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5 2 . 2 3 2 - 2 9 T E R M S F O R F I N A N C I N G O F P U R C H A S E S O F C O M M E R C I A L P R O D U C T S A N D C O M M E R C I A L S E R V I C E S ( N O V 2 0 2 1 ) T e r m s f o r F i n a n c i n g o f P u r c h a s e s o f C o m m e r c i a l P r o d u c t s a n d C o m m e r c i a l S e r v i c e s . ( N O V 2 0 2 1 )

( a ) C o n t r a c t o r e n t i t l e m e n t t o f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s . T h e C o n t r a c t o r m a y r e q u e s t , a n d t h e G o v e r n m e n t s h a l l p a y , a c o n t r a c t f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t a s s p e c i f i e d e l s e w h e r e i n t h i s c o n t r a c t w h e n : t h e p a y m e n t r e q u e s t e d i s p r o p e r l y d u e i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h i s c o n t r a c t ; t h e s u p p l i e s d e l i v e r a b l e o r s e r v i c e s d u e u n d e r t h e c o n t r a c t w i l l b e d e l i v e r e d o r p e r f o r m e d i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e c o n t r a c t ; a n d t h e r e h a s b e e n n o i m p a i r m e n t o r d i m i n u t i o n o f t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s s e c u r i t y u n d e r t h i s c o n t r a c t .

( b ) S p e c i a l t e r m s r e g a r d i n g t e r m i n a t i o n f o r c a u s e . I f t h i s c o n t r a c t i s t e r m i n a t e d f o r c a u s e , t h e C o n t r a c t o r s h a l l , o n d e m a n d , r e p a y t o t h e G o v e r n m e n t t h e a m o u n t o f u n l i q u i d a t e d c o n t r a c t f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s . T h e G o v e r n m e n t s h a l l b e l i a b l e f o r n o p a y m e n t e x c e p t a s p r o v i d e d b y t h e T e r m i n a t i o n f o r C a u s e p a r a g r a p h o f t h e c l a u s e a t F e d e r a l A c q u i s i t i o n R e g u l a t i o n ( F A R ) 5 2 . 2 1 2 - 4 , C o n t r a c t T e r m s a n d C o n d i t i o n s - C o m m e r c i a l P r o d u c t s a n d C o m m e r c i a l S e r v i c e s .

( c ) S e c u r i t y f o r G o v e r n m e n t f i n a n c i n g . I n t h e e v e n t t h e C o n t r a c t o r f a i l s t o p r o v i d e a d e q u a t e s e c u r i t y , a s r e q u i r e d i n t h i s c o n t r a c t , n o f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s h a l l b e m a d e u n d e r t h i s c o n t r a c t . U p o n r e c e i p t o f a d e q u a t e s e c u r i t y , f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s s h a l l b e m a d e , i n c l u d i n g a l l p r e v i o u s p a y m e n t s t o w h i c h t h e C o n t r a c t o r i s e n t i t l e d , i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e t e r m s o f t h e p r o v i s i o n s f o r c o n t r a c t f i n a n c i n g . I f a t a n y t i m e t h e C o n t r a c t i n g O f f i c e r d e t e r m i n e s t h a t t h e s e c u r i t y p r o v i d e d b y t h e C o n t r a c t o r i s i n s u f f i c i e n t , t h e C o n t r a c t o r s h a l l p r o m p t l y p r o v i d e s u c h a d d i t i o n a l s e c u r i t y a s t h e C o n t r a c t i n g O f f i c e r d e t e r m i n e s n e c e s s a r y . I n t h e e v e n t t h e C o n t r a c t o r f a i l s t o p r o v i d e s u c h a d d i t i o n a l s e c u r i t y , t h e C o n t r a c t i n g O f f i c e r m a y c o l l e c t o r l i q u i d a t e s u c h s e c u r i t y t h a t h a s b e e n p r o v i d e d a n d s u s p e n d f u r t h e r p a y m e n t s t o t h e C o n t r a c t o r ; a n d t h e C o n t r a c t o r s h a l l r e p a y t o t h e G o v e r n m e n t t h e a m o u n t o f u n l i q u i d a t e d f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s a s t h e C o n t r a c t i n g O f f i c e r a t h i s s o l e d i s c r e t i o n d e e m s r e p a y a b l e .

( d ) R e s e r v a t i o n o f r i g h t s . ( 1 ) N o p a y m e n t o r o t h e r a c t i o n b y t h e G o v e r n m e n t u n d e r t h i s c l a u s e s h a l l ( i ) e x c u s e t h e C o n t r a c t o r f r o m p e r f o r m a n c e o f o b l i g a t i o n s u n d e r t h i s c o n t r a c t o r ( i i ) c o n s t i t u t e a w a i v e r o f a n y o f t h e r i g h t s o r r e m e d i e s o f t h e p a r t i e s u n d e r t h e c o n t r a c t .

( 2 ) T h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s r i g h t s a n d r e m e d i e s u n d e r t h i s c l a u s e ( i ) s h a l l n o t b e e x c l u s i v e , b u t r a t h e r s h a l l b e i n a d d i t i o n t o a n y o t h e r r i g h t s a n d r e m e d i e s p r o v i d e d b y l a w o r t h i s c o n t r a c t a n d ( i i ) s h a l l n o t b e a f f e c t e d b y d e l a y e d , p a r t i a l , o r o m i t t e d e x e r c i s e o f a n y r i g h t , r e m e d y , p o w e r , o r p r i v i l e g e , n o r s h a l l s u c h e x e r c i s e o r a n y s i n g l e e x e r c i s e p r e c l u d e o r i m p a i r a n y f u r t h e r e x e r c i s e u n d e r t h i s c l a u s e o r t h e e x e r c i s e o f a n y o t h e r r i g h t , p o w e r , o r p r i v i l e g e o f t h e G o v e r n m e n t .

( e ) C o n t e n t o f C o n t r a c t o r ' s r e q u e s t f o r f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t . T h e C o n t r a c t o r ' s r e q u e s t f o r f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s h a l l c o n t a i n t h e f o l l o w i n g :

( 1 ) T h e n a m e a n d a d d r e s s o f t h e C o n t r a c t o r ;

( 2 ) T h e d a t e o f t h e r e q u e s t f o r f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t ;

( 3 ) T h e c o n t r a c t n u m b e r a n d / o r o t h e r i d e n t i f i e r o f t h e c o n t r a c t o r o r d e r u n d e r w h i c h t h e r e q u e s t i s m a d e ; a n d ( 4 ) A n a p p r o p r i a t e l y i t e m i z e d a n d t o t a l e d s t a t e m e n t o f t h e f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s r e q u e s t e d a n d s u c h o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a s i s n e c e s s a r y f o r c o m p u t a t i o n o f t h e p a y m e n t , p r e p a r e d i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e C o n t r a c t i n g O f f i c e r .

( f ) L i m i t a t i o n o n f r e q u e n c y o f f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s . C o n t r a c t o r f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t s s h a l l b e p r o v i d e d n o m o r e f r e q u e n t l y t h a n m o n t h l y .

( g ) D a t e s f o r p a y m e n t . A p a y m e n t u n d e r t h i s c l a u s e i s a c o n t r a c t f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t a n d n o t s u b j e c t t o t h e i n t e r e s t p e n a l t y p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e P r o m p t P a y m e n t A c t . T h e d e s i g n a t e d p a y m e n t o f f i c e w i l l p a y a p p r o v e d p a y m e n t r e q u e s t s w i t h i n 3 0 d a y s o f s u b m i t t a l o f a p r o p e r r e q u e s t f o r p a y m e n t .

( h ) C o n f l i c t b e t w e e n t e r m s o f o f f e r o r a n d c l a u s e . I n t h e e v e n t o f a n y c o n f l i c t b e t w e e n t h e t e r m s p r o p o s e d b y t h e o f f e r o r i n r e s p o n s e t o a n i n v i t a t i o n t o p r o p o s e f i n a n c i n g t e r m s ( F A R 5 2 . 2 3 2 - 3 1 ) a n d t h e t e r m s i n t h i s c l a u s e , t h e t e r m s o f t h i s c l a u s e s h a l l g o v e r n .

( E n d o f c l a u s e )

E l e c t r o n i c I n v o i c i n g a n d P a y m e n t R e q u i r e m e n t s - I n v o i c e P r o c e s s i n g P l a t f o r m ( I P P ) ( F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 1 )

P a y m e n t r e q u e s t s m u s t b e s u b m i t t e d e l e c t r o n i c a l l y t h r o u g h t h e U . S . D e p a r t m e n t o f t h e T r e a s u r y ' s I n v o i c e P r o c e s s i n g P l a t f o r m S y s t e m ( I P P ) .

" P a y m e n t r e q u e s t " m e a n s a n y r e q u e s t f o r c o n t r a c t f i n a n c i n g p a y m e n t o r i n v o i c e p a y m e n t b y t h e C o n t r a c t o r . T o c o n s t i t u t e a p r o p e r i n v o i c e , t h e p a y m e n t r e q u e s t m u s t c o m p l y w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s i d e n t i f i e d i n t h e a p p l i c a b l e P r o m p t P a y m e n t c l a u s e i n c l u d e d i n t h e c o n t r a c t , o r t h e c l a u s e 5 2 . 2 1 2 - 4 C o n t r a c t T e r m s a n d C o n d i t i o n s - C o m m e r c i a l I t e m s i n c l u d e d i n c o m m e r c i a l i t e m c o n t r a c t s . T h e I P P w e b s i t e a d d r e s s i s : h t t p s : / / w w w . i p p . g o v .

U n d e r t h i s c o n t r a c t , t h e f o l l o w i n g d o c u m e n t s a r e r e q u i r e d t o b e s u b m i t t e d a s a n a t t a c h m e n t t o t h e I P P i n v o i c e [ C o n t r a c t i n g O f f i c e r t o e d i t a n d i n c l u d e t h e d o c u m e n t a t i o n r e q u i r e d u n d e r t h i s c o n t r a c t ] :

T h e C o n t r a c t o r m u s t u s e t h e I P P w e b s i t e t o r e g i s t e r a c c e s s a n d u s e I P P f o r s u b m i t t i n g r e q u e s t s f o r p a y m e n t . T h e C o n t r a c t o r G o v e r n m e n t B u s i n e s s P o i n t o f C o n t a c t ( a s l i s t e d i n S A M ) w i l l r e c e i v e e n r o l l m e n t i n s t r u c t i o n s v i a e m a i l f r o m t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e B a n k o f S t . L o u i s ( F R B S T L ) w i t h i n 3 - 5 b u s i n e s s d a y s o f t h e c o n t r a c t a w a r d d a t e . C o n t r a c t o r a s s i s t a n c e w i t h e n r o l l m e n t c a n b e o b t a i n e d b y c o n t a c t i n g t h e I P P P r o d u c t i o n H e l p d e s k v i a e m a i l I P P C u s t o m e r S u p p o r t @ f i s c a l . t r e a s u r y . g o v o r p h o n e ( 8 6 6 ) 9 7 3 - 3 1 3 1 .

I f t h e C o n t r a c t o r i s u n a b l e t o c o m p l y w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t t o u s e I P P f o r s u b m i t t i n g i n v o i c e s f o r p a y m e n t , t h e C o n t r a c t o r m u s t s u b m i t a w a i v e r r e q u e s t i n w r i t i n g t o t h e C o n t r a c t i n g O f f i c e r w i t h i t s p r o p o s a l o r q u o t a t i o n .

( E n d o f L o c a l C l a u s e )

52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (NOV 2021) (Deviation Effective Date)

(a) Evaluation factors. 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 will be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Technical.

The contractor shall submit a product specification sheet for the replacement unit demonstrating the unit's ability to provide HVAC support.

The contractor shall provide a work plan identifying the methodology for the work performed

Technical submissions will be compared to other offered submissions and evaluated against price for a best value based award.

(2) Past performance. The contractors past performance information will be screened from DOI internal records, CPARS, and SAM.gov. Unexplained negative performance will be evaluated adversely.

(3) Price. Evaluate prices inclusive of transportation charges from the shipping point of the supplier to the delivery destination. Provide discount terms for prompt payment. Price will be evaluated comparatively.

Technical and past performance, when combined, are approximately equal to cost or price.

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(b) Options (if applicable). The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) Notice of award. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer furnished to the successful Offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

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52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors.

As prescribed in 22.2203, insert the following clause:

Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (Deviation DATE)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause¿ Program participation means membership or participation in, or access or admission to: training, mentoring, or leadership development programs; educational opportunities; clubs; associations; or similar opportunities that are sponsored or established by the contractor or subcontractor.

Racially discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities means disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in the recruitment, employment (e.g., hiring, promotions), contracting (e.g., vendor agreements), program participation, or allocation or deployment of an entity's resources.

(b) In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:

(1) The Contractor will not engage in any racially discriminatory DEI activities;

(2) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports, including providing access to books, records, and accounts, as required by the Contracting Officer, for purposes of ascertaining compliance with this clause;

(3) In the event of the Contractor's or a subcontractor's noncompliance with this clause, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part, and the Contractor or subcontractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts;

(4) The Contractor will report any subcontractor's known or reasonably knowable conduct that may violate this clause to the Contracting Officer and take any appropriate remedial actions directed by the Contracting Officer; and

(5) The Contractor will inform the Contracting Officer if a subcontractor sues the Contractor and the suit puts at issue, in any way, the validity of this clause.

(6) The Contractor recognizes that compliance with the requirements of this clause are material to the Government's payment decisions for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729(b)(4).

(c) The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts at any tier, including those for commercial products and commercial services, except those where the place of delivery or performance is outside the United States.

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