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Contract Number: XXXX Section I: CONTRACT CLAUSES

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3.1-1 CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (July 2011)

This screening information request (SIR) or contract, as applicable, incorporates by reference the provisions or clauses listed below with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make the full text available, or offerors and contractors may obtain the full text via Internet at http://conwrite.faa.gov.

FAA ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CLAUSES

Alternate V Rights in Data – General (January 2009)

FAA ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FULL CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS

1.13-1 Notice of Earned Value Management System (July 2016)

The offeror's (you/your) response to this screening information request (SIR) must include proof of a certified EVMS or provide a plan (the plan) to implement a certified system that complies with the EVMS criteria (the criteria) stated in subparagraph (b) of clause 1.13-2, "EVMS." You must submit the following as part of your proposal for Contracting Officer (CO) approval:

(a) Documentation demonstrating that your EVMS has been Electronic Industries Alliance Standard 748(EIA-748) certified and EVM surveillance documentation demonstrating that you have maintained an EIA-748 compliant EVMS at the time this SIR is issued; or

(b) The plan that explains how your EVMS will be certified for each guideline of the EIA-748 Standard.

(c) Names of subcontractors. If you have not yet identified subcontractors, you must identify any part of the work you intend to award to subcontractors. The CO must approve the subcontractors before you sign contracts with them.

1.13-5 Integrated Master Schedule (October 2014)

(a) Offerors (you) must submit an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) report prepared in accordance with MSBRS-DID-PM02 (Attachment J-4).

(b) You must manage the execution of the MSBRS program using the IMS as a day-to-day execution tool and periodically assess program progress in meeting program requirements. You must report on program progress consistent with the IMS at each program management review, at selected technical reviews and at other times at the Government's request.

(c) You must revise the IMS, where necessary, to reflect current contract milestones and deliverables. The IMS will include all activities of the prime contractor, subcontractors, and dependencies on the Government. All contractor schedule information delivered to the Government or presented at program reviews shall originate from the IMS. You must perform appropriate analyses of the IMS tasks and report potential or existing problem areas and recommend corrective actions to eliminate or reduce schedule impact to the program.

1.13-6 Contractor Integrated Baseline Review (July 2016)

(a) The Contractor (you) must participate in a Government-conducted Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) with acceptable action plans approved by the Contracting Officer within 120 days after contract award and after executing major contract modifications, as required by the Government.

(b) The IBR will be conducted consistent with the FAA Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) Guide.

1.13-7 Earned Value Management System - Withholding of Payment (October 2014)

(a)Definition

"Significant Deficiency" means a shortcoming that affects the ability of the FAA to rely on information provided by the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) that is needed for management purposes”

(b) General. The Contractor must establish and maintain an acceptable EVMS in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract.

(c) Significant Deficiencies.

(1) The contractor shall respond, in writing, within 30 days to an initial determination that there are one or more significant deficiencies in the Contractor's EVMS.

(2) The Contracting Officer will evaluate the Contractor's response and notify the Contractor, in writing, of the final determination whether the Contractor's EVMS contains significant deficiencies. If the Contracting Officer determines that the Contractor's EVMS contains significant deficiencies, the final determination will include a notice to withhold payments.

(d) Withholding Payments

(1)If the Contracting Officer issues the final determination with a notice to withhold payments for significant deficiencies in the Contractor's EVMS as required under this contract, the Contracting Officer will withhold five percent of amounts due from a progress payments and performance-based payments, and direct the Contractor, in writing, to withhold five percent from its billings on interim cost vouchers on cost, labor-hour, and time-and-materials contractors until the Contracting Officer has determined that the Contractor has corrected all significant deficiencies as directed by the Contracting Officer's final determination. The Contractor shall, within 45 days of receipt of the notice, either correct the deficiencies or submit an acceptable corrective action plan showing the milestones and actions to eliminate the deficiencies.

(2) If the Contractor submits an acceptable corrective action plan within 45 days of receipt of a notice of the Contracting Officer's intent to withhold payments, and the Contracting Officer, in consultation with the auditor or functional specialist, determines that the Contractor is effectively implementing such plan, the Contracting Officer will reduce withholding directly related to the significant deficiencies covered under the corrective action plan, to two percent from progress payments and performance-based payments, and direct the Contractor, in writing, to reduce the percentage withheld on interim cost vouchers to two percent until the Contracting Officer determines the Contractor has corrected all significant deficiencies as directed by the Contracting Officer's final determination. However, if at any time, the Contracting Officer determines that the Contractor has failed to follow the accepted corrective action plan, the Contracting Officer will increase withholding from progress payments and performance-based payments, and direct the Contractor, in writing, to increase the percentage withheld on interim cost vouchers to the percentage initially withheld, until the Contracting Officer determines that the Contractor has corrected all significant deficiencies as directed by the Contracting Officer's final determination.

(3) Payment withhold percentage limits

(i)The total percentage of payments with held on amounts due under each progress payment, performance-based payment, or interim cost voucher, shall not exceed five percent for one or more significant deficiencies in the Contractor's EVMS

(ii) If this contract contains pre-existing withholds due to significant deficiencies in the Contractor's EVMS, and the application of any subsequent payment withholds will cause withholding under this clause to exceed the payment withhold percentage limits in paragraph (d) (3) (i) of this clause, the Contracting Officer will reduce the payment withhold percentage in the final determination to an amount that will not exceed the payment withhold percentage limits.

(4) For the purpose of this clause, payment means any of the following payments authorized under this contract:

(i) Interim payments under-

(A) Cost-reimbursement contracts;

(B) Incentive-type contracts;

(C) Time-and-materials contracts;

(D) Labor-hour contracts

(ii) Progress payments.

(iii) Performance-based payments.

(5) Payment withholding will not apply on fixed-price line items where performance is complete and the items were accepted by the FAA.

(6) The withholding of any amount or subsequent payment to the Contractor will not be construed as a waiver of any rights or remedies that the FAA has under this contract.

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of any clause in the contract providing for interim, partial, or other payment withholding on any basis, the Contracting Officer may withhold payment in accordance with the provisions of this clause.

(8) The payment withholding authorized in this clause is not subject to the interest-penalty provisions of the Prompt Payment Act.

(e) Correction of deficiencies

(1) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, when the Contractor has corrected the deficiencies of the EVMS.

(2) Once the Contractor has notified the Contracting Officer that all deficiencies have been corrected, the Contracting Officer will take one of the following actions:

(i) If the Contracting Officer determines that the Contractor has corrected all significant deficiencies as directed by the Contracting Officer's final determination, the Contracting Officer will, as appropriate, discontinue the withholding of progress payments and performance-based payments, and direct the Contractor, in writing, to discontinue the payment withholding from billings on interim cost vouchers under this contract associated with the Contracting Officer's final determination, and authorize the Contractor to bill for any monies previously withheld that are not also being withheld due to other significant deficiencies. Any payment withholding under this contract due to other significant deficiencies will remain in effect until the Contracting Officer determines that those significant deficiencies are corrected.

(ii) If the Contracting Officer determines that the Contractor still has significant deficiencies, the Contracting Officer will continue the withholding of progress payments and performance-based payments, and the contractor must continue withholding amounts from its billings on interim cost vouchers in accordance with paragraph (d) of this clause, and not bill for any monies previously withheld.

(iii) If, within 90 days of receipt of the Contractor notification that the Contractor has corrected the significant deficiencies, the Contracting Officer has not made a determination whether the Contractor has corrected all significant deficiencies as directed by the Contracting Officer's final determination, or has not made a determination whether there is a reasonable expectation that the corrective actions have been implemented, the Contracting Officer will reduce withholding directly related to the significant deficiencies covered under the corrective action plan by at least 50 percent of the amount being withheld from progress payments and performance-based payments, and direct the Contractor, in writing, to reduce the percentage withheld on interim cost vouchers by at least 50 percent, until the Contracting Officer makes a determination whether the Contractor has corrected all significant deficiencies as directed by the Contracting Officer's final determination, or has made a determination whether there is a reasonable expectation that corrective actions have been implemented.

(iv) At any time after the Contracting officer reduces or discontinues the withholding of progress payments and performance-based payments, or directs the Contractor to reduce or discontinue the payment withholding from billings on interim cost vouchers under this contract, if the Contracting Officer determines that the Contractor has failed to correct the significant deficiencies identified in the Contractor's notification, the Contracting Officer will reinstate or increase withholding from progress payments and performance-based payments, and direct the Contractor, in writing, to reinstate or increase the percentage withheld on interim cost vouchers to the percentage initially withheld, until the Contracting Officer determines that the Contractor has corrected all significant deficiencies as directed by the Contracting Officer's final determination.

3.2.2.3-5 Descriptive Literature (July 2004)

(a) "Descriptive literature" means information (for example cuts, illustrations, drawings, and brochures) submitted as part of an offer. The FAA (we) may need descriptive literature to evaluate details of the product. These details may be about:

(1) Design;

(2) Materials;

(3) Components;

(4) Performance characteristics; or

(5) Methods of manufacture, assembly, construction, or operation.

(b) Descriptive literature includes only information the FAA needs to determine that the offeror (you) will provide technically-acceptable products.

(c) The offeror (you) must mark or highlight the items you are submitting as descriptive literature so we can readily find them in you offer.

(d) The Contracting Officer (CO) may reject offers that fail to submit descriptive literature on time (see the "Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Offers" provision of this SIR) or in which the descriptive literature does not show that the product offered conforms to the SIR requirements.

(e) The CO may waive the SIR requirement for descriptive literature if you indicate in subparagraph (e)(1) below that you supplied a comparable product under an earlier FAA contract and the CO determines that the product meets this SIR's requirements.

(1) You represent that you [ ] have, [ ] have not [check applicable box] supplied a product to AAQ-210[the CO should designate the contracting office or an alternate activity or office] under an earlier FAA contract that is the same as the product offered under this SIR.

(2) If you checked 'have' in paragraph (e)(1), and seek a waiver of the requirement for descriptive literature, submit the following information as part of your offer:

Earlier contract number _____________________________________

Date of earlier contract ______________________________________

Contract line item number of product supplied ___________________

Name and address of government activity to which you delivered the product _________________________________

Date of final delivery of product _______________________

(f) You must submit offers on the basis of required descriptive literature or on the basis of a product you supplied previously under paragraph (e). Once you submit an offer on one of these two bases and the deadline for us to receive offers has passed, you may not elect to have your offer considered on the alternative basis. The Government will disregard your request for a waiver under paragraph (e) above if you have submitted the descriptive literature this SIR requires.

3.2.2.3-37 Notification of Ownership Changes (July 2004)

(a) The Contractor (you) must notify FAA in writing within 30 days when you become aware that a change in ownership has occurred or will occur and that the change could affect the value of your capitalized assets in the accounting records, asset valuations, or cause any other cost changes.

(b) You must:

(1) Maintain current, accurate, and complete inventory records of assets and their costs;

(2) Provide the Contracting Officer (CO) access to the records on request;

(3) Ensure that all individual and grouped assets, their capitalized values, accumulated depreciation or amortization, and remaining useful lives are identified accurately before and after each of your ownership changes; and

(4) Retain and maintain depreciation and amortization schedules based on the asset records maintained before each ownership change.

(c) You must include the substance of this clause in all subcontracts under this contract with a value exceeding $1,000,000 and that require cost and price data.

3.2.2.3-39 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data or Other Information -Modifications (July 2010)

(a) When there are price adjustments in the contract, the Contractor (you, your) must submit the following:

(1) A certificate of current cost or pricing data (CCCPD) described in paragraph (e), or

(2) For non-certified current cost or pricing data (CPD), a request for an exception to CCCPD. You must request this exception from the CO in writing with the following types of information or data that would establish the reasonableness of the prices you offer:

(i) Information on an exception you received on earlier or repetitive acquisitions;

(ii) Catalog price information including:

(A) A dated catalog with the prices;

(B) The applicable catalog pages; or

(C) A statement that the catalog is on file in the contracts office that will issue this contract modification;

(iii) Information on the current discount policies and price lists (published or unpublished), for example wholesale, original equipment manufacturer, and reseller;

(iv) Evidence of substantial sales to the general public for catalog items that exceed [Contracting Officer (CO) to insert extended value - not unit price]. Your evidence may consist of verifiable records such as a sales order, contract, shipment, invoice, actual recorded sales; or sales by your affiliates, other manufacturers or vendors when your price proposal is based on sales of essentially the same commercial item. You must also explain the relationship of the offered price to the (1) established catalog price, or (2) the price of recent and substantial sales of similar quantities of the items that were sold to the general public at prices that differ from catalog or list prices;

(v) The basis for the market price including:

(A) The source, date or period of the market quotation;

(B) Any other basis for the market price, the base amount, and applicable discounts;

(C). The nature of the market for the supply or service you are offering (should be the same as or similar to the market price supply or service); or

(D) Data supporting substantial sales to the general public.

(vi) Laws or regulations that establish your offered prices. If the price is controlled under law by periodic rulings, reviews, or similar actions of a governmental body, attach a copy of a controlling document that you did not previously submit to the contracting office;

(vii) Information on modifications of contracts or subcontracts for commercial items that relate to the offered price, as follows:

(A) If you received an exception based on adequate price competition, catalog or market prices of commercial items, or prices set by law or regulation under the original contract or subcontract, and this modification is not covered by these exceptions, you must provide information to establish that the modification would not change the contract or subcontract from one for a commercial item to one for a non-commercial item;

(B) For commercial items, you may provide information on selling prices of the same item or similar items in the commercial market; and

(viii) Any other information the CO requests to support your request for an exception or to conclude that your price is fair and reasonable.

(b) You give the CO the right to examine books, records, documents, or other directly pertinent records to verify your request for an exception under this clause or the reasonableness of price at any time before award.

(c) The CO will not require you to provide access to cost or price information or other data that apply to prices offered in the catalog or marketplace.

(d) Submitting information to qualify for an exception does not mean that this is the only exception that may apply.

(e) You must submit under paragraph (a):

CERTIFICATE OF CURRENT COST OR PRICING DATA

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the cost or pricing data we submit, either actually or by specific identification in writing, to the Contracting Officer or to the Contracting Officer's representative to support [*] are accurate, complete, and current as of [**]. This certification includes the cost or pricing data supporting any advance agreements and forward pricing rate agreements between the us and the Government that are part of the proposal.

[Contractor insert the following information.]

Firm _________________________________________

Signature ____________________________________

Name ________________________________________

Title ________________________________________

Date of execution [***___________________________]

*Contractor identify the proposal, request for price adjustment, or other submission involved, giving the appropriate identifying number (for example, SIR No.)

** Contractor insert the day, month, and year when price negotiations were concluded and price agreement was reached or, if applicable, an earlier date agreed upon between the parties that is as close as practicable to the date of a price agreement.

*** Contractor insert the day, month, and year of signing, which should be as close as practicable to the date when the price negotiations were concluded and the parties agreed on the contract price.

3.2.2.8-8 Liquidated Damages - Supplies, Services, or Research and Development (October 2014)

3.2.4-5 Allowable Cost and Payment (July 2017)

(a) Invoicing. The Government shall make payments to the Contractor when requested as work progresses, but (except for small business concerns) not more often than once every 2 weeks, in amounts determined to be allowable by the Contracting Officer in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) "Contract Cost Principles" in effect on the date of this contract and the terms of this contract (upon request, the Contracting Officer will provide a copy of the FAA Contract Cost Principles). The Contractor may submit to an authorized representative of the Contracting Officer, in such form and reasonable detail as the representative may require, an invoice or voucher supported by a statement of the claimed allowable cost for performing this contract. Any payments for costs under this contract, particularly for costs of Indirect Rates under paragraph (d), shall be subject to the provisions of the "Limitation of Costs" clause, or the "Limitation of Funds" clause, if applicable. The Contractor shall be responsible to manage and control the allowable cost of performance of the contract, such that payments for any allowable costs, including Indirect Rates under paragraph (d), shall not exceed the estimated cost set forth in the schedule, or the funded amount, less an allowance for fee, if the contract is incrementally funded.

(b) Reimbursing costs.

(1) For the purpose of reimbursing allowable costs (except as provided in subparagraph (2) below, with respect to pension, deferred profit sharing, and employee stock ownership plan contributions), the term costs includes only:

(i) Those costs the Contractor has incurred and recorded at the time of the request for reimbursement;

(ii) When the Contractor is not delinquent in paying costs of contract performance in the ordinary course of business, costs incurred, but not necessarily paid for-

(A) Materials issued from the Contractor's inventory and placed in the production process for use on the contract;

(B) Direct labor;

(C) Direct travel;

(D) Other direct in-house costs; and

(E) Properly allocable and allowable indirect costs, as shown in the records maintained by the Contractor for purposes of obtaining reimbursement under FAA contracts; and

(iii) The amount of payments that have been paid to the Contractor's subcontractors under similar cost standards.

(2) Contractor contributions to any pension or other post retirement benefit, profit-sharing or employee stock ownership plan funds that are paid quarterly or more often may be included in indirect costs for payment purposes: Provided, that the Contractor pays the contribution to the fund within 30 days after the close of the period covered. Payments made 31 days or more after the close of a period shall not be included until the Contractor actually makes the payment. Accrued costs for such contributions that are paid less often than quarterly shall be excluded from indirect costs for payment purposes until the Contractor actually makes the payment.

(3) Notwithstanding the audit and adjustment of invoices or vouchers under paragraph (g) below, allowable indirect costs under this contract shall be obtained by applying indirect cost rates established in accordance with paragraph (d) below.

(4) Any statements in specifications or other documents incorporated in this contract by reference designating performance of services or furnishing of materials at the Contractor's expense or at no cost to the Government shall be disregarded for purposes of cost-reimbursement under this clause.

(c) Small business concerns. A small business concern may be paid more often than every 2 weeks and may invoice and be paid for recorded costs for items or services purchased directly for the contract, even though the concern has not yet paid for those items or services.

(d) Final indirect cost rates.

(1) Final annual indirect cost rates and the appropriate bases shall be established for the period covered by the indirect cost rate proposal.

(2) The Contractor shall, within 180 days after the expiration of each of its fiscal years, or by a later date approved by the Contracting Officer, submit to the cognizant Contracting Officer and to the cognizant audit activity proposed certified final indirect cost rates for that period and supporting cost data specifying the contract and/or subcontract to which the rates apply. The proposed rates shall be based on the Contractor's actual cost experience for that period. The appropriate Government representative and Contractor shall establish the final indirect cost rates as promptly as practical after receipt of the Contractor's proposal.

(i) An adequate indirect cost rate proposal shall include the following data unless otherwise specified by the cognizant Contracting Officer:

(A) Summary of all claimed indirect expense rates, including pool, base, and calculated indirect rate.

(B) General and Administrative expenses (final indirect cost pool). Schedule of claimed expenses by element of cost as identified in accounting records (Chart of Accounts).

(C) Overhead expenses (final indirect cost pool). Schedule claimed expenses by element of cost as identified in accounting records (Chart of Accounts) for each final indirect cost pool.

(D) Occupancy expenses (intermediate indirect cost pool). Schedule of claimed expenses by element of cost as identified in accounting records (Charts of Accounts) and expense reallocation to final indirect cost pools.

(E) Claimed allocation bases, by element of cost, used to distribute indirect costs.

(F) Facilities capital cost of money factors computation.

(G) Reconciliation of books of account (i.e., General Ledger) and claimed direct costs by major cost elements.

(H) Schedule of direct costs by contract and subcontract and indirect expense applied at claimed rates, as well as a subsidiary schedule of Government participation percentages in each of the allocation base amounts.

(I) Schedule of cumulative direct and indirect costs claimed and billed by contract and subcontract.

(J) Subcontract information. Listing of subcontracts awarded to companies for which the contractor is the prime or upper-tier contractor (include prime and subcontract numbers; subcontract value and award type; amount claimed during the fiscal year; and the subcontractor name, address, and point of contract information).

(K) Summary of each time-and-materials and labor-hour contract information, including labor categories, labor rates, hours, and amounts; direct materials; other direct costs; and, indirect expense applied at claimed rates.

(L) Reconciliation of total payroll per IRS form 941 to total labor costs distribution.

(M) Listing of decisions/agreements/approvals and description of accounting/organizational changes.

(N) Certificate of final indirect cost.

(O) Contract closing information for contracts physically completed in this fiscal year (include contract number, period of performance, contract ceiling amounts, contract fee computations, level of effort, and indicate if the contract is ready to close).

(3) The Contractor and the appropriate Government representative shall execute a written understanding setting forth the final indirect cost rates. The understanding shall specify (i) the agreed-upon final annual indirect cost rates, (ii) the bases to which the rates apply, (iii) the periods for which the rates apply, (iv) any specific indirect cost items treated as direct costs in the settlement, and (v) the affected contract and/or subcontract, identifying any with advance agreements or special terms and the applicable rates. The understanding shall not change any monetary ceiling, contract obligation, or specific cost allowance or disallowance provided for in this contract. The understanding is incorporated into this contract upon execution.

(4) After final annual direct cost rates are established for specific period, the contractor shall update the billings on all contracts to reflect the final settled rates and update the schedule of cumulative direct and indirect costs claimed and billed as required by paragraph d(2)(i)(l) of this clause.

(5) Failure by the parties to agree on a final annual indirect cost rate may be the basis of a claim under the "Contract Disputes" clause.

(e) Billing rates. Until final annual indirect cost rates are established for any period, the Government shall reimburse the Contractor at billing rates established by the Contracting Officer or by an authorized representative (the cognizant auditor), subject to adjustment when the final rates are established. These billing rates-

(1) Shall be the anticipated final rates; and

(2) May be prospectively or retroactively revised by mutual agreement, at either party's request, to prevent substantial overpayment or underpayment.

(f) Quick-close-out procedures. When the Contractor and Contracting Officer agree, the quick-close-out procedures may be used.

(1) Procedures. Settlement of indirect cost rates shall apply to this contract, in advance of the determination of final indirect cost rates, if:

(i) The contract is physically complete;

(ii) The amount of unsettled indirect cost to be allocated to this contract is not more than $5,000,000 and the cumulative unsettled indirect costs to be allocated to one or more contracts in a single fiscal year do not exceed 15 percent of the estimated, total unsettled indirect costs allocable to cost-type contracts for that fiscal year; and

(iii) Agreement can be reached on a reasonable estimate of allocable dollars.

(2) The settlement shall be final for this contract and no adjustment shall be made to other contracts for over- or under-recoveries of costs allocated or allocable to this contract.

(3) The settlement shall not be considered a binding precedent when establishing the final indirect costs for other contracts.

(4) These procedures may also be used for the settlement of direct and indirect costs for individual task and delivery orders.

(g) Audit. At any time or times before final payment, the Contracting Officer may have the Contractor's invoices or vouchers and statements of cost audited. Any payment may be (1) reduced by amounts found by the Contracting Officer not to constitute allowable costs or (2) adjusted for prior overpayments or underpayments.

(h) Final payment.

(1) The Contractor shall submit a completion invoice or voucher, designated as such, promptly upon completion of the work, but no later than 120 days (or longer, as the Contracting Officer may approve in writing) after settlement of final annual indirect rates for all years. Upon approval of that invoice or voucher, and upon the Contractor's compliance with all terms of this contract, the Government shall promptly pay any balance of allowable costs and that part of the fee (if any) not previously paid.

(2) The Contractor shall pay to the Government any refunds, rebates, credits, or other amounts (including interest, if any) accruing to or received by the Contractor or any assignee under this contract, to the extent that those amounts are properly allocable to costs for which the Contractor has been reimbursed by the Government. Reasonable expenses incurred by the Contractor for securing refunds, rebates, credits, or other amounts shall be allowable costs if approved by the Contracting Officer. Before final payment under this contract, the Contractor and each assignee whose assignment is in effect at the time of final payment shall execute and deliver-

(i) An assignment to the Government, in form and substance satisfactory to the Contracting Officer, of refunds, rebates, credits, or other amounts (including interest, if any) properly allocable to costs for which the Contractor has been reimbursed by the Government under this contract; and

(ii) A release discharging the Government, its officers, agents, and employees from all liabilities, obligations, and claims arising out of or under this contract, except-

(A) Specified claims stated in exact amounts, or in estimated amounts when the exact amounts are not known;

(B) Claims (including reasonable incidental expenses) based upon liabilities of the Contractor to third parties arising out of the performance of this contract; provided, that the claims are not known to the Contractor on the date of the execution of the release, and that the Contractor gives notice of the claims in writing to the Contracting Officer within 6 years following the release date or notice of final payment date, whichever is earlier; and

(C) Claims for reimbursement of costs, including reasonable incidental expenses, incurred by the Contractor under the patent clauses of this contract, excluding, however, any expenses arising from the Contractor's indemnification of the Government against patent liability.

3.2.4-16 Ordering (October 2011)

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the contract. Such orders may be issued from _FY19_ through _FY31__

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered "issued" when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders issued by facsimile, email or other electronic commerce methods are considered "issued" when the Government sends the order. Orders may be issued orally only if authorized in the contract.

3.2.4-32 Option for Increased Quantity (April 1996)

The Government may increase the quantity of supplies called for in the Schedule at the unit price specified. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor at any time during the life of the contract _____ [insert in the clause the period of time in which the Contracting Officer has to exercise the option]. Delivery of the added items shall continue at the rate as the like items called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.

3.2.4-35 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (April 1996)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor at any time during the life of the contract _____ [insert in the clause the period of time in which the Contracting Officer has to exercise the option]; provided, that the Government shall give the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 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 provision.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 12 years and 6 months.

3.2.5-15 Attorney-Client Privilege (January 2016)

(a) During performance of the contract, the Contractor may be required to attend meetings at which FAA employees seek and receive legal advice from FAA attorneys. The FAA intends, and the Contractor agrees, that such advice must be treated as confidential legal advice, that the Contractor must not discuss with or otherwise disclose such legal advice to any person, that such advice must not be included in notes (electronic or otherwise), written reports, or minutes of such meetings, and that such advice must not be redistributed, forwarded or otherwise transmitted. For the purposes of asserting the Attorney-Client privilege with regard to such information, the Contractor and its employees must be considered agents of the FAA.

(b) During performance of this Contract, the Contractor also may encounter, come into possession of or otherwise become aware of documents or other communications and/or their contents which reflect legal advice from FAA attorneys. The FAA intends, and the Contractor agrees, that such advice must be treated as confidential legal advice, that the Contractor must not discuss with or otherwise disclose such legal advice to any person, that such advice must not be included in notes (electronic or otherwise), written reports, or minutes of such meetings, and that such advice must not be redistributed, forwarded or otherwise transmitted. For the purposes of asserting the Attorney-Client privilege with regard to such information, the Contractor and its employees must be considered agents of the FAA.

(c) Employees of the Contractor may be asked to participate as witnesses in judicial or administrative meetings, litigation or other proceedings where Contractor employees participation is necessary. In such proceedings involving third parties to which the Contractor is not a named party, the Contractor must support the FAA by promptly providing to the FAA any documents requested which the Contractor may have in its possession and by making Contractor employees available to assist FAA attorneys. This clause does not preclude the Contractor or the Contractor employees from being represented by Counsel retained by the Contractor or the Contractor employee, provided such representation is at no direct cost to the FAA.

(d) The contractor must consider any and all other communications between attorney and client it encounters, however denominated, as communications that are part of the FAA deliberative process, attorney-client or attorney-work product, all of which are privileged and not subject to disclosure outside the Agency or to the public.

(e) If the Contractor believes it cannot or will not comply with the obligations set forth in this clause, it has an affirmative obligation immediately to notify the Contracting Officer. Any failure by the Contractor to ensure compliance by its employees with this clause will be considered by the FAA to be a material breach of the contract. The obligations set forth in this clause survive the contract.

3.3.1-33 System for Award Management (July 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause

"Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number" means the 9-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. (D&B) to identify unique business entities.

"Data Universal Numbering System +4 (DUNS+4) number" means the DUNS number assigned by D&B plus a 4-character suffix that may be assigned by a business concern. (D&B has no affiliation with this 4-character suffix.) This 4-character suffix may be assigned at the discretion of the business concern to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) accounts for the same parent concern.

"Registered in the SAM database" means that the Contractor has entered all mandatory information, including the DUNS number or the DUNS+4 number, into the SAM database.

"System for Award Management (SAM) Database" means the primary Government repository for Contractor information required for the conduct of business with the Government.

(b)(1) By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.

(2) The offeror must enter, in Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors Section of the solicitation, the DUNS or DUNS +4 number that identifies the offeror's name and address exactly as stated in the offer. The DUNS number will be used by the Contracting Officer to verify that the offeror is registered in the SAM database.

(c) If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one.

(1) An offeror may obtain a DUNS number

(i) If located within the United States, by calling Dun and Bradstreet at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform; or

(ii) If located outside the United States, by contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office.

(2) The offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:

(i) Company legal business.

(ii) Tradestyle, doing business, or other name by which your entity is commonly recognized.

(iii) Company Physical Street Address, City, State, and ZIP Code.

(iv) Company Mailing Address, City, State and ZIP Code (if different from physical street address).

(v) Company Telephone Number.

(vi) Date the company was started.

(vii) Number of employees at your location.

(viii) Chief executive officer/key manager.

(ix) Line of business (industry).

(x) Company Headquarters name and address (reporting relationship within your entity).