140G0322Q0024_combined_synopsis_solicitation_1.docx

Combined Synopsis-Solicitation for Services of an Ecological Statistician.

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.

The solicitation number is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) 140G0322Q0024.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-07 dated 09/10/2021.

Set aside for Small Business. NAICS: 541620 – Environmental Consulting Service, $16.5 The vendor shall submit Firm, Fixed Price for each Task described in the Statement of Work.

Place of Performance: At Contractor’s Facility.

Period of Performance:

Base Period: Date of award (ASAP) – 08/31/2023 Option Period 1: 04/01/2023 – 12/31/2023 Statement of Work:

Attached, 5 page Word document.

Attached, 1 Excel document

889 Certification Document:

Attached, 2 pages.

The listed Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference. All FAR Clauses may be viewed in full text via the Internet at http://acquisition.gov; Federal Acquisition Regulation Table of Contents.

This solicitation incorporates, by reference FAR 52.204-07 (October 2018), 52.204-13 (October 2018), 52.204-25 (August 2020), 52.212-1 (September 2021), 52.212-3 (February 2021), 52.212-4 (October 2018), 52.212-5 (September 2021) and 52.232-40 (December 2013).

52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Trade Off Factors: Price and Experience

Contractor shall provide information to support the following minimum technical skills and experience described below. Qualifications for the awardee include an extensive history of mathematical modeling of occupancy and abundance of wildlife populations using Bayesian and spatially explicit models. The awardee shall be an expert with multiple peer reviewed publications in this area of analysis.

The contractor shall have a mastery of creating and implementing mathematical models to address questions in species occupancy and abundance. The candidate shall have excellent writing and oral communication skills. To evaluate this, contractor shall provide evidence to support the following:

At least 10 years of experience and mastery in all below (postgraduate work) -

· Creating and building novel and complex mathematical models in ecology

· Programming in R and JAGS/WinBugs

· Modeling data using frequentist, maximum likelihood based, and Bayesian statistical methods.

· Occupancy Modeling (multi-year, multi-state, and advanced spatial models)

· Abundance modeling (including multi-year and spatialy explicit models)

· Working with large, imperfect, and disorderly datasets.

A history of peer-reviewed publications with the requirements below (Candidate should be primary author on at least 10 of the publications). Contractor shall provide resume to support the following:

· A minimum of 10 peer reviewed publications where the candidate used dynamic occupancy modeling to analyze species monitoring data.

· A minimum of 5 peer reviewed publications where the candidate used mark-recapture models to analyze species monitoring data.

· A minimum of 5 peer reviewed publications where the candidate presents (as primary author) novel mathematical models for occupancy or abundance of species and that advance the knowledge of these fields. (mathematical models must be unique for each publication- i.e. count does not include multiple publications using the same model).

Pursuant to FAR Clause 52.212-5 the following clauses are hereby incorporated by reference:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282)(31 U.S.C. 6101 note);

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);

52.219-6, Notice of Small Business Set-Aside (March 2020) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (JULY 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2);

52.222-03, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755);

52.222-21, Prohibition Against Segregated Facilities (APR 2015);

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O. 11246);

52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793);

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (MARCH 2015);

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513); 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer (JUL 2013);

52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MARCH 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within _____30 days]; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least _30__ days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(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 _24_______months.

52.000S-5079 TECHNICAL LIAISON – TECHNICAL DIRECTION (OCT 1997)

(a) The performance required herein shall be subject to the technical direction of the Technical Liaison (TL) as identified below. As used herein, "technical direction" is defined as direction to the contractor that fills in details, suggests possible lines of approach, or otherwise supplements the scope of the work set forth herein and shall not constitute a new assignment, and does not supersede or modify any article or clause of this contract.

(b) The Technical Liaison is not authorized to perform, formally or informally, any of the following actions:

(1) Promise, award, agree to award, or execute any contract, contract modification, or notice of intent that changes or may change this contract;

(2) Waive or agree to modification of the delivery schedule;

(3) Make any final decision on any contract matter subject to the Disputes Clause;

(4) Terminate, for any reason, the contractor's right to proceed;

(5) Obligate in any way, the payment of money by the Government. Only a warranted Contracting Officer is authorized to obligate funds on this or any other contract action.

(c) The contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing if the Technical Liaison has taken an action (or fails to take action) or issues direction (written or oral) that the contractor considers to exceed the above limitations.

(d) The Technical Liaison assigned for this contract is:

(e) Only the Contracting Officer may designate a different Technical Liaison.

ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS – INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP) (APRIL 2013) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (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.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the

IPP invoice: Invoice Only

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

UNILATERAL DEOBLIGATION

The contractor shall submit all invoices under this award no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the period of performance has expired, unless a request for extension has been submitted to, and granted by, the Contracting Officer. After 120 calendar days have passed after the expiration of the period of performance, the Contracting Officer reserves the right to issue a unilateral modification deobligating any unexpended funds, and to initiate closeout procedures.

Responses are due to the Contracting Officer’s email address at cjfejarang@usgs.gov by Friday, December 10, 2021 at 12:00pm PT.

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