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Defense Security Services (DSS)

Request for Quotation (RFQ)

Phone System Installation and Service for Bloomington, MN 28 March, 2011

HS0021-11-Q-0063

Amendments

SECTION B

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES

B-1. GENERAL. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, services and supplies necessary for the phone system installation, local dial tone, long distance services, equipment, voice, data cabling and maintenance as described in Section C, to the Defense Security Service’s (DSS) Facilities. The Contractor shall provide firm fixed prices for services as outlined in the Section B-2c to include appropriate discount pricing,

a. Purpose. The purpose of this solicitation is to award firm-fixed price Purchase order to the responsible Contractor that submits best value quotation to the Defense Security Services for a Phone system installation, maintenance, local dial tone and long distance services to furnish and equip new DSS field office located at 5600 West American Blvd, Suite 527, Bloomington, MN 55401. This equipment will support ten (10) DSS employees.

2.1. PRICING SCHEDULE.

2.1.1. The Offeror shall provide a firm-fixed price per task described in section C. The Offerors quote shall show a breakdown of labor category, hours, rate and total cost for installation.

2.1.2. Offerors are to fill in their proposed prices in attachment J-2 request for quotes and a brief description of experience, past performance in the areas of installation of phone system solution, equipments, phone services, maintenance and training in the Statement of Work in Section C. See section L for detailed informations.

2.1.3 . Pricing Schedule:

See attachment J-2 (RFQ form and pricing sheet)

SECTION C

SCOPE OF WORK

C.1. OBJECTIVE

The Defense Security Service (DSS) requires the purchase and installation of a phone solution, phone services and telephone handsets for our new field office located at 5600 West American Blvd, Suite 527, Bloomington, MN 55401. This equipment will support ten (10) DSS employees

2.0 . SCOPE OF WORK

2.1. Telecommunication Service Requirements

The contracting vendor will provide a quote for the installation and yearly service cost of the telecommunication services (to include local and long distance calls [Verizon Business is to be the primary PIC, Quest to be the secondary PIC when Verizon Business is not available], monthly costs of lines, provisioning costs, etc.) required to run the offered phone solution. All lines will be established in the name of Defense Security Service (DSS). (Note-DSS will establish their own Long Distance account via DISA at a later date, once all lines have been delivered and installed. DSS will be incurring the Long Distance charges from that point going forward. All Long Distance charges incurred prior to the establishment of that account will be incurred by the vendor [approximately 90 days]).

The phone solution must be able to initially support eleven (11) digital telephone sets and one (1) conference telephone set.

Four (4) analog telephone lines, with long distance services, will be purchased and installed separately of any phone solution in order to support one (1) fax machines , one (1) alarm line, and two (2) secure telephones.

The alarm line must be installed in the LAN Room at the office’s extended point of demarcation. This line will be punched down from the extended demarcation directly into a RJ12 Jack/Faceplate. This phone jack will be mounted on the wall and installed next to the extended point of demarcation. This phone jack will be clearly labeled “Alarm.”

The Fax, Alarm, and Secure analog telephone lines must be independent of any telephone solution, and terminated directly to the appropriate workstations.

2.2 Office Cabling and Connectivity Requirements

RJ-12 Installation

One (1) 6 port, 110 punch down, Cat 3 RJ-12 telephone jack for telephone company analog voice service shall be installed on the wall at the extended point of demarcation in accordance with the physical site diagram. The RJ-12 jack must be clearly labeled “Alarm.”

2.3 Phone Solution Requirements

The phone solution must be capable of initially supporting twelve (12) phone subscribers.

The phone solution must be capable of configuring or supporting up to thirteen (13) call appearances on each phone line.

The phone solution will be capable of providing simultaneous voicemail access to twenty five (25) percent of all possible phone subscribers.

The phone solution will be capable of providing simultaneous dial tone and public switched telephone network access (PSTN) voice access to seventy (70) percent of all possible phone subscribers.

If the phone lines are to be configured with internal extensions, each phone line must have a unique direct inward dial telephone number assigned.

The phone solution and or phones for the solution must have the capability to place phone calls on hold, conduct 3-way conference calls, drop phone calls, forward phone calls and transfer phone calls.

The phone solution, PSTN phone lines and or phones for the solution must have the capability of sending and displaying Caller ID. If a listing is required, it must read “US Govt.” and the outbound caller’s telephone number. These lines should not be published in any yellow or white pages.

The phone solution must send the correct voltage to the phone sets from the central office or centrally located Power Supply/Phone Equipment that will be purchased and installed by the contracting Vendor in the LAN room.

The phone solution must be able to patch phone service over an RJ 45 patch panel.

The phone solution must be capable of supporting commercial off the shelf fax and conference telephone machines.

Enough power to run the phone solution and phones for at least two hours, in the event of power loss, will be installed as backup power.

If the offered phone solution is PBX based, the solution and the phones can not be VoIP they must be capable of being converted into a VoIP solution. The offered solution can not be VoIP.

If the phone solution is to be located on the Customers Premises, it cannot be set up to be accessed or monitored remotely.

The following features must be present on the phones running on the suggested phone solution.

· call forward

· caller id

· call pick-up

· 3-way conference calling

· call waiting

· hold

· transfer

· voicemail

2.4 Phone Set Requirements

A total of twelve (12) phone sets will be ordered for this phone solution. Eleven (11) of these phones must have at least ten programmable feature buttons. One (1) telephone set will be a conference telephone.

All phone sets must have speakerphone capability.

All phone sets must have the capability to store a user created phone book with at least 10 entries.

All phone sets must have an LCD screen that is capable of displaying status messages that indicate the presence of voicemail, caller ID and electronic phone book.

The phones must have dedicated or programmable buttons that will provide the phone user push button capabilities to drop phone calls, transfer phone calls, create conference phone calls, mute phone calls and hold phone calls.

The phones must be powered remotely by voltage provided from the LAN room and or Central Office. Under no circumstance will these phones be powered by individual power supplies located at the workstations.

One conference telephone must be ordered and installed on the conference room table in accordance with the site diagram. This telephone must be capable of providing clear voice communications to each person sitting at the conference table (approximately 440 square feet).

3.0.

3.1 TESTING CHECKLIST

Testing

The following checklist is to be used to verify that the work listed in this document is complete. Each test will receive a status of “GO’ when the associated test is complete, or “NO GO” when the task has not met the standard laid out in the test. The contractor and DSS POC will confirm that all test merit a status of “GO.” Once all items on the checklist merit a “GO”, the installation work requested is complete.

3.2. WARRANTY, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT

The Contractor will provide a warranty for a period of 12 months after the Government’s system acceptance. The warranty and guarantee of workmanship will be submitted in writing as part of the Contractor's offer. Acceptance of work will be by the Government representative. Warranty will cover all wiring defects, damage to wire and hardware during installation or failure during use for the entire period which will cover the accepted and installed number of cable terminations under this task order.

The contractor will provide maintenance and support for the installed phone solution. The contractor will be responsible for the maintenance, configuration and troubleshooting of all CPE in the phone solution, with the exception of existing cabling, after the point of demarcation and out to the end user telephone sets to include:

1. Two (2) hour emergency response time 24/7/365 (An emergency is considered as the inability to place or receive telephone calls from the site.)

2. 24 hour standard response time for other solution and handsets issues (For all Service Agreements: standard response time is during normal business hours Monday through Friday, excluding Regular Holidays. Regular holidays shall include New Year's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Eve.

3. Software & Firmware Updates (This cannot be done remotely)

4. Error correct (Clear alarm codes)

5. Free Refresher course(s) upon request (Monday thru Friday 8-5) . Limit of one Re-training onsite every six months

6. Vendor will assist with up to three Moves Adds or Changes (MAC) per month included in this agreement at no additional charge. This includes phone support and site visits. MACs cannot be done remotely.

7. Add up to three drops/ jacks per year at no additional charge. (The drops will be standard CAT 5e with RJ-45 or RJ-11 inserts as requested. Cables will be terminated to new inserts at station location. Cables will also be terminated at the existing 66-M150 66-Block or Patch Panel at solution location. Cable will be run in existing “stubbed out” conduit to existing “gang box” for faceplate and inserts. Cable runs will be completed in offices with standard “drop ceiling” not exceeding 100 ft)

8. Office Moves- Move and re-install PBX and related equipment for office moves. This includes removal and reinstallation of PBX, Voice Mail Solution and the cross-connect to the existing CO Lines, PRI-T-1 Voice Smart Jack and station cabling. This is estimated to be one move every five years.

9. Repairs must be completed within 24 hours. This covers all parts and labor. Repairs as a result of alteration, adjustment, or repair by anyone other than the contractor (or its representative) are not included. The contractor is not obligated to repair any System or System component which has been damaged as a result of accident, misuse, or abuse of the Solution or component (such as, but not limited to)

Per DSS information system policies, the contractor will not be able to gain remote access to any CPE phone systems. No configuration or troubleshooting services will be performed through the phone solutions CPE console or auxiliary, or VTY ports.

4.0 TRAINING

4.1 HANDSET TRAINING

Demonstration of basic features of the handset, programming and voicemail access.

4.2 SYSTEM TRAINING

Basic system functionality such as password reset and on off switch

4.3 TRAINING MANUAL

Manual shall include instruction for basic handset and system function, contact information for the company performing the maintenance, and a response time that the caller can expect for each issue.

5.0 REFRESHER TRAINING

Free refresher course upon request (Monday thru Friday 8-5) shall be provided. Limit of one re-training after base period

SECTION D PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1.

1.1 PACKAGING.

Equipments ordered under this contract shall be packed in accordance with the contractor’s standard commercial practice to prevent damage and to ensure safe arrival at final destination. Any labels identifying products shall be affixed to the outside of the packaging in such a manner as to be visible and not affixed directly on the product.

1.2. MARKING.

Packages shall be labeled with the “Contract Number and Performance address. Markings by the Contractor shall be clear and easily readable.

SECTION E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E-1. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

1.1 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.212-4 INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES COMMERCIAL

1.2. ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICES.

The activity is responsible for performing inspection and acceptance of the services called for under this contract is as follows: COR OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE AS INDICATED IN THIS CONTRACT WILL INSPECT AND ACCEPT THE SERVICE DEFINED IN THIS CONTRACT.

SECTION F DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE

F.O DELIVERY /INSTALL SCHEDULE

1.1 SCHEDULE/ INSTALL DATE:

The Government estimates an install date of no later than four to six weeks after award. However, the Contractor is expected to coordinate the exact installation date with Government Personnel

5600 West American Blvd, Suite 527, Bloomington, MN 55401 One year from the date of award of this contract. See section

F-2

1.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Base Period: Date of Contract Award thru 12 months Option Period one: Date of Option Exercise thru 12 months

Option Period Two: Date of Option Exercise thru 12 months

Option Period Three: Date of Option Exercise thru 12 months

Option Period Four: Date of Option Exercise thru 12 months See CLINs above for specific line item periods of performance

SECTION G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

1.1 . POINT OF CONTACT (PROCURING AGENCY)

The point-of-contract regarding this document is Durba Ray, Contract Specialist, who can be reached at durba.ray@dss.mil or (703)325-9637.

1.2 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Per DFARS 201.602-2 notwithstanding the Contractor's responsibility for total management during the performance of this contract, the administration of the contract will require maximum coordination between the Government and the Contractor. The following individuals will be the Government points of contact during the performance of this contract:

1.3 TECHNICAL: Omar Zakour

703.325-5814

Omar.Zakour@dss.mil

COR:

Patricia Kimball

(617)753-4918 patricia.kimball@dss.mil CONTRACTING OFFICER: Sharon Palustre

703-325-9280

Sharon.palustre@dss.mil

1.4 APPOINTMENT OF CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE

1.4.1. (a) The Contracting Officer hereby appoints Patricia Kimball as the Contracting Officer’s Representative for contract HS0021-11-Q-0063. Her contact information is listed in G-2.1.

1.4.2. (b) Performance of the work under this contract is subject to the technical direction of the Contracting Officer Representative (COR), who shall be specifically appointed by the Contracting Officer in writing. "Technical direction" means a directive to the Contractor that approves approaches, solutions, designs, or refinements; fills in details or otherwise completes the general description of work or documentation items; shifts emphasis among work areas or tasks; or furnishes similar instruction to the Contractor. Technical direction includes requiring studies and pursuit of certain lines of inquiry regarding matters within the general tasks and requirements in Section C of this contract.

(c) The COR does not have the authority to, and shall not, issue any instruction purporting to be technical direction that--

(1) Constitutes an assignment of additional work outside the statement of work;

(2) Constitutes a change as defined in the changes clause;

(3) Constitutes a basis for any increase or decrease in the total estimated contract cost or the time required for contract performance;

(4) Changes any of the expressed terms, conditions, or specifications of the contract; or interferes with the Contractor's rights to perform the terms and conditions of the contract.

(End of clause)

1.4.3 CONTRACTING OFFICER AUTHORITY

The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to make or approve any changes in any of the requirements of the contract and notwithstanding any provisions contained elsewhere in the contract, the said authority remains solely in the Contracting Officer. In the event the Contractor makes any changes at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract terms and conditions, including price.

The Contracting Officer will effect all contract administration. The Contracting Officer is the only person with the authority to act as an agent of the Government under the contract. In the event the Contractor makes any changes at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change will be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in costs incurred as a result thereof. Only the Contracting Officer has the authority to: (1) direct or negotiate any changes in the SOW; (2) modify or extend the period of performance; (3) change the delivery schedule, (4) authorize reimbursement to the Contractor for any costs incurred during the performance of this contract; or (5) otherwise change any terms and conditions of the contract.

1.4.4 SUBMISSION OF INVOICES AND PAYMENT

(a) The contractor must all submit invoices in accordance with the “Wide Area WorkFlow” (WAWF) clause, DFAR 252.232-7003. Invoices must have the payment address identified in the solicitation/contract award form, unless delivery orders are applicable, in which case invoices will be segregated by individual order and submitted to the address specified in the order. Invoices must be attached in WAWF to be accepted by the Acceptor/Inspector office. If an invoice is not attached, it will be rejected. Invoices must be submitted as an “Invoice 2 in 1” for service or “Combo” for supplies.

(b) In addition to the requirements of the Prompt Payment clause, the contractor must cite on each invoice the contract line item number (CLIN); the contract subline item number (SLIN), if applicable as identified in the contract/order; and invoices must reflect how the CLIN(s) and SLIN(s) are structured in Section B of the contract/order.

The contractor will need the following information to input invoices into WAWF:

Administered by: HS0021 (DSS Contracting and Acquisition)

Acceptor/Inspector: HS0001 (DSS Headquarters)

Payment Official: F03000 (DFAS – Columbus, OH)

SECTION H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

1.1 Product Warranty

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring all equipments have an industry standard one-year limited warranty.

1.2. Maintenance

The contractor will provide a maintenance/service plan for one year following customer acceptance. The contractor will provide an electronic and hard copy document identifying all maintenance requirements for the equipment.

1.3 Installation

Protect walls and floors of all corridors, building areas, staging areas, and rooms where the equipment is to be installed. Damage will be repaired at no additional cost to the government.

Remove and dispose of all packing materials, debris and cartons from the job site daily. No trash or packing material may be left at DSS facilities or discarded in the building’s trash containers or dumpsters.

1.4 Codes and Regulations

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all installation shall comply with all applicable ADA, state, local, and federal building codes, local ordinances and regulations.

1.5 Post Installation Deliverables

Replace all damaged and incorrect products, and add all missing products within a reasonable period of time post-installation.

1.6. Contractor shall full cooperate with the local phone service provider in resolving outages.

1.7. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE CONTRACTS

1.7.1. Inherently Governmental Functions - No inherently government functionsas defined in FAR 2.101 and FAR 7.5 shall be performed by the contractor under this contract. Contractor employees shall not participate in any deliberations or meetings intended to exercise an inherently governmental function. All final determinations such as binding the United States to take or not to take some action, selecting program priorities, and providing direction to Federal employees shall be made by the government. The contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and the Contracting Officer if performance of an activity would result in the performance of an inherently governmental function.

1.7.2. Non-Personal Services Contract - In accordance with FAR 37.101, this contract is a non-personal services contract. Contractor personnel rendering the services shall not be subject, either by the contract's terms or by the manner of its administration, to the continuous supervision and control of a Government officer or employee. The contractor shall immediately notify the COR and the Contracting Officer if, through contract administration, the actions of a government employee will result in the performance of a personal services contract.

1.7.3. Identification of Contractor Personnel – In accordance with DFARS 211.106, contractor personnel shall never identify themselves as representing the Defense Security Service (DSS), but rather shall identify themselves as being under contract to DSS. To that end, contractor personnel shall 1) identify themselves as contractor personnel at meetings by introducing themselves or being introduced as contractor personnel; 2) display distinguishing badges or other visible identification for meetings with Government personnel; and 3) identify themselves as contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal (e.g. e-mail) written correspondence.

1.7.4. Marking of Reports - The contractor shall mark all documents or reports produced under this contract with the contractor name, contract number, and t ask order number, if applicable.

1.7.5 PAYMENTS

Payments for services provided under this contract are as follows:

1. All installation charges, including equipment, cabling, shipping and training shall be billed after inspection and acceptance by the Government.

2a. Maintenance may be billed in arrears or in advance in accordance with customary commercial practices if the total order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000). If billed in advanced, they are considered advanced payments and they are governed in accordance with FAR 52.232-29 “Terms of Financing for Purchases of Commercial Items”. If advance payment is chosen follow all sections of 52.232-29 except section “e” of the clause. In lieu of the instructions in section “e”, in the base period the contractor shall bill for the maintenance concurrently with the installation charges and during the option years the contractor shall bill at the beginning of the period. However, at no time will total advance payments exceed 15% of the total contract price. If advance payment is not chosen or allowed (order does not exceed 150K), the Contractor shall bill in arrears.

2b. The Contracting Officer (CO) will accept a Contractor’s satisfactory financial condition as security for contract financing payments but at any time may demand other security if the Contractor’s financial condition becomes unsatisfactory. If the CO cannot make a positive determination of the Contractor’s financial condition, the CO may request additional financial information from the Contractor.

3. Local and long distance telecom charges shall be billed in equal payments in arrears.

4. Commercial advance payments: The contractor entitlement date specified in the contract, or 30 days after receipt by the designated billing office of a proper request for payment, whichever is later.

5. Commercial interim payments: The contractor entitlement date specified in the contract, or 14 days after receipt by the designated billing office of a proper request for payment, whichever is later. The prompt payment standards for commercial delivery payments shall be the same as specified in FAR Subpart 32.9 for invoice payments for the item delivered.

1.7.6 508 REQUIREMENTS

All ectronic and information technology (EIT) procured through this Contract must meet the applicable accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194, unless an agency exception to this requirement exists. (36 CFR 1194 implements Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and is viewable at http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm - PART 1194).

The following standards have been determined to be applicable to this contract:

______1194.21 Software applications and operating systems.

______1194.22 Web-based intranet and internet information and applications.

__X____1194.23 Telecommunications products.

______1194.24 Video and multimedia products.

______1194.25 Self contained closed products.

______1194.26 Desktop and portable computers.

The standards do not require the installation of specific accessibility-related software or the attachment of an assistive technology device, but merely require that the EIT be compatible with such software and devices so that it can be made accessible if so required by the agency in the future. The quote must indicate where full details of compliance can be found (e.g., vendor’s website or other exact location or attach the information).

1.7.7 PAYMENTS

Payments for services provided under this contract are as follows:

1. All installation charges, including equipment, cabling, shipping and training shall be billed after inspection and acceptance by the Government.

2a. Maintenance may be billed in arrears or in advance in accordance with customary commercial practices if the total order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000). If billed in advanced, they are considered advanced payments and they are governed in accordance with FAR 52.232-29 “Terms of Financing for Purchases of Commercial Items”. If advance payment is chosen follow all sections of 52.232-29 except section “e” of the clause. In lieu of the instructions in section “e”, in the base period the contractor shall bill for the maintenance concurrently with the installation charges and during the option years the contractor shall bill at the beginning of the period. However, at no time will total advance payments exceed 15% of the total contract price. If advance payment is not chosen or allowed (order does not exceed 150K), the Contractor shall bill in arrears.

2b. The Contracting Officer (CO) will accept a Contractor’s satisfactory financial condition as security for contract financing payments but at any time may demand other security if the Contractor’s financial condition becomes unsatisfactory. If the CO cannot make a positive determination of the Contractor’s financial condition, the CO may request additional financial information from the Contractor.

3. Local and long distance telecom charges shall be billed in equal payments in arrears.

4. COMMERCIAL ADVANCE PAYMENTS: The contractor entitlement date specified in the contract, or 30 days after receipt by the designated billing office of a proper request for payment, whichever is later.

5. COMMERCIAL INTERIM PAYMENTS: The contractor entitlement date specified in the contract, or 14 days after receipt by the designated billing office of a proper request for payment, whichever is later. The prompt payment standards for commercial delivery payments shall be the same as specified in FAR Subpart 32.9 for invoice payments for the item delivered

SECTION I CLAUSES

I.1. CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

252.232-7003 Electronic Payment thru WAWF

252.209-7001 Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Terrorist Country

252.232-7010 Levies on Contract Payments

252.243-7001 Pricing Contract Modifications

252.243-7002 Requests for Equitable Adjustments

52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters

252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUL 2010) (DEVIATION)

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

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

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

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

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

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (APR 2010) (Pub. L. 110-252, Title VI, Chapter 1 (41 U.S.C. 251 note).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004) (15 U.S.C. 637(d) (2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $550,000 ($1,000,000 for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) Reserved.

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

(v) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (SEP 2006) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vi) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 1998) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(vii) Reserved.

(viii) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965 (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

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

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

(x) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (Nov 2007) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

(xi) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Act to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (FEB 2009) (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).

(xii) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (JAN 2009).

(xiii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations. (MAR 2009) (Pub. L. 110-247). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

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

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

(End of clause)

52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 1 day (insert the period of time within which the Contracting Officer may exercise the option); provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 2 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 60 months.

(End of clause)

252.212-7001 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS APPLICABLE TO DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUN 2010) (DEVIATION)

(a) In addition to the clauses listed in paragraph (b) of the Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items clause of this contract (FAR 52.212-5) (JUL 2010) (DEVIATION), the Contractor shall include the terms of the following clause, if applicable, in subcontracts for commercial items or commercial components, awarded at any tier under this contract:

(END OF CLAUSE)

SECTION J ATTACHMENTS

J-1. Phone Service Site Diagram for Bloomington, MN J-2. RFQ with Pricing schedule DD form 1449.

J-3 Response Template

SECTION K REPRESENTATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

52.212-3 -- Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items.

Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Jan 2011) An offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov . If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (o) of this provision.

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

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

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

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

“Inverted domestic corporation” means a foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), i.e., a corporation that used to be incorporated in the United States, or used to be a partnership in the United States, but now is incorporated in a foreign country, or is a subsidiary whose parent corporation is incorporated in a foreign country, that meets the criteria specified in 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

“Manufactured end product” means any end product in Federal Supply Classes (FSC) 1000-9999, except—

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

(2) Federal Supply Group (FSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) FSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) FSG 89, Food and Related Consumables;

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

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

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

(8) FSC 9610, Ores;

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

(10) FSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

“Place of manufacture” means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

“Restricted business operations” means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate—

(1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan;

(2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization;

(3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan;

(4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization;

(5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or

(6) Have been voluntarily suspended.

“Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern”—

(1) Means a small business concern—

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.

(2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).

“Small business concern” means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size standards in this solicitation.

“Veteran-owned small business concern” means a small business concern—

(1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans(as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and

(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.

“Women-owned business concern” means a concern which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the its stock is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

“Women-owned small business concern” means a small business concern --

(1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and

(2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

(b)

(1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications posted on the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) website.

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically via the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov .After reviewing the ORCA database information, the offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representation and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard applicable to the NAICS code referenced for this solicitation), as of the date of this offer and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs e, f, g, h, i, j, and l. [Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (o) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any. These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer. Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted on ORCA.]

(c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract is to be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. Check all that apply.

(1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not a small business concern.

(2) Veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not a veteran-owned small business concern.

(3) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.

(4) Small disadvantaged business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, for general statistical purposes, that it FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not, a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002.

(5) Women-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not a women-owned small business concern.

Note: Complete paragraphs (c)(6) and (c)(7) only if this solicitation is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(6) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern). [Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned business concern and did not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.]. The offeror represents that it FORMCHECKBOX is, a women-owned business concern.

(7) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price:

(8) [Complete only if the solicitation contains the clause at FAR 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, or FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program—Disadvantaged Status and Reporting, and the offeror desires a benefit based on its disadvantaged status.]

(i) General. The offeror represents that either—

(A) It FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not certified by the Small Business Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern and identified, on the date of this representation, as a certified small disadvantaged business concern in the database maintained by the Small Business Administration (PRO-Net), and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its certification, and, where the concern is owned by one or more individuals claiming disadvantaged status, the net worth of each individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); or

(B) It FORMCHECKBOX has, FORMCHECKBOX has not submitted a completed application to the Small Business Administration or a Private Certifier to be certified as a small disadvantaged business concern in accordance with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B, and a decision on that application is pending, and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its application was submitted.

(ii) Joint Ventures under the Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns. The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that it is a joint venture that complies with the requirements in 13 CFR 124.1002(f) and that the representation in paragraph (c)(9)(i) of this provision is accurate for the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name of the small disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint venture: .]

(9) HUBZone small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that--

(i) It FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not a HUBZone small business concern listed, on the date of this representation, on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration, and no material changes in ownership and control, principal office, or HUBZone employee percentage have occurred since it was certified in accordance with 13 CFR part 126; and

(ii) It FORMCHECKBOX is, FORMCHECKBOX is not a HUBZone joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 126, and the representation in paragraph (c)(10)(i) of this provision is accurate for each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the names of each of the HUBZone small business concerns participating in the HUBZone joint venture: .] Each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the HUBZone representation.

(d) Representations required to implement provisions of Executive Order 11246 --

(1) Previous contracts and compliance. The offeror represents that --

(i) It FORMCHECKBOX has, FORMCHECKBOX has not, participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation; and

(ii) It FORMCHECKBOX has, FORMCHECKBOX has not, filed all required compliance reports.

(2) Affirmative Action Compliance. The offeror represents that --

(i) It FORMCHECKBOX has developed and has on file, FORMCHECKBOX has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action programs required by rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR parts 60-1 and 60-2), or

(ii) It FORMCHECKBOX has not previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor.

(e) Certification Regarding Payments to Influence Federal Transactions (31 U.S.C. 1352). (Applies only if the contract is expected to exceed $150,000.) By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the award of any resultant contract. If any registrants under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 have made a lobbying contact on behalf of the offeror with respect to this contract, the offeror shall complete and submit, with its offer, OMB Standard Form LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, to provide the name of the registrants. The offeror need not report regularly employed officers or employees of the offeror to whom payments of reasonable compensation were made.

(f) Buy American Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American Act – Supplies, is included in this solicitation.)

(1) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (f)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States.