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COMBINED SYNOPSIS AND SOLICITATION

Procurement Overview: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 – Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation 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 will not be issued.

This solicitation is also issued under the authority and in accordance with FAR 13.5 – Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Project Description: The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has a requirement for “MARCO DATA PORTAL SUPPORT”. The estimated period of performance for this requirement is twelve (12) months with two (2) 12-month option periods.

Solicitation: This procurement is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The RFQ number associated with this procurement is 140M0123Q0050. This solicitation document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those through effect of Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-04 effective 06/02/2023.

Contract Type: A Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order will be issued as a result of this solicitation.

PSC/NAICS/Small Business Standards/Set-Aside The Product Service Code (PSC) associated with this procurement is R425- Support- Professional: Engineering/Technical. The North American Industrial Classification Systems (NAICS) code is 519290, Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services, with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. This procurement will be conducted as unrestricted on a sole source basis.

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Per FAR 4.1102 and 52.204-7(b)(1), contractors must be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted in order to comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements.

Government Point of Contact The point of contact for this procurement is Darren Ho, Contracting Officer, BSEE, Acquisition Financial Assistance Branch, 45600 Woodland Rd., Sterling, VA 20166. Responses to this solicitation must be submitted electronically via email to Darren.Ho@bsee.gov no later than the closing date and time referenced in the solicitation. All email correspondence must reference “RFQ No. 140M0122Q0050” in the subject line.

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SECTION 1

PRICING

1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, to meet the Government’s Requirements Entitled: Support for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) Portal as described in Section 2:

Statement of Work.

This is a sole source requirement to Coastal States Stewardship Foundation. A source justification has been executed in accordance with FAR 13.501(a)(1)(ii)-Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, due to the unique or specialized nature of the work.

1.2 CONTRACT LINE ITEM/PRICING

The specific details and description of the Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) is listed below.

The CLINs below are Firm Fixed Price (FFP) line items inclusive of all the necessary labor, material, and travel required to complete the effort as described in Section 2, Statement of Work.

CLIN Description Total Firm Fixed Price

00010 Base Period Support for the MARCO Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal Support

00020 Option Period 1 Support for the MARCO Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal Support

00030 Option Period 2 Support for the MARCO Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal Support

Total Amount of CLINs 00010 to 00030 $ *

(* =The Offeror is required to fill-in pricing as part of its price quote. Final price is determined by the Government)

1.3 PARTIAL DELIVERY PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

Payment shall be made once the following deliverables have been received and accepted by the Government in accordance with FAR Clause 52.212-4(i).

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1.3.1 CLIN 00010: Base Period Partial Delivery Payment Schedule

Payment No. Deliverable/Milestone Payment Amount

1 TBD* $TBD*

2 TBD* $TBD*

3 TBD* $TBD*

4 TBD* $TBD*

CLIN 00010 – Total Firm-Fixed-Price $TBD*

1.3.2 CLIN 00020: Option Period 1 Partial Delivery Payment Schedule

2 TBD* $TBD*

3 TBD* $TBD*

4 TBD* $TBD*

CLIN 00020 – Total Firm-Fixed-Price $TBD*

1.3.3 CLIN 00030: Option Period 2 Partial Delivery Payment Schedule

2 TBD* $TBD*

3 TBD* $TBD*

4 TBD* $TBD*

CLIN 00030 – Total Firm-Fixed-Price $TBD*

(* =The Offeror is required to fill-in pricing as part of its price quote. Final price is determined by the Government)

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SECTION 2

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Support for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) Portal

2.1 BACKGROUND

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Office of Renewable Energy Programs has a need for access to and the ability to publish data to the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal (Portal).

The Portal (portal.midatlanticocean.org/) is an information resource and decision support tool for ocean planning, management, and decision making from Long Island Sound to Cape Hatteras.

The Portal provides user-friendly access to maps, data, tools, and information needed by a broad range of government entities, non-government organizations, and ocean stakeholders through a robust data management system. Before the Portal was created, data on environmental, socioeconomic, and regulatory parameters were scattered among different sources and difficult to access. The Portal is now a key resource to support regulatory and management decisions, and it must be maintained and updated.

The Portal is a collaborative effort involving federal agencies, Mid-Atlantic states, ocean stakeholders, and many others. The Portal is developed and maintained by a team consisting of the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute, Ecotrust, The Nature Conservancy and Rutgers University’s Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis under the guidance of Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of the Ocean.

BOEM prepares environmental documents in support of the National Environmental Policy Act and other statutes. In these documents, BOEM is required to assess the impacts from activities that result from BOEM leasing decisions on the marine, coastal, and human environment. These documents require a description of the affected environment that is built on knowledge of the natural resources and human activities occurring in the area of interest. Sources for this data may be far reaching but the use of the Portal provides efficiencies in finding and using available information. The underlying information need is access to data that is regularly maintained and managed.

The Portal is not exclusively a data repository but provides a central hub of information that links to a wide variety of data as well as some unique data sources and derived products. The format and display of the data are also most useful for preparers of environmental documents while also having broad applicability to a range of stakeholders. Data can be queried and downloaded as spatial files, ingested as map services, or mapped on-the-fly and meets federal metadata requirements. Lessees of renewable energy leases, as part of their plan preparation and submission required by renewable energy regulations, have utilized the data in the portals.

BOEM provides data to the Portal through results of environmental studies and the support of data products such as “Modeling At-Sea Occurrence and Abundance of Marine Birds to Support Atlantic Marine Renewable Energy Planning” which produced maps of distribution and

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2.2 OBJECTIVE

The objective of this requirement is to provide the best available information and data that is timely and complete to preparers of environmental documents and for use in marine spatial planning at all levels of government and industry. This requirement will cover the continued operation, maintenance, and administration of the Portal to disseminate maps and information used to support BOEM’s management decisions, to refresh data layers, and add additional relevant and timely information.

2.3 REQUIREMENTS

2.3.1 Required Tasks

The data provided by the portal will be curated to capture the best available biological, physical and socioeconomic baseline and predictive data for use in describing the affected environment.

Continued coordination with local, state, regional and federal stakeholders will be required to ensure that the data curated is meeting the specific need of users of the regional portal. Specific requirements for updates will be determined annually based on available datasets and improvements in data sharing technology.

Specific tasks include:

1) Provide and maintain a server with custom software stack to support the Portal

2) Support the registration of new datasets to the Portal from new and existing sources

3) Provide and maintain servers with custom software stack for the Portal. This would include keeping up with current web and web mapping technology and the associated data formats (e.g., GeoJSON). Data would be packaged and delivered in the most current GIS compatible formats (e.g., geodatabase, raster).

4) Support the addition of new datasets to the Portal from new and existing sources, including ensuring that new releases of data are incorporated

5) Install software and operating system updates for the system, including new technological advances to make the data more accessible.

6) Provide backup/redundancy for the supported systems and associated data, as appropriate

7) Provide identical production and development servers for the above systems to facilitate development and testing of new features prior to deployment

2.3.2 Project Management and Coordination

The Contractor shall adhere to and operate under a Project Management Plan (PMP). The Contractor shall follow a PMP for this study that shall include a Project Manager (PM) with sufficient authority to serve as the Contract Administrator, the point of contact with the Government, and provide leadership to the study Team. The PM will ultimately be responsible for all deliverables, quality assurance for all products, compliance and adherence with schedule of the study.

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2.3.3 Scientific Integrity:

Scientific integrity is vital to Department of the Interior (DOI) activities under which scientific research, data, summaries, syntheses, interpretations, presentations, and/or publications are developed and used. Failure to uphold the highest degree of scientific integrity will result not only in potentially flawed scientific results, interpretations, and applications but will damage DOI’s reputation and ability to uphold the public’s trust. All work performed must comply with the DOI Scientific Integrity Policy posted to http://www.doi.gov, or its equivalent as provided by the Contractor’s organization or State law.

2.4 MEETINGS, REPORTS AND OTHER DELIVERABLES

The following deliverables shall be submitted, and meetings held in accordance with the schedules specified in Section 2.5. The Contractor is responsible for editing and proofreading all material in order to submit products of superior quality to the BOEM.

2.4.1 Post-Award Meeting and Summary

The Contractor shall attend a Post-Award Meeting as soon as possible after contract award but no later than one (1) month after award via conference call or webinar, no travel shall be incurred for this meeting. The Contractor shall provide an Agenda and their Project Management Plan one

(1) week before the meeting. The Contractor shall present the Project Management Plan including the purpose of the project, the scope, roles and responsibilities of the project team, the deliverables, the risks, the assumptions, the planned effort, and the deadline. Within one (1) week following the meeting, the Contractor shall submit a summary of the meeting including any agreements made and a revised Project Management Plan, if applicable. No changes to the terms or conditions are authorized unless approved in writing by the Contracting Officer via a modification to the contract.

2.4.2 Monthly Progress Reports

The Contractor shall submit Monthly Progress Reports on the 15th of the month, following each contract month. The progress reports shall include the following:

A summary of all work performed during the preceding month and overall progress made against the schedule.

A summary of significant technical, schedule, or cost problems encountered during the preceding month, including an assessment of their probable effects on meeting contract terms and conditions.

A summary of any resolutions agreed to between Contractor and BOEM regarding these problems.

A list of all significant meetings held, or other contacts made in connection with the contract during the preceding month, including a brief summary of the participants and subject, date, location, and outcome of each such contact or meeting.

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2.4.3 Annual Final Report

The Contractor shall submit an Annual Final Report summarizing the work completed as part of the operation, maintenance, and administration of the Portal.

2.5 SCHEDULE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DELIVERABLES

Deliverable products shall be submitted to the addresses shown in Section 2.6 in accordance with the following schedule. NOTE: If the Contractor is unable to deliver the requested materials electronically due to size constraints, the Contractor shall provide an FTP site, or similar system, for the delivery of deliverables.

Deliverable Due Date Distribution Post-Award Planning Meeting

Within one (1) month of contract award

With CO and COR and other BSEE staff as needed

Post-Award Planning Meeting Summary

Within 1 week following the Post- Award Planning Meeting

1 digital copy (via email in .pdf file format) to COR and CO

Monthly Progress Reports

The 15th of the month, following each contract month (Base and option periods if exercised)

1 digital copy (via email in .pdf file format) to

COR

Final Report The last day of performance of the contract (Base and option periods if exercised)

1 digital copy (via email in .pdf file format) to

COR

Any other deliverables proposed by the contractor and accepted by the Government

2.6 ADDRESSES FOR DELIVERABLES

COR – Contracting Officer’s Representative

Contracting Officer's Representative [COR]

TBD

CO – BSEE Contracting Officer

Darren Ho Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Acquisition Financial Assistance Branch 45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA 20166 E-mail: Darren.Ho@bsee.gov

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2.7 GENERAL ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

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

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

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

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

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

● Format - Work Products will be submitted in media mutually agreed upon prior to submission. Any hard copies will be submitted in formats that follow specified Directives or Manuals.

● Timeliness - Work Products will be submitted on or before the due date specified in this statement of work or submitted in accordance with a later scheduled date determined by the Government.

The COR will review, for completeness, 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 project. Final approval and acceptance of documentation required herein will be by e-mail of approval and acceptance by the COR, CO and/or by other representatives designated by the CO under the purchase order. The Contractor will not construe any letter of acknowledgment of receipt of material as a waiver of review, nor as an acknowledgment that the material is in conformance with this project, nor as formal acceptance. Any approval given during preparation of the documentation, or approval for shipment will not guarantee the final acceptance of the completed documentation.

2.8 OTHER DELIVERABLE REQUIREMENTS

2.8.1 All files generated by this contract shall be prepared in digital form, unless noted. Digital text files should be submitted in a format compatible with MS Word (version 2010 and above);

spreadsheets should be submitted in a format compatible with MS Excel (version 2010 and above).

2.8.2 Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act

The Contractor shall adhere to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (found at 29 U.S.C.

794d), which requires access to and use of information by individuals with disabilities. A deliverable such as digital reports (ex: PDF files) to be placed on the web (either on the Agency's web server or the company's), video footage, or other digital data such as CD-ROMs to be distributed, are subject to Section 508 guidelines. Simplified, this means that PDF files need to be formatted so that they are "readable" by assistive technology devices such as screen readers.

Video footage must be closed captioned. CD-ROMs which contain HTML, PDF, or word processor files must be assessable.

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2.8.3 Internet Protocol Version 6 (Jun 2012)

Any system hardware, software, firmware and/or networked component (voice, video or data) developed, procured, or acquired in support and/or performance of this contract shall be capable of transmitting, receiving, processing, forwarding and storing digital information across system boundaries utilizing system packets that are formatted in accordance with commercial standards of Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 (IPv6) as set forth in the USGv6 Profile (NIST Special Publication 500-267) and corresponding declarations of conformance defined in the USGv6 Test Program. In addition, this system shall maintain interoperability with IPv4 systems and provide at least the same level of performance and reliability capabilities of IPv4 products.

Specifically, any new IP product or system developed, acquired, or produced must:

Interoperate with both IPv6 and IPv4 systems and products, and Have available contractor/vendor IPv6 technical support for development and implementation and fielded product management.

As IPv6 evolves, the Contractor commits to upgrading or providing an appropriate migration path for each item developed, delivered or utilized at no additional cost to the Government. The Contractor shall retrofit all non-IPv6 capable equipment, as defined above, that is fielded under this contract with IPv6 capable equipment, at no additional cost to the Government.

The contractor shall provide technical support for both IPv4 and IPv6.

Any system or software must be able to operate on networks supporting IPv4, IPv6 or one that supports both.

Any product whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the Contractor within one year after acceptance shall be upgraded, modified or replaced to bring it into compliance at no additional cost to the Government.

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SECTION 3

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

3.1 SCOPE

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), intends to issue a FFP contract under the authority of the FAR Subpart 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, to meet the Government’s Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) portal.

3.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance for this Contract is shown below for a period of 12 months thereafter, hereto referred to as the base period. This Contract includes two 12-month Option periods, which may be unilaterally exercised by the Government. All terms and conditions applicable to the base period shall extend to the option years unless otherwise agreed upon. The anticipated period of performance is:

Base Period December 1, 2023 – November 30, 2024 Option Period 1 December 1, 2024 – November 30, 2025 Option Period 2 December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026

3.3 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The work to be performed will be at the Contractor’s facilities.

3.4 ADMINISTRATIVE POINTS OF CONTACT

3.4.1 Contracting Officer: The Contracting Officer (CO) for this effort is as follows:

Darren Ho Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Acquisition Financial Assistance Branch 45600 Woodland Road; Mail Stop: VAE-AMD Sterling, VA 20166 Email: Darren.Ho@bsee.gov

3.4.2 Contracting Officer’s Representative: The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for this effort is as follows:

TBD

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3.5 INVOICING REQUIREMENT

The contractor shall submit invoices upon Government acceptance of deliverables/milestones in accordance with the Partial Delivery Payment Schedule in Section 1.3, in accordance with Section 3.5.1, below.

3.5.1 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:

Documentation required by FAR 32.905(b) Specific deliverable the invoice is for

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 for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its quote or quotation.

3.6 DIAR 1452.201-70 AUTHORITIES AND DELEGATIONS (SEP 2011)

(a) The Contracting Officer is the only individual authorized to enter into or terminate this contract, modify any term or condition of this contract, waive any requirement of this contract, or accept nonconforming work.

(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:

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(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.

3.7 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

3.7.1 Contractor 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 the 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

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Contractor and CO and COR. The contractor’s Project Manager shall meet with the COR as necessary to maintain satisfactory performance and to resolve other issues pertaining to the contract. A mutual effort shall be made at these meetings to resolve any and all identified problems.

The Project Manager for this Contract is: [To be completed at time of award based] and can be reached at: [To be completed at time of award based]

3.7.2 Key Personnel

Certain skilled experienced professional and/or technical personnel are essential for accomplishing the work to be performed. These individuals are defined as “Key Personnel” and are those persons whose resumes were submitted and identified by the Contractor as “Key Personnel”. The following individual(s) is/are considered to be essential to the work being performed under this contract:

NAME POSITION/ROLE ORGANIZATION

[To be completed at time of award based upon Key Personnel proposed by Contractor.]

3.7.3 Substitution of Key Personnel

(a) The Contractor agrees to assign those persons 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) in writing and provide the following information:

Detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating the replacement and sufficient information for the CO to evaluate the impact of the substitution on Contract performance.

(c) The Contractor shall propose a substitution for the key personnel removed, replaced or diverted, that possesses similar skills, education, and experience as the person they are replacing.

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. The Contractor shall provide the following information to permit effective evaluation of the proposed substitution’s qualifications:

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Complete resume for the proposed substitute and any other information required by the

CO.

3.7.4 Contractor Conflict of Interest

(a) It is the policy of the Department of the Interior to avoid contract/purchase order 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 objective to obtain an impartial, technically sound and objective performance of this contract.

(b) Any request to waive the terms of this provision shall be directed in writing to the CO and shall include a full description and justification of the requested waiver.

(c) The Contractor, the PM, or any of its officers or representatives, shall not be involved in any situation during the performance of this purchase order which may result in conflicts as contemplated in paragraph (a) above. Failure to comply with this provision may be cause for termination for default.

(d) The Contractor must disclose any interest which may develop after purchase order award that may result in his placement in conflicts as contemplated in paragraph (a) above. Failure to comply with this provision may be cause for termination of this order 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 CO as described in (a) above.

3.7.5 Non-Personal Services Contract

This is a non-personal services contract, as defined in FAR 37.101. The Contractor personnel rendering the services herein are not to be subject, either by the contract’s terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the Government and its employees. Contractor personnel shall be subject to the direction of the Contractor's Project Manager as described in the section above.

3.7.6 Non-disclosure Agreement

During the period of performance of the Contract, the Contractor might acquire access to confidential data, which is the sole property of the Department of Interior or the Bureau. Each Contractor agrees to sign, and have its personnel sign a non-disclosure agreement, and to maintain the confidentiality of all such data and to not disclose any data, interpretations of, and/or derivatives of, such data to any unauthorized party without the express written approval of the Contracting Officer (Attachment 1). The Contractor hereby agrees to include this clause in any subcontracts or consulting agreements relating to work under the Contract, and further agrees to have its employees and subcontractor employees sign a “non-disclosure” agreement to

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3.8 DOI-AAAP-0050, V02 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

REPORTING SYSTEM (DEC 2015)

1) FAR 42.1502 directs all Federal agencies to collect past performance information on contracts. The Department of the Interior (DOI) has implemented the Contractor 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

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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.

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.

3.9 CONTRACTOR’S QUOTE

The Contractor’s propsal maybe incorporated into the Contract by reference. Any inconsistencies or in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the contract and the Contractor’s quote shall be resolved by giving precedence to the terms and conditions contained in the Contract.

3.10 CLAUSES

3.10.1 FAR Clauses Incorporated by Reference

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.252-2, this Contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The Contractor shall comply with these clauses unless the circumstances do not apply. The full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/.

Clause Title 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (Jun 2020) 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. (Oct 2018) 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications. (Dec 2014) 52.204-27 Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(Dec 2022)

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52.227-14 Rights in Data – General (May 2014) 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013)

3.10.2 FAR Clauses Incorporated in Full Text

3.10.2.1 FAR 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (Nov 2021)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause– Covered contractor information system means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

Federal contract information means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public websites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

Information means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).

Information system means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information (44 U.S.C. 3502).

Safeguarding means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures.

(1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, or devices (including other information systems).

(ii) Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

(iii) Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

(iv) Control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems.

(v) Identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users, or devices.

(vi) Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

(vii) Sanitize or destroy information system media containing Federal Contract Information before disposal or release for reuse.

(viii) Limit physical access to organizational information systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

(ix) Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity; maintain audit logs of physical access;

and control and manage physical access devices.

(x) Monitor, control, and protect organizational communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational information systems) at the external boundaries and

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(xi) Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

(xii) Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

(xiii) Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

(xiv) Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

(xv) Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

(2) Other requirements. This clause does not relieve the Contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirements specified by Federal agencies and departments relating to covered contractor information systems generally or other Federal safeguarding requirements for controlled unclassified information (CUI) as established by Executive Order 13556.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract (including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items, other than commercially available off-the-shelf items), in which the subcontractor may have Federal contract information residing in or transiting through its information system.

(End of clause)

3.10.2.2 FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders— Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Jun 2023)

(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 2020) (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_ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (June 2020), RFQ No. 140M0123Q0050 - MARCO Portal Support Page 21 of 51 with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

__ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Jun 2020) (41 U.S.C.

3509)).

__ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5). (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.)

_X_ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier…