 WELCOME TO THE
SCIENTIFIC SERVICES PROGRAM
U.S. Army Research Office
ATTN: AMSRD-CCRD-RT
P.O. Box 12211
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
Commercial: 919-549-4344
Fax: 919-549-4388
DSN:
832-4344
Ms Melony Wicker, Procurement
Assistant
Ms Lisa Gregory, Contract Specialist
Ms Kathryn C. Terry, Contracting
Officer
The Scientific Services Program
(SSP) is an accelerated contract mechanism that enables all federal
government organizations to obtain scientific/technical services in order
to accomplish their organizational goals and mission objectives.
Through the SSP, non-government
scientists, engineers, analysts, consultants and subject matter experts can
be quickly subcontracted to perform short term, well defined efforts when
the expertise required is not available at the requesting government
organization. Battelle Memorial Institute is the prime contractor, and administers
the SSP for the Army Research Office (ARO). Subcontracts are competitively
issued to SSP task performers. Self-employed consultants, faculty, colleges
and universities, small and large businesses may perform SSP tasks.
SSP SCOPE
SSP tasks can be performed in any science and technology area of interest
to all federal government agencies. For example, SSP tasks are currently
being performed in these technology areas:
- Chemical Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Material Sciences
- Physics
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Electronics and Computer
Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
- Engineering Sciences
- Mathematics
- Modeling and Simulation
- Psychology
- Social Science
Work of a scientific and technical nature for the
solution of problems related to research and development that can be
described as a study, analysis, evaluation, assessment or interpretation
may be conducted through the SSP. Examples of current tasks are:
- Laboratory basic and applied
research
- Human performance and man-machine
interface measurement and evaluation
- Test and evaluation of
materials, equipment, and systems
- Technical consulting
- Strategic planning and technology
road mapping
- Technology assessments
SSP TASK FUNDING
SSP tasks are funded entirely by the requesting government organization.
The cost to the government sponsor is the task performer cost plus ARO's 3%
overhead (to cover the cost of the contract). The overhead fee will only
be assessed on new STAS requests. At least 50% of the estimated cost of
the new STAS will be required as incremental funding will continue to be
allowed (without overhead). FUNDING MUST ACCOMPANY THE STAS SUBMISSION!
The SSP task ceiling is $750K, exclusive of the ARO overhead.
SSP FLEXIBILITY
The sponsoring government organization is represented on each SSP task by a
Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) who monitors the technical
progress of the task performer toward completion of a Statement of Work (SOW).
Each SOW is prepared by the COR or project official at the requesting
organization and defines the specific objectives and tasks in accordance
with their organizational requirements. The government task requestor
specifies:
- Level
of effort: The
number of scientists or engineers is unlimited, and the number of
working days per scientist or engineer is unlimited. The use of
technicians, graduate students, research assistants, clerical
assistants, etc., is also unlimited.
- Location
of effort: Work
can take place in the task performer's facilities, a government laboratory,
etc.
- Travel: Travel to conferences and/or other
locations for the purpose of obtaining data or presenting research
results is permitted to the extent it is described in the SOW.
- Period
of performance: Up to
24 months.
- Security
Classification:
Unclassified through Top Secret.
- Deliverables: A final written report is required upon the
completion of every SSP task. Other deliverable such as a prototype or
hardware item may be identified in addition to the final report.
- Recommended
Source: SSP
task sponsors may recommend a task performer by name to complete the
SOW. Alternatively, the SSP can identify a performer from our database
containing over 4500 resumes with a wide range of scientific and engineering
expertise.
ADDITIONAL LINKS
SSP Task Initiation Process
How to Prepare the IGCE
SSP Task Award and Administration
Modifications to Existing SSP Tasks
FAQ for Government Task Sponsors
SSP Task Performer Database Information
SSP SOW Template
SSP Modification Request
Template
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