear 

Inspection 

Oversight

(NE-DN)

Nuclear Surety Dept

(NE-NS)

Nuclear Education 

Dept

(NE-DS)

Nuclear Logistics 

Operations Dept

(NE-NL)

Mil Assist Exec Assist

Nuclear Enterprise Directorate

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Defense Nuclear Inspections Oversight 

Department (NE-DN)

Mission:

• Defense Nuclear Surety Inspection Oversight (DNSIO) Program

• Independent oversight of Air Force & Navy Nuclear Surety Inspection 

Programs

• Assures Service Inspection Programs compliant with JS and DoD 

requirements 

• Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) Staff Assessment Visits (SAV)

• NWTI Training & Development

Customers: SECDEF, USD(AT&L), CJCS, Combatant Commands, 

military Services (includes AF/10, OPNAV, DAFIA, SSP, Navy Nuclear 

Fleet Forces, AF Nuclear MAJCOMs, AFSC, AFNWC), CJCSI 

3263.05B, Nuclear Weapons Technical Inspections, CJCSI 3262.01J, 

Nuclear Command and Control Staff Assessment Visit Program

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Nuclear Education Department (NE-DS)

Mission: 

• Defense Nuclear Weapons School (DNWS)

• Provide operators with training relating to:

• Nuclear and Radiological Weapons 

• Nuclear Accident/Incident Response & Incident Command and Control

• Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) modeling 

Customers: OSD, USD(AT&L), Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, Military 

Services (includes AF/10, OPNAV, AFIA, SSP, AFSC, AFNWC), Department of 

Energy, National Labs, other federal, state and local agencies, and NATO

Basis for Requirement:

• Memorandum for Secretaries of the Military Departments; Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff; Director, Defense Nuclear Agency; Sep 1993 (DNWS Authority)

• ASD Memo Feb 10, 1993 (DNA Role in Joint Nuclear Weapons Training)

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Mission Assurance Department (NE-MA)

Mission: Conducts DoD vulnerability and survivability assessments

• Joint Mission Assurance Assessment Program (JMAAP)

• Balanced Survivability Assessment (BSA) Program

• Assesses mission survivability of U.S. and allied systems against a broad 

spectrum of threats focusing on critical national mission systems

• DoD Red Team Program

• Emulates foreign intelligence service and/or terrorist organization capabilities 

in order to assess mission vulnerabilities of selected national assets

Customers: OSD, Joint Staff, Combatant Commanders, Services, Agencies DoD 

Components, others

Basis for Requirement:

• JCS Directed (JMAA/MTTs) 

• DoDI 3000.08 (BSAs, Red Team) 

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Nuclear Logistics Operations Department 

(NE-NL)

Mission: Responsible for policy and technical support for management and sustainment of the U.S. 

nuclear weapons stockpile

• Nuclear Logistics Program

• Writes, coordinates the development, and distributes all nuclear weapons policies and technical 

procedures used by DoD agencies in maintaining nuclear stockpile

• Provides/manages an integrated network system for DoD nuclear stockpile logistics and sustainment 

reporting

• Provides/manages DoD nuclear stockpile accountability to include Stockpile Emergency 

Verifications (SEV)

• Writes, reviews, and implements all DoD nuclear weapon stockpile accountability policies

• Publishes/manages DoD nuclear stockpile planning and deployment policies

• Verifies/validates all actions related to nuclear weapons: hardware, software, processes, and 

procedures

• Coordinates the resolution of all nuclear weapons related discrepancies 

• Catalogs all nuclear weapons parts and federalizes all nuclear weapons spare parts 

Customers: OSD, DASD(NM), Joint Staff, CCMDs, Services, DOE/NNSA,

National Labs and NATO

Basis for Requirement:

• Atomic Energy Act (and as amended)

• DoDD 3150.02 - Safety

• DoDD 5105.62 - DTRA Charter

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Nuclear Surety Department (NE-NS)

Mission: Provides expert and responsive DoD nuclear mission support in partnership with 

NNSA

• Nuclear Surety Program

• Focal point for nuclear deterrence: policy & planning, modernization, senior leader 

focus in NWC, NWCSSC, CoP, CSOG-N, NLCC EMB, USAF oversight, and 

Congressional and Executive Branch studies & reports

• Focal point for nuclear surety: nuclear and physical security, DoD force-on-force 

exercises, Weapon Systems & Use Control POG, EOD Steering Group, nuclear safety, 

policy support (Directives, Manuals, etc), and JTSMG 

Customers: OSD, DASD(NM), Joint Staff, CCMDs, Services, Interagency, and NATO

Basis for Requirement:

• DoDD 5105.62 - DTRA Charter

• DoDD 5210.41M - Nuclear Weapon Security Manual

• DoDD 5210.42R - Nuclear Weapon Personnel Reliability Program 

• Title 10, US Code Sec 179, The Nuclear Weapons

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Nuclear Surety Department (NE-NS)

Mission: Exercise nuclear weapons accident or incident response management to validate 

the interagency's ability to establish joint and mission priorities and synchronize command 

and control relationships

• Nuclear Exercise Program

• DoD lead for nuclear weapon incident/accident training and manages the NUWAIX Series

• Provides national-level exercise planning and execution support to the GCCs and appropriate Federal and 

international agencies

• Provides collective training for U.S. nuclear weapon incident RTFs and other DoD component Nuclear/Radiological 

incident response forces 

• Chairs the Training and Exercise Working Group (TEWG), in support of the Nuclear Weapon Accident Incident 

Response Subcommittee (NWAIRS)

Customers: OSD, DASD(NM), Joint Staff, CCMDs, Services, Interagency, and NATO

Basis for Requirement:

• NSPM-36

• DoDD 5105.62 - DTRA Charter

• DoDD 3150.08 - DOD RESPONSE TO U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPON AND RADIOLOGICAL MATERIAL INCIDENTS

• DoDI 3150.10 - DoD Response to U.S. Nuclear Weapon Incidents

• DoD 3150.08-M – Nuclear Accident Response Procedures

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The scope of this procurement is to receive: 

• Highly specialized and technical nuclear support integrated across Directorate, 

Departments and Divisions in NE; other Department of Defense (DoD), federal and 

civilian organizations, and partner nations

• Personnel with expertise relating to nuclear weapons and weapons systems in areas to 

include: safety, security, Use Control, personnel reliability, incident/accident/emergency/ 

disaster response, training, transportation and storage, infrastructure, health physics, 

planning and targeting, proliferation and counter-proliferation, and related technologies 

and research activities 

• Personnel with expertise to maintain the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum 

(NWIM)

• Personnel with expertise to manage, plan, organize, direct, conduct, track, evaluate, and 

document assessments, exercises, and training projects, and perform trend analysis 

Requirement Overview

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The scope of this procurement: 

• Personnel with expertise to design, develop, instruct and lead nuclear weapons related 

courses/activities to include In-Resident (IR), Distant Learning (DL), Field Training 

Exercises (FTX), Table Top Exercises (TTX) and Mobile Training Team (MTT)

• Conduct research, studies, technical writing and editing, process implementation and 

improvement 

• Provide modeling and simulation development and analysis 

• Personnel with expertise to program and manage a Learning Content Management 

System and the databases associated with it

• Operational and technical support in developing, maintaining and executing training, 

knowledge management, experimentation, lessons learned, and doctrine programs 

• Outreach support 

Requirement Overview

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The scope of this procurement:

• Personnel with expertise in the area of International Relations 

• The facilitation of interagency communications and the flow of information 

• Support to conduct local meetings, conferences, working groups, and symposia 

• Development, preparation, submission, and justification of business process documents 

• Technical performance, cost, and schedule analysis 

• Program documentation reviews and identifying shortfalls 

• Acquisition and Program Management expertise and support 

• Services supporting the acquisition process within the guidelines of FAR 37.203(d) 

• High-level current and historical assessments of specific aspects of nuclear weapons 

stockpile management

Requirement Overview

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• 29 Distinct Requirements

• 12 Major Labor Categories

Requirement Overview

• Project Management

• Administrative Assistant

• Budget/Program Analyst

• Program/Project Integrator

• Inventory Management Specialist

• Programmatic/Analytical Support

• Instructional Designer

• Web-based Programmer

• Media & Visual Developer

• Independent Verification/Validation

• Modeling and Simulation SME

• Nuclear SMEs

• Policy

• Exercise and Training

• Accident/Incident Response

• Health Physics

• Explosive Ordnance Disposal

• Security

• Weapons (Use Control/Safety)

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Nuclear Enterprise Directorate

Contract Requirements
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Contract Requirements

• Advisory & Assistance Services for NE, professional services, not 

subject to Service Contract Act

• Single Award/Non-IDIQ 

• Currently considering task order off OASIS Unrestricted Pool 1

• NAICS 541690 “Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services”, 

SB Size Standard $16.5M

• Competitive, unrestricted, best value; non-cost factors more important 

than cost

• Cost Plus Fixed Fee is planned

• Travel plug number will be provided

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Contract Requirements

• 5 year POP, to begin around August 2022

• Approximately 60 FTE

• Teams are expected and encouraged

• Contractors will be expected to be able to work in DTRA 

facilities, at least on a rotating basis, be available to come 

to DTRA for in person meetings if required or on call if a 

need arises and be able to telework effectively at other 

times.

• Deployable Personnel required for some tasks

• All personnel will require DoD Secret clearance with 

some TS/SCI required

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Contract Requirements

• Best value, fair opportunity (FAR 16.5) competition with noncost factors more important than cost – see potential factors 

slide

• Small Business Subcontracting Goal likely to be ~25% of 

contract value, socio-economic category goals TBD. 

• GFP is mostly conference room, network/IT equipment, audiovisual equipment, computers, appliances, etc. Substantial GFI

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Contract Requirements

• Oral presentations not planned

• Gov’t will likely hold discussions but reserves the right to 

award on initial offers if possible

• Few resumes/key personnel requirements 

• Responsibility will be evaluated based on FAR Part 9

• Government must consider things such as financial capability, 

Cost Accounting Standards compliance, OCI issues, etc.

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Potential Evaluation Factors

Factor 1 – Mission Capability

• Subfactor A: Management Approach

• Subfactor B: Technical Approach 

Factor 2 – Past Performance

Factor 3 – Cost

Contract Requirements

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Current Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI)

• Precludes A&AS prime contractor from participating as a contractor, subcontractor or 

consultant on future non-A&AS contracts where the NE Directorate is the requiring and/or 

funding activity. 

• This restriction will terminate one year after final payment on the contract. Restrictions upon use of 

Government information and the requirement to protect proprietary information are permanent. 

• Subcontractors providing A&AS support to a specific NE Department (e.g. NE-NS, NE-DN, 

NE-MA, NE-NL, NE-DS) will be ineligible to compete for work in the same Department, but 

may be allowed to compete for performer work in Departments /Division where it provides 

no A&AS support, provided that it does not create an OCI. 

• If Subcontractor is providing support to NE Front Office, then the same restrictions as the Prime 

apply

Contract Requirements

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PCO Proposal Submission Advice:

• Ensure consistency between Technical and Cost Volumes

• Ensure referenced attachments exist and with same nomenclature

• Proposal shall provide in-depth specificity as to how the Offeror is going to execute the 

requirements and provide the required deliverables (as applicable). 

NOTE: Solely citing historical performance of same or similar efforts without specifically 

describing and detailing the Offeror’s proposed execution for performing the immediate 

PWS requirements does not constitute an Approach and shall be rated accordingly

• Check math and ensure all formula’s remain and are functional in Excel submissions 

• Limit pictures, charts, graphs unless pertinent, as they can be used as reference for strengths 

and/or weaknesses

• There will be a resume requirement; ensure you understand and comply 

Contract Requirements

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• Draft RFP Posted www.SAM.gov – February 2022; HDTRA1-22-R-0003

• Final RFP Posted – March 2022

• Proposals Due – April 2022

• Contract or Task Order Award – Transition Period Start – July 2022

• Full Performance Start – 29 August 2022

Tentative Acquisition Schedule

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• Industry Day slides, draft PWS, and questions & answers will be 

posted on www.SAM.gov

• Submit questions NLT than January 27, 2022 via email to 

dtra.belvoir.ne.mbx.professional-services-support@mail.mil

• Where possible, please reference PWS section or slide number in 

all questions 

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