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AG-3187-S-12-0164

Option Year Four

Labor Category for US-based Employees

Experience/Grade Equivalent

Hourly Rate

Scientist Level I 11 Scientist Level II 12 Scientist Level III 13 Senior Scientist Level I 14 Senior Scientist Level II 15 Senior Scientist Level III Senior Executive Service Program Specialist Level I 5 Program Specialist Level II 7 Program Specialist Level III 9 Mid-level Program Specialist Level I 11 Mid-level Program Specialist Level II 12 Mid-level Program Specialist Level III 13 Senior Program Specialist Level I 14 Senior Program Specialist Level II 15 Senior Program Specialist Level III Senior Executive Service

B.11 Task Order Limitations

(a) Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Task Orders. When issuing CPFF task orders, the Contracting Officer must state in the task order the total estimated cost plus fixed fee, which is the total amount of the task order and the maximum amount the Contractor may be paid without the advance written approval of the Contracting Officer. This maximum amount represents the negotiated mix of the prime Contractor’s and Subcontractors' (if applicable) professional labor categories and salaries, an estimated number of workdays, other direct costs, and fixed fee.

(b) FFP Task Orders. When issuing FFP task orders, Contracting Officers must state in the task order the FFP, which represents the total amount of the task order and the maximum price the Contractor may be paid to perform the services, reports, or other deliverables in the task order.

(c) Maximum Order. When USFS requires services or other deliverables covered by this contract in a task order amount of more than $25,000,000 the Contractor is not obligated to accept an order to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this IDIQ. However, if the Contractor agrees to furnish services or reports and other deliverables required by USFS in excess of $25,000,000 and is awarded a task order to do so, the Contractor is required to provide said services and reports/deliverables in accordance with the Task Order’s terms and conditions.

Notwithstanding the above, the Contractor, after written notification to the cognizant Contracting Officer, is not obligated to furnish those services or reports and other deliverables under this IDIQ, and USFS may acquire the supplies or services from another source if issuance of a task order to, and acceptance of a task order by, the Contractor would:

(1) Result in the Contractor (or its personnel or its Subcontractors or their personnel) having an organizational conflict of interest for which restrictions would be placed on the Contractor's activities; Or mpedwardsen Highlight