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Section B – Supplies Or Services and Prices/Costs

Base Period This is a fixed-price CLIN. Services performed under this CLIN are severable services.

Period of Performance:

8/26/2022–8/25/2023

Option Period 1 This is a fixed-price CLIN. Services performed under this CLIN are severable services.

Period of Performance:

8/26/2023–8/25/2024

Option Period 2 This is a fixed-price CLIN. Services performed under this CLIN are severable services.

Period of Performance:

8/26/2024–8/25/2025

Option Period 3 This is a fixed-price CLIN. Services performed under this CLIN are severable services.

Period of Performance:

8/26/2025–8/25/2026

Option Period 4 This is a fixed-price CLIN. Services performed under this CLIN are severable services.

Period of Performance:

8/26/2026–8/25/2027

Summary

All pricing shall be quoted in U.S. Dollars (USD). The resultant purchase order contract will be funded in USD.

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Title: Shipment of Environmental Samples Collected for Polio Surveillance from Haiti to Atlanta, Georgia, USA

SECTION 1 – BACKGROUND AND NEED

Environmental samples collected for polio surveillance in Haiti need to be shipped to Government facilities in Atlanta, Georgia USA on a monthly basis for virologic analyses. There is no known laboratory in Haiti that has the capacity for such analyses. The samples shall be shipped on dry ice to maintain them in a frozen state from the moment they leave storage in Haiti until delivered to Government facilities in Atlanta.

SECTION 2 – PROJECT OBJECTIVE

The objective of this requirement is to obtain international shipping services for environmental samples.

SECTION 3 – SCOPE OF WORK

Shipping environmental samples collected for polio surveillance in Haiti to Atlanta, Georgia USA monthly for virologic analyses, while maintaining the samples in a frozen state.

SECTION 4 – TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The Government estimates there will be 12 monthly shipments annually. Each shipment will consist of 10–20 one-liter (1L) bottles of frozen environmental waters that need to be maintained at minus 20 Celsius (-20°C).

Specifically, the Contractor shall perform the following tasks.

1. Within 72 hours of the Government’s submission of a Customer Order Form, a Contractor job number shall be sent to the Government.

2. Samples shall be picked up at the Ministry of Health (MoH) Office designated in the customer order form.

3. Samples shall be placed in appropriate insulated shipping containers with dry ice to maintain sample temperature at -20°C during the entire transport time. Transport time starts when the samples are placed in the shipping containers and continues until the samples are delivered to Government facilities.

4. Samples shall be delivered to Government facilities within 2 calendar days of sample pick-up from the MoH Offices. If for some reason outside the Contractor’s control delivery to Government facilities is delayed, the Contractor shall be responsible for tracking sample whereabouts, notifying the Government of the whereabouts, and maintaining the samples at -20°C until they are delivered to Government facilities.

SECTION 5 – REPORTING SCHEDULE

The Contractor shall notify the Government and the MoH in Haiti of shipping details and sample whereabouts.

SECTION 6 – DELIVERY LOCATION

The anticipated delivery location is the following address. Specific building/room information and Point(s) of Contact will be identified at the time of purchase order contract award.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329

SECTION 7 – PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The anticipated Period of Performance is 5 years, including a Base Period and 4 Option Periods. The specific anticipated Period of Performance dates are as follows.

SECTION 8 – SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

A 60-day payment term is required. The Contractor shall invoice the Government after shipments have been completed.

Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility

(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/sec508/standards.htm.

(c) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this contract are: 1194.

205 WCAG 2.0 Level A & AA Success Criteria 302 Functional Performance Criteria 502 Inoperability with Assistive Technology 504 Authoring Tools 602 Support Documentation 603 Support Services In order to facilitate the Government's determination whether proposed EIT supplies meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must submit an HHS 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 documentation 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 Web site http://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 an 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 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.

(e) 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.

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA): “Offerors are advised that any activities involving information collections (i.e., surveys, questionnaires, applications, audits, data requests, reporting, recordkeeping and disclosure requirements, etc.) from 10 or more people or non-Federal entities, including State and local governmental agencies, are subject to the conditions of the PRA. Under the PRA, a Federal agency sponsoring a standardized information collection or directly obtaining standardized or substantially similar information from ten or more persons or entities (other than Federal employees within the scope of their employment) in any 12-month period must obtain advance written approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).” Regardless of form or format (oral, written, or electronically transmitted), responses of opinion or fact requested or required by or for CDC, except those specifically exempted or excluded, are subject to the provisions of the PRA and its implementing regulation, 5 CFR 1320 (Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). All such information collections must undergo OMB project determinations by CDC and may require OMB PRA clearance prior to the start of the proposed activity.

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