19AQMM18R0135_amendment_one.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE RATING

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

04/23/2018

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

LMAQMCODE

OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT

(A/LM/AQM)

PO BOX 9115, ROSSLYN STATION

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ARLINGTON, VA 22219

Katherine Lugo

NAME

TEL.

Weakley-LugoKF@state.gov

EMAIL

6. ISSUED BY CODE7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

19AQMM18R0135

CONTACT DUNS

CODE FACILITY CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, country, state and ZIP Code) (X)

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

03/23/2018

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X XThe above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended, Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning ____copies of the amendment;(b)By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.____X

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

Amendment One Extends the Proposal Due Date to May 14th at noon and updates the solicitation to answer questions and provides clarification. All proposals shall be valid 180 days after receipt.

The Government has also updated all pricing spreadsheets, removed some labor category requirements for citizenship and has revised technical evaluation factor 3.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

Katherine Lugo

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED

By (Signature of Contracting Officer)

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

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STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

19AQMM18R0135

001 CARSI Support IDIQ

See below for all pricing tables, IDIQ ordering period, and other applicable terms and conditions.

IDIQ Minimum: $1,000 IDIQ Maximum: $100,000,000

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B.1 Overview

The Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) requires police advisors. corrections advisors, professional, logistical and administrative services.

B.2 Type of Contract

a) This is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.504 (Indefinite-Quantity Contracts).

b) This contract is for non-commercial items. Specific tasks or work to be performed will be clearly identified at the task order level.

c) The contract type(s) for an individual task order will be one or a combination identified in FAR part 16 (Types of Contracts), de-pending on one or more of the factors identified in FAR 16.104 (Factors in Selecting Contract Types).

d) If a task order will be performance-based, as described in FAR subpart 37.6 (Performance-based Acquisition), its requirements will be conveyed and administered at the task order level.

e) This acquisition will be a total set aside for SDVOs.

B.3 Minimum and Maximum Quantities

a) The Government shall meet the contract minimum of $1,000 for the entire 5 year period of performance of the con-tract (inclusive of all direct costs, indirect costs, and profit/fee) through the issuance of task order(s) within the contract’s period of performance. The minimum quantity applies to each contract.

b) The maximum quantity for the contract’s 5 year period of performance and any extension(s), shall be any quantity or combina-tion of supplies and services not exceeding $100,000,000 (inclusive of all direct costs, indirect costs, and profit/fee). The maximum quantity is cumulative among all contracts.

B.4 Fully Loaded Labor Rates

1.The labor category description for each labor category is identified in C-2.

2.The negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates are in United States currency.

3. Each negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate consists of an unloaded hourly labor rate, any labor-related direct costs (e.g., 19AQMM18R0135

Line Item Summary

Solicitation Number:

19AQMM18R0135

Contract Number: Title: CARSI IDIQ Solicitation Date of Solicitation:

04/23/2018

Line Item No. Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Cost any direct fringe benefits, any direct bonuses), applicable indirect costs, and profit amount. It does not include any other costs. Any other costs that are part of the Contractor’s established compensation plan and consistent with FAR part 31 shall be allocated separ-ately as an ODC (other direct cost) or as a Material at the task order level. Examples of such costs, if applicable, that shall be alloc-ated separately as an ODC or Material, are post hardship differential pay and danger pay.

4. Any costs included in the negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates shall not be charged elsewhere under this contract.

5. At the task order level, the Government will specify and/or allow the Contractor to propose the labor categories required for a given task order’s performance. Contract-specified categories shall be used when applicable.

6. At the task order level, the Contractor will be given an opportunity to propose fully-loaded hourly labor rates that match or are lower than the respective negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates. The Contractor will be paid only at fully-loaded hourly labor rates that are equal to or are less than the respective negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates.

7. The fully-loaded hourly labor rates awarded as part of an individual task order will apply only to that task order.

8. The fully-loaded hourly labor rates awarded as part of an individual task order will also apply to any equitable adjustment resulting from any change to the task order requirement.

9. The following describes the normal workweek for Contractor and subcontractor employees:

10. A normal workweek falls within a consecutive seven-day period.

11. The negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates apply to a normal workweek of 40 hours.

12. A normal workweek of 40 hours is based on performance of eight hours per day multiplied by five days per week.

13. A normal workweek of 40 hours applies to performance outside the continental United States (OCONUS).

14. If the normal workweek for an individual task order differs from a 40-hour normal workweek, both parties will negotiate labor rates based on the normal workweek for the individual task order. Such negotiated rates will apply only to that task order, unless addi-tionally negotiated into the contract.

15. The negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates apply only to the labor categories in the tables below. Any additional labor categories will be specified and their associated labor rates will be negotiated at the task order level. Additional labor categories and associated labor rates awarded for an individual task order will apply only to that task order, unless additionally negotiated into the contract.

16. For labor-hour task orders, the Government will pay the awarded fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rate and only for performed labor that meets the labor qualifications specified in the task order.

17. For labor-hour task orders, labor hours for each labor category will be paid at the same awarded fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rate regardless of whether the individual performing the labor works (either as an employee or consultant) for the prime contractor or a subcontractor.

18. For labor-hour task orders, the Government will pay the awarded fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates multiplied by the respective actual incurred hours that the Contracting Officer determines allowable, pursuant to FAR 52.232-7 (Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts).

19. For labor-hour tas orders, the Government will pay the awarded fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rate minus the attributable to profit for those hours the Contractor incurs when replacing or correcting services or materials [reference FAR 52.246-6 (Inspection – Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour)]. For the purposes of this IDIQ the profit rate is ___________

20. For arrangements when payment is made not based on actual costs incurred (e.g., firm-fixed-price), each awarded fully-loaded hourly labor rate will be fixed for the period of performance to which it applies, regardless of whether the rate applies to a performing prime contractor or subcontractor employee who has legal status to work in the United States of America, who is a third-country na-tional, or who is a local national. The Government will not consider a request for equitable adjustment or claim associated with a de-sired change to such rate.

21. For direct labor costs under arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrange-ments, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements), the Government will pay the actual incurred unloaded hourly labor rates multiplied by the respective actual incurred hours, subject to the Contracting Officer’s allowability determination, pursuant to FAR 31.201-2 (Determining Allowability).

22.There are normally ten (10) US holidays and about 10/11 local holidays per country. The basic work year is 2080 hours. Subtract-ing 10 Federal holidays (80 hours) and 10 local holidays (80 hours) leaves 1920 Hours. Subtracting another 40 hours for one week PTO leaves 1880 hours. The government expects to receive 1880 hours of work from the employee per year. The offeror is expected to propose schedules and prices based on 1880 hours. If a different amount is proposed, it shall be clearly noted in the cost and tech-nical proposals. Creative accounting methods using terms such as “productive hours” and alternate work schedules which result in less than 1880 hours will not be acceptable.

The GS pay scale is the standard base US pay scale with no locality adjustments. The table below shows approximate equivalent pay between the GS, FS and LES pay scales

40 Hour Workweek Minimum

GS Payscale GS Rates are the Base Rates Belize US Dollars

LES-11 $30,358

LES-10 $27,598

LES-09 $25,089

LES-08 $20,908

LES-07 $17,423

LES-06 $11,766

LES-05 $10,331

LES-04 $9,288

LES-03 $8,448

LES-02 $6,527

LES-01 $5,757

Costa Rica US Dollars

LES-12 $50,648

LES-11 $40,673

LES-10 $30,352

LES-09 $22,938

LES-08 $18,078

LES-07 $14,479

LES-06 $11,466

LES-05 $9,648

LES-04 $8,574

LES-03 $7,772

LES-02 $6,961

LES-01 $5,629

El Salvador US Dollars

LES-13 $64,145

LES-12 $50,763

LES-11 $39,984

LES-10 $33,748

LES-09 $23,752

LES-08 $17,947

LES-07 $14,643

LES-06 $11,840

LES-05 $10,361

LES-04 $9,345

LES-03 $8,502

LES-02 $6,091

LES-01 $4,259

Guatemala US Dollars

LES-12 $48,242

LES-11 $42,339

LES-10 $31,460

LES-09 $26,468

LES-08 $22,704

LES-07 $18,171

LES-06 $12,956

LES-05 $11,198

LES-04 $9,467

LES-03 $8,220

LES-02 $6,368

LES-01 $4,728

Honduras

LES-12 $40,442

LES-11 $31,651

LES-10 $23,249

LES-09 $17,076

LES-08 $13,659

LES-07 $10,078

LES-06 $7,766

LES-05 $6,872

LES-04 $6,193

LES-03 $5,020

LES-02 $3,886

LES-01 $3,362

Panama

LES-12 $58,552

LES-11 $42,694

LES-10 $35,066

LES-09 $25,438

LES-08 $20,855

LES-07 $17,184

LES-06 $13,407

LES-05 $11,708

LES-04 $10,643

LES-03 $9,197

LES-02 $8,306

LES-01 $7,554

LES = Locally Employed Staff

B.5 Holidays

The following holiday's are observed at their respective posts and should be taken into account when developing the fully loaded labor rates:

Guatemala:

New Year’s Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Anniversary of the Guatemalan Constitution Washington’s Birthday Benito Juarez’s Birthday Holy Thursday Holy Friday Guatemalan Labor Day Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla Mother’s Day Memorial Day U.S. Independence Day U.S. Labor Day Guatemalan Independence Day Columbus Day

All Soul’s Day Veterans Day Anniversary of the Guatemalan Revolution Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

Belize Holidays New Year’s Day Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (A) Washington’s Birthday (A) National Heroes and Benefactors Day (B) (in lieu of Friday, March 9th) Good Friday (B) Holy Saturday (B) Easter Monday (B) Labor Day (B) Sovereign’s Day (B) (in lieu of Thursday, May 24th) Memorial Day (A) Independence Day (A) Labor Day (A) St. George’s Caye Day (B) Independence Day (B) Columbus Day (A) Pan American Day (B) (in lieu of Friday, October 12th) Veterans’ Day (A) (in lieu of Sunday, November 11th) Garifuna Settlement Day (B) Thanksgiving Day (A) Christmas Day Boxing Day (B)

Costa Rica Holidays:

New Year’s Day (C.R., U.S.)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (U.S.)

Presidents’ Day (U.S.)

Holy Thursday (C.R.)

Good Friday (C.R.)

Juan Santamaría (C.R.)

Labor Day (C.R.)

Memorial Day (U.S.)

Independence Day (U.S.)

Guanacaste Annexation Lady of Los Angeles C.R.)

Mother’s Day (C.R.)

Labor Day (U.S.)

Independence Day (C.R.)

Columbus Day (U.S.)

Culture’s Day (C.R.)

Veterans Day (U.S.)

Thanksgiving Day (U.S.)

Christmas Day (C.R., El Salvador Holidays

US/ES New Year’s Day US Martin Luther King’s Birthday

US President’s Day ES Holy Thursday ES Good Friday ES Holy Saturday ES Easter Sunday ES Labor Day ES Mother’s Day US Memorial Day ES Father’s Day US Independence Day ES Feast of San Salvador ES Feast of San Salvador ES Feast of San Salvador ES Feast of San Salvador US Labor Day ES Independence Day US Columbus Day ES All Soul’s Day US Veteran’s Day (observed) US Thanksgiving Day US/ES Christmas Day

Honduras Holidays:

HOLIDAY

New Year’s Day (US/H) Martin Luther King Junior (US) Washington’s Birthday/President’s Day (US) Holy Thursday (H) Good Friday (H) Easter Saturday (H) Day of the Americas (H) Honduran Labor Day (H) Memorial Day (US) Independence Day (US) Labor Day (US) Central American Independence Day (H) Francisco Morazán’s Birthday (H) * Discovery of America (H)* Honduran Armed Forces Day (H)* Columbus Day (US) Veteran’s Day (US)** Thanksgiving Day (US) Christmas Day (US/H) New Year’s Day (US/H)

Panama Holidays:

HOLIDAY

New Year’s Day (US/H) Martyr’s Day (P) Martin Luther King Junior (US)

Carnival (P) Washington’s Birthday/President’s Day (US) Good Friday (P) Labor Day (P) Memorial Day (US) Independence Day (US) Labor Day (US) Columbus Day (US) Separation Day (P) Colon Day Uprising Day Veteran’s Day (US)** Thanksgiving Day (US) Independence Day (P) Mothers Day (P) Christmas (U/P)

B.6 Travel

a) Travel under this contract is defined as Contractor air and ground transportation, lodging, meals and incidental expenses, and passport/visa costs.

b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Contractor shall be paid its allowable travel costs in accordance with FAR 31.205-46 (Travel Costs).

c) Travel costs are authorized for travel beyond a 50-miles’ radius of the Contractor employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) whenever work is required to be accomplished at a remote work site.

d) Local travel shall be processed as follows:

If the Government requires a Contractor employee to work an entire normal work day at a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) and the radius between the two locations is within 50 miles, travel costs are generally allowable, but only for any difference in costs between the employee’s normal daily commuting expense and commuting expense resulting from the most economical means of transportation available to the employee after considering: any physical or medical needs of the em-ployee; and mission requirements.

Payment for time associated with such travel is unallowable.

If the Government requires a Contractor employee to work part of a normal work day at a site other than the Contractor employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) and the radius between the two locations is within 50 miles, all travel costs are gener-ally allowable, but only for those costs resulting from the most economical means of transportation available to the employee after considering: any physical or medical needs of the employee; and mission requirements.

For this section, “part of a normal work day” is one in which the employee arrives at the start of his normal work day to his local place of performance (official duty station) and departs at the end of his normal work day from his local place of performance (official duty station). An example is an employee having to attend a meeting at a Department of State site in the middle of the work day.

Payment for time associated with such travel is generally allowable as long as such time is counted as part of the employee’s normal work day.

If the Government requires a Contractor employee to work part of a normal work day at a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) and the radius between the two locations is within 50 miles, travel costs are generally allowable, but only for any difference in costs between the employee’s normal daily commuting expense and commuting expense resulting from the most economical means of transportation available to the employee, after considering: any physical or medical needs of the em-ployee; and mission requirements.

For this section, “part of a normal work day” is only one of the following:

-one in which the employee arrives at the start of his normal work day to his local place of performance (official duty station); or

-one in which the employee departs at the end of his normal work day from his local place of performance (official duty station).

An example is an employee having to attend an all-morning local meeting and returning afterwards to his local place of performance (official duty station).

-Payment for time associated with going from the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) to a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) is generally allowable as long as such time is counted as part of the em-ployee’s normal work day.

-Payment for time associated with returning from a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) to the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) is generally allowable as long as such time is counted as part of the employee’s normal work day.

e) No travel costs (or associated labor time during travel) shall be allowable for regular commuting or telecommuting beyond (or within) a 50-miles’ radius of the Contractor’s local place of performance (official duty station).

f) Costs when using a privately owned vehicle (POV) for official travel are allowable provided that such costs do not exceed costs that would have resulted from use of other reasonable transportation methods (e.g., taxi, airplane, train). Reasonable associated costs, such as tolls and parking fees, are also generally allowable.

g) When traveling in a POV for official travel, the Contractor shall be paid mileage costs at a rate that does not exceed the POV mileage rate established by the Internal Revenue Service.

h) Costs for car rentals for official travel are allowable pursuant to the following:

-such rentals are consistent with good business practice;

-such costs do not exceed costs that would have resulted from use of other reasonable transportation methods (e.g., taxi, airplane, train); and

-such costs do not exceed the actual cost of renting a compact automobile (maximum of one automobile for four Contractor person-nel), unless extenuating circumstances (e.g., excess baggage) require other arrangements and Contracting Officer approval is ob-tained.

-Reasonable associated costs, such as tolls and parking fees, are also generally allowable.

i) The Government will pay the Contractor, under the applicable labor category CLIN(s), for each Contractor employee’s travel time to or from authorized work locations as long as the following are met:

-Payment of travel time described herein is in accordance with the Contractor’s established travel policy.

-Travel time begins no earlier than two (2) hours prior to the scheduled departure time and concludes upon arrival to the initial destin-ation point (e.g., airport) at the place of performance.

-The Government will not pay for a Contractor employee’s time spent in layovers that are for the convenience of the Contractor em-ployee or Contractor.

-The Government will not pay more than eight (8) hours per day per Contractor employee for travel time.

-The Government will not pay for a Contractor employee’s travel time that is outside the employee’s regular working hours.

-The Government will not pay for a Contractor employee more than the number of hours in the employee’s normal workweek.

“Number of hours” includes productive time hours, travel time hours, and paid time off hours (e.g., sick, vacation, holiday).

-“Productive time hours” consist of hours that, other than travel time hours, directly benefit the contract.

-Exceptions must be authorized in advance and in writing by the Contracting Officer.

j) The following items concern passports and visas:

-The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all personnel who will be required to travel outside the United States have a cur-rent and valid U.S. passport.

-The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining any visas required for travel to foreign countries under this contract.

-The Contractor’s costs for obtaining and maintaining passports and/or visas will be generally allowable, but the Contractor shall pro-rate equitably such costs if they will benefit cost objectives (e.g., contracts) other than this cost objective.

-The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for travel expenses when travel is cancelled or modified as a result of the Con-tractor’s failure to obtain a visa, and where the Government has determined that such failure is due to the action or inaction of the Contractor.

-The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for the use of private visa procurement services provided by a third party.

k) Costs for travel that has been modified or cancelled are not allowable unless such modification or cancellation was caused by the Government or otherwise beyond the control of the Contractor.

Pursuant to FAR 47.402, 47.403, and the Fly America Act, the Contractor shall use a U.S.-flag air carrier service unless an exception exists. If such conditions exist under a fixed-price arrangement (i.e., task order or line item in a task order), the Contractor shall sub-mit with its task order proposal a memorandum explaining why it does not intend to use a U.S.-flag air carrier service. Inclusion of such costs in the awarded fixed-price is contingent upon Government acceptance of such explanation.

If such conditions exist under arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrange-ments, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements), the Contractor shall submit with its voucher a memorandum explaining why it did not use a U.S.-flag air carrier service. Reimburse-ment is contingent upon Government acceptance of such explanation.

B.7 Post Hardship Differential and Danger Pay

Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay, which are forms of incentive compensation, will be generally allowable and allocated separately as an ODC or Material at the task order level. However, Government payment of such costs is contingent on the Contractor meeting all of the following requirements:

a) Paying Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay is part of the Contractor’s established incentive compensation plan or policy, or employer/employee agreement entered into in good faith before the services are rendered, pursuant to FAR 31.205-6(f)(1)(i) (Bonuses and Incentive Compensation).

b) When paying Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay is part of the Contractor’s established incentive compensation plan or policy, such plan or policy is followed consistently as to imply, in effect, an agreement to make such payment pursuant to FAR 31.205-6(f)(1)(i) (Bonuses and Incentive Compensation).

c) The Contractor's basis for paying Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay is supported, pursuant to FAR 31.205-6(f)(1)(ii) (Bonuses and Incentive Compensation).

d) Payment of such costs is otherwise consistent with FAR subpart 31.2.

e) Payment will be made only for areas identified as Post Hardship Differential Pay areas and/or Danger Pay areas in Section 920 of the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR).

f) Payment will be made only for eligible employees. Eligible employees are employees:

-whose country of citizenship is not in the task order place of performance; and

-whose primary residence is in an area not identified in Section 920 of the DSSR, or an area identified in Section 920 of the DSSR with an applicable DSSR percentage that is less than the respective applicable DSSR percentage for the task order place of perform-ance.

g) Payment for a given workweek for an eligible employee will not exceed the dollar amount resulting from multiplying the applicable DSSR percentage by the employee’s basic compensation for the given workweek.

h) The applicable DSSR percentage will be the DSSR percentage effective at the time of task order proposal(s) (or upon task order award if feasible) under fixed-price arrangements (i.e., task orders or line items in a task order).

i) The applicable DSSR percentage will be the DSSR percentage effective at the time of task order performance for arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements).

j) An eligible employee’s basic compensation for a given workweek is the dollar amount attributable to the employee as a result of the employee’s productive hours and paid time off (e.g., sick, vacation, holiday) hours for the given workweek. It is the employee’s base salary/unloaded compensation for the given workweek. However, such compensation must:

-benefit the task order; and/or

-be an equitable amount that is necessary to support the overall operation of the business, although a direct relationship to any particu-lar cost objective (e.g., task order) cannot be shown.

k)The number of hours included in an eligible employee’s basic compensation for a given workweek cannot exceed the number of hours for the task order’s normal workweek.

l) Basic compensation included in the fixed-price under fixed-price arrangements will consist of each eligible employee’s negotiated base salary/unloaded compensation for the task order period of performance.

m) Basic compensation will consist of actual incurred base salary/unloaded compensation for arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and pro-gress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements).

n) An eligible employee may receive Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay during paid time off only when the employee takes paid time off in the task order place of performance or in another Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay area, respect-ively.

o) When an eligible employee takes paid time off in another Post Hardship Differential Pay and/or Danger Pay area, payment will be based on the applicable DSSR percentage(s) for the task order place of performance.

p) Payment of Post Hardship Differential Pay for an eligible employee will not commence until the eligible employee has served 42 calendar days in the task order place of performance. Payment will commence on the first productive or non-productive day after day 42, and will not be retroactive to days previously served unless paragraph “q” immediately below applies. The 42 calendar days are not required to be consecutive, and “served” consists of productive time, paid time off, and time otherwise spent in the task order place of performance.

q) Once an eligible employee has served 42 calendar days in the task order place of performance, payment of Post Hardship Differen-tial Pay will be retroactive to day 1 served in the task order place of performance if the task order place of performance is in an area identified in Footnote N in the Post Classification and Payment Tables in Section 920 of the DSSR. Currently, Afghanistan and Iraq are the only such areas.

r) Payment of Post Hardship Differential Pay for an eligible employee will conclude when the eligible employee departs the task or-der place of performance, unless such departure is to another Post Hardship Differential Pay area during paid time off.

s) For Post Hardship Differential Pay, when an eligible employee has not yet served 42 calendar days and returns to the task order place of performance after an absence from the task order place of performance, the number of days served resumes on the day of re-turn. For example, if an eligible employee served 30 calendar days in the task order place of performance and departed the task order place of performance for 14 days, the day of return (day 44) will be considered day 31 of days served.

t) Payment of Danger Pay for an eligible employee will commence on the day of arrival in the task order place of performance and conclude on the day of departure from the task order place of performance, unless such departure is to another Danger Pay area during paid time off.

B.8 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE

a) DBA Insurance costs shall be incorporated into the fully loaded labor rates.

b) DBA Insurance costs are unallowable for performance in the United States.

c) DBA Insurance costs are generally allowable for performance outside the United States, but only for covered Contractor and subcontractor employees. The following are covered Contractor and subcontractor employees:

United States citizens or residents;

Individuals hired in the United States or its possessions, regardless of citizenship; and

Local nationals and third country nationals where task order performance takes place in a country where there are no local worker’s compensation laws.

c) In addition, DBA Insurance costs are generally allowable for performance outside the United States, but only when such costs accord with the terms of the Contractor’s DBA Insurance policy, law, and regulation.

d) The Contractor’s DBA Insurance policy shall be with a carrier approved by the United States Department of Labor to provide DBA Insurance, or the Contractor shall be a self-insured employer authorized by the United States Department of Labor to provide DBA Insurance.

e) Some countries have DBA waivers for more information check: https://www.dol.gov/owcp/dlhwc/dbawaivers/dbawaivers.htm

B.9 Overtime

a) The Contractor agrees to perform this contract, so far as practicable, without using overtime, particularly as a regular employ-ment practice, except when lower overall costs to the Government will result or when it is necessary to meet urgent program needs [reference FAR 22.103-2 (Overtime – Policy)].

b) Overtime is defined as time worked in excess of the number of hours in a normal workweek.

c) “Number of hours” includes productive time hours, travel time hours, and paid time off hours (e.g., sick, vacation, holiday).

d) “Productive time hours” consist of hours that, other than travel time hours, directly benefit the contract.

e) “Travel time hours” consist of hours spent by the employee traveling to or from authorized work locations.

f) The contractor shall comply with all host-country labor laws regarding the payment of overtime.

g) For fixed-price arrangements (i.e., task orders or line items in a task order), the Government will not pay for overtime.

h) The following applies to cost-reimbursement arrangements and the materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements (task orders or line items in a task order):

-Government payment for overtime must be authorized in advance of any Contractor employee’s performance of overtime and in writ-ing by the Contracting Office’s Representative (COR). Such request shall be submitted in writing to the COR and shall address each item under FAR 52.222-2(b) (Payment for Overtime Premiums).

-Evidence showing the COR’s approval shall be sent with each invoice on which overtime is being billed.

-Unless advance authorization has been granted pursuant to Section B.10(h)(1), any Government payment for Contractor employee overtime will be made at the actual incurred straight-time hourly labor rate that the Contractor pays the Contractor employee and de-termined allowable by the Contracting Officer, pursuant to FAR 31.201-2 (Determining Allowability).

-Government payment for overtime must not conflict with any Contractor uncompensated overtime policy or practice. If the Contract-or has such a policy or practice, the Government will not compensate the Contractor for overtime costs in accordance with such policy or practice.

i) The following applies to labor-hour arrangements and the time portion of time-and-materials arrangements (task orders or line items in a task order):

-Government payment for overtime will be made at the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order.

-When Government payment for overtime is made at the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order, such pay-ment applies only to: a) Contractor employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and who perform overtime in the geographical areas applicable to FLSA; and b) all Contractor employees who perform overtime outside the geographical areas applic-able to FLSA.

-Advance Government authorization for any Contractor employee’s performance of overtime is not required when Government pay-ment is at the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order.

-Government payment for overtime for Contractor employees not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and who perform over-time in the geographical areas applicable to FLSA will be made at fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates.

B.10 Cost Reimbursement Prices for Equipment

This section applies to the purchase of items under a cost reimbursable basis(i.e., task orders or line items in a task order).

a) The Offeror will be reimbursed for any allowable Other Direct Costs (ODCs) associated with the performance of services under the contract. In the Offeror’s proposal, the Offeror shall include the types and estimated amount(s) of ODC associated with the specif-ic task order requirements. For any approved/allowable ODC, the contract will include a Not to Exceed (NTE) amount based on the estimated total amount of ODCs.

b) All ODCs are on a cost reimbursable basis. All ODCs shall be supported by a valid paid receipt, showing the date of the pay-ment, amount, description of the service or commodity, etc. (Airline or hotel reservation information is not sufficient, as reservations only can be cancelled. Boarding passes and paid hotel receipts are required.)

c) The Offeror will be required to procure, on the local market, equipment or materials needed for routine operations on the con-tract or on an urgent basis. The Offeror may procure items necessary to operate the contract up to $3,000.00. For procurements great-er than $3,000.00 and less than $15,000.00, the Offeror shall obtain COR approval in advance of the procurement. Procurements in excess of $15,000.00 require approval by the CO. All items procured on the local market and billed for under the contract shall be-come the property of the USG. The Offeror shall be responsible for payment of any local value added tax (VAT or IVA) and/or other taxes that the Host Governments may impose for local market purchases. The Offeror will be reimbursed for the actual costs of the items procured, including IVA or other taxes if paid.

B.11 Advance Understanding

a) At the task order level, when payment is made based on actual hours or costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements), the Government will not re-imburse costs for cost elements for which there were no estimated costs. Any exceptions must be issued by the Contracting Officer.

b) The negotiated prices for each task order include all costs associated with local laws. If a change in a local law(s) or new local law(s) occurs after task order award, the Government will consider a request for equitable adjustment.

Any adjustment will be limited to reflect the Contractor’s actual increase or decrease in applicable wages and other costs to the extent that the increase is made to comply with the changed or new local law(s), or the decrease is voluntarily made by the Contractor while complying with the changed or new local law(s), respectively.

For example, the prior year local law required a minimum wage rate of $4.00 per hour. The Contractor chose to pay $4.10 per hour.

The changed local law increases the minimum rate to $4.50 per hour. Even if the Contractor voluntarily increases the rate to $4.75 per hour, the allowable price adjustment is $.40 per hour ($4.50 minus $4.10).

c) While compensation costs and compensation-related taxes that are a liability of the Contractor are generally allowable, income taxes on compensation costs are unallowable when such taxes are a liability of the employee and not the Contractor. When a host country’s law(s) requires the Contractor to pay applicable host entities any income taxes that are the liability of the employee, the Contractor’s costs to administer such payment are generally allowable and shall be allocated directly at the task order level.

d) Where indirect cost rates are negotiated in the contract, such information will be used in each resulting task order, as specified in the contract, according to the Contractor’s fiscal year period.

e) Where labor rates, unit prices, profit percentages, fee percentages, and overtime premiums are negotiated in the contract, such information will be used in each resulting task order, as specified in the contract, according to the contract’s period of performance.

For example, if the contract’s base period is November 1, 2015 through October 31, 2016, and a task order’s base period is January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, the contract’s base period’s pricing information will be used in the task order from January 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, and the contract’s option period one pricing information will be used for the remainder of the task order’s base period (from November 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016).

Consistent with the foregoing and for example, the Contractor, for a given task order period, may apply either: 1) the NTE or a dis-counted NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate from the first contract period that covers the applicable task order period, and the second NTE or a discounted NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate from the next contract period that covers the remaining applicable task order period; or 2) the NTE or a discounted NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate from either contract period, but such rate shall not exceed both respective contract period’s NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates.

f) If any task order period of performance exceeds the expiration date of the contract, the Government will pay the rates, prices, and percentages negotiated in the task order for such period. However, the Government will pay during such period any labor rates or prices that have been adjusted in accordance with any applicable terms contained in this contract.

g) The Contractor shall maintain time and labor distribution records for all employees who work under the contract. These records shall document time worked and work performed by each individual on each task order. The contractor shall provide these records to the Contracting Officer or COR upon request.

h) The CONUS based program office should be overhead and will not be reimbursed for travel to Central America.

B-12 PROVISIONAL BILLING INDIRECT COST RATES

(a) This section applies to cost-reimbursement arrangements (i.e. task orders or line items in a task order), material portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and any progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements.

(b) The following table displays the negotiated provisional billing rate:

Indirect Cost Rate Description Negotiated Provisional Billing Indirect Cost Rate

Allocation Base Contractor Fiscal Year Period

(c) The contractor may recover, if consistent with FAR subpart 31.2 and the Contractor's established cost accouting practices, allow-able indirect costs.

(d) Only the Contractor's indirect rates are identified above; indirect cost rates for subcontractors and/or other entities are not included in part or in whole.

(e) The Contractor shall be reimbursed:

1. only indirect cost rate descriptions identified in the table unless prior written approval was obtained by the Contractor's cognizant Federal agency official (CFAO); and

2. at the negotiated provisional billing indirect cost rates until revised billing indirect cost rates or final indirect cost rates have been established by the CFAO.

(f) After any additional (other than just a name change) indirect cost rate description has been approved in writing by the Contractor's CFAO, negotiation of provisional billing indirect cost rates and ceiling indirect cost rates associated with such description will occur after the CFAO has issued his prior written approval of such description.

(g) If any revised billing indirect cost rate or final indirect cost rate(s) established by the CFAO exceeds this contract's respective ceil-ing indirect cost rate (see Section B-19), the Contractor shall be reimbursed at the contract's ceiling indirect cost rate.

(h) The Contractor shall not change it's established method of classifying or allocating indirect costs without the prior written approval of the CFAO.

(i) The Contractor's fiscal year period is the period used by the Contractor for cost accounting purposes.

B-13 CEILING INDIRECT COST RATES

(a) This section applies to cost-reimbursment arrangements (i.e. task orders or line items in a task order), material portions of time and material arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed price arrangements.

(b) The following table displays the negotiated ceiling indirect rates

Indirect Cost Rate Description Negotiated Ceiling Indirect Cost Rate

Allocation Base Contractor Fiscal Period

(c) The negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates will be compared to the respective established final indirect cost rates, and the Govern-ment shall pay the lesser of the negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates and the respective established final indirect cost rates. See B-19

(g) for the other usage of the negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates.

(d) IF the Government uses the quick close-out procedures provided in FAR 52.216-7 (Allowable Cost and Payment), the Government will not pay indirect cost rates that exceed the respective negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates.

C-1 Statement of Work

1.0 BACKGOUND

The CARSI Initiative, one of the largest and most sophisticated multi-lateral security efforts in the world, provides funding for the USG to assist the governments of the CARSI countries with police professionalization, justice sector reform, counter narcotics efforts, border security management, crime and violence prevention, and anti-corruption efforts. In support of CARSI, INL its tasks include but are not limited to:

• Assist in developing more effective and transparent security and rule of law institutions, which work together effect-ively and cooperate with international partners to reduce threats from transnational and domestic crime, including ter-rorism, and improve border security and protect human rights.

• Support CARSI state and society efforts to establish efficient, transparent, and accountable prosecutorial, correction-al, and alternative justice systems institutions that respect human rights.

• Assist CARSI countries in improving federal, state, and local governments’ operational ability to prevent and mitigate crime and terrorism, impact transnational criminal organization (TCO) cash flow, contribute to criminal cases against TCO leaders and members, disrupt TCO trust and corruptive relationships, and safely apprehend TCO and other high target offenders.

• Improve border security, including building support to the new government’s efforts to secure CARSI borders.

• To meet the Congressional mandates of the CARSI Initiative, INL programs in the region include the following object-ives:

• Continue to support CARSI state and federal entities with efforts to institutionalize the rule of law among law enforce-ment and judicial sector operators, including through police professionalization, justice sector reform, anti-corruption, and border security initiatives.

• Help CARSI countries achieve its transitions to the new criminal justice system.

• Create a 21st century border structure, by further developing CARSI countries’ capacity to detect and prevent smug-gling of illicit goods and trafficking in persons.

• Support networked technology systems and professionalization to strengthen CARSI countries control of their re-spective northern and southern borders and ports of entry.

• Bolster CARSI countries efforts to prevent crime and violence by supporting the establishment of resilient communit-ies better able to withstand the pressures of organized crime through drug demand reduction, citizen oversight of se-curity forces, and culture of lawfulness programs.

• Continue to build CARSI countries capacity to disrupt and dismantle organized criminal networks, including capacity building to counter illicit finance and combat the production of, and trafficking in, illegal narcotics.

• Support the U.S. Government’s goal to support CARSI state and society efforts to establish highly efficient, transpar-ent, and accountable prosecutorial, correctional, and alternative justice institutions that respect human rights; to as-sist CARSI countries in improving federal, state, and local governments’ operational ability to prevent and mitigate crime and terrorism, impact transnational criminal organization (TCO) cash flow, contribute to criminal cases against TCO leaders and members, disrupt TCO trust and corruptive relationship, and safely apprehend TCO and other high target offenders; and to improve border security.

1.1 REQUIREMENTS

In support of the CARSI Initiative, the contractor shall provide professional, logistical and administrative services. Detailed services will be provided in individual task orders.

1.2 ACTIVITY 1 – PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

The contractor shall provide program management support. The contractor shall develop and apply a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP), reviewed for approval by the Government, to assure that systematic quality assurance methods are used in administra-tion of performance based requirements. The plan shall detail how and when the contractor will survey, observe, test, sample, evalu-ate, and document the contractor’s performance in accordance with the Task Order SOW. QASPs will be Task Order specific. The contractor shall develop and implement effective quality control and continuous improvement processes to meet or exceed the per-formance standards established in each awarded Task Order. The contractor shall develop a Quality Control Plan (QCP) to establish a management framework to verify that requirements are met and that all services are being performed to acceptable standards. The con-tractor shall develop and implement a Risk Management Plan (RMP) that minimizes negative impacts on project performance through effective risk identification and mitigation. The contractor shall establish an effective project control capability to ensure management of activities is within schedule and budget. The contractor:

• Shall maintain, as a deliverable, a staffing level of 95% or higher at least 100% of the time. (including those employ-ees currently being processed by DS)

• Shall accurately report staffing levels in the weekly, monthly and annual reports.

• Shall be successful in obtaining required security clearances 95% of the attempts.

• Shall submit deliverables on time 100% of the time.

• Shall deal quickly and effectively with contractor and subcontractor personnel issues.

• Shall hold and maintain all appropriate business licenses.

• Shall comply with all respective country labor laws.

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