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G16PS00307

1. REQUEST NO.

5a. ISSUED BY

NAME

a. NAME

c. STREET ADDRESS

d. CITY

10. PLEASE FURNISH QUOTATIONS TO

THE ISSUING OFFICE IN BLOCK 5a ON

OR BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS (Date)

2. DATE ISSUED 3. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NO. 4. CERT. FOR NAT. DEF.

UNDER BDSA REG. 2

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8. TO:

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c. CITY

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IMPORTANT: This is a request for information, and quotations furnished are not offers. If you are unable to quote, please so indicate on this form and return it to the address in Block 5a. This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or services. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotations must be completed by the quoter.

11. SCHEDULE (Include applicable Federal, State and local taxes)

THIS RFQ

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

(THIS IS NOT AN ORDER)

IS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDEX

03/17/2016 0040256488

1 17

PO BOX 25046

204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER

DENVER CO 80225-0046

USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCH

12/31/2021

USGS, CWSC

201 E. 9th Street

Pueblo

CO 81003

719 544-7155Lori Lucero

03/24/2016 1700 ET

FOB DESTINATION

OTHER

(See Schedule)X

ITEM NO.

(a)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES

(b)

QUANTITY

(c)

UNIT

(d)

UNIT PRICE

(e)

AMOUNT

(f)

VENDOR DUNS NUMBER: __________________

VENDOR POC EMAIL: ____________________

Period of Performance: 3/18/2016 to 12/31/2021 Legacy Doc #: UGS

00010 Process benthic Macroinvertebrate sample

Delivery: 12/31/2021 Period of Performance: 04/15/2016 to 12/31/2021

USGS POCs:

BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA): Lori Lucero, laduran@usgs.gov. 719-544-7155.

12. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

a. 10 CALENDAR DAYS (%) b. 20 CALENDAR DAYS (%) c. 30 CALENDAR DAYS (%) d. CALENDAR DAYS

NUMBER PERCENTAGE

NOTE: Additional provisions and representations

13. NAME AND ADDRESS OF QUOTER

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c. COUNTY

d. CITY e. STATE f. ZIP CODE

14. SIGNATURE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO

SIGN QUOTATION

16. SIGNER

a. NAME (Type or print)

c. TITLE (Type or print)

a. NAME OF QUOTER

AREA CODE

NUMBER

15. DATE OF QUOTATION

b. TELEPHONE are are not attached

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STANDARD FORM 18 (REV. 6-95)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.215-1(a)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Statement of Work

CLAUSES

Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items in its current version of the BPA Call shall be incorporated in each BPA call GS0339 Green Acquisition (FEB 2014) GS0715 Place of Inspection (JUL 2001) GS0912 Effective Periods of Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) – Prices are based on BPA Call date GS1109 Obligation of Funds (JUL 2001) Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013) ..13 GS1115 Payment By Government-wide Commercial Purchase Card. (JUL 2001) GS1117 Unilateral Deobligation (MAY 2013) GS1329 Interpretation of Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Requirements BPA Estimated Value BPA Terms and Conditions

PROVISIONS

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998) GS2130 Use of PPIRS Past Performance Data GS2101 Inquiries (FEB 2007) GS2102 Incurring Costs (JUL 2001) GS2107 Electronic Transmission of Offers (JUL 2001) GS2114 Exceptions to Solicitation Terms and Conditions (JUL 2001) GS2301 Single Award (AUG 2001) GS2320 Evaluation Factors GS2190 Instructions to Offerors (APR 2014)

Statement of Work

BACKGROUND.

The Department of Interior (DOI) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Colorado Water Science Center has a requirement for sample analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate samples.

The USGS collects benthic macroinvertebrate samples from streams in the vicinity of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Pueblo, Colorado. These samples will be picked/analyzed and QA/QC measures must be taken to ensure that all insects are accounted for in the samples. Work shall be completed by an individual(s) in the career field of entomology with extensive knowledge of benthic taxa occurring in the Southern Rockies and Southwestern Tablelands Level III ecoregions (Omernik, 1987), and benthic communities influenced by urbanization.

SCOPE

Services, non-personal, to provide all plant equipment, labor, travel, and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for sample analysis as described below.

TASK 1. The contractor shall process the benthic macroinvertebrate samples to the standards of the method described by Barbour and others (1999).

Process Description. During the sorting process the contractor may subsample the samples using a gridded picking tray or standard picking tray. The contractor shall sort a minimum of 300 organisms from the sample from a minimum of one randomly selected cell in the grid. If necessary, additional, randomly selected, cells may need to be sorted to ensure the 300-organism minimum is reached. Once the 300 minimum is reached, the remaining debris in that cell/fraction will be sorted to completion. This approach may result in more than 300 organisms being sorted.

TASK 2. The contractor shall search the entire remaining sample for large/rare taxa not encountered in the subsample following the subsampling described above.

TASK 3. The contractor shall retain all portions of the sample (extracted organisms, sorted detritus, unsorted detritus) during sorting.

TASK 4. The contractor shall place closely related taxa (e.g., order) into vials labeled with the sample identification number, and date.

TASK 5. The contractor shall preserve all midges and oligochaetes by microscope slide mounting as needed for identification, and any new taxa will be permanently mounted for the voucher collection.

Quality Control (QC) MEASURES INCLUDED BY THE CONTRACTOR:

The contractor shall provide a QC Plan with its proposal/bid and adhere to the QC Plan.

The contractor is responsible for QC within the following standards/requirement:

For QC checks on sorting, all samples will be checked (that is, the remaining debris in the sorted sample or subsample fractions will be re-sorted) by a taxonomist or experienced technician. If the number of animals found in the remaining debris is greater than 5% of the number of animals counted by the original technician, then the original technician/taxonomist shall be instructed to re-sort the subsampled fractions of the sample until the 95% threshold is achieved. These results, including those for failed and re-sorted samples, will be documented and delivered for all of the samples.

For QC checks on identification and enumeration, 10% of all samples will be randomly selected. A different taxonomist will re-identify and re-count all the organisms in the samples. The Coefficient of Community, (Whittaker 1975), will be used to document the similarity between the identifications and counts of the original taxonomist and the QA check. The Jaccard similarity index (Jaccard, 1912) will be used to document the similarity between the identifications of the original taxonomist and the QA check.

Values for either index must indicate = 95% similarity between the original and QA check for the QA to be a pass. If the similarity is less than 95%, then the differences between identifications and/or enumerations will be resolved, and the identifications of the affected taxa are re-confirmed in all other samples in which those taxa were originally identified. All results from these efforts will be documented and delivered. A voucher collection shall be maintained, and all taxa which have not previously been encountered in the project shall be submitted to an independent specialist for identification.

Quality Assurance (QA) PROTOCOLS TAKEN BY THE USGS:

The Government is responsible for Quality Assurance. The USGS will select the QA samples to be re-sorted and re-identified by an independent laboratory, National Water Quality Laboratory. These samples will be picked up at the Contractor’s laboratory by the USGS, or delivered by the Contractor to the USGS independent laboratory. During the original processing, all portions of the sample (extracted organisms, sorted detritus, unsorted detritus) shall be retained by the Contractor. Vials should contain closely related taxa (e.g., order) and be labeled with the sample identification number, and date. Specimens on slides should be mounted one per slide with the same information as previously stated on each slide, or a key will be provided allowing the independent laboratory to link each specimen to the associated data.

Sorted sample detritus shall be retained separately and each container will be labeled with the sample identification number, sorting taxonomist, and date. The sorted sample detritus will be resorted by the independent laboratory to obtain a measure of sorting effectiveness. If more than 5% of the numbers of reported picked invertebrates are found by the independent laboratory in the sorted sample detritus for the samples, then the sorted detritus from all samples will be re-sorted by the original lab. Newly recovered organisms will be identified and appended to the data. If the Coefficient of Community (Whittaker, 1975) calculated for any sample is less than 90 percent between the original and independent laboratory, then all sample material identified and counted by the original laboratory must be re-identified and re-counted by the original laboratory. Jaccard Similarity index values will also be calculated from the sample data, if this value for any sample is less than 90 percent, then all differences in taxonomic identification between the laboratories must be resolved, identifications in samples reconciled, and may be used to recalculate the indices.

DELIVERABLES:

The Contactor shall deliver a voucher collection that will be updated with unique taxa and exemplary specimens from all samples processed. This collection shall be available for review by the USGS if requested.

The Contractor shall deliver the QC results to the USGS Technical Liaison (TL). The sample data and QC results will be submitted in by the contractor in three forms: 1) a spreadsheet on hardcopy, 2) an electronic form of the spreadsheet, and 3) an electronic copy attached to an e-mail. Any appended data must be resubmitted in the previously described hardcopy and electronic forms. The contractor must provide follow-up technical communication to the USGS concerning results by phone or email. The turnaround time for this project will be approximately 120 days. Deliverables shall be delivered within 120 days of sample delivery to contractor.

References

Barbour, M.T., Gerritsen, J., Snyder, B.D., and Stribling, J.B., 1999, Rapid bioassessment protocols for use in streams and wadeable rivers: Periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish (2nd ed.): U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency Report, EPA 841-B-99-002.

Jaccard, P., 1912, The distribution of flora in the alpine zone: New Phytologist, v. 11, p. 37-50.

Omernik, J.M., 1987, Ecoregions of the conterminous United States: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, v. 77, p.118-125.

Whittaker, R.H., 1975, Communities and Ecosystems, second edition: New York, Macmillian Publishing Company, 387 p.

1.0 CONTRACTOR'S PRICE, RATES AND POLICIES:

The period of performance under this BPA may extend from the date of award for five years. The prices, rates, terms and conditions established in this BPA are based on current market conditions at the time of BPA award. In the event that the Contractor's prices, rates, terms or conditions change, the Contractor shall provide the Government with a minimum of 30 days’ notice. A revision to existing prices, rates, terms and conditions are subject to negotiations. Once the Government has been notified, the Government shall review the proposed changes, and following discussions with the contractor, shall modify this agreement accordingly. No changes shall be recognized unless they have been incorporated via a bilateral modification to this BPA.

The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under this BPA.

Individual purchases under this agreement shall not exceed the dollar thresholds established in paragraph 2.0.

2.0 INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CALLS:

The following individuals are authorized to place calls against this BPA:

2.1 $2,500.00 Limit Per Transaction:

To be Determined

2.2 Over $2,500.00 - $150,000.00 Limit Per Transaction: (Contracting Officer):

By issuance of a Form 347 BPA Call Purchase Order from

1. Lori Lucero, Contracting Specialist or

2. Any warranted CO from the Denver Acquisition Branch.

3.0 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLACING CALLS:

The authorized caller shall contact the BPA contractor by telephone or in person and place the order. The following information is given to the contractor by the authorized caller:

a. Authorized caller's name, phone number, and mail code;

b. BPA number and the call number assigned by the authorized caller;

c. The location of where the supplies will be delivered.

d. Authorized callers are required to ask the contractor to state any offered discounts for their supply or service on their monthly summary invoice.

e. Authorized callers shall inform the contractor that the BPA number and call number is to appear on their monthly summary invoice.

4.0 Payment Terms

Payments may be made via Government Purchase Card or Treasury’s Invoice Payment Platform (IPP).

4.1 Payment for Calls less than the Micro-Purchase Threshold may be paid by Government Purchase Card.

4.2 Requests for Payments for Calls at or above the Micro-Purchase Threshold shall be processed in accordance with the Treasury’s IPP invoicing system.

CLAUSES

Applicable to Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) and BPA Calls

Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998)

Calls on this BPA shall incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/current/html/FARMTOC.html https://www.acquisition.gov/far/

52.204-7 System for Award Management. (JUL 2013)

52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements. (JAN 2014)

52.204-15 Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts. (JAN 2014)

52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation. (MAY 2011)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items. (MAY 2014)

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations. (JUN 2013)

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. (DEC 2013)

(End of clause)

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items in its current version of the BPA Call shall be incorporated in each BPA call.

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009) (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

(2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (Contracting Officer check as appropriate.)

[X] (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEP 2006), with Alternate I (OCT 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

[] (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (APR 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

[] (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (JUN 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5). (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.)

[X] (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUL 2013) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

(5) (Reserved)

[] (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (JAN 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

[] (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (JAN 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

[X] (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (AUG 2013) (31 U.S.C.

6101 note).

[] (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (JUL 2013) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

[] (10) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (MAY 2012) (section 738 of Division C of Pub. L. 112-74, section 740 of Division C of Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Division D of Pub. L. 111-8, and section 745 of Division D of Pub. L. 110-161).

[] (11) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

[X] (12) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (JAN 2011) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

[] (13) (Reserved)

[X] (14)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C.

644).

[] (ii) Alternate I (NOV 2011).

[] (iii) Alternate II (NOV 2011).

[] (15)(i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (JUN 2003) (15 U.S.C.

644).

[] (ii) Alternate I (OCT 1995) of 52.219-7.

[] (iii) Alternate II (MAR 2004) of 52.219-7.

[] (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (MAY 2014) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(2) and (3).

[] (17)(i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JUL 2013) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(4)).

[] (ii) Alternate I (OCT 2001) of 52.219-9.

[] (iii) Alternate II (OCT 2001) of 52.219-9.

[] (18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

[] (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)).

[] (20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages-Subcontracting Plan (JAN 1999) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

[] (21)(i) 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (OCT 2008) (10 U.S.C. 2323)(if the offeror elects to waive the adjustment, it shall so indicate in its offer.)

[] (ii) Alternate I (JUN 2003) of 52.219-23.

[] (22) 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program-Disadvantaged Status and Reporting (JUL 2013) (Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323).

[] (23) 52.219-26, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program-Incentive Subcontracting (OCT 2000) (Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323).

[] (24) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657f).

[X] (25) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (JUL 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

[] (26) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) Concerns (JUL 2013) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

[] (27) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the WOSB Program (JUL 2013) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

[X] (28) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755).

[X] (29) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2014) (E.O. 13126).

[X] (30) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (FEB 1999).

[X] (31) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (MAR 2007) (E.O. 11246).

[X] (32) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (SEP 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

[X] (33) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (OCT 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793).

[X] (34) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (SEP 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

[X] (35) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) (E.O. 13496).

[X] (36) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (AUG 2013). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.)

[X] (37)(i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA- Designated Items (MAY 2008) (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

[] (ii) Alternate I (MAY 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

[] (38)(i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT(R)-Registered Imaging Equipment (JUN 2014)+(E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

(ii) Alternate I (JUN 2014) of 52.223-13.

[] (39)(i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT(R)-Registered Televisions (JUN 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

(ii) Alternate I (JUN 2014) of 52.223-14.

[] (40) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (DEC 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

[] (41)(i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT(R)-Registered Personal Computer Products (JUN 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

[]((ii) Alternate I (JUN 2014) of 52.223-16.

[X] (42) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011)

[] (43) 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

[X] (44)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43.

[] (ii) Alternate I (MAY 2014) of 52.225-3.

[] (iii) Alternate II (MAY 2014) of 52.225-3.

[X] (iv) Alternate III (MAY 2014) of 52.225-3.

[] (45) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (NOV 2013) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C.

3301 note).

[X] (46) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

[] (47) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (JUL 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

[] (48) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (NOV 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

[] (49) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area

(NOV 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

[] (50) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (FEB 2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

[] (51) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (OCT 1995) (41 U.S.C.

4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

[X] (52) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (JUL 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

[] (53) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Other than System for Award Management (JUL 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

[X] (54) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (MAY 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

[] (55) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (AUG 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

[] (56)(i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (FEB 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx. 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

[] (ii) Alternate I (APR 2003) of 52.247-64.

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (Contracting Officer check as appropriate.)

[x] (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

[x] (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

[] (3) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

[] (4) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

[] (5) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

[X] (6) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-Requirements (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

[] (7) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (MAY 2014) (E.O. 13495).

[] (8) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (MAY 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792).

[] (9) 52.237-11, Accepting and Dispensing of $1 Coin (SEP 2008) (31 U.S.C.

5112(p)(1)).

(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records - Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor's directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(e)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) of this paragraph in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause-

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (APR 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (MAY 2014) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (MAY 2014) (E.O.

13495). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (l) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

(iv) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (MAR 2007) (E.O. 11246).

(v) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (SEP 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vi) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (OCT 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(vii) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(viii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C.

chapter 67).

(ix) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (FEB 2009) (22 U.S.C.

7104(g)).

___Alternate I (AUG 2007) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g)).

(x) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xi) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-Requirements (MAY 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xii) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (AUG 2013).

(xiii) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (JUL 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xiv) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (MAY 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xv) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (FEB 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx. 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

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GS0339 Green Acquisition (FEB 2014)

The USGS is committed to promoting the natural environment and protecting the health and well-being of people. In the performance of work under this agreement, the Contractor shall exert its best efforts to provide services in a manner that will promote the natural environment and protect health and well-being.

Green purchasing or environmentally preferable contracting included the initiatives described below:

Alternative Fuels and Vehicles are described at http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/

Biobased Products are described at http://www.biopreferred.gov/

Energy efficient products are described at http://energystar.gov/products for Energy Star products and at http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/procurement for FEMP designated products.

Environmentally Preferable Computers are described at http://www.epeat.net

Non-Ozone Depleting Products are described at http://www.epa.gov/Ozone/snap/index.html

Recycled Products are described at http://epa.gov/cpg

Water efficient products are described at http://epa.gov/watersense/

GS0715 Place of Inspection (JUL 2001)

Government inspection of delivered items will be performed at destination by the USGS Technical Liaison (TL) or Technical Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or an authorized inspector.

GS0912 Effective Periods of Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) – Prices are based on BPA Call date.

(a) The effective period(s) for placing orders under this agreement is/are as follows:

Agreement Periods Effective Period Year One-Base Year From the Date of Award, for one year.

Year Two From the day after Year One-Base Year ends, for one year Year Three From the day after Year Two-Base Year ends, for one year Year Four From the day after Year Three-Base Year ends, for one year Year Five From the day after Year Four-Base Year ends, for one year

(b) The government will review this Agreement annually to determine the need to continue the agreement and the price reasonableness of the pricing.

GS1109 Obligation of Funds (JUL 2001)

No funds are obligated by this agreement. All funds shall be obligated by individual BPA Calls citing applicable fiscal year and accounting data when issued, or, by Government Purchase Card.

Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor.

To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is:

https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this agreement, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice for goods/services ordered by Blanket Purchase Agreement Call:

Contractor-Generated, Itemized Invoice

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

http://epa.gov/watersense/

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

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GS1115 Payment By Government-wide Commercial Purchase Card. (JUL 2001)

(a) Payments under this agreement will be made as described in clause FAR 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party. The third party and charge card referred to in that clause is the Bank of America MasterCard. The particular account number to be charged will be provided to the Contractor separately.

(b) If this agreement includes ordering provisions, each order will be charged to the specific charge account number provided at the time the order is placed. The card number is not shown on the order form but will be provided separately at the time the order is placed. The contractor will not accept or process an order unless and until an authorization and account number is received from the cardholder for that specific order.

GS1117 Unilateral Deobligation (MAY 2013)

The contractor shall submit all invoices under this award’s BPA Calls no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the period of performance has expired, unless a request for extension has been submitted to, and granted by, the Contracting Officer. After 120 calendar days have passed after the expiration of the period of performance, the Contracting Officer reserves the right to issue a unilateral modification deobligating any unexpended funds, and to initiate closeout procedures.

GS1329 Interpretation of Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Requirements

No interpretation of any clause or provision of this BPA, including applicable specifications, shall be binding on the Government unless furnished or agreed to in writing by the Contracting Officer.

BPA Estimated Value

The total amount of all orders placed under this agreement is estimated to be less than $150,000.00.

There are no minimum amounts to be applied to this agreement. The Government is not obligated to place orders and the vendor is not obligated to accept any orders.

BPA Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions included in this BPA apply to all purchases made pursuant to it. In the event of an inconsistency between the provisions of this BPA and the Vendor’s invoice, the provisions of this BPA will take precedence.

NOTE: The BPA is not a contract, the Government is not obligated to place any orders, and the vendor is not obligated to accept any orders. The BPA can be canceled by either party at any time. A BPA is not enforceable against either party. An enforceable contract exists only when the Government places a call against the BPA and the vendor accepts that call.

PROVISIONS

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

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

52.203-98 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality AgreementsRepresentation (DEVIATION 2015-02)52.204-7 System for Award Management. (Jul 2013) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Nov 2014) 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror (Nov 2014) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Apr 2014) 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations-Representation. (Dec 2014) 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations (Oct 2014) 52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (Feb 1999) 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance (Apr 1984) 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications (Dec 2012)

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GS2130 Use of PPIRS Past Performance Data

In the source selection process, USGS may use past performance information contained in the federal Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS.GOV) in addition to any past performance data required elsewhere this this solicitation.

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GS2101 Inquiries (FEB 2007) Offerors are instructed to contact only the Contracting Officer, Lori Lucero, laduran@usgs.gov 719-544- 7155, Ext 115 for information about any aspect of the solicitation. Prospective offerors are cautioned against contacting Government technical personnel in regard to this solicitation prior to award of this procurement. If such a contact occurs and is found to be prejudicial to competing offerors, the offeror making such a contact may be excluded from award consideration. Accordingly, all communications prior to award must be directed to the Contracting Officer. Inquiries must be submitted by e-mail. Questions should be worded so as to avoid disclosing offer strategies or proprietary solutions. Questions and answers to questions will be provided to all offerors being solicited.

Questions asked within five (5) days before the solicitation closes are considered untimely and may not be answered.

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GS2102 Incurring Costs (JUL 2001)

The Contracting Officer is the only person who can legally obligate the Government for the expenditure of public funds. Costs shall not be incurred by recipients of this solicitation in anticipation of receiving direct reimbursement from the Government. It is understood that your bid/proposal will become part of the official file on this matter without obligation to the Government.

mailto:laduran@usgs.gov

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GS2107 Electronic Transmission of Offers (JUL 2001)

(a) Offers shall be submitted only by electronic mail to laduran@usgs.gov or via www.FedConnect.net to be considered.

(b) The Government is not responsible for any failure attributable to transmission or receipt of the documentation.

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GS2114 Exceptions to Solicitation Terms and Conditions (JUL 2001)

Offerors must state in their offer any exceptions taken to the terms and conditions of the solicitation.

Omission of such a statement will be construed as the offeror's acceptance of all solicitation terms and conditions. Exceptions shall be stated in a cover letter conveying the offer. Identify the term or condition, state the reasons for the exception, and provide any other information concerning the exception(s).

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GS2301 Single Award (AUG 2001)

Offers will be evaluated on the basis of total aggregate price for all items.

Offerors are required to submit prices on each separately priced item, for each period, listed in the Price Schedule.

An offer's failure to submit a price on all items will require rejection of the offer as nonresponsive.

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GS2320 Evaluation Factors

(a) The Contracting Officer will screen proposals to identify and eliminate any proposal that are so incomplete as to preclude a meaningful evaluation of technical and past performance issues.

(b) The remaining offers will be evaluated based upon the following non-price or cost-related factors.

Evaluation factors are listed in declining order of importance, unless otherwise indicated.

(1) Past Performance – offers shall submit not less than two references for services performed during the past three years. Each reference shall include: the company or agency name, address, contract or order number, point(s) of contract phone number and email address(es). References provided may be contacted by the Government. Their statements will be used in the evaluation of the offeror’s quotation. In addition, any information obtained by the Government from references outside of the offeror’s quotation may also be used, in a similar manner, in the technical evaluation of the offeror’s quotation to the extent appropriate. Past performance information provided by references, from Government records, or from other than the sources identified by the offeror may be used in the evaluation under any or all applicable evaluation factors. In addition to the foregoing, PIPRS.gov will be used as a source of past performance information in the source selection process, in addition to any other past performance information required under this solicitation. All past performance information will be used for both the responsibility determination and the best value decision.

http://www.fedconnect.net/

(2) Background and prior experience of taxonomist: Vendor is required to submit brief resumes of taxonomist(s) that will perform the work, i.e., the taxonomist whose name will appear on the slide or vial label.

(3) Prior experience of personnel: Vendor is required to submit a brief statement specifying names, roles, and years of experience of lab personnel that includes the taxonomists and sample processing technicians.

(4) Quality Control Plan (QCP): Sellers shall include their proposed QCP for any laboratory facilities used for the proposed analyses. The seller must adhere to the QCPs throughout the term of the

BPA.

(5) Laboratory Location: Sellers shall state the location of their laboratories and a solution for sample shipping problems such as foreign value added taxation (VAT), overseas shipping costs, etc. Sellers located within the 48-contiguous United States are preferred in order to avoid issues with shipping samples.

The costs for shipping and handling may be added to the offered amounts when the solution does not include shipping and handling. The government will consider offers outside the continental United State if the offeror is willing to complete all additional paperwork and pay any additional fees associated with shipping samples across international borders.

(c) Award will be based upon technical capability, past performance and price with technical capability and past performance being of significantly more importance to price. Price or cost will become the determining factor between proposals judged to be essentially equal in technical merit. While the Government anticipates award based primarily on technical superiority, no award will be made based on superior technical capability when the proposed cost or price is considered unreasonable or when the additional cost or price is not justified by the advantages of an award based on technical superiority.

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GS2190 Instructions to Offerors (APR 2014)

(a) To be considered for award, offers must be submitted electronically via www.fedconnect.net or by email to Lori Lucero, laduran@usgs.gov. Any other method of submitting your offer may result in your offer not being considered.

(b) Offer submission MUST include:

(1) Evaluation Factor support documents.

(2) Acknowledgement of solicitation amendment(s).

(3) Price Schedule (sample provided in the Work Statement)

(c) The U.S. Geological Survey requires a firm to have an “Active” enrollment in the System for Award Management (SAM) including completion of Certifications and Representations before issuing an award.

(d) All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted to Lori Lucero, laduran@usgs.gov, at least five days before the solicitation close date. Questions that are submitted otherwise will be considered untimely and may not receive a response.

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