RFQ DTRT57-10-Q-80113.pdf

DTRT57-10-Q-80113

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08/04/2010 DTRT-RVT-41-1113

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Contracts & Tech Support Services 55 Broadway RVP-32 Cambridge MA 02142-1001

USDOT/RITA/Volpe Center 11/30/2010

U.S DOT/RITA/Volpe Center RVT-41

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617 494-2136Rachelle Dorleans

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An Offeror shall provide "Technical Support for Day/Night Average Sound (DNL) Replacement Metric Research" in accordance with the statement of work.

A firm fixed price award is anticipated.

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Responses may be submitted by email to Rachelle Dorleans: Rachelle.Dorleans@dot.gov by 5pm Eastern, August 11.

Period of Performance: Date of award through November 30, 2010.

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0001 US Analysis- DNL replacement metric research in 1 LS accordance with Item 0001 of the attached statemetnt of work.

0002 International Analysis: DNL replacement metric 1 LS research in accordance with Item 0002 of the attached statement of work.

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RFQ No. DTRT57-10-Q-80113

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER (VOLPE CENTER)

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENT AND MODELING DIVISION, RVT-41

STATEMENT OF WORK

BACKGROUND

The FAA’s Office of Environment and Energy has identified critical research needs to advance analysis of the impacts of aviation noise and to develop socially optimal mitigation solutions. One critical research need is to determine whether the current basis for establishing significant impact needs updating to better reflect the current state of community annoyance to today’s aircraft noise exposure.

For aviation noise impact analysis, the FAA state-of-the-practice is to use the yearly day/night average sound level (DNL) as the primary metric to quantify cumulative noise energy exposure of individuals to noise resulting from aviation activities (as stated in USDOT FAA National Policy Order 1050.1E Change 1 (2006)).1

The significance impact threshold is a point on the exposure-response relationship curve between DNL and the percentage of the exposed population “Highly Annoyed” (%HA), originally derived from studies of urban and suburban community responses to transportation noise by Schultz (1978) and re-affirmed by the Federal Interagency Committee on Noise, FICON (1992).

The relationship between noise exposure and community annoyance first derived by Schultz (1978) relies on the equivalent-energy hypothesis, which suggests that annoyance from the cumulative effect of a few loud events equates to annoyance from a greater number but quieter events. Since Schultz’ derivation of the noise exposure-response relationship for annoyance, all components that contribute to the DNL metric: frequency of daytime events (especially for passenger airlines), frequency of nighttime events (especially for cargo airlines), and sound pressure level per event, have dramatically changed since 1978.

Since 1992, several versions of noise exposure-response relationships between %HA and DNL have been adopted worldwide. The ISO Standard (1996-1; 2003) is consistent with FICON (1992), but ANSI 12.9 Part 4 (2005) is a variation of ISO (1996), while the European Union has adopted the curve derived by Miedema and Oudshoorn (2001).

OBJECTIVES

A report to the Volpe Center will address the following objectives:

1. Identify supplementary or replacement metrics to DNL that could help to better capture the relationship between community annoyance and noise exposure due to aircraft.

1 The FAA recognizes CNEL (community noise equivalent level) as an alternative metric for California.

2. Identify metrics that could be used to address effects other than community annoyance, such as metrics which could be used to predict sleep disturbance and speech interference.

3. Identify existing data that can be used to compute some or all of these metrics.

4. Identify any data that does not yet exist which would be needed to compute some or all of these metrics.

Up to two contractors shall collaborate with the Volpe Center in order to complete this effort.

It is expected that the contractor(s)s will participate in, at minimum, a kickoff teleconference, interim teleconferences, a final teleconference, and contribute to the final report as well as all interim deliverables. Contractor team(s) shall include prominent researchers and practitioners (statisticians, acousticians, social scientists), especially those who have access to and are able to share data for analysis. Both US national and international teams will be considered in order to achieve both a US and European perspective on supplementary or replacement metrics to DNL that could help to better capture the relationship between community annoyance and noise exposure due to aircraft.. It is intended that this project should utilize recent work such as the 2009 report to the FAA, DOT-VNTSC-FAA-10-02, as well as findings from the ISO WG 45 on Environmental Noise.

TASKS

Each contractor team will perform the following tasks or line items, resulting in both an analysis from the US perspective (Line Item 0001) and an analysis from the European perspective (Line Item 0002). The Government intends to make an award for each of the line items to either one or two contractors. If awards are made to two contractors, those two contractor teams will coordinate closely with each other and the Volpe Center in their work.

Item 0001: US Analysis

a) Develop a detailed plan

The detailed plan shall include identification of data needed for the US analysis, additional factors that may be analyzed and additional metrics prevalent in the US which may correlate to these additional factors. Again, this analysis shall focus on a US perspective, but the analysis shall provide commentary on how the US perspective relates to the European perspective.

Deliverables:

Participate in kickoff telecon, detailed plan, schedule, and team composition. The teleconference will take place within 2 weeks of award. The exact date and location will be determined immediately after the date of the award.

Schedule:

Within 2 weeks of award

b) Investigate utility of existing US data and determine if additional data are required

1. The team shall identify supplementary or replacement metrics to DNL prevalent in the US that could help to better capture the relationship between community annoyance and noise exposure due to aircraft. In identifying these metrics, the team shall also describe how the physical phenomena that these metrics describe affect community annoyance and how these metrics could supplement or replace DNL in quantifying long term exposure to aircraft noise2

• Sound Pressure Level based metrics such as Lnight, Lday, L10, time above ambient, etc.

. In describing how physical phenomena affect community annoyance, consideration should be given to US community type, such as rural and urban communities, for example. Examples of alternative metrics that should be considered include:

• Speech Interference metrics such as SIL(distance), PSIL(distance), etc.

• Sleep Disturbance such as sleep period time, total sleep time, sleep disturbance index, etc.

• Psychoacoustic metrics such as Loudness, Tonality, Tone-to-Noise Ratio, Audibility, and variants thereof.

• “Non-Acoustic” measures3 such as number of events, aircraft type, changes in exposure, main flight operation, etc.

2. The team shall investigate how to meaningfully integrate these supplementary or replacement metrics to be used to better capture the US relationship between community annoyance and noise exposure due to aircraft. Possible methods of integrating metrics for long term exposure may include, but are not limited to:

• averaging (or summing) a metric over long periods, e.g. 24 hours, not just over a single event (such as is done to generate LAeq,24hrs),

• summing (or averaging) a metric over identified events (such as is done to estimate SEL),

• and / or using the metric to develop a penalty to be applied to another metric (such as is done with LAeq,24hrs to include a nighttime penalty, thus creating

DNL).

When aggregating metric results over multiple events it may be necessary to transform a metric’s scale. For example, it may be preferable to convert Loudness (sones) to Loudness Level (phons) and then average logarithmically.

Other issues may also need to be explored, such as the validity of the equivalent-energy hypothesis, in order to meaningfully integrate these metrics.

2 Examples include: conversion of metric to equivalent “level” (e.g. sones to phons), application of penalty to sound pressure level for event based on calculated metric level (e.g. tone penalty), or use of multinomial logit function.

3 Some in this list would not, strictly speaking, be considered metrics, but may provide useful descriptive power nonetheless.

3. The team shall identify supplementary to DNL that could help to better capture the relationship between other undesirable effects such as sleep disturbance and speech interference and noise exposure due to aircraft. In identifying these metrics, the team shall also describe how the physical phenomena that these metrics describe produces undesirable effects and how these metrics could supplement DNL in quantifying long term exposure to aircraft noise.

4. The team shall investigate whether existing data have sufficient information to compute the identified metrics. The team shall identify data required for computation as well as sources from which the data can be acquired for specific sites / studies.

5. If the data are insufficient for any identified metrics, the team shall identify what additional data would be required and provide a high level explanation of how such data could be acquired.

Deliverables:

Participate in interim meetings / teleconferences, memorandum documenting progress

Schedule:

Within 6 weeks of award – Teleconference to discuss results of b1 Within 10 weeks of award – Teleconference to discuss results of b2 Within 13 weeks of award – Teleconference to discuss results of b3 Within 14 weeks of award – memo to discuss results of b4 and b5

c) Reporting

The team(s) shall prepare detailed documentation of analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.

Deliverables:

Prepare a final report. The final telecon will take place within 16 weeks of award.

The exact date and location will be determined immediately after the date of the award.

Schedule:

Within 16 weeks of award – Final teleconference to discuss results of the project Within 20 weeks of award – Final document

Line Item 0002: European Analysis

a) Develop a detailed plan

The detailed plan shall include identification of data needed for the European analysis, additional factors that may be analyzed and additional metrics prevalent in

Europe which may correlate to these additional factors. Again, this analysis shall focus on a European perspective, but the analysis shall provide commentary on how the European perspective relates to the US perspective.

Deliverables:

Participate in kickoff telecon, detailed plan, schedule, and team composition. The teleconference will take place within 2 weeks of award. The exact date and location will be determined immediately after the date of the award.

Schedule:

Within 2 weeks of award

b) Investigate utility of existing European data and determine if additional data are required

1. The team shall identify supplementary or replacement metrics to DNL prevalent in Europe that could help to better capture the relationship between community annoyance and noise exposure due to aircraft. In identifying these metrics, the team shall also describe how the physical phenomena that these metrics describe affect community annoyance and how these metrics could supplement or replace DNL in quantifying long term exposure to aircraft noise4

• Sound Pressure Level based metrics such as Lnight, Lday, L10, time above ambient, etc.

. In describing how physical phenomena affect community annoyance, consideration should be given to European community type, such as rural and urban communities, for example. Examples of alternative metrics that should be considered include:

• Speech Interference metrics such as SIL(distance), PSIL(distance), etc.

• Sleep Disturbance such as sleep period time, total sleep time, sleep disturbance index, etc.

• Psychoacoustic metrics such as Loudness, Tonality, Tone-to-Noise Ratio, Audibility, and variants thereof.

• “Non-Acoustic” measures5 such as number of events, aircraft type, changes in exposure, main flight operation, etc.

2. The team shall investigate how to meaningfully integrate these supplementary or replacement metrics to be used to better capture the European relationship between community annoyance and noise exposure due to aircraft. Possible methods of integrating metrics for long term exposure may include, but are not limited to:

4 Examples include: conversion of metric to equivalent “level” (e.g. sones to phons), application of penalty to sound pressure level for event based on calculated metric level (e.g. tone penalty), or use of multinomial logit function.

5 Some in this list would not, strictly speaking, be considered metrics, but may provide useful descriptive power nonetheless.

• averaging (or summing) a metric over long periods, e.g. 24 hours, not just over a single event (such as is done to generate LAeq,24hrs),

• summing (or averaging) a metric over identified events (such as is done to estimate SEL),

• and / or using the metric to develop a penalty to be applied to another metric (such as is done with LAeq,24hrs to include a nighttime penalty, thus creating

DNL).

When aggregating metric results over multiple events it may be necessary to transform a metric’s scale. For example, it may be preferable to convert Loudness (sones) to Loudness Level (phons) and then average logarithmically.

Other issues may also need to be explored, such as the validity of the equivalent-energy hypothesis, in order to meaningfully integrate these metrics.

3. The team shall identify supplementary to DNL that could help to better capture the relationship between other undesirable effects such as sleep disturbance and speech interference and noise exposure due to aircraft. In identifying these metrics, the team shall also describe how the physical phenomena that these metrics describe produce undesirable effects and how these metrics could supplement DNL in quantifying long term exposure to aircraft noise.

4. The team shall investigate whether existing data have sufficient information to compute the identified metrics. The team shall identify data required for computation as well as sources from which the data can be acquired for specific sites / studies.

5. If the data are insufficient for any identified metrics, the team shall identify what additional data would be required and provide a high level explanation of how such data could be acquired.

Participate in interim meetings / teleconferences, memorandum documenting progress

Schedule:

Within 6 weeks of award – Teleconference to discuss results of b1 Within 10 weeks of award – Teleconference to discuss results of b2 Within 13 weeks of award – Teleconference to discuss results of b3 Within 14 weeks of award – memo to discuss results of b4 and b5

C. Reporting

The team(s) shall prepare detailed documentation of analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.

Prepare a final report. The final telecon will take place within 16 weeks of award.

The exact date and location will be determined immediately after the date of the award.

Schedule:

Within 16 weeks of award – Final teleconference to discuss results of the project Within 20 weeks of award – Final document

DELIVERABLES AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Project deliverables will be required according to the format and dates outlined in the following table. All work will be completed before November 30, 2010.

TASK DESCRIPTION FORMAT DUE DATE

1 • Teleconferences

• Project plan

• NA

• MS Project*

Within two weeks after date of award

2 • Teleconferences

• Information Memo

• NA

• PDF*

Within 14 weeks after date of award

3 • Final Document

• Final Teleconference

• PDF*

• NA

November 30, *All electronic deliverables will be emailed to the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative, to be determined at the point of award.

**All hardcopy deliverables will be mailed to the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative, TBD, at the following address:

ATTENTION:

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, RVT-41 Volpe National Transportation Systems Center 55 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02142

Request for Quotation (RFQ) No. DTRT57-10-Q-80113

INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

This Request for Quotation is a solicitation expected to result in up to two (2) Purchase Order awards, subject to receipt of acceptable proposals. Each Offeror’s written proposal for the proposed Statement of Work (SOW) must include the following two (2) components:

1. Price Proposal

The Offeror shall complete Block 11, SUPPLIES/SERVICES as reflected in CLINs 0001- 0002 of the SF 18. The amount proposed for CLINs 0001 – 0002 must be in U.S. currency.

2. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

The Offeror shall provide a description of the work to be performed and technical qualifications that includes résumés with related work experience.

The Offeror shall describe in writing and in sufficient detail, its technical approach for completing Tasks (0001 or 0002) of the Statement of Work, and the technical qualifications of its proposed staff. The Technical Proposal must include the following two components:

1.) TECHNICAL APPROACH

(5 pages or less, Times New Roman 12 font, double-spaced) The Offeror shall describe its technical approach for performing the tasks described in the Statement of Work.

2) STAFFING

(5 pages or less per résumé, Times New Roman 12 font, double-spaced).

The Offeror shall provide resumes for all proposed staff demonstrating staff qualifications in terms of technical expertise, experience, and education relevant to the requirements of the Statement of Work.

Any proposal that does not include the two (2) criteria specified above shall be considered non-responsive.

Award Criteria

BASIS FOR BEST AWARD – BEST VALUE

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a firm fixed-price purchase order, in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). Therefore, the offeror’s initial proposal should contain the offeror’s best terms from a cost or price standpoint. The Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if the Contracting Officer later determines them to be necessary.

The Offeror’s initial proposal should contain the Offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint, reflecting ANY AVAILABLE DISCOUNTS.

Up to 2 (two) awards will be made to the source(s) whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, is determined to offer the best value to the Government in terms of: 1) technical proposal; and 2) the proposed price.

Request for Quotation (RFQ) No. DTRT57-10-Q-80113

1. PRICE

The Government will evaluate quotes based on the total firm fixed price proposed for CLINs 0001 and 0002.’

2. Technical Proposal The Government will evaluate technical proposals based on the Offer’s experience related to the requirements of the SOW; its proposed technical approach for completing the Tasks and the relevant qualifications of its proposed staff.

ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

Technical qualifications are significantly more important than price in the selection of an offeror for award. Notwithstanding this fact, offerors are cautioned not to minimize the importance of the price proposal. Evaluation of the technical proposal will be based on the following criteria, listed in descending order of importance:

Technical Approach Staffing Price

The first and second factors are of equal importance. The third factor Price is of lesser importance than the first and second factor.

APPENDIX A

RFQ-DTRT57-10-Q-80113

VOLPE CENTER/ACQUISITION DIVISION (AD)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS

[REMINDER: Offerors and Contractors may obtain information on central contractor registration and annual confirmation requirements via the internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-888-227-2423, or 269-961-5757.]

FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions – Simplified Acquisitions Jun 2010

(Other Than Commercial Items)

(c) 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 these address(es):

www.arnet.gov/far; www.dot.gov/ost/m60/tamtar; farsite.hill.af.mil/vffar.htm.

[DELETE: 52.232-34 as the Volpe Center Payment Office uses the CCR database.]

FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration JUL 2006 The following clauses marked with an “X” also apply to this RFQ/award. Those clause fill-ins noted with an asterisk (*) require completion by the contractor. Otherwise the Government is required to complete all fill-ins.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel SEP 2007 52.207-5 Option to Purchase Equipment FEB 1995 52.211-16 Variation in Quantity APR 1984

____% Increase, _____% Decrease Applies to:____________________

52.213-2 Invoices APR 1984 52.213-3 Notice to Supplier APR 1984 52.217-6 Option For Increased Quantity MAR 1989

Insert the period of time for exercising the option:

Within 30 days before the contract expires.

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services NOV 1999 The written notice to exercise the option will be issued within: 30 days before the contract expires.

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract MAR 2000 Insert the period of time within which the CO may exercise the option and give preliminary written notice:

30 and 60 days respectively before the contract expires

(c) _____ [Insert the total duration of the contract.]

52.219-3 Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside JAN 1999 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside JUN 2003

Alternate I OCT 1995 52.219-27 Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small MAY 2004

Business Set Aside 52.222-29 Notification of Visa Denial JUN 2003 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standard Act and Service Contract Act- NOV 2006

Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) http://www.ccr.gov/�

52.223-6 Drug Free WorkPlace MAY 2001 (Individuals)

52.223-12 Refrigeration Equipment And Air Conditioners MAY 1995 52.223-16 IEEE 1680 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of DEC 2007

Personal Computer Products Alternate I DEC 2007

52.224-1 Privacy Act Notification APR 1984 52.224-2 Privacy Act APR 1984 52.225-3 Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements -

Israeli Trade Act AUG 2007 Alternate I JAN 2004

Alternate II JAN 2004 52.225-19 Contractor Personnel in a Designated Area or Supporting a MAR 2008

Diplomatic or Consular Mission Outside the United States 52.227-14 Rights in Data-General DEC 2007

(Including Alternates I, II & III (DEC 2007)) 52.227-19 Commercial Computer Software-License DEC 2007 52.227-23* Rights to Proposal Data (Technical) JUN 1987

Insert page numbers excluded from unlimited Government Rights: *Except for data contained on pages _________ Insert date of proposal:* Proposal dated ______________

52.232-2 Payments Under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts APR 1984

52.232-18 Availability of Funds APR 1984 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, APR 1984 and Vegetation 52.245-1 Government Property JUN 2007 52.245-9 Use and Charges JUN 2007 52.246-1 Contractor Inspection Requirements APR 1984 52.246-16 Responsibility for Supplies APR 1984 52.247-35 F.O.B. Destination, Within Consignee’s Premises APR 1984 52.249-9 Default (Fixed-Price R&D) APR 1984

OTHER FAR CLAUSES which apply to this award.

52.214-34 Submission of Offers in the English Language APR 1991 52.214-35 Submission of Offers in US Currency. APR 1991

52.222-42 -- Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 1989)

In compliance with the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR Part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

This Statement is for Information Only:

It is not a Wage Determination

Employee Class Monetary Wage -- Fringe Benefits

52.223-11 -- Ozone-Depleting Substances (MAY 2001)*

(a) Definition. "Ozone-depleting substance," as used in this clause, means any substance the Environmental Protection Agency designates in 40 CFR Part 82 as--

(1) Class I, including, but not limited to, chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform; or

(2) Class II , including, but not limited to hydrochlorofluorocarbons.

(b) The Contractor shall label products which contain or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances in the manner and to the extent required by 42 U.S.C. 7671j (b), (c), and (d) and 40 CFR Part 82, Subpart E, as follows:

Warning Contains (or manufactured with, if applicable) *____________________________________________, a substance(s) which harm(s) public health and environment by destroying ozone in the upper atmosphere.

* The Contractor shall insert the name of the substance(s).

Transportation Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR CHAPTER 12) Clauses (TAR Clauses incorporated by reference)

NUMBER TITLE DATE

1252.211-70 Index for Specifications APR 2005 1252.222-70 Strikes or Picketing Affecting Timely Completion OCT 1994 of the Contract Work 1252.222-71 Strikes or Picketing Affecting Access to a DOT OCT 1994

Facility 1252.223-70* Removal or Disposal of Hazardous Substances- DEC 1997

Applicable Licenses and Permits *Offeror completes certification:

The Contractor certifies that is has *___ does not have *___ all licenses and permits required by Federal, state and local laws to perform hazardous substance(s) removal or disposal services.

[Insert period of time for obtaining all requisite licenses and permits] _____ days after award.

1252.223-71 Accident and Fire Reporting APR 2005 1252.223-72 Protection of Human Subjects APR 2005 1252.228-70 Loss of or Damage to Leased Aircraft DEC 1997 1252.228-71 Fair Market Value of Aircraft OCT 1994

[Insert fair market value] (a) $_____________ 1252.228-72 Risk and Indemnities DEC 1997 1252.236-70 Special Precautions for Work at Operating Airports OCT 1994 1252.237-70 Qualifications of Contractor Employees APR 2005 1252.237-71* Certification of Data APR 2005

*Offeror completes certification:

Signature:_____________________________________

Date:_________________________________________

Typed Name and Title:

Company Name:________________________________

1252.237-72 Prohibition on Advertising JAN 1996 1252.237-73* Key Personnel *(list below) APR 2005

1252.239-70 Security Requirements for Unclassified Information APR 2005 Technology Resources

1252.239-71 Information Technology Security Plan and Accreditation APR 2005 1252.242-71 Contractor Testimony OCT 1994 1252.242-72 Dissemination of Contract Information OCT 1994 1252.242-73 Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative OCT 1994

Other TAR Clauses which apply to this award:

1252.219-71 Section 8(a) Direct Awards (APR 2005)

(a) This contract is issued as a direct award between the contracting activity and the 8(a) contractor pursuant to the Partnership Agreement between the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Transportation. SBA does retain responsibility for 8(a) certification, 8(a) eligibility determinations and related issues, and providing counseling and assistance to the 8(a) contractor under the 8(a) program. The responsible SBA district office is:

[To be completed by Contracting Officer at time of award]

(b) The contracting activity is responsible for administering the contract and taking any action on behalf of the Government under the terms and conditions of the contract. However, the contracting activity shall give advance notice to the SBA before it issues a final notice terminating performance, either in whole or in part, under the contract. The contracting activity shall also coordinate with SBA prior to processing any novation agreement. The contacting activity may assign contract administration functions to a contract administration office.

(c) The contractor agrees:

(1) To notify the Contracting Officer, simultaneous with its notification to SBA (as required by SBA's 8 (a) regulations), when the owner or owners upon whom 8(a) eligibility is based plan to relinquish ownership or control of the concern. Consistent with 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(21), transfer of ownership or control shall result in termination of the contract for convenience, unless SBA waives the requirement for termination prior to the actual relinquishing of ownership and control.

(2) To adhere to the requirements of 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting.

APPENDIX B

RFQ No. DTRT57-10-Q-80106

VOLPE CENTER/ACQUISITION DIVISION (AD)

PROVISIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS —SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS

The following provisions marked with an “X” apply to this award. Those provision fill-ins noted with an asterisk (*) require completion by the contractor. Otherwise the Government is required to complete the fill-in.

1. FAR 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications (FEB 09 )

(a) (1) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 333315”Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing”.

(2) The small business size standard is 500.

(3) The small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, other than on a construction or service contract, but which proposes to furnish a product which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) (1) If the clause at 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration, is included in this solicitation, paragraph (c) of this provision applies.

(2) If the clause at 52.204-7 is not included in this solicitation, and the offeror is currently registered in CCR, and has completed the ORCA electronically, the offeror may choose to use paragraph (c) of this provision instead of completing the corresponding individual representations and certifications in the solicitation. The offeror shall indicate which option applies by checking one of the following boxes:

*[ ] (i) Paragraph (c) applies.

*[ ] (ii) Paragraph (c) does not apply and the offeror has completed the individual representations and certifications in the solicitation.

(c) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website at http://orca.bpn.gov. After reviewing the ORCA database information, the offeror verifies by submission of the offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically have been entered or updated within the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201); except for the changes identified below [offeror to insert changes, identifying change by clause number, title, date]. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer.

FAR Clause # Title Date Change

Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted on ORCA.

2. FAR 52.219-20 -- Notice of Emerging Small Business Set-Aside (JAN 1991)

Offers or quotations under this acquisition are solicited from emerging small business concerns only. Offers that are not from an emerging small business shall not be considered and shall be rejected.

3. FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): www.arnet.gov/far.

52.217-3 Evaluation Exclusive of Options APR 1984 52.217-4 Evaluation of Options Exercised at Time of Contract Award JUN 1988 52.217-5 Evaluation of Options JUL 1990

4. *Offeror Required to Provide DUNS#:________________________________________ http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/current/html/52_200_206.html#wp1137850� http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/current/html/52_200_206.html#wp1137850� http://orca.bpn.gov/� http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/current/html/Subpart%204_12.html#wp1073667�

[See FAR 52.204-7]

CONTRACTOR POLICY TO BAN TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING

a) Definitions. The following definitions are intended to be consistent with the definitions in DOT Order 3902.10 and the E.O. For clarification purposes, they may expand upon the definitions in the E.O.

"Driving"----

(1) Means operating a motor vehicle on a roadway, including while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic light, stop sign, or otherwise.

(2) It does not include being in your vehicle (with or without the motor running) in a location off the roadway where it is safe and legal to remain stationary.

"Text messaging" means reading from or entering data into any handheld or other electronic device, including for the purpose of short message service texting, e-mailing, instant messaging, obtaining navigational information, or engaging in any other form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data communication. (See definition in DOT Order 3902.10)

(b) In accordance with Executive Order 13513, Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving, October 1, 2009, and DOT Order 3902.10, Text Messaging While Driving, December 30, 2009, contractors and subcontractors are encouraged to:

(1) Adopt and enforce workplace safety policies to decrease crashes caused by distracted drivers including policies to ban text messaging while driving—

(i) Company-owned or -rented vehicles or Government-owned, leased or rented vehicles;

or

(ii) Privately-owned vehicles when on official Government business or when performing any work for or on behalf of the Government.

(2) Conduct workplace safety initiatives in a manner commensurate with the size of the business, such as---

(i) Establishment of new rules and programs or re-evaluation of existing programs to prohibit text messaging while driving; and

(ii) Education, awareness, and other outreach to employees about the safety risks associated with texting while driving.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts that exceed the micro-purchase threshold, other than subcontracts for the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.

(End of clause)

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