OPIC-18-R-0007.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

General Information

Document Type: Combined Solicitation/Synopsis Solicitation Number: OPIC-18-R-0007 Response Date: April 10, 2018 NAICS Code: 511210

Product or Service Code: D302

Section 1.0 - Contracting Office Address:

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC, 20527

Section 2.0 – Description:

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This procurement is being conducted IAW FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures; therefore, competitive range determinations as provided for in FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation, are not applicable under this FAR Part 13 acquisition.

This solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 2005-97). The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 511210.

OPIC seeks a contractor to develop a Risk Scorecard Software Platform that will allow for workflow capabilities, version control, data storage, analytics, improved data integrity through system integration, and reporting via web-based software. See Attachment 1 – Statement of Work for additional information.

Section 3.0 – Requirements: See Attachment 1 – Statement of Work

Section 4.0 - Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance is 18 months from date of award (Tasks 1-5) with up to three one-year option periods (Task 6).

Section 5.0 - Place of Performance:

a. Bulk of work will be done at contractor’s offices

b. Any in-person meetings are to be held at OPIC’s offices at 1100 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20527

Section 6.0 – Contract Overview: A hybrid Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) and Time & Materials (T&M) contract is anticipated.

Section 7.0 - FAR Provisions and Clauses:

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html

FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEP 2006) with Alternate I (OCT 1995) FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2016) FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2016) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (JUL 2016) FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2016) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Items (Jan 2017) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions–Commercial Items (Jan 2017) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, Alternate I (May 2015) FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts (Aug 2012) FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) FAR 52.239-1 Privacy or Security Safeguards (AUG 1996) FAR 52.246-6 Inspection – Time and Material and Labor Hour (May 2001)

FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items” (Nov 2017) Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1 in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

FAR 52.212-5 “Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders” (Jan 2018)

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016) FAR 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements (OCT 2016) FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) FAR 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (JUL 2013) FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (JAN 2017) FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JAN 2017) FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUNE 2003) FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2018) FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (SEPT 2016) FAR52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (OCT 2015) FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016) FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act

(DEC 2010)

FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015) FAR 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification (OCT 2015) FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management (JUL 2013)

The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by full text:

FAR 52.212-2 -- Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Oct 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Vendor whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

Volume 1 – Technical Proposal; shall consist of the following sections:

https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/ https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_200_206.html#wp1141649 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_222.html#wp1147479 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_222.html#wp1147656 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_222.html#wp1147711 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_222.html#wp1158632 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_222.html#wp1162802 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/52_222.html#wp1148123

1. Technical Approach

2. Management Approach

3. Key Personnel Staffing and Experience

4. Past Performance

Volume 2 – Price Proposal; shall consist of Attachment 3 plus a Basis of Estimate (BOE) with labor categories.

The Offeror’s proposal will be evaluated based upon the degree that it addresses the technical requirements, whether pricing is representative of the market and therefore fair and reasonable, and whether it represents the best value to the Government. In the process of determining which source would provide the best value to the agency, OPIC will consider these factors: Technical Capability and Price. The technical factors combined are more important than price; all technical factors are equally weighted.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party.

Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days.

(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 one (1) day of contract expiration; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 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 (5 years).

(End of Clause)

FAR 52.204-21 – Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems (Jun 2016)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

“Covered contractor information system” means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

“Federal contract information” means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public Web sites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

“Information” means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).

“Information system” means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information (44 U.S.C. 3502).

“Safeguarding” means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures.

(1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, or devices (including other information systems).

(ii) Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

(iii) Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

(iv) Control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems.

(v) Identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users, or devices.

(vi) Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

(vii) Sanitize or destroy information system media containing Federal Contract Information before disposal or release for reuse.

(viii) Limit physical access to organizational information systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

(ix) Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity; maintain audit logs of physical access; and control and manage physical access devices.

(x) Monitor, control, and protect organizational communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational information systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of the information systems.

(xi) Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

(xii) Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

(xiii) Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

(xiv) Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

(xv) Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

(2) Other requirements. This clause does not relieve the Contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirements specified by Federal agencies and departments relating to covered contractor information systems generally or other Federal safeguarding requirements for controlled unclassified information (CUI) as established by Executive Order 13556.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract (including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items, other than commercially available off-the-shelf items), in which the subcontractor may have Federal contract information residing in or transiting through its information system.

(End of clause)

Section 8.0 - Questions and Answers:

Questions can be submitted via email to Emily McLaughlin at Emily.McLaughlin@opic.gov no later than Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 2 PM Eastern Standard (EST). Questions and answers will be uploaded and posted via Fedbizopps.

Section 9.0 - Submission Requirements and Proposal Due Date:

Proposals must be submitted electronically (pdf or word format) no later than Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Submit via email to Emily.McLaughlin@opic.gov.

Volume 1 Technical Proposal: Technical proposal should address all four technical factors: technical approach, management approach, key personnel staffing and experience; and past performance.

Volume 2 Price: Offerors must fill out Attachment 3 and include a Basis of Estimate (BOE) with labor categories.

Your proposal MUST affirmatively acknowledge all RFQ amendments.

A. Proposal must include a signed and dated cover letter that states the following:

(1) RFP number and name

(2) RFP issuance date

(3) OPIC issuing office and contact person

(4) Name, address and point of contact of contractor submitting the quotation

(5) Acknowledgement of applicable amendments issued to the RFP

(6) Quotation acceptance period of no less than 120 days

B. Each Volume’s cover letter must include no pricing or technical information.

C. Table of Contents and Organization of Volumes. Each Volume must contain a Table of Contents providing sufficient detail to allow evaluators to easily locate all important Volume elements. All pages, tables, figures, and charts must be clearly numbered using a consistent numbering system.

D. General Formatting. The specified format for the Technical, Past Performance, and Cost/Price Volume is:

(1) Pages must be standard 8 ½” by 11” size and the font must be 12 point Times New Roman. The font size for tables, figures, and graphics must be 8 point or larger and must be Times New Roman or Arial font.

(2) Margins must be one-inch at top/bottom and left/right of each page. Pages must not be reduced form. Headers and footers may be included in the margins.

(3) Paragraph line spacing must be single spaced.

(4) Pages must be printed single-sided.

(5) Foldouts are limited to 11” x 17” size paper and will count as two pages toward the page limit.

E. Page Limits: Volume 1: Technical Proposals (includes technical approach, management approach, key personnel staffing and experience and past performance) - 20 pages not including resumes mailto:Emily.McLaughlin@opic.gov

Volume 2: Price (Attachment 3) – no limit

F. This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for services as defined herein. The government intends to award a contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. To facilitate the award process, all proposals must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

Quoter shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s).

Section 10.0 – Attachments

Attachment 1 – Statement of Work Attachment 2- OPIC Terms and Conditions Attachment 3- Price Proposal

Section 11.0 - Point of Contact

Emily McLaughlin Contracting Officer Email: Emily.McLaughlin@opic.gov