SOW_Atalasoft_2019.doc

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)

FOOD SAFETY & INSPECTION SERVICE (FSIS)

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) FOR:

ATALASOFT Annual Maintenance for Label Submission and Approval System (LSAS)

1. OBJECTIVE

To provide software updates and technical assistance with continuing maintenance and new development of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Submission and Approval System (LSAS) for the annual period from August 20, 2019 through August 19, 2020.

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Label Submission and Approval System (LSAS) application is a multi-user, on-line computer system that tracks the status of label applications under the control of LPDD. It keeps a record of pertinent review decision information for each label that has been processed through the system, and can generate reports based on the label information stored in the system. The LSAS application serves as a searchable database when seeking information about products or establishments. Users of LSAS are from within USDA and public entities. USDA users are from FSIS (LPDD and Inspection Personnel) and Agriculture Marketing Services (AMS). Public-facing users include mostly establishments and, to a lesser extent, expediters.

LSAS will empower senior leaders with internal management controls to evaluate work performed by their subordinates and perform quality control review before finalizing the adjudication of labeling applications. LSAS will allow auditing activities on established user accounts or events and generate audit records.

LSAS will interface with the standard FSIS information management tools and architecture. LSAS will leverage FSIS User Interface (UI) Framework and comply with FSIS Architecture Framework guidelines. LSAS will utilize USDA’s e-Authentication system for system access control and FSIS Authorization Web Service. LSAS functionalities will leverage “Common Service” available within the FSIS Enterprise Network, such as: Logging, Authorization, User and Event Notification, Error Handling, and Business Rule engine Services.

All LSAS web-based transactions require that the users be authorized by USDA to have Level-2 authorization permission to access FSIS information systems. Remote users connecting via the Internet authenticate themselves to the USDA e-Authentication system for secure connectivity to LSAS. USDA’s e-Authentication system authenticates all user logins to the FSIS intranet and to their authorized applications. Site Minder works with e-Authentication to support user authentication to the application and to monitor session validity.

3. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ACQUISITION

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has a requirement for a system to be used for Label Submission and Approval System. LSAS was developed with the integration of the Atalasoft software. The Atalasoft DotImage is the only full-featured .NET Imaging SDK that is royalty-free for desktop applications. Server deployments require only a per-server license. The Atalasoft DotImage PDF Reader Add-On quickly decodes PDF documents into color or grayscale raster images, seamlessly plugging into DotImage and associated image viewing components as an image decoder. Supports complicated PDFs with vectors, text, patterns, and transparency as well as simple image-only PDFs. Extract the images out of the PDF, rasterize the vector objects to a new image, or render directly onto a printer with absolutely no Adobe Acrobat dependencies. The Atalasoft DotImage OCR GlyphReader Engine an add-on to DotImage Document Imaging GlyphReader is a highly accurate OCR engine built for DotImage. It is available as an add-on module and uses the DotImage OCR interface. It has been tested with the ISRI OCR Performance Toolkit and found to be more accurate than other, more expensive industry leading OCR engines, with 99.5% accuracy. The Atalasoft OCR Searchable PDF SDK for .NET Add-on to DotImage for creating text-only or text-underneath image PDFs addition to any capture solution to create searchable PDFs with your OCR workflow. Create text-only or text-underneath PDF documents. The DotImage OCR Searchable PDF module has runtime royalty-free distribution for desktop applications and requires DotImage Document Imaging edition and the OCR with Tesseract or Glyphreader engine add-ons.

4. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

There are no contractor requirements.

5. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (FEB 2007)

The total period of performance shall not exceed 60 months. The periods of performance are defined as follows:

Base Period:

* [Date of Award] through [12 months]

1st Option Period:

* [12 months – dates To Be Determined]

2nd Option Period:

3rd Option Period:

4th Option Period:

[*ACTUAL DATES TO BE INSERTED UPON AWARD]

Task orders awarded prior to the expiration date of the contract shall be completed, regardless of whether or not the Government exercises any of its options under the contract.

Options to extend cannot be used beyond any extension or renewal done to the FSS contract (except to complete an option period).

6. GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Government will be responsible for installation of the Atalasoft software on FSIS servers.

7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND DELIVERABLES

None

8. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

None

9. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE REQUIREMENTS

None

10. HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE (HSPD) -12 (If applicable).

None

11. 508 Compliance Accessibility of Electronic and Information Technology

(a) This SOW is subject to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d) as amended by the workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220). Specifically, subsection 508(a)(1) requires that when the Federal Government procures Electronic and Information Technology (EIT), the EIT must allow Federal employees and individuals of the public with disabilities comparable access to and use of information and data that is provided to Federal employees and individuals of the public without disabilities.

(b) The EIT accessibility standards at 36 CFR Part 1194 were developed by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ("Access Board") and apply to contracts and task/delivery orders, awarded under indefinite quantity contracts on or after June 25, 2001.

(c) Each Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) product or service furnished under this contract shall comply with the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (36 CFR 1194), as specified in the contract, as a minimum. If the Contracting Officer determines any furnished product or service is not in compliance with the contract, the Contracting Officer will promptly inform the Contractor in writing. The Contractor shall, without charge to the Government, repair or replace the non-compliant products or services within the period of time to be specified by the Government in writing. If such repair or replacement is not completed within the time specified, the Government shall have the following recourses:

1. Cancellation of the contract, delivery or task order, purchase or line item without termination liabilities; or

2. In the case of custom Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) being developed by a contractor for the Government, the Government shall have the right to have any necessary changes made or repairs performed by itself or by another firm for the noncompliant EIT, with the contractor liable for reimbursement to the Government for any expenses incurred thereby.

(d) The contractor must ensure that all EIT products that are less than fully compliant with the accessibility standards are provided pursuant to extensive market research and are the most current compliant products or services available to satisfy the contract requirements.

(e) For every EIT product or service accepted under this contact by the Government that does not comply with 36 CFR 1194, the contractor shall, at the discretion of the

Government, make every effort to replace or upgrade it with a compliant equivalent product or service, if commercially available and cost neutral, on either a contract specified refresh cycle for the product or service, or on a contract effective option/renewal date; whichever shall occur first.

Section 508 Compliance for Communications

The vendor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below. In the event of conflicts between the referenced documents, the SOW shall take precedence.

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508 Accessibility Standards

1. 29 U.S.C. 794d (Rehabilitation Act as amended)

2. 36 CFR 1194 (508 Standards)

3. www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm (508 standards)

4. FAR 39.2 (Section 508)

5. USDA Standards, policies and procedures (Section 508)

In addition, all contract deliverables are subject to these 508 standards as applicable.

Regardless of format, all Web content or communications materials produced, including text, audio or video - must conform to applicable Section 508 standards to allow federal employees and members of the public with disabilities to access information that is comparable to information provided to persons without disabilities. All contractors (including subcontractors) or consultants responsible for preparing or posting content must comply with applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, and where applicable, those set forth in the referenced policy or standards documents above. Remediation of any materials that do not comply with the applicable provisions of 36 CFR Part 1194 as set forth in the SOW shall be the responsibility of the contractor or consultant.

The following Section 508 provisions apply to the content or communications material identified in this SOW:

36 CFR Part 1194.21 a - l

36 CFR Part 1194.22 a - p

36 CFR Part 1194.31 a - f

36 CFR Part 1194.41 a – c

The contractor shall provide a completed Section 508 Product Assessment Template and the contractor shall state exactly how proposed EIT deliverable(s) meet or does not meet the applicable standards.

The following Section 508 provisions apply for software development material identified in this SOW, PWS, or TO:

For software development, software applications, and operating systems the Contractor/Developer/Vendor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

(1) 29 U.S.C. 794d (Rehabilitation Act as amended)

(2) 36 CFR 1194 (508 Standards)

36 CFR Part 1194.21 (a – l)

36 CFR Part 1194.31 (a – f)

36 CFR Part 1194.41 (a – c)

(3) www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm (508 Standards)

(4) FAR 39.2 (Section 508)

(5) USDA Standards, policies and procedures (Section 508)

a. Information Technology – General Information http://www.ocio.usda.gov/508/index.html#resources For web-based applications (intranet, internet information and applications, 16 rules), the Contractor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

36 CFR Part 1194.22 (a – p)

For Telecommunication products the Contractor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

36 CFR Part 1194.23 (a – k)

For video and multimedia applications (including training), the Contractor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

36 CFR Part 1194.24 (a – e)

For self contained, closed products, the Contractor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

36 CFR Part 1194.25 (a – j)

For Desktop and portable computers, the Contractor shall comply with the standards, policies, and procedures below:

Rehabilitation Act, Section 508, Accessibility Standards

36 CFR Part 1194.26(a – d)

For the purposes of this SOW, the Contractor shall review the complete system for 508 compliance and correct all deficiencies or document exceptions as required by departmental and federal requirements.

All Electronic Information Technology that is subject to the 36 CFR 1194 standards will have a Section 508 acceptance test and Section 508 will be validated upon acceptance.

All maintenance for Electronic Information Technology that requires upgrades, modifications, installations and purchases will adhere to the Section 508 Standards and 36 CFR 1194.

12. COMMONLY ACCEPTED SECURITY CONFIGURATIONS FOR WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS (December 2016) By delivering applications under this contract/order, the Contractor certifies that such applications are fully functional and operate correctly as intended on systems using the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) and comply with E-authentication and other Federal mandates such as LincPass. This includes Microsoft Edge (IE 11), Mozilla FireFox 49.0.2 and higher configured to operate on Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, and higher, as well as latest versions of Android OS and iOS for mobile devices.

The standard installation, operation, maintenance, updates, and/or patching of software shall not alter the configuration settings from the approved USGCB configuration. If a configuration change is necessary, the contractor will supply the actual configuration change, and the business reason for that deviation; the complete list of USGCB configurations can be supplied by FSIS security. The information technology system should also utilize (where appropriate) the Windows Installer Service for installation of the default program files directory and should be able to silently install and uninstall.

Applications designed for normal end users shall run in the standard user context without elevated system administration privileges.

13. Bio Preferred Products

The Contractor must comply with the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (FSRIA), 7 U.S.C. 8102; the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA), 7 U.S.C. 8102; the Federal Acquisition Regulation; Executive Order (EO) 13514, “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance,” dated October 5, 2009; EO 13423, “Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management,” dated January 24, 2007; and Presidential Memorandum, “Driving Innovation and Creating Jobs in Rural America through Biobased and Sustainable Product Procurement,” dated February, 2012 to provide biobased products.