MAS - Larta Inc. - 47QRAA22D00CG

Larta, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larta Institute

Larta, Inc.

Multiple Award Schedule Federal Supply Group: Professional Services

Federal Supply Class: R408

Contract Period: 07/13/2022–07/12/2027

Business Size: Small Business

Contractor Address: 1149 S. Hill Street, Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90015

Contract Number: 47QRAA22D00CG

Contract Administrator: Rohit Shukla, Founder & CEO

Telphone: 213-538-1455, Email: rshukla@larta.org

Prices shown herein are Net (Discount Deducted)

On-line access to contract ordering information, terms and conditions, up-to-date pricing, and the option to create an electronic delivery order are available through

GSA Advantage®, a menu-driven database system.

Visit GSAAdvantage.gov

For more information on ordering f rom Federal Supply

Schedules, go to GSA.gov/schedules, the GSA

Schedule page.

1149 S Hill Street Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90015 larta.org

Customer Information 1a. Awarded Special Item Number(s): 541611; Mgmt. and

Financial Consulting, Acquisition and Grants Mgmt.

Support, and Business Program and Project Mgmt. Services, and OLM; Order Level Materials.

1b. Identification of the lowest priced model number and lowest unit price for that model for each special item number awarded in the contract: See Page 6.

1c. Description of corresponding commercial job titles, experience, functional responsibility, and education for those types of employees: See labor category descriptions section in this document.

2. Maximum Order: 541611: $1,000,000, SIN OLM:

$250,000

3. Minimum Order: $100.00

4. Geographic Coverage (Delivery Area): Domestic.

5. Point(s) of production (city, county, and State or foreign country): Los Angeles, CA.

6. Discount from list prices or statement of net price:

Prices shown are net prices.

7. Quantity discounts: N/A

8. Information for Ordering Offices: Prompt payment terms: Net 30 days. Information for ordering offices:

Prompt payments terms cannot be negotiated out of the contractual agreement in exchange for other concessions.

9. Foreign items (list items by country of origin): N/A.

10a. Time of Delivery: Normal delivery is within 30 days.

10b. Expedited Delivery: contact contractor.

10c. Overnight and 2-day delivery: contact contractor.

10d. Urgent Requirements: Consult with Contractor

11. F.O.B. Point(s): Destination.

12a. Ordering address: Same as Contractor’s address

(see front page).

12b. Ordering procedures: For supplies and services, the ordering procedures, information on Blanket Purchase

Agreements (BPAs) are found in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-3. To view Larta’s GSA

Schedule online, click here

13. Payment address: Same as Contractor’s address

14. Warranty provision: N/A.

15. Export packing charges, if applicable: N/A.

16. Terms and conditions of rental: N/A.

17. Terms and conditions of installation: N/A.

18a. Terms and conditions of repair parts: N/A.

18b.Terms and conditions for any other services: N/A.

19. List of service and distribution points: N/A.

20. List of participating dealers: N/A.

21. Preventive maintenance: N/A.

22a. Environmental attributes: N/A.

22b. Section 508: N/A.

23. Unique Entity Identifier: CL48AHXDZ1J4.

24.Notification regarding registration in the

System for Award Management (SAM) database:

Registered

Los Angeles, CA 90015 larta.org

Larta Institute is a non-profit organization accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship. Our mission is to foster science and technology innovation for a sustainable planet.

Our planet is experiencing significant global problems created by human behavior and policies affecting the environment, food, education, energy, and healthcare systems. New science and technology play a critical role in transforming how we sustainably feed, fuel, and heal the world.

Larta was founded in 1993, in Los Angeles, as one of California’s regional technology alliances to stimulate the economic development of technology-based enterprises in Southern California. Larta quickly became the national partner for numerous federal government agencies to commercialize novel research and innovation — including DARPA, NIH, DOE, NSF, NIST, NOAA, and USDA.

Today, our innovation platform and ecosystem accelerate new science and technology from idea to sustainable enterprise - by providing a unique combination of connections, resources, and funding. We have helped over 4,500 startups, and our alumni have raised over $6.5 billion in funds.

Larta, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Larta Institute, a 501(c)(3) organization.

Larta, Inc. was created under the umbrella of Larta Institute in order to expand the scope of activities undertaken to accelerate the economic and social impact of innovation. Since 1993, Larta Institute and

Larta Inc. (collectively “Larta”) have assisted thousands of entrepreneurs and science-based innovators in developing strategic relationships and raising over $1.5 billion in capital. Larta has conducted commercialization & technical assistance, entrepreneur training, and support programs for the following

Agencies and Programs:

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

• U.S. Army Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

• U.S. Department of Commerce: National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), and National Oceanic Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA)

Larta has a global reach and has also designed and deployed programs in Romania, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Finland and Sweden.

Los Angeles, CA 90015 larta.org

SIN 541611, Management and Financial Consulting, Acquisition and Grants Management

Support, and Business Program and Project Management Services

Larta provides expert advice, assistance, guidance or counseling in support of agencies’ mission-oriented business functions. This includes assessments, studies, analyses and reports documenting any proposed developmental, consultative or implementation efforts. Examples of support and consultation include but are not limited to:

• Customized Training & Mentoring: Development of strategic plan, materials & documentation, communications strategies, and qualified personnel to mentor and train participants. Includes survey, program management, and measurement tools to gauge effectiveness and impact. May be deployed in live or virtual (webinar) fashion.

• Commercialization, Technical, and Business

Assistance: Full end to end support services to design, manage, and deploy national-scale program and methodology to advise & train both small and large number of participants toward commercial market relevance. Includes performance metrics and indicators.

• Industry Engagement: Development of strategies and methods to meaningfully engage the private sector to obtain insights and gain private stakeholder involvement in programs and initiatives that support mission objectives.

• Organizational Assessments & Evaluations: Business process reviews, survey development, implementation, and analysis, including stakeholder interviews and recommendations.

• Strategic, business, or action planning: Review, assessment and advisory on management, organizational, and business improvement strategies.

Provision of metrics and measurement techniques.

• SCAN™: Systematic, Critical Assessment of Needs: Needs Assessment that provides a concise, high-level systematic and critical overview of the market positioning and gaps for a specific solution/technology across core areas: market attractiveness & strength in meeting customer “pain”, regulatory pathway, viability of business model, competition and IP, sales strategy, management team, key partnerships, and funding and financial plan.

• Strategic Assessment of Barriers to Entry Report: Summarizes the Regulatory, Technological, Competitive, Market, Management, Supply Chain, and Financial Barriers facing emerging science-based ventures. Includes high level tactics to overcome, mitigate, and neutralize the threats limiting new market introductions of breakthrough innovation.

• Targeted Outcomes™: Analysis of a specific, intended critical need or requirement that can bridge the transition to market for a specific product or service. This is a collaborative effort between the company and Larta to accomplish a tangible outcome, including a timeline with specific milestones, as well as an estimated date for completion. Components include: Executive

Summary, Outcome Proposal, Work Plan, Quad

Chart/Virtual Showcase and Keywords, and Road to a Deal™ Presentation.

• Commercialization Strategy Toolkit (CST)™: The

CST provides a comprehensive set of action oriented and practical products for high growth technology companies to concisely articulate their gaps, requirements & competitive advantage, and then put that into practice with customer-facing documents.

Components include: SCAN ™, Executive Summary, Competitive Matrix, Work Plan, Quad Chart/Virtual

Showcase and Keywords, Road to a Deal™

Presentation, and 18-Month Commercialization

Roadmap.

• Road to a Deal ™: A brief, compelling roadshow presentation can be customized for specific targeted groups or a stand-alone general purpose presentation. The objective of the document is to

“pitch” the company to potential investors, strategic partners, licensees, customers, or other parties. It provides a glimpse of your company & value proposition to attract the interest of a targeted audience at private meetings or at pitch events such as investment forums, conferences, or trade shows.

• The ComPlan™: A market-tested commercialization plan that demonstrates market and management competence, instills confidence, sets expectations and increases chances of success. It conveys that the entrepreneur/founder is in a position to pursue

Los Angeles, CA 90015 larta.org commercial applications of the R&D. A Larta subject matter expert works iteratively with the entrepreneur to develop, test, and validate the ComPlan, covering market opportunity, company and team, competition and IP, and finance and revenue model. The final product serves as a guide for science-based ventures and also positions Phase I SBIR awardees for Phase

II Success.

• FeedForward™ Sessions: Virtual or face-to-face, private working meetings for entrepreneurs/PIs to present their 18-Month Commercialization Roadmap

(Strategic Action Plan) to a group of external stakeholders and industry experts who provide constructive feedback and validate go to-market strategies.

• Close Out Webinars™: A virtual session where entrepreneurs/PIs have the opportunity to provide agency program managers/program sponsors a “live” recap of the company’s progress at the end of a program. The primary focus is to present the feedback received from the program, demonstrate accomplishments in the program, the impact the program had on overall commercialization efforts, and next steps/goals.

SIN 541611 Management and Financial Consulting, Acquisition and Grants Management Support, and Business Program and Project Management Services

Larta provides services in the management, integration, and programs and projects execution.

These services may include, but are not limited to:

• Program/project management

• Program/project assessments and audits

• Program/project oversight and integration

• Program/project management planning and related assistance

Los Angeles, CA 90015 larta.org

The Larta Team Larta draws from a tremendous talent base that includes a full-time professional staff and an extended team of over 120 subject matter experts across a range of disciplines and areas of domain expertise.

With these deep resources, we can quickly assemble the right team to serve Federal agencies’ particular needs, focusing on results and value to the customer. Larta’s operations are conducted under the direction of the following senior executives:

ROHIT SHUKLA | CEO, FOUNDER

RSHUKLA@LARTA.ORG

CARLOS GUTIERREZ | CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

CGUTIERREZ@LARTA.ORG

JUDY HSIEH | HEAD OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS & EVALUATION

JHSIEH@LARTA.ORG

VAISHALI PALIWAL | DIRECTOR, PROGRAM OPERATIONS

VPALIWAL@LARTA.ORG

DAVID BEROKOFF | DIRECTOR, CLEANTECH & ENERGY

DBEROKOFF@LARTA.ORG

GUNJAN SIROYA | SENIOR ADVISOR, SUSTAINABILITY

GSIROYA@LARTA.ORG

NICKOLAY KOLEV | DIRECTOR, INFORMATIONS SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

NKOLEV@LARTA.ORG

Los Angeles, CA 90015 larta.org

Multiple Award Schedule: Price List SIN 541611 Management and Financial Consulting, Acquisition and Grants

Management Support, and Business Program and Project Management Services

Larta, Inc. offers the following labor categories and rates for consulting services:

Consultant Labor Category

Government Hourly Rate

(includes IFF)

Principal/ Senior Executive Consultant $175.03

Senior Consultant/ Technical Expert Advisor $164.09

Senior Consultant/ Technical Specialist $153.17

Senior Consultant/ Business Specialist $147.69

Consultant I $131.28

Consultant II $109.41

Consultant III $87.54

Administrative Support I $76.58

Administrative Support II $60.17

Prices Shown Herein are Net (Discount Deducted) See the next page for further description of labor categories.

Los Angeles, CA 90015

The Service Contract Labor Standards Matrix

SCLS Eligible Labor Category SCLS Equivalent Code Title Wage Determination No.

Administrative Support I 01612 - Word Processor II 2015-5613

Administrative Support II 01611 - Word Processor I 2015-5613

The Service Contract Labor Standards, formerly the Service Contract Act (SCA), apply to this contract and it includes SCLS applicable labor categories. The prices of the SCLS labor categories are based on the U.S.

Department of Labor Wage Determination Number(s) identif ied in the SCLS/SCA matrix. The prices awarded are in line with the geographic scope of the contract (i.e., nationwide).

Labor Category Descriptions

Title: Principal/Senior Executive Consultant

Duties/Responsibilities:

Oversees negotiation of delivery/task orders and consulting tasks.

Interfaces with top-level executives, officials, and customers and ensures successful completion of work in a timely manner.

Recognized expert with experience in technology commercialization, entrepreneurship and management in business, as well as a deep understanding of government contracting and sectoral issues & trends.

Experience: Minimum 19 years specialized experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree

A Master’s degree with 15 years specialized experience may be substituted for the above experience and education requirements.

Title: Senior Consultant/Technical Expert Advisor

Serves as an expert advisor for a consulting project in specialized or technological areas. Examples of such areas include, but are not limited to, life sciences, communications, information technology, homeland security, aerospace/defense, materials, environmental and energy technologies, computer hardware/software, and digital media.

Domain expert with proven experience in specific tech areas. Expert must be comfortable discussing technical details as well as commercial opportunities.

Experience: Minimum 14 years specialized experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree

A Master’s degree with 10 years specialized experience may be substituted for the above experience

Title: Senior Consultant/ Technical Specialist

Los Angeles, CA 90015 larta.org

Has supervisory responsibility for multiple complex projects and principal liaison responsibilities with customer on technical matters for consulting/project implementation.

Professional with experience working with specific technology driven businesses. The specialist coordinates different programs and the participation of technical experts.

Experience: Minimum 9 years specialized experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree

A Master’s degree with 5 years specialized experience may be substituted for the above experience

Title: Senior Consultant/Business Specialist

Has supervisory responsibility for large and complex projects and principal liaison responsibilities with customer on business matters for consulting project implementation.

Experienced professional with experience in the areas of program management and business consulting. The business specialist is well versed in government contracting. Coordinates many actors from industry, universities, corporate and government areas for the benefit of client companies

Experience: Minimum 9 years specialized experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree

A Master’s degree with 5 years specialized experience may be substituted for the above experience

Title: Consultant 1

Serves as the senior consultant/analyst responsible for performing high-level analytical/operational project implementation, consulting and training.

Experienced professional in the areas of market research and business development.

Experience: Minimum 3 years operational and consulting experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree

Title: Consultant II

Serves as a member of the implementation/consulting team performing mid-level analytical assignments.

Professional with operational and consulting experience in the areas of market research and business development.

Experience: Minimum 2 years

Title: Consultant III

Serves as a member of the implementation/consulting team, performing basic research and analytical assignments.

Experience: Minimum 1 year of consulting experience in the areas of market research and business development.

Title: Administrative Support 1

Provides assistance in carrying out consulting operational work, serving primarily as a fact-finder and program analyst. Coordinates administrative duties for all aspects of program management.

Experience: None required

Education: High School diploma or GED

Title: Administrative Support II

Provides assistance in carrying out all administrative operational functions. Assists with the coordination of all administrative duties of program management.

Experience: None required

Education: High School diploma or GED