Combined Synopsis/Solicitation 19GE5026Q0125 Internet Services Provider, U.S. Embassy Beijing Attachment 1 - Schedule and Clauses

Table of Contents

SECTION I – THE SCHEDULE

1. BPA Number [to be identified upon award]

2. Period and Place of Performance

3. Terms and Conditions

4. Ordering Mechanism

5. Invoices

6. BPA Deliverables

7. Statement of Work (SOW)

7.1 Scope of Work

7.2 General

SECTION II - CLAUSES FOR BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS

SECTION I – THE SCHEDULE

1. BPA Number [to be identified upon award] The Contractor shall furnish VPN, internet services, and dedicated leased-line circuitry for the U.S. Embassy Beijing, U.S. Department of State, in accordance with the Statement of Work (Section 7). The Contractor shall provide one (1) dedicated internet channel with a minimum synchronous 250 Mbps download/upload, a contiguous /28 subnet of public, internet-routable addresses, routed 100% through international ports via Hong Kong. Service shall be for the exclusive use of the Department of State, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year.

No works shall commence, and no equipment or materials shall be ordered, until the Contractor has received a funded BPA Call stating the start date and end date of the performance period.

2. Period and Place of Performance Period of Performance: BPA with 60-month term, structured as five (5) 12-month ordering periods within which BPA Calls may be placed.

Place of Performance: U.S. Embassy Beijing, China

3. Terms and Conditions

• The Embassy is not obligated to purchase any definite amount under this agreement.

• No single purchase will exceed USD 500,000 or the equivalent in local currency.

• Excise Tax – James Zadroga 9/11 Victims Health and Compensation Act of 2010 Notice: Unless a waiver or exception applies, payments subsequent to this procurement are subject to an excise tax of 2% pursuant to 26 U.S.C.

5000C. The Contractor shall complete attached form W-14 in order to apply for an exemption of the Excise Tax, if applicable.

• Refer to Section 7.2. I. Term of BPA for additional information.

4. Ordering Mechanism Services under this BPA shall be requested through individual calls placed by the RPSO Contracting Officer or authorized representative(s). Each call shall:

• Be placed by an individual appearing on the following Authorized Purchaser List: BPA Call orders may be issued only by the RPSO Contracting Officer.

• Reference the BPA number

• Describe the services with appropriate CLIN

• Not exceed the individual call limitation of USD 500,000 or the equivalent in local currency

5. Invoices The BPA holder shall submit invoices to the Contracting Officer Representative.

Advance Payment shall not be authorized under this agreement. Payment shall be made in the currency the contractor specified in the pricing table.

Pursuant to 52.212-4(g), the Government will handle invoices according to the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. 3903) and 5 CFR part 1315. The Contractor shall submit invoices to the address designated in the BPA call to receive invoices. An invoice must include the information required by 5 CFR part 1315.9(b).

A proper invoice must include the following information:

• Vendor’s name and bank account information for payments by wire transfers

• Invoice Date

• BPA Number and BPA Call Number

• CLIN of the service/s rendered as per pricing schedule

• Contact name (where practicable), title and telephone number

• Other substantiating documentation or information required by the BPA call

6. BPA Deliverables All reports and other deliverables required under this agreement shall be delivered as follows:

Description Submission Date Deliver To Reference Schedule & Clauses, Section 5

Invoice Monthly COR / Designated Billing Office

Security questionnaire with passport copy (for personnel requiring site access)

Within 15 days after award / prior to site access

COR

7. Statement of Work (SOW)

7.1 Scope of Work

The purpose of this firm-fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is to obtain VPN, Internet Services, and Circuitry for the U.S. Embassy Beijing, Department of State (DOS).

The Telecommunication Internet Service Provider (ISP) contracting firm must provide internet services and dedicated leased line channels and circuitry for connecting U.S. Embassy Beijing DOS office to all worldwide locations.

REQUIRED SERVICE: Internet for DOS Embassy

NAME: Dedicated Internet Channel for DOS DESCRIPTION: One (1) dedicated Internet Channel. Digital bandwidth must be at a minimum of synchronous 250 Mbps download/upload with a contiguous /28 subnet of public internet routable addresses. It must use 100% international ports routing through Hong Kong, not the local Chinese internet network.

TYPE OF

SERVICES:

Dedicated Internet Channel

LOCATION: Embassy Office: 55 Anjialou Lu, Beijing, East Gate

7.2 General

A. The Department of State has a requirement for one full period, full duplex, clear channel, and digital circuit capable of supporting synchronous traffic at a rate 250Mbps between the DOS office in Beijing to the continental United States and throughout all of China, Japan and Singapore. For clear channel circuits, they shall be completely transparent with no bits added to or deleted from the bit stream provided to the interface of the Department of State equipment. The circuit shall be supplied for the transmission of a multiplexed aggregate bit stream for telegraphic and data signals. ISP must permit all IP protocols (including but not limited to ICMP, UDP, TCP, and IPSEC) to transit without filters or proxies. Unfiltered access to the Internet is required without ISP firewall blocking or stateful inspection. Network Address Translation (NAT) must not be implemented. Minimum of a contiguous /28 subnet of public internet routable addresses must be provided. The Internet Service Provider (ISP) equipment must be installed in the U.S. Embassy’s east demarcation room, and the ISP data cable must terminate in a different central office, or different equipment in the same central office, than data cable from the ISP originating from the U.S.

Embassy’s south demarcation room. ISP must permit ping and trace route traffic from 169.252.0.0/16 and 169.253.0.0/16 to the ISP connection (LC fiber Gigabit Multi Mode router interface which terminates Customer VPN encryption device). The connection must route 100% through international ports via Hong Kong.

B. These digital services shall be via Optical Fiber. The service shall be for the exclusive use of the DOS, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and 52 weeks per year. If the line goes down for any reason, the contractor must contact the Embassy within 30 minutes with the reason and a plan for immediate restoration.

C. The Contractor shall coordinate the service and shall be responsible for the technical sufficiency of the circuit, including services necessary to establish, operate, and restore the circuit. Except for modems and terminal equipment furnished by the U.S. Government, the Contractor shall provide all equipment, materials, and supplies required to provide the service which includes the Data Service Unit (DSU) configured with Data Communications Equipment (DCE) interface.

D. The Contractor shall provide sufficient technical support to ensure uninterrupted end-to-end service between such terminal points as are covered in this BPA. The Contractor shall provide, properly adjust, and maintain the circuit for continuous Department of State use. The Contractor shall ensure that the circuit complies with service changes, additions, or deletions as required under this BPA.

E. The Contractor shall supply a router with multimode fiber output connection.

F. Services. This is a firm fixed-price agreement for the lease of one full period, full duplex, clear channel, digital circuit and internet leased lines capable of supporting synchronous traffic. Clear channel circuits shall be completely transparent with no bits added to or deleted from the bit stream provided to the interface of the Department of State equipment.

G. Acceptable Level of Performance. The Standard of Performance (SP) for this BPA is 99.7% percent availability per month (100 percent less 0.3 percent each month for corrective and preventive maintenance).

H. Inspection and Acceptance. Unless specified in the agreement, the U.S.

Government shall require a period of up to one month in order to perform testing to determine acceptance of the required circuit. The U.S. destination point or the U.S. foreign post shall conduct the testing.

I. Term of BPA: This is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with a 60-month term, structured as five (5) 12-month ordering periods within which BPA calls may be placed. The U.S. Government will issue a funded BPA call for the one-time installation and set-up of the required circuits and the associated twelve (12)-month service period. The Contractor shall install and deliver the required circuits to the Destination Point upon issuance of the BPA call. Commencement of the twelve (12)-month service period is contingent upon the successful installation of the required circuits and the U.S. Government's written acceptance thereof. Upon Government acceptance, the Contractor shall provide the contractual services for the twelve (12)-month service period in accordance with the terms and conditions of the BPA call.

Under no circumstances shall the Contractor commence or continue performance of recurring services prior to Government acceptance of the installation or beyond the funded performance period specified in the BPA call.

Any BPA call issued before the expiration of the BPA's effective period shall survive the expiration of the BPA, and the BPA shall govern that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the BPA's effective period, provided that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this BPA more than one year after the issuance of the BPA call.

J. Authorized Instruction to Contractor

1. No person or agency other than the Contracting Officer (CO) is authorized to give instruction, orders or directions on behalf of the U.S.

Government to the Contractor or his employees, unless such person or agency is authorized in writing by the CO to so act. The authority of such person or agency is strictly limited to the written authorization provided by the CO. The duty is upon the Contractor to determine the authority of such person or agency. Any questions regarding the authority of such person or agency should be directed to the CO in writing.

2. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): The CO may designate and authorize a representative(s) to act on his/her behalf under this BPA.

Such representative(s) as may be appointed shall be designated by a letter from the CO and a copy of the letter shall be given to the Contractor. The COR shall represent the CO as specified in his/her delegation of authority letter. The COR shall not be authorized to issue change orders or adjustments. Changes in the Scope of Work/Specifications or any increase or decrease in the work called for by this BPA shall be made by the CO by an executed modification to this BPA.

K. Release of Information

1. The Contractor’s organization shall clear with the Information Office listed below any public release of information on this BPA. This information includes news stories, articles, sales literature, advertisements, radio-TV spots, social media, etc.

2. The request for public release of information should be addressed to:

RPSO Contracting Officer

3. Limited Use of Data and Information. Performance of this BPA may require the Contractor to access and use data and information proprietary to the Government agency or agency personnel, or which is of such a nature that its dissemination or use, other than in performance of this BPA would be adverse to the interests of the U.S. Government or others.

The Contractor and Contractor personnel shall not divulge, or release data or information developed or obtained in performance of this BPA, until made public by the U.S. Government, except to authorized U.S.

Government personnel or upon written approval of the Contracting Officer. The Contractor will not use, disclose, or reproduce proprietary data which bears a restrictive legend, other than as required in the performance of this BPA. Nothing herein shall preclude the use of any data independently acquired by the Contractor without such limitations or prohibit an agreement at no costs to the U.S. Government between the Contractor and the data owner provides for greater rights to the Contractor.

L. Circuit Downtime and Credits Credits shall be assessed against the Contractor in those instances where the circuit during any given month or year that fail to achieve and sustain the minimum acceptance standards stated above.

1. Definitions Circuit Availability Acceptance Level: Yearly Circuit Availability Acceptance

Level is computed by 365 calendar days times 24 (hours per day) times 99.7% acceptance level equals 8,716.20 hours annum. (365 x 24 = 8760 x 99.7% = 8,733.72). Monthly Circuit Availability is computed by the calendar days per month times 24 (hours per day) times 99.7% acceptance level (example: 31 x 24 = 744 x 99.7% = 741.76).

Downtime: That period of time when the circuit becomes non-operational or unusable for communication or transfer of data or failures to meet the minimum acceptance standards. The maximum cumulative Annual downtime that shall be acceptable for corrective or preventative maintenance is 26.28 hours (8760 x 0.3%). The maximum cumulative Monthly downtime that shall be acceptable for corrective or preventative maintenance shall be 0.3% of the total available hours for the month (example: 31 x 24 = 744 x 0.3% = 2.23 hours).

Period of Downtime: Downtime shall commence at the time first attempt for contact is made by the U.S. Government (or its representative) to the Contractor’s Point of Contact and shall be annotated on the Remedy Ticket and shall continue until the circuit is returned into Service by the Contractor.

2. Credit for Circuit Downtime by Situation Below Availability Level: If the downtime accumulated for a circuit equals or exceeds the applicable threshold of 0.3% of the total available service hours during the performance period specified in the BPA Call (e.g., 26.28 hours based on a 365-calendar-day period, or 0.3% of the total hours in a monthly billing period), the Contractor shall grant an hourly credit to the U.S. Government for each hour of downtime. Each additional one-hour increment, or portion thereof, shall be assessed as an additional hour for purposes of calculating the service credit.

Extended Downtime Credit(s): Cumulative time of more than 18 hours but not greater than 24 hours for any one outage shall be assessed at a daily rate. Any increment of 24 hours beyond the initial 24 hours of any one outage shall be assessed at the standards for the hourly rate up to 12 hours, however between 12 and 24 hours the credit shall be assessed at the daily rate.

3. Exceptions to Cumulating of Downtime Cumulating of circuit downtime shall include all unscheduled downtime deemed to be the responsibility of the Contractor, with the following exceptions:

a. When the failure to perform arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor or Sub-contractor as defined in the FAR 52.212-4 Terms and Conditions— Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

b. Malfunction of equipment, frequency fading and interference, errors of commission and/or omission by the Contractor or Sub-contractor, and commercial power surges or failures are considered to be normal hazards of the industry and therefore do not qualify as causes beyond the control of the Contractor or Sub-contractor. The Contractor shall be charged with credits for all reported outages determined “no trouble found” or “came clear while testing” but which exceed 45 minutes.

The Contracting Officer shall make final determination as to whether downtime is the responsibility of the Contractor. If requested by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall provide documentation to support claims of excusable downtime.

For downtime determined to be the Contractor’s responsibility, the Contracting Officer may elect to assess a credit for each instance of non-performance.

4. Payment Reduction for Downtime Credits When Circuit Downtime credit(s) is owed to the U.S. Government, the total number of creditable hours shall be accumulated for the month and will be deducted from the payment due the Contractor in the month they accrued.

5. Trouble Escalation Procedure

a. The U.S. Government shall refer the problem to the carrier after performing tests as prescribed in Trouble Analysis procedure. Obtain the name of the carrier test person and a carrier ticket number; record this information on the Government’s Remedy Ticket.

b. After the trouble has been referred to the carrier for two (2) hours, recall the carrier for an update on the current trouble. Record the carrier’s response, the name of the individual you talked with, and the carrier ticket number on the Remedy Ticket.

c. After the trouble has been referred to the carrier for four (4) hours, recall the carrier for an update on the current trouble. If the carrier’s response is not satisfactory escalate the trouble to the carrier’s management. Record the carrier’s response, the name of the individual you talked with, and the carrier ticket number on the Remedy Ticket.

d. After the trouble has been referred to the Contractor for six (6) hours the COR shall escalate the trouble to the Contractor’s manager; also notify IRM/IMO and the Contracting Officer and the STATE IRM/ISC Office. Record the contractor’s response, the name of the individual you talked with, the Contractor ticket number, and the names of the IRM managers that were notified on the Remedy Ticket.

e. Continue to receive status updates from the Contractor for the remainder of the outage or until you have received a problem resolved status.

6. Technological Refreshment

After BPA award, the U.S. Government may; pursuant to FAR 52.212-4 Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, paragraph (d), Changes; request changes within the scope of the BPA. These changes may be required to improve performance or react to changes in technology.

The Contractor may propose for the U.S. Government’s technological refreshment, substitutions or additions for any provided products or services that may become available as a result of technological improvements. The U.S. Government may, at any time during the term of this BPA, modify the BPA to acquire products which are similar to those under the agreement and that the Contractor has, or has not, formally announced for marketing purposes. This action is considered to be within the scope of the BPA. At the option of the U.S. Government, a demonstration of the substitute product may be required. The U.S. Government is under no obligation to modify the BPA in response to the proposed additions or substitutions.

Such substitutions or additions may include any part of, or all of, a given product(s) provided that the following conditions are met and substantiated by documentation in the technological refreshment proposal:

a. The proposed product(s) shall meet all of the technical specifications of this document and conform to the terms and conditions cited in the BPA.

b. The proposed product(s) shall have the capacity, performance, or functional characteristics equal to or greater than, the current product(s).

c. The proposal shall discuss the impact on hardware, services, and delivery schedules. The cost of the changes not specifically addressed in the proposal shall be borne entirely by the Contractor.

d. Contractor has the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, any technological refreshment proposal prior to acceptance by the Government. Contractor will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that prices for substitutions or additions are comparable to replaced or discontinued products. If a technological refreshment proposal is accepted and made a part of this BPA, an equitable adjustment, increasing or decreasing the BPA price, may be required and any other affected provisions of this BPA shall be made in accordance with FAR clause 52.212-4, paragraph (d), Changes, and other applicable clauses of the BPA.

7. Quality Assurance and Surveillance Plan (QASP)

This Quality Assurance and Surveillance Plan (QASP) establishes the Government’s method for monitoring Contractor performance and verifying compliance with the requirements of this Statement of Work (SOW). The QASP provides the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) with a systematic approach to assess service performance, document deficiencies, notify the Contractor of unsatisfactory performance, and advise the Contracting Officer of any continued performance issues.

The Contractor is responsible for the management, supervision, and quality control necessary to ensure all services are performed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the BPA. The Government’s role is to monitor Contractor performance through review of service availability, incident reports, customer feedback, and other performance information to ensure BPA requirements are satisfied.

Performance Objective Reference Performance Threshold The Contractor shall provide reliable dedicated Internet access services in accordance with all requirements specified in the SOW.

Section 7 All required services are provided in accordance with the contract requirements, including meeting the required service availability standard of 99.7%. The Contractor shall promptly address reported service deficiencies and implement corrective actions as necessary.

The Contractor shall provide timely notification and resolution of service

Section 7.2. B Contractor shall notify the Government within 30 minutes of identifying a interruptions affecting Government connectivity.

service outage and provide status updates until service is restored.

SECTION II - CLAUSES FOR BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS

FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This agreement 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: www.acquisition.gov.

The following clauses are incorporated by reference:

FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government Alternate I (Nov 2021) FAR 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Nov 2021) FAR 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (Nov 2023) FAR 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) FAR 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011) FAR 52.204-91, Contractor Identification (Sep 2025) FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded (Jan 2025) (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015) (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.212-4, Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2023) (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Oct 2025) (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.224-3, Privacy Training (Jan 2017) FAR 52.225-14, Inconsistency Between English Version and Translation of Contract (Feb 2000) FAR 52.226-8, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (May 2024) FAR 52.229-6, Taxes-Foreign Fixed-Price Contracts (Feb 2013) FAR 52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (Feb 2021) http://www.acquisition.gov/

FAR 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Mar 2023) FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.237-3, Continuity of Services (Jan 1991) FAR 52.240-91, Security Prohibitions and Exclusions (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.242-15, Stop-Work Order (Aug 1989) FAR 52.240-93, Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (RFO DEVIATION January 30, 2026) FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Nov 2020) DOSAR 652.229-701, Excise Tax Exemption Statement for Contractors Within the United States (Jul 1988) DOSAR 652.229-71, Personal Property Deposition at Posts Abroad (Aug 1999) DOSAR 652.232-70, Payment Schedule and Invoice Submission (Fixed-Price) (Aug 1999) DOSAR 652.242-73, Authorization and Performance (Aug 1999) DOSAR 652.243-70, Notices (Aug 1999) DOSAR 652.237-72, Observance of Legal Holidays and Administrative Leave (Feb 2015)

The following clause is provided in full text:

DOSAR 652.242-70 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) (Aug 1999)

(a) The Contracting Officer may designate in writing one or more Government employees, by name or position title, to take action for the Contracting Officer under this agreement. Each designee shall be identified as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). Such designation(s) shall specify the scope and limitations of the authority so delegated; provided, that the designee shall not change the terms or conditions of the agreement, unless the COR is a warranted Contracting Officer and this authority is delegated in the designation.

(b) The COR for this agreement will be designated upon award.

1 This clause applies to U.S.-based companies only.

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SECTION II - CLAUSES FOR BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS