20200723 - RFQ for RC WiFi 7.23.2020.pdf

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COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

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31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

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EDWOSB

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

(WOSB) ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SMALL BUSINESS

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

USAID/South Sudan requires the services of a qualified Internet Service Provider (ISP) to provide robust and reliable Internet Services (IS) that will provide Wireless Internet connectivity at the United

States Government (USG) Residential Compound (RC). The compound has a user community of 100 to 120 people within an area of approximately 18,000 square meters. The contractor shall seek to understand the current cable duct, telco and other carrier infrastructure at the USG RC by carrying out the necessary physical and communications survey at the USG RC where the service is required. The contractor will then come up with options of solutions that will meet USAID South Sudan's requirements. Due to the critical nature of the connection, the contractor will be required to ensure availability and reliability as well as the required quality of this service. Any interruptions resulting in unavailability or degradation of service (ie. Internet speed below the stipulated in the contract will result in commensurate reduction in price. The ISP should ensure timely (within the hour) response to calls for services in the event that there are breakdowns. The ISP shall provide twenty-four-hour technical coverage of service support and should therefore operate a 24/7 X 365 Support Center and advise the Mission on the customization of the usage of the Internet services. The ISP should provide content and URL filtering to limit Bandwidth intensive applications at the direction of the Contracting

Officer’s Representative. Most importantly, the service provider must have a US point of presence so that traffic can break out in the US. The ISP shall provide any required hardware, software, IP addresses, and telecommunications applications or software upgrade including any licenses that may be required to keep the service operational after the service has been commissioned. The contractor shall bear any installation costs that may be required to keep the quality of the service acceptable to USAID standards after commissioning. Further, the contactor is responsible for additional costs arising from technical modifications, change of Internet provisioning technologies or change in agreements of the

ISP and its partners.

Required Bandwidth.

Minimum uplink speed to North American Internet sites 100Mbps (Committed), minimum downlink

Speed from North American sites 100Mbps (Committed). This service could be offered through any technologies but preferably Fiber that will meet these requirements. USAID requires 99.97% of

Internet availability to meet our business requirements. The ISP should provide adequate redundancy at critical network points and at all other necessary levels to ensure uninterruptible internet service and smooth operations at all times.

Service Monitoring.

USAID will use various telecommunications tools including commercial web-based speed measurement tools to do on the spot Internet speed measurements. The ISP must always guarantee full contracted Band Width (BW) availability from the originator side to the ISP’s internet gateway.

Deliverables.

The contractor shall provide the required bulk Internet service through industry standard telecommunications protocols provisioned by infrastructure that guarantee bandwidth delivery, any channel equipment and software used must meet approved local telecommunication regulatory requirements. The contractor shall provide customer premises equipment, additionally the contractor must provide documentation for the installed infrastructure including but not limited to network numbers, passwords and configurations. The contractor shall provide any test tools that may include hardware or software components. Logon account details for monitoring of critical devices, services, traffic flow, latency and speeds. The contractor shall provide contact details and professional qualifications of all personnel who will carry out the installation, commission and operate the service, additionally the contractor shall articulate the operations of their Help Desk thus ensuring that escalation procedures are well defined. The contractor shall clearly articulate how their 24 X 7 network

Operations Center will work in meeting USAID's high availability network requirements. The contractor shall service and test any back up communications link at the contractor's costs including any access circuit charges that may be necessary for the provision of this service.

Warranty

The contractor shall provide a twelve months warranty for any new equipment supplied under this contract. The warranty shall cover maintenance, repair and/or replacement of any failing aspects of the new components of this installation.

Inspection and Acceptance

The USAID Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) will receive, inspect and certify any equipment including documentation, configurations and copies of all software.

Deployment / Installation

The contractor shall install the Internet infrastructure necessary to operate this service and hand over all the necessary information to the USAID/ South Sudan Systems Administrator. The contractor shall also install and commission any other equipment as well as any other accessories including, but not limited to, items such as power supplies, network numbers, network cards, telecommunications applications, patch cables, electrical wiring and minimal cabling including all necessary accessories to make the required Wireless Internet service fully operational.

Wireless Internet Service Quality (QoS)

The ISP shall provide excellent Quality of Service (QoS) for the connection that represents the level of consistent download/upload capacity provided. The ISP shall deploy tools or services to provide content filtering, HTTP and object caching, acceleration/compression capabilities to provide a better

QoS and enhance user experience.

Period of Performance

The contractor shall commence work immediately upon signing the contract with USAID for the provision of the is 12 months.

Payment

Payment shall be made monthly upon receipt of a proper invoice. The payment shall be a proportional amount of the contract price for that month (i.e. one-twelfth of the contract price).

CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.202-1 Definitions. (JUN 2020)

52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees. (MAY 2014)

52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. (JUN 2020) 52.203-7 Anti-Kickback

Procedures. (JUN 2020)

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of

Whistleblower Rights. (JUN 2020)

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. (JAN 2019)

52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging While Driving. (JUN 2020)

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. (JUN 2008)

52.232-1 Payments. (APR 1984)

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations. (JUN 2013) 52.233-3 Protest After Award.

(AUG 1996)

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim. (OCT 2004) 52.244-6 Subcontracts for

Commercial Items. (JUN 2020)

52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (AUG 2019)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-

Covered foreign country means The People's Republic of China.

Covered telecommunications equipment or services means-

(1) Telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE

Corporation (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities);

(2) For the purpose of public safety, security of Government facilities, physical security surveillance of critical infrastructure, and other national security purposes, video surveillance and telecommunications equipment produced by Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou

Hikvision Digital Technology Company, or Dahua Technology Company (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities);

(3) Telecommunications or video surveillance services provided by such entities or using such equipment; or

(4) Telecommunications or video surveillance equipment or services produced or provided by an entity that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence or the

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reasonably believes to be an entity owned or controlled by, or otherwise connected to, the government of a covered foreign country.

Critical technology means-

(1) Defense articles or defense services included on the United States Munitions List set forth in the

International Traffic in Arms Regulations under subchapter M of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal

Regulations;

(2) Items included on the Commerce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the

Export Administration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal

Regulations, and controlled-

(i) Pursuant to multilateral regimes, including for reasons relating to national security, chemical and biological weapons proliferation, nuclear nonproliferation, or missile technology; or

(ii) For reasons relating to regional stability or surreptitious listening;

(3) Specially designed and prepared nuclear equipment, parts and components, materials, software, and technology covered by part 810 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to assistance to foreign atomic energy activities);

(4) Nuclear facilities, equipment, and material covered by part 110 of title 10, Code of Federal

Regulations (relating to export and import of nuclear equipment and material);

(5) Select agents and toxins covered by part 331 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, part 121 of title 9 of such Code, or part 73 of title 42 of such Code; or

(6) Emerging and foundational technologies controlled pursuant to section 1758 of the Export

Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4817).

Substantial or essential component means any component necessary for the proper function or performance of a piece of equipment, system, or service.

(b) Prohibition. Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for

Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub.L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. The Contractor is prohibited from providing to the Government any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, unless an exception at paragraph (c) of this clause applies or the covered telecommunication equipment or services are covered by a waiver described in Federal Acquisition Regulation 4.2104.

(c) Exceptions. This clause does not prohibit contractors from providing-

(1) A service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(2) Telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(d) Reporting requirement. (1) In the event the Contractor identifies covered telecommunications equipment or services used as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, during contract performance, or the Contractor is notified of such by a subcontractor at any tier or by any other source, the Contractor shall report the information in paragraph (d)(2) of this clause to the Contracting Officer, unless elsewhere in this contract are established procedures for reporting the information; in the case of the Department of Defense, the

Contractor shall report to the website at https://dibnet.dod.mil. For indefinite delivery contracts, the

Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer for the indefinite delivery contract and the

Contracting Officer(s) for any affected order or, in the case of the Department of Defense, identify both the indefinite delivery contract and any affected orders in the report provided at https://dibnet.dod.mil.

(2) The Contractor shall report the following information pursuant to paragraph (d)(1) of this clause:

(i) Within one business day from the date of such identification or notification: The contract number; the order number(s), if applicable; supplier name; supplier unique entity identifier (if known);

supplier Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code (if known); brand; model number (original equipment manufacturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); item description;

and any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended.

(ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the information in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this clause: Any further available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. In addition, the

Contractor shall describe the efforts it undertook to prevent use or submission of covered telecommunications equipment or services, and any additional efforts that will be incorporated to prevent future use or submission of covered telecommunications equipment or services.

(e) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph

(e), in all subcontracts and other contractual instruments, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items.

(End of clause)

52.216-24 Limitation of Government Liability. (APR 1984)

(a) In performing this contract, the Contractor is not authorized to make expenditures or incur obligations exceeding [ ]dollars.

(b) The maximum amount for which the Government shall be liable if this contract is terminated is [

]dollars.

(End of clause)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING A QUOTE AND EVALUATION FACTORS

Quoters must submit quotes via email to mcapobianco@usaid.gov and mloro@usaid.gov. Quoters must submit the following documentation as part of the quote:

Technical Proposal:

Technical approach of how the quoter will provide the required services starting no later than August

12, 2020. This is limited to one page.

Cost Proposal:

The quoter must submit the cover page of this solicitation [Standard Form (SF) 1449, Solicitation, Offeror, and Award”] with blocks 28 through 30 completed as well as providing the price for services as described in this solicitation.

The quoter must also submit the completed representations and certifications (see below) as applicable.

Quotes are due no later than 1500 local Juba time on July 30, 2020.

a. This RFQ will utilize a trade-off process. USAID may award the contract to a quoter with a higher price, provided the non-price factor merits the additional price.

b. For overall evaluation purposes of this RFQ the non-price factor is considered more important than the price factor.

c. The Government may award a contract without discussions with quoters.

Provisions:

52.233-2 Service of Protest. (SEP 2006)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability

Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from [Contracting Officer designate the official or location where a protest may be served on the Contracting Officer].

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

mailto:mcapobianco@usaid.gov mailto:mloro@usaid.gov

(End of provision)

Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Bidders

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications. (DEC 2014)

52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions

Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications. (JUN 2020)

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or

Equipment. (DEC 2019)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented that it

"does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument" in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-

Representation, or in paragraph (v) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and

Certifications-Commercial Items.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision-

Covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for

Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

Contractors are not prohibited from providing-

(1) A service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(2) Telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award

Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for

"covered telecommunications equipment or services".

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that it will, will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation.

(e) Disclosures. If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) of this provision that it "will" provide covered telecommunications equipment or services", the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer-

(1) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand;

model number, such as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

(2) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b) of this provision;

(3) For services, the entity providing the covered telecommunications services (include entity name, unique entity identifier, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, if known); and

(4) For equipment, the entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known).

(End of provision)

C/O American Ambassador - Kololo Road, Juba, South Sudan; Attn: EXO/GSO Shipping Unit - Juba, South Sudan

c/o American Embassy Juba, Sudan

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