I_15_SF1449 Nessus Solicitation.pdf

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

1. REQUISITION NUMBER PAGE 1 OF 5

2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE 4. ORDER NUMBER 5. SOLICITATION NUMBER 6. SOLICITATION ISSUE

DATE

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (No collect calls)

8. OFFER DUE DATE/

LOCAL TIME

9. ISSUED BY

13b. RATING

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

CODE

15. DELIVER TO 16. ADMINISTERED BY CODE

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE17a. CONTRACTOR/

OFFEROR

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FACILITY

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TELEPHONE NO.

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN

OFFER

18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK

BELOW IS CHECKED

RFQ IFB RFP

SEE ADDENDUM

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ITEM NO.

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SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

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QUANTITY

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UNIT

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UNIT PRICE

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AMOUNT

(Use Reverse and/or Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA 26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. OFFER

DATED . . YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 30c. DATE SIGNED

31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print) 31c. DATE SIGNED

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

10. THIS ACQUISITION IS UNRESTRICTED OR

NAICS:

SIZE STANDARD:

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

SET ASIDE: % FOR:

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINA-

TION UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

SEE SCHEDULE

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA

8 (A)

EDWOSB

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

(WOSB) ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SMALL BUSINESS

DATE

2032H5-25-R-00013 7/22/25

Gregory Lombardozzi 7/30/25 10:00A

2050 100%

541519

See Attached Delivery Schedule

See Attached Schedule(s)

See Attached Schedule(s)

Office of Procurement Operations-Office of Procurement Operations

IR

1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224-0002 Attn: Kristofer Dowdell

Office of Procurement Operations-Office of Procurement Operations

IR

1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224-0002 Attn: Kristofer Dowdell

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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

Section 1- General Information

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial supplies and service prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

This solicitation number is IRSFY24NESSUS and is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

This solicitation document incorporates all mandatory commercial item provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-04 effective May 12, 2025.

This acquisition is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. Offerors must have an active entity registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov).

This will be made as a Firm-Fixed Price, Single Award, Purchase Order solicited under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541519, Other Computer Related Services, with a business size of $34 Million Dollars.

FAR 52.212-1. Instruction to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Additional instructions have been provided herein.

FAR 52.212-2 is not incorporated into this solicitation.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Products and Commercial Services, with its offer. Offeror shall complete and return all required provisions included in this solicitation.

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Additional Contract Terms and Conditions are included in Attachment 3 – Contract Clauses and Provisions.

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies and can be located in Attachment

3. Clauses applicable to this acquisition have been marked.

Offerors are invited to submit their proposals in response to this notice by 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST), Wednesday July 30, 2025, by email, to both the CO at Gregory.j.Lombardozzi@irs.gov and the CS at kristofer.s.dowdell2@irs.gov. All questions must be submitted to Gregory.j.Lombardozzi@irs.gov and kristofer.s.dowdell2@irs.gov by 5:30 PM EST, Thursday, July 24, 2025.

The Internal Revenue Service Office of Procurement intends to award one Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to the offeror that represents the most advantageous proposal, using a Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation procedures. In order to be technically acceptable, vendor shall meet the evaluation factors set forth in this solicitation. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is soliciting the annual renewal of subscriptions for 13 Tenable Nessus Professional annual licenses to provide advance level of computer security oversight to over 300 state/federal agencies in accordance with IRC 6103. The Office of Safeguards current Tenable

Nessus licenses expire 09/18/2025 and new licenses will need to be acquired in advance of this date to ensure there is no lapse in availability.

All communications shall be directed within the stated deadlines to the attention of:

Name: Gregory Lombardozzi Title: Contracting Officer Gregory.j.Lombardozzi@irs.gov

Name: Kristofer Dowdell Title: Contract Specialist kristofer.s.dowdell2@irs.gov

NOTE: COMMUNICATIONS WITH OFFICIALS OTHER THAN THE IRS

CONTRACTING OFFICER/CONTRACT SPECIALIST INDICATED ABOVE, MAY

COMPROMISE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THIS ACQUISITION AND RESULT IN

THE CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION AND/OR EXCLUSION OF YOUR

PROPOSAL FROM CONSIDERATION.

Section 2 – FAR 52.212-1 Additional Instructions to Offerors

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS (ITO) AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR

PROPOSAL PREPARATION

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/far

A. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Offerors shall furnish the information required by this solicitation. Offeror’s must accept and acknowledge, in writing, the Terms and Conditions of this solicitation.

1. Offerors are expected to examine this entire solicitation document. Failure to do so will be at the offeror's own risk.

2. The Government reserves the right to make an award based on initial offers received, without discussion of such offers. Proposals shall set forth full, accurate, and complete information as required by this solicitation package (including Attachments). The penalty for making false statements in proposals is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. 1001.

3. The Government assumes no liability for disclosure or use of unmarked data and may use or disclose the data for any purpose. Unless restricted, information submitted in response to this mailto:Gregory.j.Lombardozzi@irs.gov mailto:kristofer.s.dowdell2@irs.gov http://www.acquisition.gov/far request may become subject to disclosure to the public pursuant to the pro-visions of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 551).

4. This RFQ requests your response to the Line Items listed in Pricing Attachment and to provide the Part Number, List Price, any applicable discounted price, and the extended price.

Contractors submitting quote: Note: In order to be considered for this requirement, please ensure the clauses are reviewed, filled out, signed and returned with your official quote. Please be advised if signed solicitation clauses and provisions are not received at the time of the RFQ end; the proposal will then be determined “not complete” and therefore not accepted by the Government.

5. The proposal due date is 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST), July 30, 2025 also specified in Section A of the solicitation. The Offeror shall make a clear statement in the proposal that the proposal is valid through at least 60 calendar days after the proposal due date.

Proposals shall be sent via email to both the Contracting Officer, Greg Lombardozzi, Gregory.J.Lombardozzi@irs.gov and the Contract Specialist, Kristofer Dowdell, kristofer.s.dowdell2@irs.gov. Late proposals received after 10:00 AM ET will not be considered for evaluation.

6. For proposal purposes, assume the contract will be awarded on or about August 15, 2025.

7. In accordance with FAR Subpart 4.803 (a) (10) (Government Contract Files), the Government will retain one (1) copy of the successful and all unsuccessful proposals.

8. Non-conformance with the instructions provided in this ITO may result in a Not Acceptable proposal evaluation.

B. SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS

Offerors are required to submit their questions related to the solicitation by referencing the area of concern. Questions will be accepted up until 5:30 PM EST, Friday July 24, 2025 and must be submitted to both the Contracting Officer, Greg Lombardozzi, by email to Gregory.J.Lombardozzi@irs.gov and the Contract Specialist, Kristofer Dowdell, by email to kristofer.s.dowdell2@irs.gov. Questions or requests for extension submitted after the cutoff date will not be considered. The Government will post the answers and submitted questions on SAM.gov.

C. AWARD SELECTION

This requirement will be solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541519, Other Computer Related Services. This will be made as one time award with an estimated date of award August 15, 2025.

Responses will be evaluated on a Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) basis.

After receipt of quotes, the Government will first evaluate the lowest price quote. If the lowest price quote is determined to be technically acceptable and otherwise properly awardable, no further evaluations will be conducted, and award will be made. If, however, the lowest price quote is determined to be technically unacceptable and/or otherwise not properly awardable, mailto:Gregory.J.Lombardozzi@irs.gov further evaluations will be conducted until a Lowest Price/Technically Acceptable offer is found.

1. All required information shall be electronically submitted in the formats specified in this solicitation.

2. All supplies and/or services provided must be in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and provisions and requirements for accessibility contained in this solicitation (and resulting award).

3. Offers must be authorized sellers/resellers of the required supplies and/or services.

4. Quote submittals must include:

5. Solicitation number

6. Active SAM registration including UEI.

7. Commercial Pricing Template.

8. POC name, address, and telephone number

9. Completed Provisions/Clauses. For reference, clauses and provisions will be available in a separate attachment for review.

ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT 1 PRICING SHEET

ATTACHMENT 2 STATEMENT OF WORK

ATTACHMENT 3 CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS