HC102124QA028-0002 - HC102124QA028-0002.v1.pdf

IQO INQUIRY

FM: PL511

TO: Contractors

DATE (MM/DD/YYYY): Populated on Release of Solicitation

SUBJECT: HC102124QA028-0002 Amend: 0002

A. TYPE ACTION: ADMIN AMEND

1. PURPOSE: The purpose of this amendment is to: Incorporate FAR 52.204-29, FAR 52.204-30, DFARS 252.225-7966, DFARS 252.225-7967, DITCO Additional Text G5, list the GPS Coordinates for Termination Location A ((LAT) 43.623373 (LONG) 10.350113) under the location section of the solicitation, update the room number (from 07 to 13) under Location A, and update POC info for Locations A & B.

2. To be considered for award, offerors shall acknowledge receipt of all amendments to this solicitation by the closing date and time specified below. The Government will not consider offers received prior to the issuance of Amendment 0002.

3. As a result of this amendment, the submission deadline has been extended to Monday, 04 March 2024 at 10:00 Central European Time.

4. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

The purpose of this amendment is to: A) Provide the GPS Coordinates for Termination Location A (43.623373, 10.350113) - CAMP DARBY DEPOT AREA; GATE 27 / BLDG 5012; VIA AURELIA;

TOMBOLO / TIRRENIA 56121 ITALY

2. To be considered for award, offerors shall acknowledge receipt of all amendments to this solicitation by the closing date and time specified below. The Government will not consider offers received prior to the issuance of Amendment 0001.

As a result of this amendment, the submission deadline has been extended to 05 February 2024 at 10:00 Central European Summer Time.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

RFQ: NALLA/ALLA requirement to start a 10.709 GB OTU-2 commercial lease between Tirrenia, Italy and Capodichino (Napoli), Italy

2. Please indicate the provisioning interval (commercial lead time in calendar days) required for bringing this circuit into service, counted from the day the contract is awarded. The customer desires and will accept earliest possible service date.

3. Awardee must conduct walk-through site survey prior to installation at the demarc locations.

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4. APL Equipment: In order to ensure compliance, the Vendor’s/Telecommunications Provider’s (TP’s) quote must provide a list of all equipment the TP or any subcontractor will use at the point of interface with the Government's network. – See DITCO Additional Telecommunications Text (DATT) 52.

5. Only a TP that is NALLA accredited in one of the NATO countries within which this circuit terminates will be eligible to receive an Order/Circuit Demand as the prime contractor under this inquiry. An administrative review of the offeror’s NALLA/ALLA accreditation will be conducted IAW DATT 8. Quotes from TPs that are not accredited in one of the NATO countries within which this circuit terminates may be found unacceptable and therefore, un-awardable.

6. Technical Acceptability Evaluation Criteria: A quote must comply with all DATTs, Provisions, Clauses, and address sections F-M of the solicitation to be deemed technically acceptable. All portions of the solicitation should be carefully reviewed for all mandated requirements outlined within the DATT and documentation requested as found in Section M and affiliated attachments. Quotations must include all required documents and responses indicated from these DATTs, Provisions, Clauses, Section M and affiliated attachments to be considered technically acceptable and/or eligible for award. In response to this IQO inquiry, no terms, conditions, or assumptions will be entertained. If terms, conditions, and/or assumptions are included in a quotation, the quotation may be excluded on grounds that it failed to comply with the IQO inquiry's instructions.

7. In order to be eligible for award, TPs must respond to all provisions/clauses/DATTs/text and selected answer(s)/check boxes for FAR 52.204-24 (if required), FAR 52.204-26, FAR 52.209-7, FAR 52.212-3 ALT I, DFARS 252.204-7016, DFARS 252.204-7017 (if required), and DFARS 252.239-7009.

Offerors that do not provide the responses to all provisions/clauses/DATTs/text, and/or offerors that fail to make appropriate representations and/or fail to select the answer(s)/check boxes may be found technically not acceptable and as such could be excluded from evaluation/consideration for award.

8. Evaluation Criteria: In addition to the procedures outlined in DATT 23, technical evaluation team members will include Government personnel and may include Government's contracted advisors.

Government personnel will make the final determination of technical acceptability.

9. Discrepancies/Questions: If an offeror believes that the requirements in this RFQ contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the offeror shall immediately notify DITCO-Europe in writing with supporting rationale. The Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial quote, as received, without discussions. Such notification, as well as questions should be addressed to DITCO-Europe via email at DISA.STUTTGART.DITCO.MBX.PL51@MAIL.MIL and Anthony.r.melicharek.civ@mail.mil.

Please provide any notification/questions in writing and no later than January 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM Central European Time. The Government reserves the right to not respond to notifications / not answer questions submitted after this time.

10. Quote Submission: Offeror shall submit quotes via the Integrated Defense Enterprise Acquisition System (IDEAS). It is recommended to request confirmation of receipt via email from DITCO-Europe, DISA.STUTTGART.DITCO.MBX.PL51@MAIL.MIL, and Anthony.r.melicharek.civ@mail.mil – See

DATT 17.

M. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

3. TSR NUMBER: RW26JUL235412A

4. CCSD: DIR8MTX3

Z. DITCO CONTACT:

Anthony Melicharek

+49 (0) 711 70778109 anthony.r.melicharek.civ@mail.mil

Dominique Minn

DITCO Contracting Officer

Unless otherwise specified, all other terms and conditions are unchanged.

Paragraph V.QUOTE DUE DATE AND TIME change from:

Feb 5, 2024 10:00:00 AM CET

To:

Mar 4, 2024 10:00:00 AM CET

Location A, LOCATION OF TERMINATION A change from:

ADDRESS: CAMP DARBY DEPOT AREA; GATE 27 / BLDG 5012; VIA AURELIA; TOMBOLO / TIRRENIA 56121

ITALY

ROOM: 07

LOCATION: LVRNSPLY

ADDRESS: CAMP DARBY DEPOT AREA; GATE 27 / BLDG 5012; VIA AURELIA; TOMBOLO / TIRRENIA 56121

ITALY (LAT) 43.623373 (LONG) 10.350113

ROOM: 13

LOCATION: LVRNSPLY

Location A, CONTACT change from:

PRIMARY POC: MR. ROY CARRARA / DSN 314 633 7744 OR 7745 / ROY.CARRARA@EUR.ARMY.MIL;

ALTERNATE POC: DISA EUR TNC / DSN 314 430 6372 / COMMERCIAL +49 711 680 6372

To:

PRIMARY POC: MR. ROY CARRARA / DSN 314 633 7744 OR 7745 / ROY.CARRARA@EUR.ARMY.MIL, ROY.M.CARRARA.CTR@ARMY.MIL;

ALTERNATE POC: DISA EUR TNC / DSN 314 430 6372 / COMMERCIAL +49 711 680 6372 / USARMY.USAG-

ITALY.NETCOM-TAC-EUR.LIST.LEGHORN-TCG@ARMY.MIL

Location B, CONTACT change from:

PRIMARY POC: SUPERVISOR / DSN 314 626 3837/6008/3063;

COMMERCIAL +39 081 568 3837/6008/3063;

EMAIL: CAPOTMO@EU.NAVY.MIL;

ALTERNATE POC: MR. ANDRE FISHER / DSN 314 626 6008 / COMMERCIAL 39+ 081 568 6008

PRIMARY POC: SUPERVISOR / DSN 314 626 3837/6008/3063;

COMMERCIAL +39 081 568 3837;

EMAIL: CAPOFCO@EU.NAVY.MIL;

ALTERNATE POC: MR. ALEXANDER HARRIS / DSN 314 626 1588 / COMMERCIAL 39+ 081 568 1588 /; EMAIL:

ALEXANDER.HARRIS@EU.NAVY.MIL

Add the Following:

52.204-29 - Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Representation and Disclosures. - DEC 2023

a) Definitions. As used in this provision, Covered article, FASCSA order, Intelligence community, National security system, Reasonable inquiry, Sensitive compartmented information, Sensitive compartmented information system, and Source have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders--Prohibition.

(b) Prohibition. Contractors are prohibited from providing or using as part of the performance of the contract any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source, if the prohibition is set out in an applicable Federal Acquisition

Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) order, as described in paragraph (b)(1) of FAR 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply

Chain Security Act Orders--Prohibition.

(c) Procedures. (1) The Offeror shall search for the phrase "FASCSA order" in the System for Award Management (SAM)( https://www.sam.gov) for any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source, if there is an applicable FASCSA order described in paragraph (b)(1) of FAR 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act

Orders--Prohibition.

(2) The Offeror shall review the solicitation for any FASCSA orders that are not in SAM, but are effective and do apply to the solicitation and resultant contract (see FAR 4.2303(c)(2)).

(3) FASCSA orders issued after the date of solicitation do not apply unless added by an amendment to the solicitation.

(d) Representation. By submission of this offer, the offeror represents that it has conducted a reasonable inquiry, and that the offeror does not propose to provide or use in response to this solicitation any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source, if the covered article or the source is prohibited by an applicable FASCSA order in effect on the date the solicitation was issued, except as waived by the solicitation, or as disclosed in paragraph (e).

(e) Disclosures. The purpose for this disclosure is so the Government may decide whether to issue a waiver. For any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source, if the covered article or the source is subject to an applicable FASCSA order, and the Offeror is unable to represent compliance, then the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(1) Name of the product or service provided to the Government;

(2) Name of the covered article or source subject to a FASCSA order;

(3) If applicable, name of the vendor, including the Commercial and Government Entity code and unique entity identifier (if known), that supplied the covered article or the product or service to the Offeror;

(4) Brand;

(5) Model number (original equipment manufacturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number);

(6) Item description;

(7) Reason why the applicable covered article or the product or service is being provided or used;

(f) Executive agency review of disclosures. The contracting officer will review disclosures provided in paragraph (e) to determine if any waiver may be sought. A contracting officer may choose not to pursue a waiver for covered articles or sources otherwise subject to a FASCSA order and may instead make an award to an offeror that does not require a waiver.

(End of provision)

252.225-7967 - Prohibition Regarding Russian Fossil Fuel Business Operations (Deviation 2024-O0006) - FEB 2024

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

"Business operations" means knowingly engaging in commerce in any form, including acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other known apparatus of business or commerce. The term does not include--

(1) Any shipment subject to price caps as specified in the--

(i) "Statement of the G7 and Australia on a Price Cap for Seaborne Russian-Origin Crude Oil", issued on December 2, 2022, between member countries of that coalition; or

(ii) "Statement of the G7 and Australia on Price Caps for Seaborne Russian-Origin Petroleum Products Berlin, Brussels, Canberra, London, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Washington", issued on February 4, 2023, between such members, if such shipment complies with the applicable price caps; or

(A) Actions taken for the benefit of the country of Ukraine, as determined by the Secretary; or

(B) Actions taken to support the suspension or termination of business operations for commercial activities during the period beginning on the effective date and ending on December 31, 2029, including--

(1) Any action to secure or divest from facilities, property, or equipment;

(2) The provision of products or services provided to reduce or eliminate operations in territory internationally recognized as the

Russian Federation or to comply with sanctions relating to the Russian Federation; and;

(3) Activities that are incident to liquidating, dissolving, or winding down a subsidiary or legal entity in Russia.

Fossil fuel company means an entity or individual that--

(1) Carries out oil, gas, or coal exploration, development, or production activities;

(2) Processes or refines oil, gas, or coal; or

(3) Transports, or constructs facilities for the transportation of, Russian oil, gas, or coal.

(b) Prohibition. In accordance with section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Pub. L. 118-31), the Contractor is prohibited from entering into a subcontract or other contractual instrument for the procurement of products or services with any entity or individual that is known to be, or that is known to have fossil fuel business operations with an entity or individual that is, not less than 50 percent owned, individually or collectively, by--

(1) An authority of the government of the Russian Federation; or

(2) A fossil fuel company that operates in the Russian Federation, except if the fossil fuel company transports oil or gas--

(i) Through the Russian Federation for sale outside of the Russian Federation; and

(ii) That was extracted from a country other than the Russian Federation with respect to the energy sector of which the

President has not imposed sanctions as of the date on which the contract is awarded.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts and other contractual instruments, including those for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.

(End of clause)

52.204-30 - Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition. - DEC 2023

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

Covered article, as defined in 41 U.S.C. 4713(k), means--

(1) Information technology, as defined in 40 U.S.C. 11101, including cloud computing services of all types;

(2) Telecommunications equipment or telecommunications service, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the

Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 153);

(3) The processing of information on a Federal or non-Federal information system, subject to the requirements of the Controlled

Unclassified Information program (see 32 CFR part 2002); or

(4) Hardware, systems, devices, software, or services that include embedded or incidental information technology.

FASCSA order means any of the following orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act (FASCSA) requiring the removal of covered articles from executive agency information systems or the exclusion of one or more named sources or named covered articles from executive agency procurement actions, as described in 41 CFR 201-1.303(d) and (e):

(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security may issue FASCSA orders applicable to civilian agencies, to the extent not covered by paragraph (2) or (3) of this definition. This type of FASCSA order may be referred to as a Department of Homeland Security

(DHS) FASCSA order.

(2) The Secretary of Defense may issue FASCSA orders applicable to the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security systems other than sensitive compartmented information systems. This type of FASCSA order may be referred to as a DoD

FASCSA order.

(3) The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) may issue FASCSA orders applicable to the intelligence community and sensitive compartmented information systems, to the extent not covered by paragraph (2) of this definition. This type of FASCSA order may be referred to as a DNI FASCSA order.

Intelligence community, as defined by 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), means the following--

(1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence;

(2) The Central Intelligence Agency;

(3) The National Security Agency;

(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency;

(5) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;

(6) The National Reconnaissance Office;

(7) Other offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

(8) The intelligence elements of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Energy;

(9) The Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State;

(10) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of the Treasury;

(11) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security; or

(12) Such other elements of any department or agency as may be designated by the President, or designated jointly by the

Director of National Intelligence and the head of the department or agency concerned, as an element of the intelligence community.

National security system, as defined in 44 U.S.C. 3552, means any information system (including any telecommunications system) used or operated by an agency or by a contractor of an agency, or other organization on behalf of an agency--

(1) The function, operation, or use of which involves intelligence activities; involves cryptologic activities related to national security; involves command and control of military forces; involves equipment that is an integral part of a weapon or weapons system; or is critical to the direct fulfillment of military or intelligence missions, but does not include a system that is to be used for routine administrative and business applications (including payroll, finance, logistics, and personnel management applications); or

(2) Is protected at all times by procedures established for information that have been specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order or an Act of Congress to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or foreign policy.

Reasonable inquiry means an inquiry designed to uncover any information in the entity's possession about the identity of any covered articles, or any products or services produced or provided by a source. This applies when the covered article or the source is subject to an applicable FASCSA order. A reasonable inquiry excludes the need to include an internal or third-party audit.

Sensitive compartmented information means classified information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes, which is required to be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of

National Intelligence.

Sensitive compartmented information system means a national security system authorized to process or store sensitive compartmented information.

Source means a non-Federal supplier, or potential supplier, of products or services, at any tier.

(b) Prohibition. (1) Unless an applicable waiver has been issued by the issuing official, Contractors shall not provide or use as part of the performance of the contract any covered article, or any products or services produced or provided by a source, if the covered article or the source is prohibited by an applicable FASCSA orders as follows:

(i) For solicitations and contracts awarded by a Department of Defense contracting office, DoD FASCSA orders apply.

(ii) For all other solicitations and contracts DHS FASCSA orders apply.

(2) The Contractor shall search for the phrase "FASCSA order" in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov to locate applicable FASCSA orders identified in paragraph (b)(1).

(3) The Government may identify in the solicitation additional FASCSA orders that are not in SAM, which are effective and apply to the solicitation and resultant contract.

(4) A FASCSA order issued after the date of solicitation applies to this contract only if added by an amendment to the solicitation or modification to the contract (see FAR 4.2304(c)). However, see paragraph (c) of this clause.

(5) (i) If the contractor wishes to ask for a waiver of the requirements of a new FASCSA order being applied through modification, then the Contractor shall disclose the following:

(A) Name of the product or service provided to the Government;

(B) Name of the covered article or source subject to a FASCSA order;

(C) If applicable, name of the vendor, including the Commercial and Government Entity code and unique entity identifier (if known), that supplied or supplies the covered article or the product or service to the Offeror;

(D) Brand;

(E) Model number (original equipment manufacturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number);

(F) Item description;

(G) Reason why the applicable covered article or the product or service is being provided or used;

(ii) Executive agency review of disclosures. The contracting officer will review disclosures provided in paragraph (b)(5)(i) to determine if any waiver is warranted. A contracting officer may choose not to pursue a waiver for covered articles or sources otherwise covered by a FASCSA order and to instead pursue other appropriate action.

(c) Notice and reporting requirement. (1) During contract performance, the Contractor shall review SAM.gov at least once every three months, or as advised by the Contracting Officer, to check for covered articles subject to FASCSA order(s), or for products or services produced by a source subject to FASCSA order(s) not currently identified under paragraph (b) of this clause.

(2) If the Contractor identifies a new FASCSA order(s) that could impact their supply chain, then the Contractor shall conduct a reasonable inquiry to identify whether a covered article or product or service produced or provided by a source subject to the

FASCSA order(s) was provided to the Government or used during contract performance.

(3) (i) The Contractor shall submit a report to the contracting office as identified in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) of this clause, if the

Contractor identifies, including through any notification by a subcontractor at any tier, that a covered article or product or service produced or provided by a source was provided to the Government or used during contract performance and is subject to a

FASCSA order(s) identified in paragraph (b) of this clause, or a new FASCSA order identified in paragraph (c)(2) of this clause.

For indefinite delivery contracts, the Contractor shall report to both the contracting office for the indefinite delivery contract and the contracting office for any affected order.

(ii) If a report is required to be submitted to a contracting office under (c)(3)(i) of this clause, the Contractor shall submit the report as follows:

(A) If a Department of Defense contracting office, the Contractor shall report to the website at https://dibnet.dod.mil.

(B) For all other contracting offices, the Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer.

(4) The Contractor shall report the following information for each covered article or each product or service produced or provided by a source, where the covered article or source is subject to a FASCSA order, pursuant to paragraph (c)(3)(i) of this clause:

(i) Within 3 business days from the date of such identification or notification:

(A) Contract number;

(B) Order number(s), if applicable;

(C) Name of the product or service provided to the Government or used during performance of the contract;

(D) Name of the covered article or source subject to a FASCSA order;

(E) If applicable, name of the vendor, including the Commercial and Government Entity code and unique entity identifier (if known), that supplied the covered article or the product or service to the Contractor;

(F) Brand;

(G) Model number (original equipment manufacturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number);

(H) Item description; and

(I) Any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended.

(ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the information in paragraph (c)(4)(i) of this clause:

(A) Any further available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended.

(B) In addition, the Contractor shall describe the efforts it undertook to prevent submission or use of the covered article or the product or service produced or provided by a source subject to an applicable FASCSA order, and any additional efforts that will be incorporated to prevent future submission or use of the covered article or the product or service produced or provided by a source that is subject to an applicable FASCSA order.

(d) Removal. For Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide acquisition contracts, multi-agency contracts or any other procurement instrument intended for use by multiple agencies, upon notification from the Contracting Officer, during the performance of the contract, the Contractor shall promptly make any necessary changes or modifications to remove any product or service produced or provided by a source that is subject to an applicable FASCSA order.

(e) Subcontracts. (1) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (e) and excluding paragraph (c)(1) of this clause, in all subcontracts and other contractual instruments, including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.

(2) The Government may identify in the solicitation additional FASCSA orders that are not in SAM, which are effective and apply to the contract and any subcontracts and other contractual instruments under the contract. The Contractor or higher-tier subcontractor shall notify their subcontractors, and suppliers under other contractual instruments, that the FASCSA orders in the solicitation that are not in SAM apply to the contract and all subcontracts.

(End of clause)

252.225-7966 - Prohibition Regarding Russian Fossil Fuel Business Operations—Representation (Deviation 2024-O0006) - FEB

(a) Definitions. The terms business operations and fossil fuel company have the meanings given in the 252.225-7067 clause of this solicitation.

(b) Representation. By submission of an offer, the Offeror represents it is not, or that it does not knowingly have fossil fuel business operations with an entity or individual that is, 50 percent or more owned, individually or collectively, by--

(1) An authority of the government of the Russian Federation; or

(2) A fossil fuel company that operates in the Russian Federation, except if the fossil fuel company transports oil or gas--

(i) Through the Russian Federation for sale outside of the Russian Federation; and

(ii) That was extracted from a country other than the Russian Federation with respect to the energy sector of which the

President has not imposed sanctions as of the date on which the contract is awarded.

(End of provision)

G5 - Submitting Credits to DISA – Non-WAWF Contracts - DEC 2023

If the contractor owes DISA money, the following methods shall be used to process the credit. These are the only methods approved for processing credits; checks will not be accepted.

1. For Delivery Ticket Invoice (DTI) contracts, the contractor shall email a credit request to the DISA Scott AFB OCFO Mailbox

WCF P2P DTI mailbox (disa.scott.ocfo.mbx.wcf-p2p-dti@mail.mil). The request shall include the CSA(s), Bill Period(s), Charge

Type(s), and credit amount.

2. For non-DTI contracts, the credit shall be processed via Pay.gov. To submit a credit via Pay.gov, the contractor shall complete the form at https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/999077677.