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7. ISSUED BY

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IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

Previous Edition is Unusable 33-134 STANDARD FORM 33 (REV. 9-97)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(c)

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(If other than Item 7)

15A. NAME 16. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO

AND

ADDRESS

SIGN OFFER (Type or print)

OF

OFFEROR

AMENDMENT NO. DATE

15B. TELEPHONE NO (Include area code) 17. SIGNATURE15C. CHECK IF REMITTANCE ADDRESS

IS DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE - ENTER

SUCH ADDRESS IN SCHEDULE.

18. OFFER DATE

1. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER

UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 700)

2. CONTRACT NO.

N00178 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

See Item 7

9. Sealed offers in original and copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in

CAUTION - LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and

See Section L conditions contained in this solicitation.

10. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

A. NAME (NO COLLECT CALLS)

11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

SOLICITATION/ CONTRACT FORM

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/ COSTS

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X I CONTRACT CLAUSES

DESCRIPTION/ SPECS./ WORK STATEMENT X

PACKAGING AND MARKING

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J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

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REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 23 X

SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) 24 - 26 X M

L INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

(See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

14. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments

AMENDMENT NO. DATE

to the SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated):

FACILITY

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE

26. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print) 27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 28. AWARD DATE

EMAIL:TEL: (Signature of Contracting Officer)

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B. TELEPHONE (Include area code) C. E-MAIL ADDRESS

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED 20. AMOUNT 21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( ) (4 copies unless otherwise specified)

23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM

24. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 7) CODE 25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

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PART II - CO NTRACT CLAUSES

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NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

SOLICITATION

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.5. DATE ISSUED

11 Jan 2021

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

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3. SOLICITATION NO.

N0017821R7000

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

CLIN MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY

The minimum quantity(s) and CLIN value(s) for all orders issued against the CLIN(s) on this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity(s) and CLIN value(s) stated in the following table. The maximum quantity(s) and

CLIN value(s) for all orders issued against the CLIN(s) on this contract shall not exceed the maximum quantity(s) and CLIN value(s) stated in the following table.

CLIN

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

1000 $ 200,000,000

2000 $2,250,000,000

3000 $ 50,000,000

5000 (If exercised)

$ 400,000,000

6000 (If exercised)

$4,500,000,000

7000 (If exercised)

$ 100,000,000

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

1000 8,000 Each CLINs 1000-1999

FFP

Engineering, Technical and Programmatic Support Services

*Each = # of FP Orders

The maximum amount shall be $200,000,000.

NOTE: The requirements in DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and

Valuation, are applicable for this line item. The contractor shall provide DoD unique identification or a DoD recognized unique identification equivalent.

FOB: Destination

NET AMT

2000 8,000,000 Labor

Hours

CLINs 2000-2999

CPFF

Engineering, Technical and Programmatic Support Services

CPFF/CPIF/CPAF

The maximum amount shall be $2,250,000,000.

NOTE: The requirements in DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and

Valuation, are applicable for this line item. The contractor shall provide DoD

ESTIMATED COST

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

3000 1 Lot CLINs 3000-3999

COST

Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

Travel, Miscellaneous Materials, etc.

The maximum amount shall be $50,000,000.

NOTE: The requirements in DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and

Valuation, are applicable for this line item. The contractor shall provide DoD

CLINs 4000-4999

Not Separately Priced (NSP) Items at the Task Order level such as, Contract Data Requirements List - In accordance with DD Form 1423-1; or

Contractor Acquired Property – In accordance with FAR 52.245-1.

5000 16,000 Each OPTION CLINs 5000-5999

FFP

Engineering, Technical and Programmatic Support Services

*Each = # of FP Orders

The maximum amount shall be $400,000,000.

NOTE: The requirements in DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and

Valuation, are applicable for this line item. The contractor shall provide DoD

6000 16,000,000 Labor

Hours

OPTION CLINs 2000-2999

CPFF

Engineering, Technical and Programmatic Support Services

CPFF/CPIF/CPAF

The maximum amount shall be $4,500,000,000.

NOTE: The requirements in DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and

Valuation, are applicable for this line item. The contractor shall provide DoD

FIXED FEE

TOTAL EST COST + FEE

7000 1 Lot OPTION CLINs 3000-3999

COST

Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

Travel, Miscellaneous Materials, etc.

The maximum amount shall be $100,000,000.

NOTE: The requirements in DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identification and

Valuation, are applicable for this line item. The contractor shall provide DoD

OPTION CLINs 4000-4999

Not Separately Priced (NSP) Items

Data - Contract Data Requirements List - to be delivered in accordance with DD

Form 1423-1.

SECTION B TEXT

The clause entitled "LIMITATION OF COST" (FAR 52.232-20) or "LIMITATION OF FUNDS" (FAR 52.232-22), as appropriate, shall apply separately and independently to each separately identified estimated cost.

CONTRACT MINIMUM OBLIGATION

The minimum obligation guarantee for any awarded SeaPort NxG Multiple Award Contract (MAC) is $500.00 for the life of the contract, including any options. This $500.00 minimum obligation guarantee will be placed in reserved on a corresponding Task Order. When the minimum obligation guarantee is satisfied through subsequent placement of a competitively awarded task order, the Government has the unilateral right to de-obligate this funding placed in reserve.

The contract holder may not invoice for this amount until the end of the contract period of performance, including any options and not without the written consent of the Contracting Officer. The contract holder must submit their invoice within ninety (90) days of the end of the contract period.

MAXIMUM RATES

A. Maximum Pass Through Rate – Applicable to all Task Orders Types

The pass through rate is defined as the cumulative amount of the two elements listed below divided by the price paid to the Subcontractor or the vendor:

1) Any and all prime Contractor indirect costs applied to the price paid to the Subcontractor including, but not limited to: overhead, material handling charges, subcontract handling, G&A, burdens and mark-ups; and

2) Any and all prime Contractor profit or fee* applied to the price paid to the Subcontractor.

*For purposes of this contract, “fee” means “target fee” in cost-plus-incentive-fee type contracts, “base fee” in cost-plus-award-fee type contracts, or “fixed fee” in cost-plus-fixed-fee type contracts.

The prime Contractor agrees that the maximum pass-through rate charged against any labor CLIN under this contract shall not exceed 8.0 %.

For purposes of the maximum pass-through, any effort provided by a division, subsidiary or any other entity of the prime

Contractor shall not be considered subcontracted effort and all fee/profit must be provided at the prime level subject to the limitations specified in this contract.

B. Maximum Profit/Fee Rate – Applicable to Cost Plus Fixed Fee CLINs Only

Contractor compliance with the maximum fee rate on CPFF CLINs is applicable at the time of task order award and is based on the ratio of fixed fee to the estimated cost. A proposed fee at the task order level that is higher than the maximum fee rate stated in the offeror’s base contract shall render the Contractor’s proposal unacceptable.

The Contractor agrees that the maximum fixed fee rate shall not exceed 8 %.

Fee becomes a fixed dollar amount at the time of task order award and is subject to the provisions of the Level of Effort clause of the task order. The maximum fee rate being proposed at the task order level by the prime Contractor shall flow down to all Subcontractors/consultants included as part of your (the Prime) proposal.

C. Other Direct Costs and Travel

No fee is allowed on Other Direct Costs or Travel. Indirect cost elements such as G&A and material handling may be applied to ODCs (including travel) but may not include fee.

D. Escalation

A maximum escalation rate is NOT established at the MAC level. The prime Contractor shall propose escalation in accordance with limits established at the Task Order level.

OPTION CLINs 5000 – 8000

These CLINs are ordering period option items to which the option clause in Section I applies. These are supplied only if the ordering period option is exercised. Contractors that have not participated in the competitive task order process by submitting a qualifying proposal may not have the option exercised. A qualifying proposal is a proposal that is submitted by a contractor with the intent to win work under SeaPort NxG. Responses to requests for information, unsolicited proposals, proposals lacking cost, or technical information grossly insufficient to have a complete proposal at the task order solicitation level or no bid notification would not constitute as a qualifying proposal.

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1. SCOPE

In response to Task Orders issued under this contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Information

Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Systems

Command, Office of Naval Research, Naval Air Systems Command, Strategic Systems Programs, or the United

States Marine Corps, the Contractor shall provide services that potentially span the entire spectrum of mission areas and technical capabilities supported by the Department of the Navy (DON) ordering activities. Services within the two categories and twenty-three functional area subcategories identified below may be performed under this contract for new and existing product areas, programs, or missions, which are assigned to these activities during the life of the contract.

Services to be provided under this contract are categorized into the following categories:

1. Engineering Services

2. Program Management Services

This contract, known as SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort NxG) does not allow for the direct procurement of supplies or hardware. Any material or products ordered shall be incidental and in direct support of performed services (for example, small scale testing equipment, prototypes, or spares.)

C.2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

Applicable military specifications and standards that are listed in the issue of the Department of Defense Index of

Specifications and Standards (DODISS), and current on the date of contract award, plus applicable industry standards, or any other program documents may be specified within the individual Task Order solicitations and awards that will be issued for performing specific tasks under this indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract.

C.3. REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel, materials, facilities, equipment, test instrumentation, data collection and analysis, hardware and software, and other services that will support the DON in the execution of their overall organizational functions and the specific missions of the individual activities and ordering offices.

Categories to be supported under this contract are described in the sections below.

C.3.1. – Engineering Services

This category consists of supporting the application of engineering disciplines to technically support the research and development of new and existing Naval capabilities and systems, technically support development of significant alterations to existing systems, support integration and interface of existing equipment or software into different applications or platforms to support the warfighter, and support evaluation of foreign or non-developmental systems, equipment, and technologies. This category also includes all support required within the area of environmental engineering of U. S. Navy weapon systems and base related infrastructure. Functional areas that are included under the Engineering Services category include but are not limited to the following examples:

1. Engineering, System Engineering, and Safety and Process Engineering Support

2. Software Engineering, Development, Programming, and Network Support

3. In-Service Engineering, Fleet Introduction, Installation and Checkout and Provisioning Support

4. Measurement Facilities, Range, and Instrumentation Support

5. Interoperability, Test and Evaluation, Trials Support

6. Research and Development Support

7. Modeling, Simulation, Stimulation, and Analysis Support

8. Prototyping, Pre-Production, Model-Making, and Fabrication Support

9. System Design Documentation and Technical Data Support

10. Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RM&A) Support

11. Inactivation and Disposal Support

12. Biochemical Engineering Support

C.3.2. – Program Management Services

This category consists of applying the business, financial management, and technical disciplines required to support planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, and leading team efforts in managing acquisition programs such that the result places a capable and supportable system in the hands of the warfighter when and where it is needed, and does so at an affordable price. This category represents an integration of a complex system of differing but related functional disciplines that must work together to achieve program goals through development, production, deployment, operations, support, and disposal.

This category also consists of providing information system software analysis, requirements definition, design, development, test, modification, installation, implementation, quality assurance, training, and documentation to meet the evolving data storage and reporting needs of programs, analyze existing IT and IS databases, web sites, and IT applications and recommending new or improved interfaces and improved management tools that meet new requirements, or improve management effectiveness and efficiency. Performing maintenance and technical support for Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN) that are outside the cognizance of the Navy

Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). Modifying, implementing and maintaining web based information systems and links. Developing web-site structure, prepare documentation for population, implement and maintain web sites.

Conduct IA analyses, develop, recommend, and implement, monitor, update, and maintain, IA practices, procedures, equipment, algorithms, and hardware that are outside the cognizance of NMCI. This category also provides systems engineering and technical support for establishment, test, upgrade, and operational support of systems, networks, workstations and support equipment hardware and software that are outside the cognizance of NMCI. Functional areas that are included under the Program Management Services category include but are not limited to the following examples:

1. Financial Analysis and Budget Support

2. Quality Assurance (QA) Support

3. Functional and Direct Programmatic Administrative Support

4. Professional Development and Training Support

5. Analytical and Organizational Assessment Support

6. Database Administrators

7. Public Affairs and Multimedia Support

8. Logistics Support

9. Configuration Management (CM) Support

10. Information System (IS) Development, Information Assurance (IA), and Information Technology (IT)

Support

11. Computer Systems Analysts

C.4. SECURITY, DD254s, AND FACILITY/PERSONNEL CLEARANCES

Security requirements and Contract Security Classification Specifications (DD Form 254s) will be identified at the

Task Order level. Work at the Task Order level may involve access to, handling of, and generation of classified material. The Contractor shall (1) be responsible for all security aspects of the work performed under this contract,

(2) assure compliance with all DoD and U.S. Navy specific regulations regarding security, and (3) assure compliance with any written instructions from the Security Officers of the activity issuing Task Orders under this contract. When applicable, a DD Form 254 will be prepared by the ordering activity and issued with the Task

Order. If the work being performed under the Task Order would require access to Government Information

Technology Systems, then an applicable clause will be included at the Task Order level.

A Facility Clearance is an administrative determination that a company is eligible for access to classified information; Personnel Clearances are for individuals. The National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

(NISPOM), DoD 5220.22-M governs the Facility Clearance process and procedures and requires that Contractors be sponsored by a Government Contracting Agency OR a cleared contractor AND have a legitimate need to have access to classified materials.

There is no work at the MAC level; therefore, the MAC Contracting Officer has no requirement upon which to base sponsorship for a facility clearance. A Facility Clearance is not a requirement to obtain a MAC, however, Task

Orders placed under this IDIQ may require a facility clearance or personnel to maintain personal clearances.

Sponsorship must be initiated by the Task Order Contracting Office OR by a cleared SeaPort Prime in the case of a subcontractor as performance requirements are held at the Task Order level, not the MAC level. Sponsorship can begin as soon as the Task Order Contracting Office has determined the contract awardee. Contractors can work with the Task Order Contracting Office or Local Deputy of Small Business on solicitation requirements that allow for clearances of Primes or subcontractors to be sponsored post award or to provide transition periods for clearances.

C.5. MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, NOVATIONS, AND CHANGE-OF-NAME AGREEMENTS

The Government may, when in its interest, recognize a third party as the successor in interest to a Government contract (FAR Subpart 42.1204(a)), when the third party’s interest arises out of the transfer of:

1. All the contractor’s assets;

2. The entire portion of the assets involved in performing the contract such as,

a. Sale of these assets with a provision for assuming liabilities

b. Transfer of these assets incident to a merger or corporate consolidation; and

c. Incorporation of a proprietorship or partnership or formation of a partnership.

In these situations, the Contractor shall submit a novation request within five (5) business days to their cognizant

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Contracting Officer for processing. If a Contractor merges, is acquired, or recognizes a successor in interest (transferee) to Government contracts when Contractor assets are transferred; OR recognizes a change in a Contractor’s name; OR executes novation agreements and change-of-name agreements, then the Contractor must notify the SeaPort NxG MAC Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) and provide a copy of the novation or any other agreement that changes the status of the Contractor, including the new

DUNS/CAGE code numbers within thirty (30) days. The Contractor must also recertify its size status to the SeaPort

MAC PCO within thirty (30) days of an approved contract novation. The Contractor may not submit Task Order proposals under the new company name until a Contract Modification has made the change effective.

The Contractor, either through its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units, etc. is permitted to hold one SeaPort

NxG MAC in total. The MAC is not a tangible item and may not be sold. If two or more MACs are acquired by a single SeaPort NxG awardee either via a merger or acquisition, the successor in interest will recognize only one existing SeaPort NxG MAC (See Section C.10.2). All Task Orders awarded under the acquired MAC shall be novated to the successor in interest (transferee) and the transferor’s MAC shall be terminated for convenience at no cost to the Government.

If a Contractor has legally changed its business name, “doing business as” name, or division name (whichever is shown on the contract), or has transferred the assets used in performing the contract, but has not completed the necessary requirements regarding novation and change-of-name agreements in FAR Subpart 42.12, then the

Contractor shall provide the SeaPort MAC Contracting Officer, within five (5) business days, sufficient documentation to support the legally changed name with written notification of its intention to:

1. Change the name in the SAM database;

2. Comply with the requirements of Subpart 42.12; and

3. Agree in writing to the timeline and procedures specified by the responsible Contracting Officer.

Any change to the status of the SeaPort NxG awardee does not alleviate the contractual responsibilities including but not limited to:

1. Complete documentation of previous Task Orders for purposes of audit;

2. Assumption of all unresolved expired Task Orders that were not closed out;

3. Acceptance of the previously negotiated acquired contract pricing;

4. Approval of the minimum SeaPort NxG Small Business Subcontract socio-economic goals.

Request for novation modifications will not be processed within one hundred twenty (120) days of MAC option exercise dates.

C.6. GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY

Any Government furnished information, material, and equipment will be specified in the individual Task Orders. All

Government furnished information is the property of the U.S. Government and shall not be transferred to any individual or agency public or private without the express written approval of the Task Order Contracting Officer.

C.7. PORTAL ACCESS AND CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING PORTAL ACCOUNTS

C.7.1. - General

The administration of this contract and all Task Order (TO) solicitations, proposal submissions, awards, and TO administration will entail the use of the SeaPort NxG web-based portal. Access to the portal shall be granted to

MAC awardees and authorized account holders only. Account access shall be granted after successful completion of the registration process after award of the MAC contract. A SeaPort NxG Vendor Concept of Operations

(CONOPs) will be available after the registration process is complete. This document will provide detailed processes of portal and Task Order solicitation, award, and administration processes.

The Government will provide Successful Offerors, via email, information regarding access to the SeaPort NxG

Portal. Access will be provided only to those vendors that are awarded a SeaPort NxG MAC and their approved team members. MAC holders will be asked to register for SeaPort NxG accounts and will have registration access for approximately two weeks after MAC awards are made. The requested information will include, but may not be limited to: team member name, address, CAGE, DUNS, POC name, POC email address, POC phone number, Business Size, and Socio-Economic designations. All information entered at the registration site shall be consistent with the MAC holder's information contained on their SAM registration (company name (including DBA name if used), physical address, CAGE and DUNS codes, etc.) MAC holders shall also complete their teaming requests during this two-week period. MAC holders will not be able view or submit proposals against any Task Order solicitation opportunities until registration is completed successfully. Therefore, it is incumbent on the MAC holder to complete this registration process in a timely manner. Only successful MAC awardees will receive information regarding access to the registration site; it is not part of the proposal process for receiving a MAC and will not be available until after awards are made.

C.7.2. - Consent

The Contractor agrees that use of the portal is to be considered authorization to allow the Contractor retained for the purpose of operating and maintaining the portal, currently Octo, access to any data submitted (including cost and pricing data, data the Contractor might otherwise consider proprietary, personally identifiable information and data that meets the definition of “trade secret” as used in the context of 18 USC 1905). The consent to access that is to be inferred for the use of the portal shall also be granted by any Subcontractor or team member who makes direct submission of information to the Government. The Government shall consider submission of data via the portal to be consent to access only by the portal administration Contractor and Government personnel. The information is protected and restricted from disclosure.

C.7.3. - Electronic Signatures

The SeaPort Portal is accessible through the NAVSEA professional support services web site (www.seaport.navy.mil).

SeaPort establishes a system in which electronic signatures, transactions, contracts, and records have the same legal effect as their paper-based counterparts, in accordance with the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce http://www.seaport.navy.mil/

Act" (ESIGN) (Pub.L. 106-229; codified at 15 USC 7001-7006) and the "Government Paperwork Elimination Act"

(GPEA) (Pub.L. 105-277; codified at 44 USC 3504 Note):

1. Only authorized persons are permitted to engage in legally binding electronic activities, such as signing/submitting a proposal, and signing/awarding the Task Order. The SeaPort system requires user accounts having predetermined authority requirements (i.e., authority to legally bind the user's organization), and having username and password controls. Contractors shall only have access to the contractor side of the portal. The Contractor shall identify at least one employee, and alternate employees, having the authority to sign legally binding documents, including proposals, on behalf of the Contractor. Task Order Contracting

Officers authorized to sign and award legally binding TO shall be identified.

2. The authorized user is required to confirm the intention to engage in any legally binding electronic action. The

SeaPort Portal will display a notice that the user has requested a legally binding activity and shall require an affirmative/confirming response before the system will permit the requested action. The affirmative/confirming response serves as the electronic signature event.

3. Once the information related to a legally binding event is stored by the system, that information (i) cannot be altered or modified in any way by any user--including the authorized user who initiated and confirmed the action; and (ii) remains accessible and retrievable by the parties throughout the records retention period required by law.

C.7.4. – Browser Requirements

SeaPort NxG MAC awardees and their registered team members are advised to access the SeaPort NxG portal through the Google Chrome web browser for optimal utilization. It is also recommended that users do not have multiple web browsers open while accessing the SeaPort NxG portal.

The SeaPort NxG Vendor CONOPS and Functional User Guide, which contains specific information on portal access and security requirements, will be made available to MAC awardees at the time of account registration in the

SeaPort portal via the Help link.

C.7.5. - Portal Account Responsibility

It is the responsibility of the Contractor to maintain active account(s) in the SeaPort NxG portal to be able to receive all notices and modifications. Account holders are required to log in to the portal at least once every thirty (30) days or their accounts will become inactive. Inactive accounts do not receive notices from the portal including requests for information, solicitation release notices, award notices, bilateral modification notices and other communications. The portal is the sole method the Government utilizes to correspond with MAC holders so it is imperative that all the respective account holders maintain active accounts. Contractors are strongly advised to appoint more than one system administrator charged with the responsibility for activating individual accounts, deactivating accounts for individuals who have left the employ of the Contractor, moved to other positions/individuals no longer needing access. The SeaPort

NxG helpdesk shall only be utilized for assistance in instances where the Contractor system administrator has left the position or employ of the Contractor. A Contractor’s system administrator can only be changed by the SeaPort NxG helpdesk. The SeaPort NxG helpdesk email address is SeaPortSupport.fct@navy.mil.

C.8. TASK ORDER PROCESS

C.8.1. - General

One or more Task Orders (TOs) may be issued during the performance period of this contract. All Task Orders are competitively solicited in the SeaPort Portal. There is no direct ordering or sole source. The Contractor agrees to accept and perform orders issued by the Task Order Contracting Officer within the scope of this agreement. It is understood and agreed that the Government has no obligation to issue any orders except the minimum order.

In the event of any inconsistency between any TO and the contract, the contract shall control. In accordance with the

Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) and FAR 16.505(b), the Task Order Contracting Officer will give all awardees a "fair opportunity" to be considered for each order.

mailto:SeaPortSupport.fct@navy.mil

C.8.2. - Competitive Ordering Process

1. Pre solicitation and solicitation: All SeaPort Requests for Information (RFIs) or solicitations are issued through the

SeaPort portal. All active IDIQ holders will receive notification of the posting of each proposed TO at the time a proposed TO is posted to the SeaPort Portal. All proposed TOs will incorporate all terms of the IDIQ contract unless otherwise specified in the proposed TO. In addition, the proposed TO will include:

a. All known information including Sections B through H of the Task Order (Line Items, statement of work or objectives, packaging and marking information, data rights, inspection and acceptance of the services, period of performance, security, Government property/information to be provided and other relevant information.)

b. The means and time for the IDIQ holders to respond expressing interest and providing appropriate information.

c. Specific instructions for the means of responding to the TO request, including but not limited to, oral interviews, reverse auctions, written responses summarizing technical and price approaches, submission of proposals, the selection criteria factors, the factors’ order of importance and other information deemed appropriate.

2. Restricted Competition: During the Fair Opportunity Process the Government may conduct unrestricted competition or elect to restrict competition for the following set-asides: Small Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

Businesses (SDVOSB), Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), 8(a) Businesses, or HubZone Businesses. The Task

Order solicitation will notify offerors of the restricted competition decision.

To be eligible as a SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a) Business, or HubZone Small Business during the competitive ordering process, the Offeror must have that status at the time of Task Order proposal submission. The basis for verification of the applicable status is the offeror's System for Award Management (SAM) certification under NAICS 541330 with the

$41.5M exception for military and aerospace equipment and military weapons.

For Task Order solicitations with competition restricted for Small Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

Businesses, Women-Owned Small Businesses, 8(a) Businesses or HubZone Small Businesses, the Prime Contractor will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. A similarly situated entity is defined as one with the same small business program status as the prime contractor that qualifies for the award (See FAR 52.219-14 Dev 2019-O0003).

In accordance with FAR 16.505(a)(10), no protest under FAR Subpart 33.1 is authorized in connection with PCO decisions regarding fair opportunity or the issuance of a TO under this contract, except for a protest on the grounds that a

TO increases the scope, period, or maximum value of the contract.

3. Responses: Awardees will be provided an adequate time to prepare and submit responses based on the estimated dollar value and complexity of the proposed TO. The due date shall be set forth in each proposed TO. Responses will be streamlined and succinct to the extent practical based on the dollar value and complexity of the work. All proposals, including those offered by the Prime contractor and their subcontracts, shall be submitted exclusively through the

SeaPort Portal. Responses will not be a proposal as defined in FAR 15, but only sufficient information to be considered in accordance with FAR 16.

4. Evaluation: The ordering activity issuing the solicitation will evaluate responses against selection criteria contained in the proposed TO. Individual Task Order selection criteria will be included in particular Task Order solicitation. The weight of factors (if applicable) will be identified in a Task Order solicitation. Upon completion of evaluations, the PCO will issue a TO to the awardee whose proposal is most advantageous to the Government under the selection criteria set forth in the TO. The Task Order Contracting Officer will notify the IDIQ holders of the selection decision.

5. Electronic Offer/Proposal: Submission of a proposal by an Offeror within the SeaPort portal constitutes the formal offer by the Offeror. In the event that the SeaPort system is not operational or accessible due to system outages outside of the Offeror’s control, the Offeror shall notify the Task Order Contracting Officer immediately, and no less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the closing date and time of the solicitation. Offerors shall also contact the

SeaPort NxG helpdesk to register a help ticket/notice that the portal is down or inoperable. If operational or accessibility issues continue, the Offeror may arrange with the Task Order Contracting Officer to make an alternative submission of its proposal, which must be received prior to the solicitation closing date and time.

Scenarios considered within the Offeror’s control are, but not limited to: password expiration, multiple open browsers, security timeouts, and failure to save and submit all required information prior to the closing time and date.

C.8.3. - Task Orders

Each individual TO may be cost reimbursable, fixed price (FP), or any combination of the two. Neither Time and

Material nor undefinitized orders are authorized under SeaPort. All Task Orders shall be issued electronically via the

SeaPort Portal.

C.8.4. - Unauthorized Work

The Contractor is not authorized to commence task performance prior to issuance of a signed TO that has been funded.

C.8.5. - Task Funding Restrictions

TOs shall either be funded at the time of award or awarded under the authority provided within Section I Clause 52.232-

18, entitled, “Availability of Funds”.

C.8.6. – Task Order Ordering Period

Orders may be issued by any Contracting Officer from Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Information Warfare

Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Systems

Command, Office of Naval Research, Naval Air Systems Command, Strategic Systems Programs, or the United

States Marine Corps, from contract award through the end of the ordering period, specified in Section F. The period of performance for a Task Order can be up to 5 years.

C.8.7. - Ombudsman Description.

The Task Order Ombudsman is available to the Contractor to assist in the resolution of complaints arising under the issuance of any Task Order under this contract. Utilization of the Ombudsman process is optional. In the case of Task

Orders valued in excess of $25 million, the Contractor may either go to the Ombudsman or GAO, but not both. In accordance with FAR 16.505(a)(10)(i)(B)(2), no protest under FAR Subpart 33.1 is authorized in connection with the issuance or proposed issuance of a Task Order valued at $25 million or less under this contract, including Task Order

Contracting Officer decisions regarding fair opportunity, except for a protest on the grounds that a TO increases the scope, or maximum value of this contract.

If a Contractor elects to utilize the Task Order Ombudsman process, the Contractor is instructed to first contact the local activity contract specialist and contractor officer for issue resolution. If the issue is not able to be resolved, the issue shall then be elevated to the cognizant local activity Ombudsman. Should resolution not be achieved with the local activity

Ombudsman, the cognizance for resolution would reside with the Overarching Command or Headquarter Ombudsman.

A list of current Ombudsman will be maintained on the Vendor Portal to authorized users. The Government reserves the unilateral right to change Ombudsman at any time. The contractor will be notified of any such changes.

The Contractor authorizes the Ombudsman to disclose to other parties or to nonparties any information submitted to the

Ombudsman that, in the judgment of the Ombudsman, must be disclosed within Government channels to the extent deemed necessary by the Ombudsman to facilitate understanding of the issue or issues. The Contractor also authorizes the Ombudsman to disclose to other parties or to nonparties any information submitted to the Ombudsman that, in the judgment of the Ombudsman, must be disclosed to prevent or investigate fraud, waste, abuse, criminal activity or imminent physical harm.

In accordance with FAR 16.505(a)(10)(i)(B) protests of Task Orders (TO) valued in excess of $25 million may only be filed in accordance with the procedures at FAR 33.104. Any contact with the Ombudsman does not extend any of the timeliness for filing a protest with the GAO.

C.8.8. - Ordering Authority

All warranted Contracting Officers from the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Information Warfare Systems

Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, Naval Air Systems Command, Strategic Systems Programs, or the United States Marine

Corps are authorized to place order under this IDIQ contract, using the electronic SeaPort portal.

C.8.9. – Service Contract Reporting

Services Contract Reporting (SCR) requirements may apply to Task Orders awarded under this MAC. The contractor shall report required SCR data fields using the SCR section of the System for Award Management (SAM) at following web address: https://sam.gov/SAM/.

Reporting inputs will be for the labor executed during the period of performance during each Government fiscal year

(FY), which runs October 1 through September 30. While inputs may be reported any time during the FY, all data shall be reported no later than October 31 of each calendar year. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk, linked at https://sam.gov/SAM/.

C.9 TEAMING AND SUBCONTRACTING

C.9.1. - Definitions

“Prime” contractor means that the Contractor has privity-of-contract with the Government for all contractual obligations under a mutually binding legal relationship with the Government. In other words, when the Government awards a contract to a contractor, the Contractor is considered the “Prime” contractor.

“Team member” is a term applied only at the MAC level. Team members are established for use in Task Order electronic proposal submissions. Team members are not legally binding; their inclusion at the MAC level is to set up electronic relationships for use as potential subcontractors in Task Order performance. Team members do not need to have a subcontract agreement with the Prime at time of Team member requests.

The term “Subcontractor” is when a Prime contractor awards a contract to another contractor. The term is applied at the

Task Order level.

Team members and subcontractors do not have to hold a MAC contract in order to perform tasking under SeaPort orders. They must however, hold active registrations in SAM.

C.9.2. - Subcontracting Plan

Large Business Offerors must subcontract at least 20% of the total planned subcontracted dollars under the MAC

(not per Task Order) to small businesses. The 20% subcontracted effort must be comprised of meaningful work under the statement of work within the Task Orders. In achieving the 20% requirement, the following specific minimum requirements must be met:

5% of the total planned subcontracted dollars under the contract (not per Task Order) to Small

Disadvantaged Businesses, 5% of the total planned subcontracted dollars under the contract (not per Task Order) to Women-Owned

Small Businesses, 3% of the total planned subcontracted dollars under the contract (not per Task Order) to Hub-Zones, https://sam.gov/SAM/ https://sam.gov/SAM/

3% of the total planned subcontracted dollars under the contract (not per Task Order) to Service Disabled

Veteran owned Small Business concerns

In accordance with FAR Part 19, Large Businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan which contains the above goals.

Task Order solicitations may further require subcontracting requirements other than the mandated 20% at the MAC level.

C.9.3. - Subcontract Reporting:

All SeaPort Prime MAC holders (large and small businesses) are required to report actual subcontracting data twice per year for each Task Order in the SeaPort portal. When the reporting period opens – between April 1- May 15 and again between October 1 - November 15, Prime MAC holders will receive an emailed link that will provide access to the portal in order to input actual subcontract performance data. Actuals are required ONLY for the active task order that have a response status due.

In addition to reporting subcontracting data in the SeaPort portal, all Large Business Prime MAC holders are required to report subcontracting data semi-annually in the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (ESRS) for periods ending

March 31 and September 30. Reporting is required whether actual Task Orders awards have been received or not. The reporting in ESRS will take the place of the SF 294 and SF 295. For information on ESRS reporting, please go to http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbs/esrs.shtml. Task Order subcontracting information currently is not reported individually in the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (ESRS).

Small business prime contractors are required to report actual subcontracting information in the SeaPort portal in order to ensure compliance with the requirement that small business prime contractors, or with similarly situated subcontractors, perform more than 50% of the effort under a small business set-aside procurement (Reference FAR 52.219-14).

Small business prime contractors are NOT required to enter information in ESRS.

C.10. AFFILIATES RULE

C.10.1 - Definitions

“Affiliates” are business concerns that are affiliates of each other if, directly or indirectly, either one controls or has the power to control the other, or another concern controls or has the power to control both. Affiliates are encouraged to determine amongst themselves which entity will hold the MAC as the Prime for bidding purposes.

“Company” includes affiliates and business units as defined in FAR 2.101; this also includes Joint Ventures.

“Division” is a separate business unit of a company representing a specific business function.

“Subsidiary” means an entity in which more than 50 percent of the entity is owned directly by a parent corporation;

or through another subsidiary of a parent corporation.

C.10.2. - One Prime Contract Per Company

The Contractor, either through its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, business units, etc. is permitted to hold one SeaPort

NxG MAC in total. This rule does not prevent an affiliated company from being able to participate in SeaPort NxG.

Any proposal submitted in response to a Task Order solicitation should be submitted in the portal through the account of the Prime MAC holder and the proposal should clearly identify the affiliate as the prime. Contractors are cautioned that the Prime MAC holder is the authorized and binding authority in any Task Order award. All payment information and CPARS ratings will flow through the Prime MAC holders and although the affiliate may hold a different size status/representation, the size and representations of the Prime MAC is what governs.

Affiliates must decide who will be the NxG Prime MAC holder and all other affiliates would then become subcontractors to that Prime MAC holder, even in the case of the subcontractor/affiliate performing 100% of the work. A Prime MAC holder may novate their SeaPort NxG contract to an affiliate through their cognizant DCMA office however, it must be novated in its entirety - the base MAC contract AND any awarded Task Orders. Upon novation, the SeaPort NxG MAC contract would then maintain the size status or socio-economic status of the original Prime MAC holder.

C.10.3 – Joint Ventures (JVs)

A Joint Venture and individual partners in the Joint Venture can only hold one SeaPort NxG MAC. If one partner of the Joint Venture holds a Prime MAC contract, then the Joint Venture entity cannot also hold a subsequent Prime

MAC contract. Members of the Joint Venture must decide which – the Joint Venture or the individual partner -would be the Prime MAC holder.

Contractors are cautioned that if a Joint Venture holds a SeaPort NxG MAC and that Joint Venture relationship dissolves, the MAC does not automatically transfer to one of the remaining partners. A novation agreement must be processed through the cognizant DCMA office.

C.11. ROLLING ADMISSION

The Navy may periodically decide to expand the existing SeaPort Next Generation Multiple Award Contracts. This expansion would take place during the Rolling Admissions process.

The MAC Contracting Officer located at NSWC Dahlgren is responsible for conducting Rolling Admissions and

SeaPort NxG MAC administration.

C.12 CONTRACTOR SIZE STATUS

Size status of the MACs shall reflect either Small Business or other than Small Business (Large Business) under

NAICS 541330 – with the $41.5M exception for military and aerospace equipment & military weapons.

Contractors will certify their size status at the MAC award and will be required to recertify at the five-year Option renewal.

A SeaPort NxG Prime MAC holder may retain its size status certified at the base MAC or option award for duration of that MAC contract period. The only exception is the mandatory size status recertification that would occur when a SeaPort NxG prime MAC holder merges with, or is bought by, another company. In such situations, the prime

MAC holder must notify the MAC Contracting officer within five (5) business days.

Representations of SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a) and HUBZone shall be verified for award eligibility in set-asides at the

Task Order level.

C.13 MAC OPTION PERIOD

CLINs 5000-8000 are ordering period option items that may be exercised in accordance with the option clause in

Section I. These CLINs are supplied only if the ordering period option is exercised.

Contractors that have not participated in the competitive task order process by submitting a qualifying proposal may not have the option exercised. A qualifying proposal is a proposal that is submitted by a contractor with the intent to win work under SeaPort NxG. Responses to requests for information, unsolicited proposals, proposals lacking cost, or technical information grossly insufficient to have a complete proposal at the task order solicitation level or no bid notification may not constitute as a qualifying proposal.

Vendors that do not have an Active SAM.GOV registration at the time of option exercise, have been debarred or are not in good standing with keeping with the terms and conditions of the MAC IDIQ contract may also not receive the option exercise.

C.14 NOTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL ORGANIZATION CONFLICT(S) OF INTEREST

Offerors are reminded that certain arrangements may preclude, restrict or limit participation, in whole or in part, as either a Sub-contractor or as a Prime Contractor under this competitive procurement. Notwithstanding the existence or non-existence of an OCI clause in the current contract, the Offeror shall comply with FAR 9.5 and identify if an

OCI exists at any tier or arises at any tier at any time during contract performance. The Contractor shall provide notice within 14 days of receipt of any information that may indicate a potential OCI and how they shall mitigate this.

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