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email to LaVonne Y. Hill at HillL@gao.gov or faxed to (202) 512-3999. All quotations should include (1) company name and address, (2) telephone number and fax number, and (3) company point of contact and email address. Late quotations will not be considered.

Statement of Work for Microbiology Consulting

Services For Anthrax Work:

GAO requires microbiology consulting services to assist GAO's Applied Research and Methods (ARM) team in reporting to Congress on multiple related issues including select and non-select agents, infectious diseases (bacterial and viral), food and water safety, and associated detection systems. More specifically, GAO is conducting work related to an independent review of the scientific and technical approaches the FBI and/or DHS used during its investigation of the

2001 anthrax attack. This work requires an understanding of the formation of morphological variants and their evolution during laboratory processing and the validation of assays.

The contractor will have at least 10 years of successful experience working directly with select agents, including B. anthracis, in the laboratory, and evaluating assays for detecting pathogens. In addition, the contractor will have

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at least 10 years of successful experience in conducting field studies using aerosols, simulant and live agents. In addition, the contractor shall not have consulted with or worked for the

Department of Homeland Security and/or the

Federal Bureau of Investigations on related projects over the past 2 years.

The contractor will assist the GAO engagement team with issues related to (1) the validation of several assays for detecting rare variants in evidentiary samples and the associated statistical analyses of results generated by those assays during its investigation and (2) working with GAO experts to identify scientific gaps and technical issues related to these projects.

Beyond the above-described work, GAO also anticipates the need for expert microbiology consulting services on future engagements requiring expertise in the fields of microbiology and field testing and evaluation of detection systems, including for food and water safety. GAO anticipates that the expert selected to perform the work described above will be qualified to address these additional engagements.

Specifically, the contractor will assist the GAO engagement team with issues related to (1) working with GAO to identify scientific gaps and technical issues related to these projects and

(2) working with other GAO teams on future engagements requiring expertise in the fields of microbiology and field testing, validation of assays, and evaluation of detection systems.

Specific Tasks

For all engagements, the contractor may be required to provide any of the following services to GAO:

1. Research and review relevant literature (such as on the validation of assays to detect threat agents, the behavior of aerosolized threat agents, and their ability to survive on filters and other surfaces) and provide written comments, supported by relevant citations, or oral summaries or comments.

2. Consult with other subject matter experts or officials of government agencies, academia, industry, and others, as specified, to obtain and

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assess scientific information or data related to a particular GAO engagement.

3. Review, evaluate, and comment (in writing or orally) on scientific or technical documentation, scientific articles in peer reviewed journals, government reports, and others as specified, on engagement-related issues, including microbiology and assay validation test protocols and associated test results (sensitivity, specificity, limit of detection), test plans and test and evaluation reports on the end-to-end performance of detection systems (to include evaluation of multiple system components), and issues related to point-of-care diagnostics

(scientific gaps, sensitivities and specificities, utility as biosurveillance technology), and technologies to detect pathogens in food and water, among others.

4. Provide input on GAO engagement teams' methodological approaches for engagements as requested and review and comment on revisions.

5. Periodically attend and provide input at regular meetings with GAO engagement teams on engagement-related scientific issues, and assist team to develop appropriate scientific questions for teams to screen federal agencies and others.

6. Provide written comments or oral responses

(followed by written responses) to team questions related to tasks 1 - 5 above.

7. Provide written summaries or opinions, supported by relevant citations, on scientific, technical or other relevant issues raised by engagement team to enhance the validity of GAO conclusions and assessments.

8. Review and provide written comments on GAO draft report's findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

Period of Performance: 01/02/2016 to 01/01/2017

00001 Microbiology Anthrax - GAO requires the microbiology consulting services of an expert to assist in reporting to Congress on multiple related issues.

Delivery: 01/02/2017

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10001 Option year I - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services.

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01/01/2017

Period of Performance: 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017

20001 Option year II - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services -

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01/01/2018

Period of Performance: 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018

30001 Option year III - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services.

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01/01/2019

Period of Performance: 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019

40001 Option year IV - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services.

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01/01/2020

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Table of Contents

Attachment A Contract Administration

Attachment B Pricing Schedule

Attachment C Clauses

Attachment D Technical Evaluation Criteria

Attachment E Organizational Conflict of Interest

Attachment F Non-Disclosure Agreement

Attachment A

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION

POINTS OF CONTACT:

Contracting Officer: La Vonne Y. Hill 441 G Street, N.W.

Room 7N14 Washington, DC 20548 Telephone: (202) 512-6125

FAX: (202) 512-3999

Email: HillL@gao.gov

Contracting Officer’s TBD Representative

The GAO COR is responsible for the administration of the resulting contract. The COR is not authorized to make any changes that impact the price, schedule or performance of this contract without the written consent of the GAO Contracting Officer. The COR is not authorized to make any commitments or changes that will affect price, quality, quantity, delivery or any other terms and conditions of the contract.

Attachment B

PRICING SCHEDULE

The following fixed rates, inclusive of all indirect cost and profit, shall apply for the duration of the contract:

BASE YEAR: JANUARY 2, 2016 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2017

Est. No. Fixed of Hours Hourly Rate Total

Anthrax Consulting Services 377 $_______ $________

OPTION YEAR I: JANUARY 2, 2017 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2018

of Hours Hourly Rate Total

OPTION YEAR II: JANUARY 2, 2018 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2019

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OPTION YEAR III: JANUARY 2, 2019 THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2020

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Overall Contract Cost $__________

Attachment C

CLAUSES

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 full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

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I. FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1)

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52.212-4, Alternate I MAY 2014 Contract Terms and

Conditions – Commercial Items

FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representative and Certifications – Commercial Items (NOV 2015)

The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed through http://www.acquisition.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (p) 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 http://www.acquisition.gov/ which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

“Forced or indentured child labor” means all work or service-

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

“Highest-level owner” means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

“Immediate owner” means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees.

“Inverted domestic corporation”, means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

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

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

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

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

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

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

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

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

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

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

“Place of manufacture” means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished http://uscode.house.gov/ 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.

“Small disadvantaged business concern”, consistent with 13 CFR 124.1002, means a small business concern under the size standard applicable to the acquisition, that-

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

(i) One or more socially disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.103) and economically disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.104) individuals who are citizens of the United States; and

(ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and

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

1) “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.

2) “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.

3) “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.

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(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.

5) “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.

6) (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 ______________.

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

8) 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.

9) 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.]

10) (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.

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(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 o is, o 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 o is, o is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.

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

11) Note: Complete paragraphs (c)(8) and (c)(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) 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)(10)(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.

12) (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.

13) (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.

14) (f) Buy American Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American-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-Supplies.”

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(3) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25.

15) (g)(1) Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate.

(Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-3, Buy American-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-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-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act”:

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(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-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act.”

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(iv) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25.

(2) Buy American-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- Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act”:

18) Canadian End Products:

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(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-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act”:

19) Canadian or Israeli End Products:

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(4) Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate III. If Alternate III to the clause at 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-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act”:

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(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.

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Statement of Work for Microbiology Consulting

Services For Anthrax Work:

GAO requires microbiology consulting services to assist GAO's Applied Research and Methods (ARM) team in reporting to Congress on multiple related issues including select and non-select agents, infectious diseases (bacterial and viral), food and water safety, and associated detection systems. More specifically, GAO is conducting work related to an independent review of the scientific and technical approaches the FBI and/or DHS used during its investigation of the

2001 anthrax attack. This work requires an understanding of the formation of morphological variants and their evolution during laboratory processing and the validation of assays.

The contractor will have at least 10 years of successful experience working directly with select agents, including B. anthracis, in the laboratory, and evaluating assays for detecting pathogens. In addition, the contractor will have

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at least 10 years of successful experience in conducting field studies using aerosols, simulant and live agents. In addition, the contractor shall not have consulted with or worked for the

Department of Homeland Security and/or the

Federal Bureau of Investigations on related projects over the past 2 years.

The contractor will assist the GAO engagement team with issues related to (1) the validation of several assays for detecting rare variants in evidentiary samples and the associated statistical analyses of results generated by those assays during its investigation and (2) working with GAO experts to identify scientific gaps and technical issues related to these projects.

Beyond the above-described work, GAO also anticipates the need for expert microbiology consulting services on future engagements requiring expertise in the fields of microbiology and field testing and evaluation of detection systems, including for food and water safety. GAO anticipates that the expert selected to perform the work described above will be qualified to address these additional engagements.

Specifically, the contractor will assist the GAO engagement team with issues related to (1) working with GAO to identify scientific gaps and technical issues related to these projects and

(2) working with other GAO teams on future engagements requiring expertise in the fields of microbiology and field testing, validation of assays, and evaluation of detection systems.

Specific Tasks

For all engagements, the contractor may be required to provide any of the following services to GAO:

1. Research and review relevant literature (such as on the validation of assays to detect threat agents, the behavior of aerosolized threat agents, and their ability to survive on filters and other surfaces) and provide written comments, supported by relevant citations, or oral summaries or comments.

2. Consult with other subject matter experts or officials of government agencies, academia, industry, and others, as specified, to obtain and

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assess scientific information or data related to a particular GAO engagement.

3. Review, evaluate, and comment (in writing or orally) on scientific or technical documentation, scientific articles in peer reviewed journals, government reports, and others as specified, on engagement-related issues, including microbiology and assay validation test protocols and associated test results (sensitivity, specificity, limit of detection), test plans and test and evaluation reports on the end-to-end performance of detection systems (to include evaluation of multiple system components), and issues related to point-of-care diagnostics

(scientific gaps, sensitivities and specificities, utility as biosurveillance technology), and technologies to detect pathogens in food and water, among others.

4. Provide input on GAO engagement teams' methodological approaches for engagements as requested and review and comment on revisions.

5. Periodically attend and provide input at regular meetings with GAO engagement teams on engagement-related scientific issues, and assist team to develop appropriate scientific questions for teams to screen federal agencies and others.

6. Provide written comments or oral responses

(followed by written responses) to team questions related to tasks 1 - 5 above.

7. Provide written summaries or opinions, supported by relevant citations, on scientific, technical or other relevant issues raised by engagement team to enhance the validity of GAO conclusions and assessments.

8. Review and provide written comments on GAO draft report's findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

Period of Performance: 01/02/2016 to 01/01/2017

00001 Microbiology Anthrax - GAO requires the microbiology consulting services of an expert to assist in reporting to Congress on multiple related issues.

Delivery: 01/02/2017

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10001 Option year I - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services.

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01/01/2017

Period of Performance: 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017

20001 Option year II - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services -

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01/01/2018

Period of Performance: 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018

30001 Option year III - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services.

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01/01/2019

Period of Performance: 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019

40001 Option year IV - Microbiology Anthrax consulting services.

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01/01/2020

Period of Performance: 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020

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(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 statute. 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.

21) (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

(4) □ Have, □ have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,500 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. A liability is not finally determined if there is a pending administrative or judicial challenge. In the case of a judicial challenge to https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/current/far/html/FARTOCP25.html#wp225048 the liability, the liability is not finally determined until all judicial appeal rights have been exhausted.

(B) The taxpayer is delinquent in making payment. A taxpayer is delinquent if the taxpayer has failed to pay the tax liability when full payment was due and required. A taxpayer is not delinquent in cases where enforced collection action is precluded.

(ii) Examples.

(A) The taxpayer has received a statutory notice of deficiency, under I.R.C.

§6212, which entitles the taxpayer to seek Tax Court review of a proposed tax deficiency. This is not a delinquent tax because it is not a final tax liability. Should the taxpayer seek Tax Court review, this will not be a final tax liability until the taxpayer has exercised all judicial appeal rights.

(B) The IRS has filed a notice of Federal tax lien with respect to an assessed tax liability, and the taxpayer has been issued a notice under I.R.C.