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CC2400 Rm 3309 M/S B92

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SECTION B - CONTINUATION OF SF1449

Base – Year 1: 8/8/2016 to 8/7/2017

COTS Electronic Portfolio

This procurement will allow continued use of the electronic portfolio systems COTS. See the Statement of Work in Sect D below.

Line(s) of Accounting:

939ZULN 257P 2016 75-16-0959 5627111101 $40,000.00

Option 1 - Year 2: 8/8/2017 to 8/7/2018

COTS Electronic Portfolio

This procurement will allow continued use of the electronic portfolio systems COTS. See the Statement of Work in Sect D below.

Option 2 -Year 3: 8/8/2018 to 8/7/2019

COTS Electronic Portfolio

This procurement will allow continued use of the electronic portfolio systems COTS. See the Statement of Work in Sect D below.

Notes:

1. This is a firm-fixed purchase order. It includes two option periods of performance. If the Government chooses to exercise any of these options, the Government will provide a written notice to the Contractor within 30 days prior to expiration of the option. Please refer to FAR Clauses 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services and 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract at the end of this order.

2. To ensure payment, invoice must reference the PO#_______________, DUNS, and Tax ID Number.

3. Invoice/Payment information: 678-475-4510

4. Send Invoices to FAX: 404-638-5324 or Email: fmoapinv@cdc.gov

5. Point of Contact (POC): TBD

SECTION C - CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR 52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/far1toc.htm http://www.hhs.gov/policies/hhsar/subpart301-1.html

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FAR SOURCE

TITLE AND DATE

52.204-13

System for Award Management Maintenance (July 2013)

52.204-18

Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Jul 2015)

52.232-39

Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (June 2013)

52.232-40

Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Contractors (Dec 2013)

352.222-70

Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations (Dec 2015)

FAR 52.212-5

Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (Feb 2016)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015)

(2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

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

___ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

___ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub L. 111-5) (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009).

___ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2015) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

___ (5) [Reserved]

___ (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Jan 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

___ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Jan 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

___ (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

___ (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

___ (10) [Reserved]

___ (11) (i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-3.

___ (12) (i) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer)(15 U.S.C. 657a).

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___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2011) of 52.219-4.

___ (13) [Reserved]

___ (14) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011).

___ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011).

___ (15) (i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7.

___ (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

___ (17) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Oct 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(4)).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9.

___ (iv) Alternate III (Oct 2015) of 52.219-9.

___ (18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

___ (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)).

___ (20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

___ (21) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657f).

___ (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

___ (23) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

___ (24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

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

X (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2016) (E.O. 13126).

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

X (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246).

___ (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

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

___ (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

___ (32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

X (33) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50, (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (34) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015). (E. O. 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.)

___ (35) (i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items (May 2008) (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

___ (36) (i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Imaging Equipment (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514

___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2015) of 52.223-13.

___ (37) (i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Television (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-14.

___ (38) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

___ (39) (i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT® -Registered Personal Computer Products (Oct 2015) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-16.

X (40) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).

X (41) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

X (42) (i) 52.225-3, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43).

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___ (ii) Alternate I (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (iii) Alternate II (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (iv) Alternate III (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

___ (43) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Feb 2016) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note).

___ (44) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

___ (45) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

___ (46) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (47) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (48) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505), 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

___ (49) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

X (50) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (51) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other Than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (52) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (53) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

___ (54) (i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Apr 2003) of 52.247-64.

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

___ (1) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495)

___ (2) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.).

___ (3) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

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

___ (5) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (6) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (7) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

___ (8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O. 13658).

___ (9) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792).

___ (10) 52.237-11, Accepting and Dispensing of $1 Coin (Sep 2008) (31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(1)).

(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

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(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(e)

(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $700,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

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

(v) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246).

(vi) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

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

(viii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(ix) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(x) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014), (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xi) ____ (A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

___ (B) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 E.O. 13627).

(xii) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.)

(xiii) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

(xiv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015) (E. O. 12989).

(xv) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O. 13658).

(xvi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xvii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xviii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the Contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

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CDCAG001 – Invoice Submission (Mar 2006)

(a) The Contractor shall submit the original contract invoice/voucher to the shown below:

Mail: CDC Office of the Chief Financial Officer P.O. Box 15580 Atlanta, Ga. 30333

Or – The Contractor may submit the original invoice/voucher via facsimile or email:

Fax: 404-638-5324

Email: FMOAPINV@CDC.GOV

NOTE: Submit to only one (1) of the above locations.

(b) The contractor shall submit one (1) copy of the invoice/voucher to the cognizant contracting office previously identified in this contract. These invoices/voucher copies shall be addressed to the attention of the Contracting Officer.

(c) The Contractor is , is not required to submit a copy of each invoice directly to the Project Officer concurrently with submission to the Contracting Officer.

(d) In accordance with 5 CFR part 1315 (Prompt Payment), CDC's Financial Management Office is the designated billing office for the purpose of determining the payment due date under FAR 32.904.

(e) The Contractor shall include (as a minimum) the following information on each invoice:

(1) Contractor’s Name & Address

(2) Contractor’s Tax Identification Number (TIN)

(3) Purchase Order/Contract Number and Task Order Number, if Appropriate

(4) Invoice Number

(5) Invoice Date

(6) Contract Line Item Number and Description of Item

(7) Quantity

(8) Unit Price & Extended Amount for each line item

(9) Shipping and Payment Terms

(10) Total Amount of Invoice

(11) Name, title and telephone number of person to be notified in the event of a defective invoice

(12) Payment Address, if different from the information in (c)(1).

(13) DUNS + 4 Number

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SECTION D – CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS OR ATTACHMENTS

Statement of Work

Electronic Portfolio of Learning Evidence for

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development

Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS)

March 17, 2016 Background

The mission of the Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development (DSEPD) is to provide leadership in public health training and education, and manage innovative, evidence-based programs to prepare the health workforce to meet public health challenges of the 21st century. DSEPD’s activities fall into 5 main areas:

Recruit New Talent Into Public Health - DSEPD programs recruit, select, and provide in-depth, on-the-job, experiential learning for future public health professionals. The DSEPD-managed programs include: Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS), Preventive Medicine Residency/Fellowship (PMR/F), Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness (PEF) Fellowship, Public Health Informatics Program (PHIFP), and Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program. DSEPD also manages two student programs: Epidemiology Elective for Senior Medical and Veterinary Students and CDC Hubert Global Health Fellowship. CDC’s Career Paths to Public Health program has a portfolio of science, public health, and epidemiology educational programs, resources, and activities for middle and high school students and for middle and high school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educators to introduce public health into the classroom and as a career choice.

Provide Training for the Existing Workforce - CDC’s training programs aid all health professionals. In November, 2010, CDC launched the CDC Learning Connection (www.cdc.gov/learning), a one-stop web resource for public health learning products and training available from CDC and partner organizations, for all health professionals. In August 2011, CDC expanded the CDC Learning Connection to include CDC TRAIN, a searchable learning management system in collaboration with the Public Health Foundation, so that now thousands of courses are immediately available to the public health community.

Academic Partnerships – DSEPD manages CDC’s cooperative agreements with academic partners. The new cooperative agreements, which started in FY’ 12, focus on improving health outcomes, making education more practical, and aligning experiential opportunities for public health, medical, and nursing students with local public health priorities. The grantees include the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

Service and Technical Assistance - DSEPD provides epidemiologic, informatics, and economic/quantitative policy analysis technical assistance to CDC, global, state, tribal, local, and territorial partners through Epi-Aids, Info-Aids, and Econ-Aids. These are initiated and completed at the request of the public health agency or partner. DSEPD also uses its expertise and experience in designing program curricula and managing programs to help colleagues across CDC design and manage their own fellowship programs.

Workforce Strategy - DSEPD provides cross-cutting leadership of CDC workforce activities. DSEPD works with other federal agencies, academic partners, and non-governmental organizations to strengthen the public health workforce by influencing policy and improving the quality, availability, and accessibility of training and workforce development activities. DSEPD addressed strategic workforce issues by collaborating with HRSA to advance the public health workforce enumeration project, with the Department of Labor (DOL), to establish PHIFP as a DOL Registered Apprenticeship; and with the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response (OPHPR) and the Public Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office (PHSIPO) to create the Career Informatics Field Officer (CInFO) program.

DSEPD identified a need to implement an overarching, comprehensive assessment and evaluation framework to be used by all DSEPD fellowships for accurately assessing and reporting the competence of its graduates, for evaluating the success of the fellowships in selecting and developing competent fellows, and for identifying areas for improvement to competencies, curricula, or processes. DSEPD researched viable assessment methods and identified the electronic portfolio of evidence as the single most effective and reliable method of assessing competence of fellows in an applied, on-the-job learning environment. In addition, fellowships have been using a wide variety of methods for portfolio management, and DSEPD would like to have a common technology solution for all the fellowship programs.

DSEPD defined its functional, technical, and educational requirements and conducted a study to explore the use of commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) electronic portfolio products as an alternative to developing a secure portfolio management system that meets the needs of its fellowships. Motivations for using COTS include reduction of overall system design and development costs and reduced maintenance costs. The results of the study indicated that a COTS product could meet DSEPD’s rigorous set of requirements.

A COTS electronic portfolio of learning evidence product will be integrated within the current CDC Fellowship Management System (FMS) to provide authentic assessment of applied, on-the-job performance requirements based on required fellowship competencies. The tool will include reflective and content components. Detailed instructions for fellows, supervisors, and other assessors will be included for completion, submission, and assessment of work products and other evidence of work performed and learning that occurred in an authentic performance environment. The tool will also include rubrics for scoring, validated by subject matter experts, to support assessors, enhance their confidence in their ability to provide valid and reliable feedback and assessments, and to ensure reliability of assessment across assessors. Moreover, the tool will include a secure survey system that can be used for cognitive tests, such as pre- and posttests, as well as for evaluating fellowships and fellowship activities; for example, in conducting supervisor and fellow midyear and exit surveys. Survey data will also provide evidence for making changes to curricula or other fellowship components or processes.

Scope of Work

Under this contract, the contractor shall provide a COTS electronic portfolio of evidence product including technical services, training, and support for the Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development (DSEPD) to further refine the overarching evaluation framework with a crosscutting system for tracking, providing feedback, and assessing fellows’ attainment of competencies. The contractor will perform the following activities and tasks based on the priorities established by DSEPD and funding availability:

1. Provide a COTS product that meets all DSEPD technical, functional, and educational requirements

2. Provide ongoing technical and educational support for the current COTS product behind the CDC firewall

3. Support DSEPD in the integration of the COTS system with the existing Fellowship Management System if the need is identified

4. Support DSEPD in the transition from the existing version behind the CDC firewall to an external-facing (web-based) interface if the need is identified

· Provide technical and educational support for the rollout to production

· Provide input for security documentation requirements as a 3rd Party Site

5. Provide technical and educational support for the rollout to production

6. Provide ongoing technical and educational support for the length of the contract

7. Provide annual system updates in accordance with critical dates and milestones set by the government

Tasks/Deliverables

Task 1 -- Provide a COTS product that meets all DSEPD technical, functional, and educational requirements

Purpose

The purpose of this task is to ensure that the product meets all of the following requirements:

Portfolio Functional Requirements

1. Can be housed behind the CDC firewall (critical requirement)

2. Compatible with CDC systems and can be integrated with DSEPD’s Fellowship Management System (FMS) (critical requirement)

3. Includes a secure, electronic survey system that will reside behind the CDC firewall (critical requirement)

4. Easy to use interface; intuitive navigation

5. Structured so competencies align with performance requirements, work products, assessment tools/scoring rubrics, and reflection

6. Ability to upload and store work products, e.g. documents, Power Points, videos

7. Ability to evaluate work products using validated customized rubrics

8. Reflection connected to learning experience for each work product

9. Includes email notification for portfolio review

10. Includes portfolio export capability

11. Reviewers can make comments/edits within documents

12. Includes capability to conduct searches for documents

13. Meets CDC Acceptance criteria for Section 508 standards: 36 CFR 1194.21, .22, .31, and .41.

Portfolio View Requirements

14. Includes fellow view / dashboard

15. Includes supervisor/assessor view / dashboard (rubrics)

16. Includes administrator view / dashboard (reports)

17. Includes ability for privacy settings

Reporting Requirements

18. Ability to run individual reports

19. Ability to run aggregate reports

20. Ability to run trend/progress reports

21. Ability to run statistical reports

Vendor Requirements

22. Vendor will provide technical experts to assist with the integration of the tool into DSEPD’s Fellowship Management System

23. Vendor has capability to support portfolio pilot and implementation

24. Vendor will provide training and support for fellows, program leadership, and supervisors/mentors on how to use the tool

25. The vendor will provide substantive language to document security controls implemented in the COTS product as required by the current version of NIST SP 800-53 (found in the special publications section of http://csrc.nist.gov). The vendor is responsible for documenting controls to level deemed acceptable by the DSEPD Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and the CDC Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (OCISO).

26. The vendor will provide application support required to address valid security deficiencies identified with the acceptable tool required by the CDC policies and standards for Web application security – currently AppScan Enterprise Edition. The vendor will provide detailed documentation to support any assertion that findings from an application scan are invalid or false-positive findings.

27. Vendor will provide support necessary to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) as applicable, including support of the system authorization process that results in the an authorization to operate (ATO) issued by the CDC Office of the Chief Information Security Officer

Task 2 -- Support CDC and DSEPD in the integration of the COTS system with the existing Fellowship Management System

· Contractor will provide integration support and ongoing technical support for the length of the contract

Task 3 -- Provide educational support when necessary related to use of the tool

· Contractor will assist in developing best practice for the development and use of portfolio assessment tools by DSEPD fellowships

· Contractor will provide ongoing consultation on the development and use of portfolio assessment tools

Task 4 – Provide ongoing support for maintenance and continued use of the tool

· Contractor will provide ongoing technical and educational support for the length of the contract

Task 5 – Provide product updates and assist with their implementation

· Contractor will provide product updates annually

· Contractor will work with CDC to ensure updates are implemented on a timely basis

Performance period(s):

August 8, 2016 – August 7, 2017 (Base Contract Period)

August 8, 2017 – August 7, 2018 (Option Year #1)

August 8, 2018 – August 7, 2019 (Option Year #2)

August 8, 2019 – August 7, 2020 (Option Year #3)

August 8, 2020 – August 7, 2021 (Option Year #4)

Government Furnished Information: DSEPD will provide all source documents required for this project

Disposition and Use of Data: All materials developed or information of whatever nature resulting from work being performed under this contract shall not be submitted for publication or dissemination without the prior review and written approval of the Project Officer and Technical Monitor.

Location of Work: Both offsite and onsite, dependent on the task and the requirements of the project. Training and other work conducted onsite will be performed at 2400 Century Center, Atlanta, GA 30345 or other designated local sites. A workstation with computer and printer will be made available to the contractor when working onsite.

Needle Exchange

No funds appropriated in the FY 12 Appropriations Act and obligated to this contract may be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.

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352.270-19–Electronic and information technology accessibility.

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and Information (EIT) Accessibility Provisions (36 CFR part 1194), require that, unless an exception applies, all EIT products and services developed, acquired, maintained, or used by any Federal department or agency permit:

(1) Federal employees with disabilities to have access to and use information and data that is comparable to the access and use of information and data by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities; and

(2) Members of the public with disabilities seeking information or services from a Federal agency to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use of information and data by members of the public who are not individuals with disabilities.

Accordingly, any vendor submitting a proposal/quotation/bid in response to this solicitation must demonstrate compliance with the established EIT accessibility provisions. Information about Section 508 provisions is available at http://www.section508.gov/. The complete text of Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access- board.gov/sec508/provisions.htm.

The Section 508 standards applicable to this solicitation are identified in the Statement of Work/Specification/Performance Work Statement. In order to facilitate the Government’s evaluation to determine whether EIT products and services proposed meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must prepare an HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template, in accordance with its completion instructions, and provide a binding statement of conformance. The purpose of the template is to assist HHS acquisition and program officials in determining that EIT products and services proposed support applicable Section 508 accessibility standards. The template allows vendors or developers to self-evaluate their products or services and document in detail how they do or do not conform to a specific Section 508 standard. Instructions for preparing the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found at http://508.hhs.gov.

Respondents to this solicitation must also provide any additional detailed information necessary for determining applicable Section 508 standards conformance, as well as for documenting EIT products and/or services that are incidental to the project, which would constitute an exception to Section 508 requirements. If a vendor claims its products and/or services, including EIT deliverables such as electronic documents and reports, meet applicable Section 508 standards in its completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template, and it is later determined by the Government – i.e., after award of a contract/order, that products and/or services delivered do not conform to the described accessibility in the Product Assessment Template, remediation of the products and/or services to the level of conformance specified in the vendor’s Product Assessment Template will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its expense.

(End of clause) Security: Contractor performance and resulting deliverables must adhere to all federal, HHS, and/or CDC IT security policies and procedures to protect sensitive information. The contract should include the following HHSAR IT Security clauses located at http://www.hhs.gov/policies/hhsar/subpart352: 352.239-70 Standard for Security Configurations; 352.239-71 Standard for Encryption Language; and 352.239-72 Security requirements for Federal Information technology Resources.

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Privacy: The Privacy Act may be applicable under SORN 09-90-0018, Personnel Records in Operating Offices, to protect personally identifiable information, policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of any records of any U.S. citizens that the contractor will have access to during the performance of the task requirements. The Privacy Act may be also be applicable under 09-90-0020, Suitability for Employment Records, to protect any personally identifiable information (PII) the contractor may have access to during the performance of human resources plan development.

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FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 10 days; provided, that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 10 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 5 years.

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Option for Increased Quantity—Separately Priced Line Item (Mar 1989)

The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line item, identified in the Schedule as an option item, in the quantity and at the price stated in the Schedule. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within the period of performance of the contract. Delivery of added items shall continue at the same rate that like items are called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.

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SECTION E – SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

EVALUATION AND AWARD

Award will be made on the basis of lowest price, techinically acceptable.

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB

DESTINATION UNLESS

BLOCK IS MARKED

17a. CONTRACTOR/ OFFEROR

FACILITY CODE

IS CHECKED

35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED