12FPC219R0013.pdf

1 Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) Solicitation Number 12FPC219R0013

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) This solicitation number 12FPC219R0013 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP), and the acquisition procedures at FAR Part 12 and 13 are being utilized. A firm fixed price contract to include a base period of one year from the date of award and two one-year option periods, is contemplated. The Government plans to make award without negotiations.

(iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-03 and July 12, 2019 which can be found at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html under the current FAR section.

(iv) This is a full and open competition solicitation. The applicable NAICS code is 519130 –

Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, which has a size standard of 1,000 Employees. For more information on size standards visit http://www.sba.gov/size.

(v) Line Item.

Item Description Price Base Year 9/1/2019 – 8/30/2020 Subscription for Trade Data Services

Option Year One 9/1/2020 – 8/30/2021 Subscription for Trade Data Services

Option Year Two 9/1/2021 – 8/30/2022 Subscription for Trade Data Services

(vi) Description of Requirement. The attached Statement of Work (SOW) provides a detailed description of the services.

(vii) Date(s) and Place(s) of Delivery and Acceptance. The subscription will available to the USDA employees for a one year period of time.

(viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors—Commercial, applies to this acquisition.

The provision is tailored as listed below, and the following addenda also apply.

The following paragraphs of 52.212-1 are tailored as follows:

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(b) change all references to “offers” to “quotes” and remove requirement for quotes to be signed and dated;

(b)(9) delete;

(b)(11) delete;

(c) delete;

(d) change all references to “offers” to “quotes”;

(e) change all references to “offers” to “quotes” and “offerors” to “firms” or “quoters”;

(f) replace entire paragraph with: “Issuance of purchase order. Your quotation should contain your best technical and price terms. The Contracting Officer may reject any or all quotes. The Contracting Officer may issue a purchase order to other than the quoter with the lowest priced quotation. After the evaluation of quotes, the Contracting Officer may negotiate final terms with one or more quoters of the Government’s choice before issuing any purchase order. The Contracting Officer will not negotiate with any quoters other than those of the Government’s choice and will not use the formal source selection procedures described in FAR Part 15.”

(g) change all references to “offers” to “quotes” and “offerors” to “firms” or “quoters” and remove references to conducting discussions or waiving informalities and minor irregularities;

(h) rewrite paragraph to simply state that the government reserves the right to issue multiple purchase orders for different line items when advantageous to the government and use the term “quotes” instead of “offers”; and

(l) delete.

a. System for Award Management (SAM) Registration

Due to the need to promptly award a contract after receipt of proposals, registration in SAM, to include completion of the Representation and Certifications, and having a status of “Active” is required BEFORE submitting a quote.

b. Technical Proposal and Past Performance Information

Quoters should submit a written narrative that thoroughly addresses the evaluation factors listed in Section (ix) below. The narrative should be supported by evidence that gives credibility to the statements made by the quoter and in turn gives the Government enough information to understand and give confidence in what the quoter is stating.

The quoter should provide past performance information as stated in the evaluation factors listed in Section (ix) below. The narrative and past performance information is limited to a total of 25 pages.

c. Price Proposal

The quoter shall provide a subscription price for the base year and each option period.

Quoters shall utilize Attachment 2 to this solicitation to submit pricing quotations.

d. Certifications

e. Proposal Submission

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Quoters shall submit the technical/past performance and the price proposal by email to sharla.goforth@usda.gov by the response time listed in the announcement on FedBizOpps.

(ix) FAR provision 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this solicitation.

a. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The factors below shall be used to evaluate offers. The tradeoff process evaluation methodology will be followed. The Quoter’s response to the following factors in descending order of importance will be used to evaluate quotes.

i. Quality/Technical (Prior Experience) Factor Provide a brief summary of your company’s experience in providing similar services, addressing the content and functionality addressed in the Statement of Work. Provide documentation that your company has the experience providing a Foreign Trade Data Subscription through a maintained data server or API, sufficient to demonstrate your comprehension and understanding of the services required. Provide the full list of countries that will be available on your database, including HS level and the available data for each country (monthly, annual, length of historical data series).

ii. Quality/Technical (Management Capability) Factor Provide a brief summary of your company’s capability of providing “live” customer support via telephone and email with an initial response within 24 hours. Provide a brief description of your company’s user training plan to include beginning training and periodic updates, users manuals, and documentation. Provide a summary of your capability in developing and maintaining product and country groups and customized user accounts.

iii. Quality/Technical (Past Performance) Factor Provide at least three recent and relevant past performance references. The following information must be provided for each reference: name of entity, address, contact name, contract number, and email address. Quoters with no past performance information will be rated neutrally and will not be looked upon favorably or unfavorably. The Government may contact some or all of the past performance references provided.

iv. Price Factor The overall cost to the FAS is an important factor, but for this acquisition is not the most important factor. It will be more important to ensure that the FAS is contracting with a firm that has demonstrated experience and capability of providing the services as per the attached Statement of Work.

Technical factors and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important when compared to price.

b. Options – The Government will evaluate quotes for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that a quote is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

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(x) Offerors are required to complete the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and

Certifications—Commercial Items. This must be completed at SAM.gov and the registration in an “Active” status.

(xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and addenda are not attached.

(xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the following additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to this acquisition.

(b)

(1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402)

(4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) (Public L. 109-282) (31.U.S.C. 6101 note)

(6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C)

(8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C.

6101 note)

(9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) (41 U.S.C. 2313)

(22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C.

632(a)(2))

(25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755)

(26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018) (E.O. 13126)

(27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015)

(28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246)

(30) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793)

(33) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13267)

(42) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011)

(55) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332)

(c)

(2) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

(3) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C.

206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

This statement is for Information Only on the median wage. It is not a Wage Determination

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Employee Class (Series and Grade) Monetary Wage – Fringe Benefits

(4) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 2014) (29 U.S.C.206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

(8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015)

(9) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leve Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2017) (E.O. 13706)

(xiii) Additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. The following additional Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Agriculture Acquisition Regulation clauses and provisions can be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm . AGAR clauses and provisions can be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFagara.HTM

Provisions

52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror (Jul 2016)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision-- “Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code” means--

(1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States and its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity, or

(2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code.

“Predecessor” means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor.

“Successor” means an entity that has replaced a predecessor by acquiring the assets and carrying out the affairs of the predecessor under a new name (often through acquisition or merger). The term “successor” does not include new offices/divisions of the same company that only changes its name. The extent of the responsibility of the successor for the liabilities of the predecessor may vary, depending on State law and specific circumstances.

(b) The Offeror represents that it [ ] is or [ ] is not a successor to a predecessor that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years.

(c) If the Offeror has indicated “is” in paragraph (b) of this provision, enter the following information for all predecessors that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years (if more than one predecessor, list in reverse chronological order):

Predecessor CAGE code: ________ (or mark “Unknown”).

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Predecessor legal name: ______________________________.

(Do not use a “doing business as” name).

52.209-7, Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— “Administrative proceeding” means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings). This includes administrative proceeding at the Federal and State level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract or grant. It does not include agency actions such as contract audits, site visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables.

“Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000” means—

(1) The total value of all current, active contracts and grants, including all priced options;

and

(2) The total value of all current, active orders including all priced options under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, 8(a), or requirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award Schedules).

“Principal” means an officer, director, owner, partner, or a person having primary management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity (e.g., general manager; plant manager; head of a division or business segment; and similar positions).

(b) The offeror [_] has [_] does not have current active Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000.

(c) If the offeror checked “has” in paragraph (b) of this provision, the offeror represents, by submission of this offer, that the information it has entered in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) is current, accurate, and complete as of the date of submission of this offer with regard to the following information:

(1) Whether the offeror, and/or any of its principals, has or has not, within the last five years, in connection with the award to or performance by the offeror of a Federal contract or grant, been the subject of a proceeding, at the Federal or State level that resulted in any of the following dispositions:

(i) In a criminal proceeding, a conviction.

(ii) In a civil proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in the payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more.

(iii) In an administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in—

(A) The payment of a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more; or

(B) The payment of a reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of $100,000.

(iv) In a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, a disposition of the matter by consent or compromise with an acknowledgment of fault by the Contractor if the proceeding could have led to any of the outcomes specified in paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), or (c)(1)(iii) of this provision.

(2) If the offeror has been involved in the last five years in any of the occurrences listed in (c)(1) of this provision, whether the offeror has provided the requested information with regard to each occurrence.

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(d) The offeror shall post the information in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (c)(1)(iv) of this provision in FAPIIS as required through maintaining an active registration in the System for Award Management which can be accessed via https://www.sam.gov (see 52.204-7).

52.209-11, Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016)

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that--

(1) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

(2) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(b) The Offeror represents that—

(1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability; and

(2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

52.216-1, Type of Contract (Apr 1984) The Government contemplates award of a _________ [Contracting Officer insert specific type of contract] contract resulting from this solicitation.

52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (Feb 1999) The offeror represents that --

(a) It * has, * has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation;

(b) It * has, * has not filed all required compliance reports; and

(c) Representations indicating submission of required compliance reports, signed by proposed subcontractors, will be obtained before subcontract awards.

52.222-25, Affirmative Action compliance (Apr 1984) The offeror represents that --https://www.sam.gov/

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(a) It * has developed and has on file, * has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action programs required by the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR 60-1 and 60-2); or

(b) It * has not previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor.

52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Referenced (Feb 1998)

(xiv) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

The following additional Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Agriculture Acquisition Regulation clauses and provisions can be found at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far . AGAR clauses and provisions can be found at https://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agarbase/index.html .

52.252-5, Authorized Deviations in Provision (Apr 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any ______________ [insert regulation name] (48 CFR Chapter ______) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

452.204-70, Inquiries (Feb 1988) Inquiries and all correspondence concerning this solicitation should be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer. Offerors should contact only the Contracting Officer issuing the solicitation about any aspect of this requirement prior to contract award.

4I-52.233-70, Protests to the Agency

(a) An agency protest filed with the contracting officer shall be sent to the contracting officer’s mailing address or email address listed in the solicitation. The contractor should contact the contracting officer to verify the mailing or email address prior to delivering a protest.

(b) The independent review of a contracting officer’s decision regarding a protest described at FAR 33.103(d)(4) is not available as an alternative to consideration of the protest by the contracting officer. An independent review is available only as an appeal of the contracting officer’s decision on a protest. An appeal must be filed within 10 calendar days of the protestor’s receipt of the contracting officer’s decision, otherwise the appeal will be deemed untimely and not considered. The appeal must be directed to the Operations Branch Chief but sent to the contracting officer.

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(c) The protest must contain all of the elements required by FAR 33.103(d)(2). Failure to substantially comply with any of the requirements of FAR 33.103(d)(2) may be grounds for dismissal of the protest.

52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (Jan 2017) 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 2016) 52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror (Jul 2016) 52.204-22, Alternative Line Item Proposal (Jan 2017) 52.207-2, Notice of Streamlined Competition (May 2006) 52.209-2, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations – Representation (Nov 2015) 52.217-3, Evaluation Exclusive of Options (Apr 1984) 52.217-4 Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award (Jun 1988) 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran – Representation and Certifications (Aug 2018)

Clauses 52.204-21, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (Jun 2016)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-- “Covered contractor information system” means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

“Federal contract information” means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public Web sites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

“Information” means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction

(CNSSI) 4009).

“Information system” means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information (44 U.S.C. 3502).

“Safeguarding” means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures.

(1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, or devices (including other information systems).

(ii) Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

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(iii) Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

(iv) Control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems.

(v) Identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users, or devices.

(vi) Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

(vii) Sanitize or destroy information system media containing Federal Contract Information before disposal or release for reuse.

(viii) Limit physical access to organizational information systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

(ix) Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity; maintain audit logs of physical access; and control and manage physical access devices.

(x) Monitor, control, and protect organizational communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational information systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of the information systems.

(xi) Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

(xii) Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

(xiii) Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

(xiv) Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

(xv) Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

(2) Other requirements. This clause does not relieve the Contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirements specified by Federal agencies and departments relating to covered contractor information systems generally or other Federal safeguarding requirements for controlled unclassified information (CUI) as established by Executive Order 13556.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract (including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items, other than commercially available off-the-shelf items), in which the subcontractor may have Federal contract information residing in or transiting through its information system.

52.211-8, Time of Delivery (Jun 1997)

(a) The Government requires delivery to be made according to the following schedule:

REQUIRED DELIVERY SCHEDULE

[Contracting Officer insert specific details]

ITEM NO. QUANTITY WITHIN DAYS AFTER DATE OF

CONTRACT

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The Government will evaluate equally, as regards time of delivery, offers that propose delivery of each quantity within the applicable delivery period specified above. Offers that propose delivery that will not clearly fall within the applicable required delivery period specified above, will be considered nonresponsive and rejected. The Government reserves the right to award under either the required delivery schedule or the proposed delivery schedule, when an offeror offers an earlier delivery schedule than required above. If the offeror proposes no other delivery schedule, the required delivery schedule above will apply.

OFFEROR’S PROPOSED DELIVERY SCHEDULE

ITEM NO. QUANTITY WITHIN DAYS AFTER DATE OF

CONTRACT

(b) Attention is directed to the Contract Award provision of the solicitation that provides that a written award or acceptance of offer mailed, or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror, results in a binding contract. The Government will mail or otherwise furnish to the offeror an award or notice of award not later than the day award is dated. Therefore, the offeror should compute the time available for performance beginning with the actual date of award, rather than the date the written notice of award is received from the Contracting Officer through the ordinary mails. However, the Government will evaluate an offer that proposes delivery based on the Contractor’s date of receipt of the contract or notice of award by adding

(1) five calendar days for delivery of the award through the ordinary mails, or

(2) one working day if the solicitation states that the contract or notice of award will be transmitted electronically. (The term “working day” excludes weekends and U.S. Federal holidays.) If, as so computed, the offered delivery date is later than the required delivery date, the offer will be considered nonresponsive and rejected.

52.217-8, Option to Extend Services (Mar 2000) 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 Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 calendar days.

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 30 calendar days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 calendar days before the contract 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 ___________ (months)(years).

52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

This Statement is for Information Only:

It is not a Wage Determination

Employee Class Monetary Wage -- Fringe Benefits

52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

(xv) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, 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):

The following additional Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Agriculture Acquisition Regulation clauses and provisions can be found at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far . AGAR clauses and provisions can be found at https://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agarbase/index.html .

52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Apr 1984)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any _____. (48 CFR _____) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

4I-52.232-70, Electronic Invoicing and Payments Requirements – Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)

(a) Invoices must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP). The Contractor must use the IPP website (https://www.ipp.gov) to register, access, and use IPP for submitting invoices. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by calling (866) 973-3131. Invoices submitted by means other than IPP will not be accepted unless the Contracting Officer authorizes alternate procedures in writing.

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(b) Under this contract, the following document(s) are required to be submitted as attachment(s) to the IPP invoice: Invoice on company letterhead that states the subscription dates.

52.204-1, Approval of Contract (Dec 1989) 52.204-2, Security Requirements (Aug 1996) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance(Jul 2016) 52.204-19, Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015) 52.211-10, Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work (Apr 1984) 52.213-2, Invoice (Apr 1984) 52.219-28, Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) 52.222-19, Child Labor – Cooperation With Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2017) 52.223-6, Drug-Free Workplace (May 2001) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) 52.227-16, Additional Data Requirements (Jun 1987) 52.233-1, Disputes (May 2014) 52.233-3, Protest after Award (Aug 1996) 52.233-4, Applicable Law For Breach Of Contract Claim 52.237-3, Continuity of Services (Jan 1991) 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order (Aug 1989) 52.243-1, Changes – Fixed Price (Aug 1987) 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Items (Jan 2019) 52.249-1, Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price) (Apr 2012)

(xvi) Not applicable.

(xvii) The date, time and place proposals are due is listed in the announcement on FedBizOpps.

(xviii) The name and telephone number of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation is listed in the announcement on FedBizOpps.

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