Addendum_to_FAR_Clause_52_212-4.doc

Solicitation No. DTRT5715Q80053 Addendum to FAR Clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items

Is hereby modified to add the following subparagraph (v) entitled, “DOT Common Security Configurations” to the terms and conditions:

1. DOT Common Security Configurations

a) The provider of information technology shall demonstrate that applications are fully functional and operate correctly as intended on systems using the Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC). This includes Internet Explorer 7 configured to operate on Windows XP and Vista (in Proctected Mode on Vista). For the Windows XP settings, see: http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_WinXP.html , and for the Windows Vista settings, see: http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_vista.html .

b) The standard installation, operation, maintenance, updates, and/or patching of software shall not alter the configuration settings from the approved FDCC configuration. The information technology should also use the Windows Installer Service for installation to the default “program files” directory and should be able to silently install and uninstall.

c) Applications designed for normal end users shall run in the standard user context without elevated system administration privileges.

2. Any Contractor Software License Agreement or similar Contractor documents may be attached to this Purchase Order (PO). These license documents and the language therein, are not to be considered part of the Purchase Order Agreement unless identified as such in the Purchase Order itself. These Contractor license documents are considered Attachments to the PO, and any language in these attachments that are contrary to or ambiguous with language in the PO do not qualify said language in the PO. In the event of any conflicting or ambiguous language between the PO and the Attachment(s), it is the PO language that holds and defines the terms and understanding of the subject Agreement…