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The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience with bash or Python scripting languages and coding in a high-performance computing environment.
The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience of iterative code design.
The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience literature search/review skills necessary to determine optimal software and pipeline design.
The contractor employee shall possess at least four (4) years’ demonstrated experience of meticulous documentation for all code and methods.
The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience with content and software specific to Mult omics data pipelines including Whole Genome Sequencing (Next Generation Sequencing), Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, and Proteomics.
The contractor employee shall have a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.
Highly Desired Qualifications
Tasks:
BASE SUPPORT:
The contractor shall be provided office/laboratory space, furniture and equipment, routine office/laboratory supplies, computer hardware and software necessary to perform tasks described in this performance work statement. The government will also provide telephone service and access to a fax machine and a copier as required. All software and hardware, passwords/access to military Internet/E-mail and applicable database will be available within the scope of the contract. The contractor shall comply with local, AF and DoD policies.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Work will be accomplished at 2800 Q Street, Bldg. 837, WPAFB, OH 45433 beginning on 4 November 2024. Temporary alternate work locations may be assigned as circumstances dictate by the Contracting Officer Representative.
Work schedule is normally Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET; however, there may be times when it is necessary for the contractor to work after duty hours in support of specific tasks. Although schedule may have to be flexible, it will not exceed 40 hours per week.
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
Data Analyst (25-1 RHBBA Data Analyst SME Support)
Dayton, OH · Government/MilitaryData Analyst (25-1 RHBBA Data Analyst SME Support)
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 Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH), and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). The wing delivers unparalleled capabilities to the Air Force through a combination of world-class infrastructure, diverse military, civilian, and contractor expertise, which encompasses 75 occupational specialties including science & engineering, occupational health & safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations & 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 contract.
The contractor shall support 711 Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air and Space Biosciences Division, Biotechnology Branch, Bio-analytics (RHBBA) research or other professional and scientific work involving the application of multi-disciplinary or unique biological science theories and techniques related to the study of living organisms and/or objects and how they relate to their environment. The contractor shall perform analysis and use systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approaches to manage projects related to the development, deployment and optimization of bioinformatics software tools and pipelines for analyses of Warfighter performance-related biological markers and interventions in both Windows and Linux environments.
Mandatory Qualifications:
The contractor employee shall possess a Bachelor of Science degree in a biological science field, medical field, or computer science field, with at least five (5) years’ demonstrated work experience in one of these fields.
The contractor employee shall possess excellent organizational, management, and communications skills including scientific writing and documentation abilities.
The contractor employee shall possess sufficient demonstrated content and associated software experience for developing various types of data pipelines. Demonstrated experience shall detail specific software, methods, and data types.
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 Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH), and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). The wing delivers unparalleled capabilities to the Air Force through a combination of world-class infrastructure, diverse military, civilian, and contractor expertise, which encompasses 75 occupational specialties including science & engineering, occupational health & safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations & 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 contract.
The contractor shall support 711 Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air and Space Biosciences Division, Biotechnology Branch, Bio-analytics (RHBBA) research or other professional and scientific work involving the application of multi-disciplinary or unique biological science theories and techniques related to the study of living organisms and/or objects and how they relate to their environment. The contractor shall perform analysis and use systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approaches to manage projects related to the development, deployment and optimization of bioinformatics software tools and pipelines for analyses of Warfighter performance-related biological markers and interventions in both Windows and Linux environments.
Mandatory Qualifications:
The contractor employee shall possess a Bachelor of Science degree in a biological science field, medical field, or computer science field, with at least five (5) years’ demonstrated work experience in one of these fields.
The contractor employee shall possess excellent organizational, management, and communications skills including scientific writing and documentation abilities.
The contractor employee shall possess sufficient demonstrated content and associated software experience for developing various types of data pipelines. Demonstrated experience shall detail specific software, methods, and data types.
The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience with bash or Python scripting languages and coding in a high-performance computing environment.
The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience of iterative code design.
The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience literature search/review skills necessary to determine optimal software and pipeline design.
The contractor employee shall possess at least four (4) years’ demonstrated experience of meticulous documentation for all code and methods.
The contractor employee shall possess at least five (5) years’ demonstrated experience with content and software specific to Mult omics data pipelines including Whole Genome Sequencing (Next Generation Sequencing), Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, and Proteomics.
The contractor employee shall have a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.
Highly Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with military and medical terminology, military medical research.
- Minimum 5 years GLP/ISO experience in industry research.
- Experience in various cell biology and molecular biology techniques.
- Illumina DRAGEN workflow implementation experience.
- Minimum 2 years R Shiny experience.
- Docker experience.
- Minimum 1 peer-reviewed publication that includes methodology developed by the contractor employee.
Tasks:
- The contractor employee shall assist RHB technical staff in the development of research initiatives in accordance with customer needs.
- The contractor employee shall perform analysis and use systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approaches to manage projects related to the development, deployment and optimization of bioinformatics software tools and pipelines for analyses of Warfighter performance-related biological markers and interventions in both Windows and Linux environments.
- The contractor employee shall support experimental planning, protocol execution, and data collection, coding, and analysis.
- The contractor employee shall collaborate with primary investigators and research teams to identify opportunities to automate data analysis, and develop pipelines to produce accurate, standardized, and relevant data required for research objectives.
- The contractor employee shall determine how best to accomplish biological science objectives, develop, and evaluate alternatives optimize workflow design, analyze and
- interpret results, prepare documentation, technical reports, deliver presentations of results, and monitor in-house activities.
- The contractor employee shall update/conduct review of scientific literature relevant to RHB technical research initiatives and communicate best evidence to individuals, groups, and colleagues.
- The contractor employee shall support development and reporting of competitive, well-written, full drafts of research proposals, paper publications, technical reports and presentations.
- The contractor employee shall assist with contractual documents preparation, technical reports, and evaluate technical proposals.
- The contractor employee shall assist with the preparation, coordination, and submission of protocol-related documents to Institutional Review Boards (IRBs).
- The contractor employee shall develop and maintain collaborations within and outside of AFRL; maintain technical and programmatic cognizance of outside technological and research projects and programs; reports status to peers and senior technical leaders as required.
- The contractor employee shall organize, manage, and participate in workshops and technical exchange meetings as required
- The contractor employee shall support the preparation and execution program initiatives, or other work as required, at the direction and input of RHB technical staff.
BASE SUPPORT:
The contractor shall be provided office/laboratory space, furniture and equipment, routine office/laboratory supplies, computer hardware and software necessary to perform tasks described in this performance work statement. The government will also provide telephone service and access to a fax machine and a copier as required. All software and hardware, passwords/access to military Internet/E-mail and applicable database will be available within the scope of the contract. The contractor shall comply with local, AF and DoD policies.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Work will be accomplished at 2800 Q Street, Bldg. 837, WPAFB, OH 45433 beginning on 4 November 2024. Temporary alternate work locations may be assigned as circumstances dictate by the Contracting Officer Representative.
Work schedule is normally Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET; however, there may be times when it is necessary for the contractor to work after duty hours in support of specific tasks. Although schedule may have to be flexible, it will not exceed 40 hours per week.
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