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The object of this acquisition is to secure highly specialized support services from the IBM Accelerated Value Program (AVP) in support of DOI's IEM implementation activities. Some of these activities involve the need for Subject Matter Expert (SME) personnel support from the product vendor beyond the capabilities provided by general software support typically included with software purchases.

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The technical support services will provide product installation support, configuration/change management support, design support and specialty coding (as needed) for the

Department's IEM solution. Although DOI personnel will lead work activities regarding many of these activities, more advanced support will be needed. The IBM AVP contractor

(contractor personnel) shall recommend options, provide recommendations and assist with actual work activities as needed, based on their knowledge and previous experience.

IBM is the sole supplier of the International

Business Machines (IBM) Software Group (SWG)

Accelerated Value Program (AVP) Services for IBM

Software products which is proprietary software support.

AQD intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP)

Purchase Order (PO) and is conducting this acquisition on a sole-source basis under the authority of and through use of provisions in the

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and

Subpart 13.5.

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All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.

Period of Performance: 03/24/2015 to 03/23/2016

00010 IBM AVP Support Services for IBM Tivoli Endpoint

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Option Year I 3/24/16-3/23/17 ½ FTE

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Option Year III 3/24/18-3/23/19 ¼ FTE

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FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

ADDENDA SHEET – IBM Accelerated Value

Program (AVP) Support Services for Tivoli EM

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Solicitation Description/Specifications Contract Administration Data Contract Clauses Solicitation Provisions Instructions for Quote Preparation

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Solicitation

March 13, 2015

To: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

From: US Department of the Interior, Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD), Herndon, VA

For: US Department of the Interior, Immediate Office of the Secretary (SIO), Washington, DC

Subject: AQD Solicitation # D15PS00213

This is a procurement of non-personal services via a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Purchase Order with

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to provide highly specialized support services for the

Department of the Interior’s (DOI) OCIO in support of DOI’s IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IEM) implementation activities across all Bureaus and Offices.

“IBM is the sole supplier of the International Business Machines (IBM) Software Group (SWG)

Accelerated Value Program (AVP) Services for IBM Software products which is proprietary software support.”

AQD intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Purchase Order (PO) and is conducting this acquisition on a sole-source basis under the authority of and through use of provisions in the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 and Subpart 13.5.

AQD will handle the solicitation, and resultant Purchase Order administration. AQD is a Federal

Franchise Fund Contracting Office under the authority of the Government Management Reform Act of

1994 § 403 (GMRA) and provides contracting support to all Federal and DoD Agencies. All responsible and responsive offers will be considered for evaluation. In order to be considered as responsible and responsive, all Offerors are required to be registered with CCR and ORCA via the System for Award

Management (SAM). An Order will not be awarded to an Offeror who is not registered with SAM.

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 CCR) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 – 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the

IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

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Description/Specifications

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

United States Department of the Interior (DOI)

The U.S. Department of the Interior is a Cabinet-level agency that manages America's vast natural and cultural resources. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell heads the department, which employs 70,000 people, including expert scientists and resource-management professionals, in nine technical bureaus and the

Office of the Secretary (OS), which is comprised of various Offices and Departmental Offices including but not limited to:

- Office of Policy, Management and Budget (PMB)

- Office of Insular Affairs (US Territories and Freely Associated States)

- Office of the Solicitor

- Office of the Inspector General

- Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians

- Office of the Chief Information Officer

DOI employees, along with more than 280,000 volunteers, carry out Interior's mission from more than

2,400 operating locations. Serving communities large and small, they deliver our department's land- and community-based programs in ways that engage the participation of citizens, groups and businesses.

Interior fulfills the commitment to the American people under a $12 billion total annual budget and through the dedication of employees and other partners. In 2012, Interior’s programs contributed an estimated $371.0 billion to the U.S. economy and supported 2.3 million jobs in activities including outdoor recreation and tourism, energy development, grazing, and timber harvesting.

Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

The Office of the Chief Information Officer provides leadership to the Department of the Interior (DOI) and its bureaus in all areas of information management and technology. To successfully serve the

Department’s multiple missions, the OCIO applies modern IT tools, approaches, systems and products. Effective and innovative use of technology and information resources enables transparency and accessibility of information and services to the public.

The OCIO is currently implementing a series of technology innovations and efficiencies to deliver improved services across the Department at lower costs. These initiatives include reducing operating costs and energy consumption by consolidating and centralizing the information technology infrastructure and compliance functions across the Department. We are also working to align information technology capabilities with business and mission areas. This alignment will increase effectiveness, improve transparency and increase productivity, while striving to improve service delivery and customer satisfaction.

Incumbent Contract Information: N/A

REQUIREMENT:

1. Services Required: The object of this acquisition is to secure highly specialized support services from the IBM Accelerated Value Program (AVP) in support of DOI’s IEM implementation activities. Some of these activities involve the need for Subject Matter Expert (SME) personnel support from the product vendor beyond the capabilities provided by general software support typically included with software purchases.

The technical support services will provide product installation support, configuration/change management support, design support and specialty coding (as needed) for the Department’s IEM solution.

http://www.doi.gov/whoweare/secretaryjewell.cfm http://www.doi.gov/whoweare/Mission-Statement.cfm http://www.doi.gov/ocio/index.cfm#orgchart

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Although DOI personnel will lead work activities regarding many of these activities, more advanced support will be needed. The IBM AVP contractor (contractor personnel) shall recommend options, provide recommendations and assist with actual work activities as needed, based on their knowledge and previous experience.

An IBM AVP Technical Requirements Document (TRD) that describes the support and work product(s) necessary for the successful completion of this requirement is provided with the SOW. The information includes sufficient details in order for the contractor to calculate the basis of estimate, based on the labor categories and fixed rates identified in the delivery order, for the TRD. Any additional post award support may be incorporated into this delivery order via a formal modification.

IEM Problem Management: Activities related to this task involve providing regular status updates, facilitating communications between DOI and IBM staff (contractor personnel) regarding problems, driving resolution of open issues as defined by DOI and providing bi-weekly management reports on activities.

IEM Proactive Support: Activities related to this task involve providing guidance and assistance with the intention of reducing or preventing problems from occurring in DOI’s environment. These activities may include but not be limited to, alerting DOI to authorized program analysis reports (APARs) experienced by other customers, assisting with development of risk mitigation plans when changes such as upgrades are proposed for DOI’s environment, participating in product life cycle maintenance planning and providing periodic reporting.

IEM Skills Sharing: Activities related to this task involve facilitating DOI personnel skills development related to the IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IEM) product via periodic invitations to briefings by senior technical specialists, early access to technical information and on-the-job skills transfer through day-to-day work activities and answering questions from DOI personnel.

IEM Priority Routing: Activities related to this task involve providing prioritized call handling, such as priority telephone access via a managed queue to the Designated IBM Support Center, for problems opened by DOI through requests made by DOI staff in support of DOI IEM implementation and optimization activities.

Deliverables: All deliverables defined for this contract are detailed in the IBM AVP Technical

Requirements Document (TRD). All deliverables shall be submitted to the COR, unless otherwise agreed upon. Unless otherwise specified, DOI will have a maximum of fifteen (15) working days from the day the draft deliverable is received to review the document, provide comments back to the contractor, and approve or disapprove the deliverable(s). The contractor will have a maximum of five (5) working days from the day comments are received to incorporate all changes and submit the final deliverable to DOI.

All days identified below are intended to be business days unless otherwise specified.

All documentation will be delivered to the government in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Project 2000 file types unless otherwise specified. Contractor personnel shall provide the following deliverables:

i. Bi-Weekly status reports

ii. Documentation in support of the project as needed and when completed.

All documentation activities should include preparation and maintenance of such documentation as needed. All documentation should be clear, concise, accurate, and effective in communicating the necessary information to the relevant document audience.

Documentation provided by the contractor (whitepapers, written consultation responses from product developers within IBM, etc.) need not be provided to DOI for review and approval as these documents were not specifically created by contractor personnel supporting DOI under this SOW.

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Level of Experience/Qualifications Required: This work requires significant knowledge and experience in all operations of the IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (IEM) enterprise software.

NOTE: The Contractor and the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) shall monitor the working relationship between the Government and contractor personnel to ensure that services do NOT develop into a personal service relationship as defined in FAR 37.104. Questions concerning this matter shall immediately be referred to the Contracting Officer (CO).

2. Place of Performance: In general, contractor personnel may work at a location of their preference as long as they are available in a timely manner, during working hours via telephone or email and have sufficient, secured network bandwidth and computing capabilities to provide the support required in the timelines specified. On-site support may be needed at DOI’s Stuart Lee Udell Main Interior Building

(MIB) in Washington, DC and the Reston, VA location on an as needed basis to be determined in support of the work.

3. Period of Performance: The overall POP for this Order will be four (4) years: one (1) twelve (12) month Base Year and three (3) twelve (12) month Option Years.

In accordance with FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000),” the

Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 7 days of the expiration of the term; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written Notice of

Intent to extend at least thirty (30) days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. All terms and conditions applicable to a period of performance shall extend to the following period of performance unless otherwise agreed upon in advance, in writing, and signed by all parties.

4. Travel Funding: Travel is not anticipated, but, should travel become necessary the Contractor will be responsible for all travel expenses within a 50-mile radius of the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Should travel outside the metropolitan area be required, reimbursement will be in strict accordance with

Joint Travel Regulations and FAR31.205-46. All travel outside the metropolitan area requires the government's pre-authorization.

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Contract Administration Data

GOVERNMENT'S REPRESENTATIVE

(a) The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for this project is:

TBD

(b) The Government’s Contracting Officer (CO) and Contract Specialist/Administrator (CS/CA) for this project are:

CO CS/CA

Dana Price

DOI – IBC – AQD

381 Elden St, MS 4000

Herndon, VA 20170

Phone: (703) 964-3563 E-mail: dana_price@ibc.doi.gov

(c) The COR/GR will be responsible for technical monitoring of the contractor's performance and deliveries. The COR/GR and the Contractor's Representative shall work together to ensure that all contractual requirements are being met. The COR/GR will interpret specifications or technical portions of the work. The COR/GR 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 contact 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. Only a warranted Contracting

Officer (CO) is authorized to obligate funds on this or any other contract action.

(d) The contractor shall immediately notify the CO in writing if the COR/GR has taken an action (or fails to take action) or issues directions (written or oral) that the contractor considers to exceed the above limitations.

(e) The contractor shall provide the CO information copies of all correspondence to the COR/GR.

(f) Administrative Information:

PSC: D319 – IT and Telecom – Annual Software Maintenance Services

UPC: D3190200 – Software License Renewal with Upgrade / Maint.

NAICS Code: 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services

Size: $27.5M

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Contract Clauses

The resulting Purchase Order will include the following clauses:

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items (Feb 2012), applies to this acquisition. There are no addenda to this provision.

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders --

Commercial Items (Mar 2015), applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses are cited within

52.212-5 and are applicable to this acquisition:

(a) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (May 2012); 52.222-

50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Feb 2009); 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996);

52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004).

(b) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, Alt I (Oct 1995); 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013); 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Aug 2013); 52.222-3, Convict Labor (Jun 2003); 52.222-

19, Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Mar 2012); 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007);

52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2014); 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor

Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011); 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic

Funds Transfer – System for Award Management (Jul 2013); 52.239-1, Privacy or Security

Safeguards (Aug 1996).

(c) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain

Services – Requirements (May 2014).

(d) Comptroller General of the United States…applies as applicable.

(e) Clause Flow-down…applies as applicable.

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FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within thirty (30) days.

FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within seven (7) days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written Notice of Intent to extend at least thirty (30) days before the contract expires.

The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises an option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed five (5) years.

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FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address:

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

DIAR (Department of the Interior) Clauses:

1452.203-70 Restriction on Endorsements (Jul 1996)

The Contractor shall not refer to contracts awarded by the Department of the Interior in commercial advertising, as defined in FAR 31.205-1, in a manner which states or implies that the product or service provided is approved or endorsed by the Government, or is considered by the Government to be superior to other products or services. This restriction is intended to avoid the appearance of preference by the

Government toward any product or service. The Contractor may request the Contracting Officer to make a determination as to the propriety of promotional material.

1452.204-70 Release of Claims (Jul 1996)

After completion of work and prior to final payment, the Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer with a release of claims against the United States relating to this contract. The Release of Claims form

(DI-137) shall be used for this purpose. The form provides for exception of specified claims from operation of the release.

DIAPR 2010-14 Amendment 1 - Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (July 2010)

1) FAR 42.1502 directs all Federal agencies to collect past performance information on contracts.

The Department of the Interior (DOI) has implemented the Contractor Performance Assessment

Reporting System (CPARS) to comply with this regulation. One or more past performance evaluations will be conducted in order to record your contract performance as required by FAR

42.15.

2) The past performance evaluation process is a totally paperless process using CPARS. CPARS is a web-based system that allows for electronic processing of the performance evaluation report.

Once the report is processed, it is available in the Past Performance Information Retrieval System

(PPIRS) for Government use in evaluating past performance as part of a source selection action.

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

Official. The report information must be protected as source selection sensitive information not releasable to the public.

4) When your Contractor Representative(s) (Past Performance Points of Contact) are registered in

CPARS, they will receive an automatically-generated email with detailed login instructions.

Further details, systems requirements, and training information for CPARS is available at http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/. The CPARS User Manual, registration for On Line Training for

Contractor Representatives, and a practice application may be found at this site.

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5) Within 60 days after the end of a performance period, the Contracting Officer will complete an interim or final past performance evaluation, and the report will be accessible at http://www.cpars.csd.disa.mil/. Contractor Representatives may then provide comments in response to the evaluation, or return the evaluation without comment. Comments are limited to the space provided in Block 22. Your comments should focus on objective facts in the Assessing

Official's narrative and should provide your views on the causes and ramifications of the assessed performance. In addition to the ratings and supporting narratives, blocks 1 - 17 should be reviewed for accuracy, as these include key fields that will be used by the Government to identify your firm in future source selection actions. If you elect not to provide comments, please acknowledge receipt of the evaluation by indicating "No comment" in Block 22, and then signing and dating Block 23 of the form. Without a statement in Block 22, you will be unable to sign and submit the evaluation back to the Government. If you do not sign and submit the CPAR within

30 days, it will automatically be returned to the Government and will be annotated: "The report was delivered/received by the contractor on (date). The contractor neither signed nor offered comment in response to this assessment." Your response is due within 30 calendar days after receipt of the CPAR.

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

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

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

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

7) If you wish to discuss a past performance evaluation, you should request a meeting in writing to the Contracting Officer no later than seven days following your receipt of the evaluation. The meeting will be held in person or via telephone or other means during your 30-day review period.

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

(End of notice)

DIAPR 2010-18 AUTHORITIES AND DELEGATIONS (MAY 2010)

(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 to oversee the overall Purchase Order. 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. The COR for this contract will be:

TBD

Department of the Interior, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

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(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 of the COR acting within his or her appointment, shall be at the Contractor's risk.

(End of notice)

DIAPR 2011-04, Amendment 4 - Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements – Internet Payment

Platform (IPP) (AUG 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Internet

Payment 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:

Invoices must include, as a minimum, the following information:

1. Purchase Order #

2. CLIN/Item number of deliverable

2. Description of deliverable

3. Price of deliverable

4. Quantity of deliverable

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5. Date deliverable was provided to the Government for inspection

6. Other Direct Costs (ODC’s) incurred (including supporting documentation/receipts of all other charges) for the current billing period and cumulative to date

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 FTR and other Government mandates and directives.

Additional supporting documentation MAY BE REQUESTED at the discretion of the COR/GR or CO.

PAYMENT:

1. Payments under this order will be due thirty (30) calendar days after the date of actual receipt of proper invoice in the office designated to receive the original invoice or final acceptance of the goods or services, whichever is later.

2. The date of the check issued in payment or the date of payment by wire transfer through the

Treasury Financial Communications System shall be considered to be the day payment is made.

FINAL INVOICE:

1. Within sixty calendar days of product acceptance and/or completion of services:

2. The contractor shall submit a final invoice, designated as such by a clear statement of

“FINAL INVOICE” on the face of the invoice document.

3. The contractor shall provide a certificate of completion which certifies all goods and service have been provided as required by this Purchase Order.

4. The contractor shall provide a release of claims against the government for any further payment under this Purchase Order.

The sixty calendar day submission timeframe shall not be extended without written authorization from the contracting officer. In the event items a, b, or c above are not submitted within the authorized timeframe, the contracting officer will make final cost determinations in order to make final payment and close out the contract unilaterally.

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 CCR) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 – 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the

Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the contracting officer with its Quote or quotation.

(End of Local Clause)

NBCM-ACQ (Interior Business Center-Acquisition Services Directorate) Clauses:

NBCM-ACQ-6900-0052 – Policy for Greening Services Contracts (Jan 2012)

A) Almost every service requires the use of some sort of product. While providing services pursuant to the Requirements Document in this contract, if your services necessitate the acquisition of any products, the contractor shall use its best efforts to comply with Executive Order 13514, and to acquire the environmentally preferable products that meet the requirements of clauses at FAR

52.223-2, Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products under Service and Construction

Contracts, 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy Consuming Products, and 52.223-17

Affirmative Procurement of EPA-Designated Items in Service and Construction Contracts.

mailto:ippgroup@bos.frb.org

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B) Additionally, the contractor shall use its best efforts to reduce the generation of paper documents through the use of double-sided printing, double-sided copying, and the use and purchase of 30% post-consumer content white paper to meet the intent of FAR 52.204-4 Printing/Copying Double-

Sided on Recycled Paper.

(End of clause)

NBCM-ACQ-6920-0007 Required Provisions for Services Contracts (Sep 2006)

A) This is a non-personal services contract, it is therefore understood and agreed that the contractor and/or the contractor's employees shall: (1) perform the services specified herein as independent contractors, not as employees of the government; (2) be responsible for their own management and administration of the work required and bear sole responsibility for complying with any and all technical schedule, or financial requirements or constraints attendant to the performance of this contract; (3) be free from supervision or control by any government employee with respect to the manner or method of performance of the services specified; and (4) pursuant to the governments right and obligation to inspect, accept or reject the work, comply with such general direction of the Contracting Officer, or the duly authorized representative as is necessary to ensure accomplishment of the contract objectives.

B) The Contractor employee may (emphasis provided) be required to sign a conflict of interest certificate if the Contracting Officer determines the contract and associated work may potentially affect the employee’s or the employer’s financial interest. When the Contracting Officer determines the potential exists, the contractor employee through the contract Project Manager shall be required to sign a Conflict of Interest Certificate.

The Contractor shall include this provision in all subcontracts for contractor support services under this contract.

(End of Provision)

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Solicitation Provisions

CONTRACT AWARD:

Contract award shall be made to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) on a sole-source basis.

Solicitation provisions /contract clauses found herein will apply to the resultant Purchase Order.

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS:

FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more 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.

Also, the full text of a provision may be accessed electronically at this address:

FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Jul 2013)

FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Feb 2012), applies to this acquisition.

As an addendum to this provision, Offerors are instructed to submit quotes per instructions located at

Instructions for Quote Preparation (pg 20).

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Items (Jan 1999), applies to this acquisition. As an addendum to this provision, per instructions located at Evaluation Factors for Award (pgs 20-21):

FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items (Apr 2012), applies to this acquisition and Offerors are advised to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3 with their offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of the provision, please identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with quote.

(End of provision)

FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

“Administrative proceeding” means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative

Proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract

Appeals Proceedings). This includes administrative proceedings at the Federal and State level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract or grant. It does not include agency actions such as contract audits, site visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables.

“Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000” means—

(1) The total value of all current, active contracts and grants, including all priced options; and

(2) The total value of all current, active orders including all priced options under indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, 8(a), or requirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award

Schedules).

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“Principal” means an officer, director, owner, partner, or a person having primary management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity (e.g., general manager; plant manager; head of a division or business segment; and similar positions).

(b) The offeror [ ] has [ ] does not have current active Federal contracts and grants with total value greater than $10,000,000.

(c) If the offeror checked “has” in paragraph (b) of this provision, the offeror represents, by submission of this offer, that the information it has entered in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity

Information System (FAPIIS) is current, accurate, and complete as of the date of submission of this offer with regard to the following information:

(1) Whether the offeror, and/or any of its principals, has or has not, within the last five years, in connection with the award to or performance by the offeror of a Federal contract or grant, been the subject of a proceeding, at the Federal or State level that resulted in any of the following dispositions:

(i) In a criminal proceeding, a conviction.

(ii) In a civil proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in the payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more.

(iii) In an administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that results in—

(A) The payment of a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more; or

(B) The payment of a reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of $100,000.

(iv) In a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding, a disposition of the matter by consent or compromise with an acknowledgment of fault by the Contractor if the proceeding could have led to any of the outcomes specified in paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), or (c)(1)(iii) of this provision.

(2) If the offeror has been involved in the last five years in any of the occurrences listed in (c)(1) of this provision, whether the offeror has provided the requested information with regard to each occurrence.

(d) The offeror shall post the information in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (c)(1)(iv) of this provision in

FAPIIS as required through maintaining an active registration in the System for Award Management database via https://www.acquisition.gov (see 52.204-7).

FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract (Apr 1984)

The Government contemplates award of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Purchase Order (PO) resulting from this solicitation.

FAR 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (Jul 1990)

Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government’s best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of the options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest (Sep 2006)

(a) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisitions Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government https://www.acquisition.gov/ https://acquisition.gov/far/current/html/52_200_206.html#wp1137850

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Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from: DOI-IBC-AQD, Dana Price, Contracting Officer, 381 Elden St, MS 4000, Herndon, VA 20170;

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

DIAR (Department of the Interior) Provisions:

1452.215-71 Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information—Department of the Interior (Apr 1984)

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this provision and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below:

(1) “Trade Secret” means an unpatented, secret, commercially valuable plan, appliance, formula, or process, which is used for making, preparing, compounding, treating or processing articles or materials which are trade commodities.

(2) “Confidential commercial or financial information” means any business information (other than trade secrets) which is exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirement of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. Exemptions from mandatory disclosure which may be applicable to business information contained in proposals include exemption (4), which covers “commercial and financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential,” and exemption (9), which covers “geological and geophysical information, including maps, concerning wells.”

(b) If the offeror, or its subcontractor(s), believes that the proposal contains trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, (5

U.S.C. 552), the cover page of each copy of the proposal shall be marked with the following legend:

“The information specifically identified on pages ______ of this proposal constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The offeror requests that this information not be disclosed to the public, except as may be required by law. The offeror also requests that this information not be used in whole or part by the government for any purpose other than to evaluate the proposal, except that if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with the submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information to the extent provided in the contract.”

(c) The offeror shall also specifically identify trade secret information and confidential commercial and financial information on the pages of the proposal on which it appears and shall mark each such page with the following legend:

“This page contains trade secrets or confidential commercial and financial information which the offeror believes to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and which is subject to the legend contained on the cover page of this proposal.”

(d) Information in a proposal identified by an offeror as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information shall be used by the Government only for the purpose of evaluating the proposal, except that (i) if a contract is awarded to the offeror as a result of or in connection with submission of the proposal, the Government shall have the right to use the information as provided in the contract, and (ii) if the same information is obtained from another source without restriction it may be used without restriction.

(e) If a request under the Freedom of Information Act seeks access to information in a proposal identified as trade secret information or confidential commercial and financial information, full consideration will be given to the offeror's view that the information constitutes trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information. The offeror will also be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity

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to provide additional evidence and argument in support of its position, unless administratively unfeasible to do so. If it is determined that information claimed by the offeror to be trade secret information or confidential commercial or financial information is not exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act, the offeror will be notified of this determination prior to disclosure of the information.

(f) The Government assumes no liability for the disclosure or use of information contained in a proposal if not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision. If a request under the Freedom of Information Act is made for information in a proposal not marked in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this provision, the offeror concerned shall be promptly notified of the request and given an opportunity to provide its position to the Government.