Combo - Australia Vehicle Rental BPA FA523426Q0018.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS/SERVICES

Solicitation Number: FA523426Q0018 Posted Date: 22 August 2026 Original Response Date: 27 August 2026 3:00 PM AEST Current Response Date: 27 August 2026 3:00 PM AEST

NAICS: 532111

Set Aside: Full and Open

Requests for Information (RFI's) submission is closed 25 August 2026 at 3:00 PM AEST.

Description:

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

Solicitation number FA523426Q0018 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

This acquisition is NOT set-aside for small business concerns. This acquisition is solicited as full and open and will utilize the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 532111 and a PSC of W023 (Size Standard: $47M). Suppliers from WTO GPA member countries and FTA partner countries are eligible to compete.

Domestic preference rules, including the Buy American Act, are exempt for this procurement.

RFO/RDFARS provisions and clauses are applicable to this solicitation. It is the firm's or individuals' responsibility to be familiar with applicable provisions and clauses. All RFO Provisions and Clauses may be viewed in full text at the Federal Acquisition Regulation Table of Contents via the Internet at www.acquisition.gov.

The Oversight Support Group – Australia is seeking to establish a multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for rental vehicles and driver/chauffeur services for use in accordance with Attachment 01 - Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS. Anticipated period of performance is up to five (5) years from date of award.

Vendors are not required to offer coverage of every location or vehicle class listed in Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS to be eligible for BPA establishment. Vendors may submit pricing on Attachment 02 – Price List Template for any combination of locations and/or vehicle classes they are able to service. BPA establishment under this solicitation is not a guarantee of any order, minimum quantity, or minimum dollar value;

orders will be placed in accordance with the Ordering Procedures section below as requirements arise.

Any interested offeror shall provide their company information below and complete Attachment 02 – Price List Template.

IAW RFO 52.240-90(c) The Government is prohibited by statute from conducting business with entities that represent that they "do" use or provide covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that, after conducting a reasonable inquiry (that looks at any information in the Offeror’s possession but does not need to include an internal third party audit.

1) It will not provide any covered telecommunications equipment or services to the US Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation, except as waived by the solicitation, or as disclosed in paragraph (g); and

(2) It does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services, except as waived by the solicitation, or as disclosed in IAW RFO 52.240-90(g).

Confirmation for Chinese-Made Vehicles. An offeror quoting a vehicle manufactured in the People's Republic of China shall provide the Contracting Officer with written, electronic confirmation that the vehicle quoted is not in violation of the prohibitions described per RFO 52.240-90(c).

Company Information:

Company Name:

CAGE/DUNS# (If applicable): Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):

POC: Telephone #:

Payment Method (select all that apply): Direct Bank Transfer ☐ GPC ☐ WAWF ☐ E-Mail Address:

Additional Information:

The Government intends to establish multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation with all responsible offerors who submit acceptable quotes meeting the requirements herein.

Established BPAs will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:" Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s).

Quotes are due and shall be received via email only. Faxed or mailed submissions will not be accepted. Late submission shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at RFO 52.212-1(f). Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation shall be sent via email to the POC below. Amendments (if applicable) – Vendors shall acknowledge all amendments in writing with the quotation submittal.

Basis of Award (IAW RFO 12.203(b))

Offerors are advised that the establishment of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) as a result of this solicitation is not a contract and does not obligate any funds. A binding contractual obligation is formed only when a firm-fixed-price Call is placed and accepted IAW Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS, Section 4, Ordering Procedures. The Government intends to establish multiple-award BPAs with each responsible offeror who submits a conforming quote with pricing determined by the Contracting Officer to be fair and reasonable. This Basis for Award applies exclusively to the initial establishment (on-ramping) of vendors into the master BPA pool. Because the intent is to establish a pool of qualified vendors, award of a master BPA is not based on a comparative ranking among offerors; there is no "lowest offer" selected at the BPA-establishment stage. All responsible offerors submitting a conforming quote with fair and reasonable pricing will be established as BPA holders, subject to the Government’s right to make no award should no vendor submit an acceptable offer. By submitting a quote, the offeror attests to its capability to meet all performance standards outlined in Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS for the locations and vehicle classes it proposes to service; no separate technical proposal is required. Once established as a BPA holder, vendors will compete for individual Calls. The Government’s intention and the specific procedures for competing, evaluating, and awarding individual Calls — including the order-level, lowest-total-evaluated-price methodology — are detailed in Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS, Section 4, Ordering Procedures. The Government intends to award the master BPAs without discussions; therefore, the offeror’s initial quote should contain its best and final pricing. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined to be necessary, to reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest, and to waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

Evaluation Process (IAW RFO 12.203(c)(2))

The RFO provision 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. The Government will evaluate offers by first ensuring each quote meets the submittal requirements on a pass/fail basis before evaluating price. For the purpose of BPA establishment, price is the sole evaluation factor and is used exclusively to determine fairness and reasonableness for on-ramping into the BPA pool. Order-level (Call-level) price evaluation and award are governed separately, as described in the Evaluation Factor – Price section below and in Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS, Section 4, Ordering Procedures.

Quotations must be provided on either Attachment 02 – Price List Template or vendor submitted template containing all information elements of Attachment 02 – Price List Template. This combined synopsis/solicitation and price list must be complete, self-sufficient, and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation.

Offeror’s submission of a price list is considered confirmation of contractor’s ability to provide and deliver as identified in Attachment 01 - Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS for the specific locations and/or vehicle classes quoted. The quotation submittal shall be clear, concise, and include sufficient detail for effective evaluation and for substantiation of the validity of stated claims.

Price is the sole evaluation factor. Before pricing is evaluated, each quote must first meet the quote completeness requirements below on a pass/fail basis. Quotes that fail to meet these requirements will not be considered further.

BPA establishment will be offered to each offeror whose quote is complete and whose pricing is determined fair and reasonable.

Submission Completeness (Pass/Fail):

Offerors are not required to service or price every location or vehicle class listed in Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS; each offeror shall submit pricing only for the location(s) and vehicle class(es) it is capable of and chooses to support. Each quote will be reviewed for the following, on a pass/fail basis:

Rating Description Pass Quote submitted by the RFQ response deadline, using Attachment 02 – Price List Template (or an equivalent vendor template containing all required information elements), with complete pricing information for each location and vehicle class the offeror proposes to support, in accordance with Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS.

Fail Quote not submitted by the RFQ response deadline, or missing required information elements of Attachment 02 – Price List Template for one or more of the location(s) and/or vehicle class(es) the offeror proposes to support.

Evaluation Factor – Price:

Price will be evaluated to determine fair and reasonableness in accordance with RFO 12.209, using one or more of the following techniques as applicable: comparison of prices received among offerors quoting the same or similar locations/vehicle classes, comparison to an Independent Government Cost Estimate, or comparison to current or recent market/contract pricing for comparable rental vehicle and driver/chauffeur services in Australia. Price is not scored competitively against other offerors and does not, by itself, determine which offerors are established as BPA holders; it is used solely to determine whether each offeror’s pricing is fair and reasonable. Ratings are as follows:

Rating Description Fair and Reasonable Proposed pricing is consistent with, or favorable in comparison to, prevailing market rates and/or pricing received from other offerors for comparable locations and vehicle classes.

Not Fair and Reasonable Proposed pricing is not supported as fair and reasonable and the offeror is unable to provide adequate justification upon request by the Contracting Officer.

Two-Tiered Price Evaluation. Price is evaluated at two distinct stages under this BPA, consistent with Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS:

(1) BPA Establishment (this solicitation). As described above, price is evaluated solely to determine whether each offeror’s submitted Price List rates are fair and reasonable for on-ramping into the BPA pool. This is not a comparative, lowest-price competition among offerors; multiple offerors with different price points may all be established as BPA holders provided their pricing is independently determined fair and reasonable.

(2) Individual Call/Order Level. Once established, BPA holders compete for individual Calls IAW PWS Section 4, Ordering Procedures. For Calls exceeding the micro-purchase threshold, the Authorized Caller will request quotes from capable BPA holders (i.e., those whose currently accepted Price List covers the required location and vehicle class) and will award the Call to the BPA holder offering the lowest total evaluated price for that specific requirement, consistent with PWS paragraph 4.1, unless the order-level request for quotes states additional evaluation factors. A BPA holder’s rates accepted into the master Price List under this solicitation serve as that BPA holder’s ceiling (not-to-exceed) rate for Call-level competition; a BPA holder may not submit a Call-level quote that exceeds its then-current accepted Price List rate for the applicable location and vehicle class.

Stage When It Applies Evaluation Standard Purpose / Outcome Stage 1 – BPA Establishment

This solicitation (initial award of master BPAs)

Fair and Reasonable (not comparative)

Determines whether each offeror's Price List rates are fair and reasonable for on-ramping into the BPA pool. Multiple offerors may be established as BPA holders regardless of their relative price to one another.

Stage 2 – Individual Call/Order

Each Call placed against the BPA IAW PWS Section 4

Lowest Total Evaluated Price Determines which capable BPA holder is awarded a specific Call. Each BPA holder's accepted Price List rate serves as its ceiling; award goes to the lowest total evaluated price offered among capable BPA holders for that Call.

Reservation of Rights To Add and Remove BPA Holders (On-Ramping/Off-Ramping)

The Government reserves the right to add (“on-ramp”) additional qualified vendors as BPA holders at any time during the ordering period of the resulting BPA(s) (up to five (5) years from date of award), as necessary, by reopening this combined synopsis/solicitation for an additional response period via amendment.

The Contracting Officer may reopen this solicitation for an on-ramping cycle at any time during the ordering period, as needed to improve competition or coverage for a location or vehicle class with limited or no vendor participation.

Each on-ramping cycle will be announced by amendment establishing a new response date/time for that cycle IAW RFO 12.603(c)(3)(ii) and 5.203(b); no on-ramping cycle will be conducted without an established response time.

Quotes received during an on-ramping cycle will be evaluated using the same procedures and criteria applied at initial BPA establishment — a pass/fail submission-completeness review followed by a fair-and-reasonable price determination, consistent with the Basis of Award, Evaluation Process, and Evaluation Factor – Price sections above. Quotes are not comparatively ranked against other offerors, whether previously established as BPA holders or under concurrent evaluation.

A quote received before an amendment announcing an on-ramping cycle will be evaluated under the terms in effect at the time of submission, as applicable; a quote received during an announced on-ramping cycle must comply with the terms of that cycle's amendment. An amendment under this section does not, by itself, modify any BPA already established; changes to an existing BPA holder's agreement are made only by separate modification IAW Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS, paragraph 11.8.

The Government similarly reserves the right to remove (“off-ramp”) a BPA holder from this BPA at any time during the ordering period upon the occurrence of criteria set forth in Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS, paragraph 11.11, including poor performance, repeated no-quotes, failure to maintain required licenses, registrations, insurance, or a current price list, or loss of eligibility for Federal award. Off-ramping does not affect any Call already issued to the affected BPA holder.

Additional procedures governing on-ramping and off-ramping of BPA holders, including notice, cure periods, and recordkeeping, are set forth in Attachment 01 – Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS, paragraphs 11.10 and 11.11.

Ordering Procedures

This BPA is established under RFO Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and orders placed against it are issued and administered under the terms and conditions of RFO 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as incorporated into the BPA.

Establishment of a BPA under this solicitation does not obligate the Government to place any order and does not guarantee any minimum quantity or dollar value of orders to any individual BPA holder. Orders will be placed only against BPA holders who cover the location(s) and vehicle class(es) required for that specific order.

For orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold, the Government may place an order with any BPA holder covering the required location and vehicle class without further competition among BPA holders.

For orders above the micro-purchase threshold, the Government will provide a fair opportunity to be considered to each BPA holder that covers the required location(s) and vehicle class(es) for that order, consistent with RFO Part 12 and the terms of RFO 52.212-4 as incorporated into the BPA, unless an exception applies (e.g., logical follow-on, unique or highly specialized services, or urgent and compelling need). Award at the order level will be made to the BPA holder(s) covering the required location(s) and vehicle class(es) that offer the lowest total evaluated price for that order, unless the order-level request for quotes states additional order-specific evaluation factors. This order-level, lowest-total-evaluated-price methodology is separate from, and does not affect, the fair-and-reasonableness price evaluation performed at BPA establishment IAW the Basis of Award and Evaluation Factor – Price sections above.

The Contracting Officer will maintain a record of the locations and vehicle classes covered by each BPA holder, based on Attachment 02 submissions, for use in identifying which BPA holders are solicited for a given order.

Payment Methods

Payments shall be made by one of the following and determined at the order level:

• Direct Bank Transfer

• Government-Wide Purchase Card (GPC) / Credit Card

• Wide-Area Work Flow (WAWF)

• Additional payment methods will be authorized on a case-by-case basis pending approval by the current Contracting Officer.

Inability to process payment via Direct Bank Transfer/GPC/WAWF may make an offeror ineligible for award.

Attachments:

Attachment 01 - Australia Vehicle Rental BPA PWS

Attachment 02 - Price List Template

Primary Point of Contact:

Nicholas A. Johnson, SSgt, USAF Contracting Officer US Oversight and Support Group Canberra, Australia nicholas.johnson.83@us.af.mil

DOCUMENT NUMBER

FA523426Q0018

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.

2011-09 SEC I

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights. 2022-12 SEC I

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.

2022-09 SEC K

252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls.

2016-10 SEC K

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.

2024-05 SEC I

252.204-7018 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services.

2023-01 SEC I

252.204-7024 Notice on the Use of the Supplier Performance Risk System. 2023-03 SEC L 252.205-7000 Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders. 2024-10 SEC I 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. 2022-04 SEC I 252.225-7031 Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel . 2005-06 SEC K

252.225-7055 Representation Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime.

2022-05 SEC K

252.225-7056 Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime.

2023-01 SEC I

252.225-7059 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region-Representation.

2023-06 SEC K

252.225-7060 Prohibition on Certain Procurements from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

2023-06 SEC I

252.226-7001 Utilization of Indian Organizations, Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises, and Native Hawaiian Small Business Concerns.

2023-01 SEC I

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

2018-12 SEC G

252.232-7008 Assignment of Claims (Overseas). 1997-06 SEC G 252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments. 2006-12 SEC I 252.233-7001 Choice of Law (Overseas). 1997-06 SEC I

252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel.

2023-01 SEC I

252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment. 2022-12 SEC I 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea. 2024-10 SEC I

52.203-11 Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.

2024-09 SEC K

52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain

Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements- Representation.

2017-01 SEC L

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

2017-01 SEC I

52.203-3 Gratuities. 1984-04 SEC I 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. 2020-06 SEC I

52.203-6 ALT I Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government.

(Alternate I)

2021-11 SEC I

52.204-91 Contractor Identification. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting

With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for 2026-02 SEC I

Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC L

52.212-4 Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

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

2024-05 SEC I

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.

2023-03 SEC I

52.233-3 Protest after Award. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC K

52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-04 SEC I

252.232-7009 Mandatory Payment by Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card.

2018-05 SEC G

52.224-3 Privacy Training. 2017-01 SEC I 52.229-6 Taxes-Foreign Fixed-Price Contracts. 2026-02 SEC I 52.232-18 Availability of Funds. 1984-04 SEC I

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

2018-10 SEC I

52.232-36 Payment by Third Party. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

52.207-6 Solicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures

(Multiple-Award Contracts).

2024-08 SEC L

52.222-56 Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC L

52.223-4 Recovered Material Certification. 2008-05 SEC K 52.240-91 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct. 2021-11 SEC I 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights. 2023-11 SEC I 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel. 2011-01 SEC I

52.204-13 System for Award Management-Maintenance. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.219-16 Liquidated Damages-Subcontracting Plan. (Deviation 2026- O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.222-3 Convict Labor. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies.

(Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-03 SEC I

52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.222-51 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor

Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.222-53 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-Requirements.

(Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors.

(Deviation 2026-O0040, Revision 1)

2026-04 SEC I

52.223-12 Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.223-23 Sustainable Products. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I 52.225-5 Trade Agreements. 2023-11 SEC I

Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the

52.225-26 United States. 2016-10 SEC I 52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

2021-11 SEC I

52.232-30 Installment Payments for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

2021-11 SEC I

52.232-90 Fast Payment Procedure. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I 52.240-92 Security Requirements. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02 SEC I

52.240-93 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems. (Deviation 2026-O0038)

2026-02 SEC I

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations. 2013-06 SEC I

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support.

2023-01 SEC I

252.225-7021 Trade Agreements. 2024-02 SEC I 252.225-7041 Correspondence in English. 1997-06 SEC I

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Products or Commercial Services.

2023-11 SEC I

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252.204-7016 Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services-

Representation.

2019-12

COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES-

REPRESENTATION (DEC 2019)

(a) . As used in this provision, "covered defense telecommunications equipment or Definitions services" has the meaning provided in the clause 252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services.

(b) . The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Procedures Management (SAM) ( ) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for https://www.sam.gov "covered defense telecommunications equipment or services".

(c) . The Offeror represents that it Representation does, does not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument.

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252.204-7017 Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation.

2021-05

PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES-REPRESENTATION (MAY 2021)

The Offeror is not required to complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented in the provision at 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation, that it "does not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument."

(a) . "Covered defense telecommunications equipment or services," "covered mission," Definitions "critical technology," and "substantial or essential component," as used in this provision, have the meanings given in the 252.204-7018 clause, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services, of this solicitation.

(b) . Section 1656 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 Prohibition (Pub. L. 115-91) prohibits agencies from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service to carry out covered missions that uses covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

(c) . The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Procedures Management (SAM) at for entities that are excluded when providing any https://www.sam.gov equipment, system, or service to carry out covered missions that uses covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, unless a waiver is granted.

(d) . If in its annual representations and certifications in SAM the Offeror has Representation represented in paragraph (c) of the provision at 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation, that it "does" provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument, then the Offeror shall complete the following additional representation:

The Offeror represents that it will will not provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to DoD in the performance of any award resulting from this solicitation.

(e) . If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) of this provision that it "will Disclosures provide covered defense telecommunications equipment or services," the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(1) A description of all covered defense telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand or manufacturer; product, such as model number, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable).

(2) An explanation of the proposed use of covered defense telecommunications equipment and services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition referenced in paragraph (b) of this provision.

(3) For services, the entity providing the covered defense telecommunications services (include entity name, unique entity identifier, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, if known).

(4) For equipment, the entity that produced or provided the covered defense telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known).

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252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions. 2023-01

WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (JAN 2023)

(a) As used in this clause- Definitions.

"Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)" is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

"Document type" means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

"Local processing office (LPO)" is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

"Payment request" and "receiving report" are defined in the clause at 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(b) The WAWF system provides the method to electronically process Electronic invoicing.

vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) To access WAWF, the Contractor shall- WAWF access.

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.sam.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web- WAWF training.

Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the "Web Based Training" link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) Document submissions may be via web entry, WAWF methods of document submission.

Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) The Contractor shall use the following information when WAWF payment instructions.

submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract or task or delivery order:

(1) The Contractor shall submit payment requests using the following Document type.

document type(s):

(i) For cost-type line items, including labor-hour or time-and-materials, submit a cost voucher.

(ii) For fixed price line items-

(A) That require shipment of a deliverable, submit the invoice and receiving report specified by the Contracting Officer.

Combo

(Contracting Officer: Insert applicable invoice and receiving report document type(s) for fixed price line items that require shipment of a deliverable.)

(B) For services that do not require shipment of a deliverable, submit either the Invoice 2in1, which meets the requirements for the invoice and receiving report, or the applicable invoice and receiving report, as specified by the Contracting Officer.

Invoice 2in1

(Contracting Officer: Insert either "Invoice 2in1" or the applicable invoice and receiving report document type(s) for fixed price line items for services.)

(iii) For customary progress payments based on costs incurred, submit a progress payment request.

(iv) For performance based payments, submit a performance based payment request.

(v) For commercial financing, submit a commercial financing request.

(2) ) Fast Pay requests are only permitted when Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.213-1 is included in the contract.

[Note: The Contractor may use a WAWF "combo" document type to create some combinations of invoice and receiving report in one step.]

(3) The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table Document routing.

below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table*

Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF

Pay Official DoDAAC TBD at order level

Issue By DoDAAC FA5234

Admin DoDAAC FA5234

Inspect By DoDAAC FA5234

Ship To Code TBD at order level

Ship From Code TBD at order level

Mark For Code N/A

Service Approver (DoDAAC) FA5234

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC) FA5234

Accept at Other DoDAAC FA5234

LPO DoDAAC N/A

DCAA Auditor DoDAAC N/A

Other DoDAAC(s) N/A

(*Contracting Officer: Insert applicable DoDAAC information. If multiple ship to/acceptance locations apply, insert "See Schedule" or "Not applicable.")

(**Contracting Officer: If the contract provides for progress payments or performance-based payments, insert the DoDAAC for the contract administration office assigned the functions under FAR 42.302(a)(13).)

(4) The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes documentation Payment request.

appropriate to the type of payment request in accordance with the payment clause, contract financing clause, or Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, as applicable.

(5) The Contractor shall ensure a receiving report meets the requirements Receiving report.

of DFARS Appendix F.

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact.

Not applicable

(Contracting Officer: Insert applicable information or "Not applicable.")

(2) Contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988, if assistance is needed.

(End of clause)

52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

(Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02

Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Feb 2026) (Deviation 2026-O0038)

(a) Evaluation factors. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers:

[Insert evaluation factors in the relative order of importance. For requests for proposals, state:

Evaluation factors other than price when combined are [significantly more important than price /approximately equal to price/significantly less important] than price. For invitations for bids, list only price and price-related factors.]

Technical Capability

(b) . The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the Options (if applicable) total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) . A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer furnished to the successful Notice of award Offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)

52.204-90 Offeror Identification. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02

Offeror Identification (Feb 2026) (Deviation 2026-O0038)

If the Offeror will not have an active Federal Government contracts registration in the System for Award Management (https://www.sam.gov) when submitting its offer, it shall complete paragraphs (c) and (d) of this provision and include its responses with its offer.

(a) . As used in this provision-Definitions

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code has the meaning provided in the clause at FAR 52.204-91, Contractor Identification, of this solicitation.

Common parent means that corporate entity that owns or controls an affiliated group of corporations that files its Federal income tax returns on a consolidated basis, and of which the offeror is a member.

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a bank account identifier to establish additional System for Award Management records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see part 32) for the same entity.

Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest-level owner.

Immediate owner means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror.

Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees. There may be more than one immediate owner (e.g., joint ventures).

Predecessor means an entity whose assets were acquired by the offeror or another entity (most often through merger or acquisition) and whose affairs are now carried out by the offeror or the other entity under a new name.

Taxpayer Identification Number means the number required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be used by the offeror to report income tax and other returns. It may be either a Social Security Number or an Employer Identification Number.

Unique entity identifier (UEI) has the meaning provided in the clause at FAR 52.204-91, Contractor Identification, of this solicitation.

(b) Unique entity identifier (UEI).

(1) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation "Unique Entity Identifier" followed by the UEI that identifies the Offeror's name and address exactly as stated in the offer. The Offeror shall also enter its EFT indicator, if applicable.

(2) If the Offeror does not have a UEI, it shall go to https://www.sam.gov to obtain one. The Government will independently validate the existence and uniqueness of the Offeror before assigning a

UEI.

(c) . The Offeror shall provide with its offer the following information that is Taxpayer identification necessary to comply with debt collection requirements of 31 U.S.C. 7701(c) and 3325(d); reporting requirements of 26 U.S.C. 6041, 6041A, and 6050M; and the implementing IRS regulations:

(1) Taxpayer identification number (TIN)

TIN: ;____

TIN has been applied for; or

TIN is not required because:

Offeror is a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, or foreign partnership that does not have income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and does not have an office or place of business or a fiscal paying agent in the United States;

Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government; or

Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government.

(2) Type of organization.

Sole proprietorship;

Partnership;

Corporate entity (not tax-exempt);

Corporate entity (tax-exempt);

Government entity (Federal, State, or local);

Foreign government;

International organization per 26 CFR 1.6049-4; or

Other.

(3) Common parent.

Offeror is not owned or controlled by a common parent as defined in paragraph (a) of this provision; or

Name and TIN of common parent:

Name: ____

TIN: ____

(4) The TIN provided in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision may be matched with IRS records to verify the accuracy of the Offeror's TIN. The Government may use the TIN to collect and report on any delinquent amounts arising out of the Offeror's relationship with the Government (31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(3)).

(d) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code.

(1) The Offeror shall provide its CAGE code with its offer with its name and location address or otherwise include it prominently in its offer. The CAGE code shall be for that name and location address.

Insert the word "CAGE" before the code. The Offeror may obtain a CAGE code as indicated in the following table.

If the Offeror is… Then…

Located in the United States or its outlying areas Submit a request to the DLA CAGE Branch via https://cage.dla.mil Located outside the United States and its outlying areas and its country is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (NATO) or a sponsored nation

Contact the appropriate National Codification Bureau ( https://www.nato.int/structur/ac/135

/about/contacts) Located outside the United States and its outlying areas and its country is not a member of NATO or a sponsored nation

Contact the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) ( https://eportal.nspa.nato.int

/AC135Public/scage/CageList.aspx)

(2) The Offeror shall provide the CAGE code and legal business name (Do not use a "doing business as" name) for-

(i) Its immediate owner(s), if any;

(ii) Its highest-level owner, if any; and

(iii) Any predecessor(s), or predecessor of an Offeror's predecessor, that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years.

Owner Type CAGE Code Legal Business Name Immediate owner ____ ____

Highest-level owner ____ ____ Predecessor* ____ ____

* Predecessor CAGE code may be marked "Unknown."

(3) If the Offeror has more than one immediate owner (such as a joint venture), give the information for each owner (or joint venture participant). If the Offeror has more than one predecessor, provide information for each predecessor in reverse chronological order.

(End of provision)

52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations-

Representation. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02

Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations-Representation (FEB 2026)

(DEVIATION 2026-O0038)

(a) . As used in this clause-Definitions

Inverted domestic corporation means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

Subsidiary means an entity in which more than 50 percent of the entity is owned-

(1) Directly by a parent corporation; or

(2) Through another subsidiary of a parent corporation.

(b) Government agencies are not permitted to use appropriated (or otherwise made available) funds for contracts with either an inverted domestic corporation, or a subsidiary of an inverted domestic corporation, unless the exception at 9.108-3(b) applies or the requirement is waived in accordance with the procedures at 9.108-5.

(c) . The Offeror represents that-Representation

(1) It is, is not an inverted domestic corporation; and

(2) It is, is not a subsidiary of an inverted domestic corporation.

(End of provision)

52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small

Business Concerns. (Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02

Notice of Price Evaluation preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Feb 2026) (Deviation 2026-O0038)

Evaluation preference.(a)

(1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a factor of 10 percent to the price of all offers, except-

(i) Offers from HUBZone small business concerns that have not waived the evaluation preference; and

(ii) Otherwise successful offers from small business concerns.

(b) . A HUBZone small business concern may choose to waive the Waiver of evaluation preference evaluation preference. If the concern waives the preference, the factor will be added to its offer for evaluation purposes.

Offeror chooses to waive the evaluation preference.

(c) A HUBZone joint venture agrees that, in the performance of the contract, at least 40 Joint venture.

percent of the aggregate work performed by the joint venture shall be completed by the HUBZone small business parties to the joint venture. Work performed by the HUBZone small business parties to the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.

(End of provision)

52.222-18 Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed

End Products.

2021-02

Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products (FEB 2021)

(a) .Definition

Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service-

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

(b) . The following end product(s) being acquired under this solicitation is (are) Listed end products included in the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, identified by their country of origin. There is a reasonable basis to believe that listed end products from the listed countries of origin may have been mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor.

Listed End Product Listed Countries of Origin

(c) . The Government will not make award to an offeror unless the offeror, by checking Certification the appropriate block, certifies to either paragraph (c)(1) or paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.

(1)

The offeror will not supply any end product listed in paragraph (b) of this provision that was mined, produced, or manufactured in a corresponding country as listed for that end product.

(2)

The offeror may supply an end product listed in paragraph (b) of this provision that was mined, produced, or manufactured in the corresponding country as listed for that product. The offeror certifies that it has made a good faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture such end product. On the basis of those efforts, the offeror certifies that it is not aware of any such use of child labor.

(End of provision)

52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate. 2021-02

Trade Agreements Certificate (Feb 2021)

(a) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Trade Agreements."

(b) The offeror shall list as other end products those supplies that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products.

Other End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin

[ ]List as necessary

(c) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for those products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of this solicitation.

(End of provision)

52.229-11 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements-Notice and Representation.

(Deviation 2026-O0038) 2026-02

Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements-Notice and Representation (Feb 2026) (Deviation 2026-O0038)

(a) . As used in this provision-Definitions

Foreign person means any person other than a United States person.

Specified Federal procurement payment means any payment made pursuant to a contract with a foreign contracting party that is for goods, manufactured or produced, or services provided in a foreign country that is not a party to an international procurement agreement with the United States. For purposes of the prior sentence, a foreign country does not include an outlying area of the United States.

United States person as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(30) means

(1) A citizen or resident of the United States;

(2) A domestic partnership;

(3) A domestic corporation;

(4) Any estate (other than a foreign estate, within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. 701(a)(31)); and

(5) Any trust if-

(i) A court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust; and

(ii) One or more United States persons have…