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The Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC) is a chartered, non-federal body that advises the Secretary of Transportation on Marine Transportation System (MTS) issues, including the effective use and expansion of America's Marine Highway and port development challenges. The MTSNAC is comprised of leaders from commercial transportation and supply-chain firms, port and water stakeholders, labor, academia, and Federal, state, and local public entities.

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The Maritime Administration seeks support service to develop and host the MTSNAC full committee meetings and subcommittee meetings during the contract period. The selected contractor will work closely with MARAD staff while developing each meeting. The contractor will be responsible for arranging and managing logistical issues for each meeting.

00001 Base Year - MTSNAC Full Committee Meetings &

Subcommittee Meetings (2017-2018)

00002 Option Year 1 - MTSNAC Full Committee Meetings &

Subcommittee Meetings (2018-2019)

(Option Line Item)

00003 Option Year 2 - MTSNAC Full Committee Meetings &

Subcommittee Meetings (2019-2020)

(Option Line Item)

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Subcommittee Meetings (2020-2021)

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Solicitation # 693JF717R00029

Develop & Host the

Marine Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC)

Meetings

52-252.1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions 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. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address

(es): https://farsite.hill.af.mil and https://acquisition.gov/far/

Provision/Clause Title Date

52.212-01 Instructions to Offerors January 2017

52.212-02 Evaluation-Commercial Items October 2014

52.212-03 Offerors Representatives and Certifications January 2017

52.212-04 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items January 2017

52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement January 2017

Status or Executive Orders--Commercial Items

(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) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality

Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

(Nov 2015)

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

(4) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public

Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

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(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.]

_X__ (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).

_X__ (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 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

___ (5) [Reserved]

___ (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) (Pub. L.

111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

___ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-

Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

_X__ (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.

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___ (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).

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

___ (13) [Reserved]

_X__ (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 (Nov 2016) (15

U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

___ (17) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C.

637 (d)(4)).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (iv) Alternate III (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

___ (v) Alternate IV (Nov 2016) 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 (Jan 2017) (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)).

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___ (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)).

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

_X__ (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

(Oct 2016) (E.O. 13126).

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

_X__ (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246).

_X__ (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).

_X__ (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C.

4212).

_X__ (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.)

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___ (35) 52.222-59, Compliance with Labor Laws (Executive Order 13673) (Oct

2016). (Applies at $50 million for solicitations and resultant contracts issued from

October 25, 2016 through April 24, 2017; applies at $500,000 for solicitations and resultant contracts issued after April 24, 2017).

___ (36) 52.222-60, Paycheck Transparency (Executive Order 13673) (Oct 2016).

___ (37) (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.)

___ (38) 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming

Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (Jun 2016) (E.O.13693).

___ (39) 52.223-12, Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration

Equipment and Air Conditioners (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

___ (40) (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.

___ (41) (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.

___ (42) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec

2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

___ (43) (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__ (44) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).

___ (45) 52.223-20, Aerosols (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

___ (46) 52.223-21, Foams (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13696).

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___ (47) (i) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (Jan 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.224-3.

_X__ (48) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter

83).

___ (49) (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).

___ (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.

___ (50) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Oct 2016) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19

U.S.C. 3301 note).

___ (51) 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).

___ (52) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

___ (53) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov 2007)

(42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (54) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency

Area (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

___ (55) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb

2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505), 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

___ (56) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Jan 2017) (41

U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

_X__ (57) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for

Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

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___ (58) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other Than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (59) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

___ (60) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

___ (61) 52.242-5, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Jan 2017) (15

U.S.C. 637(d)(12)).

___ (62) (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)

_X__ (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).

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___ (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).

_X__ (8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015)

(E.O. 13658).

___ (9) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017)

(E.O. 13706).

___ (10) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations.

(May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792).

___ (11) 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.

(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)

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(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) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality

Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title

VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

(Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(iii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Nov 2016) (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.

(iv) 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.

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

(vi) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246).

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

4212).

(viii) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul

2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(ix) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C.

4212).

(x) 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.

pg. 13

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

chapter 67).

(xii) (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).

(xiii) 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.)

(xiv) 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)

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

12989).

(xvi) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec

2015).

(xvii) 52.222-59, Compliance with Labor Laws (Executive Order 13673)

(Oct 2016) (Applies at $50 million for solicitations and resultant contracts issued from October 25, 2016 through April 24, 2017; applies at $500,000 for solicitations and resultant contracts issued after April 24, 2017).

(xviii) 52.222-60, Paycheck Transparency (Executive Order 13673) (Oct

2016).

(xix) 52.222-62, Paid sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN

2017) (E.O. 13706).

(xx) (A) 52.224-3, Privacy Training (Jan 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

(B) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.224-3.

(xxi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions

Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section 862, as amended, of the

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302

Note).

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(xxii) 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.

(xxiii) 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.

End of Clause

52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items -- Addendum. (January 2017)

The government reserves the right to not award to any vendor not registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of award

Only quotes submitted by Small Business will be accepted by the Government

Any proposal/quote that is submitted by a contractor that is not Small Business will not be considered for award

Key Personnel

Contractor personnel authorized and approved to perform services under this contract are Key personnel and shall not be removed or replaced without the prior written approval of the CO.

Should the Contractor need to remove or replace any individual from the contract (e.g., promotion, attrition, firing, long-term illness, death, etc.) they shall notify the COR and CO in writing immediately upon realizing that a change is imminent. The Contractor shall include in the written notification an explanation as to why the removal or replacement is necessary, including the name of the individual(s) being removed or replaced, the expected date the change is to occur, a plan for maintaining current support and/or a plan for transitioning support as well as any other important information.

Notice of Government Delays

In the event the Contractor encounters difficulty in meeting performance requirements, or when it anticipates difficulty in complying with the contract or any Delivery order delivery schedule or date, or whenever the Contractor has knowledge that any actual or potential situation is delaying or threatens to delay the timely performance of this contract or of a Delivery order, the

Contractor shall immediately notify the CO and the COR, in writing. The notice shall give pertinent details, provided; however, that this data shall be informational only in character and that receipt thereof shall, in no event, be construed as a waiver by the Maritime Administration

pg. 15 of any delivery schedule or date or of any rights or remedies provided by law or under this contract. The notice must be provided in no less than 15 days before the performance/delivery/completion date specified in the contract.

Communication

The offeror is instructed to contact only the solicitation Issuing Office for information about any aspect of the solicitation. All communication regarding this solicitation should be directed to the

Contract Specialist, Nicole Price, at nicole.price@dot.gov. Communication is preferred via email. The offeror must confirm receipt of communication submitted by these methods. The offeror is cautioned against contacting Government Technical Personnel regarding this solicitation prior to award of this procurement.

ALL QUESTIONS regarding this solicitation must be sent to the Contract Specialist via email at nicole.price@dot.gov no later than 12pm EST August 23, 2017. Responses to all questions submitted will be posted as an amendment to this solicitation on www.fbo.gov .

Instructions for the Submission of Offers and Other information

Offerors must submit a proposed solution/offer and include other information that is requested.

If electronic copies are submitted, an electronic copy of the proposal and other attachments shall be submitted to Contract Specialist, Nicole Price at nicole.price@dot.gov with a courtesy copy provided to the Secondary Point of Contact/Contracting Officer, Judy Bowers at judy.bowers@dot.gov.

Proposals received after August 25, 2017 will be deemed late and not considered for award.

Proposals must be in Times New Roman 12-point size font. (Note: Proposals can be submitted via e-mail or mail. Amendments or modifications received by facsimile will not be considered)

If hard copies of the full proposal package are submitted, one (1) copy of the documents shall be sent via express mail and must arrive no later than 5pm on August 25, 2017. The proposal package shall be addressed as follows:

Point of Contact

Nicole A. Price

Contract Specialist

Academy & Infrastructure Support

Office of Acquisition (MAR-380)

DOT/Maritime Administration

1200 New Jersey Avenue

Washington, DC 20590

W26-445; 2nd Floor

Work: (202) 366-7090

Fax: (202) 366-3237 nicole.price@dot.gov mailto:nicole.price@dot.gov http://www.fbo.gov/ mailto:nicole.price@dot.gov mailto:judy.bowers@dot.gov

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Secondary Point of Contact

Judy Bowers

Contracting Officer

Academy and Infrastructure Support

Office of Acquisition, MAR-380

Maritime Administration

U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE

Washington DC 20590

202-366-1913 (Office)

202-366-3237 (Fax) judy.bowers@dot.gov

Solicitation Amendments

Prior to posting RFP

The Government reserves the right to require, revise or amend the specifications or drawings or both prior to the date set for receipt of the RFP. Such revisions and amendments, if any, will be announced by an amendment(s) to this RFP.

If the revisions and amendments are of a nature which requires material changes in quantities or prices proposed or both, the date set for receipt of Proposals may be postponed by such number of days

Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website www.fbo.gov for any amendments, updates and responses to questions, etc. (Note: The

Government will not maintain a mailing list)

After RFP is posted

SF-33 Form: The SF-33 form, which must be signed by an official authorized to bind the

Offeror, shall set forth full, accurate, and complete information as required by this solicitation.

The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in 18 USC 1001. Failure to furnish a full and complete proposal as requested herein may cause an offer to be determined by the Maritime

Administration as being unacceptable and therefore excluded from further consideration and award.

Estimated Date of Contract Award

The estimated date of contract award is September 01, 2017. This is only an estimated date provided to assist the offeror in pricing their proposal. The

Government is not obligated to award a contract on this date.

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52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items. (October 2014)

(a) The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation deemed the lowest price technically acceptable.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate proposals:

Factor 1 - Technical Approach/Experience

Past Performance -The questionnaire document provided must be completed by the point(s) of contact of relevant contracts/projects. Offerors must provide two (2) similar or relevant past performance projects/contracts

Factor 2 – Cost/Price

Technical Approach/Experience and Past performance when combined is slighlty more important than price.

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the

Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there.

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52.212-3-Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items--Addendum.

(January 2017)

An offeror should complete the representations and certifications online via www.sam.gov

(End of provision)

52.216-1 Type of Contract. (Apr 1984)

(a) The Government contemplates award of a Firm Fixed Price contract resulting from this solicitation.

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52.233--2 Service of Protest (Sept. 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

OFFICE OF ACQUISITIONS (MAR-380)

http://www.sam.gov/

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U.S. DOT/MARITIME ADMINSTRATION

1200 NEW JERSEY AVE. S.E.

MAIL STOP: W28-201

WASHINGTON, DC 20590

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

(End of Provision)