RFQ19GT5024Q0040 Dedicated Internet Service.pdf

U.S. Embassy Guatemala July 29, 2024

Subject: Request for Quotation number 19GT5024Q0040 – Dedicated High Speed Internet Services for the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala

Dear Prospective Quoter:

Enclosed is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Acquisition of Dedicated High Speed Internet Services for the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala. If you would like to submit a quotation, please complete the required portions of the attached documents, and submit your offer to:

GuatemalaBids@state.gov

Please use ONLY the address provided above to send your offer. Include the name of your company and the solicitation number in the subject line of your e-mail. Offers sent to any other email addresses may not be considered valid.

In order for a quotation to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:

1. SF-1449

2. Section I, Pricing

3. Section 5 Representations and Certifications

4. Additional information as required in Section 3

5. The Offeror should submit a completed IRS Form W-14, found at www.irs.gov/w14, to ensure compliance with FAR 52.229-11;”]

6. Proof of SAM Registration

Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database at https://www.sam.gov prior to submittal of their offer/proposal as prescribed under FAR

4.1102. Failure to be registered at time of proposal submission may deem the offeror’s proposal to be considered non-responsible and no further consideration will be given.

Therefore, offerors are highly encouraged to register immediately if they are interested in submitting a response to this requirement. The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at: https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM“

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting a technically acceptable offer at the lowest price. The U.S. Government intends to award a mailto:GuatemalaBids@state.gov https://www.sam.gov/ https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fsd.gov%2Ffsd-gov%2Flearning-center-system.do%3Fsysparm_system%3DSAM&data=05%7C01%7CGaldamezAL%40state.gov%7Cb26946e7255f4fdfa61808da488b8ad9%7C66cf50745afe48d1a691a12b2121f44b%7C0%7C0%7C637902061425901539%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=inP1fR28N3BHGZiNUoPThSD6l%2FVwey%2B7ATnZ0yn1h9s%3D&reserved=0 contract based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.

Prospective offerors/quoters should contact POC Jorge Amezquita 2354-0310 for other related information related to facilities where services will be provided.

The due date to submit questions for this solicitation is on August 8, 2024, by 17:00 hours.

Submit your questions via email to RuizKH@state.gov

Quotations are due by August 23, 2024 by COB 17:00 hours. You will receive an automatic response from the GuatemalaBids@state.gov inbox once your bid has successfully been received. If you do not receive this automatic response, notify us by email RuizKH@state.gov No quotations will be accepted after this time. Proposals must be in English and incomplete proposals will not be accepted.

Email bids should not contain attachments greater than 10MB in size, or they may be refused by the system. Quotation documents should be .pdf, .tif, or .gif files only. Please include the name of your company and the RFQ number in the subject line of your email submittal.

Sincerely, Patrick G. Dignan Contracting Officer mailto:RuizKH@state.gov mailto:GuatemalaBids@state.gov

AUTORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 02/2012)

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE Computer Generated Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

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

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

PR12687799

PAGE 1 OF 50 PAGES

2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/ EFFECTIVE

DATE

4. ORDER NUMBER 5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

19GT5024Q0040

6. SOLICITATION ISSUE

DATE

07/29/2024

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME Karen H Ruiz

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER(No collect calls) +502 4497-0724

8. OFFER DUE DATE/

LOCAL TIME

08/23/2024 / 17:00

9. ISSUED BY CODE GT500 10. THIS ACQUISITION IS UNRESTRICTED OR SET ASIDE: % FOR:

SMALL BUSINESS WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

(WOSB) ELLIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM NAICS:

EDWOSB EMERGING SMALL BUSINESS

AMERICAN EMBASSY GUATEMALA CITY

Boulevard Austriaco 11-51, Zona 16, ATTN: GSO -

PROCUREMENT SECTION

Guatemala

GUATEMALA

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS 8 (A) SIZE STANDARD:

13b. RATING11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINAT-

TION UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

x SEE SCHEDULE

12. DISCOUNT TERMS 13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

x RFQ IFB RFP

15. DELIVER TO CODE 16. ADMINISTERED BY CODE

AMERICAN EMBASSY GUATEMALA CITY

1a. Avenida 7-59, Zona 10, ATTN: NAS

WAREHOUSE

GUATEMALA

GUATEMALA

AMERICAN EMBASSY GUATEMALA CITY

Boulevard Austriaco 11-51, Zona 16, ATTN: GSO - PROCUREMENT SECTION Guatemala

GUATEMALA

CODE FACILITY

CODE

17a. CONTRACTOR/

OFFERER

TELEPHONE NO.

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

AMERICAN EMBASSY GUATEMALA CITY

1A. AVENIDA 7-41, ZONA 10, ATTN: CASHIER

GUATEMALA

GUATEMALA

CODE

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 SEE ADDENDUM

19.

ITEM NO.

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY

22.

UNIT

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

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

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

27a.SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

27b.CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

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 HEREIN.

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

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print) 31c. DATE SIGNED

Dedicated High Speed Internet Services as per attached SOW.

ITEM NO. 20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY

22.

UNIT

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN

RECEIVED INSPECTED ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED: _______________________________

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32c. DATE 32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE 32f. TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

33. SHIP NUMBER 34. VOUCHER NUMBER 35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

36. PAYMENT 37. CHECK NUMBER

PARTIAL FINAL COMPLETE PARTIAL FINAL

38. S/R ACCOUNT NO. 39. S/R VOUCHER NO. 40. PAID BY

41.a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT 42a. RECEIVED BY (Print) 41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41C. DATE

42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)

42c. DATE REC’D (YY/MM/DD) 42d. TOTAL CONTAINERS

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012) BACK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1 - THE SCHEDULE

* SF 1449 cover sheet

* Continuation To SF-1449, RFQ Number RFQ19GT5024Q0040, Prices, Block 23

* Continuation To SF-1449, RFQ Number RFQ19GT5024Q0040, Schedule of Supplies/Services, Block 20

Description/Specifications/Work Statement

* Attachment 1 to Description/Specifications/Statement of Work, Government furnished Property

* Attachment 2 CYBERSECURITY SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT (C-SCRM) SOFTWARE PRODUCER

ATTESTATION FORM

SECTION 2 - CONTRACT CLAUSES

* Contract Clauses

* Addendum to Contract Clauses - FAR and DOSAR Clauses not Prescribed in Part 12

SECTION 3 - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

* Solicitation Provisions

* Addendum to Solicitation Provisions - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in Part 12

SECTION 4 - EVALUATION

* Evaluation

* Addendum to Evaluation - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in Part 12

SECTION 5 - OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

* Offeror Representations and Certifications

* Addendum to Offeror Representations and Certifications - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in

Part 12

SECTION 1 - THE SCHEDULE

CONTINUATION TO SF-1449, RFQ NUMBER RFQ19GT5024Q0040, PRICES BLOCK 23

I. SCOPE OF SERVICES

The Contractor shall complete all work, including furnishing all labor, material, equipment, and services, unless otherwise specified herein, required under this contract for stated services within the time specified herein. The price listed below shall include all labor, materials, overhead, and profit. In consideration of satisfactory performance of all scheduled services required under this contract, the Contractor shall be paid a firm fixed price for all services.

II. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The contract will be for a one-year period from the date of the contract award and a notice to proceed with four (4), option years of one year each.

III. PRICES In consideration of satisfactory performance of the services required under this contract, the Contractor shall be paid a firm fixed price (FFP) per month as stated in the schedule below in Quetzales. 2.1

3.1 VALUE ADDED TAX

VALUE ADDED TAX. Value Added Tax (VAT) is not included in the CLIN rates. Instead, it will be priced as a separate Line Item in the contract and on Invoices. The amount of VAT to be charged is 12%. The VAT will be paid with a VAT exemption form.

3.2. The firm fixed prices are in Quetzales.

4. BASE YEAR: From October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025

Contract Line Item # Description of Services Quantity

Unit Price Q

Per Total Price

Q

One (1) dedicated high speed internet link connectivity network through local ISP of 20 Mbps Availability for 10 public IPs addresses, additional IP’s will be provided if requested. Includes a Digital Band Width Full Duplex (Symmetrical) Internet service through Fiber Optical Redundant for primary and secondary link, 1.1 wire By-Polar and one Router.

Month

Initial Installation (Non-Reoccurring).

GRAND TOTAL FOR BASE YEAR

5. OPTION YEAR 1: From October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026 connectivity network through local ISP of 20 Mbps Availability for 10 public IPs addresses, additional IP’s will be provided if requested. Includes a Digital Band Width Full Duplex (Symmetrical) Internet service through Fiber Optical Redundant for

GRAND TOTAL FOR OPTION YEAR 1

6. OPTION YEAR 2: From October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2027 connectivity network through local ISP of 20 Mbps Availability for 10 public IPs addresses, additional IP’s will be provided if requested. Includes a Digital Band Width Full Duplex (Symmetrical) Internet service through Fiber Optical Redundant for

GRAND TOTAL FOR OPTION YEAR 2

7. OPTION YEAR 3: From October 1, 2027, to September 30, 2028 connectivity network through local ISP of 20 Mbps Availability for 10 public IPs addresses, additional IP’s will be provided if requested. Includes a Digital Band Width Full Duplex (Symmetrical) Internet service through Fiber Optical Redundant for

GRAND TOTAL FOR OPTION YEAR 3

8. OPTION YEAR 4: From October 1, 2028, to September 30, 2029 connectivity network through local ISP of 20 Mbps Availability for 10 public IPs addresses, additional IP’s will be provided if requested. Includes a Digital Band Width Full Duplex (Symmetrical) Internet service through Fiber Optical Redundant for

GRAND TOTAL FOR OPTION YEAR 4

9. SUMMARY

GRAND TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE, INCLUDING ALL OPTION YEARS

Base Period Total Price Q

First Option Year Total Price Q

Second Option Year Total Price Q

Third Option Year Total Price Q

Fourth Option Year Total Price Q

GRAND TOTAL FIRM-FIXED PRICE

FOR BASE YEAR PLUS ALL OPTION YEARS Q

CONTINUATION TO SF-1449, RFQ NUMBER RFQ19GT5024Q0040

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES, BLOCK 20 DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

I. SCOPE OF WORK

The purpose of this firm fixed price contract is to obtain Dedicated High Speed Internet Circuit service for MIC, that includes Router, VPN, Internet Services, and Circuitry for the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala. The service is to be installed in an office located in Puerto de San Jose. Exact facility and location will be informed at the time of award of the contract.

The local Telecommunication’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) contracting firm must provide internet services and dedicated leased line channels and circuitry for connecting remote the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala data links as shown below in this technical paper.

THIS IS THE LIST OF REQUIRED SERVICES:

SERVICE: Internet NAME: Dedicated high speed internet which includes Router, VPN, Internet Services, and

Circuitry.

DESCRIPTION: One (1) dedicated high speed internet link connectivity network through local ISP of

20 Mbps Availability for 10 public IPs addresses, additional IP’s will be provided if requested. Includes a Digital Band Width Full Duplex (Symmetrical) Internet service through Fiber Optical Redundant for primary and secondary link, 1.1 wire By-Polar and one Router.

TYPE OF

SERVICE:

Dedicated Internet Circuit Network Link

LOCATION: Puerto de San Jose, Escuintla DELIVERY SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 17:00 hours.

WARRANTY: The awarded company must provide complete warranty and support of this service.

All products must be UL listed. The awarded company needs to provide warranty upon performed maintenance.

All provided internet services and data point to point connections must comply with the following requirements (except when specified):

Internet Services Quality.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide dedicated leased channel high-speed access to the Internet; data transport media must be fiber optic. Twenty-four (24) hours uplink. Post Internet Service Provider (ISP) connection must be "always on” and must not require the installation of any custom software on the client side.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) digital bandwidth is the amount or volume of data that may be sent through the channel, measured in Megabits per second (Mbps), without distortion. Required Bandwidth connection is defined in each service description.

• Both circuits must be Fiber Optic, terrestrial and direct from the local ISP to U.S.-Embassy- Guatemala-INL-MRI compound in the facilities where the service will be performed, each with a separate circuit from the ISP to prevent loss of signal due to cable cut off.

• If required the circuits shall be installed and delivered to INL-MRI offices on or before 20 calendar days after the Contract is awarded.

• For Internet Services the Internet Service Provider (ISP) must guarantee full contracted bandwidth availability 24X7X365 from the originator side to the ISP’s internet gateway. Bandwidth sharing between other non-Embassy customers is not allowed. Connection Ratio must be 1/1. Service availability Acceptance Level is computed by 365 calendar days times 24 hours per day times 99.99%.

• Internet connection must achieve true 99.99% uptime and service availability per month to comply with the “9s” table that specified that the service will be down or offline a maximum of 52.56 minutes per year, or 4.32 minutes per month, or 1.01 minutes per week, and in case of critical external event, the service shall be reestablished within a period of 2 hours.

• If service downtime exceeds 8 hours, the exceeding time shall be deducted from the monthly payment.

• Internet Service or data service transmission from the originating information server towards an end server is referred to as downstream; and a transmission from an end user towards the remote server is referred as upstream; Post Internet Service Provider (ISP) Contention Ratio (downstream / upstream) must be 1:1 /1:1.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide excellent Quality of Service (QOS) for the connection, that represents the level of consistent download and upload capacity provided, must be the higher QOS percentage possible but, at minimum, greater than 99.99% or the highest possible quality of service connection reaching 100%.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) Round Trip Time (RTT) reports the total time in milliseconds (ms) time to send a small data packet and obtain a reply; must be the faster than 100ms for the Round-Trip Time (RTT) for internet service. Also, RTT must be faster than 7ms for local data services (for instance:

point-to-point channels or web pages accessed through the Guatemala Network Access Point (NAP).

• Option to increase the bandwidth of the service could be requested when needed by INL-MRI Computer Department based on hardware and/or software needs, and not necessarily a constant and yearly increase.

• The Service Provider shall perform maintenance and/or replacement of the installed equipment 4 times a year to ensure Service and Equipment quality.

• As for the Redundancy circuits, in case of a downtime on the main circuit, the backup circuit shall become available automatically, and the downed circuit (either the main or the backup circuit) must be restored within 3 hours maximum.

• No special filters other than the ones required for normal operation shall be installed on the connections. If any additional filter shall be applied, they must be approved by INL-MRI Computer Department, none of the standard filters shall deny any remote connections already established to our servers.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must permit the transit of all Internet Protocol (IP) protocols (especially IPSec), all User Datagram Protocol (UDP) protocols, and all Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) protocol. Filters or sniffers must not be established, connected, or introduced by the ISP for any Embassy channels. If there are any existing filters, sniffers, restrictions, or proxies, they must be identified, and removed prior lease line circuit installation.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide detailed network topology map that shows all possible paths ISP use for the internet traffic between ISP hub in Guatemala and the ISP hub in United

States of America (USA).

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must have redundancy in the Internet backbone between Guatemala and USA. For instance, If NAP Guatemala backbone fail, NAP Americas, NAP Sprint, or any other alternate backbone paths shall be available.

• A diagram or map shall be provided to know the paths of main and secondary circuit.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide fault-tolerance Fiber Optic connectivity to the very end at the U.S.-Embassy-INL-MRI compound Telecommunications Service Entrance Facilities (TSEF) Room.

Network Identification.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide a block of ten (10) public internets IP addresses on a single subnet for Internet services. This public IPs shall be free to use as needed by INL-MRI.

• When the equipment provided by ISP is installed and working in INL-MRI facility; all public IPs assigned to INL-MRI need to be tested by ISP technical personnel in the presence of INL-MRI IT personnel to check that all public IPs have a clean “Trace Route” to any destination in order to check the path that packets take across the Internet, showing each of the individual routers (hops) that handle the packets, as well as measuring the time (network latency) taken to deliver the packets to each route.

• In case of a change of the current ISP, the Public IPs that will be provided, shall be notified within at least a week in advance to INL-MRI IT Personnel in order to redirect any traffic to the new IPs assigned, and the new installation (if another ISP is selected) has to be up, tested and running prior to disconnect the current ISP, with all the above requirements.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide IP addresses used to identify the single subnet address in Classless Inter-Domain Routing address specification.

• In the event of a change in the IP’s provided by the ISP, INL-MRI shall receive a written notice with at least 2 months prior to the change deadline date, so INL-MRI can proceed with any reconfigurations.

• An exclusive and secure web page shall be provided to monitor internet service performance;

both, main and secondary circuits shall be displayed to check consistency of service. This service shall include a unique username and password controlled by INL-MRI IT Personnel.

• Helpdesk and technical support shall be available 24*7*365.

• Problem management and escalation process file shall be provided in advance with technical support personnel, sales representative, and corporate sales manager data (names, office telephone and extension number, cellular telephone number, company e-mail address).

Network Devices.

The network devices shall comply with the following characteristics:

• Services provided by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) must be delivered with RJ-45 interface connectors with a 10/100baseT interface.

• Internet Service Provider (ISP) must provide routers and Data media converters or transmission devices in all cases.

• Power standard sources must be 110 VAC/60 HZT

• Devices must be Rack mountable in a standard Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) rack.

• One separate or individual physical interface connector is required per service.

The network devices shall comply with the following characteristics:

Must not have ZTE, Huawei, Xiaomi and affiliated branded products in use on the internet connection.

Post may not enter into contract (or extend or renew contract) with an entity that uses above mentioned equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

II. GENERAL:

A. The Department of State has a requirement for one full period, full duplex, clear channels, and digital circuits capable of supporting synchronous traffic of 20Mbps. For clear channel circuits, they shall be completely transparent to 20Mbps data, with no bits added to or deleted from the bit stream provided to the interface of the Department of State equipment.

The Department of State reserves the right to increase or decrease this digital circuit bandwidth requirement from no less than 64 kbps and up to 15 Mb within 30 days written notice to the Contractor. The desired intervals for circuit bandwidth are as follows: 1Mb, 2Mb, 4Mb, 6Mb, 8Mb, 10Mb, and 15Mb. The Contractor is to provide fractional T-1 fixed cost pricing for this increase or decrease of digital service. The availability of this circuit shall not be less than 99.9 percent per month over the period of the contract.

B. This digital service shall be via whatever facilities are available to the Contractor. NOTE: Double satellite hops are not acceptable. The service shall be for the exclusive use of the Department of State, 24-hours per day, 7 days per week, and 52 weeks per year. No on-premises satellite ground station will be considered for this circuit.

C. The Contractor shall coordinate the service and shall be responsible for the technical sufficiency of the circuit, including services necessary to establish, operate, and restore the circuit. Except for modems and terminal equipment furnished by the Government, the Contractor shall provide all equipment, materials, and supplies required to provide the service which includes the Data Service Unit (DSU) configured with Data Communications Equipment (DCE) interface. If required, signal element timing shall be provided by the Contractor’s facility.

D. The Contractor shall provide sufficient technical support to ensure uninterrupted end-to-end service between such terminal points as are covered in this contract. The Contractor shall provide, properly adjust, and maintain the circuit for continuous Department of State use. The Contractor shall ensure that the circuit complies with service changes, additions, or deletions as required under this contract.

E. Reserved

F. Reserved

G. The Contractor shall supply a Data Service Unit(s) (DSUs) configured with a Data Communications Equipment (DCE) interface. Signal element timing shall be provided as follows: (1) timing to the American Embassy will be provided by the Contractor’s facility.

H. Reserved

NOTE: Where applicable for digital service and for information purposes:

I. Services. This is a firm fixed-price contract for the lease of one full period, full duplex, clear channel, digital circuit capable of supporting synchronous20 Mbps. The circuit shall be completely transparent to 20 Mbps data, with no bits added to or deleted from the bit stream provided to the interface of the Department of State equipment. The circuit shall be supplied for the transmission of a multiplexed aggregate bit stream for telegraphic and data signals.

J. Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) The bit error rate (BER) for the service shall not be greater than 1 in 10 to the 6 bits for 99.7% of the time, for all time.

K. Acceptable Level of Performance. The Standard of Performance (SP) for this contract is 99.7% percent availability per month (100 percent less 0.3 percent each month for corrective and preventive maintenance).

L. Inspection and Acceptance. Unless specified in the Contract, the Government shall require a period not to exceed 24 hours in order to perform testing to determine acceptance of the required circuit under Section C. The U.S. destination point, or the U.S. foreign post shall conduct the testing.

Quality control acceptance of completed tasks and Invoice under this Purchase Order Contract shall be based on:

• An A/C Technician must be in charge to verify, provide quality control and acceptance of the maintenance services for all A/C units.

• A written report will be required after services is completed for COR.

• The successful completion of all items as described in this document.

• Government sign-off by the COR.

• Contractor Bills for services rendered upon Service is completed.

• The Contractor shall submit a quarterly report to the GSO -INL COR identifying delivery of services performed.

M. Term of Contract: The required circuits shall be installed and delivered to the Destination Point on or before 60 Days after Contract Award. Upon successful installation and acceptance by the Government of the required circuit under Section C, the Contractor shall be provided, in writing, notice to proceed and shall provide contractual services for a twelve (12) month period, commencing on the date specified in the notice to proceed.

N. The Contractor agrees that the work and services set forth in this contract shall be performed during the period commencing the effective date of this contract and shall continue through the end of the twelve-month period of service (CLIN 1), excluding the exercise of any option.

O. Option CLINs, if exercised, as reflected in Section 1, shall be for Twelve (12) months each, commencing at the expiration of the previous period of performance or a negotiated period.

P. An Invoice, suitable for payment, shall contain, but not limited to, the following information:

1. Name of Contractor;

2. Date of Invoice;

3. Original Invoice Number (Consecutive numbers);

4. Contract number;

5. Task or Delivery Order number, as applicable;

6. Government Specific Accounting and Appropriation Data (Funding Cite.)

(Example: 19X0113-2015-X75041-180100-5327-2332);

7. Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) of item or service provided;

8. Description of the item, or service actually provided;

9. Period of performance of service or date item is provided;

10. Block/Space reserved for COR acceptance signature and date;

11. Signature, Name and Phone number of Company representative authorized to sign invoices;

12. Remit to address

13. Name, phone number and Mailing address to whom any disputed invoices shall be addressed;

14. Credits with explanation and period covered.

Failure to submit Invoices which do not identify this information shall be returned without payment to the Contractor for correction.

Q. The circuit described above is exempt, under Article 34 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, from the Special Access Surcharges or foreign taxes, including Value Added Taxes.

R. Authorized Instruction to Contractor

a. No person or agency other than the Contracting Officer (CO) is authorized to give instruction, orders, or directions on behalf of the Government to the Contractor or his employees, unless such person or agency is authorized in writing by the CO to so act. The authority of such person or agency is strictly limited to the written authorization provided by the CO. The duty is upon the Contractor to determine the authority of such person or agency. Any questions regarding the authority of such person or agency shall be directed to the CO in writing.

b. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): The CO may designate and authorize a representative(s) to act on his/her behalf under this contract. Such representative(s) as may be appointed shall be designated by a letter from the CO and a copy of the letter shall be given to the Contractor. The COR shall represent the CO as specified in his/her delegation of authority letter. The COR shall not be authorized to issue change orders or adjustments. Changes in the Scope of Work/Specifications or any increase or decrease in the work called for by this contract shall be made by the CO by an executed modification to this contract.

S. Reserved

T. Release of Information

1. The Contractor’s organization shall clear with the Information Office listed below any public release of information on this contract. This information includes news stories, articles, sales literature, advertisements, radio-TV spots, etc.

2. The request for public release of information shall be addressed to: Patrick G. Dignan DignanPG@state.gov

3. Limited Use of Data and Information. Performance of this contract may require the Contractor to access and use data and information proprietary to the Government agency or agency personnel, or which is of such a nature that its dissemination or use, other than in performance of this contract would be adverse to the interests of the Government or others. The Contractor and Contractor personnel shall not divulge, or release data or information developed or obtained in performance of this contract, until made public by the Government, except to authorized Government personnel or upon written approval of the Contracting Officer. The Contractor will not use, disclose, or reproduce proprietary data which bears a restrictive legend, other than as required in the performance of this contract. Nothing herein shall preclude the use of any data independently acquired by the Contractor without such limitations or prohibit an agreement at no costs to the Government between the Contractor and the data owner provides for greater rights to the Contractor.

U. Circuit Downtime and Credits

Credits shall be assessed against the Contractor in those instances where the circuit during any given month or year that fail to achieve and sustain the minimum acceptance standards stated above.

mailto:DignanPG@state.gov

1. Definitions:

Circuit Availability Acceptance Level: Yearly Circuit Availability Acceptance Level is computed by 365 calendar days times 24 (hours per day) times 99.7% acceptance level equals 8,716.20 hours annum. (365 x 24 = 8760 x 99.7% = 8,733.72). Monthly Circuit Availability is computed by the calendar days per month times 24 (hours per day) times 99.7% acceptance level (example: 31 x 24 = 744 x 99.7% = 741.76).

Downtime: That period of time when the circuit becomes non-operational or unusable for communication or transfer of data or failures to meet the minimum acceptance standards. The maximum cumulative Annual downtime that shall be acceptable for corrective or preventative maintenance is 26.28 hours (8760 x .3%). The maximum cumulative Monthly downtime that shall be acceptable for corrective or preventative maintenance shall be .3% of the total available hours for the month (example: 31 x 24 = 744 x .3% = 2.23 hours).

Period of Downtime: Downtime shall commence at the time first attempt for contact is made by the Government (or its representative) to the Contractor’s Point of Contact and shall be annotated on the Remedy Ticket and shall continue until the circuit is returned into Service by the Government.

Downtime Credits: Monetary value returned to the Government for failure to meet the Circuit availability requirements. Downtime Credits shall be assessed based on cumulative downtime time with the minimum assessment being one hour. Downtime credit shall be equal to the hourly or daily rate (as applicable) as identified in the schedule in Section B. There are two (2) situations when circuit Downtime Credits can be accumulated:

1) Below Availability Level,

2) Extended Downtime.

2. Credit for Circuit Downtime by Situation

Below Availability Level: If the downtime accumulated for a circuit adds up to 26.28 (8760 x 0.3%) cumulative hours or more during any one contract year (365 calendar days) or depending on the number of hours for the month (example 744 x .3%) cumulative hours per month (example: 31 calendar day month) the Contractor shall grant an hourly credit to the Government for each hour of downtime. Each additional one-hour increment or portion thereof will be assessed as an additional hour.

Extended Downtime Credit(s): Cumulative time of more than 18 hours but not greater than 24 hours for any one outage shall be assessed at a daily rate. Any increment of 24 hours beyond the initial 24 hours of any one outage shall be assessed at the standards for the hourly rate up to 12 hours, however between 12 and 24 hours the credit shall be assessed at the daily rate.

3. Exceptions to Cumulating of Downtime

Cumulating of circuit downtime shall include all unscheduled downtime deemed to be the responsibility of the Contractor, with the following exceptions:

a. When the failure to perform arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor or Sub-contractor as defined in the Termination for Default clause in Section I of this contract.

b. Malfunction of equipment, frequency fading and interference, errors of commission and/or omission by the Contractor or Sub-contractor, and commercial power surges or failures are considered to be normal hazards of the industry and therefore do not qualify as causes beyond the control of the Contractor or Sub-contractor. The Contractor shall be charged with credits for all reported outages determined “no trouble found” or “came clear while testing” but which exceed 45 minutes.

The Contracting Officer shall make final determination as to whether downtime is the responsibility of the Contractor. If requested by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall provide documentation to support claims of excusable downtime. For downtime determined to be the Contractor’s responsibility, the Contracting Officer may elect to assess a credit for each instance of non-performance.

4. Payment Reduction for Downtime Credits

When Circuit Downtime credit(s) is owed to the Government, the total number of creditable hours shall be accumulated for the month and will be deducted from the payment due the Contractor in the month they accrued.

5. Trouble Escalation Procedure

a. The Government shall refer the problem to the carrier after performing tests as prescribed in the Trouble Analysis procedure. Obtain the name of the carrier test person and a carrier ticket number; record this information on the Government’s Remedy Ticket.

b. After the trouble has been referred to the carrier for two (2) hours, recall the carrier for an update on the current trouble. Record the carrier’s response, the name of the individual you talked with, and the carrier ticket number on the Remedy Ticket.

c. After the trouble has been referred to the carrier for four (4) hours, recall the carrier for an update on the current trouble. If the carrier’s response is not satisfactory escalate the trouble to the carrier’s management.

Record the carrier’s response, the name of the individual you talked with, and the carrier ticket number on the Remedy Ticket.

d. After the trouble has been referred to the Contractor for six (6) hours the COR shall escalate the trouble to the Contractor’s manager; also notify IRM/IMO and the Contracting Officer and the STATE IRM/ISC Office. Record the contractor’s response, the name of the individual you talked with, the Contractor ticket number, and the names of the IRM managers that were notified on the Remedy Ticket.

e. Continue to status the Contractor for the remainder of the outage or until you have received a problem resolved status.

6. Technological Refreshment

After contract award, the Government may; pursuant to FAR clause 52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, paragraph (c), Changes; request changes within the scope of the contract. These changes may be required to improve performance or react to changes in technology.

The Contractor may propose for the Government’s technological refreshment, substitutions or additions for any provided products or services that may become available as a result of technological improvements. The Government may, at any time during the term of this contract or any extensions thereof, modify the contract to acquire products which are similar to those under the contract and that the Contractor has, or has not, formally announced for marketing purposes. This action is considered to be within the scope of the contract. At the option of the Government, a demonstration of the substitute product may be required. The Government is under no obligation to modify the contract in response to the proposed additions or substitutions.

Such substitutions or additions may include any part of, or all of, a given product(s) provided that the following conditions are met and substantiated by documentation in the technological refreshment proposal:

a. The proposed product(s) shall meet all of the technical specifications of this document and conform to the terms and conditions cited in the contract.

b. The proposed product(s) shall have the capacity, performance, or functional characteristics equal to or greater than, the current product(s).

c. The proposal shall discuss the impact on hardware, services, and delivery schedules. The cost of the changes not specifically addressed in the proposal shall be borne entirely by the Contractor.

d. Contractor has the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, any technological refreshment proposal prior to acceptance by the Government. Contractor will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that prices for substitutions or additions are comparable to replaced or discontinued products. If a technological refreshment proposal is accepted and made a part of this contract, an equitable adjustment, increasing or decreasing the contract price, may be required and any other affected provisions of this contract shall be made in accordance with FAR clause 52.212-4, paragraph (c), Changes, and other applicable clauses of the contract.

7. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP)

This plan provides an effective method to promote satisfactory contractor performance. The QASP provides a method for the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to monitor Contractor performance, advise the Contractor of unsatisfactory performance, and notify the Contracting Officer of continued unsatisfactory performance. The Contractor, not the Government, is responsible for management and quality control to meet the terms of the contract. The role of the Government is to monitor quality to ensure that contract standards are achieved.

Performance Objective Scope of Work Para Performance Threshold Services.

Performs all services set forth in the scope of work.

1. thru 6.

All required services are performed and no more than one (1) customer complaint is received per month. A quarterly report for the service shall be delivered to the COR in order to comply with service availability requested.

SECTION 2 - CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2023) IS INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE. (SEE SF-1449, BLOCK 27A)

52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR

EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES (MAY 2024)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (DEC 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (NOV 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015).

(5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023) ( 31 U.S.C.

3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801).

(6) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) ( 31 U.S.C. 3553).

(7) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78

( 19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

__ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with Alternate I (NOV 2021) ( 41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655).

__ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021) ( 41 U.S.C. 3509)).

__ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of

2009 (JUN 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5). (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.)

__ (4) 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2023) ( 41 U.S.C. 4712); this clause does not apply to contracts of DoD, NASA, the Coast Guard, or applicable elements of the intelligence community—see FAR 3.900(a).

__ (5) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) (Pub. L.

109-282) ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

__ (6) [Reserved].

__ (7) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (OCT 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of

Div. C).

__ (8) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (OCT

2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

__ (9) 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (JUN 2023) (Section 102 of Division R of

Pub. L. 117-328).

__ (10) 52.204-28, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts. (DEC 2023) ( Pub. L. 115–390, title II).

__ (11)

(i) 52.204-30, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition. (DEC 2023) ( Pub. L.

115–390, title II).

__ (ii) Alternate I (DEC 2023) of 52.204-30.

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.203-19#FAR_52_203_19 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-23#FAR_52_204_23 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-25#FAR_52_204_25 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.209-10#FAR_52_209_10 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.232-40#FAR_52_232_40 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3903 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3903 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/10/3801 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.233-3#FAR_52_233_3 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.233-4#FAR_52_233_4 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.203-6#FAR_52_203_6 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/10/4655 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.203-13#FAR_52_203_13 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.203-15#FAR_52_203_15 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.203-17#FAR_52_203_17 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/41/4712 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/3.900#FAR_3_900 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-10#FAR_52_204_10 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-14#FAR_52_204_14 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-15#FAR_52_204_15 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-27#FAR_52_204_27 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-28#FAR_52_204_28 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/115/public/390 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-30#FAR_52_204_30 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/115/public/390 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/115/public/390 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-30#FAR_52_204_30

__ (12) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (NOV 2021) ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

__ (13) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (OCT 2018) ( 41 U.S.C. 2313).

__ (14) [Reserved].

__ (15) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (OCT 2022) ( 15 U.S.C. 657a).

__ (16) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022)

(if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) ( 15 U.S.C. 657a).

__ (17) [Reserved] __ (18)

(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) ( 15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (MAR 2020) of 52.219-6.

__ (19)

(i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) ( 15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (MAR 2020) of 52.219-7.

__ (20) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (FEB 2024) ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

__ (21)

(i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (SEP 2023) ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)).

__ (ii) Alternate I (NOV 2016) of 52.219-9.

__ (iii) Alternate II (NOV 2016) of 52.219-9.

__ (iv) Alternate III (JUN 2020) of 52.219-9.

__ (v) Alternate IV (SEP 2023) of 52.219-9.

__ (22)

(i) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (MAR 2020) ( 15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

__ (ii) Alternate I (MAR 2020) of 52.219-13.

__ (23) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (OCT 2022) ( 15 U.S.C. 637s).

__ (24) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcontracting Plan (SEP 2021) ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

__ (25) 52.219-27, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned

Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the SDVOSB Program (FEB 2024) ( 15 U.S.C. 657f).

__ (26)

(i) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (FEB 2024) ( 15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

__ (ii) Alternate I (MAR 2020) of 52.219-28.

__ (27) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women- Owned Small Business Concerns (OCT 2022) ( 15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

__ (28) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole-Source Award to, Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (OCT 2022) ( 15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

__ (29) 52.219-32, Orders Issued Directly Under Small Business Reserves (MAR 2020) ( 15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

__ (30) 52.219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule (SEP 2021) ( 15U.S.C. 637(a)(17)).

__ (31) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O.11755).

_x_ (32) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (FEB 2024).

__ (33) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015).

__ (34)

(i) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O.11246).

__ (ii) Alternate I (FEB 1999) of 52.222-26.

__ (35)

(i) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020) ( 38 U.S.C. 4212).

__ (ii) Alternate I (JUL 2014) of 52.222-35.

__ (36)

(i) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) ( 29 U.S.C. 793).

__ (ii) Alternate I (JUL 2014) of 52.222-36.

__ (37) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) ( 38 U.S.C. 4212).

__ (38) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC

2010) (E.O. 13496).

https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.209-6#FAR_52_209_6 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.209-9#FAR_52_209_9 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section2313&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-3#FAR_52_219_3 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section637a&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-4#FAR_52_219_4 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-6#FAR_52_219_6 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-6#FAR_52_219_6 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-7#FAR_52_219_7 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-7#FAR_52_219_7 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.219-8#FAR_52_219_8 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3…