Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0378S

AUTHORIZED FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SCHEDULE PRICELIST

GENERAL PURPOSE COMMERCIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE AND SERVICES

SIN 132-51 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

FPDS Code D302 IT Systems Development Services

FPDS Code D306 IT Systems Analysis Services

FPDS Code D308 Programming Services

FPDS Code D316 IT Network Management Services

FPDS Code D399 Other Information Technology Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

Note 1:All non-professional labor categories must be incidental to and used solely to support hardware, software and/or professional services, and cannot be purchased separately.

Note 2: Offerors and Agencies are advised that the Group 70 – Information Technology Schedule is not to be used as a means to procure services which properly fall under the Brooks Act.

These services include, but are not limited to, architectural, engineering, mapping, cartographic production, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and related services. FAR 36.6 distinguishes between mapping services of an A/E nature and mapping services which are not connected nor incidental to the traditionally accepted A/E

Services.

Note 3:This solicitation is not intended to solicit for the reselling of IT Professional Services, except for the provision of implementation, maintenance, integration, or training services in direct support of a product. Under such circumstances the services must be performance by the publisher or manufacturer or one of their authorized agents.

Knowcean Consulting Inc

10605 Stapleford Hall Dr

Potomac, MD 20584

(301)208-0733 http://www.knowceanconsulting.com/

Contract Number: _______ ZF0378S______________

Period Covered by Contract: _______ 04/21/2012-04/20/2016___ http://www.knowceanconsulting.com/

General Services Administration

Federal Supply Service

Pricelist current through Modification #_______, dated ________.

Products and ordering information in this Authorized FSS Information Technology Schedule

Pricelist are also available on the GSA Advantage! System. Agencies can browse GSA

Advantage! by accessing the Federal Supply Service’s Home Page via the Internet at http://www.fss.gsa.gov/ http://www.fss.gsa.gov/

TABLE OF CONTENT

Information For Ordering Activities………………………………………………………….4

Terms and Conditions Applicable to Information Technology (IT) Professional Services….13

Knowcean Consulting IT Services Descriptions……………………………………………..18

Labor Category Descriptions…………………………………………………………………20

Labor Rates…………………………………………………………………………………...22

Commitment to Promote Small Business Participation………………………………………23

Blanket Purchase Agreement…………………………………………………………………24

Contractor Team Arrangements………………………………………………………………27

INFORMATION FOR ORDERING ACTIVITIES

APPLICABLE TO ALL SPECIAL ITEM NUMBERS

SPECIAL NOTICE TO AGENCIES: Small Business Participation

SBA strongly supports the participation of small business concerns in the Federal Supply

Schedules Program. To enhance Small Business Participation SBA policy allows agencies to include in their procurement base and goals, the dollar value of orders expected to be placed against the Federal Supply Schedules, and to report accomplishments against these goals.

For orders exceeding the micropurchase threshold, FAR 8.404 requires agencies to consider the catalogs/pricelists of at least three schedule contractors or consider reasonably available information by using the GSA Advantage! on-line shopping service (www.fss.gsa.gov). The catalogs/pricelists, GSA Advantage! and the Federal Supply Service Home Page

(www.fss.gsa.gov) contain information on a broad array of products and services offered by small business concerns.

This information should be used as a tool to assist ordering activities in meeting or exceeding established small business goals. It should also be used as a tool to assist in including small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses among those considered when selecting pricelists for a best value determination.

For orders exceeding the micropurchase threshold, customers are to give preference to small business concerns when two or more items at the same delivered price will satisfy their requirement.

1. Geographic Scope of Contract:

Domestic delivery is delivery within the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Washington, DC, and U.S. Territories. Domestic delivery also includes a port or consolidation point, within the aforementioned areas, for orders received from overseas activities.

Overseas delivery is delivery to points outside of the 48 contiguous states, Washington, DC, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories.

Offerors are requested to check one of the following boxes:

[ ] The Geographic Scope of Contract will be domestic and overseas delivery.

[ ] The Geographic Scope of Contract will be overseas delivery only.

[X] The Geographic Scope of Contract will be domestic delivery only.

For Special Item Number 132-53 Wireless Services ONLY, if awarded, list the limited geographic coverage area:

__Not offered____________________________________________________________

2. Contractor's Ordering Address and Payment Information:

Ordering Address:

Knowcean Consulting Inc

Potomac, MD 20854

Payment Address:

Knowcean Consulting Inc

Potomac, MD 20854

Contractors are required to accept credit cards for payments equal to or less than the micro-purchase threshold for oral or written delivery orders. Credit cards will not be acceptable for payment above the micro-purchase threshold. In addition, bank account information for wire transfer payments will be shown on the invoice.

The following telephone number(s) can be used by ordering activities to obtain technical and/or ordering assistance:

Technical Assistance: (571)232-7241

Ordering Assistance: (571)232-7241

3. LIABILITY FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE

The Contractor shall not be liable for any injury to ordering activity personnel or damage to ordering activity property arising from the use of equipment maintained by the Contractor, unless such injury or damage is due to the fault or negligence of the Contractor.

4. Statistical Data for Government Ordering Office Completion of Standard Form

279:

Block 9: G. Order/Modification Under Federal Schedule

Block 16: Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number: ___13-251-0541___

Block 30: Type of Contractor - _ B Other Small Business ___

A. Small Disadvantaged Business

B. Other Small Business

C. Large Business

G. Other Nonprofit Organization

L. Foreign Contractor

Block 31: Woman-Owned Small Business - _____Yes____

Block 36: Contractor's Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN): _____ 522082870_

4a. CAGE Code: __3ENT8_

4b. Contractor has registered with the Central Contractor Registration Database.

5. FOB Destination

6. DELIVERY SCHEDULE

a. TIME OF DELIVERY: The Contractor shall deliver to destination within the number of calendar days after receipt of order (ARO), as set forth below:

SPECIAL ITEM NUMBER DELIVERY TIME (Days ARO)

____132-51___ As agreed between ordering agency and Knowcean

Consulting on each task order

b. URGENT REQUIREMENTS: When the Federal Supply Schedule contract delivery period does not meet the bona fide urgent delivery requirements of an ordering activity, ordering activities are encouraged, if time permits, to contact the Contractor for the purpose of obtaining accelerated delivery. The Contractor shall reply to the inquiry within 3 workdays after receipt.

(Telephonic replies shall be confirmed by the Contractor in writing.) If the Contractor offers an accelerated delivery time acceptable to the ordering activity, any order(s) placed pursuant to the agreed upon accelerated delivery time frame shall be delivered within this shorter delivery time and in accordance with all other terms and conditions of the contract.

7. Discounts: Prices shown are NET Prices; Basic Discounts have been deducted.

a. Prompt Payment: none

b. Quantity none

c. Dollar Volume none

d. Government Educational Institutions none

e. Other none

8. Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as amended:

All items are U.S. made end products, designated country end products, Caribbean Basin country end products, Canadian end products, or Mexican end products as defined in the Trade

Agreements Act of 1979, as amended.

9. Statement Concerning Availability of Export Packing:

none

10. Small Requirements: The minimum dollar value of orders to be issued is $_2,500____.

11. Maximum Order (All dollar amounts are exclusive of any discount for prompt payment.)

a. The Maximum Order value for the following Special Item Numbers (SINs) is $500,000:

Special Item Number 132-51 - Information Technology (IT) Professional Services

b. The Maximum Order value for the following Special Item Numbers (SINs) is $25,000:

None offered in training categories.

12. ORDERING PROCEEDURES FOR FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE

CONTRACTS

Ordering activities shall use the ordering procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

8.405 when placing an order or establishing a BPA for supplies or services. These procedures apply to all schedules.

a. FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.

b. FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.

13. FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/TELECOMMUNICATION

STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS: ordering activities acquiring products from this Schedule must comply with the provisions of the Federal Standards Program, as appropriate (reference:

NIST Federal Standards Index). Inquiries to determine whether or not specific products listed herein comply with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) or Federal

Telecommunication Standards (FED-STDS), which are cited by ordering activities, shall be responded to promptly by the Contractor.

13.1 FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATIONS

(FIPS PUBS): Information Technology products under this Schedule that do not conform to

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) should not be acquired unless a waiver has been granted in accordance with the applicable "FIPS Publication." Federal Information

Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the U.S. Department of

Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), pursuant to National

Security Act. Information concerning their availability and applicability should be obtained from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia

22161. FIPS PUBS include voluntary standards when these are adopted for Federal use.

Individual orders for FIPS PUBS should be referred to the NTIS Sales Office, and orders for subscription service should be referred to the NTIS Subscription Officer, both at the above address, or telephone number (703) 487-4650.

13.2 FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDS (FED-STDS):

Telecommunication products under this Schedule that do not conform to Federal

Telecommunication Standards (FED-STDS) should not be acquired unless a waiver has been granted in accordance with the applicable "FED-STD." Federal Telecommunication Standards are issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST), pursuant to National Security Act. Ordering information and information concerning the availability of FED-STDS should be obtained from the GSA, Federal Supply Service, Specification Section, 470 East L’Enfant Plaza, Suite 8100, SW, Washington, DC 20407, telephone number (202)619-8925. Please include a self-addressed mailing label when requesting information by mail. Information concerning their applicability can be obtained by writing or calling the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone number (301)975-2833.

14. CONTRACTOR TASKS / SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (C-FSS-370) (NOV 2001)

(a) Security Clearances: The Contractor may be required to obtain/possess varying levels of security clearances in the performance of orders issued under this contract. All costs associated with obtaining/possessing such security clearances should be factored into the price offered under the Multiple Award Schedule.

(b) Travel: The Contractor may be required to travel in performance of orders issued under this contract. Allowable travel and per diem charges are governed by Pub .L. 99-234 and FAR

Part 31, and are reimbursable by the ordering agency or can be priced as a fixed price item on orders placed under the Multiple Award Schedule. The Industrial Funding Fee does NOT apply to travel and per diem charges.

NOTE: Refer to FAR Part 31.205-46 Travel Costs, for allowable costs that pertain to official company business travel in regards to this contract.

(c) Certifications, Licenses and Accreditations: As a commercial practice, the Contractor may be required to obtain/possess any variety of certifications, licenses and accreditations for specific FSC/service code classifications offered. All costs associated with obtaining/ possessing such certifications, licenses and accreditations should be factored into the price offered under the Multiple Award Schedule program.

(d) Insurance: As a commercial practice, the Contractor may be required to obtain/possess insurance coverage for specific FSC/service code classifications offered. All costs associated with obtaining/possessing such insurance should be factored into the price offered under the Multiple Award Schedule program.

(e) Personnel: The Contractor may be required to provide key personnel, resumes or skill category descriptions in the performance of orders issued under this contract. Ordering activities may require agency approval of additions or replacements to key personnel.

(f) Organizational Conflicts of Interest: Where there may be an organizational conflict of interest as determined by the ordering agency, the Contractor’s participation in such order may be restricted in accordance with FAR Part 9.5.

(g) Documentation/Standards: The Contractor may be requested to provide products or services in accordance with rules, regulations, OMB orders, standards and documentation as specified by the agency’s order.

(h) Data/Deliverable Requirements: Any required data/deliverables at the ordering level will be as specified or negotiated in the agency’s order.

(i) Government-Furnished Property: As specified by the agency’s order, the Government may provide property, equipment, materials or resources as necessary.

(j) Availability of Funds: Many Government agencies’ operating funds are appropriated for a specific fiscal year. Funds may not be presently available for any orders placed under the contract or any option year. The Government’s obligation on orders placed under this contract is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for ordering purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are available to the ordering Contracting Officer.

15. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FOR ORDERING ACTIVITIES: Any ordering activity, with respect to any one or more delivery orders placed by it under this contract, may exercise the same rights of termination as might the GSA Contracting Officer under provisions of

FAR 52.212-4, paragraphs (l) Termination for the ordering activity’s convenience, and (m)

Termination for Cause (See C.1.)

16. GSA Advantage!

GSA Advantage! is an on-line, interactive electronic information and ordering system that provides on-line access to vendors' schedule prices with ordering information. GSA Advantage!

will allow the user to perform various searches across all contracts including, but not limited to:

(1) Manufacturer;

(2) Manufacturer's Part Number; and

(3) Product categories.

Agencies can browse GSA Advantage! by accessing the Internet World Wide Web utilizing a browser (ex.: NetScape). The Internet address is http://www.fss.gsa.gov/.

17. PURCHASE OF OPEN MARKET ITEMS

NOTE: Open Market Items are also known as incidental items, noncontract items, non-Schedule items, and items not on a Federal Supply Schedule contract. ODCs (Other Direct Costs) are not part of this contract and should be treated as open market purchases. Ordering Activities procuring open market items must follow FAR 8.402(f).

For administrative convenience, an ordering activity contracting officer may add items not on the

Federal Supply Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) -- referred to as open market items -- to a

Federal Supply Schedule blanket purchase agreement (BPA) or an individual task or delivery order, only if-

(1) All applicable acquisition regulations pertaining to the purchase of the items not on the Federal Supply Schedule have been followed (e.g., publicizing (Part 5), competition requirements (Part 6), acquisition of commercial items (Part 12), contracting methods (Parts 13, 14, and 15), and small business programs (Part 19));

(2) The ordering activity contracting officer has determined the price for the items not on the Federal Supply Schedule is fair and reasonable;

(3) The items are clearly labeled on the order as items not on the Federal Supply

Schedule; and

(4) All clauses applicable to items not on the Federal Supply Schedule are included in the order.

18. CONTRACTOR COMMITMENTS, WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS

a. For the purpose of this contract, commitments, warranties and representations include, in addition to those agreed to for the entire schedule contract:

(1) Time of delivery/installation quotations for individual orders;

(2) Technical representations and/or warranties of products concerning performance, total system performance and/or configuration, physical, design and/or functional characteristics and capabilities of a product/equipment/ service/software package submitted in response to requirements which result in orders under this schedule contract.

(3) Any representations and/or warranties concerning the products made in any literature, description, drawings and/or specifications furnished by the Contractor.

b. The above is not intended to encompass items not currently covered by the GSA Schedule contract.

19. OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES

The terms and conditions of this contract shall apply to all orders for installation, maintenance and repair of equipment in areas listed in the pricelist outside the 48 contiguous states and the

District of Columbia, except as indicated below:

none

Upon request of the Contractor, the ordering activity may provide the Contractor with logistics support, as available, in accordance with all applicable ordering activity regulations. Such ordering activity support will be provided on a reimbursable basis, and will only be provided to the Contractor's technical personnel whose services are exclusively required for the fulfillment of the terms and conditions of this contract.

20. BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (BPAs)

The use of BPAs under any schedule contract to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services is allowable. BPAs may be established with one or more schedule contractors. The number of

BPAs to be established is within the discretion of the ordering activity establishing the BPA and should be based on a strategy that is expected to maximize the effectiveness of the BPA(s).

Ordering activities shall follow FAR 8.405-3 when creating and implementing BPA(s).

21. CONTRACTOR TEAM ARRANGEMENTS

Contractors participating in contractor team arrangements must abide by all terms and conditions of their respective contracts. This includes compliance with Clauses 552.238-74, Industrial

Funding Fee and Sales Reporting, i.e., each contractor (team member) must report sales and remit the IFF for all products and services provided under its individual contract.

22. INSTALLATION, DEINSTALLATION, REINSTALLATION

The Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-7) provides that contracts in excess of $2,000 to which the United States or the District of Columbia is a party for construction, alteration, or repair (including painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works with the United

States, shall contain a clause that no laborer or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work shall received less than the prevailing wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor.

The requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act do not apply if the construction work is incidental to the furnishing of supplies, equipment, or services. For example, the requirements do not apply to simple installation or alteration of a public building or public work that is incidental to furnishing supplies or equipment under a supply contract. However, if the construction, alteration or repair is segregable and exceeds $2,000, then the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act applies.

The ordering activity issuing the task order against this contract will be responsible for proper administration and enforcement of the Federal labor standards covered by the Davis-Bacon Act.

The proper Davis-Bacon wage determination will be issued by the ordering activity at the time a request for quotations is made for applicable construction classified installation, deinstallation, and reinstallation services under SIN 132-8.

23. SECTION 508 COMPLIANCE.

If applicable, Section 508 compliance information on the supplies and services in this contract are available in Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) at the following:

http://www.knowceanconsulting.com/GSA/Section508

The EIT standard can be found at: www.Section508.gov/.

24. PRIME CONTRACTOR ORDERING FROM FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES.

Prime Contractors (on cost reimbursement contracts) placing orders under Federal Supply

Schedules, on behalf of an ordering activity, shall follow the terms of the applicable schedule and authorization and include with each order –

(a) A copy of the authorization from the ordering activity with whom the contractor has the prime contract (unless a copy was previously furnished to the Federal Supply

Schedule contractor); and http://www.knowceanconsulting.com/GSA/Section508 http://www.section508.gov/

(b) The following statement:

This order is placed under written authorization from _______ dated _______. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this order and those of your Federal Supply Schedule contract, the latter will govern.

25. INSURANCE—WORK ON A GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION (JAN 1997)(FAR

52.228-5)

(a) The Contractor shall, at its own expense, provide and maintain during the entire performance of this contract, at least the kinds and minimum amounts of insurance required in the Schedule or elsewhere in the contract.

(b) Before commencing work under this contract, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting

Officer in writing that the required insurance has been obtained. The policies evidencing required insurance shall contain an endorsement to the effect that any cancellation or any material change adversely affecting the Government's interest shall not be effective—

(1) For such period as the laws of the State in which this contract is to be performed prescribe; or

(2) Until 30 days after the insurer or the Contractor gives written notice to the

Contracting Officer, whichever period is longer.

(c) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract that require work on a Government installation and shall require subcontractors to provide and maintain the insurance required in the Schedule or elsewhere in the contract. The Contractor shall maintain a copy of all subcontractors' proofs of required insurance, and shall make copies available to the Contracting Officer upon request.

26. SOFTWARE INTEROPERABILITY.

Offerors are encouraged to identify within their software items any component interfaces that support open standard interoperability. An item’s interface may be identified as interoperable on the basis of participation in a Government agency-sponsored program or in an independent organization program. Interfaces may be identified by reference to an interface registered in the component registry located at http://www.core.gov.

27. ADVANCE PAYMENTS

A payment under this contract to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States

Government may not be more than the value of the service already provided or the article already delivered. Advance or pre-payment is not authorized or allowed under this contract. (31 U.S.C.

3324) http://www.core.gov/

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (SPECIAL ITEM NUMBER 132-51) AND

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (EC) SERVICES (SPECIAL ITEM NUMBER 132-52)

1. SCOPE

a. The prices, terms and conditions stated under Special Item Number 132-51 Information

Technology Professional Services and Special Item Number 132-52 Electronic Commerce

Services apply exclusively to IT/EC Services within the scope of this Information Technology

Schedule.

b. The Contractor shall provide services at the Contractor’s facility and/or at the ordering activity location, as agreed to by the Contractor and the ordering activity.

2. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES

a. Performance incentives may be agreed upon between the Contractor and the ordering activity on individual fixed price orders or Blanket Purchase Agreements under this contract in accordance with this clause.

b. The ordering activity must establish a maximum performance incentive price for these services and/or total solutions on individual orders or Blanket Purchase Agreements.

c. Incentives should be designed to relate results achieved by the contractor to specified targets. To the maximum extent practicable, ordering activities shall consider establishing incentives where performance is critical to the ordering activity’s mission and incentives are likely to motivate the contractor. Incentives shall be based on objectively measurable tasks.

3. ORDER

a. Agencies may use written orders, EDI orders, blanket purchase agreements, individual purchase orders, or task orders for ordering services under this contract. Blanket Purchase

Agreements shall not extend beyond the end of the contract period; all services and delivery shall be made and the contract terms and conditions shall continue in effect until the completion of the order. Orders for tasks which extend beyond the fiscal year for which funds are available shall include FAR 52.232-19 (Deviation – May 2003) Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year.

The purchase order shall specify the availability of funds and the period for which funds are available.

b. All task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of the contract. In the event of conflict between a task order and the contract, the contract will take precedence.

4. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES

a. The Contractor shall commence performance of services on the date agreed to by the

Contractor and the ordering activity.

b. The Contractor agrees to render services only during normal working hours, unless otherwise agreed to by the Contractor and the ordering activity.

c. The ordering activity should include the criteria for satisfactory completion for each task in the Statement of Work or Delivery Order. Services shall be completed in a good and workmanlike manner.

d. Any Contractor travel required in the performance of IT/EC Services must comply with the Federal Travel Regulation or Joint Travel Regulations, as applicable, in effect on the date(s) the travel is performed. Established Federal Government per diem rates will apply to all

Contractor travel. Contractors cannot use GSA city pair contracts.

5. STOP-WORK ORDER (FAR 52.242-15) (AUG 1989)

(a) The Contracting Officer may, at any time, by written order to the Contractor, require the

Contractor to stop all, or any part, of the work called for by this contract for a period of 90 days after the order is delivered to the Contractor, and for any further period to which the parties may agree. The order shall be specifically identified as a stop-work order issued under this clause.

Upon receipt of the order, the Contractor shall immediately comply with its terms and take all reasonable steps to minimize the incurrence of costs allocable to the work covered by the order during the period of work stoppage. Within a period of 90 days after a stop-work is delivered to the Contractor, or within any extension of that period to which the parties shall have agreed, the

Contracting Officer shall either-

(1) Cancel the stop-work order; or

(2) Terminate the work covered by the order as provided in the Default, or the

Termination for Convenience of the Government, clause of this contract.

(b) If a stop-work order issued under this clause is canceled or the period of the order or any extension thereof expires, the Contractor shall resume work. The Contracting Officer shall make an equitable adjustment in the delivery schedule or contract price, or both, and the contract shall be modified, in writing, accordingly, if-

(1) The stop-work order results in an increase in the time required for, or in the

Contractor's cost properly allocable to, the performance of any part of this contract; and

(2) The Contractor asserts its right to the adjustment within 30 days after the end of the period of work stoppage; provided, that, if the Contracting Officer decides the facts justify the action, the Contracting Officer may receive and act upon the claim submitted at any time before final payment under this contract.

(c) If a stop-work order is not canceled and the work covered by the order is terminated for the convenience of the Government, the Contracting Officer shall allow reasonable costs resulting from the stop-work order in arriving at the termination settlement.

(d) If a stop-work order is not canceled and the work covered by the order is terminated for default, the Contracting Officer shall allow, by equitable adjustment or otherwise, reasonable costs resulting from the stop-work order.

6. INSPECTION OF SERVICES

The Inspection of Services–Fixed Price (AUG 1996) (Deviation – May 2003) clause at FAR

52.246-4 applies to firm-fixed price orders placed under this contract. The Inspection–

Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour (JAN 1986) (Deviation – May 2003) clause at FAR 52.246-

6 applies to time-and-materials and labor-hour orders placed under this contract.

7. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTRACTOR

The Contractor shall comply with all laws, ordinances, and regulations (Federal, State, City, or otherwise) covering work of this character. If the end product of a task order is software, then

FAR 52.227-14 (Deviation – May 2003) Rights in Data – General, may apply.

8. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ORDERING ACTIVITY

Subject to security regulations, the ordering activity shall permit Contractor access to all facilities necessary to perform the requisite IT/EC Services.

9. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

All IT/EC Services performed by the Contractor under the terms of this contract shall be as an independent Contractor, and not as an agent or employee of the ordering activity.

10. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

a. Definitions.

“Contractor” means the person, firm, unincorporated association, joint venture, partnership, or corporation that is a party to this contract.

“Contractor and its affiliates” and “Contractor or its affiliates” refers to the Contractor, its chief executives, directors, officers, subsidiaries, affiliates, subcontractors at any tier, and consultants and any joint venture involving the Contractor, any entity into or with which the Contractor subsequently merges or affiliates, or any other successor or assignee of the Contractor.

An “Organizational conflict of interest” exists when the nature of the work to be performed under a proposed ordering activity contract, without some restriction on ordering activities by the

Contractor and its affiliates, may either (i) result in an unfair competitive advantage to the

Contractor or its affiliates or (ii) impair the Contractor’s or its affiliates’ objectivity in performing contract work.

b. To avoid an organizational or financial conflict of interest and to avoid prejudicing the best interests of the ordering activity, ordering activities may place restrictions on the

Contractors, its affiliates, chief executives, directors, subsidiaries and subcontractors at any tier when placing orders against schedule contracts. Such restrictions shall be consistent with FAR

9.505 and shall be designed to avoid, neutralize, or mitigate organizational conflicts of interest that might otherwise exist in situations related to individual orders placed against the schedule contract. Examples of situations, which may require restrictions, are provided at FAR 9.508.

11. INVOICES

The Contractor, upon completion of the work ordered, shall submit invoices for IT/EC services.

Progress payments may be authorized by the ordering activity on individual orders if appropriate.

Progress payments shall be based upon completion of defined milestones or interim products.

Invoices shall be submitted monthly for recurring services performed during the preceding month.

12. PAYMENTS

For firm-fixed price orders the ordering activity shall pay the Contractor, upon submission of proper invoices or vouchers, the prices stipulated in this contract for service rendered and accepted. Progress payments shall be made only when authorized by the order. For time-and-materials orders, the Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts at

FAR 52.232-7 (DEC 2002), (Alternate II – Feb 2002) (Deviation – May 2003) applies to time-and-materials orders placed under this contract. For labor-hour orders, the Payment under

Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts at FAR 52.232-7 (DEC 2002), (Alternate II – Feb

2002) (Deviation – May 2003)) applies to labor-hour orders placed under this contract.

13. RESUMES

Resumes shall be provided to the GSA Contracting Officer or the user ordering activity upon request.

14. INCIDENTAL SUPPORT COSTS

Incidental support costs are available outside the scope of this contract. The costs will be negotiated separately with the ordering activity in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the

FAR.

15. APPROVAL OF SUBCONTRACTS

The ordering activity may require that the Contractor receive, from the ordering activity's

Contracting Officer, written consent before placing any subcontract for furnishing any of the work called for in a task order.

16. DESCRIPTION OF IT/EC SERVICES AND PRICING

IT Services Offered under SIN 132-51 are as follows:

FPDS Code D302 IT Systems Development Services

FPDS Code D306 IT Systems Analysis Services

FPDS Code D308 Programming Services

FPDS Code D316 IT Network Management Services

FPDS Code D399 Other Information Technology Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

For description on IT Services Offered, please see page 18.

IT Services Labor Category:

Senior Technical Advisor

Principal Engineer

Senior Engineer

Advaned Engineer II

Advanced Engineer

Engineer

Associate Engineer

Assistant Engineer II

Assistant Engineer

For description on IT Services Labor Categories, please see page 20.

Company Description

Knowcean Consulting Inc is a rapidly growing information technology services company specializing in system development, system analysis integration, programming, network and security engineering, and IT operations support.

Knowcean was established 1997 and has been a profitable business since its inception.

Knowcean focuses on providing high quality work and total customer satisfaction. We are currently the prime contractor on several federal contracts. We take great pride in our work. To date, all of our businesses are from repeat and satisfied customers. Knowcean’s business revenue has been growing at over 60% year over year since 2002. We are on track for $8 millon revenue this year, up from $1.43 million in 2004.

We offer very competitive price with high quality and efficient work, providing best value to our customers.

Services Descriptions

IT System Development

Knowcean utilizes software engineering best practices from Federal Information Processing

Standards (FIPS), DOD guidelines, Software Engineering Institute Standards, and commercial best practices. We are specialized in multi-tier distributed application development using J2EE and .Net. We also provide system and application development in areas such as web publishing, client server applications, reporting, web content management, document information management with multimedia contents, with application security and system security inherently integrated.

Knowcean provide infrastructure system engineering and development. For example, Enterprise perimeter network/DMZ design and implementation, network file and print services and email services.

IT System Analysis

Knowcean supports IT strategic planning, enterprise architecture, system and system architecture assessment, full Life Cycle Management (LCM), and financial impact analysis.

IT Network and Security Engineering and Management

Knowcean provides full range of Network Engineering and Management Services, including design, engineering, implementation and support of critical network and security infrastructures.

We are specialized in both enterprise network and service provider networks. Our engineers are well versed and certified in Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Microsoft, Novell and other networking technologies.

Programming Services

Knowcean has high quality programmers that are skilled in network management tools, database applications, and programming languages including J2EE, .NET, C++, Oracle, SQL, Perl, and others.

Labor Categories

Commercial Job Title: Srnior Principal Advisor

Minimum/General Experience: Forteen (14) years of technical experience. The Senior Technical

Advisors are experts that can be called upon to provide authoritative guidance on a project.

Provide high level understanding and guidance of system design, implementation, and reengineering effort. The Senior Technical Advisors have expert knowledge and experience in one or more areas and can preside over large and complex projects.

Functional Responsibility: Experts that can provide authoritative guidance on complex projects based on expert knowledge and prior experience in projects with similar complexity.

Minimum Education: MS degree required. Typically also requires a formal certification. Years of experienced may be decrease with advanced degrees.

Commercial Job Title: Principal Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Twelve (12) years of technical experience in complex IT systems engineering, process engineering, and/or network engineering and integration, and system applications. Extensive experience as technical lead in design and implementation of complex IT systems through full Life Cycle Management. The Principal Engineers all have excellent hands on problem solving skills and extensive research and development experiences, and are capable of performing independent research and learning new and emerging technologies quickly. The

Principal Engineers have excellent communication skills and can communicate effectively at both executive and technical level with internal and external entities.

Functional Responsibility: Resident subject matter expert. Provide high level understanding and guidance of system design, implementation, and reengineering effort. The Principal Systems

Engineering typically oversees the detailed technical execution of a complex IT project.

Minimum Education: BS degree required. Typically also requires a formal certification. Years of experienced may be decrease with advanced degrees. Years of experience may substitute degree requirement.

Commercial Job Title: Senior Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Nine (9) years of progressive experience in IT systems design, development, and/or network engineering, implementation and operations. Experience as technical lead or high level support of complex IT systems and/or enterprise networks. Senior engineers are fully capable of performing independent research as well as keeping up with new and emerging technologies and developments. The Senior Engineers have excellent communication skills and can communicate independently with internal and external staff and organization in order to explain and present object and technical information. The Senior

Engineers have in depth knowledge in their respective technical fields and can lead the development of a subsystem or in charge of a technical field such as database design and data administration.

Functional Responsibility: Provide technical leadership in IT systems development, and/or network engineering and support effort. The Senior Systems Engineer typically leads the execution of an IT project, and provides technical leadership in resolving IT operations issues.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree required. Typically also requires a formal certification.

Years of experienced may be decrease with advanced degrees. Years of experience may substitute degree requirement.

Commercial Job Title: Advanced Engineer II

Minimum/General Experience: Seven (7) years of experience in several IT systems design, development, and/or network engineering, implementation and operations. Advanced Systems

Engineers II are technical staff with hands on experience in their respective fields and can be relied upon to perform the duty independently and lead junior engineers. The Advanced

Engineers II have good communication skills and can communicate effectively with peers and customers and can be relied upon to lead individual tasks.

Functional Responsibility: Work independently to provide technical expertise in system development, system integration, and/or network engineering and IT systems support. Can lead a development and support of a subsystem in large IT system projects.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree required. Years of experienced may be decrease with advanced degrees. Years of experience may substitute degree requirement.

Commercial Job Title: Advanced Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Six (6) years of experience in several IT systems design, development, and/or network engineering, implementation and operations. Advanced Systems

Engineers are technical staff with hands on experience in their respective fields and can be relied upon to perform the duty independently and lead junior engineers. The Advanced Engineers have good communication skills and can communicate effectively with peers and customers.

Functional Responsibility: Work independently to provide technical expertise in system development, system integration, and/or network engineering and IT systems support. Can lead a development and support of a subsystem in large IT system projects.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree required. Years of experienced may be decrease with advanced degrees. Years of experience may substitute degree requirement.

Commercial Job Title: Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Four (4) years of experience in IT systems design, development, and/or network engineering, implementation and operations. Systems Engineers are qualified professionals with hands on experience in their respective fields and can be relied upon to perform the duty independently. The Systems Engineers have excellent communication skills and can communicate effectively with peers and customers at technical level.

Functional Responsibility: Under the supervision of Senior Systems Engineers, provide technical expertise in system development, system integration, and/or network engineering and

IT systems support.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree required. Years of experience may substitute degree requirement.

Commercial Job Title: Associate Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Two (2) years of experience in IT systems design, development, and/or network engineering, implementation and operations. Associate Systems Engineers are qualified professionals with hands on experience in their respective fields and can be relied upon to perform the duty with minimum supervision. Good communication skills and can communicate effectively with peers and customers.

Functional Responsibility: Under the supervision of Senior Systems Engineers, provide programming and system development, and/or perform network engineering and IT support tasks.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree required or six years of experience in IT technical field.

Commercial Job Title: Assistant Engineer

Minimum/General Experience: Entry level position. Have successful completed a BS degree in a technical field at an accredit Institution with a GPA of at least 3.5. The Assistant Engineer has accumulated required skills in academic institutions necessary to perform IT system and engineering tasks within a team and under supervision of senior team members. Good communication skills and can communicate effectively with peers and customers.

Functional Responsibility: Under the supervision of Senior or Advanced Systems Engineers, provide programming and system development, and/or perform network engineering and IT support tasks.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree required or four years of experience in IT technical field.

Labor Category Current Hourly Rate- 2013

Senior Technical Advisor - Gov Site $135.91

Principal Engineer - Gov Site $123.26

Senior Engineer - Gov Site $107.14

Advanced Engineer II - Gov Site $99.49

Advanced Engineer - Gov Site $85.33

Engineer - Gov Site $71.11

Associate Engineer $54.99

Assistant Engineer II - Gov Site $49.44

Assistant Engineer $36.98

Senior Technical Advisor - Contractor Site $147.90

Principal Engineer - Contractor Site $136.42

Senior Engineer - Contractor Site $119.00

Advanced Engineer - Contractor Site $98.13

Engineer - Contractor Site $83.63

USA COMMITMENT TO PROMOTE

SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS

PREAMBLE

(Name of Company) provides commercial products and services to ordering activities. We are committed to promoting participation of small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses in our contracts. We pledge to provide opportunities to the small business community through reselling opportunities, mentor-protégé programs, joint ventures, teaming arrangements, and subcontracting.

COMMITMENT

To actively seek and partner with small businesses.

To identify, qualify, mentor and develop small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses by purchasing from these businesses whenever practical.

To develop and promote company policy initiatives that demonstrate our support for awarding contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns.

To undertake significant efforts to determine the potential of small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business to supply products and services to our company.

To insure procurement opportunities are designed to permit the maximum possible participation of small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned small businesses.

To attend business opportunity workshops, minority business enterprise seminars, trade fairs, procurement conferences, etc., to identify and increase small businesses with whom to partner.

To publicize in our marketing publications our interest in meeting small businesses that may be interested in subcontracting opportunities.

We signify our commitment to work in partnership with small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses to promote and increase their participation in ordering activity contracts.

To accelerate potential opportunities please contact

Jian Mao – maoj@knowceanconsulting.com – (240) 672-1699

Jun Wu – wuj@knowceanconsulting.com – (571)232-7241 mailto:maoj@knowceanconsulting.com mailto:wuj@knowceanconsulting.com

BEST VALUE

BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE

(Insert Customer Name)

In the spirit of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (ordering activity) and (Contractor) enter into a cooperative agreement to further reduce the administrative costs of acquiring commercial items from the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule

Contract(s) ____________________.

Federal Supply Schedule contract BPAs eliminate contracting and open market costs such as:

search for sources; the development of technical documents, solicitations and the evaluation of offers. Teaming Arrangements are permitted with Federal Supply Schedule Contractors in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 9.6.

This BPA will further decrease costs, reduce paperwork, and save time by eliminating the need for repetitive, individual purchases from the schedule contract. The end result is to create a purchasing mechanism for the ordering activity that works better and costs less.

Signatures

Ordering Activity Date Contractor Date

BPA NUMBER_____________

(CUSTOMER NAME)

BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Pursuant to GSA Federal Supply Schedule Contract Number(s)____________, Blanket Purchase

Agreements, the Contractor agrees to the following terms of a Blanket Purchase Agreement

(BPA) EXCLUSIVELY WITH (ordering activity):

(1) The following contract items can be ordered under this BPA. All orders placed against this BPA are subject to the terms and conditions of the contract, except as noted below:

MODEL NUMBER/PART NUMBER *SPECIAL

BPA DISCOUNT/PRICE

(2) Delivery:

DESTINATION DELIVERY SCHEDULES / DATES

(3) The ordering activity estimates, but does not guarantee, that the volume of purchases through this agreement will be _________________________.

(4) This BPA does not obligate any funds.

(5) This BPA expires on _________________ or at the end of the contract period, whichever is earlier.

(6) The following office(s) is hereby authorized to place orders under this BPA:

OFFICE POINT OF CONTACT

(7) Orders will be placed against this BPA via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), FAX, or paper.

(8) Unless otherwise agreed to, all deliveries under this BPA must be accompanied by delivery tickets or sales slips that must contain the following information as a minimum:

(a) Name of Contractor;

(b) Contract Number;

(c) BPA Number;

(d) Model Number or National Stock Number (NSN);

(e) Purchase Order Number;

(f) Date of Purchase;

(g) Quantity, Unit Price, and Extension of Each Item (unit prices and extensions need not be shown when incompatible with the use of automated systems; provided, that the invoice is itemized to show the information); and

(h) Date of Shipment.

(9) The requirements of a proper invoice are specified in the Federal Supply Schedule contract.