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Tasks:
BASE SUPPORT:
GENERAL INFORMATION:
U.S. Citizenship:
Employee must be a U.S. citizen. For the purpose of base and network access, possession of a permanent resident card (“Green Card”) does not equate to U.S. citizenship.
TRAVEL:
Contractor will be required to travel when authorized to participate in customer business line related travel, to include meetings and conferences, to fulfill respective mission goals. Such travel will only be as directed and coordinated through the Government two weeks in advance of all contractor travel in order to obtain proper authorizations. The specific travel locations, duration, and number of trips will be upon direction of the Government without modification to the task order, as long as adequate travel funding is available in accordance with the resulting task order. When travel is identified, the contractor shall provide an estimate of all travel costs by location, broken out by item, to the Reef System’s Program Manager and Government for review prior to travel.
SECURITY:
Deliverable:
Contractor Progress, Status and Management Report (PSMR).
On a monthly basis, the contractor shall provide a status report. The information will be on project status and describe the work accomplished. The contractor shall also identify any issues/problems anticipated in schedule or cost ceiling during the next reporting period.
The report shall have five sections:
Technical Report – Study/Services:
Point of Contact for Immediate Consideration:
Art Mata
amata@reef-sys.com
Remote Data Scientist (24-27 FECI Data Scientist)
Anywhere, USA · Government/MilitaryRemote Data Scientist (24-27 FECI Data Scientist)
INTRODUCTION:
The 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), headquartered at Wright -Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, is the first human-centric warfare wing to consolidate human performance research, education and consultation under a single organization. Established under the Air Force Research Laboratory, the 711 HPW is comprised of the Airman Systems Directorate (RH). The Wing delivers unparalleled capability to the Air Force through a combination of world class infrastructure and expertise of its diverse workforce of military, civilian and contractor personnel encompassing 75 occupational specialties including science and engineering, occupational health and safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations and support.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The contractor shall meet all requirements per the basic contract and provide professionally and technically qualified individual(s) to perform all tasks in the following paragraphs to fulfill the requirements of this task order. This effort includes tasks and activities to be performed by the contractor to support the Internal Medicine Branch of USAFSAM Aerospace Medicine Consultation Division specifically to support cardiology data analysis.
Mandatory Qualifications:
INTRODUCTION:
The 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), headquartered at Wright -Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, is the first human-centric warfare wing to consolidate human performance research, education and consultation under a single organization. Established under the Air Force Research Laboratory, the 711 HPW is comprised of the Airman Systems Directorate (RH). The Wing delivers unparalleled capability to the Air Force through a combination of world class infrastructure and expertise of its diverse workforce of military, civilian and contractor personnel encompassing 75 occupational specialties including science and engineering, occupational health and safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations and support.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
The contractor shall meet all requirements per the basic contract and provide professionally and technically qualified individual(s) to perform all tasks in the following paragraphs to fulfill the requirements of this task order. This effort includes tasks and activities to be performed by the contractor to support the Internal Medicine Branch of USAFSAM Aerospace Medicine Consultation Division specifically to support cardiology data analysis.
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Data Science or related fields, for example Computer Science or Mathematics, with at least 2 years of experience in their field. Experience can be substituted with a PhD in Computer Science, Computational Geometry, or Data Science.
- Demonstrated experience of application of machine learning algorithm methods on a variety of data types and sources.
- Demonstrated experience of application of Topological Data Analysis methods on a variety of data types and source.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the Python programing language.
- Demonstrated expert knowledge in operations research and rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and analysis to include statistical analysis, machine learning, computer science, programming, and data storytelling.
Highly Desired Qualifications:
- Have experience presenting research at scientific meetings and published in peer reviewed journals in Computational Geometry, Topological Data Analysis or Computational Topology.
- Publications relating to the subject of Topological Data Analysis
- Knowledge and application of the Topological Hierarchical Decomposition algorithm
- Prior military experience, or previous experience working in a military research environment.
Tasks:
- Design data modeling processes to create algorithms and predictive models and perform custom analysis and Identify trends in data sets.
- Manipulate large data sets and use them to identify trends and reach meaningful conclusions based on research protocols.
- Clean, aggregate, process, and organize data from disparate sources and transfer it to data warehouses while verifying the integrity of the data for analysis.
- Provide expertise concerning the validity of assumptions made and the criteria by which alternatives are recommended, as well as advise and recommend new techniques, innovations, and technical and scientific advancements which may serve as a means of overcoming aeromedical operational issues.
- Draft and/or edit study protocols, proposals, scientific abstracts, manuscripts, slide presentations, and posters as required.
- Collaborate with professional colleagues, academic partners, medical professionals and government officials to achieve research goals. Interact professionally with all levels of personnel within and outside of the organization.
- Organize review of relevant scientific literature and attend meetings, as required, with government organizations, academia, and meetings with other experts in their field.
- Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. The NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.
BASE SUPPORT:
- The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Support Services as defined in this PWS except for those items specified as government furnished property
- Per the approval of the Contracting Officer or COR, a government laptop may be provided to the contractor employee performing duties for this contract. Government laptops will be provided to facilitate needed access to the Virtual Private Network (VPN), .mil access, and shared file access. All software and hardware passwords/access to military Internet/E -mail and applicable databases will be available within the scope of the contract. Data analyses software will be provided as necessary to perform tasks described in this performance work statement such as accessing and storing data on US Air Force network drives and communication via US Air Force government email. Software will be available through the use of the government-provided laptops. The contractor shall comply with local, US Air Force and DoD policies concerning information technology applications and connectivity to military systems when using their government issued laptops.
- The contractor will need Air Force network accounts to use the computers and will be subject to the requirements for a normal computer account to include IA training that is current within the previous 12 months, a favorable NACI background investigation, and a signed AF 4394 (AF Network User Agreement). Non-compliance with IA policies and principles can result in computer access being suspended or withdrawn.
- Any Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on the computer must be encrypted at all times except during use; Encryption Wizard is provided on every computer. All CUI. Personally Identifiable Information (PII), and HIPAA data MUST be sent encrypted; Outlook has digital encryption capabilities for this.
- Computers may not connect to the contractor network or other systems, networks, or equipment. Computers may only be used by the personnel that have Air Force accounts on this contract; allowing anyone else to use the systems is considered "inappropriate use" and will result in loss of access.
- Each user is required to connect the laptops to the Air Force network for a minimum of two days per week, for a minimum of 4 hours per day for updates and patches. The screen needs to be locked and device secured to prevent theft or unauthorized access, as applicable.
- All maintenance and adjustments with the computers must be done by 711 HPW/OMC; no contractor modifications or changes are authorized. NOTE: the computers need to be brought to the help desk for repair. Off-site support cannot be provided.
- In the event of a network tasking order mandating compliance, e.g. validating users face-to-face, the user needs to report to the help desk upon request. If the computer becomes overdue with patches/updates or needs to be updated, user is required to report to help desk.
- Nothing (flash drives, hard drives, and printers) may be connected to computers without 711 HPW/USAFSAM IAO approval (both functions are in OMCO). Policy questions should be directed to the IAO.
- The Contractor shall assume responsibility for all Government provided equipment/property in their possession. Government-issued badges, identification cards, passes, and vehicle registration media are accountable forms and, as such, are U.S. Government property to be accounted for, protected, and returned to the Government. This responsibility shall extend to any subcontractors.
- The office of 711 HPW/OMA shall be responsible for shipping the computers and will be the POC for returning computers.
- The office of 711 HPW/OMC shall ensure that all training has occurred within 5 days or accounts will be turned off.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Work will be offsite. Working from home is permitted via VPN access and appropriate contactor supplied high-speed internet access. Travel to WPAFB to obtain computer hardware and software and establish access is required at the start of services.
- Work schedule is normally Monday - Friday; however, there may be times when it is necessary for the contractor to work after duty hours in support of specific tasks.
U.S. Citizenship:
Employee must be a U.S. citizen. For the purpose of base and network access, possession of a permanent resident card (“Green Card”) does not equate to U.S. citizenship.
TRAVEL:
Contractor will be required to travel when authorized to participate in customer business line related travel, to include meetings and conferences, to fulfill respective mission goals. Such travel will only be as directed and coordinated through the Government two weeks in advance of all contractor travel in order to obtain proper authorizations. The specific travel locations, duration, and number of trips will be upon direction of the Government without modification to the task order, as long as adequate travel funding is available in accordance with the resulting task order. When travel is identified, the contractor shall provide an estimate of all travel costs by location, broken out by item, to the Reef System’s Program Manager and Government for review prior to travel.
SECURITY:
- Position of Trust. All contractor personnel require a minimum of a Tier 1 background check (T1)/SF85 for any position that requires access to the internet, use of automated information systems to cover standalone computers or unescorted entry into restricted or controlled areas prior to reporting for duty in support of any requirement. The investigation is not for a security clearance; it is for a position of trust. This is a mandatory requirement set forth in DoDM 5200.02_AFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program. All documentation required for security certification shall be the responsibility of the contractor.
- The contractor shall provide OPSEC protection for all sensitive/critical information and indicators involved in execution of this contract/Task Order, as defined by AFI 10-701 (Operations Security). 711 HPW Critical Information and Indicators are protected under the 711 HPW Operations Security Program and the 711 HPW Critical Information and Indicators List (CIIL). Contractor employees granted access to critical information and indicators shall be provided initial OPSEC training by the 711 HPW OPSEC Coordinator upon in-processing and prior to being granted access to CIIL items related to the contract/Task Order. The contractor shall also participate in 711 HPW’s annual OPSEC training and education programs, which includes periodic updates and refresher training on CIIL items applicable to the contract/Task Order. The 711 HPW OPSEC coordinator shall evaluate the OPSEC posture of AF contract activities and operations.
- All documents, including papers, abstracts and posters shall be cleared by AF prior to public release.
Deliverable:
Contractor Progress, Status and Management Report (PSMR).
On a monthly basis, the contractor shall provide a status report. The information will be on project status and describe the work accomplished. The contractor shall also identify any issues/problems anticipated in schedule or cost ceiling during the next reporting period.
The report shall have five sections:
- Project Title, Time Period of report, Date
- Performance: Current status of deliverables, measured against project expectations.
- Schedule: Have scheduled activities and milestones been completed on or before time, and impact of delays.
- Costs: Are there any actual or significant deviations, are significant costs adequately explained in terms of project plans? (i.e., large initial equipment purchase, followed by labor related costs.)
- Risk: Are there known or anticipated opportunities or events that will or can affect project.
Technical Report – Study/Services:
- All reports and data shall be submitted in a non-proprietary, easily transferrable format and when required in DTIC format.
- All reports, data, findings and literature shall be property of the Government. The contractor shall not reuse or distribute project information without the express permission of the Government.
Point of Contact for Immediate Consideration:
Art Mata
amata@reef-sys.com