05GA0A21Q0020 RFQ Beta SAM.gov 012621.pdf

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24 & 30

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

GAO2110050001

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

05GA0A21Q0020

2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE DATE 4. ORDER NUMBER 6. SOLICITATION ISSUE

DATE

01/26/2021

7. FOR SOLICITATION INFORMATION

CALL:

a. NAME

WILLIAMS, ADA

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (No collect calls) 202-512-8447

8. OFFER DUE DATE / LOCAL

TIME

02/05/2021 10:00:00

CODE 05GA0A

WILLIAMS, ADA

ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT

441 G STREET, N.W.

ROOM 7N14U

ATTENTION:

WASHINGTON, DC 20548

9. ISSUED BY X UNRESTRICTED OR SET ASIDE: % FOR

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB)

ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

EDWOSB

8(A)

NAICS:

SIZE STANDARD:

10. THE ACQUISITION IS

SEE

SCHEDULE

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINATION

UNLESS BLOCK IS MARKED 0 Days: 0.00 %

0 Days: 0.00 % 0 Days: 0.00 % 0 Days: 0.00 %

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS

RATED ORDER UNDER DPAS

13b. RATING

X RFQ IFB RFP

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

CODE15. DELIVER TO CODE 05GA0A16. ADMINISTERED BY

WILLIAMS, ADA

ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT

441 G STREET, N.W.

ROOM 7N14U

FACILITY

CODE

CODE

Telephone No.

17a. CONTRACTOR/

OFFEROR

05GA0ACODE18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY FMBO, Financial Management Government Accountability Office 441 G Street NW; Room 7116E Washington, DC 20548

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN

OFFER SEE ADDENDUM

18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK BELOW IS

CHECKED

19. ITEM NO. 20. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

(Use Reverse and/or Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)

21. QUANTITY 22. UNIT 23. UNIT PRICE 24. AMOUNT

To procure use of a USPS Address Management System - Application

Program Interface (AMS API) software license for GAO HQ.

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

GAO-2021-0107A21DA0-3420AAA000-B02020000-25301-824289-2021

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN ____ COPIES TO

ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH

OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED.

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. _____________________________ OFFER

DATED _________________ . YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION (BLOCK 5)

INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE SET FORTH HEREIN,

IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (TYPE OR PRINT) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER (TYPE OR PRINT) Ada Williams

31c. DATE SIGNED 01/26/2021

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 02/2012)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

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ITEM NO.

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY

22.

UNIT

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN

RECEIVED INSPECTED ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED: _________________________________

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32c. DATE 32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE 32f. TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

PARTIAL FINAL

33. SHIP NUMBER 34. VOUCHER NUMBER 35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

COMPLETE PARTIAL FINAL

36. PAYMENT 37. CHECK NUMBER

38. S/R ACCOUNT NUMBER 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER 40. PAID BY

41a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT 42a. RECEIVED BY (Print)

41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41c. DATE

42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)

42c. DATE REC'D (YY/MM/DD) 42d. TOTAL CONTAINERS

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 02/2012) BACK

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Table of Contents

Section Description Page Number

1 Continuation Sheet A Solicitation/Contract Form B Supplies or Services and Prices C Descriptions and Specifications F Deliveries or Performance G Contract Administration Data H Special Contract Requirements J List of Attachments L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors or Respondents M Evaluation Factors for Award

2 Contract Clauses 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) GAO Clauses GAO IPP Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (October 2017)

GAO CLAU-I-2 DISPUTES

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

3 Documents, Exhibits, or Attachments

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Section 1 - Continuation Sheet

Number Supplies or Services Quantity Unit Unit Price Total ( Inc. disc., tax, and fees)

1 Service 1.000000 LOT

Period of Performance: 01/22/2021 - 01/21/2022

Description: USPS Address Management System - Application Program Interface (AMS API) software license for GAO HQ.

Reference Line: GAO2110050001 - 0001

Pricing Options: Base 0

101 Service 1.000000 LOT

Period of Performance: 01/22/2022 - 01/21/2023

Description: USPS Address Management System - Application Program Interface (AMS API) software license for GAO HQ. Option Year

1. CLIN 0101.

Reference Line: GAO2110050001 - 0001

Pricing Options: Option 1

201 Service 1.000000 LOT

Period of Performance: 01/22/2023 - 01/21/2024

Description: USPS Address Management System - Application Program Interface (AMS API) software license for GAO HQ. Option Year

2. CLIN 0201.

Reference Line: GAO2110050001 - 0001

Pricing Options: Option 2

301 Service 1.000000 LOT

Period of Performance: 01/22/2024 - 01/21/2025

Description: USPS Address Management System - Application Program Interface (AMS API) software license for GAO HQ. Option Year

3. CLIN 0301.

Reference Line: GAO2110050001 - 0001

Pricing Options: Option 3

401 Service 1.000000 LOT

Period of Performance: 01/22/2025 - 01/21/2026

Description: USPS Address Management System - Application Program Interface (AMS API) software license for GAO HQ. Option Year

4. CLIN 0401.

Reference Line: GAO2110050001 - 0001

Pricing Options: Option 4

Section 1 - Continuation Sheet

A Solicitation/Contract Form

Continuation of SF 1449 Request for Quote: 05GA0A21Q0020

Beta.SAM.gov RFQ

Document Number: 05GA0A21Q0020 Page 4 of 12

Issued by: US Government Accountability Office 441 G Street, NW

Washington, DC 20548

US Government Accountability Office, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service (FAIS) has a need to procure a USPS Address Man-agement System - Application Program Interface (AMS API) software license.

See Continuation of SF 1449 RFQ with Statement of Work.

Basis for Award: GAO intends to award a Firm Fixed Price Contract that will be most advantageous to the Government based on Best Value Continuum – Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation criteria. Therefore, the vendor’s initial quote should con-tain the vendor’s best terms. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary.

This USPS AMS-API Software License requirement is being conducted in accordance with FAR Subpart 13.104.

See Statement of Work and Evaluation Criteria specified in this Request for Quote.

Award will be for: a Base Year, plus Four (4) Option Years:

Base Year: January 22, 2021 through January 21, 2022 Option Year 1: January 22, 2022 through January 21, 2023 Option Year 2: January 22, 2023 through January 21, 2024 Option Year 3: January 22, 2024 through January 21, 2025 Option Year 4: January 22, 2025 through January 21, 2026

The technical evaluation criteria set forth below have been developed and have been tailored to the requirements outlined in the State-ment of Work. Vendors are informed that the criteria: (1) serve as the standard against which all quotations will be evaluated; and (2) serve to identify the significant matters which the Vendor should specifically address in complying with the requirements of this soli-citation.

In order to be considered for award, the vendor must be determined to be technically acceptable. Criteria under the LPTA process are judged on an Acceptable-Unacceptable basis only. No other rating or qualitative value will be assigned. To be determined technically acceptable, all technical factors (1 & 2) must be rated acceptable for the technical quotation. Any technical quotation that does not re-ceive an acceptable rating for all factors, [including sub-factors], will receive an unacceptable rating for the technical quotation.

Award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable, responsible vendor. The work shall be performed on a Firm Fixed Price basis.

This Request for Quote incorporates provisions and clauses are those in effect from the Federal Acquisition Regulations FAC 2020-04, Effective: 15 December 2020.

The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 491110 with a business standard of $7,500,000,000.

B Supplies or Services and Prices

All Pricing shall be submitted on a excel spreadsheet, for each CLIN or item number, along with the unit of issue, unit price, with a total for each CLIN or item number.

The total for the Base period must be shown. The SF18 must also be FILLED IN COMPLETELY.

The Vendor agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the request for quote.

The Vendor must also include a budget narrative in its budget summary and are subject to Volume 2 - Price Quotation limit of 5 pages.

All quotations must contain the attached GAO cover page. Items NOT included within the page restriction count are as follows: Sys-tem for Award Management (SAM), cover pages, cover letters, table of contents, blank section dividers, resumes, charts, graphs, and glossary of terms, exhibits, drawings, sample formats, and items of an illustrative nature.

1. See CLIN(s) 0001 - 0005 for descriptions and price fill-ins. Pricing should show full rate(s) and discounted rate(s) as applicable.

C Descriptions and Specifications

Objective: Procure the USPS AMS – API Software License

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Functional Requirements: See Attachment One (1) – Statement of Work

F Deliveries or Performance

Deliveries will be made to the locations specified below:

GAO Headquarters Attn: Johana Ayers 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20548

DELIVERY NOTICE

Unless otherwise agreed to, all deliveries ordered under this Purchas Order must be accompanied by a delivery notice, ticket, or sales slip that must contain at a minimum the following information:

1. Name of Vendor

2. GSA GWAC number

3. PO number

4. Product description/model numbers

6. Date of delivery/call order

7. Quantity, unit price, and extension of each item (unit prices need not be shown when incompatible with the use of automated sys-tems; provided that the invoice is itemized to show the information)

8. Date of shipment/delivery and/or Period of Performance (PoP) as applicable.

G Contract Administration Data

If remittance address will be different then address on block 17a of SF18. Provide address on the below line(s)

Remittance Address:

Administrative Requirements

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For the purposes of monitoring and technical direction, the GAO points of contact for this BPA are:

Vendor POC:

GAO Contacts

The Contracting Officer (CO) for this contract is:

Ada Williams U.S. Government Accountability Office Office of Acquisitions Management 441 G Street NW Room 7116H Washington DC 20548 Phone: 202-512-6479 Email:williamsa2@gao.gov

CONTACT INFORMATION:

The Contractor shall provide a day-to-day operational contact as well as a contact for prompt contract administration.

Contractor - Day to day operational contact Name:

Title:

Address:

Phone Number:

Email:

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Contractor - Contract administration contact Name:

Title:

Address:

Phone Number:

Email:

H Special Contract Requirements

H Special contract requirements.

ATTACHMENT A (Section J)

Request for Quote 05GA0A21Q0020 Special Requirements

USPS AMS API Software License 2021 Questions

J List of Attachments

STATEMENT OF WORK – See Attachment 1

L Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors or Respondents

Instructions to Vendor:

(a) Submission of quotations. Submit signed and dated quotations via GSA eBuy portal, at or before the exact time specified in this Request for Quotation.

At a minimum, quotation must show—

(1) The request for quotation number;

(2) The time specified in the request for quotation for receipt of quotations;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the Quotation;

(4) Acknowledgment of Request for Quote Amendments;

(5) Period for acceptance of quotations. The Quotation pricing, will be held firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for re-ceipt of quotation, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the request for quotation.

(6) Submit resumes for key positions in response to the RFQ in accordance with Paragraph 7 of the Statement of Work.

(7) In the complete Quotation, Quotation shall limit their response to no more than a total of 10 pages, Font size 12, Times New Ro-man to include (a). No more than 2 pages of pricing. SF18 must be filled out completely.

(8) Vendors are required to submit one Technical Quotation and one Pricing Quotation in response to the RFQ.

Qualification Requirements:

The following are the minimum qualifications considered necessary for performance of the work:

1. The contractor selected for the performance of this SOW must have specific experience in managing focus or discussion groups.

The above is stated in greater detail via Attachment A of this RFQ.

NO COST OR PRICING INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE QUOTATION TECHNICAL DOCUMENT(s).

Pricing MUST BE SUBMITTED IN EXCEL FORMAT, AND COMPLETED ON SF18 LINE ITEM(s)/CLIN(s).

ALL QUOTATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY VIA: Beta SAM.gov PORTAL ONLY BEFORE THE CLOS- ING DEADLINE STATED BELOW. Request for Quotations are due at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Washington, D.C. Time) on February 4, 2021.

NO QUOTATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Washington, D.C. Time) on February 4 or OUTSIDE OF the Beta.SAM.gov portal after 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Washington, D.C. Time) on February 4, 2021.

Questions must be submitted in writing and only via email to Coleman Dieger at diegerc@gao.gov. Questions must be submitted be-fore 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (Washington, D.C. Time) on January 28, 2021.

The Government will award a Firm Fixed Price Award for service(s) resulting from this RFQ to the responsible quotation whose quo-tation conforms to the RFQ and demonstrates to be most advantageous to the Government, based on:

(1) Price and Technical capability that meets the specification/description of the Statement of Work (SOW).

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M Evaluation Factors for Award

Evaluation Factor 1: Technical Qualification To be found technically acceptable under this factor, the Vendor must demonstrate acceptable procedures for all of the following:

Supporting the USPS AMS-API Software License.

Evaluation Factor 2: Price The government shall conduct a price evaluation of all technically acceptable offers that satisfactorily meet the specifications as set forth in the requirement, including any option prices.

- As part of price evaluation, the Government will evaluate its option to extend services (see FAR Clause 52.217-8 and 52.217-9) by adding all option year pricing.

Section 2 - Contract Clauses

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon re-quest, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/ these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far

FAR 52.203-5

FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items [Insert one or more Internet addresses]

(End of clause)

GAO Clauses

GAO 52.237-71 TECHNICAL DIRECTION (APR 1984)

(a) The Contracting Officer's Technical Representative will provide technical direction on contract performance. Technical direction includes:

(l) Direction to the Contractor which assists him in accomplishing the Statement of Work.

(2) Comments on and approval of reports or other deliverables.

(b) Technical direction must be within the contract Statement of Work. The Contracting Officer's Technical Representative does not have the authority to issue technical direction which (1) institutes additional work outside the scope of the contract; (2) constitutes a change as defined in the "Changes" clause; (3) causes an increase or decrease in the estimated cost of the contract; (4) alters the period of performance; or (5) changes any of the other express terms or conditions of the contract.

(c) Technical direction will be issued in writing by the Contracting Officer1s Technical Representative or confirmed by him/her in writing within five (5) calendar days after verbal issuance.

GAO 52.242-71 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (APR 1984)

The Contracting Officer (CO) for this contract is:

Ada Williams U.S. Government Accountability Office Office of Acquisitions Management 441 G Street NW Room 7116H Washington DC 20548 Phone: 202-512-8447 Email: WilliamsA2@gao.gov

In addition to the foregoing, the following clauses will be included:

GAO SECURITY CLAUSE

The security policies, procedures and requirements stipulated in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP); National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM); and any supplementals, thereto are applicable. Also applicable are the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR), and the GAO Order 0910.1, GAO Security Program, and supplemental GAO security directives.

References to the terms contract, contractor, and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), should be substituted with company, sponsor, and GAO Point of Contact (POC), or other terms as appropriate to the type of agreement.

SECURITY SCREENING

1. All contract employees who require access to information, property, or other assets or resources under the authority or control of GAO (including classified or sensitive information) are subject to security screening, as appropriate, to support their work on a GAO

Document Number: 05GA0A21Q0020 Page 8 of 12 contract. A background investigation commensurate with the level of the responsibilities and duties (referred to as position sensitivity level) is required for each contract employee assigned to the contract.

2. For national security positions, the contractor will validate the security clearance of each contract employees whose position re-quires access to national security information.

3. For positions of public trust, SEM will adjudicate a contract employee’s investigation, as appropriate to the employee’s designated position sensitivity, for work on the contract and for access to information, property, or other assets or resources under the authority or control of GAO.

4. Security screening for building access alone does not grant a security clearance for access to classified information.

DETERMINING POSITION SENSITIVITY

1. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), in consultation with the Project Manager, will determine the position sensitivity for all personnel assigned to the contract, and will identify such to SEM. GAO’s Director of Security and Emergency Management will determine the type of investigation for each contract employee based upon the sensitivity level identified for his or her position.

The following criteria will be used for determining position sensitivity.

a. National Security Position: A position that requires a security clearance to permit access to classified information which includes:

1) information that has been specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order (E.O.) or an act of Congress to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, including information classified under the terms of E.O. 12958.

2) access to a classified facility, which is any facility that requires a security clearance for admittance.

3) access to national security system.

b. Public Trust Positions and ADP-I, II, and III Positions: A position, other than a national security position, in which an individual’s action or inaction could diminish public confidence in, or otherwise have an adverse impact on the integrity, efficiency, or effective-ness of GAO or other government activities, whether or not actual damage occurs. Public trust positions shall be designated as high risk, moderate risk or low risk (for building access only).

1. A High Risk Public Trust Position is a position whose occupant:

a) has final signature authority for GAO products or other documents that articulate official agency policies, positions, findings, or commitments;

b) has final signature authority for contracts of individual non-cumulative amounts of $25,000 or more, or who obligates, controls, or expends individual, non- cumulative amounts of $25,000 or more on behalf of GAO;

c) has duties that involve accounting, disbursing, or authorizing disbursement of funds;

d) is assigned to a staff or administrative office (i.e., Office of the Comptroller General (CG); Office of the Chief Administrative Of-ficer (CAO); Congressional Relations (CR); Human Capital Office (HCO); Public Affairs (PA); Office of the Inspector General (OIG); or the Forensic Audits and Investigative Services (FAIS) team), and who performs work that is generally not reviewed by higher authority;

e) designs or manages GAO’s major information technology resources, and whose work is not regularly reviewed by higher authority;

f) has duties directly related to personnel security investigations or adjudications, or information security;

g) occupies a position as an Automated Data Processor I (ADP I; further defined as those positions in which the incumbent is respons-ible for the planning, direction, and implementation of a computer security program; major responsibility for the direction, planning, and design of a computer system, including the hardware and software; or, can access a system during the operation and maintenance in such a way, and with relatively high risk for causing grave damage, or realize a significant personal gain); or

h) is otherwise in a position with substantial responsibility for activities that have a significant potential for grave harm to the integrity, efficiency, or effectiveness of GAO or other government activities.

2. A Moderate Risk Public Trust Position is a position whose occupant

i) is an analyst, analyst-related specialist, or attorney;

j) is directly involved in the production of GAO products or external audiences;

k) has duties involving financial management, contracting, or other procurement related activities, or human capital or related activ-ates (e.g., of the Office of Opportunity and Inclusiveness);

l) has duties involving access to sensitive data (i.e., proprietary, personal, or federal agency sensitive but unclassified (SBU) informa-tion) that GAO has legal or contractual obligations not to divulge;

m) has duties involving information technology management, planning, design, or maintenance;

n) occupies a position designated ADP II or III; or o) is otherwise in a position that involves activities that have a reasonable potential for significant harm to the integrity, efficiency, or effectiveness of GAO or other government activities, but less than in a high risk public trust position.

3. A Low Risk Public Trust Position is a position that is not designated as either a high risk or moderate risk public trust position.

NOTE: All contract employees are processed for a minimum of a Low Risk Public Trust Position due to their access to the GAO Building.

Citizenship

1. All employees on the contract who require access to information, property, or other assets or resources under the authority or con-trol of GAO must either be U.S. citizens or have lawful U.S. permanent resident status.

2. It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that all employees on the contract meet the citizenship requirements and that proof of U.S. citizenship, permanent resident status, or employment authorization is provided to GAO's Office of Security and Emergency Management (SEM) upon request.

Access to GAO Building

1. All contract employees who require access to GAO Headquarters Building are subject to security screening. A GAO Form 65, Document Number: 05GA0A21Q0020 Page 9 of 12

(Notice of Visit), will be completed by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) or his/her designee for all visits.

2. All contract employees must be escorted and monitored at all times by the COR or his/her designee.

Information, Property or Other Assets Under GAO Control All access to information, property, or other assets or resources under the authority or control of GAO must be coordinated through the COR.

Termination for Convenience The Contracting Officer, by written notice, may terminate this contract, in whole or in part, when, in his sole discretion, he determines that it is in the Government's interest. Such notice will specify the effective date of termination. If this contract is terminated, the Gov-ernment shall not be liable for any termination costs, and shall be liable only for payment under the payment provisions of this con-tract for the legal services rendered before the effective date of termination.

Termination for Default

(a) The Government may terminate performance of work under this contract in whole, or in part, if the Contractor defaults in perform-ing this contract and fails to cure the default within 10 days (unless extended by the Contracting Officer) after receiving a notice spe-cifying the default. Default includes failure to make progress in the work so as to endanger performance.

(b) The Contracting Officer shall terminate by delivering to the Contractor a Notice of Termination specifying that termination is for default of the Contractor, the extent of termination, and the effective date. If after termination for default, it is determined that the Contractor was not in default or that the Contractor failure to perform or to make progress in performance is due to causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor set forth in the Excusable Delays clause (see (c) below), the rights and obligations of the parties will be the same as if the termination was for the convenience of the Government.

(c) Excusable delays. The Contractor shall be liable for default unless nonperformance is caused by an occurrence beyond the reason-able control of the Contractor and without its fault or negligence, such as acts of God or the public enemy, acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, unusually severe weather, and delays of common carriers. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing as soon as it is reasonably possible after the commencement of any excusable delay, setting forth the full particulars in connection therewith, shall remedy such occurrence with all reasonable dispatch, and shall promptly give written notice to the Contracting Officer of the cessation of such occurrence.

GAO 52.216-9002 Most Favored Customer Price (Jun 04) - Alternate 1 (Agency Specific) The Offeror warrants and agrees that the prices charged under this Agreement will not exceed the prices charged by the contractor to its most favored customer for the same item or services in like or comparable quantities; and further agrees, that any payments re-ceived for charges made in excess of prices paid by such most favored customers will be returned to the Government.

GAO 52.243-70 Notification of Changes Definitions: "Contracting Officer," as used in this clause, does not include any representative of the Contracting Officer: "Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)," as used in this clause, means any person the Contracting Officer has so designated by written notice (a copy of which shall be provided to the Contractor) which shall refer to this subparagraph and shall be issued to the designated rep-resentative before the COR exercises such authority.

Notice: The primary purpose of this clause is to obtain prompt reporting of Government conduct that the Contractor considers consti-tuting a change to this contract. Except for changes identified as such in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing promptly, within 15 calendar days from the date that the Contractor identifies any Gov-ernment conduct (including actions, inactions, and written or oral communications) that the Contractor regards as a change to the con-tract terms and conditions. On the basis of the most accurate information available to the Contractor, the notice shall state:

1) The date, nature, and circumstances of the conduct regarded as a change;

2) The name, function, and activity of each Government individual and Contractor official or employee involved in or knowledgeable about such conduct;

3) The identification of any documents and the substance of any oral communication involved in such conduct; and

4) In the instance of alleged acceleration of scheduled performance or delivery, the basis upon which it arose.

GAO 52.235-73 Confidentiality of GAO Data (APR 1984) Because of the sensitivity and confidentiality of much of the data handled by GAO, the contractor shall maintain documents, data, and other information supplied to it by the GAO, in accordance with all applicable Federal guidelines and regulations. Also, specific CLINs under this contract may involve processing records or portions of records which GAO treats as confidential, and contain in-formation subject to the GAO Privacy Procedures for Personnel Records, 4 C.F.R. Part 83.

The contractor assumes full responsibility for and guarantees the security of all documents, data, and other information supplied by GAO. No action taken by, or on behalf of, the contractor, or which the contractor could prevent, will be permitted if the effect is or could reasonably be foreseen to undermine GAO's ability to maintain the security of records created by GAO or which may be subject to the GAO Privacy Procedures.

The contractor will prevent any person other than the CONTRACTOR'S team members (or other persons for whom access is neces-sary for the completion of the contract) from seeing or having access to information in the possession or under the control of the con-tractor.

The contractor will prevent any person from disclosing the contents of description of documents or information to any person not au-thorized under this contract or by the GAO to have access to such documents or information.

The contractor will prevent removal of any documents or information from the CONTRACTOR'S premises without authorization by appropriate GAO officials. The contractor shall execute a Non-Disclosure Agreement, (Section J). The contractor agrees to include similar requirements in any subcontracts which it may enter into regarding or supporting work under this contract and furnish the con-tracting officer one copy of each subcontractor employees’ non-disclosure agreement which must be signed by an authorized contract-

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The contractor will report to the GAO Contracting Officer any breach of confidence by any person as soon as the breach is known.

The contractor shall assure that all persons handling GAO confidential or sensitive materials has signed the GAO Non-Disclosure Agreement.

The contractor agrees that no contractor or subcontractor employee will be given access to GAO documents or other records unless that employee shall have first executed a Non-Disclosure Agreement. A Non-Disclosure Agreement, whether submitted prior to or after the award of this contract, shall be binding with regard to information obtained at any time throughout the period of performance of this contract. All Non-Disclosure Agreements are binding indefinitely unless released by a duly authorized official of the GAO. A contractor or subcontractor employee whose employment is continuous need not execute a new Agreement if his assignment to work related to this contract terminates but later resumes.

Any deviation from provisions of this clause which is attributable to the contractor or to persons allowed on the Contractor's premises constitutes a material breach of confidentiality and may be sufficient ground for default. Further, the contractor agrees to save the Government harmless in the amount of any judgment against the United States resulting from such a breach. At the Comptroller Gen-eral's option, the contractor shall assign all of his rights of action against any person to the United States. Disclosure in violation of the Privacy Procedures also may involve the imposition of criminal penalties. To the extent this contract provides for the operation, on be-half of the GAO, of a system of records to accomplish an agency function, it shall be subject to the requirements of any GAO Order or regulations pertaining to privacy procedures.

GAO IPP Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (October 2017)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform Sys-tem (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access, and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Govern-ment Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank (STLS.IPPHELPDESK@stls.frb.org) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Customer Support Helpdesk via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone 866-973-3131.

GAO CLAU-I-2 DISPUTES

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this contract, any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this contract which is not dis-posed of by agreement shall be decided by the Contracting Officer, who shall render his/her decision in writing and mail or otherwise furnish a copy thereof to the Contractor. The decision of the Contracting Officer shall be final and conclusive unless, within thirty

(30) days from the date of receipt of such copy, the Contractor mails or otherwise furnishes to the Contracting Officer a written appeal addressed to the Comptroller General. The decision of the Comptroller General or his/her duly authorized representative for the de-termination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudu-lent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence. In connection with any appeal proceeding under this clause, the Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evid-ence in support of its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the perform-ance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision.

(b) This "Disputes" clause does not preclude consideration of law questions in connection with decisions provided for in paragraph (a) above: Provided, that nothing in this contract shall be construed as making final the decision of any administrative official, represent-ative, or board on a question of law.

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Of-ficer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within fifteen (15) days [insert the period of time within which the Contracting Officer may exercise the option].

(End of clause)

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within thirty (30) days [insert the period of time within which the Contracting Officer may exercise the option]; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a prelimin-ary written notice of its intent to extend at least sixty (60) days [60 days unless a different number of days is inserted] before the con-tract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

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(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed sixty (60) months (months)(years).

(End of clause)

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