71311120Q0006 - Recruiter.pdf

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COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

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DATED . . YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

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71311120Q0006

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions

2. Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

3. Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

4. Section D - Packaging and Marking

5. Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms

6. Section F - Delivery or Performance

7. Section G - Contract Administration Data

8. Section H - Special Contract Requirements

9. Section I - Contract Clauses

10. Section J - List of Documents, Exhibits, and other Attachments

11. Section K - Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Offerors

12. Section L - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors

13. Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award

1. Listing of Incorporated Purchase Requisitions

Incorporated Purchase Requisition Numbers:

2. Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

Item Number Base Item Number

Supplies/Services Quantity Unit

0001 Recruitment 0 Contract Type:Firm Fixed Price

Unit Price Extended Price

Description:

Each offer shall propose the ideal staffing and skill mix to meet the requirements for this project.

Purchase Requisitions

IDC Type: Not Applicable

Clauses incorporated by reference

None

Clauses incorporated by full text

3. Section C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

RFQ - Performance Work Statement 1 Introduction DFC requires subject matter expertise, consulting, and professional services to support human resources functions, including sourcing talent, in compliance with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and DFC Management regulations. The contractor shall have strong experience in private equity investment banking and recruiting, the contractor shall also augment Office of Chief Administrative Officer staff which due to changing agency needs, staffing requirements, and agency transformation has been understaffed. Services furnished shall be performed by contractor employees who shall not be considered or treated as Federal employees for any purpose, shall not be regarded as performing personal service, and shall not be eligible for civil service employee benefits, including retirement. The services described herein are not to be used to provide personal services as defined by FAR 2.101 and 37.101.

The contractor is the legally responsible employer and maintains that relationship during the time its employees are assigned to a client. The contractor is responsible for recruiting, testing, hiring, training, assigning, paying, providing benefits and leave to, and as necessary, addressing performance problems, disciplining, and terminating its employees. The contractor is also responsible for payroll deductions and payment of income taxes, social security (FICA), unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation, and shall provide required liability insurance and bonding.

2 Mission The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is financing solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world. Working together with businesses, we mobilize private capital to invest in projects that create jobs and opportunity in emerging markets, including building critical infrastructure, expanding access to telecommunications, and providing small business financing for women entrepreneurs. DFC advances U.S. foreign policy by financing projects that create economic stability, respect sovereignty, and ensure transparency. DFC investments adhere to high U.S. business standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights.

2.1 Background

DFC must recruit and retain talented staff with the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish this mission. In order to do so, DFC must employ appropriate Human Resources procedures, policies, system and staff. The critical functions of Human Resources management require immediate augmentation and further development to create fully operational subunits under the Office of Administration to execute on workforce planning and recruiting goals set by the Board and CEO for the organization as a whole. In particular, DFC has critical vacancies in the areas of Development Policy, Technology, and Risk Management.

2.2 Scope

The scope of work for the project includes all planning, execution, implementation, and recruitment for Managing Director of Technology for DFC. This includes both developing a recruiting and hiring strategy and implementing the strategy at the direction of the DFC Chief Executive Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Operating Officer or their designee. The selected vendor will be responsible for augmenting identified gaps within the current organizational structure with contractor personnel and making recommendations for how DFC should service future needs. Each task or deliverable for the project will require approval from management before moving on to the next stage. The selected vendor must ensure it has adequate resources to execute on this urgent priority. Specific deliverables and milestones are listed in the Performance Objectives and Milestones sections herein. Each offer shall propose the ideal staffing and skill mix to meet the requirements for this project.

Additional positions will be added based on the contractor's performance.

3 General Requirements This section describes the general requirements for this effort.

3.1 Non-Personal Services

The Government shall neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to manage its employees and to guard against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services. If the contractor believes that any actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services, it shall be the contractor's responsibility to notify the Contracting Officer (CO) or the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) immediately.

3.2 Business Relations

The contractor shall successfully integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute the requirement. The contractor shall manage the timeliness, completeness, and quality of problem identification. The contractor shall provide corrective action plans, proposal submittals, timely identification of issues, and effective management of subcontractors. The contractor shall ensure the professional and ethical behavior of all contractor personnel.

3.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract, management, and personnel administration.

3.3.1 Contract Management

The contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to performance of the contract. The contractor must maintain continuity between the support operations at various locations within the DFC and the contractor's corporate offices.

3.3.2 Contract Administration

The contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the requirement. The contractor shall respond to Government requests for contractual actions in a timely fashion. The contractor shall have a single point of contact between the Government and Contractor personnel assigned to support contracts or task orders. The contractor shall assign work effort and maintaining proper and accurate time keeping records of personnel assigned to work on the requirement.

3.3.3 Personnel Administration

The contractor shall provide the following management and support as required. The contractor shall provide for employees during designated Government non-work days or other periods where Government offices are closed due to weather or security conditions. The contractor shall maintain the currency of their employees by providing initial and refresher training as required to meet the PWS requirements. The contractor shall make necessary travel arrangements for employees. The contractor shall provide necessary infrastructure to support contract tasks.

The contractor shall provide administrative support to employees in a timely fashion (time keeping, leave processing, pay, emergency needs).

3.3.4 Subcontract Management

The contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to integrate work performed on this requirement and shall be responsible and accountable for subcontractor performance on this requirement. The prime contractor will manage work distribution to ensure there are no Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) considerations.

3.4 Period of Performance

The period of performance is expected to be 12 months beginning on February 1, 2020 through January 31, 2021 base year with four (4) option periods. All work must be scheduled for completion within this timeframe. Any modifications or extensions will be requested through DFC contracting officer for review and discussion.

3.5 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The contractor shall accomplish the assigned work by employing and utilizing qualified personnel with appropriate combinations of education, training, and experience. The contractor shall match personnel skills to the work or task with a minimum of under/over employment of resources.

3.6 Location and Hours of Work

Work must be performed at the contractor's facilities; occasional in-person meetings at the Executive Office for U.S. DFC in Washington D.C. may be required. Normal DFC workdays are Monday through Friday except U.S. Federal Holidays. DFC employees typically work eight (8) hours per day, 40 hours per week. Flextime workers start not earlier than 7:00 AM and not later than 9:00 AM. Core hours of work are from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM daily.

The Contractor shall be responsible for establishing their work hours under this contract, except when access to a Federal facility is required, in which case the Government may limit the contractors access based availability of DFC employees.

However, contractor employees in possession of a valid HPDS-12 PIV-II Compliant Credential (e.g., LincPass) can work unaccompanied at government locations upon Government approval. See Section 4.1 for additional information.

Weather and security closures by their nature usually arise without advance notice. As such, the Government will notify the contractor as soon as possible once any closures have been announced. The contractor must ensure this contingency can be met to continue performance of assigned work remotely.

3.7 Invoicing

Invoices shall be submitted each month for the previous months work. Invoices must be submitted electronically by email to COR for contract.

In addition to the information required by FAR 32.905(b) each invoice must contain a breakdown of the total amount. The remaining non-travel amount must be broken down into the individual labor category and rate identified in this contract and the quantity of hours expended. No other amounts shall be listed on an invoice.

Invoices shall be submitted each month, as work proceeds and in accordance with paragraph (i) of clause 52.212-4, Alternate I. The contractor shall submit with each invoice the information included in Section (1)(ii)(D)(4)(ii) of paragraph (i) of Clause 52.212-4, Alternate I.

Supporting documentation shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer. Upon completion of the contract a final invoice and release of claims shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer as required by paragraph (i) of Clause 52.212-4, Alternate I.

3.8 Government Quality Assurance

The Government reserves the right to review all work products required under the contract for acceptability as needed. The Government shall notify the contractor whenever revisions to reports/deliverables are required in order for the deliverables to be deemed acceptable.

4 Performance Requirements The following section specifies the Performance Objectives and Performance Elements for the contract.

4.1 Workforce Planning and Surge Hiring Implementation Plan.

4.1.1 Action Plan / Strategy

General:

Performance Elements Performance Standards/Acceptable Quality Levels

4.1.1 The Contractor shall deliver a

completed recruiting and hiring strategy within 30 business days.

a) Compliant with federal law and applicable regulations 100% of the time.

b) Accurate 95% of the time.

c) Complete 100% of the time.

d) Timely 95% of the time.

Following is a description of the duties expected for the task.

a. Advise management on Human Resources processes, policies and regulations, including recommendations on workforce planning, recruiting, and onboarding.

b. Analyze DFC mission, workforce, budget, and growth plan and recommend a staffing model.

c. Develop a strategy and actionable plan for recruiting talent with knowledge, skills, and ability in finance, risk-management, investing, and sustainability.

4.1.2 Recruiting

The contractor shall provide services in order to assist DFC in attracting the most qualified candidates to fill requested positions. Work should commence on positions identified by the COR within 1 business day. The Contractor shall furnish and make available all professional, technical, administrative, and management services, as well as supplies and materials needed to accomplish requirements stated herein.

The Contractor is expected to provide full-life cycle recruiting and strategic business partner support to one or more DFC business units, acting as a strategic advisor and implementing partner to ensure DFC hires the best talent. The Contractor should build deep partnerships with hiring managers to understand their team's hiring needs, capabilities, business, and team dynamics.

Performance Elements Performance Standards/Acceptable Quality Levels

4.1.2 The Contractor shall deliver staffing

subject matter expertise and advisory services upon request of DFC.

a) Compliant with federal law and applicable regulations 100% of the time, and

b) Within 24 hours 95% of the time.

4.1.2 The Contractor shall attract, screen, and

secure top-tier candidates on behalf of DFC by

c) Deliver a pool of qualified candidates to apply in a manner specified by DFC, and d)Within 15 business days, unless a longer period specified by DFC.

Following is a description of the skills and duties expected for the task:

a. Implement the recruiting plan developed by the Contractor as revised and approved by DFC, including by recruiting, screening, interviewing as requested, and recommending prospective employees for employment for positions requested by DFC

b. Work with executive search firms or other placement agencies to develop and maintain a highly qualified candidate pool.

c. Maintain a keen understanding of the DFC mission and business processes as related to recruitment of high level talent and the Contractor's representatives should display an expert knowledge of executive search principles and practices.

d. Employ creative methods to source top talent via a variety of methods and acquire a large network of vetted qualified candidates.

e. Conduct candidate confidential searches relying on extensive experience in the finance and investing industries.

f. Assist DFC as requested in other aspects of the recruiting and hiring process, including tracking candidate interest, scheduling interviews with candidates, and informing candidates who were not selected at the conclusion of the search.

4.2 Acceptance Criteria

The acceptance of all deliverables will reside with an agency designated official. This designee will maintain a small team of advisors in order to ensure the completeness of each stage of the project and that the scope of work has been met.

Once a project phase is completed and the vendor provides their report/presentation for review and approval, the designee will either sign off on the approval for the next phase to begin, or reply to the vendor, in writing, advising what tasks must still be accomplished. Once all project tasks have been completed, the project will enter the handoff/closure stage. During this stage of the project, the vendor will provide their project closure report and project task checklist to DFC. The acceptance of this documentation by the DFC designee will acknowledge acceptance of all project deliverables and that the vendor has met all assigned tasks.

DFC may employ the following surveillance for contract management:

a) Random Sampling: Appropriate for frequently recurring tasks. Evaluate randomly selected samples of the lot to determine the acceptability of the entire lot.

b) 100 Percent Inspection: Appropriate for tasks that occur infrequently. Inspect and evaluate performance each time task is performed

c) Periodic Surveillance: Evaluation of samples selected on other than 100% or statistically random basis. (i.e. monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, etc.)

d) Validated Customer Complaint: Complaints must be validated.

e) Customer Service Surveys (i.e. task, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, etc.)

Any discrepancies involving completion of project tasks or disagreement between DFC and the chosen vendor will be referred to both organizations' contracting offices for review and discussion.

5 Special Requirements This section describes the special requirements for this effort. The following sub- sections provide details of various considerations on this effort.

5.1 Security and Safety

FAR Subpart 4.13, Personal Identification Verification of Contractor Personnel, establishes the policy and use requirements for FAR Clause 52.204.9, Personal Identification Verification of Contractor Personnel, which is hereby incorporated into this order by reference. It requires contractor compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive- 12 (HSPD-12), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance M-05-24, and Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) Number 201.

This policy applies to contractor employees who require routine access to federally controlled facilities and information systems. All such contractor employees must have been successfully identity proofed (FBI fingerprint check), and have a successfully adjudicated National Agency Check with (Written) Inquiries (NACI) or Office of Personnel Management (OPM)/National Security (NS) community background investigation to serve on the contract. DFC agencies may grant access to DFC information systems after successful adjudication of the FBI fingerprint check. Completion and successful adjudication of the final NACI results or OPM/NS BI are still required to continue work under this contract. If the fingerprint or background investigation result is unsatisfactory the contractor employee shall be removed from the contract immediately and replaced immediately. Unless a contractor employee already has successfully completed these requirements and the investigation is current, the employee will be required to complete an online version of the SF-85, Questionnaire for Non-sensitive Position, two FD-258, Fingerprint Charts (can be provided by the DFC if the law enforcement agency does not have them), and other required forms. Contractor employees' fingerprints shall be taken to a Federal, State, municipal, or local law enforcement agency.

The contractor is responsible for any cost of obtaining the fingerprints. The Government is responsible for the cost of the FBI finger print check and background investigation. The DFC does not have any control over the timeliness of the background check or that it will be completed within the performance period of this contract, but it is estimated to be completed approximately 30 calendar days once the contractor provides all of the required documentation and the DFC submits it to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Fingerprint check results are estimated to be received within 10 calendar days once the contractor provides all of the required documentation and the DFC submits it to the OPM.

Upon award of the contract, and once the DFC has provided the contractor with the required documentation and instructions, the contractor must complete and submit the required documentation promptly.

5.2 Government Furnished

The Government will make available the following:

a. Access to Government information systems, upon successful completion of the security requirements listed in Section 4.1.

b. This level of effort will not require travel outside Washington DC metropolitan area. The travel must be in accordance with FTR per diem and city pair costs.

5.3 Applicable Directives

The contractor shall comply with all documents listed below as mandatory and referenced under this contract as follows:

a. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Regulation

b. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

c. Justice Human Resources Management Regulations

5.4 Restrictions against Disclosure

The contractor agrees, in the performance of this contract, to keep all information contained in source documents or other media furnished by the Government in the strictest confidence. The contractor also agrees not to publish or otherwise divulge such information in whole or in part, in any manner or form, nor to authorize or permit others to do so, taking such reasonable measures as are necessary to restrict access to such information while in the contractor's possession, to those employees needing such information to perform the work provided herein, i.e., on a "need to know" basis. The contractor agrees to immediately notify the Contracting Officer, in writing, in the event that the contractor determines or has reason to suspect a breach of this requirement.

The contractor agrees not to disclose any information concerning work under this contract to any persons or individual unless prior written approval is obtained from the Contracting Officer. The contractor agrees to insert the substance of this clause in any consultant agreement or subcontract hereunder.

5.5 Key Personnel (May 2015)

The key personnel specified in the contractor's proposal and/or contract is considered to be essential to work performance. At least 30 days prior to diverting any of the specified individuals to other programs or contracts (or as soon as possible, if an individual must be replaced, for example, as a result of leaving the employ of the Contractor), the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer and shall submit comprehensive justification for the diversion or replacement request (including proposed substitutions for key personnel) to permit evaluation by the Government of the impact on performance under this contract. The Contractor shall provide complete resumes for proposed substitutes, and any additional information requested by the Contracting Officer. Proposed substitutes should have comparable qualifications to those of the persons being replaced. The Contracting Officer will notify the Contractor within 15 days after receipt of all required information of the consent on substitutes. No change in fixed unit prices may occur as a result of key personnel substitution. The Contractor shall not divert or otherwise replace any key personnel without the written consent of the Contracting Officer. The Government may modify the contract to add or delete key personnel at the request of the contractor or Government.

6 Technical Evaluation

The Government shall award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offer(s) or whose offer conforming to the solicitation shall be the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The technical proposal shall be separate from the price proposal. Proposals must be in accordance with the labor categories and pricing set. The Contractor's proposal must include all data and information required and must be submitted in accordance with these instructions. Non-conformance with specific organization and content may be cause for proposal rejection. The proposal must be clear and concise. It must include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiating the validity of stated claims.

The proposal shall not rephrase or restate the Government requirements, but rather provide a convincing rationale to address how the Contractor intends to meet these requirements. A proposal that simply restates the Government requirements may be judged non-responsive. Contractors must assume that the Government has no prior knowledge of its experience and shall base its evaluation on the information presented in the Contractor's proposal.

The proposal must be written to the greatest extent possible on a stand-alone basis so that its contents may be evaluated with a minimum of cross-referencing to other sections of the proposal. Cross referencing within the proposal is permitted where its use would conserve space without impairing clarity.

The proposal shall comply with the following limitations:

(1) A maximum of fifteen (15) pages for the proposal, excluding past performance.

(2) 12 point type shall be used. The font shall be Times Roman.

Do not include cost/pricing information in your technical submittal.

Your submittal shall become the property of the Government and shall not be returned. If your submittal contains information that you do not want disclosed to the public or used by the Government for any purpose other than Government evaluation, such restriction must be clearly indicated on each sheet containing such information.

The following evaluation factors shall be used to evaluate the contractor's proposal. The evaluation factors are listed in descending order of importance.

6.1 Evaluation Factors

One award will be made to the responsible contractor submitting an overall quotation that is determined most advantageous to the Government, price and non-price criteria considered. Award will be made to the firm whose Quotation meets the Government's requirements and whose technical criteria and price, when combined, represent the best value to the Government. The technical evaluation criteria are significantly more important than price.

The Government will not make an award at a significantly higher overall price to the Government to achieve only slightly superior technical capability. The Government will conduct a tradeoff analysis that involves the assessment of benefits of superior technical capability features (i.e., benefits clearly attributable to increased productivity, probability of successful contract performance, and/or unique and innovative approaches or capabilities) versus the added price. Overall price to the Government may become the ultimate determining criterion for award of the contract as Quotations become more equal based on other criteria.

Part I – Non-Price Factors

Factor One: Technical Expertise

The contractor must have proven technical expertise as relevant to the tasks in the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

The contractor's technical submittal should demonstrate the contractor having strong experience in private equity investment banking and recruiting. The contractor shall submit a detailed timeline on the recruitment for the position of Managing Director, Technology. The submittal is evaluated as to whether the vendor understands the work requirements as embodied in the PWS and their proposed approach to meeting those requirements.

Factor Two: Key Personnel

The education, experience, and accomplishments of key personnel will be evaluated to determine the degree to which they possess the qualifications to perform their proposed duties under the contract.

Factor Three: Past Performance

Please include at least 3 reference clients (contact name, telephone number and email address) and a sufficiently detailed explanation of past and/or current requirements of similar scope and magnitude. Past Performance examples shall be as a prime contractor or first-tier subcontractor on previous or current projects/tasks that are similar in size, scope, and complexity to the work identified in this RFQ's SOW. Past Performance does not necessarily have to be Government-related; but it is important to demonstrate and provide evidence of past performance for work similar in size, scope, and complexity to that described in this RFQ. The Government may contact the points-of-contact provided in the examples to verify the validity of the information the contractor provides in Attachment 2 – Past Performance. The Government may also use present and/or past performance data obtained from a variety of sources, not just those contracts identified by the contractor.

Past Performance information should include:

• Project Title

• Period of Performance

• Total Contract Value

• Agency

• Customer POC

• Description of work performed

Part II – Price

Price Submission

In a separate electronic document, the contractor shall submit a Price Quotation, and include the following information:

• All proposals should propose recommended positions based on the requirement set forth in the PWS.

• Each recommended CLIN/position should include a base and four options.

Oral Presentations: Based on DFC's review of submitted proposals, DFC reserves the right to select certain firms to provide oral presentation to a selection committee. Proposals will be thoroughly reviewed prior to the presentation and, therefore, the focus of the presentation will be on areas best presented in a face-to-face setting, as well as the contractor's fielding of questions DFC may have. The Contracting Officer will be responsible for leading and managing the engagement at this meeting.

7. Questions and Answers

Questions must be submitted by January 2, 2020

Answers will be provided by January 6, 2020

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1 – Position Description

4. Section D - Packaging and Marking

5. Section E - Inspection and Acceptance Terms

6. Section F - Delivery or Performance

Line Item: 0001 Period Of Performance Start Date Period Of Performance End Date Period Of Performance Address

OPIC

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington

US 20527

7. Section G - Contract Administration Data

Requesting Office Address

OPIC

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

Property Administration Office Address

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527

COR Office Address

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527

Issuing Office Address

1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20527 Phone: Fax:

Contact Details:

MOHAMED, OMAR

Omar.Mohamed@opic.gov

8. Section H - Special Contract Requirements

9. Section I - Contract Clauses

Article Number Reference Text 52.203-15 52.203-15 Whistleblower Protections Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of

2009 (JUNE 2010)

52.203-16 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest (DEC 2011)

52.203-19 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements

(JAN 2017)

52.204-9 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAY 2014)

52.204-10 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2018)

52.204-12 52.204-12 Unique Entity Identifier Maintenance (OCT 2016)

52.204-13 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018)

52.204-14 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements (OCT 2016)

52.204-15 52.204-15 Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (OCT 2016)

52.204-18 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2016)

52.204-19 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (DEC 2014)

52.204-22 52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal (JAN 2017)

52.204-25 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (AUG 2019)

52.209-9 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (OCT 2018)

52.212-4 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (OCT 2018)

52.213-4 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions-Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Items) (OCT 2019)

52.222-55 52.222-55 Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2015)

52.223-18 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011)

52.224-3 52.224-3 Privacy Training (JAN 2017)

52.225-13 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUNE 2008)

52.232-33 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (OCT 2018)

52.232-40 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013)

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

52.243-1 52.243-1 Changes-Fixed Price (AUG 1987)

52.204-21 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (JUN 2016)

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

"Covered contractor information system" means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

"Federal contract information" means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public websites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

"Information" means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).

"Information system" means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information (44 U.S.C. 3502).

"Safeguarding" means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures.

(1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, or devices (including other information systems).

(ii) Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

(iii) Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

(iv) Control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems.

(v) Identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users, or devices.

(vi) Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

(vii) Sanitize or destroy information system media containing Federal Contract Information before disposal or release for reuse.

(viii) Limit physical access to organizational information systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

(ix) Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity; maintain audit logs of physical access; and control and manage physical access devices.

(x) Monitor, control, and protect organizational communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational information systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of the information systems.

(xi) Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

(xii) Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

(xiii) Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

(xiv) Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

(xv) Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

(2) Other requirements. This clause does not relieve the Contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirements specified by Federal agencies and departments relating to covered contractor information systems generally or other Federal safeguarding requirements for controlled unclassified information (CUI) as established by Executive Order 13556.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract (including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items, other than commercially available off-the-shelf items), in which the subcontractor may have Federal contract information residing in or transiting through its information system.

(End of clause)

52.204-23 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Harware, Software, and Services Developed or

Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (JUL 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-

Covered article means any hardware, software, or service that-

(1) Is developed or provided by a covered entity;

(2) Includes any hardware, software, or service developed or provided in whole or in part by a covered entity; or

(3) Contains components using any hardware or software developed in whole or in part by a covered entity.

Covered entity means-

(1) Kaspersky Lab;

(2) Any successor entity to Kaspersky Lab;

(3) Any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Kaspersky Lab; or

(4) Any entity of which Kaspersky Lab has a majority ownership.

(b) Prohibition. Section 1634 of Division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91) prohibits Government use of any covered article. The Contractor is prohibited from-

(1) Providing any covered article that the Government will use on or after October 1, 2018; and

(2) Using any covered article on or after October 1, 2018, in the development of data or deliverables first produced in the performance of the contract.

(c) Reporting requirement.

(1) In the event the Contractor identifies a covered article provided to the Government during contract performance, or the Contractor is notified of such by a subcontractor at any tier or any other source, the Contractor shall report, in writing, to the Contracting Officer or, in the case of the Department of Defense, to the website at https://dibnet.dod.mil. For indefinite delivery contracts, the Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer for the indefinite delivery contract and the Contracting Officer(s) for any affected order or, in the case of the Department of Defense, identify both the indefinite delivery contract and any affected orders in the report provided at https://dibnet.dod.mil.

(2) The Contractor shall report the following information pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of this clause:

(i) Within 1 business day from the date of such identification or notification: The contract number; the order number(s), if applicable; supplier name; brand; model number (Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); item description; and any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended.

(ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the report pursuant to paragraph (c)(1) of this clause: Any further available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. In addition, the Contractor shall describe the efforts it undertook to prevent use or submission of a covered article, any reasons that led to the use or submission of the covered article, and any additional efforts that will be incorporated to prevent future use or submission of covered articles.

(d) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items.

52.216-23 52.216-23 Execution and Commencement of Work (APR 1984) The Contractor shall indicate acceptance of this letter contract by signing three copies of the contract and returning them to the Contracting Officer not later than 10-JAN-2020. Upon acceptance by both parties, the Contractor shall proceed with performance of the work, including purchase of necessary materials.

52.216-24 52.216-24 Limitation of Government Liability (APR 1984)

(a) In performing this contract, the Contractor is not authorized to make expenditures or incur obligations exceeding TBD dollars.

(b) The maximum amount for which the Government shall be liable if this contract is terminated is 0 dollars.

52.216-25 52.216-25 Contract Definitization (OCT 2010)

(a) A FFP definitive contract is contemplated. The Contractor agrees to begin promptly negotiating with the Contracting Officer the terms of a definitive contract that will include (1) all clauses required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on the date of execution of the letter contract, (2) all clauses required by law on the date of execution of the definitive contract, and

(3) any other mutually agreeable clauses, terms, and conditions. The Contractor agrees to submit a FFP proposal, including data other than certified cost or pricing data, and certified cost or pricing data, in accordance with FAR 15.408, Table 15-2, supporting its proposal.

(b) The schedule for definitizing this contract is:

January 2020

(c) If agreement on a definitive contract to supersede this letter contract is not reached by the target date in paragraph (b) of this section, or within any extension of it granted by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer may, with the approval of the head of the contracting activity, determine a reasonable price or fee in accordance with Subpart 15.4 and Part 31 of the FAR, subject to Contractor appeal as provided in the Disputes clause. In any event, the Contractor shall proceed with completion of the contract, subject only to the Limitation of Government Liability clause.

(1) After the Contracting Officer's determination of price or fee, the contract shall be governed by-

(i) All clauses required by the FAR on the date of execution of this letter contract for either fixed-price or cost-reimbursement contracts, as determined by the Contracting Officer under this paragraph (c);

(ii) All clauses required by law as of the date of the Contracting Officer's determination; and

(iii) Any other clauses, terms, and conditions mutually agreed upon.

(2) To the extent consistent with paragraph (c)(1) of this section, all clauses, terms, and conditions included in this letter contract shall continue in effect, except those that by their nature apply only to a letter contract.

52.217-8 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days.

52.217-9 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 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 clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 66 months .

52.232-34 52.232-34 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than System for Award Management

(JUL 2013)

(a) Method of payment.

(1) All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this clause. As used in this clause, the term "EFT" refers to the funds transfer and may also include the payment information transfer.

(2) In the event the Government is unable to release one or more payments by EFT, the Contractor agrees to either-

(i) Accept payment by check or some other mutually agreeable method of payment; or

(ii) Request the Government to extend payment due dates until such time as the Government makes payment by EFT (but see paragraph (d) of this clause).

(b) Mandatory submission of Contractor's EFT information.

(1) The Contractor is required to provide the Government with the information required to make payment by EFT (see paragraph (j) of this clause). The Contractor shall provide this information directly to the office designated in this contract to receive that information (hereafter: "designated office") by 01-FEB-2020. If not otherwise specified in this contract, the payment office is the designated office for receipt of the Contractor's EFT information. If more than one designated office is named for the contract, the Contractor shall provide a separate notice to each office. In the event that the EFT information changes, the Contractor shall be responsible for providing the updated information to the designated office(s).

(2) If the Contractor provides EFT information applicable to multiple contracts, the Contractor shall specifically state the applicability of this EFT information in terms acceptable to the designated office. However, EFT information supplied to a designated office shall be applicable only to contracts that identify that designated office as the office to receive EFT information for that contract.

(c) Mechanisms for EFT payment. The Government may make payment by EFT through either the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, subject to the rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association, or the Fedwire Transfer System.

The rules governing Federal payments through the ACH are contained in 31 CFR Part 210.

(d) Suspension of payment.

(1) The Government is not required to make any payment under this contract until after receipt, by the designated office, of the correct EFT payment information from the Contractor. Until receipt of the correct EFT information, any invoice or contract financing request shall be deemed not to be a proper invoice for the purpose of prompt payment under this contract. The prompt payment terms of the contract regarding notice of an improper invoice and delays in accrual of interest penalties apply.

(2) If the EFT information changes after submission of correct EFT information, the Government shall begin using the changed EFT information no later than 30 days after its receipt by the designated office to the extent payment is made by EFT.