FA462021QA206 Combo RFQ CE Hood and Duct Cleaning Services.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

FY22 CE Hood and Duct Cleaning Services

FA462021QA206

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with (IAW) the format in Subpart 12.6 and 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The Request for Quotation (RFQ) number FA462021QA206 for 92nd CE Hood and Duct Cleaning

Services shall be used to reference any written quote provided under this RFQ.

The following solicitation document, incorporated provisions, and clauses are in effect through Federal

Acquisition Circular FAC 2021-04; Effective 19 January 2021.

This acquisition is a 100% Small Business set-aside and will utilized the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) code 561790 with a size standard of $8M and a PSC of S299. All prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.

Lack of SAM registration will make an offeror ineligible for award. The Unit Small Business Specialist is

Mr. Michael Gilbert, at 509-247-4880; link to USAF Small Business, http://www.airforcesmallbiz.af.mil ;

link to SBA, http://sba.gov.

The purpose of this combined synopsis and solicitation is for CE Hood and Duct Services at Fairchild

AFB, WA in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The contract CLIN structure is detailed below.

ITEM

NO

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Hood and Duct Cleaning

Quarterly

EA

*SEE PRICING

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2021—30 September 2022

FFP

FOB: Destination http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/FAR12.DOC#s126

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Hood and Duct Cleaning

Semi-Annual

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2021—30 September 2022

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2021—30 September 2022

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Hood and Duct Cleaning

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2022—30 September 2023

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2022—30 September 2023

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2022—30 September 2023

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Hood and Duct Cleaning

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2023—30 September 2024

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2023—30 September 2024

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2023—30 September 2024

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Hood and Duct Cleaning

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2024—30 September 2025

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2024—30 September 2025

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2024—30 September 2025

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Hood and Duct Cleaning

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2025—30 September 2026

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2025—30 September 2026

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

SCHEDULE

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2025—30 September 2026

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Hood and Duct Cleaning

SCHEDULE

Option

CLIN

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2026—30 September 2027

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2026—30 September 2027

DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT AMOUNT

Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, material, and incidentals necessary to service Fairchild AFB, Hood and Ducts in accordance with the attached SOW and pricing schedule.

Ordering Period 01 October 2026—30 September 2027

Notice to Vendor(s): Funds are not presently available for this effort. No task order awards will be made under this solicitation until funds are available. The government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date and has no obligation to reimburse a vendor for any costs.

FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors–Commercial Items (MAR 2020), applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(c), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation:

Addendum FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items:

NOTE: All headings in bold are referencing back to the basic provision 52.212-1.

Paragraph (a); first sentence revised: The NAICS code is 562998 and size standard of $8M.

Paragraph (b); in addition to the required information provide the following with your quote:

Subparagraph (6); Complete the provided Pricing Schedule attached to this RFQ (Attachment 2.

Additionally, please provide any prompt payment terms, if applicable.

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Firm Fixed Priced quotes: The resultant contract will be Firm Fixed Priced, accordingly, pricing is not subject to revision and/or negotiation if selected for contract award. Quotes shall include pricing for all line items and prices shall not be more than two (2) decimal places.

Subparagraph (8); All vendors must be registered and active in the System for Award Management

(SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ at time of quote submittal to be considered for award. Vendors must complete all necessary fill-ins and certifications in the on-line Representations and Certifications and return the provision FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications

– Commercial Items para (b) along with the quote.

DUNS Number/Cage Code: _________/_____________

Number of Employees/Total Yearly Revenue___________/______________

Subparagraph (9); Amendments - Vendor will acknowledge, sign and submit with their quote all solicitation amendments

Subparagraph (10); PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION - All completed past performance questionnaires shall be submitted by the Past Performance Point of Contact (PP POC), upon completion, to the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist. Vendors shall submit recent and relevant contact information for a maximum of two (2) references Hood and Duct Cleaning Services.

a) To be considered recent, for a particular contract or combination of contracts, services must have been and/or are currently being provided at any time within the last three (3) years from the date of issuance of this solicitation.

b) To be considered relevant, vendors must have performed services similar to the services described in the SOW.

1. The vendor will be responsible for contacting the PP POC referenced in their quote. The PP

POCs will be requested to complete the Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment 6 which must be submitted directly from the past performance POC to the Contracting

Officer/Specialist.

THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING THE QUESTIONAIRES TO THE PP

POCs AND VERIFY RECEIPT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMPLETED

QUESTIONNAIRES RESTS SOLEY WITH THE VENDOR.

2. For each past performance POC, vendors must provide the following information to the contracting officer:

Company/Division name/Contracting Agency/Customer Name

Name, address, and email

Description of service provided (to include laundered items, quantities, locations)

Contract number (if applicable)

Contract value

Period of performance

Paragraph (c); first sentence revised as follows: The vendor agrees to hold the prices in its quote firm for 120 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of quotes, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the quote.

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

To assure timely and equitable evaluation of the quotes, vendors must follow the instructions provided in

FAR 52.212-1 and are required to meet all solicitation requirements, failure to meet a requirement may result in an quote being ineligible for award. The government’s terms, conditions, and respective clauses contained within this solicitation are prescribed IAW the FAR, and are not subject to conditionally proposed revisions or changes requested by offerors.

Paragraph (f); Quotes must be sent as stated below, if provided by any other method, incomplete, or missing required items may not be considered. If submitting via email, it is recommended a read/delivery receipt is attached to the email.

RFQ due date/time: 18 May 2021/ 1:00 P.M. PDT

Email to: TSgt Jeremy Graham at jeremy.graham.3@us.af.mil and Zachery Ray at zachery.ray.2@us.af.mil .

Mail/Hand deliver to: ATTN: TSgt Jeremy Graham or Mr. Zachery Ray

92d Contracting Squadron

110 W Ent Street

Fairchild AFB, WA 99011

Note: If quotes are mailed or hand delivered, an electronic version of all documents must be provided at time of submission. Beware, “.zip” files are not an acceptable format for the Air Force Network and will not go through government email systems.

Paragraph (g); Interchanges: The government intends to award a contract without Interchanges with respective vendors. The government however, reserves the right to conduct Interchanges, with all, some, or none of the vendors, if deemed in its best interest.

Virtual Pre-proposal Conference/Site Visit at Fairchild AFB

(a) A pre-proposal conference/site visit will be conducted at Fairchild AFB on 30 March 2021 at 9:00

A.M. PDT for the purpose of answering questions regarding this solicitation.

(b) Provide the name of attendee (not to exceed 1 per firm) along with contact information to TSgt

Jeremy Graham, jeremy.graham.3@us.af.mil 509-247-2163 NLT 26 March 2021. Do not send social security numbers via email. This information must be provided in advance in order to ensure access to the military base/conference site and adequate seating for the conference attendees. Due to security limitations for base access only U.S. citizens are allowed at the site visit.

(c) Offerors are requested to submit questions any additional questions to the points of contact noted above not later than 02 April 2021/1:00 P.M. PDT. Information provided at this conference shall not qualify the terms and conditions of the solicitation and specifications. Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing.

(d) A record of the conference will be made by the government and furnished to all prospective vendors.

The record will include meeting minutes, questions and answers.

FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (MAR 2020)

(a) Pursuant to FAR 12.602 contract award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures IAW

FAR 13.106 and 13.5. The government will award a contract resulting from this RFQ to the responsible vendor whose quote, conforming to the RFQ, will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

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Price and Past Performance

This evaluation will be conducted as a Subjective Trade-off; where Past Performance is approximately equal to price.

(b) Option periods. The government will evaluate quotes for award purposes by adding the total price for all option periods to the total price for the basic requirement. The government may determine that a quote is unacceptable if the option period prices are significantly unbalanced.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of a quote, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful vendor within the time for acceptance specified in the quote, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the quote’s specified expiration time, the government may accept a quote (or part of a quote), whether or not there are interchanges after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal from the offeror is received before award.

FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items (MAR 2020), applies to this acquisition. As prescribed in FAR 12.301(c), the following addendum is provided for this solicitation:

Addendum 52.212-2-Evaluation Commercial Items

Basis for contract award: The government seeks to award to the vendor whose quote, conforming to the solicitation and for which all non-price factors have been determined to be Satisfactory and to represent the apparent best value to the government. Under a subjective evaluation process, trade-offs will be permitted between price and past performance. In order to be considered awardable, there must be a neutral rating or higher for the non-price factor. The two (2) evaluation factors used to evaluate quotes are: Price and Past Performance.

Evaluation steps:

Step 1: The government will evaluate all quotes for acceptability.

Step 2: Rank all acceptable quotes based upon vendor’s Total Evaluated Price (TEP) from lowest

TEP to highest TEP. Price will be evaluated for all vendors.

Step 3: Evaluate lowest price vendor’s past performance and proceed in order of price until a past performance confidence assessment rating of “Satisfactory” is achieved or all quotes have been evaluated. If the lowest priced offer is evaluated to have a “Satisfactory Confidence” performance assessment, and is determined to be responsible, that offer represents the apparent best value for the government, and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award will be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other quotations.

Step 4: In the event that the government does not make an award pursuant to step 3 above, the government will evaluate the next lowest price offer and the process will continue (in order of price) until a quoter is judged to have a “Satisfactory Confidence” performance confidence assessment rating or until all quoters are evaluated. If the procedures in the paragraph take effect, the government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the lowest priced quoter if the quoter’s performance confidence assessment is rated “Neutral Confidence” or higher.

Step 5: The government will make an award to the lowest priced responsible offeror that has a

Satisfactory confidence assessment rating. In the event that there are no offerors that meet this criteria the government reserves the right to make an integrated assessment based on price and past performance to select the successful offeror.

Price Evaluation. The contracting officer has determined there is a high probability of adequate price competition in this acquisition. However, if at any time during this competition the contracting officer determines that adequate price competition no longer exists; vendor may be required to submit information to the extent necessary for the contracting officer to determine the reasonableness and affordability of the price.

The government will evaluate prices submitted for Line Items 0001, 0002, 0003, 1001, 1002, 1003, 2001, 2002, 2003, 3001, 3002, 3003, 4001, 4002, 4003, 5001, 5002, and 5003. The government will check for unbalanced pricing. Next each Line Item will be added together to arrive at a Total Evaluated Price

(TEP). Failure to propose prices for all line items will render the quote incomplete and potentially removed from further award consideration.

Vendors should propose the best pricing to the government for each item in arriving at the most competitive price. Price information submitted in each vendor’s price quote, as required by the

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, will be evaluated to determine if proposed prices are fair and reasonable IAW FAR 13.106-3. Unbalanced pricing may pose an unacceptable risk to the government and may be a reason to reject a vendor’s quote.

Past Performance. The Past Performance evaluation is an assessment of the vendor’s probability of meeting the past performance solicitation requirements. This factor is met if a vendor’s record of recent past performance information meets the following criteria:

1. Is three (3) years or less from the date of issuance of this solicitation and;

2. The vendor performed sewer cleaning and inspection services, as described in the SOW, which are similar to Fairchild’s requirement.

The government will assign a relevancy rating for each recent past performance contract reference below.

Table 1. Past Performance Relevancy Ratings Method Adjectival Rating Description

Relevant Present/past performance effort involved similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

Not Relevant Present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities this solicitation requires.

All recent and relevant past performance contract references will be evaluated to determine how well the vendor performed on the prior contracts. This evaluation will result in an assessment of quotes to determine the highest past performance rating possible, see Table 2.

Table 2. Past Performance Confidence Assessment

Satisfactory Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral Confidence

No recent/relevant performance record is available or the offeror’s performance record is so sparse that no meaningful confidence assessment rating can be reasonably assigned. The offeror may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

Limited Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has a low expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

No Confidence Based on the offeror’s recent/relevant performance record, the Government has no expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort.

NOTE: In the case of a vendor without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance information rating can be reasonably assigned, the vendor may not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.

Therefore, the vendor shall be determined to have unknown (or “neutral”) past performance.

Sources of Past Performance. In addition to the Past Performance Questionnaires (Attachment 5) completed by the points of contact listed in the quote, the government will also utilize data independently obtained from other government and commercial sources. These sources may include, but are not limited to, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), using all CAGE/DUNS numbers of the contractors who are part of a partnership/joint venture or teaming agreement identified in the vendors quote, inquiries of owner representative(s), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information

System (FAPIIS), and any other known sources not provided by the vendor.

NOTE: Completed questionnaires shall be emailed from past performance points of contact to:

TSgt Jeremy Graham at jeremy.graham.3@us.af.mil and Zachery Ray at zachery.ray.2@us.af.mil.

(End of Addendum)

FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (OCT 2018), applies to this acquisition with the following Addendum: Paragraph (c) of this clause is tailored as follows: Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties with the exception of administrative changes, such as changes in the paying office, appropriations data, etc., which may be changed unilaterally by the government.

Note: The vendor acknowledges that should the quote terms and conditions and/or agreement conflict with mandatory provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other Federal law applicable to commercial acquisitions, to the extent of such conflict the FAR and Federal law govern and conflicting vendor terms and conditions and/or agreement are unenforceable and are not considered incorporated into any resultant contract.

PROVISIONS/CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

CLAUSE NO. CLAUSE TITLE DATE

52.203-3 Gratuities. 1984-04

52.203-11 Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain

Federal Transactions.

2007-09

52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions. 2020-06

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform

Employees of Whistleblower Rights.

2020-06

52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper. 2011-05

52.204-7 System for Award Management. 2018-10

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. 2018-10

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting. 2020-09 mailto:jeremy.graham.3@us.af.mil mailto:zachery.ray.2@us.af.mil http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1405_194946

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance. 2020-09

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items. 2020-06

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items. 2018-10

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. 2013-12

52.237-1 Site Visit 1984-04

52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation. 1984-04

52.242-13 Bankruptcy. 1995-07

252.201-7000 Contracting Officer's Representative 1991-12

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights. 2013-09

252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials. 2011-11

252.204-7003 Control of Government Personnel Work Product. 1992-04

252.204-7004 Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors. 2019-02

252.204-7006 Billing Instructions. 2005-10

252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls. 2016-10

252.204-7009

Limitations on the use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported

Cyber Incident Information

2016-10

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting. 2019-12

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support. 2016-05

252.204-7020 NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Requirements 2020-11

252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms that are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

2019-05

252.215-7013 Supplies and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors. 2018-01

252.223-7006 Prohibition on Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of Toxic or Hazardous

Materials.

2014-09

252.223-7008 Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium 2013-06

252.225-7001 Buy American and Balance of Payments Program. 2017-12

252.225-7002 Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors 2017-12

252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities. 2017-12

252.225-7048 Export-Controlled Items. 2013-06

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports. 2018-12

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments. 2006-12

252.232-7017 Accelerating Payments to Small Business Subcontractors-Prohibition on Fees and Consideration.

2020-04

252.237-7010 Prohibition on Interrogation of Detainees by Contractor Personnel. 2013-06

252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications. 1991-12

252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustment. 2012-12

252.244-7000 Subcontracts for Commercial Items 2020-10

PROVISIONS/CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations (DEC 2014)

And Certifications.

The Contractor's representations and certifications, including those completed electronically via the System for

Award Management (SAM), are incorporated by reference into the contract.

(End of clause)

52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal (JAN 2017)

(a) The Government recognizes that the line items established in this solicitation may not conform to the Offeror's practices. Failure to correct these issues can result in difficulties in acceptance of deliverables and processing payments. Therefore, the Offeror is invited to propose alternative line items for which bids, proposals, or quotes are requested in this solicitation to ensure that the resulting contract is economically and administratively advantageous to the Government and the Offeror.

(b) The Offeror may submit one or more additional proposals with alternative line items, provided that alternative line items are consistent with subpart 4.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. However, acceptance of an alternative proposal is a unilateral decision made solely at the discretion of the Government. Offers that do not comply with the line items specified in this solicitation may be determined to be nonresponsive or unacceptable.

(End of provision)

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video (Oct 2020)

Surveillance Services or Equipment.

The Offeror shall not complete the representation at paragraph (d)(1) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not provide covered 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" in paragraph (c)(1) in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services—

Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-

Commercial Items. The Offeror shall not complete the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision if the

Offeror has represented that it "does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services" in paragraph (c)(2) of the provision at 52.204-26, or in paragraph (v)(2)(ii) of the provision at 52.212-3.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—

Backhaul, covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, interconnection arrangements, reasonable inquiry, roaming, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition.

(1) Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L.

115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(2) Section 889(a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

(Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2020, from entering into a contract or extending or renewing a contract with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. This prohibition applies to the use of covered telecommunications equipment or services, regardless of whether that use is in performance of work under a Federal contract. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to—

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_26 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_26 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_25

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management

(SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services".

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that—

(1) It □ will, □ will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(1) of this section if the Offeror responds

"will" in paragraph (d)(1) of this section; and

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry, for purposes of this representation, the Offeror represents that—

It □ does, □ does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(2) of this section if the Offeror responds "does" in paragraph (d)(2) of this section.

(e) Disclosures.

(1) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "will" in the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment—

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the Product Service Code (PSC) of the service being provided;

and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(2) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "does" in the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

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(i) For covered equipment—

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

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

(ii) For covered services—

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the PSC of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.

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52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation. (Oct 2020)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision, "covered telecommunications equipment or services" and "reasonable inquiry" have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management

(SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services".

(c) (1) Representation. The Offeror represents that it □ does, □ does not provide covered 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.

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry for purposes of this representation, the offeror represents that it □ does, □ does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services.

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52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. (Feb 2021)

The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management (SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v)) of this provision.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_25

"Covered telecommunications equipment or services" has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

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.

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.

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).

Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except—

(1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

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Predecessor means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor.

Reasonable inquiry has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Restricted business operations means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate—

(1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan;

(2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the

Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization;

(3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan;

(4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization;

(5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or

(6) Have been voluntarily suspended."Sensitive technology"—

Sensitive technology—

(1) Means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is to be used specifically—

(i) To restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or

(ii) To disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran; and

(2) Does not include information or informational materials the export of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3)of the International Emergency Economic Powers

Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).

Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern—

(1) Means a small business concern—

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veteransor, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.

(2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).

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Small business concern—

(1) Means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and size standards in this solicitation.

(2) Affiliates, as used in this definition, means business concerns, one of whom directly or indirectly controls or has the power to control the others, or a third party or parties control or have the power to control the others. In determining whether affiliation exists, consideration is given to all appropriate factors including common ownership, common management, and contractual relationships. SBA determines affiliation based on the factors set forth at 13

CFR 121.103.

Small disadvantaged business concern, consistent with13 CFR 124.1002, means a small business concern under the size standard applicable to the acquisition, that—

(1) Is at least 51 percent unconditionally and directly owned (as defined at 13 CFR 124.105) by—

(i) One or more socially disadvantaged (as defined at13 CFR 124.103) and economically disadvantaged

(as defined at 13 CFR 124.104) individuals who are citizens of the United States; and

(ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR124.104(c)(2); and

(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled (as defined at 13.CFR 124.106) by individuals, who meet the criteria in paragraphs (1)(i) and (ii) of this definition.

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

Successor means an entity that has replaced a predecessor by acquiring the assets and carrying out the affairs of the predecessor under a new name (often through acquisition or merger). The term "successor" does not include new offices/divisions of the same company or a company that only changes its name. The extent of the responsibility of the successor for the liabilities of the predecessor may vary, depending on State law and specific circumstances.

Veteran-owned small business concern means a small business concern—

(1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and

(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.

Women-owned small business (WOSB) concern eligible under the WOSB Program (in accordance with 13 CFR part 127), means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the

United States.

Women-owned small business concern means a small business concern—

(1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and

(2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

(b) (1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the Offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications in SAM

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM accessed through http://www.sam.gov. After reviewing SAM information, the Offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and

Certifications-Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard(s) applicable to the NAICS code(s) referenced for this solicitation), at the time this offer is submitted and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see

FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ______________.

[Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (v) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any.

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.

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 electronically on SAM.]

(c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract will be performed in the

United States or its outlying areas. Check all that apply.

(1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it □ is, □ is not a small business concern.

(2) Veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it □ is, □ is not a veteran-owned small business concern.

(3) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it □ is, □ is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.

(4) Small disadvantaged business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, that it □ is, □ is not a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR124.1002.

(5) Women-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it □ is, □ is not a women-owned small business concern.

(6) WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a women-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(5) of this provision.] The offeror represents that-http://www.sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-4#FAR_4_1201

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