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75F40119Q00111 SDL Software License and Maintenance or Equal to Product

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

Date: August 26, 2019

Contracting Office: Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services U.S. Food and Drug Administration 4011 Powder Mill Road Beltsville, MD 20705

Product or Service Code: 7030, Information Technology Software

Subject: SDL Software License and Maintenance or Equal to Product

Solicitation Number: 75F40119Q00111

Quotes Due By: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 12:00pm Eastern Time (ET) via email to Erika.Crawford@fda.hhs.gov.

Government Point of Contact: Erika Crawford

Contract Specialist 301.796.0298 Erika.Crawford@fda.hhs.gov

Set-Aside Status: This requirement is not being set-aside for small business.

Description:

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This requirement is not being set-aside for small business. The NAICS code for this requirement is 511210, Software Publishers

Small Business size standard: $38.5 million mailto:Erika.Crawford@fda.hhs.gov mailto:Erika.Crawford@fda.hhs.gov

STATEMENT OF WORK

SDL Software License and Maintenance or Equal to Product

Background

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), Office of Surveillance (OS) has a need for rapid and accurate translation of foreign documents into English. FDA often receives documents from foreign regulatory authorities and drug manufacturers in their native language which require translation into English before they can be used internally. Historically, FDA has used human translation services to translate such documents. This has been proven to be time consuming and costly for the Agency. Technology around machine translation software has evolved enough to allow for replacement of human translation services with neural machine learning translation software. By training the software with previously translated documents by humans, the accuracy of the software can be improved and allow it to be used in place of the human translation services. Near instantaneous translations performed by neural machine translation software will enable FDA will also cost magnitudes less per translation compared to human translation.

Objectives

The objective is to obtain, install, configure, and train staff on the use of the software products listed in Section 3 as Brand Name or Equal. These software products will enable nearly instantaneous foreign language translations into English in support of multiple FDA regulatory programs involving foreign drug manufacturing sites and foreign regulatory authorities.

Requirements

The Contractor shall deliver, provide routine support and maintenance, assist with configuration and train FDA staff on SDL Software or Equal to Product that meets the salient characteristics for the following:

Item Product Description Qty

SDL Neural Machine Translation Software Perpetual License/24 NMT Pairs: List TBD. Includes 12 Processing Units/ 2,000 wpm per Processing Unit NMT Customizer/Training Capability in support of Adaptive Language Pairs (includes Beta and Production Systems for Adaptive Language Pair Module)

Test/Dev License Replicating the Production License

Annual Support and Maintenance

Remote - Professional Services/Training/Adaptive Engine Setup per day

5 Option Period 1

6 Option Period 2

7 Option Period 3

8 Option Period 4

The Contractor shall ensure the software (similar to SDL Neural Machine Translation) meet the following salient functional characteristics:

1. Accuracy. The language translation by the software must be able to be trained using FDA technical language for improved accuracy.

2. With translation memory technology that captures and saves repetitive phrases for future use and can also be adapted to translate medical, chemical, and pharmaceutical terms.

3. Automatic language recognition. The software should be able to automatically recognize the language in the document and then translate it to English.

4. Translation of the following languages to and from English: Albanian, Danish, Hebrew, Maltese, Slovenian, Arabic, Dari, Hindi, Norwegian, Somali, Armenian, Dutch, Hungarian, Pashto, Spanish, Bengali, Estonian, Indonesian, Persian (Farsi), Swahili, Bulgarian, Finnish, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Catalan, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), Georgian, Korean, Romanian, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional), German, Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Greek, Lithuanian, Serbian, Urdu, Czech, Hausa, Malay, Slovakian, Vietnamese

5. Support formats of Text, Microsoft Suites (Words), PDF, PDF Image, and others.

6. Built in optical character recognition for conversion of images to text.

7. Full document processing without truncation of document. Preserve formatting during translation to minimize re-work.

8. On premise. The software must be installed inside of FDA network and perform all translations without sending data outside of FDA network.

9. Ability to control computational resources with dynamic licensing and hardware-based optimization.

10. Full technical support with < 24 hours response.

Technical Services

The Contractor shall provide remote support for initial set-up, installation and configuration and ensure the software is successfully configured. The Contractor shall provide a fully compatible and integrated installation, configuration, and management of the equipment within the FDA environments, during the business hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).

FDA personnel will apply the software patching and updates as necessary.

Deliverables

1. Contractor will make reasonable efforts to install and configure the software to the server within 120 days after award.

2. Contractor will make reasonable efforts to complete training sessions within 90 days after installation and configuration of the software.

Delivery Location

The Contractor shall deliver all software licenses and relevant documentation (patch fix alerts and version upgrade announcements) either electronically via email or physically to:

FDA, (Attn: Zhongjun Luo) White Oak Building 51, Room 4139 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD, 20993

Period of Performance

The period of performance is 1 year from the time of install (base year) with 4 option years.

Contract Type

The contract type for this order is Firm Fixed Price ( FFP).

Inspection and Acceptance

Inspection and acceptance will occur at the place of delivery. Inspection will include testing of the deliverables to ensure that they work. The Government will accept goods, reports and services only if they conform to all terms and conditions of this order. The Government will provide written notification of acceptance or rejection within ten (10) business days of receiving the delivery.

The Government will reject non-conforming products and services. The Contractor shall correct any deficiencies within thirty (30) days of when the Government issues the rejection notice. If the Contractor cannot correct the deficiencies within this time frame, the Contractor shall immediately notify the COR or technical POC of the reason for the delay and provide a proposed corrective action plan within ten (10) business days.

Invoices are payable when all equipment has been delivered.

Authorized Reseller

The Contractor shall be the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or an authorized reseller/servicing agent of the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).

The Quoter shall notify the Contract Specialist / Contracting Officer immediately if this requirement is registered by a reseller with the OEM.

Points of Contact

Contract Specialist:

FDA, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services ATTN: Erika Crawford Email: Erika.Crawford@fda.hhs.gov 301.796.0298

Contracting Officer Representative (COR):

To be determined at time of award.

Contracting Officer’s Authority

The Contracting Officer (CO) identified above has responsibility for ensuring the performance of all necessary actions for effective contracting; ensuring compliance with the terms of the contract and safeguarding the interests of the United States in its contractual relationships. The CO is the only individual who has the authority to enter into, administer, or terminate this contract and is the only person authorized to approve changes to any of the requirements under this contract, and notwithstanding any provision contained elsewhere in this contract, this authority remains solely with the CO.

No statement, whether oral or written, by anyone other than the Contracting Officer, shall be interpreted as modifying the terms and conditions of this Task Order. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to contact the CO immediately if there is even the appearance of any technical direction that is or may be outside the scope of the contract. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any work not authorized by the CO.

Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)/Government Furnished Information

(GFI)

For this effort, the government does not foresee the need for any GFE or GFI requirements.

Section 508 Compliance

HHSAR 352.239-74 ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ACCESSIBILITY (DEC 2015)

(a) Pursuant to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, all electronic and information technology (EIT) supplies and services developed, acquired, or maintained under this contract or order must comply with the “Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Standards” set forth by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also referred to as the “Access Board”) in 36 CFR part 1194. Information about Section 508 is available at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. The complete text of Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards.

(b) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this contract or order are identified in the Statement of Work or Specification or Performance Work Statement.

The contractor must provide any necessary updates to the submitted HHS Product Assessment Template(s) at the end of each contract or order exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (see FAR 2.101) when the contract or order duration is one year or less. If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(c) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this contract are:

• Must meet WCAG 2.0 A and AA

• E101.2 Equivalent Facilitation (Appendix A, Application and Scoping

Requirements)

• E203 Access to Functionality (Appendix A, Application and Scoping

Requirements)

• E204 Functional Performance Criteria (Appendix A, Application and Scoping

Requirements)

• E205 Electronic Content (Appendix A, Application and Scoping Requirements)

• 302 Functional Performance Criteria (Appendix C, Functional Performance

Criteria and Technical Requirements)

• Electronic content must be accessible to HHS acceptance criteria. Checklist for various formats are available at http://508.hhs.gov/, or from the Section 508 Coordinator listed at https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/additional-resources/section-508-contacts/index.html. Materials that are final items for delivery should be accompanied by the appropriate checklist, except upon approval of the Contracting Officer or Representative.

(d) In the event of a modification(s) to this contract or order, which adds new EIT supplies or services or revises the type of, or specifications for, supplies or services, the Contracting Officer may require that the contractor submit a completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the EIT supplies or services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. Instructions for documenting accessibility via the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found under Section 508 policy on the HHS website: (http://www.hhs.gov/web/508). If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described https://www.hhs.gov/web/508 http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?node=pt48.1.2#se48.1.2_1101 http://508.hhs.gov/ https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/additional-resources/section-508-contacts/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/additional-resources/section-508-contacts/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/web/508 accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(e) If this is an Indefinite Delivery contract, a Blanket Purchase Agreement or a Basic Ordering Agreement, the task/delivery order requests that include EIT supplies or services will define the specifications and accessibility standards for the order. In those cases, the Contractor may be required to provide a completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the EIT supplies or services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. Instructions for documenting accessibility via the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the provided documentation, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(End of clause)

Order of Precedence

The Contractor shall follow the terms and conditions of this order. Should the Contractor include any additional terms and conditions resulting in conflicts between this document and the Contractor’s document, the Order of Precedence shall be as specified in FAR Clause 52.212-4, dated January 2017. Any indemnification and governing law language in the Contractor’s terms and conditions shall be invalid and shall be stricken and removed from the order. Any additional terms and conditions shall not be prohibited by applicable laws and regulations. Any additional terms and conditions identified with a web link and/or incorporated by reference shall be stricken and removed from the order.

The Contractor shall provide all terms and conditions with their quotations as attachments, appendixes, etc.

In the event of any inconsistencies between any licensing agreement incorporated into this order as an attachment and the FAR and HHSAR Clauses incorporated into this order, the FAR or HHSAR Clauses shall take precedence.

Clauses and Provisions

CLAUSES

FAR 52.252-2: Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This purchase order incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address:

https://www.hhs.gov/web/508 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/FARTOCP52.html#wp372482

FAR 52.203-19: Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements (Jan 2017)

(a) The Contractor shall not require its employees or subcontractors to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse related to the performance of a Government contract to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information (e.g., agency Office of the Inspector General).

(b) The Contractor shall notify current employees and subcontractors that prohibitions and restrictions of any preexisting internal confidentiality agreements or statements covered by this clause, to the extent that such prohibitions and restrictions are inconsistent with the prohibitions of this clause, are no longer in effect.

(c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(d) In accordance with 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) use of funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) is prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause.

(e) The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e), in subcontracts under such contracts.

52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (Jan 2017)

52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License (Dec 2007)

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013)

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

52.203‐19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidential Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017)

52.204‐23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018)

52.203-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Aug 2019)

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999)

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Terms and Conditions of the Contract (Mar 2000)

The below Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) Clauses apply.

HHSAR Clauses can be viewed in full text at:

https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html

HHSAR 352.203-70 Anti-lobbying (December 2015)

HHSAR 352.224-70 Privacy Act (December 2015)

HHSAR 352.222-70 Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations (December 2015)

HHSAR 352.224-71 Confidential Information (Dec 2015)

HHSAR 352.239-74 Electronic Information and Technology Accessibility (December 2015)

(a) Pursuant to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, all electronic and information technology (EIT) supplies and services developed, acquired, or maintained under this contract or order must comply with the “Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Standards” set forth by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also referred to as the “Access Board”) in 36 CFR part 1194. Information about Section 508 is available at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. The complete text of Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards.

(b) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this contract or order are identified in the Statement of Work or Specification or Performance Work Statement.

The contractor must provide any necessary updates to the submitted HHS Product Assessment Template(s) at the end of each contract or order exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (see FAR 2.101) when the contract or order duration is one year or less. If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards

Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(c) The Section 508 accessibility standards identified in this SOW include:

• Must meet WCAG 2.0 A and AA

• E101.2 Equivalent Facilitation (Appendix A, Application and Scoping

Requirements)

• E203 Access to Functionality (Appendix A, Application and Scoping

Requirements)

• E204 Functional Performance Criteria (Appendix A, Application and Scoping

Requirements)

• E205 Electronic Content (Appendix A, Application and Scoping Requirements)

• 302 Functional Performance Criteria (Appendix C, Functional Performance

Criteria and Technical Requirements)

• Electronic content must be accessible to HHS acceptance criteria. Checklist for various formats are available at http://508.hhs.gov/, or from the Section 508 Coordinator listed at https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/additional-resources/section-508-contacts/index.html. Materials that are final items for delivery should be accompanied by the appropriate checklist, except upon approval of the Contracting Officer or Representative.

(d) In the event of a modification(s) to this contract or order, which adds new EIT supplies or services or revises the type of, or specifications for, supplies or services, the Contracting Officer may require that the contractor submit a completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the EIT supplies or services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. Instructions for documenting accessibility via the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found under Section 508 policy on the HHS website: (http://www.hhs.gov/web/508). If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(e) If this is an Indefinite Delivery contract, a Blanket Purchase Agreement or a Basic Ordering Agreement, the task/delivery order requests that include EIT supplies or services will define the specifications and accessibility standards for the order. In those cases, the Contractor may be required to provide a completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the EIT supplies or services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. Instructions for documenting accessibility via the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. If it is http://508.hhs.gov/ determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the provided documentation, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

PROVISIONS

FAR 52.252-1: Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address:

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/FARTOCP52.html#wp372482

FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)

FAR 52.203-18, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements—Representation (January 2017)

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

“Internal confidentiality agreement or statement”, “subcontract”, and “subcontractor”, are defined in the clause at 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.

(b) In accordance with 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), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report waste, fraud, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/FARTOCP52.html#wp372482

(c) The prohibition in paragraph (b) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(d) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it will not require its employees or subcontractors to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting waste, fraud, or abuse related to the performance of a Government contract to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information (e.g., agency Office of the Inspector General).

The below Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) Provisions apply.

HHSAR Provisions can be viewed in full text at:

https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html

HHSAR 352.239-73: Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Notice (Dec 2015)

(a) Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and Information (EIT) Accessibility Standards (36 CFR part 1194), require that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, Federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency.

(b) Accordingly, any offeror responding to this solicitation must comply with established HHS EIT accessibility standards. Information about Section 508 is available at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. The complete text of the Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards.

(c) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this solicitation are stated in the clause at 352.239-74, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility.

In order to facilitate the Government’s determination whether proposed EIT supplies meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must submit an HHS https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards

Section 508 Product Assessment Template, in accordance with its completion instructions. The purpose of the template is to assist HHS acquisition and program officials in determining whether proposed EIT supplies conform to applicable Section 508 accessibility standards. The template allows offerors or developers to self-evaluate their supplies and document—in detail—whether they conform to a specific Section 508 accessibility standard, and any underway remediation efforts addressing conformance issues. Instructions for preparing the HHS Section 508 Evaluation Template are available under Section 508 policy on the HHS website http://www.hhs.gov/web/508.

In order to facilitate the Government’s determination whether proposed EIT services meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must provide enough information to assist the Government in determining that the EIT services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards, including any underway remediation efforts addressing conformance issues.

(d) Respondents to this solicitation must identify any exception to Section 508 requirements. If a offeror claims its supplies or services meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, and it is later determined by the Government, i.e., after award of a contract or order, that supplies or services delivered do not conform to the described accessibility standards, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its expense.

Basis of Award

The FDA will evaluate all quotes received in response to this RFQ by using the lowest-price-technically-acceptable (LPTA) methodology. FDA will issue the award to the Quoter whose proposed solution meets all technical requirements, including the Terms and Conditions identified within the solicitation, and whose overall price is lowest.

Quotes must meet all requirements of this solicitation in order to be considered technically acceptable, and the submitted ACR must be complete and submitted according to the instructions provided by ITIC. “Equal to” quotes must demonstrate a detailed point-by-point analysis of equivalence to each salient characteristic identified in order to be deemed technically acceptable. Quoters are advised that additional terms and conditions submitted with their quotation that are in conflict of the terms and conditions of this solicitation may be deemed technically unacceptable and may not be considered for award. The Quoter shall be an authorized reseller and/or servicing agent of the software manufacturer while performing on this contract. Past performance will not be evaluated.

The Quoter shall be an authorized reseller and/or servicing agent of the software manufacturer while performing on this contract.

The government intends to award a single purchase order to one vendor.