B08_SOL_140D0426Q0391.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

140D0426Q0391

Notice of Limited Sources

This requirement is sole source in accordance with Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Overall (RFO) 12.201-1, Simplified procedures 41 U.S.C. 1901. Only Yokogawa Corporation of America is eligible to respond to this Request For Quote (RFQ).

This requirement is being issued by the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), on behalf of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT), Center for Cancer Research (CCR). AQD operates as a Federal Franchise Fund Contracting Office under the authority of the Government Management Reform Act and provides contracting support to Federal Civilian and Department of Defense Agencies. AQD will handle the solicitation and resultant order administration, as well as payment of invoices.

SECTION 1 – COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 140D0426Q0391 is issued as a RFQ for One Yokogawa CV8000 High- Throughput Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope.

This acquisition is not set-aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

List of item numbers:

Yokogawa CV8000 Cell Voyager System CV8000 Workstation

Description of the Requirements for the items to be acquired, including documentation supporting any brand name description (See 12.102): This item will be purchased directly from Yokogawa Corporation of America in accordance with the Sole Source Justification approved on April 30, 2026. This justification will be posted after award in accordance with RFO 12.301 and 6.301.

Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and F.O.B. Point: Delivery will occur within 90 calendar dates of award with installation to occur within 2 calendar weeks of delivery and training to occur 7 business days after installation. Delivery and installation will occur at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), 41 Medlers Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.

A list of solicitation provisions that apply to the acquisition (See 12.205(a)): See Section 5 of the solicitation.

A list of contract clauses that apply to the acquisition (See 12.205(b)): See Section 6 of the solicitation.

Date, time, and place for receipt of offer and point of contact: Quotes submitted in response to this RFQ must be emailed to Melissa_Onyszko@ibc.doi.gov no later than 9 AM Eastern Time, May 20, 2026 to be considered for award. Questions related to this Request for Quote (RFQ) package must be emailed to Melissa_Onyszko@ibc.doi.gov not later than 12 PM Eastern Time, May 7, 2026. Any questions received after the specified cut-off date and time will not be accepted or answered. Please be advised that the Government reserves the right to transmit questions and answers of a common interest to all prospective offerors. No oral questions will be accepted.

http://www.acquisition.gov/

Please be advised that it is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure the Government receives your submission via the method and to the location specified in the solicitation on or before the specified due date and time. The Government reserves the right to reject quotes that are not submitted in accordance with these instructions. The Government reserves the right to reject late quotes.

Any additional information required by 5.101(c):The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 334516 “Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing,” size standard 1,000 employees. The Product Service Code is 6650 “ “Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components and Accessories."

SECTION 2 – QUOTE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

In order to participate in this acquisition, the offeror must submit the following:

● On cover page or price quote include:

● Name and Address of offeror

● Phone number and email address for offeror point of contact

● Corresponding solicitation number and acknowledgement of amendments

● Unique Entity ID (UEI) in System for Award Management (SAM)

● Completed Provisions-See Attachment 1

● Firm-fixed-price quote submitted as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Include at a minimum, the item number, unit price, total price for all items of same item, and the total overall price.

● Assumptions (if any). If not noted in this section of your quote, it will be assumed that the Contractor proposes no assumptions for award and agrees to comply with all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein. The Government will not seek out and identify assumptions, conditions, or exceptions buried within the Contractor’s submission.

● Completed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) (See Attachment 2;

https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat has an editable version)

Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for at least 90 calendar days. Offerors must submit one quote and is not encouraged to submit multiple quotes. Partial quotes will not be accepted. The Government intends to issue one award.

The offeror must ensure that your firm is currently registered in SAM at www.sam.gov at the time of quote submission and at the time of award.

Discounts are requested.

SECTION 3 - EVALUATION OF QUOTES AND BASIS FOR AWARD

The Government will make award based upon a fair and reasonable price for the required items.

The COR will review the Completed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) to confirm it is acceptable.

The CO will review the information in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and SAM Responsibility / Qualification (R/Q) for the prospective awardee in order to perform a responsibility determination as required by FAR 9.104.

The Government reserves the right not to make an award, if in the opinion of the Government the submission would not provide satisfactory performance at a cost that is considered fair and reasonable and/or economically feasible.

SECTION 4 – STATEMENT OF NEED

1.0 TITLE

Acquisition of one Yokogawa CV8000S high-throughput spinning disk confocal microscope to replace the obsolete Yokogawa CV7000 microscope in the NCI High-Throughput Imaging Facility (HiTIF).

2.0 BACKGROUND

The HiTIF requires one new, commercially available, Yokogawa CV8000S high-throughput spinning disk confocal microscope to replace the current obsolete and non-functioning Yokogawa CV7000 microscope.

The HiTIF assists NCI/NIH investigators with the design and execution of high-throughput imaging assays, which can be used for phenotypic screening of RNAi, CRISPR/Cas9, or chemical compounds libraries, and for the molecular dissection of cellular pathways at the single cell level.

HiTIF is a CCR-wide multi-user facility and over the past 2 years it has supported 39 projects by 18 principal investigators, including 6 tenure-track investigators in 11 Laboratories, Branches, and NIH Institutes.

HiTIF takes advantage and provides automated liquid-handling, microscopy and image processing instrumentation resources to execute high-throughput imaging assays. In particular, projects run at HiTIF heavily rely on the existing Yokogawa CV7000 and CV8000S high-throughput spinning disk confocal microscopes. The CV7000 and CV8000S are used for RNAi and CRISPR/Cas9 screens, chemical compound screens, deep imaging experiments, and high-throughput live cell imaging. The CV7000 and the existing CV8000S in HiTIF are used close to full capacity. For example, from March 2022 until March 2024, the CV7000 was used an average of 270 hrs/month (156% of a 9-5 work week) with multiple peaks of > 300 hrs/month. During the same period, the CV8000 was used an average of 330 hrs/month (206% of a 9-5 work week) with multiple peaks of > 400 hrs/month. Routinely, the CV7000 and the CV8000 are fully booked 7 – 10 days in advance.

The CV7000 became obsolete at the end of September 2025 and had a laser failure in December 2025. Yokogawa no longer offers preventative maintenance or repair service nor provide new OEM parts for the CV7000. As a result, the CV7000 and its attached robotic arm are non-functional. Because of the intensive use of the CV7000, the obsolescence of the CV7000 makes any future repairs untenable and would result in limiting the productivity of users who would then need to wait for several days or weeks to use the current single CV8000S instrument. Users cannot rapidly iterate optimization experiments during assay development and are limited in the length of imaging sessions they can run. The latter bottleneck is particularly detrimental to RNAi screens, single guide CRISPR/Cas9 screens, deep imaging experiments, and high-throughput live cell experiments, which are the most imaging intensive and scientifically productive assay for HiTIF projects. Ultimately, limited access to a current single CV8000 reduces the range of high-throughput imaging assays that can be performed at HiTIF, limits the scientific productivity of existing projects, and does not allow the potential expansion of the HiTIF projects base.

The HiTIF requires a new, second Yokogawa CV8000 high-throughput spinning disk confocal microscope to replace the obsolete Yokogawa CV7000. The Yokogawa CV8000 is a fully automated high-throughput confocal microscope. It is equipped with the CSU-W1 dual spinning disk confocal unit, 4 solid state laser lines (405, 488, 561, 640 nm) for confocal and widefield fluorescent excitation, an LED lamp for brightfield and digital phase contrast excitation, 6 lenses (4X NA = 0.16, 10X NA = 0.40, 20X long working distance NA = 0.45, 20X NA = 0.75, 40X water NA = 1.0, 60X water NA = 1.2), 2 Hamamatsu Orca Flash 4.0 sCMOS cameras (82% QE), and a fully XYZ automated stage. The system is also equipped with an integrated imaging chamber with temperature, CO2 and humidity control for time-lapse live cell experiments for up to 72 hrs.

3.0 SPECIAL ORDER REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide the following items:

Item Product Description Product/Part No. Quantity 1 Yokogawa CV8000 Cell Voyager System TBD 1 2 CV8000 Workstation TBD 1

Additional Requirements

Must include a minimum of 12-month manufacturer’s warranty and a minimum of 12-month maintenance support services as a part of the manufacturer’s warranty, to include all labor, material, and equipment necessary to repair or replace the system. The Contractor shall provide Software Service and Updates to the latest versions of the CV8000 Control Software and Analysis Software while the service contract is valid. There are typically two software updates per year in accordance with the manufacturer’s latest established service procedures, to include telephone access to technical support for use of program software and troubleshooting of the operating systems, included in the original purchase price. The contractor shall receive advance approval for the installation of all software updates and revisions from the Government. Defective software shall be replaced as part of the original purchase price.

Support service shall be available Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm EST, excluding Federal Holidays.

3.1 PRODUCT FEATURES/SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS

The following product features/characteristics are needed for the High-Throughout Microscope (HTM) requirement:

1. Footprint: Due to space limitations, the HTM shall not to exceed 1280 mm wide x 895 mm deep x 1450 mm high.

2. The HTM must have a dual, microlens-enhanced spinning disk scanning unit for fast, high-sensitivity confocal imaging of cellular samples in the x, y and z dimensions.

3. The HTM must have at a minimum of 2 (two) second generation sCMOS cameras (Chip size: at a minimum 2048 X 2048 pixels, 4.0 Mpixels, 13.3 X13.3mm view area, 6.5 micron pixel size, 82% QE) to enable simultaneous acquisition of a large field of view in two channels. The largest possible field of view is important for fast imaging, for high throughput, and for allowing the acquisition of a large number of cells with high magnification objectives (Equivalent field of view with the 63X lens: at a minimum 221 X 221 micrometers).

4. The HTM must have at a minimum an autofocus laser for fast, automated focusing of 2D cellular samples in flat-bottom imaging plates.

5. The HTM software must have image-based autofocus capabilities for imaging of samples in U-shaped bottom imaging plates and/or to image objects that are in different z-planes in different fields and/or different wells (e.g organoids or spheroids).

6. The HTM must have an environmental chamber with at a minimum temperature, CO2 and humidity control for long-term (at a minimum 72 hrs) live cell imaging.

7. The HTM must be capable to acquire non-binned images at a minimum of 5 or more frames per second (fps).

8. The HTM software must include automated image registration and optical aberration correction capabilities to allow automated high-content image analysis in multiple fluorescent channels.

9. The HTM software must include the option of performing flat-field-image correction capabilities to ensure homogeneity of the field of illumination over the imaging field covering cellular samples.

10. The HTM software must be capable to save non flat-field corrected images so that the investigator can save a copy of the image containing the original, unprocessed fluorescent intensity values.

11. The HTM software must be capable to run automated experiments on the same plate with at a minimum different objectives, and imaging channels, and camera binning, and camera exposures, and z-stack settings down to on a per single field of view basis.

12. The HTM software must be capable of running a minimum 3 multiple time-course experiments on the same plate with at a minimum 3 independent timelines.

13. The HTM software must be capable to select custom tiled fields of view to allow for maximum flexibility in the setup of the imaging experiment, particularly during the assay development phase.

14. The HTM software must be capable to integrate open source image-analysis software (at a minimum CellProfiler, ImageJ, and Python) in order to allow for custom written image analysis pipelines that fully and automatically control at a minimum the acquisition positions (fields and/or wells) and imaging settings (automated objective switching, imaging channels, camera binning, camera exposures, z-stack settings) in successive rounds of image acquisition (See below).

15. The HTM software must be capable at a minimum to first run an acquisition with a low magnification lens, send the images to open source image-analysis software (at a minimum CellProfiler, ImageJ, and Python), run custom written image analysis pipelines in open source image-analysis software (at a minimum CellProfiler, ImageJ, and Python), identify relevant cellular objects, automatically switch to a higher magnification lens, and acquire higher magnification images of the cellular objects of interest at the positions obtained by running the custom written image analysis pipelines in 3rd party image-analysis software.

All these steps must be chained in an automated workflow without the need of operator intervention after the start of the workflow.

16. The HTM software must be capable to first run an acquisition only on positive and negative control wells, send the images to open source image-analysis software (at a minimum CellProfiler, ImageJ and Python), run custom written image analysis pipelines in 3rd party image-analysis software, calculate statistically relevant assay quality controls parameters based on the image analysis results, and based on these results automatically decide whether or not to image all the remaining test samples on the same plate. All these steps must be chained in an automated workflow without the need of operator intervention after the start of the workflow.

17. The HTM must have at a minimum 6 lenses (At a minimum: 4X NA = 0.16, 10X NA = 0.40, 20X long working distance NA = 0.45, 20X NA = 0.75, 40X water NA = 1.0, 60X water NA = 1.2) that must allow to be automatically switched to allow for both low-magnification and high-magnification acquisition of fluorescent images of cellular samples.

18. The HTM must have at a minimum 4 excitation lasers (405nm, 488nm, 561nm, 640nm).

All the lasers must have at a minimum 100mW power to allow for short exposure times.

19. At a minimum The HTM must accommodate 6-, 24-, 48-, 96-, 384-, 1536-well imaging plates.

20. The HTM must be capable to image biological samples at least 90 microns thick.

21. The HTM must be capable to acquire images in brightfield modality to allow the label-free imaging of cells during live-cell, time-lapse experiments in conjunction with the confocal mode.

22. The HTM must be capable to acquire images in digital phase contrast modality to allow for the label free imaging of cells during live-cell, time-lapse experiments and subsequent object segmentation during the downstream image analysis phase.

23. The HTM must accommodate at a minimum 4 microscopy slides per slide adaptor.

24. The HTM must allow for automated (with a robotic arm) loading and unloading of multiple plates for image acquisition and be fully programmable through the HTM software interface.

3.2 TRADE-IN

The Contractor shall accept the trade-in of one (1) existing equipment as part of this requirement.

The trade-in includes one (1) Yokogawa Cell Voyager CV7000S, Serial No. KZR800028, NIH Tag 2049186, in good condition, to be boxed up and hauled away upon installation of the new equipment. The Contractor shall provide all applicable services for removal of the existing system such as labor, equipment, packaging/crates, shipping, and insurance. Removal of equipment from laboratory spaces shall be coordinated with the TPOC to minimize impact on laboratory operations.

3.3 DELIVERY / INSTALLATION

Note: All shipping/handling (including FOB) and delivery/installation fees shall be included in the quote. The Government will not be responsible in the event charges are not included in the quote.

The item shall be delivered within 90 days of award to the following address:

Full address provided at time of award.

The Contractor shall provide the NCI Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) with tracking information to anticipate delivery to the best extend possible. Upon delivery, the Contractor shall notify the TPOC, to schedule installation dates and times. Installation shall occur within two (2) weeks of delivery and shall be performed by Yokogawa trained and certified Field Service Engineer.

No coordination with NIH/Office of Research Services (ORS) is required.

Technical Point of Contact:

The Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) is responsible for inspection and acceptance of all deliverables in relation to this requirement and will serve as the Governments primary point of contact throughout the duration of the requirement. All efforts must be coordinated with this individual. The TPOC for this requirement is:

Provided at time of award.

Note: The TPOC has limited authority as defined within this Statement of Need. They do not have the authority to commit or obligate Government funds or make changes to the terms and conditions of the purchase order. As such, any changes to the purchase order must be performed by a warranted Government Contracting Officer with appropriate delegated authority to do so.

3.4 TRAINING

The Contractor shall provide training on the use, capabilities and image acquisition on the CV8000 to HiTIF core members (3) and selected user representatives from interested NCI laboratories (8).

Training shall be provided within 7 business days after completion of the installation and verification of functional operation and must be facilitated by a factory-trained product specialist.

Training shall include an overview of setup approaches, maintaining instrument settings, establishing operational voltages, and software usage for custom instrument configurations, as well as a demonstration of the performance.

4.0 WARRANTY

The Contractor shall warrant all supplies furnished under this award against any defects in design, material, or manufacture for a period of at least twelve (12) months from date of final installation of all equipment and associated items provided under, or as part of this award. The warranty shall not exclude or limit the Government’s rights for an Implied warranty as established in the terms and conditions of clause 52.212-4. The Contractor shall also warrant and imply that all items delivered as a result of this order are merchantable and fit for use for the particular purpose described in the order in accordance with FAR 52.212-4(o).

If a defect results in lost or decreased performance of supplies or services furnished under this order, the Contractor shall cover all parts, materials, labor, and/or travel expenses required to repair or replace the supplies at no additional cost to the Government. Supplies which are repaired or replaced shall be warranted for the remainder of the initial warranty period or for 90-days – whichever is greater.

5.0 HHS Digital Accessibility Conformance Standards

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220) requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use information and communication technology (ICT), it shall be accessible to people with disabilities. Federal employees and members of the public who have disabilities must have access to, and use of, information and data that is comparable to people without disabilities.

All products, platforms and services delivered as part of this solicitation that are ICT, or contain ICT, must conform to all HHS digital accessibility conformance standards identified in the HHS Digital Accessibility Conformance Checklists. The standards include the Revised 508 Standards, which are located at 36 C.F.R. § 1194.1 & Apps. A, B, & C, and available at https://www.access-board.gov/ict/.

All requirements are applicable to support services and documentation deliverables. All functional performance criteria apply when using an alternative design or technology that achieves substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability by individuals with disabilities, than would be provided by conformance to one or more of the requirements in Chapters 4-6 of the Revised 508 Standards, or when Chapters 4-6 do not address one or more functions of ICT.

The standards listed below apply to all functionality of the supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, training, and services that are part of this contract. 508 Chapter 2:

• E207 Software

• E208 Support Documentation and Services

• 255 Chapter 2:

• C205 Software

• C206 Support Documentation and Services

• Chapter 5: Software

• Chapter 6: Support Services and Documentation Requirements

Offerors must explain how the development/creation efforts associated with the objectives will be measured to achieve HHS digital accessibility conformance standards and meet the legal framework of Section 508 standards. For each proposed supply, license, product, or platform, a fully completed Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) must be submitted. An ACR can be built from the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), applicable HHS conformance checklist(s), or other agency conformance assessment template.

Prior to acceptance of deliverables, the offeror must demonstrate conformance to the HHS digital accessibility conformance standards. The government reserves the right to perform testing on required ICT items to validate the offeror’s digital accessibility and Section 508 conformance claims. If the government determines that conformance does not meet the HHS digital accessibility conformance standards, the government shall, at its option, require the offeror to remediate the item, at no additional cost to the government, to align with the HHS digital accessibility conformance standards prior to acceptance.

References:

• Section 508 Standards: https://www.access-board.gov/ict/

• HHS Policy on Section 508 Compliance and Digital Accessibility of Information and Communications Technology (ICT): https://www.hhs.gov/web/governance/digital-strategy/it-policy-archive/department-of-health-and-human-services-hhs-policy-on-section-508-and-accessibility-of-technology.html

• HHS Digital Accessibility Conformance Checklists: https://www.hhs.gov/web/section- 508/accessibility-checklists/index.html

508 Testing, Verification, and Documentation: The Contractor must perform accessibility testing using ICT Baseline Tests or other acceptable Section 508 testing methodologies before delivery to ensure conformance with all relevant Section 508 requirements. Each major ICT deliverable must be accompanied by an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) using one of the following: NIH Section 508 ACR Creation Tool, HHS Conformance Checklist, VPAT® (WCAG 2.x edition), or another CO-approved template that demonstrates conformance.

Ancillary deliverables--such as slides, invoices, reports, training or other documentation--must be tested for accessibility, and an ACR or equivalent documentation must be provided upon request by the Government. NIH reserves the right to independently verify any deliverable's conformance, and the Contractor must remediate non-conformant items at no additional cost to the Government.

SECTION 4 – GENERAL ORDER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

4.1 Period of Performance

The period of performance is to be completed at time of award.

4.2 Travel & Other Direct Costs

Delivery and installation will be included as part of the Firm-Fixed-Price.

4.3 Administrative Considerations

All questions and concerns regarding this effort must be directed to the Contracting Officer (CO) and COR identified below:

The CO for this effort is as follows:

Melissa Onyszko Department of the Interior Interior Business Center Acquisition Services Directorate Telephone: 703-964-3638 Email: melissa_onyszko@ibc.doi.gov

The COR for this effort is as follows:

Provided at time of award.

mailto:melissa_onyszko@ibc.doi.gov

SECTION 5 – PROVISIONS

** See Attachment 1 – Contract Certifications and Provisions for additional full-text provisions.

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions 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. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

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

HHS has adopted all Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR parts. The full text RFO provisions may be accessed electronically at this address: https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul.

The following provisions are hereby incorporated by reference:

Provision Number Provision Title Date 52.203-11 Certification and Disclosure Regarding

Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions

Sep 2024

52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation

Jan 2017

52.204-7 System for Award Management— Registration

Deviation Date Nov 2025

52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations—Representation

Nov 2015

52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law

Feb 2016

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Deviation Date Nov 2025

52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications

Deviation Date Nov 2025

SECTION 6 – CLAUSES

NOTICE: System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting Officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

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 address:

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

HHS has adopted all Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR parts. The full text RFO clauses may be accessed electronically at this address: https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul.

The following clauses are hereby incorporated by reference.

FAR

Clause Clause Title Clause Date

52.203-12 Limitation on Payment to Influence Certain Federal Transactions JUN 2020

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights NOV 2023

52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements

JAN 2017

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance

OCT 2018

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

DEC 2014

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded

JAN 2025

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

NOV 2015

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial

Deviation Date Nov 2025

Services

52.222-3 Convict Labor JUN 2003

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans JUN 2020

52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

JUN 2020

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans JUN 2020

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons OCT 2025

52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors

APR 2026

52.223-23 Sustainable Products and Services

(MAY 2024) DOI

DEVIATION

FEB 2025

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases

FEB 2021

52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

MAY 2024

52.227-14 Rights in Data—General May 2014

52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software License

DEC 2007

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management

OCT 2018

52.233-3 Protest After Award AUG 1996

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

OCT 2004

52.240-91 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Deviation Date

NOV 2025

52.240-93 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems

Deviation Date

NOV 2025

FAR CLAUSES INCORPORATED IN FULL TEXT

52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (Nov 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Department of the Interior (48 CFR Chapter 14) and Health and Human Services (48 CFR Chapter 3) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of “(DEVIATION)” after the name of the regulation.

(End of clause)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CLAUSES

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (Feb 2021)

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:

1. CLIN/Item number of deliverable

2. Description of deliverable

3. Price of deliverable

4. Quantity of deliverable

5. Date deliverable was provided to the Government for inspection

6. Serial number/part number if applicable

7. Included with the electronic IPP invoice shall be an attached itemized (printable) invoice.

Additional supporting documentation MAY BE REQUESTED at the discretion of the COR.

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 St. Louis (FRBSTL) within 3 - 5 business days of the award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov 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 proposal or quotation.

The vendor must submit an invoice for payment no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the month of performance of services/delivery.

https://www.ipp.gov/

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring invoices submitted are accurate and complete, and all labor, travel and other direct costs are in accordance with federal guidelines, the Federal Travel Regulations and other Government mandates and directives, as applicable.

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:

(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.

HHSAR CLAUSES

352.203-70 Anti-Lobbying (December 18, 2015) Pursuant to the HHS annual appropriations acts, except for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, the Contractor shall not use any HHS contract funds for:

(a) Publicity or propaganda purposes;

(b) The preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or any state or local legislature itself; or designed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the executive branch of any state or local government, except in presentation to the executive branch of any state or local government itself; or

(c) Payment of salary or expenses of the Contractor, or any agent acting for the Contractor, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or any state government, state legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or officer of a state, local, or tribal government in policymaking and administrative processes within the executive branch of that government.

(d) The prohibitions in subsections (a), (b), and (c) above shall include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending, or future federal, state, or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, or future requirement for, or restriction on, any legal consumer product, including its sale or marketing, including, but not limited to, the advocacy or promotion of gun control.

352.208-70 Printing and Duplication (December 18, 2015)

(a) Unless otherwise specified in this contract, no printing by the Contractor or any subcontractor is authorized under this contract. All printing required must be performed by the Government Printing Office except as authorized by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall submit camera-ready copies to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). The terms “printing” and “duplicating/copying” are defined in the Government Printing and Binding Regulations of the Joint Committee on Printing.

(b) If necessary for performance of the contract, the Contractor may duplicate or copy less than 5,000 production units of only one page, or less than 25,000 production units in aggregate of multiple pages for the use of a department or agency. A production unit is defined as one sheet, size 8.5 x 11 inches, one side only, and one color. The pages may not exceed a maximum image size of 10-3/4 by 14-1/4 inches. This page limit applies to each printing requirement and not for all printing requirements under the entire contract.

(c) Approval for all printing, as well as duplicating/copying in excess of the stated limits, shall be obtained from the COR who will consult with the designated publishing services office and provide direction to the contractor. The cost of any unauthorized printing or duplicating/copying under this contract will be considered an unallowable cost for which the Contractor will not be reimbursed.

352.239.79 Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Notice (March 2024)

(DEVIATION)

(a) Pursuant to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, all information and communication technology (ICT) supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, and services support developed, acquired, maintained or delivered under this contract or order must comply with the Revised 508 Standards, which are located at 36 C.F.R. 1194.1 and Appendices A, B, and C, and are available at https://www.access-board.gov/ict/.

Information about Section 508 is available at https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/index.html.

(b) Additional Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this contract or order may be identified in the specification, statement of work, or performance work statement. If it is determined by the Government that ICT supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, and services support provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, or services support to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(c) In the event of a modification(s) to this contract or order, which adds new ICT supplies or services or revises the type of, or specifications for, supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, or services support, the Contracting Officer shall require that the Contractor submit a completed HHS Section 508 Accessibility Conformance Checklist (see https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/accessibility-checklists/index.html) or an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) (based on the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) see https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat), and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the ICT supplies or services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. If it is determined by the Government that ICT supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, and services support provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, or services support to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(d) If this is an Indefinite-Delivery type contract, a Blanket Purchase Agreement or a Basic Ordering Agreement, the task/delivery order requests that include ICT supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, or services support will define the specifications and accessibility standards for the order. In those cases, the Contractor shall be required to provide a completed HHS Section 508 Accessibility Conformance Checklist (see https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/accessibility-checklists/index.html) or an ACR (based on the VPAT see https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/vpat), and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the ICT supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, or services support conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. If it is determined by the Government that ICT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the provided documentation, remediation of the supplies, products, platforms, information, documentation, or services support to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense.

(e) The Contractor shall identify to the Contracting Officer any perceived exception or exemption to Section 508 requirements.

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