FCHS2_Section_F_Deliverables_or_Performance.pdf

Foundation Cloud Hosting Services II (FCHS2) Section F

F-1

SECTION F - DELIVERABLES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998)

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

Acquisition.gov - https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.252-2

Clause Title Date

52.242-17 Government Delay of Work APR 1984

52.247-34 F.o.B Destination NOV 1991

F.2 Term of the Contract

The base term of this contract will be two years from date of award, anticipated for October 2023 through October2025. This is the base period of performance for this contract.

This contract includes four two-year option periods, as shown below, for the renewal of the contract which may be unilaterally exercised by the Government. Each option period shall be exercised in accordance with Section I. See FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the

Contract (MAR 2000). All terms and conditions applicable to the base period shall apply to the options unless otherwise agreed upon.

• Option Period One (OP1) – TBD

• Option Period Two (OP2) – TBD

• Option Period Three (OP3) – TBD

• Option Period Four (OP4) – TBD

IDIQ and Task Order (PoP): For those Task Orders issued before the expiration of the IDIQ, the period of performance may not extend for more than 12 months after the expiration of the IDIQ.

Transition: If a transition period is required, it will be designated at the Task Order level and is applicable in accordance with FAR clause 52.237-3 Continuity of Services in Section I of the

IDIQ contract.

F.3 Place of Performance

Most of the work is performed remotely at the Contractor facilities unless otherwise stated in individual task orders. The bulk of tasks require services performed on the Internet by both

Federal and Contractor staff from their respective stations. There may be rare instances, where individual task orders require on-site support, or a combination, such as overseeing legacy data migration, decommission on-site systems, or integrating into systems located at Agency data centers.

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.252-2

F-2

The lead physical location of the Interior Business Center, Acquisition Services Directorate

(AQD), Contracting Services is in Herndon, VA.

F.4 Meetings, Reports, and Other Deliverables

In fulfillment of this contract, the Contractor shall be required to provide deliverables. All deliverables shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), unless otherwise agreed upon or as stated in each Task Order.

Unless otherwise specified, the Government will have a maximum of ten (10) working days from the day the draft deliverable is received to review the document, provide comments back to the contractor, approve or disapprove the deliverable(s). The contractor will also have a maximum of ten (10) working days from the day comments are received to incorporate all changes and submit the final deliverable to the Government. All days identified below are intended to be workdays unless otherwise specified.

F.4.1 Orientation Briefing

Within two (3) days from date of award, the contractor shall schedule an orientation briefing/initial strategy session. Both parties will mutually agree upon the specific date, time, and location of the briefing. The Government does not desire an elaborate orientation briefing nor does it expect the contractor to expend significant resources in preparation for this briefing.

Rather, the intent of the briefing is to initiate the communication process between the

Government and the contractor by introducing key participants, contact information and explaining their roles, reviewing communication ground rules, and assuring a common understanding of requirements and objectives, goals, constraints, policies, expected benefits, other relevant background information, and discussing near-term deliverables.

F.4.2 Deliverable Table

Unless otherwise agreed upon, all deliverables shall be submitted to the Contract COR identified in Section G of this contract, with a copy of the transmittal letter to the Contracting Officer.

F-3

Reference Milestone/Deliverable Responsibility Timeline

F.8 Subcontracting Plan Reports accessible at www.esrs.gov

Contractor See F.8. Twice annually into eSRS at mid-year and end-year reporting periods

F.4.1 Orientation Briefing Schedule Contractor Schedule within 5 and hold within 15 business days from award date

C2

C3

Business Objectives - Establishing cloud services catalogs - activities and opportunities coordination, achieving net-zero strategies

Management Objectives: Promoting enterprise level and life-cycle longevity of cloud-based services

Contractor and

Government Quarterly video call

C.5 Security Objectives: Conduct a Security

Checkpoint of current and emerging

Government security and privacy control requirements

Contractor and

Government Quarterly video call

C.5.2.2 Provide summary of Secure Software

Development Framework (SSDF) and

EO 14028 Section 4e artifacts for new cloud service products

Contractor Required for each new

CSP

C.5.3 thru

C.5.3.3

Performance Report. Provide performance defaults, settings, suggestions, and tiered options of provisional performance related services, including on-demand, fluctuations, and metrics

Contractor Required for each new

CSP

C.5.3.4 Continuous Monitoring Plan including, Security Assessment Plan/Report

SAP/SAR, System Security Plan (SSP) Contractor

Required for each new

CSP. Delivery may be satisfied through

FedRAMP (sam.gov) portal

C.5.4 thru

C.5.4.3

Service Reliability Report. Deliver a

Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan that includes defaults, settings, suggestions, and tiered options of backup, retention, restoration

Contractor Required for each new

CSP tenant http://www.esrs.gov/

F-4

C.5.5 Data Management Report. Provide a list of security controls in the form of a

Control Implementation Summary (CIS) and Customer Responsibility Matrix

(CRM) spreadsheet that outlines each control and where the role responsibility resides between the cloud provider and customer

Contractor

Required for each new

CSP. Delivery may be satisfied through

FedRAMP (sam.gov) portal

F.6.1 Transition-Out Plan

Contractor no later than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the expiration of the contract period, unless another date is mutually agreed upon

F.5 Other Performance Requirements

F.5.1 Productive Direct Labor Hours

The contractor can only charge the Government for “Productive Direct Labor Hours”.

“Productive Direct Labor Hours” are defined as those hours expended by Contractor personnel in performing work under this effort. This does not include sick leave, vacation, Government or contractor holidays, jury duty, military leave, or any other kind of administrative leave such as acts of God (i.e., hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, etc.), Presidential funerals or any other unexpected government closures.

F.5.2 Government Holidays

The following Government holidays are normally observed by Government personnel: New

Year's Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Presidential Inauguration Day (metropolitan DC area only), George Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any other day designated by Federal Statute, Executive Order, and/or Presidential Proclamation. Or any other kind of administrative leave such as acts of God (i.e., hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, etc.), Presidential funerals or any other unexpected government closures. If a holiday falls on a

Saturday the preceding Friday will be treated as the holiday; and if a holiday falls on a Sunday the following Monday will be treated as a holiday.

F.6 Transition Plans

F.6.1 Transition Out

At the end of the period of performance, the incumbent contractor shall transition activities to the incoming contractor with minimal disruption of services to the government. The contractor shall maintain sufficient qualified staff to meet all requirements of this effort services. The contractor shall submit an electronic phase-out plan to CORs no later than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the expiration of the contract period, unless otherwise agreed upon. The plan shall detail phase-out activities to assure continuity of operations and the execution of a smooth and timely transition. Phase-out activities shall be coordinated through the COR. The outgoing contractor

F-5 shall submit a weekly status report of phase-out activities to the COR beginning the 7th calendar day following the award of a successor contract until otherwise notified by the COR to discontinue.

F.7 Notice to the Government of Delays

In the event the Contractor encounters difficulty in meeting performance requirements, or when it anticipates difficulty in complying with the contract delivery schedule or any date, or whenever the Contractor has knowledge that any actual or potential situation is delaying or threatens to delay the timely performance of this contract, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer (CO) and the COR, in writing, giving pertinent details, provided that this data shall be informational only in character and that this provision shall not be construed as a waiver by the Government of any delivery schedule or date or of any rights or remedies provided by law or under this contract.

(a) If the Contractor fails to respond in a timely manner to any portion of this contract, delay will be attributed to the Contractor. Although the period of performance may change due to the delay, the price may be subject to a downward adjustment.

(b) If the Government delays performance of this contract, the period of performance and/or price may be revised upon mutual agreement between the Government and the

Contractor.

F.8 Subcontracting Plan Reports

The Contractor shall submit a report for subcontracting under this particular contract and/or a summary report on subcontracts in all contracts between the Contractor and the Department of the Interior which contain subcontract goals for awards to small business, small, disadvantaged business concerns, HUB zone business, service-disabled veteran owned small businesses, or woman-owned business. Reports will be prepared and submitted electronically in accordance with the instructions at the electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS) accessible at www.esrs.gov.

See Section J Attachment 4 for Subcontract Plan Template

Individual Contract Report data (formerly Standard Form 294) is due on the 25th day following the close of the reporting period, unless the contract incorporates the contractor's approved, annual company-wide or division-wide commercial product plan. Summary Report data

(formerly Standard Form 295) is due 30 days after the close of the Government's fiscal year.

Paper copies of these reports are no longer required.

http://www.esrs.gov/