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) and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). 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 a technically qualified individual to perform all tasks in the following paragraphs to fulfill the requirements of this task order.
Mandatory Qualifications:
Be a technically qualified food protection specialist with 5 years of experience in food protection and/or security operations.
Possess public speaking experience within the past 2 years, to include giving verbal presentations to laypersons and leadership audiences.
Possess demonstrated experience with taskings in section 1.2 Tasks of this PWS.
The Contractor must have a Non-Disclosure Agreement in place with their company, and the company must provide a copy to the Program Manager of this effort. This is necessary in order to mitigate transfer of any confidential, proprietary and/or sensitive information while in this position.
Tasks:
Perform Food Vulnerability Assessments (FVAs) or Mission Assurance Assessments (MAAs) at sites worldwide.
Coordinate installation on-site schedules with Joint MAAs (Defense Threat Reduction Agency), with Air Force Vulnerability Assessment Team (AFVAT), or scheduling an FVA for USAFSAM/PHR to conduct by itself.
Assist in the Government’s planning of travel or supply budgets as needed.
Coordinate the schedule with installation Anti-terrorism officers, Medical Group leadership and Public Health personnel.
Coordinate scheduling with installation level food facilities or other functions involved in the FVA or MAA process.
Coordinate in-brief or out-brief schedule where applicable.
Arrange travel and travel support such as hotel or car rental, and maintaining budget and records.
Interview relevant parties and make observations relating to food defense at installations.
Train installation level personnel on food defense.
Apply operational risk management to assess risks, maintaining awareness of mission critical assets or tasks as part of the FVA or MAA process.
Generate final FVA reports, electronic and paper documentation and perform summary presentations, and update trend trackers with the results of FVAs or MAAs as soon as practical after FVA or MAA completion. Provide information to team lead or NCOIC.
Support USAFSAM/PHR on investigations and data requests in relation to food defense.
Follow USAFSAM/PHR Food Protection Standard Operating Procedures.
Educate USAFSAM students, and others as requested regarding food defense. Train other assessors as needed.
Support to field unit requests for consultation and analysis of specific issues relating to food defense.
Maintain and apply proficiency on classification of documents and management of documents up to the appropriate classifications.
Attend Department of Defense (DOD), or USAF working groups and meetings, pertaining to food defense to provide subject matter expert (SME) consultation.
Support installation-level completion of installation-level local FVAs.
Review completed installation-level local FVAs and provide feedback. Communicate completed reviews to team lead or NCOIC.
Serve as the initial point of contact for installation support services (e.g. remote instruction by telephone, guidance, benchmarks, processing and evaluations).
Collaborate regularly with other DOD components in reporting issues, suggesting solutions, and support best practices for food protection.
Assist USAFSAM/PHR during collaborative efforts to increase data sharing capabilities and surveillance partnerships with installation-level customers and other principal stakeholders in the USAFSAM/PHR surveillance systems.
Provide regular information sources and worksheets when requested by installation-level personnel, USAFSAM/PHR, the MAJCOM, and Air Force Medical Readiness Agency (AFMRA).
Complete Training as required by AF, AFRL, 711 HPW and USAFSAM.
Inform and coordinate with USAFSAM/PHR leadership for leave or comp time plans.
Act as alternate SIPRNet room custodian in PHR. Complete custodian tasks as outlined in the 711 HPW Security Program Operating Instruction 16-01.
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 Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 beginning on 27 January 2025. Temporary alternate work locations may be assigned as circumstances dictate by the Contracting Officer Representative.
Work schedule is normally M-F 0730-1630; 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:
Individual SECRET Clearances IAW DD254. The Contractor shall obtain a U.S. security clearance at the minimum level of "Secret" for all contractor personnel required to have access to classified information or require IT-II level access. Onsite contractor personnel should have an active clearance prior to reporting for duty in support of any task order.
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.
All reports, data, findings and literature shall be property of the 711 HPW/RH. The contractor shall not reuse or distribute project information without the express permission of 711 HPW/RH and shall retain all 711 HPW/RH origin markings.