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GSA Contract No. GS-03P-12-AZ-D-0023 Page 1 of 50
FAC2005-54/GSAM50
Construction Contract for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Multiple Award Large Project Construction Term Contracts
– Pennsylvania and Ohio County in West Virginia
GSA Contract No. GS-03P-12-AZ-D-0023
The Agreement
C101-SB 11/11
Table of Contents
I. Project Information
A. Project Summary B. The Contract C. Period of Performance D. Work Conditions/Site Requirements E. Authorized Representatives F. Contract Liquidated Damages Rate G. Buy American Exceptions H. Statements of Work, Specifications, Drawings, Exhibits and Other Attachment
II. Prices
A. Basis of Pricing B. Contract Price Form
III. Terms and Conditions
A. General Terms and Conditions B. Contract Clauses
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I Project Information
I.A Project Summary
This is a Multiple Award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), contract for repair and alteration construction task orders estimated in value to be in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, up to the prospectus limit. This procurement will result in multiple awards for projects within these parameters at all locations, owned and leased, within the jurisdiction of the GSA Pittsburgh Field Office, as well as Ohio County in West Virginia (under the jurisdiction of the GSA Charleston Field Office). Using this IDIQ vehicle, ordering officials will place individual task orders, utilizing competitive procedures, among all vendors awarded contracts through this procurement.
The specific counties not included in these Multiple Award IDIQ contracts are as follows:
Pennsylvania – Philadelphia; Delaware; Chester; Montgomery; and, Bucks Counties. All other counties in the state of Pennsylvania are included in this procurement.
The term of the contracts will be for a one (1) year base with four (4) one (1) year options. The contracts will not include pre-negotiated line item pricing (except for assorted hourly rates). Rather, each project will be competed among the awardees of the IDIQ contract using criteria established by the ordering office (price alone, or a combination of price and technical factors). This contract vehicle may be utilized by both Regional and Field Office personnel. All awardees under the IDIQ contract will be presented with a fair opportunity to be considered for each order exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. It is anticipated that no less than three (3) and no more than five (5) contracts will be awarded under this solicitation, although the government reserves the right to award a number of contracts outside this range.
The scope of this contract is to provide: 1) construction services, including, but not limited to: general office renovation; interior construction; exterior construction repair; general repair and alteration work; installation of new and the alteration of existing power panels; carpet and carpet tile replacement; painting; HVAC duct work modification; modification of existing building fire sprinkler systems; plastering and plaster repair work; sidewalk repairs/replacement;
asphalt/concrete paving; 2) alteration services, including, but not limited to: electrical, carpentry, masonry, plumbing, mechanical, architectural, landscaping, storm drainage, exterior restoration, waterproofing, re-pointing, cleaning, sealing, design-build services; roofing involving installation, repair and alteration, and removal; and paving relevant to property and roads owned, leased or otherwise under the control of GSA, or other authorized Federal agencies; and other task order related work. In addition, design work incidental to construction as well as design/build work are included. .
This procurement will be set aside for small businesses under FAR Part 19; with a multiple award task order contract awarded to responsible offerors whose proposal(s) offer the best overall value to the Government. The individual orders to be placed under the contracts will range from the simplified acquisition threshold (currently $150,000.00) up to the prospectus limit (currently $2.79 million). Task orders may also be placed outside this dollar range if it is in the best interest of the government to do so; however, awardees have the option to decline any RFP’s in this case.
The NAICS code applicable to this procurement is 236220. All offerors submitting proposals must be certified to work within this NAICS code.
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I.B The Contract
I.B.1 The Contract consists of the SF 1442, the Agreement, the Statement of Work, Specifications, Drawings, Exhibits, and other Attachments identified herein (collectively, the Contract Documents). The Contract contains the entire agreement of the Parties, and no prior written or oral agreement, express or implied, shall be admissible to contradict or modify any part of the Contract.
I.B.2 The Contractor shall provide and pay for all labor, materials, equipment, tools, water, heat, utilities, transportation, and other facilities and services necessary for the proper execution of the work described in and reasonably inferable from the Contract Documents (the Work), whether temporary or permanent. In consideration for, and upon condition of, the Contractor's completion of the Work, GSA shall pay the Contractor the price or prices established in Section II, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Contract.
I.C Period of Performance
I.C.1 Commencement. The Contractor shall commence performance of the Work within 10 days after the Contractor receives the Notice to Proceed (NTP).
I.C.2 Substantial Completion. The Contractor shall achieve Substantial Completion of the Work, as that term is defined in this Agreement, no later than * calendar days from issuance of Notice to Proceed (NTP).
NOTE: Substantial Completion will vary order to order.
I.C.3 Contract Completion. The Contractor shall achieve Contract Completion, as the term is defined in this Agreement, within * calendar days of Substantial Completion.
NOTE: Contract (Order) Completion will vary order to order.]
I.D Work Conditions/Site Requirements
Work Conditions/Site Requirements will vary order to order.]
I.E Authorized Representatives
I.E.1 This Contract is between the United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator of General Services (GSA), and the Contractor (the Parties). References in this Contract to "the Owner" or "the Government" shall be understood to refer to GSA. The following individual is designated as the authorized GSA representatives under this Contract:
Contracting Officer
Name: Michelle Donnelly Address: GSA Mid-Atlantic Region (3PQCK), 20 N. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Telephone: (215) 446-4498
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Email: Michelle.donnelly@gsa.gov
I.E.2 GSAR 552.236-71, Authorities and Limitations, is incorporated by reference in this Contract.
I.F Contract Liquidated Damages Rate (If applicable)
In accordance with Paragraph III.A.11, liquidated damages shall be calculated at the rate of $ * per calendar day.
NOTE: Liquidated Damages, if applicable, will vary order to order.
I.G Buy American Exceptions
For the purpose of determining Buy American requirements set forth in the Buy American Clause of the Agreement, the following construction materials and components are excepted:
None
I.H Statement of Work, Specifications, Drawings, Exhibits, and Other Attachments
The following documents are incorporated by reference into this Contract.
1. Specifications for Contract No. GS-03P-12-AZ-D-0023
2. Green Products Final Report
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II Prices
II.A Basis of Pricing
II.A.1 Contract Prices
All Contract prices set forth in this Section include all costs necessary to complete the work for which the price is established (e.g., Base Contract, Unit Price, Options) in accordance with the Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the cost of work performed by subcontractors and consultants, indirect costs, fees, expenses, taxes, and profit.
II.A.2 Knowledge of Conditions Affecting Price
FAR 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, is incorporated by reference in this Contract. The Contractor shall be presumed to have established all prices with knowledge of general and local conditions that may affect the cost of Contract performance at the site where the Work is to be performed, to the extent that such information is reasonably obtainable.
II.A.3 Unit Prices and Allowances
If any portion of the Work is to be performed on a unit price basis, the Unit Price shall include all costs of coordinating and incorporating the unit-priced portion of the Work into the Base Contract Work. The Contractor shall only be obligated to perform unit-priced work to the extent that an Allowance has been established in an amount sufficient to compensate the Contractor for such work at the established unit prices. The Contractor shall be obligated to perform such work in excess of a unit quantity for which an Allowance is sufficient only if directed by the Contracting Officer in writing. The Contractor shall be bound to the unit price or prices set forth herein in all equitable adjustments for changes including unit priced work, and no markups shall be applied to such unit prices.
II.A.4 Options
If any portion of the Work is to be performed upon the timely exercise of an Option, the Option Price shall include all costs of coordinating and incorporating the Option-priced portion of the Work into the Base Contract Work. An adjustment to the Contract price for such additional work shall be computed solely on the basis of the Option price or prices set forth herein. Unless otherwise specified, all options may be exercised within 90 days of Contract award.
II.A.5 Bid Rates
If this Contract includes Bid Rates to be used in determination of equitable adjustments (e.g., overhead, profit, daily rates for time-related costs), such rates shall be deemed to include all costs recoverable as components of an equitable adjustment consistent with the requirements, definitions, and exclusions applicable to equitable adjustments set forth in this Contract, and consistent with the Contractor's cost accounting practices. Unless otherwise specified, the bid rates shall be deemed to include only the Contractor's costs, and not the costs of any subcontractors.
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II.B Contract Price Form Offerors must complete the Solicitation, Offer and Award (SF 1442) form and include it with the price proposal.
Line Items 0001 through 0027 are unit prices for assorted tasks that would be used in a typical office buildout. Estimated quantities for each line item are provided. Offerors must provide a unit price for each of these line items, and multiply it by the estimated quantity for that line item.
The unit prices proposed by each awardee will be incorporated into the contract for the base year only. Although most task orders will be awarded on a competitively priced RFP, the Government reserves the right to use these line item unit prices during the initial performance period.
Line Items 0028 through 0082 are hourly rates for scope clarification/assistance and ten trades.
These hourly rates will be incorporated into the contract for the base year and all option years.
It must be noted that these hourly rates do not supersede the minimum wages established by the Davis-Bacon wage determination for each task order.
The total of all unit prices and hourly rates multiplied by their respective estimated quantities will establish the total evaluated price for each proposal under this procurement.
III Terms and Conditions
III.A General Terms and Conditions
III.A.1 Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work
FAR 52.211-10, Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work, is supplemented as follows:
The Contractor shall not commence the Work until the Contracting Officer has issued NTP. The Contractor shall diligently prosecute the Work so as to achieve Substantial Completion, as defined in III.A.8(a), of the Work within the time specified in Paragraph I.C of the Agreement. If the Contract specifies different completion dates for different phases or portions of the Work, the Contractor shall diligently prosecute the Work so as to achieve Substantial Completion of such phases or portions of the Work within the times specified.
III.A.2 Contractor Responsibilities
III.A.2(a) For the purposes of FAR 52.236-1, Performance of Work by the Contractor, the Contractor shall perform at least ten percent of the Work.
III.A.2(b) Unless otherwise expressly stated in the Contract, the Contractor shall be responsible for all means and methods employed in the performance of the Contract.
III.A.2(c) The Contractor shall be responsible for providing professional design services in connection with performance of the Work or portions of the Work only if this responsibility is expressly stated and the Contract Documents provide the performance and design criteria that such services will be required to satisfy. In the performance of such work, the Contractor shall be responsible for retaining licensed design professionals, who shall sign and seal all drawings, calculations, specifications and other submittals that the licensed professional prepares. The
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Contractor shall be responsible for, and GSA shall be entitled to rely upon, the adequacy and completeness of all professional design services provided under this Contract.
III.A.2(d) The Contractor shall be responsible for coordinating all activities of subcontractors.
This responsibility includes coordination of: preparation of shop drawings produced by different subcontractors where their work interfaces or may potentially conflict or interfere and the installation of such work; scheduling of work by subcontractors; and use of the Project site for staging and logistics.
III.A.2(e) Where installation of separate Work components as shown in the Contract Documents will result in conflict or interference between such components or with existing conditions, including allowable tolerances, it is the Contractor's responsibility to bring such conflict or interference to the attention of the Contracting Officer and seek direction before fabrication, construction, or installation of any affected work. If the Contractor fabricates, constructs, or installs any work prior to receiving such direction, the Contractor shall be responsible for all cost and time incurred to resolve or mitigate such conflict or interference.
III.A.2(f) Where drawings show work without specific routing, dimensions, locations, or position relative to other work or existing conditions, and such information is not specifically defined by reference to specifications or other information supplied in the Contract Documents, the Contractor is responsible for routing, dimensioning, and locating such work in coordination with other work or existing conditions in a manner consistent with Contract requirements.
III.A.2(g) It is not the Contractor's responsibility to ensure that the Contract Documents comply with applicable laws, statutes, building codes and regulations. If it comes to the attention of the Contractor that any of the Contract Documents do not comply with such requirements, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer in writing. If the Contractor performs any of the Work prior to notifying and receiving direction from the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall assume full responsibility for correction of such work, and any fees or penalties that may be assessed for non-compliance.
III.A.2(h) The Contractor shall immediately bring to the Contracting Officer's attention any hazardous materials or conditions not disclosed in the Contract Documents discovered by or made known to the Contractor during the performance of the Contract
III.A.2(i) The Contractor must submit a safety plan before commencing work.
III.A.3 Contractor Management and Personnel
FAR 52.236-6, Superintendence by the Contractor, is supplemented as follows:
III.A.3(a) The Contractor shall employ sufficient management and contract administration resources, including personnel responsible for project management, field superintendence, change order administration, estimating, coordination, inspection, and quality control, to ensure the proper execution and timely completion of the Work. The Contractor shall designate a principal of the firm or other senior management official to provide executive oversight and problem resolution resources to the Project for the life of the Contract.
III.A.3(b) The Contractor shall employ, and require its subcontractors to employ, qualified personnel to perform the Work. The Government reserves the right to exclude, or remove from the site or building, any personnel for reasons of incompetence, carelessness, or
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III.A.3(c) Repeated failure or excessive delay by the Contractor to provide qualified personnel shall be deemed a default for the purposes of the Termination for Default clause.
III.A.4 CPM Project Schedule
III.A.4(a) The Contractor shall use a Critical Path Method ("CPM") Project Schedule to plan, coordinate, and perform the Work. The Project Schedule shall be produced using widely used, commercially available computer software that is capable of generating and monitoring a CPM schedule and is compatible with Meridian Proliance.® For example, compatible software includes Microsoft Project,® Primavera SureTrak,® and Primavera Project Planner.®
III.A.4(b) The Project Schedule shall be a rational, reasonable and realistic plan for completing the Work, and conform to requirements specified in this clause and elsewhere in this Contract.
III.A.4(c) The Contractor understands and acknowledges that the preparation and proper management of the Project Schedule is a material component of the Work, and that the Contract price includes all costs of compliance with Project Schedule requirements.
III.A.4(d) The Project Schedule shall depict all activities necessary to complete the Work, including, as applicable, all submittal and submittal review activities, all procurement activities, and all field activities, including mobilization, construction, start-up, testing, balancing, commissioning, and punchlist. Activities shall be sufficiently detailed and limited in duration to enable proper planning and coordination of the Work, effective evaluation of the reasonableness and realism of the Project Schedule, accurate monitoring of progress, and reliable analysis of schedule impacts.
III.A.4(e) Within thirty (30) days of NTP, or such other time as may be specified herein, the Contractor shall submit its Project Schedule to the Contracting Officer, together with a written narrative describing the major work activities, activities on the critical path, and major constraints underlying the sequence and logic of the Project Schedule. The Contractor shall submit the Project Schedule in both electronic and hardcopy print format.
III.A.4(f) The Contractor should anticipate that its initial submittal of the Project Schedule shall be subject to review and revision as contemplated by Paragraph III.A.4(k), and the Contractor shall devote sufficient resources for meetings, revisions, and resubmissions of the Project Schedule to address exceptions taken by the Contracting Officer to the initial submittal. The Contractor understands and acknowledges that the purpose of the initial review and resolution of exceptions is to maximize the usefulness of the Project Schedule for the Parties during Contract performance.
III.A.4(g) Activity durations shall be based upon reasonable and realistic allocation of the resources required to complete each activity, given physical and logistical constraints on the performance of the Work. All logic shall validly reflect physical or logistical constraints on relationships between activities. Except for the first and last activities in the Project Schedule, each activity shall have at least one predecessor and one successor relationship to form a logically connected network plan from NTP to the Contract Completion date.
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III.A.4(h) The Project Schedule shall incorporate milestone events specified in the Contract, including, as applicable, NTP, Substantial Completion, and milestones related to specified work phases and site restrictions. The Project Schedule shall also include Contractor-defined milestones to identify target dates for critical events, based upon the Contractor's chosen sequence of work.
III.A.4(i) Unless a shorter period for updates is specified elsewhere, the Contractor shall update the Project Schedule monthly to reflect its actual progress in completing the Work, and submit the updated Project Schedule to the Contracting Officer within five (5) working days of the end of each month or other specified period.
III.A.4(j) If the Contractor revises the Project Schedule after initial submission, the Contractor shall provide in writing to the Contracting Officer a narrative describing the substance of the revision, the rationale for the revision, and the impact of the revision on the projected Substantial Completion date and the available float for all activities. The Contractor shall only revise prospective activities, durations and logic, but addition of detail to prospective activities shall not be deemed a revision if the overall duration of the detailed activity does not change.
III.A.4(k) If at any time the Contracting Officer finds that the Project Schedule does not comply with any Contract requirement, the Contractor shall, upon written notice of exceptions taken by the Contracting Officer, revise the Project Schedule, adjust activity progress, or provide sufficient information demonstrating compliance. Regardless of whether the Contracting Officer takes any such exception, the Contractor shall not be relieved of its responsibility for the rationality, reasonableness or realism of the Project Schedule, or its responsibility to achieve Substantial Completion within the time specified by this Contract.
III.A.4(l) If the Contractor fails to sufficiently address the Contracting Officer's exceptions to the Project Schedule within thirty (30) calendar days of written notice of same, the Contracting Officer may withhold retainage until the Project is Substantially Complete or until such time as the Contractor has complied with Project Schedule requirements.
III.A.4(m) The Contracting Officer shall be entitled, but not required, to rely upon the Project Schedule to evaluate the Contractor's progress, evaluate entitlement to extensions of time and determine the criticality or float of any activities described in such Project Schedule.
III.A.5 Extensions of Time
FAR 52.211-13, Time Extensions, is supplemented as follows:
III.A.5(a) If the Contractor requests an extension of the time for Substantial Completion, the Contractor shall base its request on analysis of time impact using the Project Schedule as its baseline, and the new Substantial Completion date projected by the Project Schedule as revised to account for the impact. The Contractor's request must be submitted to the Contracting Officer in writing, and set forth facts and analysis in sufficient detail to enable the Contracting Officer to evaluate the Contractor's entitlement to an extension of time.
III.A.5(b) The Contractor shall only be entitled to an extension of time to the extent that Substantial Completion of the Work is delayed by causes for which the Contractor is not responsible under this Contract and to the extent that the actual or projected Substantial Completion date is later than the date required by this Contract for Substantial Completion.
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III.A.5(c) The Contractor shall not be entitled to an extension of time if the Contractor has not updated the Project Schedule in accordance with this Contract.
III.A.5(d) The Government shall not be liable for any costs to mitigate time impacts incurred by the Contractor that occur less than 30 calendar days after the date the Contractor submits a request for extension of time complying with this clause.
III.A.6 Interpretation of Specifications and Drawings
FAR 52.236-21, Specifications and Drawings for Construction, and GSAR 552.236-77, Specifications and Drawings, are supplemented as follows:
III.A.6(a) Different requirements within the Contract Documents shall be deemed inconsistent only if compliance with both cannot be achieved.
III.A.6(b) Unless otherwise noted, the drawings shall be interpreted to provide for a complete construction, assembly, or installation of the Work, without regard to the detail with which material components are shown in the drawings.
III.A.7 Submittals
FAR 52.236-21, Specifications and Drawings for Construction, GSAR 552.236-78, Shop Drawings, Coordination Drawings, and Schedules, and GSAR 552.236-79, Samples, are supplemented as follows:
III.A.7(a) The Contractor shall prepare and submit to the Contracting Officer shop drawings, samples, calculations, product information, mockups, and other submittals (collectively, "submittals") demonstrating compliance with Contract requirements for all Work components as specified elsewhere in this Contract. If particular submittal requirements are not specified for a component of the Work, the Contractor shall prepare submittals for such Work as directed by the Contracting Officer.
III.A.7(b) The Contractor shall not proceed with work or procure products or materials described or shown in submittals until the Contracting Officer has indicated approval of the submittal. Any work or activity undertaken prior to approval shall be at the Contractor’s risk; should the Contracting Officer subsequently determine that the work or activity does not comply with the Contract, the Contractor shall be responsible for all cost and time required to comply with the Contracting Officer's determination. The Contracting Officer shall have the right to order the Contractor to cease execution of work for which submittals have not been approved. The Government shall not be liable for any cost or delay incurred by the Contractor attributable to the proper exercise of this right.
III.A.7(c) The Contractor shall be entitled to receive notice of action on submittals within a reasonable time, given the volume or complexity of the submittals and the criticality of the affected activities to Substantial Completion as may be indicated in the Project Schedule. The Contractor shall not be entitled to receive notice of action on submittals containing variations from Contract requirements in less than twenty (20) working days.
III.A.8 Substantial Completion and Contract Completion
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FAR 52.211-10, Commencement, Prosecution, and Completion of Work, FAR 52.211-12, Liquidated Damages (Construction), and GSAR 552.246-72, Final Inspection and Tests, are supplemented as follows:
III.A.8(a) For the purposes of FAR 52.211-10, Commencement, Prosecution and Completion of Work, and FAR 52.211-12, Liquidated Damages (Construction), the Work shall be deemed complete when it is “Substantially Complete.” The Work shall be deemed "Substantially Complete" if and only if the Contractor has completed the Work and related Contract obligations in accordance with the Contract Documents, such that the Government may enjoy the intended access, occupancy, possession, and use of the entire Work without impairment due to incomplete or deficient work, and without interference from the Contractor's completion of remaining work or correction of deficiencies in completed work. In no event shall the Work be deemed Substantially Complete if all fire and life safety systems are not tested and accepted by the Authority Having Jurisdiction, where such acceptance is required under the Contract.
III.A.8(b) At the appropriate time, the Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer a written notice specifying a proposed Substantial Completion date (Notice of Substantial Completion).
The Contracting Officer shall conduct inspections and make a determination of Substantial Completion within a reasonable time. If the Contracting Officer takes exception to the Notice of Substantial Completion, the Contractor shall be entitled to a written notice of conditions precluding determination of Substantial Completion.
III.A.8(c) The Contractor shall be entitled to an extension of time to address such conditions if, and to the extent that, the Contracting Officer provides notice of such conditions more than thirty
(30) calendar days from receipt of the Notice of Substantial Completion.
III.A.8(d) Substantial Completion shall be established by the Contracting Officer's issuance of a written determination specifying the date upon which the Work is Substantially Complete.
III.A.8(e) The Contract is complete (Contract Completion) if and only if the Contractor has completed all Work and related Contract obligations, corrected all deficiencies, and complied with all conditions for final payment.
III.A.8(f) Unless otherwise specifically noted, or otherwise clear from context, all references in this Contract to "acceptance" shall refer to issuance of a written determination of Substantial Completion.
III.A.8(g) The Contractor shall not be entitled to final payment or release of any retainage held by the Government until after Contract Completion. If the Contractor does not achieve Contract Completion within the time required by this Contract, the Government shall be entitled, after providing notice to the Contractor, to complete any work remaining unfinished. The Contractor shall be liable to the Government for all costs incurred by the Government to complete such work.
III.A.9 Use and Possession Prior to Substantial Completion
FAR 52.236-11, Use and Possession Prior to Completion, is supplemented as follows:
Exercise of the right conferred by FAR 52.236-11 shall not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for completing any unfinished components of the Work.
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III.A.10 Finality of Contract Modifications
As set forth elsewhere in this Contract, the Contractor is entitled to additional consideration under certain conditions, including the issuance of change orders. It is the Contractor's duty to include in proposals for equitable adjustment or other consideration all compensation to which it may be entitled, including cost and time. Unless otherwise explicitly stated in a modification to the Contract providing such consideration, adjustments to the Contract price or time agreed upon therein shall be deemed to provide all compensation to which the Contractor is entitled, and shall constitute final settlement of the Contractor's entitlement to compensation on account of the change or other condition giving rise to the modification.
III.A.11 Liquidated Damages
FAR 52.211-12, Liquidated Damages (SEP 00), is supplemented as follows:
III.A.11(a) The Contractor acknowledges that time is of the essence for the performance of the Work, and that determining actual damages from delay would be extremely difficult and impractical. If the Contractor fails to achieve Substantial Completion of the Work within the time specified in this Contract, the Contractor shall be liable to the Government for liquidated damages at the rate specified in Paragraph I.F for each calendar day following the required completion date that the Work is not Substantially Complete.
III.A.11(b) If the Contract requires different completion dates for different phases or portions of the Work, the Contractor shall be liable for liquidated damages at the specified rate for each calendar day following the required completion date that the phase or portion of Work is not Substantially Complete. If a single rate is specified, the specified rate shall be apportioned between the different phases or portions of the Work.
III.A.11(c) If the Government elects to accept any portion of the Work not specifically designated as a phase or portion of Work with its own required completion date, the liquidated damage rate shall be apportioned between accepted work and uncompleted work, and the Contractor's liability for liquidated damages shall be computed accordingly.
III.A.12 Insurance Requirements ]
III.A.12(a) The Contractor shall obtain, in addition to any insurance required by law, the following minimum kinds and amounts of insurance required pursuant to FAR clause 52.228-5, Insurance – Work on a Government Installation.
III.A.12(a)(i) Workers' compensation insurance in the amount required by the jurisdiction in which the Contract is performed. The Contractor shall obtain Employers' liability coverage of at least $100,000. If occupational diseases are not covered by workers' compensation insurance, Employers' liability coverage shall include occupational diseases.
III.A.12(a)(ii) Broad form comprehensive commercial general liability insurance in the amount of at least $500,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall include, but not be limited to, contractual liability, bodily injury and property damage.
III.A.12(a)(iii) Comprehensive automobile liability covering the operation of all automobiles used in connection with performing the Contract in the amount of at least $200,000 per person and $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $20,000 per occurrence for property damage.
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III.A.12(b) The Contractor shall provide to the Contracting Officer proof that it is has obtained insurance required by the Contract in the form of certificates of insurance. The Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer all renewal certificates issued during the life of this Contract immediately upon issuance.
III.A.13 Order of Precedence
Different requirements within this Contract shall be deemed inconsistent only if compliance with both cannot be achieved. In case of inconsistency between Contract Documents, the following order of precedence shall apply:
(1) Construction Contract Clauses (Section III.B of the Agreement)
(2) Other Provisions of the Agreement (Sections I, II, and III.A of the Agreement)
(3) The Statement of Work
(4) The Specifications
(5) The Drawings
(6) Exhibits and Other Attachments
III.A14 Administrative Matters
III.A.14(a) Project Meetings. The Contractor shall attend a preconstruction conference and shall participate in regularly scheduled Project meetings.
III.A.14(b) Schedule of Values. The Contractor shall prepare and submit for approval a detailed cost breakdown of the Contract price, to be referred to as the Schedule of Values, assigning values to each component of the Work. Values must include all direct and indirect costs, although a separate value for bond costs may be established. The Schedule of Values must contain sufficient detail to enable the Contracting Officer to evaluate applications for payment.
If this Contract requires that the Project Schedule be cost loaded, the Schedule of Values will be derived from the Project Schedule.
III.A.14(c) Payments. FAR clause 52.232-5, Payments under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts, is supplemented as follows:
III.A.14(c)(i) Before submitting a request for payment, the Contractor shall attend pre-invoice payment meetings each month, as scheduled, with the designated Government representative for the purpose of facilitating review and approval of payment requests. Payment meetings may be conducted in person or by telephone. The Contractor shall provide documentation to support the prospective payment request.
III.A.14(c)(ii) The Contractor shall submit its invoices to the representative designated in Paragraph I.E.1. Separate payment requests shall be submitted for progress payments, payments of retainage, and partial or final payments.
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III.A.14(c)(iii) If the invoice does not meet the requirements of FAR Clause 52.232-27 (a)(2) and the requirements specified in Subparagraphs III.A.14(c)(i), (iv), (v), and (vi), the Contracting Officer may be return the invoice to the Contractor without payment for correction. If the Contracting Officer disputes the requested payment amount, the Government may pay the portion of the requested payment that is undisputed.
III.A.14(c)(iv) Invoices shall be submitted in an original and two (2) copies to the designated billing office specified in this Contract or in individual delivery/work orders.
III.A.14(c)(v) Invoices must include the Account Document Number (ADN) assigned at award.
III.A.14(c)(vi) The Contractor shall submit the following information or documentation with each invoice:
III.A.14(c)(vi)(A) GSA Form 184A and/or 184B - Construction Progress Report (Construction Phases Only) or AIA Form G702, including the updated Schedule of Values upon which the payment request is based;
III.A.14(c)(vi)(B) GSA Form 2419 - Certification of Progress Payments Under Fixed-Price Construction Contract;
III.A.14(c)(vi)(C) The payment terms that apply for the particular services rendered;
III.A.14(c)(vi)(D) Additional documentation:
Special Payment Instructions for IDIQ Contracts:
1. Normally, a single payment for all work performed for each delivery order will be made upon formal inspection and acceptance. However, the Contractor is entitled to monthly payment as the work proceeds. Consequently, where the time for completion of the work to be performed exceeds one month or when unanticipated delays occur, a progress payment to the Contractor may be issued.
2. The Contractor is required to bill the ordering agency in accordance with the billing instructions furnished on the ordering agency's delivery order. The ordering agency is responsible for timely payment and for resolving any billing problems in regard to orders they place.
III.A.14(c)(vii) GSA will not be obligated to issue final payment unless the Contractor has furnished to the Contracting Officer a release of claims against the Government relating to this Contract, and submitted all required product warranties, as-built drawings, operating manuals, and other items as specified in the Contract. The Contractor may reserve from the release specific claims only if such claims are explicitly identified with stated claim amounts. All release forms must bear the original signature of the signer and must be affixed with the Contractor’s corporate seal or the seal of a Notary Public.
III.A.14(d) Prompt Payment. In accordance with FAR clause 52.232-27, the period for payments is as follows:
(i) Progress Payments: 14 days
(ii) Subsequent Subcontractor Payments: 7 days
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III.A.14(e) Payment Information. The General Services Administration (GSA) makes information on contract payments available electronically at http://www.finance.gsa.gov.
The Contractor may register at the site and review its record of payments. This site provides information only on payments made by GSA, not by other agencies.
III.A.14(f) Security Clearances. Contractor shall comply with the following requirements pertaining to security clearances.
III.A.14(f)(i) All personnel performing work under the Contract on the Project site must obtain an Enter on Duty (EOD) determination before they will be granted access to the site.
III.A.14(f)(ii) To obtain an EOD determination, Contractor shall submit for all such personnel fingerprints on Form FD258 and a completed Contractor Information Worksheet (CIW).
III.A.14(f)(iii) In addition, all such personnel who will be on site 6 months or longer must apply for and receive clearance in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12
(HSPD-12).
III.A.14(f)(iv) Information concerning these requirements can be found at:
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/26757
III.A.14(g) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Building Information. The following requirements apply to information contained in this Contract that has been designated as Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) building information:
III.A.14(g)(i) The Contractor shall submit to GSA all Contractor-generated documents that may contain SBU building information before the original or any copies are disseminated to any other parties. If GSA identifies SBU content in such documents, the Contracting Officer may direct the Contractor to imprint or affix SBU document markings to the original documents and all copies prior to dissemination.
III.A.14(g)(ii) The Contractor shall protect SBU building information by strictly limiting access to those individuals having a need to know such information acting on behalf of Federal, State, and local government entities, nongovernment entities engaged in the conduct of business on behalf of or with GSA, and firms currently registered as “active” in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at www.ccr.gov. If a subcontractor is not registered in the CCR and has a need to possess SBU building information, the subcontractor shall provide to the Contractor its DUNS number or its tax ID number and a copy of its business license. This clause shall not be construed to encumber the dissemination of SBU building information to public safety entities.
III.A.14(g)(iii) The Contractor shall use session or file encryption when transmitting SBU building information electronically outside of the GSA firewall and network. The Contractor shall encrypt sessions or files with an approved NIST algorithm, such as Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), in accordance with Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. Encryption tools that meet FIPS 140-2 are referenced on the NIST web page found at the following URL:
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All encryption products used to satisfy the FIPS 140-2 requirement should have a validation certificate that can be verified at the following URL:
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/validation.html#02
(Note that not all vendors of security products that claim conformance with FIPS 140-2 have validation certificates.)
III.A.14(g)(iv) When transmitting SBU building information contained in any physical media, including hardcopy and portable electronic data storage devices, the Contractor shall only use methods of shipping that provide services for monitoring receipt such as track and confirm, proof of delivery, signature confirmation, or return receipt. Portable electronic data storage devices include but are not limited to CDs, DVDs, and USB drives.
III.A.14(g)(v) The Contractor shall maintain a list of the entities and the firms to which it has disseminated SBU building information. This list must include at a minimum (1) the name of the entity or firm; (2) the name and contact information of the individual at the entity or firm who is responsible for protecting the SBU building information; and (3) a description of the SBU building information provided. Upon completion of the Work, the Contractor shall collect all lists maintained in accordance with this clause, including those maintained by any subcontractors and/or suppliers, and submit them to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer may withhold final payment until the lists are received.
III.A.14(g)(vi) This Contract requires that the Contractor retain beyond the period of performance certain records that may contain SBU building information. With the exception of such records, upon completion of the Work, the Contractor shall either destroy all records containing SBU building information or return them to the Contracting Officer, as directed by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall destroy electronically stored SBU building information by deleting it or otherwise rendering it unreadable and incapable of being restored, in accordance with guidelines provided for media sanitization within Appendix A of NIST Special Publication 800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitization, available at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf. Examples of acceptable destruction methods for SBU building information are: burning or shredding hardcopies; physically destroying portable electronic storage devices; deleting and removing files from electronic recycling bins; and removing material from computer and hard drives using a permanent-erase utility such as bit-wiping software or disk crushers.
III.A.14(g)(vii) The Contractor shall verify to the Contracting Officer in writing that SBU building information has been disposed of as required in Subparagraph III.A.14(g)(vi). The Contracting Officer may withhold final payment until written verification is received.
III.A.14(g)(viii) The Contractor shall immediately report to the Contracting Officer all improper disclosures of SBU building information. If the Contractor fails to comply with any provision of this clause, the Contracting Officer may withhold approval of progress payments until the Contractor provides a corrective action plan explaining how it will rectify any noncompliance and prevent future improper disclosures of SBU building information.
III.A.14(g)(ix) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause in all subcontracts.
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III.A.15 Non-Compliance with Contract Requirements
In the event the Contractor, after receiving written notice from the Contracting Officer of non-compliance with any requirement of this contract, fails to initiate promptly such action as may be appropriate to comply with the specified requirement within a reasonable period of time, the Contracting Officer shall have the right to order the Contractor to stop any or all work under the contract until the Contractor has complied or has initiated such action as may be appropriate to comply within a reasonable period of time. The Contractor will not be entitled to any extension of contract time or payment for any costs incurred as a result of being ordered to stop work for such cause.
III.A.16 Additional Terms and Conditions
A. Green Product Requirements For Each Task Order: The contractor shall comply with the following green product requirements when applicable as detailed in this section below when purchasing a product that does not have a brand name specified in a design or scope of work. The green requirements in this section applies for both products purchased as part of a line item in a task order and for products purchased as part of a scope of work that are not associated with a line item.
1. Ongoing Consumable Products Group Category Definition: This group category is limited to products in the following subcategories that have a low cost per unit and are regularly used and replaced through the course of business.
Aerosol Bath Product Battery Towels/Linen Blasting Grit Compost/Fertilizer Corrosion Preventative De-Icer Desktop Supply/Accessory Disposable Container Disposable Cutlery/Tableware Engine Coolant/Oil Film Product Folder/Binder Fuel Grease Mulch Pain Relief Product Paper/Newsprint Paperboard/Packaging Sorbent Sterilant Tire Tobacco Expansion Toner Cartridge Trash Bag
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Green Criteria: All products meeting the group category definition above must meet at least one of the following green criteria if a product is available that meets at least one of the following green criteria.
Product contains at least 10% postconsumer or 20% postindustrial material.
Product contains at least 50% rapidly renewable material (agricultural products, either fiber or animal, that take 10 years or less to grow or raise and can be harvested in a sustainable fashion).
Product contains at least 50% Forest Stewardship Council certified paper product.
Product contains at least 50% material harvested and processed or extracted and processed within 500 miles of the project.
Battery is rechargeable.
Additional Certification Requirements: When an EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guideline-designated product, Energy Star-qualified product, Federal Energy Management Program-designated product, Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool-registered product, WaterSense, or USDA BioPreferred Product is available that meets any of the green criteria above, one of these certified products must be purchased.
2. Durable Good Products Group Category Definition: This group category is limited to furniture, electronic durable goods replacing conventional gas-powered equipment, and energy star qualified durable goods in the following subcategories.
Air Cleaner Air Conditioning Audio/Visual Equipment Boiler Clothes Washer/Dishwasher Computer Dehumidifier Display Door Fan Freezer Furnace Furniture Heat Pump Imaging Equipment Insulation Light Bulb Phone Refrigerator Roof Product Sealant Skylight Television/Cable Ventilation Water Cooler Water Heater Window
Green Criteria: All products meeting the group category definition above must meet at least one of the following green criteria if a product is available that meets at least one of the following green criteria.
Durable good product is Energy Star qualified.
Durable good product is electronic equipment (battery or corded) and is replacing conventional gas-powered equipment.
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Furniture product contains at least 10% postconsumer or 20% postindustrial material.
Furniture product contains at least 70% salvaged material.
Furniture product contains at least 50% rapidly renewable material (agricultural products, either fiber or animal, that take 10 years or less to grow or raise and can be harvested in a sustainable…
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