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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Statistical Services

Solicitation 75040120Q00023 and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2020-06, dated 6/5/2020, which can be found at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html under the current FAR section.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Management and Policy, Acquisition Division on behalf of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Office of Audit (OAS) is issuing this Request for Quote for commercial services to obtain services to perform the task areas as described in the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

NAICS code is 541690 – Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services.

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial applies to this acquisition. The provision is tailored as listed below:

All references to:

“offers” are changed to “quotes” “offerors” to “firms” or “quoters” “contract” to “purchase order.”

The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(a) The Government will award a purchase order 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 from new resources:

Demonstrated experience and proficiency to:

1. edit and troubleshoot OIG, OAS Statistical Software RAT-STATS

2. respond to legal challenges to OAS statistical procedures and methodologies and defend cases filed on appeal (such as providing a written statement or testifying in a court of law)

3. provide training on OIG, OAS Statistical Software RAT-STATS

4. meet delivery date.

Price and past performance.

Offerors are required to complete the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items. This must be completed at SAM.gov and the registration in an “Active” status.

Quotes shall be submitted via email to latinia.buck@oig.hhs.gov by or before 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on June 22, 2020.

Quoter Name

Address

DUNS Number

Point of Contact

Phone Number

E-mail address

Pricing

In consideration of performance of the work described in the Statement of Work, the Contractor shall be paid in accordance with the below fully loaded hourly rate.

Base Period (August 01, 2020 – July 31, 2021)

Travel & Per Diem

Option Period One (August 01, 2021 – July 31, 2022)

Travel & Per Diem

Option Period Two (August 01, 2022 – July 31, 2023)

Travel & Per Diem

Option Period Three (August 01, 2023 – July 31, 2024)

Travel & Per Diem

Option Period Four (August 01, 2024 – July 31, 2025)

Total Price

Travel & Per Diem

Type of Award Award is a firm fixed priced award.

Period of Performance Period of performance is base year with four (4) option years

Place of Performance Place of performance is at the Contractor’s location.

Travel Contractor may be required to travel in the performance of the service(s).

Government-Furnished Property, Material, Equipment, or Information (GFP, GFM, GFE, or GFI) The Government shall provide the Contractor with all the necessary encrypted media to complete the tasks in this SOW in a timely manner

CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract 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: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES

52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2020)

(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) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Aug 2019) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(5) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(6) 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:

_x_ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

_x_ (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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

_x_ (55) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Oct 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

Provisions 52.204-7 – System for Award Management OCT 2018 52.204-16 – Commercial & Government Entity Code Reporting JUL 2016 52.204-17 – Ownership or Control of Offeror JUL 2016

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS OR ATTACHMENTS

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