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140M0121R0001

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

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The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Safety and Environmental Enforcement, on the behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, is issuing this Full-and-Open (Unrestricted)

Competitive Solicitation, and Request for

Proposals, issued to meet the Government's

Requirements Titled: "U.S. Pacific Outer

Continental Shelf Region, Infrastructure Needs and Impacts." The Government anticipates the award of a Single Award Indefinite

Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Contract as a result of this solicitation.

An offeror may provide questions in the inbox of the email address for the Contracting Officer by the due date and time for questions.

An offeror may submit a proposal in response to this solicitation. An offeror who submits a proposal in response to this solicitation SHALL provide a separate technical proposal and business/cost proposal by the due date and time for proposals.

OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)

Sponsored by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

NSN 7540-01-152-8067

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SECTION B

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1 GENERAL

The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, services, logistical support, and supplies necessary to perform “U.S. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region – Infrastructure Needs and Impacts”, in accordance with the Section C, Statement of Work. The Government anticipates awarding an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 16.5 and FAR Part 15. However, the Government reserves the right to not award a contract. The Government anticipates the Sample Task Order (Attachment 3) will be the first task order issued.

Task orders (TO) may be issued under this IDIQ contract on a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Time-and-Materials (T&M) basis, or a hybrid of both. TOs will be issued in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section H. The ordering period shall not exceed five (5) years from date of award.

B.2 CONTRACT PRICING

All task orders issued under this IDIQ contract shall be priced in accordance with Section B.2.1.

The labor rates in Section B.2.1 serve as the maximum rates the Contractor may propose on task orders. The Contractor may always provide lower rates and discounts in any future task order quotes. The labor categories are anticipated to be the primary labor sources necessary to perform services at the task order level. Other labor categories may be added if applicable and necessary to perform the scope at the task order level.

B.2.1 CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBERS (CLIN) PRICING STRUCTURE

CLIN 00010 – Contract Year 1 (Months 1 through 12)

Labor Category Fully Burdened Hourly Rate

Project Manager $________

* The Government has provided the Project Manager as the required labor category under this effort. All contractors must provide pricing for this labor category. The Contractor shall also propose other appropriate labor categories that are applicable to accomplish the work described in Section C and the Sample Task Order Statement of Work. At a minimum, all labor categories proposed for the Sample Task Order must be included in B.2.1 and priced for each year.

The Contractor shall provide fully burdened, fixed hourly labor rates which include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. These rates will serve as the maximum labor rates the Contractor may propose when submitting price quotes at the task order level. Each task order will identify the level of effort required. The fully burdened rates that

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CLIN 00020 – Year 2 (Months 13 through 24)

Labor Category Fully Burdened Hourly Rate

Project Manager $________

* The Government has provided the Project Manager as the required labor category under this effort. All contractors must provide pricing for this labor category. The Contractor shall also propose other appropriate labor categories that are applicable to accomplish the work described in Section C and the Sample Task Order Statement of Work. At a minimum, all labor categories proposed for the Sample Task Order must be included in B.2.1 and priced for each year.

The Contractor shall provide fully burdened, fixed hourly labor rates which include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. These rates will serve as the maximum labor rates the Contractor may propose when submitting price quotes at the task order level. Each task order will identify the level of effort required. The fully burdened rates that apply to Year 1 are provided under CLIN 00020.

CLIN 00030 – Year 3 (Months 25 through 36)

Labor Category Fully Burdened Hourly Rate

Project Manager $________

* The Government has provided the Project Manager as the required labor category under this effort. All contractors must provide pricing for this labor category. The Contractor shall also propose other appropriate labor categories that are applicable to accomplish the work described in Section C and the Sample Task Order Statement of Work. At a minimum, all labor categories proposed for the Sample Task Order must be included in B.2.1 and priced for each year.

The Contractor shall provide fully burdened, fixed hourly labor rates which include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. These rates will serve as the maximum labor rates the Contractor may propose when submitting price quotes at the task order level. Each task order will identify the level of effort required. The fully burdened rates that apply to Year 1 are provided under CLIN 00030.

CLIN 00040 – Year 4 (Months 37 through 48)

Labor Category Fully Burdened Hourly Rate

Project Manager $________

* The Government has provided the Project Manager as the required labor category under this effort. All contractors must provide pricing for this labor category. The Contractor shall also

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The Contractor shall provide fully burdened, fixed hourly labor rates which include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. These rates will serve as the maximum labor rates the Contractor may propose when submitting price quotes at the task order level. Each task order will identify the level of effort required. The fully burdened rates that apply to Year 1 are provided under CLIN 00040.

CLIN 00050 – Year 5 (Months 49 through 60)

Labor Category Fully Burdened Hourly Rate

Project Manager $________

* The Government has provided the Project Manager as the required labor category under this effort. All contractors must provide pricing for this labor category. The Contractor shall also propose other appropriate labor categories that are applicable to accomplish the work described in Section C and the Sample Task Order Statement of Work. At a minimum, all labor categories proposed for the Sample Task Order must be included in B.2.1 and priced for each year.

The Contractor shall provide fully burdened, fixed hourly labor rates which include wages, overhead, general and administrative expenses, and profit. These rates will serve as the maximum labor rates the Contractor may propose when submitting price quotes at the task order level. Each task order will identify the level of effort required. The fully burdened rates that apply to Year 1 are provided under CLIN 00050.

B.3 SAMPLE TASK ORDER PRICING

SUPPLIES/SERVICES ESTIMATED TOTAL PRICE

Scientific and Technical support $______________ services for the effort as described in the Sample Task Order

The Sample Task Order will be issued as a FFP order. The price above represents the total price of the Sample Task Order.

B.3.1 Authorized Billing Rates for the Sample Task Order The following table contains the authorized supplies and services that may be billed under the Sample Task Order. All unit prices are fully-loaded (i.e., inclusive of all direct costs, indirect costs, and profit/fee).

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GSA Labor Category or Supply Category*

Unit of Measure

Base Period Unit Prices

Senior Project Manager Hour $TBD*

Senior Consultant Hour $TBD*

Junior Consultant Hour $TBD*

Subject Matter Expert Hour $TBD*

[* = Offeror shall provide these dollar amounts in the business/price proposal. The services and supplies contained in table above is for illustrative purposes only and will change based upon the labor categories and supplies proposed in the successful Offeror’s proposal.]

B.4 MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS - CONTRACT LEVEL

Both the Government and the Contractor agree that the minimum order consideration under this contract is $10,000.00 worth of TOs, in accordance with FAR Clause 52.216-22 entitled “Indefinite Quantity” and the maximum consideration under this Contract over a five-year period is estimated to be $1,500,000.00.

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SECTION C

DESCRIPTION/ STATEMENT OF WORK

U.S. PACIFIC OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REGION – INFRASTRUCTURE

NEEDS AND IMPACTS

C.1 BACKGROUND

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), as mandated by the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act administers exploration and development of energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.

BOEM is charged with the responsibility of issuing a lease, easement, or right‐of‐way for energy development on the OCS. To inform its management of energy development in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region (the OCS offshore California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii), BOEM has identified a requirement to obtain certain scientific and technical information. There is a need to identify and document available resources for potentially suitable energy development sites. To fulfill the need, BOEM is seeking performance of scientific and technical services, including technical, economic, and policy analyses related to infrastructure needs for offshore energy development. Infrastructure needs may include assessments and requirements of the infrastructure as well as its impacts which may include conflicts and synergies. Infrastructure refers to the aspects of offshore energy development outside of the offshore energy facility itself which may include ports, navigation, transmission, and supply chain.

Understanding infrastructure requirements needed to enable renewable energy development, along with any synergies, co‐benefits, and potential conflicts will help inform BOEM and other agencies’ offshore wind planning and environmental reviews, and enhance inter‐industry negotiations, mitigations, and mutual benefits. These study questions will be addressed under this Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, titled, “U.S. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Region Energy – Infrastructure Needs and Impacts”.

The individual Task Orders (TOs) will be applied to the offshore renewable sector within and adjacent to the Pacific OCS Region to better understand infrastructure needs for offshore energy development.

C.2 OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is to have a source against which to issue task orders for the various services described in this Statement of Work.

This contract provides services for BOEM across its U.S. Pacific OCS Region’s infrastructure needs and impacts. Separate task orders issued by the Contracting Officer (CO) shall accomplish specific working tasking.

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C.3 AUTHORITY

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. 1331-l356a, which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an oil and gas leasing program and requires that all activities under that program be carried out in a manner that provides for safety, protection of the environment, and conservation of the natural resources of the OCS. Section 1346 of the OCSLA authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies to as ascertain the environmental impacts on the marine and coastal environments of the OCS and the coastal areas which may be affected by offshore energy development.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005, 43 U.S.C. 1337(p), which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant a lease, easement, or right-of-way on the OCS for activities, if those activities produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas, and requires that the Secretary does so in a manner that provides for safety, and in consideration of any other use of the sea, including use for a fishery, sea lane, a potential site for a deepwater port or navigation.

C.4 SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall provide all the services described below. The Government will describe specific services and tasks in individual Task Orders as they arise over the course of the contract.

Task Orders will follow the general guidelines in the Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract.

Examples of potential Task Orders addressing infrastructure needs for the Pacific OCS Region may include:

1. A comprehensive assessment on port infrastructure to identify technical solutions or other opportunities for a port improvement plan and estimate costs for the identified improvements. The assessment may address port readiness with respect to draft requirements for offshore wind development and identify additional dredging or other measures to improve and maintain the port navigation.

2. An inter-industry interaction investigation to understand potential interactions, including synergies, co-benefits, and space-use conflicts, by analyzing available data relevant to port industries and offshore wind port infrastructure needs and assessments from previous studies, and by collecting new information including ethnographic methods on other port infrastructure needs

3. A study assessing the other infrastructure needs and modifications, and its associated costs, that will be needed for offshore wind development. Infrastructure needs may include supply chain or delivery of power to the electrical grid.

A study assessing infrastructure impacts of infrastructure upgrades on the environment, or with other industries. Impacts may include resilience, job creation, other socioeconomic impacts, and impacts to other industries and user.

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C.5 TRAVEL

The Contractor may be required to travel during performance of the contract and will be reimbursed for actual, allowable, and reasonable travel costs incurred, exclusive of any fee, at the task order level. Travel will be reimbursed in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation policy in effect at the time of travel.

The parties recognize that it may be necessary to cancel or reschedule a meeting or field operations. Where rescheduling or cancellation was due to unforeseeable cause(s) beyond the control and without fault or negligence of the Contractor, penalties imposed by airlines or other travel related services shall be treated as allowable reimbursable costs under this contract.

C.6 OTHER REQUIREMENTS

C.6.1. Expenses – Reimbursable Items

The Contractor may be required to provide instruments, equipment, parts, and consumable / non-consumable materials to perform the performance-based services specified in task orders, as pre-approved by the Government. Other incidental equipment and supplies may be purchased by the Contractor at the direction of the Government. These purchase may include, but are not limited to: fuel, maintenance materials, provisions, repair parts, purchase or rental of instruments, and etc.

The Contractor may also be required to provide the services of consultants or sub-contractors in the execution of services specified in task orders. These services may include but are not limited to instrument operation; and data collection, processing, and interpretation.

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SECTION D:

PACKAGING AND MARKING:

D.1 All deliverables submitted under the contract shall be prepared and packaged in a cost-effective manner equivalent to standard commercial quality. Elaborate artwork, expensive paper and bindings are neither necessary nor desired.

D.2 Unless otherwise directed by the CO, all reports shall be provided in digital form and in hard copy when specified.

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SECTION E:

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE:

E.1 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 this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/far.

CLAUSE TITLE

52.246-4 Inspection of Services – Fixed-Price (Aug 1996) 52.246-5 Inspection of Services – Cost-Reimbursement (Aug 1984)

E.2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE:

Inspection of the supplies/services provided hereunder shall be made by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or any Inspectors designated by the Contracting Officer. The place of inspection of reports required under this contract shall be at the addresses for deliverables set forth in Section F of this contract. Final acceptance of supplies/services shall be made by the COR designated in Section F.

E.2.1 General Acceptance Criteria:

General quality measures, as set forth below, will be applied to each work product received from the Contractor under this contract.

Accuracy - Work Products shall be accurate in presentation, technical content, and adherence to accepted elements of style.

Clarity - Work Products shall be clear and concise. Any/All diagrams shall be easy to understand and be relevant to the supporting narrative.

Consistency to Requirements - All work products must satisfy the requirements of this contract.

File Editing - All text and diagrammatic files shall be editable by the Government.

Format - Work Products shall be submitted in hard copy (where applicable) and in media mutually agreed upon prior to submission. Hard copy formats shall follow any specified Directives or Manuals.

Timeliness - Work Products shall be submitted on or before the due date specified in this contract or a task order or submitted in accordance with a later scheduled date determined by the Government.

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E.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE:

The COR or designated inspector will review for completeness the preliminary or draft documentation that the Contractor submits and may return it to the contractor for correction.

Absence of any comments by the COR will not relieve the Contractor of the responsibility for complying with the requirements of this contract. Final approval and acceptance of documentation required herein shall be by letter of approval and acceptance by the COR. The contractor shall not construe any letter of acknowledgement of receipt of material as a waiver of review, or as an acknowledgement that the material is in conformance with this contract. Any approval given during preparation of the documentation, or approval for shipment, shall not guarantee the final acceptance of the completed documentation.

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SECTION F:

PERFORMANCE AND DELIVERABLES:

F.1 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

The period of performance of this ID/IQ contract shall include one base year and four, one-year options and be sixty (60) months in duration if all options are exercised by the Government. The period of performance for each task order will be specified in each task order.

F.2 DELIVERABLES:

Each task order issued by the Government under the IDIQ contract shall specify deliverables, quantities, delivery location, and delivery schedules. The Contractor shall clearly mark all documents and correspondence with the task order and IDIQ contract number on the first page.

All correspondence, including email, pertaining to this Contract shall include the task order and contract number on the subject line. The following deliverables shall be submitted and meetings held in accordance with the schedule provided at the task order level. The Contractor is responsible for editing and proofreading all material in order to prepare products as error free as possible prior to their delivery to the BOEM. The Contractor shall not release any information provided by BOEM or obtained through this study without BOEM’s prior authorization.

F.2.1 Meeting Attendance

The Contractor shall attend meetings as required during performance of the contract as specified in individual task orders.

F.2.2 Monthly Status Reports

The Contractor shall prepare and submit status reports each month under individual task orders.

These reports shall be in sufficient detail to describe all work accomplished and results achieved during the month and shall include a brief discussion of the planned actions for the succeeding month. These reports may be submitted via email. This requirement will end upon final acceptance of Task Order deliverables.

F.3 SCHEDULE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DELIVERABLES

Deliverable products shall be submitted to the addresses shown in Section C.9 in accordance with the delivery schedule provided at the TO level. All deliverable products shall be provided in digital form and in hard copy when specified.

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F.4 ADDRESSES FOR DELIVERABLES

Contracting Officer's Representative

[COR]

[TO BE PROVIDED AT AWARD]

U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Contracting Officer [CO] Tae-Won Eum U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Acquisition Operations Branch 45600 Woodland Road, VAE-AMD Sterling, Virginia 20166-9216 Phone: 703-787-1339 Tae-Won.Eum@bsee.gov mailto:Tae-Won.Eum@bsee.gov

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SECTION G:

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA:

G.1 TERM OF THE CONTRACT

The IDIQ contract ordering period shall be from the date of contract award through five (5) years. The period of performance for individual TOs may extend beyond the IDIQ contract ordering period. However, no new TOs may be issued once the IDIQ contract order period has expired. The period of performance for any single TO shall not exceed five (5) years in duration, three (3) years for any T&M TOs.

G.2 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE/ DELIVERY ADDRESS

The primary place of performance is the Contractor’s facility.

G.3 NO PAYMENT FOR UNAUTHORIZED WORK

No payments will be made for any unauthorized supplies and/or services, or for any unauthorized changes to the work specified herein. This includes any services performed by the Contractor of their own volition or at the request of an individual other than a duly appointed Contracting Officer. Only a duly appointed Contracting Officer is authorized to change the specifications, terms, and conditions under this effort.

G.4 ADMINISTRATIVE POINTS OF CONTACT:

Notwithstanding the Contractor’s responsibility for total management during the performance of this Contract, administration of the Contract will require maximum coordination between the Government and the Contractor. The following information identifies the individuals responsible for this coordination:

G.4.1 Contracting Officer/Contract Administrator (CO/CA):

The BSEE Contracting Officer for this IDIQ contract is Tae-Won Eum. Copies of all correspondence shall be provided at the address below:

Tae-Won Eum U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Acquisition Operations Branch 45600 Woodland Road, VAE-AMD Sterling, Virginia 20166-9216 Phone: 703-787-1339 Tae-Won.Eum@bsee.gov mailto:Tae-Won.Eum@bsee.gov

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G.4.2 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR):

The Contracting Officer has designated a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) at the IDIQ contract level. The COR will be responsible for technical monitoring of the contractor's performance during the period of performance of this contract. The COR appointed at IDIQ contract level is:

To be completed at time of award

G.5 PAYMENTS

G.5.1 DOI-AAAP-0028, V03 ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT

REQUIREMENTS – INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP) (APR 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing 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 the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

To be specified at the TO level

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date.

Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP tor submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

G.5.2 INVOICE FREQUENCY AND PAYMENTS

Invoices shall be submitted as specified at the TO level and in accordance with Section 3.8.1.

G.5 DIAR 1452.201-70 AUTHORITIES AND DELEGATIONS (SEP 2011)

(a) The Contracting Officer is the only individual authorized to enter into or terminate this https://www.ipp.gov/ mailto:ippgroup@bos.frb.org

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(b) The Contracting Officer will designate a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) at time of award. The COR will be responsible for technical monitoring of the contractor's performance and deliveries. The COR will be appointed in writing, and a copy of the appointment will be furnished to the Contractor. Changes to this delegation will be made by written changes to the existing appointment or by issuance of a new appointment.

(c) The COR is not authorized to perform, formally or informally, any of the following actions:

(1) Promise, award, agree to award, or execute any contract, contract modification, or notice of intent that changes or may change this contract;

(2) Waive or agree to modification of the delivery schedule;

(3) Make any final decision on any contract matter subject to the Disputes Clause;

(4) Terminate, for any reason, the Contractor's right to proceed;

(5) Obligate in any way, the payment of money by the Government.

(d) The Contractor shall comply with the written or oral direction of the Contracting Officer or authorized representative(s) acting within the scope and authority of the appointment memorandum. The Contractor need not proceed with direction that it considers to have been issued without proper authority. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing, with as much detail as possible, when the COR has taken an action or has issued direction (written or oral) that the Contractor considers to exceed the COR's appointment, within 3 days of the occurrence. Unless otherwise provided in this contract, the Contractor assumes all costs, risks, liabilities, and consequences of performing any work it is directed to perform that falls within any of the categories defined in paragraph (c) prior to receipt of the Contracting Officer's response issued under paragraph (e) of this clause.

(e) The Contracting Officer shall respond in writing within 30 days to any notice made under paragraph (d) of this clause. A failure of the parties to agree upon the nature of a direction, or upon the contract action to be taken with respect thereto, shall be subject to the provisions of the Disputes clause of this contract.

(f) The Contractor shall provide copies of all correspondence to the Contracting Officer and the

COR.

(g) Any action(s) taken by the Contractor, in response to any direction given by any person acting on behalf of the Government or any Government official other than the Contracting Officer or the COR acting within his or her appointment, shall be at the Contractor's risk.

G.6 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORTING SYSTEM (DEC

2015)

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Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) to comply with this regulation.

One or more past performance evaluations will be conducted in order to record your contract performance as required by FAR 42.15.

2) The past performance evaluation process is a totally paperless process using CPARS.

CPARS is a web-based system that allows for electronic processing of the performance evaluation report. Once the report is processed, it is available in the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) for Government use in evaluating past performance as part of a source selection action.

3) We request that you furnish the Contracting Officer (CO) with the name, position title, phone number, and email address for each person designated to have access to your firm's past performance evaluation(s) for the contract no later than 30 days after award. Each person granted access will have the ability to provide comments in the Contractor portion of the report and state whether or not the Contractor agrees with the evaluation, before returning the report to the Assessing Official (AO). Information in the report must be protected as source selection sensitive information not releasable to the public.

4) When your Contractor Representative(s) are registered in CPARS, they will receive an automatically generated email with detailed login instructions. Further details, systems requirements, and training information for CPARS is available at https://www.cpars.gov/.

5) Within 60 days after the end of a performance period, the AO will complete an interim or final past performance evaluation, and the report will be accessible at https://www.cpars.gov/.

a) Contractor Representatives may then provide comments in response to the evaluation or return the evaluation without comment.

b) Your comments should focus on objective facts in the AO's narrative and should provide your views on the causes and ramifications of the assessed performance.

c) All information provided should be reviewed for accuracy prior to submission.

d) If you elect not to provide comments, please acknowledge receipt of the evaluation by indicating "No comment" in the space provided, and then selecting “Accept the Ratings and Close the Evaluation”.

e) Your response is due within 60 calendar days after receipt of the CPAR. On day 15, the evaluation will become available in PPIRS-RC marked as “Pending” with or without comments and whether or not it has been closed.

f) If you do not sign and submit the CPAR within 60 days, it will automatically be returned to the Government and will be annotated: "The report was delivered/received by the contractor on (date). The contractor neither signed nor offered comment in response to this assessment."

6) The following guidelines apply concerning your use of the past performance evaluation:

a) Protect the evaluation as source selection information. After review, transmit the evaluation by completing and submitting the form through CPARS. If for some reason you are unable to view and/or submit the form through CPARS, contact the CO for instructions.

b) Strictly control access to the evaluation within your organization. Ensure the evaluation is never released to persons or entities outside of your control.

c) Prohibit the use of or reference to evaluation data for advertising, promotional material, pre-award surveys, responsibility determinations, production readiness reviews, or other similar purposes.

https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/current/far/html/Subpart%2042_15.html https://www.cpars.gov/ https://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/ https://www.cpars.gov/

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7) If you wish to discuss a past performance evaluation, you should request a meeting in writing to the CO no later than seven days following your receipt of the evaluation. The meeting will be held in person or via telephone or other means during your 60-day review period.

8) A copy of the completed past performance evaluation will be available in CPARS for your viewing and for Government use supporting source selection actions after it has been finalized.

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SECTION H:

SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS:

H.1 AUTHORIZED USERS ORDERING PROCEDURES

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Contracting Officers are authorized to issue TOs hereunder, on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

H.2 TYPE OF ORDERS

Firm-fixed-price or Time-and-Material type TOs may be issued under this IDIQ or a hybrid of both.

H.3 ORDERING PROCEDURES

H.3.1 It is anticipated that task orders will be negotiated on a firm-fixed-price (FFP) or time-and-materials (T&M) basis or a hybrid of both. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for the costs of preparing quotations for task orders.

H.3.2 Task Orders will be awarded using the following streamlined procedures:

The Government will provide a fair notice of the intent to make a purchase to the IDIQ holder, including a clear description of the services to be performed and the basis upon which the selection will be made to all contractors offering the required services under the contract; and afford the contractor responding to the notice a fair opportunity to submit an offer and have that offer fairly considered.

The Contracting Officer may make deviations to this process due to unique circumstances as determined on individual requirements, in accordance with FAR Subpart 16.5.

H.4 PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide overall management pertaining to all Contractor technical and contractual personnel, including state and local requirements, insurance, and liability coverage for its employees. The Contractor shall be responsible for adherence to all federal, state, territorial, local, and site-specific safety regulations including first aid and emergency training for seagoing personnel when required. Required training and certifications will be specified in the individual task orders.

H.5 KEY PERSONNEL

The following individuals are considered to be essential to the work being performed under this contract:

Name Position

TO BE COMPLETED AT TIME OF AWARD

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Note: Any key personnel specific to Orders shall be proposed at the Order level.

H.6 SUBSTITUTION OF KEY PERSONEL

(a) The contractor agrees to assign those persons identified above and who are necessary to fulfill the requirements of the contract as key personnel. No substitutions shall be made except in accordance with this clause.

(b) Personnel considered essential (“key personnel”) to the work performed under the contract shall be mutually agreed upon by the contractor and the Government and will be specified in the contract. During the first 90 calendar days of the contract, the Contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel unless the substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment. Prior to removing, replacing, or diverting any of the specified individuals, the contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer (CO) and provide the information required below:

(c) All proposed substitutions shall be submitted to the CO for approval at least 15 calendar days in advance of the proposed effective date (unless substitution is necessitated by sudden illness, death, or termination of employment in which case notice shall be within five (5) calendar days of the effective date) and must provide the information as stated herein.

(d) All requests for substitutions shall be in writing unless otherwise agreed to by the CO and shall include a complete resume for the proposed substitute and any other information required by the CO to permit effective evaluation of the proposed substitutions’ qualifications.

(e) Requests for substitution of “key personnel” above must also provide a detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating it and sufficient information for the CO to evaluate the impact of the substitution on contract performance.

H.7 PROJECT MANAGER

The Contractor shall be responsible for managing and overseeing the activities of all Contractor personnel, as well as subcontractor efforts used in performance of this contract. The Contractor's management responsibilities shall include all activities necessary to ensure the accomplishment of timely and effective support, performed in accordance with the requirements contained herein.

The Contractor shall provide a Project Manager (PM) to facilitate Government-Contractor communications. The PM shall be the primary technical and managerial interface between the Contractor and CO and the COR. The Contractor's designated PM for this contract is:

[To be completed at time of award]

The Contractor’s designated PM for this Contract shall have the authority to make any no-cost Contractual technical, hiring and dismissal decision, or special arrangements regarding this Contract.

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The PM shall have full authority to act for the Contractor in the performance of the required services. The PM or a designated representative shall meet with the COR to discuss problem areas as they occur. The PM or designated representative shall respond within four hours after notification of the existence of a problem. The PM and all designated representatives shall be able to fluently read, write, and speak the English language.

In addition, the PM must have at least seven (7) years of project management experience overseeing vessel and field research operations service contracts. Experience with vessel engineering work package specifications; maritime-based archaeological and geophysical survey; and troubleshooting marine engineering causalities, electrical generators, propulsion systems, hull equipment, marine electrical systems, and scientific equipment is required. USCG Masters license and training from a major OEM manufacturer in marine engine service and repair is highly desirable.

H.8 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST

(a) It is the policy of the Department of the Interior to avoid contract awards which could create potential conflict of interest. Such a situation could occur in this instance when the Contractor or any Subcontractors have business, financial, real property, mineral rights, or other interests, as well as professional activities that create conflicting roles which could potentially bias a Contractor’s judgment or result in unfair competitive advantage to the Contractor and thus impede the Government’s object of obtaining impartial, technically sound and objective performance of this contract.

(b) Any request for waiver from the terms of this contract provision shall be directed in writing to the Contracting Officer and shall include a full description and justification of the required waiver.

(c) The Contractor, or any of his officers or representatives, shall not involve himself in any situation during performance of this contract which may result in conflicts as contemplated in Paragraph (a) above. Failure to comply with this provision may be cause for termination of this contract for default.

(d) The Contractor must disclose any interest which may develop after contract award which may result in his placement in a conflicting role with his performance of this agreement. Failure to comply with this provision may be cause for termination of this contract for default.

(e) The Contractor shall include this clause, including this paragraph in all subcontracts and consultant agreements; however, subcontractors and consultants shall be directed to send any requests for waiver to the Contractor who shall then inform the Contracting Officer as described in (a) above.

H.9 RELEASE OF NEWS INFORMATION

No news release (including photographs and films, public announcements, denial or

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H.10 DATA USE, DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, AND HANDLING OF

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

The contractor shall maintain, transmit, retain in strictest confidence, and prevent the unauthorized duplication, use, and disclosure of information. The contractor shall provide information only to employees, contractors, and subcontractors having a need to know such information in the performance of their duties for this project.

Information made available to the contractor by the Government for the performance or administration of this effort shall be used only for those purposes and shall not be used in any other way without the written agreement of the Contracting Officer (CO).

If government information is provided to the contractor for use in performance or administration of this effort, the contractor except with the written permission of the CO may not use such information for any other purpose.

If the contractor is uncertain about the availability or proposed use of information provided for the performance or administration, the contractor will consult with the COR regarding use of that information for other purposes.

The contractor agrees to assume responsibility for protecting the confidentiality of Government records which are not public information. Each employee of the contractor to whom information may be made available or disclosed shall be notified in writing by the contractor that such information may be disclosed only for a purpose and to the extent authorized herein. Each employee shall sign the non-disclosure agreement form as provided at Attachment 1, and the contractor shall submit the signed form to the CO prior to the employee’s information access.

Performance of this effort may require the contractor to access and use data and information proprietary to a Government agency or Government contractor which is of such a nature that its dissemination or use, other than in performance of this effort, would be adverse to the interests of the Government and/or others.

Contractor and/or contractor personnel shall not divulge or release data or information developed or obtained in performance of this effort, until made public by the Government, except to authorized Government personnel or upon written approval of the CO.

The Contractor shall not use, disclose, or reproduce proprietary data that bears a restrictive legend, other than as required in the performance of this effort. Nothing herein shall preclude the use of any data independently acquired by the contractor without such limitations or prohibit an agreement at no cost to the Government between the contractor and the data owner that provides for greater rights to the contractor. All data received, processed, evaluated, loaded, and/or created as a result of this TO shall remain the sole property of the Government unless specific exception is granted by the CO.

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H.11 DISPOSITION OF MATERIAL

Upon termination or completion of all work under this contract, the Contractor shall prepare for shipment, deliver Freight on Board (Fob) Destination, or dispose all materials received from the Government and all residual materials produced in connection with the performance of this contract as may be directed by the Contracting Officer, or as specified in other provisions of this contract. All materials produced or required to be delivered under this contract become and remain the property of the Government.

H.12 STATEMENT OF DISCLAIMER

(a) The Contractor shall place the appropriate disclaimer clause on the first printed page of the draft final report and the final report related to any task order issued under this contract.

(1) Draft Final Report. “This draft report has not been reviewed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), nor has it been approved for publication. Approval, when given, does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Bureau, nor does mention of the trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.”

(2) Final Report. “This report has been reviewed by the BOEM and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Bureau, nor does mention of the trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.”

(b) Acknowledgment of Sponsorship. In addition to the above information, the Contractor shall acknowledge Federal sponsorship in the draft and final reports by placing the followings statement on the title page of both reports:

“Study concept, oversight, and funding were provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program, Washington, DC under Contract Number ______________.”

H.13 SECTION 508 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (found at 29 U.S.C. 794d) requires access to and use of information by individuals with disabilities.