MAS - Hitachi Vantara Federal Corp - 47QTCA20D004R

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MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE

Contract Number: 47QTCA20D004R Contract Period: January 21, 2020 – January 20, 2025

Pricelist current through Refresh 19 Mass Mod A869; dated 01/24/24

For more information on ordering from Federal Supply Schedules click on the FSS Schedules button at fss.gsa.gov.

NAICS 54151S - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Other Information Services (All other information services belong under Schedule 76) FPDS Code D399 Other Information Technology Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

OLM – Order Level Materials

Hitachi Vantara Federal Corporation 11950 Democracy Drive, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20190 Telephone: 703-787-2900 Fax: 703-437-5023 www.hitachivantarafederal.com

Business Size/Status: Large Contract Administration:

David Funk Telephone: (703) 787-2927 Email: david.funk@hitachivantarafederal.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION

1a. Table of Awarded North American Industry Classification System (NAICS):

Please refer to page #4 and GSA eLibrary (www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov) for detailed NAICS descriptions

9a. Government Purchase Card is accepted at or below the micro – purchase threshold.

9b. Government Purchase Card is not accepted above the micro – purchase threshold.

11950 Democracy Drive, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20190 Phone: 703-787-2900 Fax: 703-434-5023 Email: orders@hitachivantarafederal.com

13b. 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.

Hitachi Vantara Federal Corporation 62987 Collections Center Drive Chicago, IL60693-0606 Phone: 703-787-2900 Email: accounts.payable@hitachivantarafederal.com

20a. Terms and conditions for any other services (if applicable):

Not Applicable

21. List of service and distribution points (if applicable):

Not Applicable

26. Hitachi Vantara Federal Corporation is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).

CONTRACT OVERVIEW

Pending contract award.

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR

David Funk Hitachi Vantara Federal Corporation 11950 Democracy Drive, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20190 Telephone: 703-787-2927 Fax Number: 703-437-5023 Email: david.funk@hitachivantarafederal.com

MARKETING POINT OF CONTACT

Melissa Hardt Hitachi Vantara Federal Corporation 11950 Democracy Drive, Suite 200 Reston, VA 20190 Telephone: 571-535-6063 Email: melissa.hardt@hitachivantarafederal.com

BRIEF COMPANY OVERVIEW

Company Overview can be found on the Hitachi Vantara Federal website.

http://www.hitachivantarafederal.com/services/

CONTRACT USE

This contract is available for use by all Federal Government agencies, as a source for IT Professional Services for worldwide use. Executive agencies, other Federal agencies, mixed – ownership Government corporations, and the District of Columbia; government contractors authorized in writing by a Federal agency pursuant to 48 CFR 51.1; and other activities and organizations authorized by statute or regulation to use GSA as a source of supply may use this contract.

CONTRACT SCOPE

The contractor shall provide all resources including personnel, management, supplies, services, materials, equipment, facilities and transportation necessary to provide a wide range of IT professional services as specified in each task order.

Services specified in a task order may be performed at the contractor’s facilities or the ordering agencies’ facilities. The government will determine the contractor’s compensation by any of several different methods (to be specified at the task order level) e.g., a firm-fixed price for services with or without incentives, labor hours or time-and-material.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) DESCRIPTIONS

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) available under this contract provide services across the full life cycle of a project. When task orders are placed, they must identify the NAICS code(s) under which the task is being executed. Hitachi Vantara Federal Corporation has been awarded a contract by GSA to provide services under the following NAICS codes:

NAICS54151S Information Technology Professional Services

A full description of the NAICS definition is provided below:

NAICS 54151S – Information Technology Professional Services Includes resources and facilities management, database planning and design, systems analysis and design, network services, programming, conversion and implementation support, network services project management, data/records management, and other services relevant to 29CFR541.400.

Order Level Materials (OLM) Order-Level Materials (OLMs) are supplies and/or services acquired in direct support of an individual task or delivery order placed against a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract or FSS blanket purchase agreement (BPA). OLMs are not defined, priced, or awarded at the FSS contract level. They are unknown before a task or delivery order is placed against the FSS contract or FSS BPA. OLMs are only authorized for inclusion at the order level under a Time-and-Materials (T&M) or Labor-Hour (LH) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) and are subject to a Not To Exceed (NTE) ceiling price. OLMs include direct materials, subcontracts for supplies and incidental services for which there is not a labor category specified in the FSS contract, other direct costs (separate from those under ODC NAICS), and indirect costs. OLMs are purchased under the authority of the FSS Program and are not open market items.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLACING ORDERS FOR SERVICES BASED ON GSA SCHEDULE HOURLY RATES

GSA provides a streamlined, efficient process for ordering the services you need. GSA has already determined that Hitachi Vantara Federal Corporation meets the technical requirements and that our prices offered are fair and reasonable. Agencies may use written orders; facsimile orders, credit card orders, blanket purchase agreement orders or individual purchase orders under this contract.

If it is determined that your agency needs an outside source to provide professional services, follow these simple steps:

Orders under the Micro-Purchase Threshold

· Select the contractor best suited for your needs and place the order.

Orders in-between the Micro-Purchase Threshold and the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

· Prepare a SOW or Performance Work Statement (PWS) in accordance with FAR 8.405-2(b).

· Prepare and send the RFQ (including SOW and evaluation criteria) to at least three GSA Schedule contractors.

· Evaluate, then make a "Best Value" determination.

Note: The ordering activity should request GSA Schedule contractors to submit firm-fixed prices to perform the services identified in the SOW.

Orders over the Simplified Acquisition Threshold

· Prepare the RFQ (including the SOW and evaluation criteria) and post on eBuy to afford all Schedule contractors the opportunity to respond, or provide the RFQ to as many Schedule contractors as practicable, consistent with market research, to reasonably ensure that quotes are received from at least three contractors.

· Seek price reductions.

· Evaluate all responses and place the order, or establish the BPA with the GSA Schedule contractor that represents the best value (refer to FAR 8.405-2(d)).

Note: The ordering activity should request GSA Schedule contractors to submit firm-fixed prices to perform the services identified in the SOW.

Developing a Statement of Work (SOW)

In the SOW, include the following information:

· Work to be performed,

· Location of work,

· Period of performance;

· Deliverable schedule, and

· Special standards and any special requirements, where applicable.

Preparing a Request for Quote (RFQ)

· Include the SOW and evaluation criteria;

· Request fixed price, ceiling price, or, if not possible, labor hour or time and materials order;

· If preferred, request a performance plan from contractors and information on past experience; and include information on the basis for selection.

· May be posted on GSA’s electronic RFQ system, e-Buy

For more information related to ordering services, go to http://www.gsa.gov/schedules-ordering and client “Ordering Information”. Also see summary guidelines in the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Desk Reference Guide, Ordering Procedures.

BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Ordering activities may establish BPAs under any schedule contract to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services. BPAs may be established with one or more schedule contractors. The number of BPAs to be established is within the discretion of the ordering activity establishing the BPAs and should be based on a strategy that is expected to maximize the effectiveness of the BPA(s). In determining how many BPAs to establish, consider:

· The scope and complexity of the requirement(s);

· The need to periodically compare multiple technical approaches or prices;

· The administrative costs of BPAs; and

· The technical qualifications of the schedule contractor(s).

Establishment of a single BPA, or multiple BPAs, shall be made using the same procedures outlined in 8.405-3. BPAs shall address the frequency of ordering, invoicing, discounts, requirements (e.g. estimated quantities, work to be performed), delivery locations, and time.

When establishing multiple BPAs, the ordering activity shall specify the procedures for placing orders under the BPAs.

Establishment of a multi-agency BPA against a Federal Supply Schedule contract is permitted if the multi-agency BPA identifies the participating agencies and their estimated requirements at the time the BPA is established.

Ordering from BPAs:

Single BPA. If the ordering activity establishes one BPA, authorized users may place the order directly under the established BPA when the need for the supply or service arises.

Multiple BPAs. If the ordering activity establishes multiple BPAs, before placing an order exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, the ordering activity shall:

· Forward the requirement, or statement of work and the evaluation criteria, to an appropriate number of BPA holders, as established in the BPA ordering procedures; and

· Evaluate the responses received, make a best value determination (see 8.404(d)), and place the order with the BPA holder that represents the best value.

BPAs for hourly rate services. If the BPA is for hourly rate services, the ordering activity shall develop a statement of work for requirements covered by the BPA. All orders under the BPA shall specify a price for the performance of the tasks identified in the statement of work.

Duration of BPAs. BPAs generally should not exceed five years in length, but may do so to meet program requirements. Contractors may be awarded BPAs that extend beyond the current term of their GSA Schedule contract, so long as there are option periods in their GSA Schedule contract that, if exercised, will cover the BPA’s period of performance.

Review of BPAs:

The ordering activity that established the BPA shall review it at least once a year to determine whether:

· The schedule contract, upon which the BPA was established, is still in effect;

· The BPA still represents the best value (see 8.404(d)); and

· Estimated quantities/amounts have been exceeded and additional price reductions can be obtained.

The ordering activity shall document the results of its review.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (NAICS CODE 54151S)

1. SCOPE

a. The prices, terms and conditions stated under North American Industry Classification System 54151S Information Technology Professional Services apply exclusively to IT Professional Services within the scope of this Information Technology Schedule.

b. The Contractor shall provide services at the Contractor’s facility and/or at the ordering activity location, as agreed to by the Contractor and the ordering activity.

2. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES I-FSS-60 Performance Incentives (April 2000)

a. Performance incentives may be agreed upon between the Contractor and the ordering activity on individual fixed price orders or Blanket Purchase Agreements under this contract.

b. The ordering activity must establish a maximum performance incentive price for these services and/or total solutions on individual orders or Blanket Purchase Agreements.

c. Incentives should be designed to relate results achieved by the contractor to specified targets. To the maximum extent practicable, ordering activities shall consider establishing incentives where performance is critical to the ordering activity’s mission and incentives are likely to motivate the contractor. Incentives shall be based on objectively measurable tasks.

3. ORDER

a. Agencies may use written orders, EDI orders, blanket purchase agreements, individual purchase orders, or task orders for ordering services under this contract. Blanket Purchase Agreements shall not extend beyond the end of the contract period; all services and delivery shall be made and the contract terms and conditions shall continue in effect until the completion of the order. Orders for tasks which extend beyond the fiscal year for which funds are available shall include FAR 52.232-19 (Deviation – May 2003) Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year. The purchase order shall specify the availability of funds and the period for which funds are available.

b. All task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of the contract. In the event of conflict between a task order and the contract, the contract will take precedence.

4. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES

a. The Contractor shall commence performance of services on the date agreed to by the Contractor and the ordering activity.

b. The Contractor agrees to render services only during normal working hours, unless otherwise agreed to by the Contractor and the ordering activity.

c. The ordering activity should include the criteria for satisfactory completion for each task in the Statement of Work or Delivery Order. Services shall be completed in a good and workmanlike manner.

d. Any Contractor travel required in the performance of IT Services must comply with the Federal Travel Regulation or Joint Travel Regulations, as applicable, in effect on the date(s) the travel is performed. Established Federal Government per diem rates will apply to all Contractor travel. Contractors cannot use GSA city pair contracts.

5. STOP-WORK ORDER (FAR 52.242-15) (AUG 1989)

a. The Contracting Officer may, at any time, by written order to the Contractor, require the Contractor to stop all, or any part, of the work called for by this contract for a period of 90 days after the order is delivered to the Contractor, and for any further period to which the parties may agree. The order shall be specifically identified as a stop-work order issued under this clause. Upon receipt of the order, the Contractor shall immediately comply with its terms and take all reasonable steps to minimize the incurrence of costs allocable to the work covered by the order during the period of work stoppage. Within a period of 90 days after a stop-work is delivered to the Contractor, or within any extension of that period to which the parties shall have agreed, the Contracting Officer shall either-

(1) Cancel the stop-work order; or

(2) Terminate the work covered by the order as provided in the Default, or the Termination for Convenience of the Government, clause of this contract.

b. If a stop-work order issued under this clause is canceled or the period of the order or any extension thereof expires, the Contractor shall resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or contract price, or both, and the contract shall be modified, in writing, accordingly, if-

(1) The stop-work order results in an increase in the time required for, or in the Contractor's cost properly allocable to, the performance of any part of this contract; and

(2) The Contractor asserts its right to the adjustment within 30 days after the end of the period of work stoppage; provided, that, if the Contracting Officer decides the facts justify the action, the Contracting Officer may receive and act upon the claim submitted at any time before final payment under this contract.

c. If a stop-work order is not canceled and the work covered by the order is terminated for the convenience of the Government, the Contracting Officer shall allow reasonable costs resulting from the stop-work order in arriving at the termination settlement.

d. If a stop-work order is not canceled and the work covered by the order is terminated for default, the Contracting Officer shall allow, by equitable adjustment or otherwise, reasonable costs resulting from the stop-work order.

6. INSPECTION OF SERVICES

In accordance with FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2009) (DEVIATION I - FEB 2007) for Firm-Fixed Price orders and FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2009) (ALTERNATE I OCT 2008) (DEVIATION I – FEB 2007) applies to Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts orders placed under this contract.

7. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTOR

The Contractor shall comply with all laws, ordinances, and regulations (Federal, State, City, or otherwise) covering work of this character. If the end product of a task order is software, then FAR 52.227-14 (Dec 2007) Rights in Data – General, may apply.

8. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ORDERING ACTIVITY

Subject to security regulations, the ordering activity shall permit Contractor access to all facilities necessary to perform the requisite IT Professional Services.

9. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

All IT Professional Services performed by the Contractor under the terms of this contract shall be as an independent Contractor, and not as an agent or employee of the ordering activity.

10. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

a. Definitions.

“Contractor” means the person, firm, unincorporated association, joint venture, partnership, or corporation that is a party to this contract.

“Contractor and its affiliates” and “Contractor or its affiliates” refers to the Contractor, its chief executives, directors, officers, subsidiaries, affiliates, subcontractors at any tier, and consultants and any joint venture involving the Contractor, any entity into or with which the Contractor subsequently merges or affiliates, or any other successor or assignee of the Contractor.

An “Organizational conflict of interest” exists when the nature of the work to be performed under a proposed ordering activity contract, without some restriction on ordering activities by the Contractor and its affiliates, may either (i) result in an unfair competitive advantage to the Contractor or its affiliates or (ii) impair the Contractor’s or its affiliates’ objectivity in performing contract work.

b. To avoid an organizational or financial conflict of interest and to avoid prejudicing the best interests of the ordering activity, ordering activities may place restrictions on the Contractors, its affiliates, chief executives, directors, subsidiaries and subcontractors at any tier when placing orders against schedule contracts. Such restrictions shall be consistent with FAR 9.505 and shall be designed to avoid, neutralize, or mitigate organizational conflicts of interest that might otherwise exist in situations related to individual orders placed against the schedule contract. Examples of situations, which may require restrictions, are provided at FAR 9.508.

11. INVOICES

The Contractor, upon completion of the work ordered, shall submit invoices for IT Professional services. Progress payments may be authorized by the ordering activity on individual orders if appropriate. Progress payments shall be based upon completion of defined milestones or interim products. Invoices shall be submitted monthly for recurring services performed during the preceding month.

12. PAYMENTS

For firm-fixed price orders the ordering activity shall pay the Contractor, upon submission of proper invoices or vouchers, the prices stipulated in this contract for service rendered and accepted. Progress payments shall be made only when authorized by the order. For time-and-materials orders, the Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts at FAR 52.212-4 (MAR 2009) (ALTERNATE I – OCT 2008) (DEVIATION I – FEB 2007) applies to time-and-materials orders placed under this contract. For labor-hour orders, the Payment under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts at FAR 52.212-4 (MAR 2009) (ALTERNATE I – OCT 2008) (DEVIATION I – FEB 2007) applies to labor-hour orders placed under this contract. 52.216-31(Feb 2007) Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Proposal Requirements—Commercial Item Acquisition.

a. The Government contemplates award of a Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hour type of contract resulting from this solicitation.

b. The offeror must specify fixed hourly rates in its offer that include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. The offeror must specify whether the fixed hourly rate for each labor category applies to labor performed by—

(1) The offeror;

(2) Subcontractors; and/or

(3) Divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of the offeror under a common control.

13. RESUMES

Resumes shall be provided to the GSA Contracting Officer or the user ordering activity upon request.

14. INCIDENTAL SUPPORT COSTS

Incidental support costs are available outside the scope of this contract. The costs will be negotiated separately with the ordering activity in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the FAR.

15. APPROVAL OF SUBCONTRACTS

The ordering activity may require that the Contractor receive, from the ordering activity's Contracting Officer, written consent before placing any subcontract for furnishing any of the work called for in a task order.

16. DESCRIPTION OF IT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND PRICING

LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS

Experience Substitutions:

Education Substitutions:

A Ph.D. may be substituted for three years of required experience with a Master’s Degree or four years with a Bachelor’s Degree.

A Master’s Degree may be substituted for two years of required experience with a Bachelor’s Degree.

A Bachelor’s Degree may be substituted for four years of required experience with a H.S. Diploma.

A Bachelor’s Degree may be substituted for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or similarly complex certifications and two years of required experience with a H.S. Diploma.

HOURLY RATES FOR NAICS 54151S IT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (WITH IFF)

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