U.S.

General Services Administration

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Bidder’s Conference

HQ Training & Doctrine Command

TRADOC
August 5, 2009
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Ag en da
 Opening Remarks

 Introductions

 Program Overview

 TRADOC Vision/Structure

 General Discussions

 Closing Remarks

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Pr og ra m Ov er vie w
 • The Human Terrain Teams (HTTs) consist of small deployable teams
combining social scientists and operators, enabled by a MAP-HT toolkit and
supported 24/7 by expert researchers and subject matter experts through
networked Reach-back Research Centers.

 • Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price

 • TDY: CONUS & OCONUS required

 • Non-OCONUS support is performed at government sites located primarily in

Hampton Virginia and Fort Leavenworth Kansas

 • Period of performance: Base with 4 one year options

 • Security Clearance: Top Secret / SCI for non-deploying personnel. SECRET

for Human Terrain Team Members
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TRAD OC G-2 Visi on Sta te me nt

• “An innovative, learning and enabling enterprise that examines National Security challenges,
defines operational environments, challenges solutions, and expands perspectives in order to
enable the People enterprise to select, organize, train and equip our Army to conduct Full
Spectrum Operations today and tomorrow in accordance with the ARFORGEN process.”

• Achieving the vision requires that we become and remain:

- The Army’s authoritative expert for current and future operational environments and
security challenges
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- The world’s most capable adversary for driving training and education programs,
solution development and concepts to the point of failure
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- The premier critical thinking and alternative perspective resource center for TRADOC and the
education and capability producer for creative, critical and alternative perspective thinking for all
DoD organizations

• Inherent critical tasks:

- First line of defense for protecting future programs, technologies, concepts, and
information to retain competitive advantage
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- The Focal Point of an ISR knowledge and Coordination enterprise to enable the
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TR AD OC Organi zati onal
Structur e
DCG
TRADOC
G2

Plans & Analysis & ISR Training Devil’s

Security
Operations Production Integration (OPFOR) Advocate

Human Weather
JTCOIC Office
Terrain
System
(Program Mgt
& RRC) TRISA* Ft Leavenworth

Wargaming & Foreign Mil

Experimentati Studies Threats UFMCS
on Office FMSO
Joint Res
Intel Cntr Human
Terrain
System
(TRAINING)
New Mission/Org *TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity
DRU to the G2 5
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Key Sourc
• Tasks of Current and Future Operational
Research, Development and Application e
JFCOM, Army,
Environments TRADOC, ARCIC,
 Emerging challenges in an “Era of Persistent Conflict” CAC

 Conditions, Adversaries and Scenarios for experimentation,

training and leader-development
• Develop - Integrate Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (I, S & R) JFCOM, Army,
concepts and requirements - provide SME support FORSCOM, ARCIC

• Army lead for Red Teaming - establish a Joint “Red Team” training and CSA, Army G2
education program - UFMCS

• Lead the Human Terrain System (HTS) Initiative OSD, JIEDDO,

Army
• Establish the Joint Training C-IED Operational Integration Center (JTCOIC)
JIEDDO, CG
• Staff management of: Intelligence, Weather, Security, Devil’s Advocate
and Foreign Disclosure TRADOC 10-5-1
• Manage the Leavenworth Joint Reserve Intelligence Center (JRIC) as Army
lead for Joint Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) DIA, Nat'l Open
Source Com
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• Develop a Language and Cultural Awareness Strategy
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HTS Objectives

• Provide BCT/RCT commanders with relevant, socio-cultural

information and knowledge, and the dedicated expertise to integrate
that understanding into their military decision-making process

• Minimize loss in continuity between unit Relief in Place/Transfer of

Authority

• Research, interpret, archive and provide cultural information and

knowledge to enhance operational effectiveness

• Maximize effectiveness of operational decisions by harmonizing

COAs with target area cultural context
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Components of HTS

1. Human Terrain Teams (HTT)/Human Terrain & Analysis Teams (HTAT)

Deployed as required to BCT/RCT and Division

2. Reach-back Research Cells (RRC)

RC/Civilian Analysts, CONUS-based, regionally-focused

3. Subject Matter Expert-Networks (SME-Nets)

On-call, micro-regional focused

4. Toolkit
“Map-HT Toolkit”, fully DCGS compliant
5. Social Science Research & Analysis (employed with the Division HTAT)
Operationally relevant, empirical, qualitative and quantitative social
science research conducted in the AOR
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Critical Contracting Elements
C.8.3.7 Field research and analysis (Human Terrain Teams (HTTs).
The Human Terrain Teams (HTTs) consist of small deployable teams combining social scientists and operators, enabled by a MAP-HT toolkit
and supported 24/7 by expert researchers and subject matter experts through networked Reach-back Research Centers. The teams support
Commanders and staffs at the Brigade Combat Team/Regimental Combat Team and Division levels, providing specific local cultural knowledge.
Critical to the success of HTTs is individual replacement of team members during unit rotations in lieu of mass replacement thus mitigating loss
of institutional knowledge and expertise while providing for mission continuity. Individual Replacement of existing team members and the
addition of whole teams in response to increasing demand for support requires an average of 40-50 personnel per MONTH to fill requirements.

As a result of the existing Status of Forces Agreement with Afghanistan and Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, dated January 2009, contractor
personnel filling HTT requirements MUST convert to government employment prior to deployment.

Average period of performance for Team Member contractor positions prior to deployment as a government Term Hire is equal to approximately
6 months.

Current Team Composition includes: Team Leader (1); Social Scientist (1); Research Manager (1); Human Terrain Analyst (2).

The contractor shall provide analytical, advisory and technical expertise that supports fully embedded Human Terrain Teams (HTTs) deployed
with a BCT/RCT to a Combatant Command’s theater of operations. The support shall be provided at Forward Operating Bases within Iraq and
Afghanistan, but can grow at the direction of TRADOC G-2 HTS to other locations. General and specific requirements include:

•Operate a variety of PC hardware and software, including Microsoft Office 2007 version of Outlook PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Word
and Internet Explorer. Operate databases, produce graphs, briefings, background papers, and reports.
•Engage, brief and persuade superiors and colleagues regarding plans, recommendations, decisions, and actions.
•Operate in austere urban and desert environments in Iraq or Afghanistan, alongside U.S. Military forces.
•Deploy on street-level mounted and dismounted patrol activities with military forces in hostile threat environments across Iraq or
Afghanistan which include wearing individual body armor which weighs up to 75 lbs.
•Predict patterns and motives for behavior in certain demographic groups.
•Analyze event statistics to determine patterns and methods of criminal enterprise.
•Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding relationships among seemingly
unrelated events).
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•Be cleared to SECRET.
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Additional Information

• Incumbent
Dynetics Inc.
Sub is BAE Systems Technology
Solutions
• Existing Task Order Expires
August 30, 2009
• Contract Vehicle History
Non-GSA Award
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Acquis itio n Time line

(subjec t t o ch ang e ba sed o n nu mb er of pro pos als a nd questi ons
sub mitte d)

Bidder’s Conference August 5, 2009

• Release Solicitation August 7, 2009
• Bidders Questions
• GSA Response to Q&A
• Proposal Due August 21,2009

• Technical Evaluation
• GSA Internal Review
• Contract Award
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Key Acq uisit ion Tea m Me mb er s

• Bonnie Green, FAS/AAS, (202) 708-5888

bonnie.green@gsa.gov

Rina Bodiford, FAS/AAS, (202) 708-6122

rina.bodiford@gsa.gov

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