RFQ69720.pdf

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB

DESTINATION UNLESS

BLOCK IS MARKED

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

PAGE 1 OF

2. CONTRACT NO.

3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE

DATE

4. ORDER NUMBER

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

75D301-19-Q-69720

6. SOLICITATION

ISSUE DATE

03/18/2019

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME

Germaine Mullins

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (No collect calls)

(770) 488-1938

8. OFFER DUE DATE/

LOCAL TIME

10am ET

9. ISSUED BY CODE 2536 10. THIS ACQUISITION IS 12. DISCOUNT TERMS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Acquisition and Assistance Branch 1

2920 Brandywine Road, MS E-15

Atlanta, GA 30341-5539

UNRESTRICTED

X SET ASIDE: 100 % FOR

X SMALL BUSINESS

SMALL DISADV. BUSINESS

8(A)

SIC:

SIZE STANDARD:

X SEE SCHEDULE

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER

UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 700)

13b. RATING

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

X RFQ IFB RFP

15. DELIVER TO CODE 16. ADMINISTERED BY CODE 2536

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acquisition and Assistance Branch 1 2920 Brandywine Road, MS E-15 Atlanta, GA 30341-5539 CODE 18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE 434

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (FMO) PO Box 15580 404-718-8100

Atlanta, GA 30333-0080

TELEPHONE NO.

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER 18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK BELOW

SEE ADDENDUM

19.

ITEM NO.

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY

22.

UNIT

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

QUOTATIONS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 18,

2019 AT 10AM EASTERN.

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

X 27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA X ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED.

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED.

28.

CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN COPIES

TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET

FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT

TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.

29.

AWARD OF CONTRACT: REFERENCE OFFER

DATED . YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION (BLOCK 5),

INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE SET FORTH

HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Signature of Contracting Officer)

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

30c. DATE SIGNED

31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

31c. DATE SIGNED

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN 33. SHIP NUMBER 34. VOUCHER NUMBER

RECEIVED INSPECTED

PARTIAL FINAL

36. PAYMENT 37. CHECK NUMBER

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOV’T REPRESENTATIVE 32c. DATE COMPLETE PARTIAL FINAL

41a. I CERTIFY THIS AMOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT

41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41c. DATE

38. S/R ACCOUNT NUMBER 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER

42a. RECEIVED BY (Print)

42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)

42c. DATE REC’D 42d. TOTAL CONTAINERS

40. PAID BY

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION SEE REVERSE FOR OMB CONTROL NUMBER AND PAPERWORK BURDEN STATEMENT STANDARD FORM 1449 (10-95)

ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE

CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED

35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

17a. CONTRACTOR/

OFFEROR

FACILITY

CODE

IS CHECKED

Page i

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Document/Clause/Provision Page No.

A Standard Form 1449

B Continuation of SF1449 (Block 19 – 24) 1

C Contract Clauses 2

D Statement of Work 11

E Solicitation Provisions 15

Request for Quotation No. 75D301-19-Q-69720

SECTION B - CONTINUATION OF SF1449

ITEM SUPPLIES / SERVICES QTY / UNIT UNIT PRICE EXTENDED PRICE

0001 Confirm location of field sites

1 Each

0002 Prep sites, obtain acaricide & equipment

0003 Field work completion

0004 Data & final report

The Government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price contract.

This is a Non-severable requirement.

The estimated period of performance is 12 months from Date of Award.

SECTION C - CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR CLAUSES DESCRIPTION OF THE CLAUSES

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

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

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

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

CDCA_G001 – Invoice Submission (Jul 2017)

(a) The Contractor shall submit the original contract invoice/voucher to the address shown below:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Office of Financial Resources (OFR)

P.O. Box 15580

Atlanta, GA 3033

Or – The Contractor may submit the original invoice via facsimile or email:

Fax: 404-638-5324

Email: FMOAPINV@CDC.GOV

NOTE: Submit to only one (1) of the above locations.

(b) The contractor shall submit 2 copies of the invoice to the cognizant contracting office previously identified in this contract. These invoice copies shall be addressed to the attention of the Contracting Officer.

(c) The Contractor is , is not required to submit a copy of each invoice directly to the Contracting

Officer’s Representative (COR) concurrently with submission to the Contracting Officer.

(d) In accordance with 5 CFR part 1315 (Prompt Payment), CDC's Office of Financial Resources is the designated billing office for the purpose of determining the payment due date under FAR 32.904.

(e) The Contractor shall include (as a minimum) the following information on each invoice:

(1) Contractor’s Name & Address

(2) Contractor’s Tax Identification Number (TIN)

(3) Purchase Order/Contract Number and Task Order Number, if Appropriate

(4) Invoice Number

(5) Invoice Date

(6) Contract Line Item Number and Description of Item

(7) Quantity

(8) Unit Price & Extended Amount for each line item

(9) Shipping and Payment Terms mailto:FMOAPINV@CDC.GOV

(10) Total Amount of Invoice

(11) Name, title and telephone number of person to be notified in the event of a defective invoice

(12) Payment Address, if different from the information in (c)(1).

(13) DUNS + 4 Number

(14) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information

(End of Clause)

FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-

Commercial Items (Jan 2019)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017)

(section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L.

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

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by

Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(4) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31U.S.C.3553).

(5) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78 (19 U.S.C.

3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

(1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41

U.S.C.4704 and 10 U.S.C.2402).

(2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509)).

(3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (June 2010)

(Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5). (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of

2009.)

(4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) (Pub. L. 109-282)

(31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

(5) [Reserved].

(6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

(7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-

117, section 743 of Div. C).

(8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or

Proposed for Debarment. (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

(9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) (41 U.S.C.

2313).

(10) [Reserved].

(11)(i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C.657a).

(ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-3.

(12)(i) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

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

(13) [Reserved]

(14)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C.644).

(ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011).

(iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011).

(15)(i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644).

(ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7.

(iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7.

(16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2018) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

(17)(i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Aug2018) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4))

(ii) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.219-9.

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

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

(v) Alternate IV (Aug 2018) of 52.219-9

(18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

(19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C.637(a)(14)).

(20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages-Subcontracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

(21) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657f).

(22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

(23) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned

Small Business Concerns (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

(24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns

Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (Dec2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

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

(26) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2018) (E.O.13126).

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

(28)(i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O.11246).

(ii) Alternate I (Feb 1999) of 52.222-26.

(29)(i) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(i) Alternate I (July 2014) of 52.222-35.

(30)(i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C.793).

(ii) Alternate I (July 2014) of 52.222-36.

(31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

(33)(i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

(ii) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

(34) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in

22.1803.)

(35)(i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA–Designated Items (May 2008) (42

U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

(ii) Alternate I (May 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

(36) 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (Jun 2016)

(E.O. 13693).

(37) 52.223-12, Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners

(Jun2016) (E.O. 13693).

(38)(i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Imaging Equipment (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

(ii) Alternate I (Oct 2015) of 52.223-13.

(39)(i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Televisions (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

(ii) Alternate I (Jun2014) of 52.223-14.

(40) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

(41)(i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Personal Computer Products (Oct 2015) (E.O.s 13423 and

13514).

(ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-16.

(42) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).

(43) 52.223-20, Aerosols (Jun 2016) (E.O. 13693).

(44) 52.223-21, Foams (Jun2016) (E.O. 13693).

(45)(i) 52.224-3 Privacy Training (Jan2017) (5 U.S.C. 552 a).

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

(46) 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C.chapter 83).

(47)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19

U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-

78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43.

(ii) Alternate I (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

(iii) Alternate II (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

(iv) Alternate III (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

(48) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Aug 2016) (19 U.S.C.2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note).

(49) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

(50) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section

862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(51) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

(52) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area (Nov2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

(53) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002) (41 U.S.C.4505, 10

U.S.C.2307(f)).

(54) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Jan2017) (41 U.S.C.4505, 10 U.S.C.2307(f)).

(55) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

(56) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31

U.S.C.3332).

(57) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C.3332).

(58) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

(59) 52.242-5, Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(12)).

(60)(i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46

U.S.C.Appx.1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

(ii) Alternate I (Apr 2003) of 52.247-64.

(iii) Alternate II (Feb 2006) of 52.247-64.

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

(1) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014)(E.O. 13495).

(2) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(3) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter

67).

(4) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (Aug 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(5) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (May 2014) (29

U.S.C.206 and 41 U.S.C.chapter 67).

(6) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C.chapter 67).

(7) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain

Services-Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C.chapter 67).

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

(9) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2017) (E.O. 13706).

(10) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792).

(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph

(d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records-Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor’s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(e)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause, the

Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause-

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017)

(section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L.

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

(iii) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by

Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(iv) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2018) (15 U.S.C.637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $700,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(v) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (l) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

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

(vii) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2015) (E.O.11246).

(viii) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C.4212).

(ix) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C.793).

(x) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C.4212)

(xi) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(xii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (Aug 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xiii)(A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O 13627).

(B) Alternate I (Mar2015) of 52.222-50(22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O 13627).

(xiv) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for

Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements (May2014) (41 U.S.C.chapter 67).

(xv) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain

Services-Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C.chapter 67).

(xvi) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Oct 2015) (E.O. 12989).

(xvii) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015).

(xviii) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (Jan 2017) (E.O. 13706).

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

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

(xx) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Oct 2016) (Section

862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xxi) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xxii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C.

Appx.1241(b) and 10 U.S.C.2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the Contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

(End of clause)

SECTION D – STATEMENT OF WORK

IMPACT OF VARIABLE APPLICATION SCHEMES FOR ACARICIDES

AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS ON THE LEVEL OF SUPPRESSION OF

HOST-SEEKING NYMPHAL IXODES SCAPULARIS TICKS

SECTION 1 – BACKGROUND

In the eastern United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is a vector of seven human pathogens, including those causing Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Borrelia miyamotoi disease, Powassan virus disease, and ehrlichiosis associated with Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis (Eisen and Eisen 2018). Lyme disease alone is estimated to account for 300,000 cases of human illness every year in the United States, with the vast majority of cases occurring in the Northeast and Upper Midwest (Hinckley et al. 2014, Kugeler et al. 2015). Human exposure to infected blacklegged ticks, including the small and easily overlooked nymphal life stage which is considered to account for most human infections, is thought to occur commonly in the peridomestic environment, such as along borders between the lawn and wooded portion of a property or within the wooded portion of the backyard (Stafford et al. 2017, Mead et al. 2018). One notable method to reduce the risk of encountering infected ticks while spending time in the backyard is to apply acaricides or biological control agents to the vegetation to kill the host-seeking ticks that are present (Piesman and Eisen 2008; Eisen and Dolan 2016; Stafford et al. 2017).

There has been numerous studies to evaluate the level of suppression of host-seeking nymphal I. scapularis ticks based on use of different synthetic or natural acaricides or biological control agents, including the use of variable application schemes (reviewed by Eisen and Dolan 2016). One overarching conclusion emerging from these studies is that synthetic chemical acaricides appear to provide suppression that is more robust and predictable across geographical areas and different years compared to natural acaricides or biological agents, presumably because the latter are more sensitive to environmental conditions. However, there is a lack of studies to directly compare the impact of variable seasonal application schemes on the level of suppression of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs, using either acaricides or biological control agents, within a geographical area and single year. Additional research is required to evaluate the potential for different seasonal application schemes to achieve strong suppression (>90% relative to control sites) of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs across the majority of their activity period.

SUBSECTION A – DEFINITIONS

CDC/NCEZID/DVBD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic

Infectious Diseases/Division of Vector-borne Diseases.

Pyrethroid – a type of pesticide used to kill harmful insects and ticks.

Nymphal peak abundance – host-seeking nymphal I. scapularis ticks have a distinct seasonal pattern where their numbers start to increase in early spring to reach a peak in mid-to late spring and then start decreasing in early summer.

SECTION 2 – PURPOSE

The purpose of this requirement is to evaluate the potential for three different types of commercially available tick control products – with one representative product for each of synthetic pyrethroids, natural products, and fungal control agents – to achieve strong suppression (>90% relative to control sites) of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs across the majority of their activity period, based on a range from 1 to 3 application occasions. Emphasis should be on achieving strong and sustained tick suppression while at the same time minimizing the number of application occasions in order to reduce both the cost and environmental impact of the intervention.

Based on previous studies showing the importance of using high-pressure applications for natural products and fungal control agents to reach the desired (>90%) tick suppression efficacy (reviewed by Eisen and Dolan 2016), all evaluated products should be broadcast with high-pressure application. Recognizing the high level of variability in density of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs across residential properties, it is acceptable for the work to be conducted either on residential properties or in woodland plots representative of the wooded portions of local residential properties. The outcome of the research will be of direct relevance for tick control guidelines for homeowners and professional pest control operators engaging in tick control activities.

SECTION 3 – SCOPE OF WORK

Independently, and not as an agent of the government, the offeror shall shall furnish all the necessary personnel, facilities, supplies, and equipment required to evaluate the efficacy of the interventions to suppress nymphal I.

scapularis ticks. The offeror shall include one representative commercially available tick control product from each of synthetic pyrethroids, natural products, and fungal control agents; all broadcast using a high-pressure application method either on residential properties (either along the woods/lawn edge or in wooded portions of the backyard) or in woodlands representative of the wooded portions of local residential properties.

The aim is to achieve strong suppression (>90% relative to control sites) of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs across the majority of their activity period (from the early spring period of rising tick numbers through their peak and covering most of the subsequent period of naturally declining tick numbers) based on no more than 3 tick product application occasions and with the understanding that achieving the same outcome with fewer application occasions is desirable.

The field research shall be conducted in a setting with previously documented high peak abundance of nymphal I.

scapularis ticks (>5 per 100 m2). The offeror shall identify suitable test plots (assigned randomly to treatment category or control); mark and stake each treatment and control plot; apply control products; and conduct drag sampling of host-seeking nymphal I. scapularis ticks.

SECTION 4 – TASKS TO BE PERFORMED

The Offeror shall perform the following tasks:

a. Locate and secure access to a study area with the following characteristics: either residential properties

(either along the woods/lawn edge or in wooded portions of the backyard) or woodlands representative of the wooded portions of local residential properties; in an area with previously documented high peak abundance of nymphal I. scapularis ticks (>5 per 100 m2).

b. Devise a temporal study design for control product application and tick drag sampling of sufficient quality to be able to answer the core question underlying the contract: is it possible to achieve strong suppression

(>90% relative to control sites) of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs across the majority of their activity period with no more than 3 rounds of control product application and preferably less than 3 rounds. This study design also shall be capable of overcoming the difficulty of not being able to generate robust pre-treatment tick density data as the first tick control product application needs to happen early in the spring while tick numbers are still low.

c. Devise a study design with sufficient replication of treatment and control plots, and numbers of tick sampling occasions, for robust statistical evaluation of the impact of temporally variable application schemes on the density of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs.

d. Ensure inclusion in the team of a licensed pest control operator with previous experience of application of tick control products via high-pressure equipment.

e. Select and acquire one representative, commercially available product for each of synthetic pyrethroids, natural products, and fungal control agents to suppress host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs.

f. Select and stake study plots; and randomly assign the plots across the treatment and control categories included in the study design.

g. Apply tick control products with high pressure methodology according to the temporal study design for control product application.

h. Conduct non-tick-removal drag sampling in all study plots according to the temporal study design for drag sampling targeting host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs.

i. Provide monthly updates to the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representative.

j. Provide generated raw data and a final report. The data analysis and manuscript preparation will be performed jointly between the offeror and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SECTION 5 – GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIALS

There are no Government furnished materials for this requirement.

SECTION 6 – PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The estimated period of performance is 12 months from Date of Award.

SECTION 7 – PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The field research shall be conducted in a setting with the following characteristics: either on residential properties

(either along the woods/lawn edge or in wooded portions of the backyard) or in woodlands representative of the wooded portions of local residential properties; in an area with previously documented high peak abundance of nymphal I. scapularis ticks (>5 per 100 m2).

SECTION 8 – DELIVERABLES/REPORTING SCHEDULE

The Offeror shall provide the following deliverables by the due date(s) listed below:

Items Description Quantity or No.

of Copies

Delivery Date Deliver To

1 Locate field site Within 10 days of contract award

2 Prepare field plots and secure acaricide and application equipment

On or about 1 April

3 Complete the field work On or about 30 June

4 Raw data in Excel format 1 copy No later than 28

February 2020

Contracting Officer and Contracting

Officer’s

Representative

5 Final Report (MS Word format) 1 copy No later than 28

February 2020

Contracting Officer and Contracting

Officer’s

Representative

This is a stepwise progression of deliverables leading to a final deliverable.

Factors that may affect accomplishing the deliverables as outlined and according to the provided timeline would include, but are not limited to: adverse weather events that prevent timely application of acaricide and subsequent sampling of all plots; and weather conditions that affect questing tick populations. The timelines outlined above are critical for an offeror to be able to assess acaricide application efficacy during the time of year when nymphal I.

scapularis ticks are most active (April-June).

SECTION 9 – TRAVEL

Not applicable

SECTION 10 – SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

The offeror shall locate and secure access to a study area with the following characteristics: either residential properties (either along the woods/lawn edge or in wooded portions of the backyard) or woodlands representative of the wooded portions of local residential properties; in an area with previously documented high peak abundance of nymphal I. scapularis ticks (>5 per 100 m2).

The offeror shall be able to apply tick control products via high-pressure methodology.

The offeror shall be fully familiar with the life cycle of the blacklegged tick and tick collection methods, including drag sampling.

SECTION 11 – REFERENCE MATERIALS

Eisen, L., and M.C. Dolan. 2016. Evidence for personal protective measures to reduce human contact with blacklegged ticks and for environmentally based control methods to suppress host-seeking blacklegged ticks and reduce infection with Lyme disease spirochetes in tick vectors and rodent reservoirs. Journal of Medical

Entomology 53: 1063-1092.

Eisen, R.J., and L. Eisen. 2018. The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis: an increasing health concern. Trends in

Parasitology 34: 295-309.

Hinckley, A.F., N.P. Connally, J.I. Meek, B.J. Johnson, M.M. Kemperman, K.A. Feldman, J.L. White, and P.S.

Mead. 2014. Lyme disease testing by large commercial laboratories in the United States. Clinical Infectious

Diseases 59: 676-681.

Kugeler, K.J., G.M. Farley, J.D. Forrester, and P.S. Mead. 2015. Geographic distribution and expansion of human

Lyme disease, United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 21: 1455-1457.

Mead, P., S. Hook, S. Niesobecki, J. Ray, J. Meek, M. Delorey, C. Prue, and A. Hinckley. 2018. Risk factors for tick exposure in suburban settings in the Northeastern United States. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 9: 319-324.

Piesman, J., and L. Eisen. 2008. Prevention of tick-borne diseases. Annual Review of Entomology 53: 323-343

Stafford III, K. C., S. C. Williams, and G. Molaei. 2017. Integrated pest management in controlling ticks and tick-associated diseases. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8: 28-28.

SECTION E - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

FAR PROVISIONS DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVISION

52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Jul 2016)

52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018)

52.209-12 Certification Regarding Tax Matters (Feb 2016)

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Oct 2018)

52.222-56 Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan (Mar 2015)

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) 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:

i. Technical Capability

ii. Price

iii. Past Performance

Basis for Award

The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions and Offerors providing the requested service. Therefore, the initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a technical and price standpoint. Source Selection and Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal is consider to be the best value and most advantageous to the Government. Technical evaluation factors will be more important than cost/price in evaluation of quotations.

Factor 1: Technical Capability

Offerors are to provide a discussion of their technical approach for providing the services listed in the Statement of Work. Offerors shall also provide information reflecting experience of assigned staff, including a detailed resume, biography, or curriculum vitae (CV) of each candidate.

Offerors shall provide appropriate discussion/documentation to fulfill the following requirements:

1. A temporal study design for control product application and tick drag sampling of sufficient quality to be able to answer the core question underlying the contract: is it possible to achieve strong suppression (>90% relative to control sites) of host-seeking I.

scapularis nymphs across the majority of their activity period with no more than 3 rounds of control product application and preferably less than 3 rounds?

2. A study design with sufficient replication of treatment and control plots, and numbers of tick sampling occasions, for robust statistical evaluation of the impact of temporally variable application schemes on the density of host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs.

3. A study design capable of overcoming the difficulty of not being able to generate robust pre-treatment tick density data as the first tick control product application needs to happen early in the spring while tick numbers are still low.

4. Ability to locate and secure access to a study area with the following characteristics: either residential properties (either along the woods/lawn edge or in wooded portions of the backyard) or woodlands representative of the wooded portions of local residential properties; in an area with previously documented high peak abundance of nymphal I. scapularis ticks (>5 per 100 m2).

5. Rationale for the choice of one representative product for each of synthetic pyrethroids, natural products, and fungal control agents to suppress host-seeking I. scapularis nymphs.

6. Inclusion in the contractor team of a licensed pest control operator with previous experience of application of tick control products via high-pressure equipment.

Factor 2: Price

Price analysis of the quotation provided will be conducted to determine the reasonableness of the offeror’s proposed price.

Factor 3: Past Performance

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

Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Oct 2018)

The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (u)) of this provision.

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

“Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern” means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

“Forced or indentured child labor” means all work or service—

(6) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(7) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

“Highest-level owner” means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

“Immediate owner” means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: Ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees.

“Inverted domestic corporation,” means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6

U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

“Manufactured end product” means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except—

(1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

“Place of manufacture” means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

“Predecessor” means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor.

“Restricted business operations” means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of

2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate—

(1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan;

(2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization;

(3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan;

(4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization;

(5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or

(6) Have been voluntarily suspended.

Sensitive technology—

(1) Means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is to be used specifically—

(i) To restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or

(ii) To disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran; and

(2) Does not include information or informational materials the export of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).

“Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern”—

(1) Means a small business concern—

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.

(2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38

U.S.C. 101(16).

“Small business concern” means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size standards in this solicitation.

“Small disadvantaged business concern, consistent with 13 CFR 124.1002,” means a small business concern under the size standard applicable to the acquisition, that--

(1) Is at least 51 percent unconditionally and directly owned (as defined at 13 CFR 124.105) by--

(i) One or more socially disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.103) and economically disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.104) individuals who are citizens of the United States; and

(ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and

(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled (as defined at 13.CFR 124.106) by individuals, who meet the criteria in paragraphs (1)(i) and (ii) of this definition.

“Subsidiary” means an entity in which more than 50 percent of the entity is owned—

(1) Directly by a parent corporation; or

(2) Through another subsidiary of a parent corporation.

“Successor” means an entity that has replaced a predecessor by acquiring the assets and carrying out the affairs of the predecessor under a new name (often through acquisition or merger). The term “successor” does not include new offices/divisions of the same company or a company that only changes its name. The extent of the responsibility of the successor for the liabilities of the predecessor may vary, depending on State law and specific circumstances.

“Veteran-owned small business concern” means a small business concern—

(1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans(as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and

(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.

“Women-owned business concern” means a concern which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the its stock is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

“Women-owned small business concern” means a small business concern --

(1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and

(2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

“Women-owned small business (WOSB) concern eligible under the WOSB Program (in accordance with 13 CFR part 127),” means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States.

(b)

(1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the Offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications in SAM.

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM accessed through http://www.sam.gov.

After reviewing SAM information, the Offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), at the time this offer is submitted and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs __. [Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (u) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on SAM.]

(c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract is to be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. Check all that apply.

(1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [_] is, [_] is not a small business concern.

(2) Veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [_] is, [_] is not a veteran-owned small business concern.

(3) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it [_] is, [_] is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.

(4) Small disadvantaged business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that…