Amendment 2 Localization Solicitation Final 7.26.22.pdf

Request For Proposals (RFP)

Issue Date: 07/07/2022 Revised Date: 07/27/2022

Issued by: The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM)

Attn: J.R. Hill Office of Contracts 330 Independence Ave. SW Room 4360 Washington, D.C. 20237

3. Questions Regarding RFP: All questions regarding this RFP shall be submitted by email to Demetrice Parker at dparker@usagm.gov and J.R. Hill at chill@usagm.gov. Questions must be received no later than 2:00p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 13, 2022. All questions presented prior to this deadline are addressed. No further questions will be taken.

4. Due Date and Time for Receipt of Vendor’s Proposal: The hour and date for receipt of Proposals are due August 3, 2022 at 12:00 PM EDT.

Offerors shall request confirm receipt of their proposal prior to the solicitation close date, August 3, 2022

Electronic copies delivered to Demetrice Parker at dparker@usagm.gov and J.R. Hill at chill@usagm.gov will only be accepted. Hard copies will not be accepted.

Proposals shall be limited to twenty (20) pages. This page limit excludes any cover page(s) or table(s) of contents.

Proposals shall contain three (3) separate volumes:

Volume I: Technical Approach Volume II: Past Performance Volume III: Price

Evaluation Methodology:

The Government shall determine the best value based on the Technical, Past Performance and Price factors.

Descriptions for each factor may be found in Section B of the RFP.

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SECTION A

Description

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN

ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6- STREAMLINED PROCEDURES

FOR EVLAUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED

WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A

SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE

SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) intends to award a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for accurate subtitle translations for high-quality multimedia products. This service is a critical need at Voice of America and its global broadcasting operations.

The purpose of this acquisition is for a localization company to produce translated subtitles in ready-to-air format for several assigned multimedia (video) pieces of content in several key languages across the agency’s services. The localization company (hereinafter referred to as “Contractor”) will liaise with Agency language service staff to produce translations and subtitles that engage the respective VOA audiences across the globe.

NAICS Code 541930 – Translation and Interpretation Services

Place of Performance: Work will be performed at the contractor work site.

CONTRACT TYPE

Firmed Fixed Price

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance shall be a 5 year ordering period. All orders will be initiated by BPA call order for each project.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The primary place of performance will be at the Contractor’s facility and at such remote telework locations where the Contractor’s staff may be operating during the period of performance.

SECTION B EVALUATION FACTORS

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the “best value” and most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

Factor 1 – Technical Approach 50% of Total Rating:

The offeror's technical approach and capability will be evaluated to determine if the offeror understands the requirements and ability to translate the various languages required by the agency. In addition, the technical approach shall address each functional element in the Statement of Work (SOW) in enough detail to clearly and fully demonstrate that the Offeror meets the requirements and understands the inherent challenges and risks associated with this program. Technical plans may include the use of third party translation talent for less common languages. The offeror should outline process flow and vetting of said talent to ensure natural fluency.

Factor 2 – Price 30% of Total Rating:

Offerors are required to furnish a firm-fixed price per word per language for translation tasks, as well as an indicator of how transcription costs would be incorporated or charged. Price for non-rush and rush projects should be delineated on a separate line. Offeror shall submit a price proposal separate from their written Technical proposal.

The Government will evaluate the total price proposed based off the language conversion cost. The Price Proposal will be evaluated for accuracy, completeness and reasonableness. The Government reserves the right to reject an offer that contains unbalanced pricing pursuant to FAR 15.404-1 (g) (3).

The Offeror's responses will be evaluated for technical adequacy of the response in conjunction with the total price and to determine whether it is realistic.

Factor 3 – Past Performance 20% of Total Rating:

Offeror(s) shall provide (3) three past performance references, considering similar scope. Past Performance shall include name of the project, customer, period of performance and the summary of work performed and links to samples if possible.

The Government reserves the right to obtain information for use in the evaluation of past performance from any and all sources including sources outside of the Government. Offerors lacking relevant past performance history will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance, i.e. offerors lacking relevant past performance information will receive a neutral rating. However, the proposal of an offeror with no relevant past performance history, while not rated favorably or unfavorably for past performance, may not represent the most advantageous proposal to the Government and thus, may be an unsuccessful proposal when compared to the proposals of other offerors. If an offeror fails to provide any past performance information which meets the requirements detailed in the RFP or fails to affirmatively state that it possesses no relevant directly related or similar past performance, the offer may not be acceptable for award. The assessment of the offeror’s past performance will be used as a means of evaluating the relative capability of the offeror to successfully meet the requirements of the RFP. The Past Performance factor will be used to determine the risk of non- performance, defective performance, and/or late performance by evaluating each offeror’s reported quality of work and relevant experience with the type of services being solicited. In determining the rating for the past performance evaluation factor, the Government will give greater consideration to the references which the Government determines are most relevant to the requirements in Section C.

Contractors must have a minimum of five (5) years working knowledge and experience in compensation comparability of organizations within the United States and outside the United States.

EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS

The Government shall evaluate all factors using four qualitative rating definitions (Excellent, Good, Acceptable, or Unacceptable). If a technical factor is rated Unacceptable, it will result in an overall rating for all technical factors, when combined of, Unacceptable. Past Performance shall be evaluated using three qualitative rating definitions (Acceptable, Unacceptable, and Neutral). Past Performance assessments will help predict how an offeror will perform based on contract performance on requirements of similar type, size, and complexity. An offeror without any past performance will receive a neutral rating.

DETERMINATION OF BEST VALUE

USAGM will award a contract to the offeror that is judged, by an integrated assessment of all of the evaluation factors, to be the “best value” to the Government.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers in descending order of importance:

1. Technical

2. Price

3. Past Performance

Factors 1 and 2 are more important than Factor 3.

The Government reserves the right to make one award or multiple awards, depending upon the quality of the proposals submitted and the Governments need.

USAGM will not, in any case, make award to an Offeror it considers to have substandard capabilities or unreasonable prices.

If the offeror’s proposal is determined unacceptable in any of the technical evaluation factors and/or subfactors, the proposal may not be considered for award. The Government reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest priced offeror.

Rating System:

Rating Standard

Excellent An excellent proposal significantly exceeds specified performance or capability in a beneficial way to the Government and has no weakness.

The proposal exceeds the performance and technical capability requirements defined in the SOW/PWS/SOO. The evaluator has no doubt that the offeror will successfully achieve the requirements in the PWS based on the proposed technical approach. The offeror acknowledges risks and develops an approach that proactively identifies and mitigates risks, and looks to reduce or eliminate future risks.

Good A good proposal exceeds specific performance or capability in a beneficial way to the Government and has few weaknesses. The offeror’s proposal meets the performance and technical capability requirements as defined in the SOW/PWS/SOO. The evaluator has a high degree of confidence that the offeror can successfully achieve the requirements based on the proposed technical approach. The offeror acknowledges technical or schedule risk and develops an approach capable of mitigating all apparent risks effectively.

Acceptable An acceptable proposal contains strengths that outweigh any existing weaknesses. The offeror’s proposal meets the performance and technical capability requirements defined in the SOW/PWS/SOO. The evaluator is confident that the offeror can successfully achieve the requirements in the PWS based on the proposed technical approach. Past Performance met contractual requirements. The contractual performance contains some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the offeror appear or were satisfactory.

Unacceptable An unacceptable proposal does not meet one or more of the solicitation requirements. The approach contains significant weaknesses and deficiencies. The evaluator is confident that the offeror will be unable to successfully complete the required tasking. The proposal does not adequately acknowledge or address risk, mitigate risk, or may actually introduce risk. Past Performance did not meet many contractual requirements and recovery was not timely. The contractual performance contained serious problem(s) for which the offeror’s corrective actions were ineffective.

Neutral (N)* No past performance available for evaluation.

SECTION C STATEMENT OF WORK

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA

VOICE OF AMERICA

STATEMENT OF WORK

LOCALIZATION SERVICES

BACKGROUND

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is an independent federal agency and the parent organization of Voice of America (VOA). VOA provides trusted and objective news and information in 47 languages to a weekly audience of more than 311 million people around the world. For 80 years, VOA journalists have told American stories and supplied content that many people cannot get locally: objective news and information about the U.S., their region, and the world. VOA connects with audiences on five continents showcasing the thoughts and institutions that make America unique.

VOA uses broadcast and digital platforms, including internet and social media to engage viewers, listeners, and users. Radio and television broadcast to approximately 3,000 affiliates, and satellite transmissions reach countries where free speech is banned or where civil society is under threat. VOA’s mobile apps have registered more than 1 million downloads and cater to users on all major mobile platforms. With the largest audience of all U.S. international media, VOA continues to be a beacon of hope for underserved audiences who yearn for information about freedom of expression, civil society, and change.

A vendor who can provide accurate subtitle translations for high-quality multimedia products is a critical need at Voice of America and its global broadcasting operations. The agency produces, commissions, and acquires dozens of feature-length and short documentaries on a variety of human interest and newsworthy topics each year that are of great interest to our global audience in the nearly 50 languages in which we broadcast. As part of VOA’s new initiatives and projects with OTT programming and streaming offerings such as 52 Documentary, the demand for timely translation services has grown.

PURPOSE

The US Agency for Global Media/Voice of America requires the services of a market-leading localization company to produce translated subtitles in ready-to-air format for several assigned multimedia (video) pieces of content in several key languages across the agency’s services. The localization company (hereinafter referred to as “Contractor”) will liaise with Agency language service staff to produce translations and subtitles that engage the respective VOA audiences across the globe.

SCOPE

The US Agency for Global Media/Voice of America requires the services of a market-leading localization company to produce translated subtitles in ready-to-air format for a number of multimedia (video) pieces of content in several key languages across the agency’s services. VOA will provide transcripts of multimedia content in a majority of cases (though some exceptional call orders may require Contractor to produce their own scripts), as well as the videos themselves in their original language of production (in every case) to the Contractor for all assignments, and the Contractor in turn shall provide translated subtitles in SRT and VTT format and return files in the desired languages. Videos requiring subtitle translation will vary in length, but all will be at least 10 minutes long*. The deliverables are SRT files, which must precisely match the timecode of the video. Vendors shall account for how this will be ensured in the case that scripts are not available and/or not timecoded accurately to the frame.

Translation assignments will include both English to Non-English as well as non-English to English tasks. The number of languages into which subtitles will require translation will vary by assignment and may include all languages in which VOA produces digital video content (see Appendix A for list of potential languages).

*The average length of translated content is 60-75 minutes; maximum is 120 minutes.

DELIVERABLES

The Deliverables to be provided to USAGM by the contractor for call orders shall include the following:

• Submission of Initial Version of Translated subtitles in SRT and/or VTT format (additional formats may be specified in individual call orders) for all assigned tasks from multimedia video content and return files in the desired language(s) via Frame.io.

• Note that deliverables are SRT files, which must precisely match the timecode of the video. Vendors shall account for how this will be ensured in the case that scripts are not available and/or not timecoded accurately to the frame.

• Submission of Final Version of Translated subtitles in SRT and/or VTT format. The review process will include an internal review by VOA of the initial translation by the contractor that may involve revisions and a submission of final translations. The government will not pay for revisions. The government will only pay for the final version accepted.

• Note that the Contractor is not expected to encode these subtitles into the videos as this falls beyond the scope of their responsibilities.

• Timing: The subtitles in SRT/VTT format will be delivered by the Contractor to VOA according to a flexible delivery schedule within a two to four week timeframe (depending on assignment size and complexity) from the date the Contractor receives a given video file from VOA, if all deliverables are furnished by the end of the performance period.

Deliverable Timetable

Del# or Task#

Description of Deliverable Expected Due Date

First Draft of Translated Subtitles in SRT/VTT Format

5-15 business days after delivery of each assignment to Contractor, depending on work order size

Final Draft of Translated Subtitles in SRT/VTT Format

2-6 business days after receipt of reviewed first draft from VOA, depending on work order size

DELIVERABLE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA:

All work shall be completed in accordance with standard procedures and guidelines provided orally or in writing by the COR of the individual call order as required by that specific task. In addition, the Offeror shall provide work products and deliverables within the acceptance criteria identified below and referred to throughout this SOW. Quality measures as set forth below shall be applied to each deliverable:

• Adherence to Requirements: Work products and deliverables shall comply with the Government’s requirements as defined in this Statement of Work (SOW)

• Accuracy: The SRT/VTT files shall be free of errors and developed in accordance with the guidance or wishes specified by the service staff.

• Completeness: Deliverables of each project shall have all parts or elements turned in by the four-week cutoff date as specified in this document.

• Pre-approval: Deliverables will have been pre-approved by the corresponding service making the call order and any requested changes will have been implemented.

• Timeliness: SRT/VTT files will be submitted to the corresponding Government service in accordance with the timeframe specified above and with the specific case-by-case allocations to be agreed upon beforehand by the Government and Contractor.

• Format: Deliverables will be in the correct format, I.e., SRT and/or VTT subtitle files that are functional in terms of whether our team can encode them into video files.

• Human Translated: Deliverables will be translated by human translators only, as opposed to machine-assisted software systems that yield errors and miss nuances in the language.

• Reviewed for Quality Control In-House: Deliverables will go through a quality control check process at the Contractor’s facility before reaching VOA for pre-approval, and this process will be conducted only by in-house employees of the Contractor that are experts in the given language, as opposed to outside freelancers.

All deliverables shall be sent to the COR and/or designated Government official using the digital transfer method specified above, or another encrypted transfer platform as mutually agreed by Contractor and VOA. All deliverables submitted during a billing cycle should be listed on the invoice. All project correspondence should be conducted via email.

DELIVERY OF PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS/OTHER:

All reports, plans, other documents, and deliverables as stated herein that must be sent physically rather than electronically shall be sent to the address indicated in individual call orders at the VOA/USAGM Headquarters in Washington, DC.

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:

N/A

OTHER UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS:

N/A

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION (GFI)):

VOA will provide Contractor with the video content itself in the original production language, as well as full scripts for each one to be translated (that do not include timecodes) whenever these are available, both through Frame.io.

APPENDIX A – MOST COMMON LANGUAGES

From (English) To (Non-English)

From (Non-English) To (English)

English Burmese

Burmese English

English Indonesian

Indonesian English

English Korean

Korean English

English Mandarin

Mandarin English

English Russian

Russian English

English Ukrainian

Ukrainian English

English Spanish

Spanish English

English Persian

Persian English

English Urdu

Urdu English

English Dari

Dari English

English Pashto Pashto English

Source Language English

APPENDIX A – POTENTIAL LANGUAGES

The following is a comprehensive list of the potential languages that the Contractor may be asked to translate to (right hand column) and from (left hand column). In other words, the Contractor must have the capabilities to produce the deliverables specified above in accordance with the processes and requirements listed therein across all these language pairings.

From (English) To (Non-English) From (Non-English) To (English)

English Bambara Bambara English

English Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda English

English Kirundi Kirundi English

English Lingala Lingala English

English Wolof Wolof English

English Hausa Hausa English

English Amharic Amharic English

English Tigrigna Tigrigna English

English Afan Oromoo Afan Oromoo English

English Portuguese Portuguese English

English Somali Somali English

English Swahili Swahili English

English Shona Shona English

English Ndebele Ndebele English

English Cantonese Cantonese English

English Khmer Khmer English

English Lao

Lao English

English Thai Thai English

English Tibetan Tibetan English

English Vietnamese Vietnamese English

English Albanian Albanian English

English Armenian Armenian English

English Bosnian Bosnian English

English Georgian Georgian English

English Macedonian Macedonian English

English Serbian Serbian English

English Creole Creole English

English Azerbaijani Azerbaijani English

English Bangla Bangla English

English Rohingya Rohingya English

English Kurdish Kurdish English

English Turkish Turkish English

English Uzbek Uzbek English

English Sango Sango English

SECTION D PROVISION AND CLAUSES

The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference.

All FAR clauses may be viewed at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

Provisions

52.204-7 – System for Award Management 52.204-16 – Commercial & Government Entity Code Reporting 52.204-17 – Ownership or Control of Offeror 52.204-18 – Commercial & Government Entity Code Maintenance 52.209-11 - Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items 52.212-3 – Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items 52.214-35 – Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency 52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements—Representation (DEVIATION 2015-02) Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements— Representation (FEB 2015)

(a) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, 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.

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

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it does not require http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, 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.

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Clauses

52.204-13 – System for Award Management 52.212-4 – Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-5 – Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items 52.222-19 – Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014)(E.O. 13126) 52.222-21 – Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999) 52.222-26 – Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246 52.222-36 – Affirmative Action For Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793) 52.222-50 – Combatting Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009)(22 U.S.C.7104(g))

52.222-55 MINIMUM WAGES UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13658(DEC 2014)

52.233-3 – Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553) 52.233-4 – Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim 52.223-18- Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011)(E.O 13513) 52.225-13 – Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008)(E.O.’s, proclamations, and statues administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury 52.232-33 – Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management (Jul 2013) 931 U.S.C. 3332) 52.225-25 – Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran – Representations and Certifications 52.232-39 – Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations 52.232-40 – Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Contractors 52.247-35 – FOB Destination, within Consignee’s Premises 52.203-99, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements (DEVIATION 2015-02)

52.227-17 Rights in Data - Special Works (DEC 2007)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause -

Data means recorded information, regardless of form or the media on which it may be recorded. The term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information.

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Unlimited rights means the rights of the Government to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any manner and for any purpose, and to have or permit others to do so.

(b) Allocation of Rights.

(1) The Government shall have -

(i) Unlimited rights in all data delivered under this contract, and in all data first produced in the performance of this contract, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause.

(ii) The right to limit assertion of copyright in data first produced in the performance of this contract, and to obtain assignment of copyright in that data, in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) of this clause.

(iii) The right to limit the release and use of certain data in accordance with paragraph (d) of this clause.

(2) The Contractor shall have, to the extent permission is granted in accordance with paragraph (c)(1) of this clause, the right to assert claim to copyright subsisting in data first produced in the performance of this contract.

(c) Copyright – (1) Copyright—(1) Data first produced in the performance of this contract. (i) The Contractor agrees not to assert, establish, or authorize others to assert or establish, any claim to copyright subsisting in any data first produced in the performance of this contract without prior written permission of the Contracting Officer. When claim to copyright is made, the Contractor shall affix the appropriate copyright notice of 17 U.S.C. 401 or 402 and acknowledgment of Government sponsorship (including contract number) to such data when delivered to the Government, as well as when the data are published or deposited for registration as a published work in the U.S. Copyright Office. The Contractor grants to the Government, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license for all such data to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government.

(ii) If the Government desires to obtain copyright in data first produced in the performance of this contract and permission has not been granted as set forth in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this clause, the Contracting Officer shall direct the Contractor to assign (with or without registration), or obtain the assignment of, the copyright to the Government or its designated assignee.

(2)Data not first produced in the performance of this contract. The Contractor shall not, without prior written permission of the Contracting Officer, incorporate in data delivered under this contract any data not first produced in the performance of this contract and that contain the copyright notice of 17 U.S.C. 401 or 402, unless the Contractor identifies such data and grants to the Government, or acquires on its behalf, a license of the same scope as set forth in paragraph (c)(1) of this clause.

(d) Release and use restrictions. Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this contract, the Contractor shall not use, release, reproduce, distribute, or publish any data first produced in the performance of this contract, nor authorize others to do so, without written permission of the Contracting Officer.

(e) Indemnity. The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, agents, and employees acting for the Government against any liability, including costs and expenses, incurred as the result of the violation of trade secrets, copyrights, or right of privacy or publicity, arising out of the creation, delivery, publication, or use of any data furnished under this contract; or any libelous or other unlawful matter contained in such data. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply unless the Government provides notice to the Contractor as soon as practicable of any claim or suit, affords the https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/401 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/402 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/52.227-17

Contractor an opportunity under applicable laws, rules, or regulations to participate in the defense of the claim or suit, and obtains the Contractor's consent to the settlement of any claim or suit other than as required by final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and these provisions do not apply to material furnished to the Contractor by the Government and incorporated in data to which this clause applies.

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 3 days.

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

1. (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.

2. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

3. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 60 months.

1952.232-91 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Payment Platform (IPP) (April 2016) Payment requests for all new awards must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Payment Platform System (IPP). "Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), "Payment documentation and process" and the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in this contract. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

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