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SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS
OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24 & 30
1. REQUISITION NUMBER
WTB1300016
2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE
DATE
4. ORDER NUMBER 5. SOLICITATION NUMBER
FCC13R0006
6. SOLICITATION ISSUE
DATE
08/12/2013
7. FOR SOLICITATION
INFORMATION CALL:
a. NAME
Sunny Diemert
b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (No collect calls)
(202) 418-0594
8. OFFER DUE DATE / LOCAL TIME
09/04/2013
14:00:00
9. ISSUED BY
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
CODE CPC
10. THE ACQUISITION IS
SMALL BUSINESS
HUBZONE SMALL
BUSINESS
SERVICE-DISABLED
VETERAN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESS
X UNRESTRICTED OR SET ASIDE: % FOR
WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
(WOSB) ELIGIBLE UNDER THE
WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS NAICS: 454112
EDWOSB
SIZE STANDARD:
8(A)
11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINATION 12. DISCOUNT TERMS 13b. RATING
UNLESS BLOCK IS MARKED 0 Days: 0.00 % 0 Days: 0.00 %
13a. THIS CONTRACT IS
SEE
SCHEDULE
15. DELIVER TO
CODE
RATED ORDER UNDER DPAS
16. ADMINISTERED BY
14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION
RFQ IFB X RFP
CODE CPC
FCC Headquarters 445 12th Street S.W.
Washington, DC 20554
Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW
17a. CONTRACTOR/
OFFEROR
CODE FACILITY
CODE
18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY
Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Room 1-A761
CODE
Telephone No.
17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN
18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK BELOW IS
OFFER CHECKED SEE ADDENDUM
19. ITEM NO. 20. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES
(Use Reverse and/or Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)
See Lines
21. QUANTITY 22. UNIT 23. UNIT PRICE 24. AMOUNT
25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA 26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)
X 27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE: FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4, FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA X ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED
27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4, 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED
28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN COPIES TO
ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH
OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED.
29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. OFFER
DATED . YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION (BLOCK 5)
INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE SET FORTH HEREIN,
IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:
30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)
30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (TYPE OR PRINT) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER (TYPE OR PRINT)
Diemert, Sunny
31c. DATE SIGNED
AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION
PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE
STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 02/2012)
Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 FAR) 53.21.2
19.
ITEM NO.
20.
SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES
21.
QUANTITY
22.
UNIT
23.
UNIT PRICE
24.
AMOUNT
32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN
RECEIVED INSPECTED ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED:
32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATIVE
32c. DATE 32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATIVE
32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE 32f. TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATIVE
32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE
33. SHIP NUMBER 34. VOUCHER NUMBER 35. AMOUNT VERIFIED
CORRECT FOR
36. PAYMENT
COMPLETE PARTIAL FINAL
37. CHECK NUMBER
PARTIAL FINAL
38. S/R ACCOUNT NUMBER 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER 40. PAID BY
41a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT 42a. RECEIVED BY (Print)
41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41c. DATE
42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)
42c. DATE REC'D (YY/MM/DD) 42d. TOTAL CONTAINERS
STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 02/2012) BACK
Table of Contents
Section Description Page Number
CS Continuation Sheet
52.203-3 Gratuities (Apr 1984) 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Aug 2013) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (Sep 2013)(Tailored)… 52.212-4 Alt I Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (Sep 2013)(Tailored) - Alternate I (Aug 2012) …………………………………………………………………………………………………24 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (Sep 2013) 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000) 52.227-14 Rights in Data--General (Dec 2007) 52.227-14 Alt III Rights in Data--General (Dec 2007) - Alternate III (Dec 2007) 52.227-14 Alt V Rights in Data--General (Dec 2007) - Alternate V (Dec 2007) 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order (Aug 1989) 52.242-17 Government Delay of Work (Apr 1984) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) FAR 52.212-1 (Jul 2013)(Tailored) and Addendum to FAR 52.212 - 1 (Tailored) FCC CONFIDENTIALITY Organizational Confidentiality, Conflict of Interest and Non-Disclosure Requirements FCC COR Contracting Officer's Representative FCC DOGI Contractor Promotional and Press Releases Relating to the Contract FCC HLD HARMLESS Hold Harmless and Indemnity Agreement
FCC KEY PERSONNEL KEY PERSONNEL
FCC LIMIT GOVT OBL LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT'S OBLIGATION
FCC NONPERSONAL SVC NONPERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACT
FCC POST-AWD EVAL POST-AWARD EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE . 53
FCC SCRCP Federal Communications Commission Special Considerations Regarding Contract Performance
FCC SCRTY STBLTY FCC SECURITY AND SUITABILITY PROCESSING
FCC UNPAID DELQ TAX LIAB REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN
UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY
FEDERAL LAW
FCCInvoicing Invoicing Instructions 52.227-17 Rights in Data-Special Works (Dec 2007)
Continuation Sheet
Number Supplies or Services Quantity Unit Unit Price Total
( Inc. disc., tax, and fees)
Contract Management
12.000000
MO
Period of Performance: 09/30/2013 - 09/29/2014
Description: See the Statement of work under Section 5.1
This is a Firm Fixed Price CLIN.
Reference Line: WTB1300016 - 0
Software and Maintenance
1.000000
YR
Description: See the Statement of Work under Section 5.2
Technical Support
Description: See the SOW under Section 5.3
Software Delivery Method - Hosting Off-Site
Description: See the SOW under Section 5.4
This is a Firm Fixed Price CLIN.
This CLIN represents the price of hosting the software at Contractor's preferred non-FCC site.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price evaluation treatment. If the Offeror selected for award proposed to have FCC host the software, this CLIN will be deleted.)
Implementation and Integration - Standard
Auction Design
NTE
Description: See SOW under Section 5.5
This is a Time and Material CLIN with a Not To Exceed amount of $900,000.00.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price evaluation treatment.)
Special Projects
Description: This is an Optional CLIN that may be exercised on a Time and Materials (with ceiling) or Firm Fixed Price basis.
See Section 5.6 of the SOW.
This CLIN represents an optional contract line item that the Government may exercise an unlimited number of times in the contract year.
Each item and exercise directs work for a Special Project. When exercised and directed as a time and materials effort, the CLIN and project will be subject to a ceiling amount. With agreement of the Contractor, the CLIN may also be exercised as a Firm Fixed Price optional contract line item.
** The maximum amount for the contract year for all optional items exercised is $2 M, and the maximum amount for all contract years combined for all optional contract items exercised is $10 M. Due to the expected variety of projects, expected short timelines, and frequent statutory and regulatory imperatives, hiatuses, and timing that concern these auctions, the yearly maximum amounts are estimates only, and FCC reserves the right to move unused amounts to future option year(s), or advance all or part of the maximum amounts scheduled for succeeding option year(s) to the current option year, provided sufficient funds (appropriate as to purpose and time) are or remain available for obligation.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price
Period of Performance: 09/30/2014 - 09/29/2015
This is a Firm Fixed Price CLIN.
This CLIN represents the price of hosting the software at Contractor's preferred non-FCC site.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price evaluation treatment. If the Offeror selected for award proposed to have FCC host the software, this CLIN will be deleted.)
Description: This is an Optional CLIN that may be exercised on a Time and Materials (with ceiling) or Firm Fixed Price basis.
This CLIN represents an optional contract line item that the Government may exercise an unlimited number of times in the contract year.
Each item and exercise directs work for a Special Project. When exercised and directed as a time and materials effort, the CLIN and project will be subject to a ceiling amount. With agreement of the Contractor, the CLIN may also be exercised as a Firm Fixed Price
** The maximum amount for the contract year for all optional items exercised is $2 M, and the maximum amount for all contract years combined for all optional contract items exercised is $10 M. Due to the expected variety of projects, expected short timelines, and frequent statutory and regulatory imperatives, hiatuses, and timing that concern these auctions, the yearly maximum amounts are estimates only, and FCC reserves the right to move unused amounts to future option year(s), or advance all or part of the maximum amounts scheduled for succeeding option year(s) to the current option year, provided sufficient funds (appropriate as to purpose and time) are or remain available for obligation.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price
Period of Performance: 09/30/2015 - 09/29/2016
This is a Firm Fixed Price CLIN.
This CLIN represents the price of hosting the software at Contractor's preferred non-FCC site.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price evaluation treatment. If the Offeror selected for award proposed to have FCC host the software, this CLIN will be deleted.)
Description: This is an Optional CLIN that may be exercised on a Time and Materials (with ceiling) or Firm Fixed Price basis.
This CLIN represents an optional contract line item that the Government may exercise an unlimited number of times in the contract year.
Each item and exercise directs work for a Special Project. When exercised and directed as a time and materials effort, the CLIN and project will be subject to a ceiling amount. With agreement of the Contractor, the CLIN may also be exercised as a Firm Fixed Price
** The maximum amount for the contract year for all optional items exercised is $2 M, and the maximum amount for all contract years combined for all optional contract items exercised is $10 M. Due to the expected variety of projects, expected short timelines, and frequent statutory and regulatory imperatives, hiatuses, and timing that concern these auctions, the yearly maximum amounts are estimates only, and FCC reserves the right to move unused amounts to future option year(s), or advance all or part of the maximum amounts scheduled for succeeding option year(s) to the current option year, provided sufficient funds (appropriate as to purpose and time) are or remain available for obligation.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price
Period of Performance: 09/30/2016 - 09/29/2017
This is a Firm Fixed Price CLIN.
This CLIN represents the price of hosting the software at Contractor's preferred non-FCC site.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price evaluation treatment. If the Offeror selected for award proposed to have FCC host the software, this CLIN will be deleted.)
Description: This is an Optional CLIN that may be exercised on a Time and Materials (with ceiling) or Firm Fixed Price basis.
This CLIN represents an optional contract line item that the Government may exercise an unlimited number of times in the contract year.
Each item and exercise directs work for a Special Project. When exercised and directed as a time and materials effort, the CLIN and project will be subject to a ceiling amount. With agreement of the Contractor, the CLIN may also be exercised as a Firm Fixed Price
** The maximum amount for the contract year for all optional items exercised is $2 M, and the maximum amount for all contract years combined for all optional contract items exercised is $10 M. Due to the expected variety of projects, expected short timelines, and frequent statutory and regulatory imperatives, hiatuses, and timing that concern these auctions, the yearly maximum amounts are estimates only, and FCC reserves the right to move unused amounts to future option year(s), or advance all or part of the maximum amounts scheduled for succeeding option year(s) to the current option year, provided sufficient funds (appropriate as to purpose and time) are or remain available for obligation.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price
Period of Performance: 09/30/2017 - 09/29/2018
This is a Firm Fixed Price CLIN.
This CLIN represents the price of hosting the software at Contractor's preferred non-FCC site.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price evaluation treatment. If the Offeror selected for award proposed to have FCC host the software, this CLIN will be deleted.)
Description: This is an Optional CLIN that may be exercised on a Time and Materials (with ceiling) or Firm Fixed Price basis.
This CLIN represents an optional contract line item that the Government may exercise an unlimited number of times in the contract year.
Each item and exercise directs work for a Special Project. When exercised and directed as a time and materials effort, the CLIN and project will be subject to a ceiling amount. With agreement of the Contractor, the CLIN may also be exercised as a Firm Fixed Price
** The maximum amount for the contract year for all optional items exercised is $2 M, and the maximum amount for all contract years combined for all optional contract items exercised is $10 M. Due to the expected variety of projects, expected short timelines, and frequent statutory and regulatory imperatives, hiatuses, and timing that concern these auctions, the yearly maximum amounts are estimates only, and FCC reserves the right to move unused amounts to future option year(s), or advance all or part of the maximum amounts scheduled for succeeding option year(s) to the current option year, provided sufficient funds (appropriate as to purpose and time) are or remain available for obligation.
(Offerors, please see Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (6.4 and 7.1.5 and Attachment) for instructions on completing this CLIN and price
52.203-3 Gratuities (Apr 1984)
(a) The right of the Contractor to proceed may be terminated by written notice if, after notice and hearing, the agency head or a de-signee determines that the Contractor, its agent, or another representative-
(1) Offered or gave a gratuity (e.g., an entertainment or gift) to an officer, official, or employee of the Government; and
(2) Intended, by the gratuity, to obtain a contract or favorable treatment under a contract.
(b) The facts supporting this determination may be reviewed by any court having lawful jurisdiction.
(c) If this contract is terminated under paragraph (a) of this clause, the Government is entitled-
(1) To pursue the same remedies as in a breach of the contract; and
(2) In addition to any other damages provided by law, to exemplary damages of not less than 3 nor more than 10 times the cost in-curred by the Contractor in giving gratuities to the person concerned, as determined by the agency head or a designee. (This paragraph (c)(2) is applicable only if this contract uses money appropriated to the Department of Defense.)
(d) The rights and remedies of the Government provided in this clause shall not be exclusive and are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law or under this contract.
(End of clause)
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 li-ability (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 vis-its, 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 re-quirements contracts (including task and delivery and multiple-award Schedules).
“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 informa-tion 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 per-formance 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, restitu-tion, 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).
(End of provision)
52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Aug 2013)
An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via http://www.acquisition.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the System for Award Management (SAM) website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision.
(a) Definitions. As used in this provision—
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.
http://www.acquisition.gov/
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.
Inverted domestic corporation, as used in this section, means a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), i.e., a corporation that used to be incorporated in the United States, or used to be a partnership in the
United States, but now is incorporated in a foreign country, or is a subsidiary whose parent corporation is incorporated in a foreign country, that meets the criteria specified in 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c). An inverted domestic corporation as herein defined does not meet the definition of an inverted domestic corporation as defined by the
Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 7874.
Manufactured end product means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except—
(1) FSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;
(2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;
(3) FSG 88, Live Animals;
(4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables;
(5) FSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;
(6) FSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;
(7) FSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;
(8) FSC 9610, Ores;
(9) FSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and
(10) FSC 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.
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—
(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 veterans or, 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).
Small business concern 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.
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.
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 business concern means a concern which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of its stock is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.
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 least 51 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.
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.
(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 posted on the SAM website.
(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the SAM website accessed through http://www.acquisition.gov. After reviewing the SAM database 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 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 paragraphs _____.
[Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (o) 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, for general statistical purposes, that it □ is, □ is not a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002.
(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—
(i) It □ is, □ is not a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program, has provided all the required documents to the WOSB
Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and
(ii) It □ is, □ is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (c)(6)(i) of this provision is accurate for each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name or names of the WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program and other small businesses that are participating in the joint venture: ________.] Each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the WOSB representation.
(7) Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a
WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program in (c)(6) of this provision.] The offeror represents that—
(i) It □ is, □ is not an EDWOSB concern, has provided all the required documents to the WOSB Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and
(ii) It □ is, □ is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (c)(7)(i) of this provision is accurate for each EDWOSB concern participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name or names of the EDWOSB concern and other small businesses that are participating in the joint venture: ________.] Each EDWOSB concern participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the EDWOSB representation.
Note to paragraphs (c)(8) and (9): Complete paragraphs (c)(8) and (9) only if this solicitation is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.
(8) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern). [Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned business concern and did not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it □ is, a women-owned business concern.
(9) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price:
(10) (Complete only if the solicitation contains the clause at FAR 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small
Disadvantaged Business Concerns, or FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program—Disadvantaged Status and Reporting, and the offeror desires a benefit based on its disadvantaged status.)
(i) General. The offeror represents that either—
(A) It /_/ is, /_/ is not certified by the Small Business Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern and identified, on the date of this representation, as a certified small disadvantaged business concern in the SAM Dynamic Small Business Search database maintained by the Small Business Administration, and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its certification, and, where the concern is owned by one or more individuals claiming disadvantaged status, the net worth of each individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at
13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); or
(B) It □ has, □ has not submitted a completed application to the Small Business Administration or a Private Certifier to be certified as a small disadvantaged business concern in accordance with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B, and a decision on that application is pending, and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its application was submitted.
(ii) Joint Ventures under the Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns. The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that it is a joint venture that complies with the requirements in 13 CFR 124.1002(f) and that the representation in paragraph
(c)(10)(i) of this provision is accurate for the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name of the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture: ______.]
(11) HUBZone 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—
(i) It □ is, □ is not a HUBZone small business concern listed, on the date of this representation, on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small
Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration, and no material changes in ownership and control, principal office, or HUBZone employee percentage have occurred since it was certified in accordance with 13 CFR Part 126; and
(ii) It □ is, □ is not a HUBZone joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR Part 126, and the representation in paragraph (c)(11)(i) of this provision is accurate for each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture.
[The offeror shall enter the names of each of the HUBZone small business concerns participating in the HUBZone joint venture: ____.]
Each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the HUBZone representation.
(d) Representations required to implement provisions of Executive Order 11246—
(1) Previous contracts and compliance. The offeror represents that—
(i) It □ has, □ has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation; and
(ii) It □ has, □ has not filed all required compliance reports.
(2) Affirmative Action Compliance. The offeror represents that—
(i) It □ has developed and has on file, □ has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action programs required by rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR parts 60-1 and 60-2), or
(ii) It □ has not previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor.
(e) Certification Regarding Payments to Influence Federal Transactions (31 U.S.C. 1352). (Applies only if the contract is expected to exceed $150,000.) By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a
Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the award of any resultant contract. If any registrants under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 have made a lobbying contact on behalf of the offeror with respect to this contract, the offeror shall complete and submit, with its offer, OMB Standard Form LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, to provide the name of the registrants. The offeror need not report regularly employed officers or employees of the offeror to whom payments of reasonable compensation were made.
(f) Buy American Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American Act—
Supplies, is included in this solicitation.)
(1) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (f)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United
States that do not qualify as domestic end products, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of “domestic end product.” The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “component,”
“domestic end product,” “end product,” “foreign end product,” and “United States” are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled
“Buy American Act—Supplies.”
(2) Foreign End Products:
Line Item No.:
Country of Origin:
(List as necessary)
(3) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25.
(g)(1) Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-3, Buy
American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act, is included in this solicitation.)
(i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or (g)(1)(iii) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The terms “Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product,”
“commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “component,” “domestic end product,” “end product,” “foreign end product,”
“Free Trade Agreement country,” “Free Trade Agreement country end product,” “Israeli end product,” and “United States” are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.”
(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy
American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”:
Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian End Products) or
Israeli End Products:
Line Item No. Country of Origin
[List as necessary]
(iii) The offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.” The offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of “domestic end product.”
Other Foreign End Products
Line Item No.: ___________________________________________________________________________
Country of Origin: ________________________________________________________________________
(List as necessary)
(iv) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25.
(2) Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate I. If Alternate I to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:
(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled
“Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”:
Canadian End Products:
Line Item No.
$(List as necessary)
(3) Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate II. If Alternate II to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:
(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”:
Canadian or Israeli End Products:
Line Item No.
Country of Origin
$(List as necessary)
(g)(4) Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate III. If Alternate III to the clause at FAR
52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:
(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Korean, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American Act—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act”:
Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahrainian, Korean, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian End
Products) or Israeli End Products:
Line Item No. Country of Origin
(5) Trade Agreements Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-5, Trade Agreements, is included in this solicitation.)
(i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(5)(ii) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Trade Agreements.”
(ii) The offeror shall list as other end products those end products that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products.
Other End Products
Line Item No.: ___________________________________________________________________________
Country of Origin: ________________________________________________________________________
(List as necessary)
(iii) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. For line items covered by the
WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the
Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for such products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the solicitation.
(i) The offeror certifies that each end product being offered, except those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this provision, is a domestic end product (as defined in the clause entitled “Buy American Act—North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act—
Balance of Payments Program,” and that components of unknown origin have been considered to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States.
(ii) Excluded End Products:
Line item No. Country of origin
(iii) Offers will be evaluated by giving certain preferences to domestic end products or NAFTA country end products over other end products. In order to obtain these preferences in the evaluation of each excluded end product listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this provision, offerors must identify and certify below those excluded end products that are NAFTA country end products. Products that are not identified and certified below will not be deemed NAFTA country end products. The offeror certifies that the following supplies qualify as NAFTA country end products as that term is defined in the clause entitled “Buy American Act—North American Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act—Balance of Payments Program”:
[Insert line item numbers)
(iv) Offers will be evaluated in accordance with part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In addition, if this solicitation is for supplies for use outside the United States, an evaluation factor of 50 percent will be applied to offers of end products that are not domestic or NAFTA country end products.
(2) Alternate I. If Alternate I to the clause at 52.225-21 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(iii) for paragraph (g)(1)(iii) of this provision:
(g)(1)(iii) Offers will be evaluated by giving certain preferences to domestic end products or Canadian end products over other end products. In order to obtain these preferences in the evaluation of each excluded end product listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, offerors must identify and certify below those excluded end products that are Canadian end products. Products that are not identified and certified below will not be deemed Canadian end products.
The offeror certifies that the following supplies qualify as Canadian end products as that term is defined in the clause entitled “Buy
American Act—North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act—Balance of Payments Program”:
[Insert line item numbers]
(h) Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters (Executive Order 12689). (Applies only if the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.) The offeror certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that the offeror and/or any of its principals—
(1) □ Are, □ are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any
Federal agency;
(2) □ Have, □ have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for: Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal, state or local government contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or state antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property,
(3) □ Are, □ are not presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a Government entity with, commission of any of these offenses enumerated in paragraph (h)(2) of this clause; and.
(i) Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products (Executive Order 13126). [The Contracting Officer must list in paragraph (i)(1) any end products being acquired under this solicitation that are included in the List of Products Requiring
Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, unless excluded at 22.1503(b).]
(1) Listed end products.
Listed End Product
Listed Countries of Origin
(2) Certification. [If the Contracting Officer has identified end products and countries of origin in paragraph (i)(1) of this provision, then the offeror must certify to either (i)(2)(i) or (i)(2)(ii) by checking the appropriate block.]
□ (i) The offeror will not supply any end product listed in paragraph (i)(1) of this provision that was mined, produced, or manufactured in the corresponding country as listed for that product.
□ (ii) The offeror may supply an end product listed in paragraph (i)(1) of this provision that was mined, produced, or manufactured in the corresponding country as listed for that product. The offeror certifies that it has made a good faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any such end product furnished under this contract. On the basis of those efforts, the offeror certifies that it is not aware of any such use of child labor.
(4) Have,□ have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains unsatisfied.
(i) Taxes are considered delinquent if both of the following criteria apply:
(A) The tax liability is finally determined. The liability is finally determined if it has been assessed.
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