Combined Synopsis Solicitation 70Z04420R20002500-A0001.pdf

70Z04420R20002500

Department of Homeland Security

Request For Proposal (RFP)

70Z04420R20002500

Amendment 0001

Environmental Data Services

Issued by:

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

United States Coast Guard Command, Control, and Communications Engineering Center (C3CEN)

Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology Service Center (C4IT-SC)

4000 Coast Guard Boulevard Portsmouth, VA 23703

Phase I Submission Due Date/Time: 17 January 2020 at 4:00 PM EST

Amendment 0001

NOTICE FOR FILING AGENCY PROTESTS

United States Coast Guard Ombudsman Program

It is the policy of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to issue solicitations and make contract awards in a fair and timely manner. The Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests (OPAP) was established to investigate agency protest issues and resolve them without expensive and time-consuming litigation. OPAP is an independent reviewing authority that is empowered to grant a prevailing protester essentially the same relief as the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Interested parties are encouraged to seek resolution of their concerns within the USCG as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) forum rather than filing a protest with the GAO or some external forum. Interested parties may seek resolution of their concerns informally or opt to file a formal agency protest with the Contracting Officer or Ombudsman.

Informal Forum with the Ombudsman. Interested parties who believe a specific USCG procurement is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their concerns to the applicable Contracting Officer. If the Contracting Officer is unable to satisfy their concerns, interested parties are encouraged to contact the U.S. Coast Guard Ombudsman for Agency Protests. Under this informal process the agency is not required to suspend contract award performance. Use of an informal forum does not suspend any time requirement for filing a protest with the agency or other forum. In order to ensure a timely response, interested parties should provide the following information to the Ombudsman: solicitation/contract number, contracting office, Contracting Officer, and solicitation closing date (if applicable).

Formal Agency Protest with the Ombudsman. Prior to submitting a formal agency protest, protesters must first use their best efforts to resolve their concerns with the Contracting Officer through open and frank discussions. If the protester’s concerns are unresolved, an Independent Review is available by the Ombudsman. The protester may file a formal agency protest to either the Contracting Officer or as an alternative to that, the Ombudsman under the OPAP program. Contract award or performance will be suspended during the protest period unless contract award or performance is justified, in writing for urgent and compelling reasons or is determined in writing to be in the best interest of the Government. The agency’s goal is to resolve protests in less than 35 calendar days from the date of filing. Protests shall include the information set forth in FAR 33.103(d) (2). If the protester fails to submit the required information, resolution of the protest may be delayed or the protest may be dismissed. To be timely protests must be filed within the period specified in FAR 33.103(e). Formal protests filed under the OPAP program should be submitted electronically to OPAP@uscg.mil and the Contracting Officer of by hand delivery to the Contracting Officer.

Election of Forum. After an interested party protests a Coast Guard procurement to the Contracting Officer or the Ombudsman, and while the protest is pending, the protester agrees not to file a protest with the GAO or other external forum. If the protest is filed with an external forum, the agency protest will be dismissed.

The Ombudsman Hotline telephone number is (202) 372-3695.

(End of notice)

C4IT Combined Synopsis and Solicitation Notice Information

I. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This acquisition is being conducted as unrestricted for commercial items or services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12. FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Procedures Certain Commercial Items, will be followed for this requirement.

II. Solicitation number is 70Z04419R19005000 and is being issued as a Request for Proposal

(RFP).

III. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular {2019-01, effective 122018}. See http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm for this information.

IV. The associated NAICS code is 518210 and this procurement:

is not being set-aside for small businesses.

is being set-aside for small businesses. The small business size standard is $27,500,000.

V. The United Stated Coast Guard (USCG), Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology (C4IT) Service-Center, Contracting and Procurement Division (CPD) - Command Control Communications Engineering Center (C3CEN) has an on-going requirement for Environmental Data Services for the USCG’s Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) described in Attachment 1, IDIQ PWS. Initially, USCG intends to award an IDIQ contract and an initial task order, per Attachment 2, Task Order 1 PWS.

VI. The Government intends to award a single Indefinite Delivery- Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract allowing for Firm-Fixed-Priced (FFP) Task Orders (TOs) during an ordering period of up-to five (5) years. The Government also intends to award an initial task order based on the response to this Solicitation.

VII. The contract’s base ordering period is one, ten-month (10) ordering period, followed by four, twelve-month (12) optional ordering periods. If necessary, the ordering period can be extended up to an additional six (6) months utilizing FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services. Place of performance shall be specified in individual task orders. The point of delivery shall be specified on individual task orders.

VIII.The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (DEVIATION 2018-O0018)(Oct 2018) applies to this acquisition.

A. General Instructions and Proposal Submission

Offerors must respond to all requirements of the solicitation and not alter or rearrange the solicitation. Offerors are advised the Government may incorporate any portions of the Offeror’s proposal into the resulting contract.

In presenting material in the proposal, Offerors are advised that quality of information is more important than quantity. Clarity, brevity, and logical organization shall be emphasized during proposal preparation. Statements that the Offeror makes without supporting information are considered inadequate by the Government and may result in assessing weaknesses or deficiencies.

Offerors must include any data that illustrates the adequacy of the various assumptions, approaches, and solutions to problems. Failure to address a specific factor clearly may be considered a deficiency. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentation materials beyond that sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal is neither necessary nor desired.

The Government advises Offerors that taking exception to or deviating from any term or condition of the RFP may result in the assessment of a deficiency to the proposal.

The Government will post all amendments to this solicitation at https://www.fbo.gov. Offerors shall include in any proposal an acknowledgment of all amendments to the solicitation. The term “principal subcontractor” is defined as a subcontractor who provides at least 20% of the proposed total price or cost (excluding the Offeror’s profit or fee) for the contract or which provides one or more Key Personnel. Offerors shall identify any principal subcontractors presented as part of a proposal.

Submit Offers via e-mail to the following:

E-Mail to Allyson.N.Jones@uscg.mil (if e-mail attachments are under 10MB)

Note: Attachments to e-mails must be less than 10MB and USCG policy does not allow receipt of WinZip files via e-mail.

Offerors shall clearly mark all email and attachments with a reference to this solicitation number.

Questions

Offerors may submit questions or request clarification of the solicitation requirements by emailing the contract specialist at Allyson.N.Jones@uscg.mil. All questions must be received no later than 1600 Eastern Time on 01/10/2020.

B. Proposal Submission Overview

This solicitation is conducted as a two-phased procurement. The general process of which is as follows:

Offerors shall submit Phase I: Technical Demonstration responses no later than 4:00 pm, EST January 17, 2020. After evaluation of this submission, the Government will provide each offeror an advisory notice. The notification will advise the Offeror of the Government’s recommendation to proceed or not to proceed to Phase II. Offerors which are rated most highly will be advised to proceed to Phase II. Offerors which were not among the most highly rated will be advised that they are unlikely to be viable competitors for award. The intent of this advisory notice is to minimize proposal development effort and costs for those offerors which do not appear to be viable candidates for an award. The Government’s advice will be a recommendation only and those Offerors which are advised not to proceed may yet elect to continue their participation in the procurement.

Following Government advisory notices of Phase I evaluation results, Offerors will have approximately two business days to notify the Government of the intent to proceed with Phase II.

The Government does not intend to provide debriefings after the completion of the Phase I evaluations. The specific dates will be communicated with the notification.

The Government will provide specific instructions for Phase II, within two business days of receiving the Offeror’s decision to proceed. Each Offeror will have approx. 4 weeks from the Government’s release of the Phase II-specific instructions to prepare a written proposal.

An offeror must submit a quote for Phase I to be considered for award; failure to submit a quote in Phase I precludes an Offeror from submitting a proposal in Phase II.

The Government will proceed with evaluations and conduct any exchanges (if necessary) based on the written proposals. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award without communications or exchanges with Offerors. The Offerors should therefore propose their best approach to meeting the requirements of the SOW and solicitation. However, the Government reserves the right to enter into communications or exchanges with Offerors if it is deemed to be in the best interests of the Government.

PIL Project notification:

This acquisition will be conducted under the auspices of the DHS Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL). The PIL is a virtual lab that experiments with innovative techniques for increasing efficiencies in the procurement process and institutionalizing best practices. There is nothing you need to do differently for this requirement. After an award(s), the PIL project team may reach out to successful and unsuccessful offerors to assess effectiveness of the procurement process and the innovative techniques applied. The anonymous feedback will be used to further refine DHS procurement practices. Additional information on the PIL may be found here—www.dhs.gov/pil.

i. Proposal Format

Written proposals must be formatted using Times New Roman 12 pt, singled spaced with 1-inch margins on all four sides, and formatted for standard 8.5” x 11” paper. All pages shall include a ½” header containing: the RFP number; the Offeror’s name; and Volume Title. All pages shall be numbered in the lower right hand corner in a manner that identifies the volume and page number.

Do not use foldout pages. Graphs shall be presented in no smaller than a 10pt font. Drawings may be provided separately and may be any size but should be folded to approximately 8.5” x 11” standard size and will count as 1 page.

ii. Phase I Proposal Content

An Offeror shall submit a signed and dated proposal on company letterhead/stationery that contains, at a minimum, the following sections and information:

Cover /Letter shall include the following at a minimum:

a. Request for Proposal (RFP) number

b. Name, Address, Telephone Number, and DUNS Number of the Offeror

c. Name, Title, Phone Number, and E-mail Address of an Authorized Official of the Offeror

d. If applicable, subcontractor name(s) and DUNS number(s)

e. Business size classification, e.g., large/small business, 8(a) business, etc.

f. A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in this Solicitation.

g. Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments

h. A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 ALT 1 (see FAR 52.212-3(b)(OCT 2018) for those representations and certifications that the Offeror shall complete electronically);

i. A statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions and provision included in the solicitations.

j. Technical Demonstration information, as detailed below

Offerors that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

Technical Demonstration

The Offeror’s proposal shall:

a. Provide a method of access (e.g. URL or IP address) for an operational EDS Server that can be sent a data request. Data requests will be sent IAW Web Service Details included with Task Order 1 PWS. Environmental Data must be downloaded in NetCDF format and ingested into SAROPS IAW Task Order 1 PWS.

iii. Phase II Proposal Content

Offerors’ Phase II proposals shall be restricted to the following page limitations: Volume I (30 pages) shall include responses to the following sections: Technical Approach, Management Approach, Experience with Environmental Data and Aggregating Models. The page limitation in Vol. I excludes any Key Personnel resumes. Volume II Cost or Pricing Information.

Each volume shall include a title page (not counted against the page limitations) that identifies:

the RFP number; the Offeror’s name, address, and contact information of the person responsible for submitting the offer. The Government will not evaluate any pages that exceed the identified page limitations for any submitted volume. Pages that exceed the page limitations will not be evaluated. Proprietary or Business Sensitive Data contained in an Offeror’s proposal must be identified and stamped as such to assure proper handling and protection.

Vol. 1:

Technical Approach

Proposals shall:

a. Describe the proposed technical approach for performing Task Order 1 PWS (Attachment 2), including but not limited to proposed infrastructure diagrams, technical specifications, emergency response plans and procedures, and proposed support staffing model to ensure 24/7 response.

b. Describe the proposed approach for responding to Enhancement requests per the IDIQ PWS Sec. 2.1.2.

c. Describe and demonstrate the proposed approach to ensure compliance with IDIQ PWS requirements for availability and data retention (PWS Sec. 2.3) and IDIQ PWS requirements for hardware and software sensitive system policy (PWS Sec. 9).

d. If the offeror receives a Low Confidence Rating in their Technical Demonstration and has made improvements to their system, then they may request in their Phase II proposal to have their system re-tested. Requests for a re-test require a justification to include an explanation of the changes/improvements completed.

Management Approach

Proposals shall:

a. Describe the proposed management approach for the transition of services for the IDIQ PWS, including but not limited to potential schedule and technical risks, and proposed resolutions.

b. Identify the proposed key personnel responding to the requirements of Task Order 1.

Proposals shall include resumes to demonstrate the qualifications of proposed key personnel.

For personnel who are not employed by the Offeror at the time of proposal submission, the Offeror shall attach a letter signed by the individual indicating their intent and ability to fulfill the proposed role if award is made based on the proposal.

c. Describe the proposed management approach, including but not limited to the proposed organizational structure, subcontractor management, response procedure to Government concerns, and supervision and management methods.

For Other-than-Small business concern, offerors are to provide a Small Business Subcontracting Plan that contains all the elements required by FAR 52.219-9. Such Small Business Subcontracting plans will not be counted against the page limitation of this volume but will be incorporated into a resulting contract.

d. Identify necessary positions (labor category) with qualifications, skills, and abilities to perform proposed tasks in TO1. For each proposed position, offerors shall include in the descriptions the level/number of years of experience required to perform the tasks (i.e.;

analysis of oceanic, coast, river, lake, and land resources; aggregation of temporal and spatial data; work with self-locating datum marker buoys).

e. Provide a detailed Basis of Estimate (BOE), including but not limited to the Offeror’s proposed hours-per-labor category required to complete Task Order 1 as defined, and the Offeror’s rationale to support the labor estimates. NOTE: Do not include any pricing information with this BOE.

Corporate Experience

Proposals shall demonstrate the offeror’s recent (current or completed within the past three (3) years) and relevant experience performing on contracts with a similar scope and complexity as the IDIQ PWS. Offerors are advised that while all PWS tasks are important, the government is specifically concerned with prior experience in the following areas:

a) Analysis of oceanic, coastal, river, lake and land resources;

b) Aggregation of temporal and spatial data;

c) Work with self-locating datum marker buoys (SLDMBs); and

d) Operation and support of a service available to the USCG 24/7.

Proposal shall demonstrate prior experience by listing prior contracts performed (Federal or non-federal customers) and a narrative describing the efforts performed.

Volume II: Price

a. Price proposals shall consist of a Cover letter and the Pricing Spreadsheet attached to this solicitation as Attachment 3. The spreadsheet includes two components: the IDIQ Labor Rates (Tab 1) and the Firm Fixed Price (FFP) for Task Order 1 (Tab 2).

b. The Offeror shall provide its burdened labor rate for each of the labor categories on the spreadsheet for the ten-month (10) ordering period, followed by four, twelve-month (12) optional ordering periods. (Attachment 3 – Tab 1 “IDIQ Labor Rates”) The Offeror shall only enter the in cells that are shaded green to include the individual labor rates, as well as the various rates that combine to calculate the fully-burdened rates. The IDIQ labor rates shall not include any material, travel or Other Direct Costs (ODCs). Offerors shall specify which geographic region(s) apply to a particular labor category.

These burdened rates will be used as ceiling rates for pricing any task orders that may be issued for the duration of any IDIQ contract resulting from this solicitation.

c. Offerors shall complete the pricing spreadsheet for Task Order 1 (Attachment 3 – Tab 2, Task Order 1). The Offeror shall fill-in unit/price cells to provide pricing relating to the proposed approach to completing Task Order 1.

Period for acceptance of proposals: The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 120 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation. 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 are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

IX. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Factor 1: Technical Demonstration

The proposal will be evaluated for the ability to download data from the data server, the download speed from the data server, and the available products/coverage area of the products listed on the data server. Testing steps are listed below:

Offeror Provides URL/IP address and POC for testing.

Each of the functions from the Web Services section of the Task Order PWS

(Attachment 2, Appendix C) will be tested.

Download wind and current data for at least 5 geographic locations in US Territorial

Seas.

Download wind and current data for at least 2 geographic locations in International

Waters.

Conduct validation of data to ensure accuracy compared to NOAA products

Proposals will be evaluated on a scale of high to low confidence ratings. An offeror failing to provide a response to Technical Demonstration materials, as requested, will be ineligible for award. Proposals found to have deficiencies shall be ineligible for award.

Factor 2: Technical Approach

Proposed technical approach will be evaluated as to how well the approach reflects a clear understanding of the IDIQ PWS and Task Order 1 PWS requirements. The Government will consider the elements described above and will assign an overall rating of high, some, or low confidence.

Factor 3: Management Approach

The Government will evaluate a proposed management approach to determine consider a contractor’s use of management approach, labor mix (to include the qualifications of proposed labor categories), and transition plan to perform the requirements. The Government will further review the contractor’s proposed key personnel resume to ensure the requirements of the Task Order 1 PWS will be met. The Government will consider the completeness of any Small Business Subcontracting Plan, but will not evaluate the individual proposed approaches. The Government will consider the elements described above and will assign an overall rating of high, some, or low confidence.

Factor 4: Corporate Experience

The proposal will be evaluated for the degree to which the offeror demonstrates prior performance of the PWS tasks. The Government will consider the offerors prior experience and will assign an overall rating of high, some, or low confidence. Proposals failing to demonstrate recent experience in the areas of specific concern noted in the instructions will receive low confidence ratings.

Factor 5: Price

(a) Price Evaluation:

The Offeror’s pricing proposal submissions will be evaluated to determine whether the labor rates are reasonable. The Government will also analyze offers to determine whether proposed burdened labor rates are unbalanced.

IDIQ Labor Rates:

IDIQ Labor Rates will be evaluated for Reasonableness. Included in this analysis, the Government will consider if the proposed labor rates comply with the Service Contract Act requirements for each applicable Wage Determination included with this solicitation.

For evaluation purposes, the Government will multiply each labor category’s price by a number of hours for each of the five potential years of performance. The calculation will extend an Offeror’s burdened labor rates by the number of hours provided by the Government and will create an Extended IDIQ Price. As described below, this Extended IDIQ price will be used in calculating a Total Evaluated Price to be used as a basis for the Government’s best-value determination.

Task Order 1 Price:

The Government will evaluate the amounts proposed for the 12 month base, plus each of the four option years to ensure they are Reasonable and do not reflect unbalanced pricing. faThe Government will add the total annual price for all periods to create an Extended Task Order 1 price. As described below, this Extended Task Order 1 Price will be used in calculating a Total Evaluated Price to be used as a basis for the Government’s award determination.

Total Evaluated Price:

The Government will add the Extended IDIQ Price and the Extended Task Order 1 Price to create a Total Evaluated Price. The Total Evaluated Price will be used to determine which proposal is the most advantageous to the Government.

(b) FAR 52.217-8 will be evaluated through the consideration of rates proposed for all contract periods. Offerors shall assume that if the Government exercises clause 52.217-8 to extend performance, that the option will be priced at the rates in effect when the option is exercised. These rates will not be used for the creation of the Total Evaluated Price. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of option(s) shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

Basis of Award- In determining which proposal is the most advantageous to the government, the factors above will be considered in descending order of importance: Technical Demonstration, Technical Approach, Management Approach, Experience with Environmental Data and Aggregating Models, and Price. When combined all non-price factors are significantly more important than price.

The Government reserves the right not to award a contract depending on the quality of the proposals.

Offerors are advised that the award decision will be based upon the Government’s evaluation of the proposals. Although price is not the controlling factor in award, it is an important factor. Award may be made to other than the lowest priced proposal. As Price and technical factors converge, Price becomes more important. If competing proposals are substantially equal in Technical Demonstration, Technical Approach, Management Approach, Experience with Environmental Data and Aggregating Models; Price may be the controlling factor in an award.

X. All Offerors must include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items and ALT I (Oct 2018) with its offer.

XI. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (Oct 2018) applies to this acquisition and can also be located in Attachment 1, IDIQ Terms and Conditions.

XII. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders – Commercial Items (Jan 2019) applies to this acquisition and can be located in Attachment 1, IDIQ Terms and Conditions.

XIII. This following contract requirements/terms and conditions are necessary for this acquisition. This information can be located in Attachment 1, IDIQ Terms and Conditions.

XIV. This solicitation does not have a Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS) rating.

XV. All Phase I submissions are due NLT 17 January 2020, 4:00pm EST to the Contract Specialist, Allyson Jones at Allyson.N.Jones@uscg.mil.

XVI. For additional information regarding this solicitation contact Allyson Jones at Allyson.N.

Jones@uscg.mil.

XVII. The following additional FAR and HSAR provisions are applicable to this acquisition:

Please see the IDIQ Terms and Conditions Attachment 1 for clauses. All provisions are provided below:

52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications (Oct 2018) 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 2016) 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options (Jul 1990) 52.222-49, Service Contract Labor Standards-Place of Performance Unknown (May 2014) FILL-IN: San Mateo, CA

Houston, TX FILL-IN: Interested offerors shall request wage determinations via e-mail to Allyson.N.Jones@uscg.mil no later than 10 January 2020 4:00 PM Eastern. The Government will amend the solicitation to include all requested wage determinations and will post the solicitation amendment to https://beta.sam.gov/.

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (AUG 2019)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision--

Covered telecommunications equipment or services, Critical technology, and Substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Contractors are not prohibited from providing--

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

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

(c) Representation. The Offeror represents that--

It [ ] will, [ ] will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation.

(d) Disclosures. If the Offeror has responded affirmatively to the representation in paragraph (c) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer--

(1) All covered telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand; model number, such as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

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

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

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

(End of provision)

52.209-7: Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— “Administrative proceeding” means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings). This includes administrative proceeding at the Federal and State level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract or grant. It does not include agency actions such as contract audits, site visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables.

“Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000” means—

(1) The total value of all current, active contracts and grants, including all priced options; and

(2) The total value of all current, active orders including all priced options under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, 8(a), or requirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award Schedules).

“Principal” means an officer, director, owner, partner, or a person having primary management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity (e.g., general manager; plant manager;

head of a division or business segment; and similar positions).

(b) The offeror [_] has [_] does not have current active Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000.

(c) If the offeror checked “has” in paragraph (b) of this provision, the offeror represents, by submission of this offer, that the information it has entered in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) is current, accurate, and complete as of the date of submission of this offer with regard to the following information:

(1) Whether the offeror, and/or any of its principals, has or has not, within the last five years, in connection with the award to or performance by the offeror of a Federal contract or grant, been the subject of a proceeding, at the Federal or State level that resulted in any of the following dispositions:

(i) In a criminal proceeding, a conviction.

(ii) In a civil proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in the payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more.

(iii) In an administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in—

(A) The payment of a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more; or

(B) The payment of a reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of $100,000.

(iv) In a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, a disposition of the matter by consent or compromise with an acknowledgment of fault by the Contractor if the proceeding could have led to any of the outcomes specified in paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), or (c)(1)(iii) of this provision.

(2) If the offeror has been involved in the last five years in any of the occurrences listed in (c)(1) of this provision, whether the offeror has provided the requested information with regard to each occurrence.

(d) The offeror shall post the information in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (c)(1)(iv) of this provision in FAPIIS as required through maintaining an active registration in the System for Award Management via https://www.sam.gov (see 52.204-7).

(End of provision)

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 ______________________.

Heather Wastella 4000 Coast Guard Blvd.

Portsmouth, VA 23703

(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)

52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (February 1998) 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):

The full text of FAR Clauses may be accessed electronically at: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ The full text of HSAR Clauses may be accessed electronically at:

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfhsara.htm

(End of Provision)

XVIII. List of Attachments

Attachment 1, IDIQ Terms and Conditions Attachment 2, Task Order 1 PWS Attachment 3, Labor Rate Ceiling, IDIQ & Task Order 1 Pricing Attachment 4, Wage Determination – San Mateo, CA Attachment 5, Wage Determination – Houston, TX Attachment 6, DHS 11000-6 NDA Attachment 7, Wage Determination – South Kingstown, RI Exhibit A, CDRL A001, Monthly Progress Report Exhibit B, CRDL A002, Business Continuity Plan