AFRICAP_RFP_(SECTIONS_B_-_M).docx

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1 Overview

The Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Regional and Security (AF/RSA) supports U.S. foreign policy goals in sub-Saharan Africa through a variety of programs and policies designed to bolster peace, security and regional stability. One such program is the Africa Peacekeeping Program (AFRICAP), which is the subject of this contract.

Under this AFRICAP Contract, the Contractor shall provide training, equipment, logistical and technical support and construction services to African countries and organizations, to include systems management, staffing, operation, maintenance, medical support transportation, supply chain management and reporting activities.

B.2 TYPE OF CONTRACT

a) This is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.504 (Indefinite-Quantity Contracts).

b) This contract is for non-commercial items. Specific tasks or work to be performed will be clearly identified on the task order level.

c) The contract type(s) for an individual task order will be one or a combination identified in FAR part 16 (Types of Contracts), depending on one or more of the factors identified in FAR 16.104 (Factors in Selecting Contract Types). To the extent practicable, training, advisory services and logistics shall be awarded on a fixed price basis. Construction activities shall be awarded on a firm fixed price basis.

d) If a task order will be performance-based, as described in FAR subpart 37.6 (Performance-based Acquisition), its requirements will be conveyed and administered at the task order level.

e) This acquisition will be a partial set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns. Unless a waiver is granted by the Contracting Officer, all acquisitions under $5 million will be 100% set aside for small business concerns. A waiver to the set aside requirement on the task order level will be considered to address time sensitive issues or situations resulting in an imminent threat to DOS or contractor personnel or property. All acquisitions between $5 million and $10 million will be reviewed by the Contracting Officer to determine if small business contract holders have the capability to successfully perform task order requirements. The review for acquisitions between $5 million and $10 million will include an analysis of the complexity and urgency of the requirement or the presence of hazardous conditions or other exigent conditions to determine if a small business prime contractor can successfully perform all task order requirements. Contracting Officer review will include, at a minimum, an analysis past performance information and any other information readily available to the government. Full and open competition will be provided for all task orders exceeding $10 million.

B.3 MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM contract QUANTITIES

a) The Government shall meet the contract minimum of $15,000 (inclusive of all direct costs, indirect costs, and profit/fee) through the issuance of task order(s) within the contract’s period of performance. The minimum quantity applies to each contract.

b) The maximum quantity for the contract’s period of performance, including any extension(s), shall be any quantity or combination of supplies and services not exceeding $1,500,000,000 (inclusive of all direct costs, indirect costs, and profit/fee). The maximum quantity is cumulative among all contracts.

B.4 NOT-TO-EXCEED (NTE) FULLY-LOADED HOURLY LABOR RATES

a) This section applies to labor-hour arrangements (i.e., task orders or line items in a task order), the time portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and when negotiating the fixed price under fixed-price arrangements.

b) The following table displays the negotiated not-to-exceed (NTE) fully-loaded hourly labor rates for a 40-hour normal workweek:

CLIN

Labor Category

Base Year

c) The following table displays the negotiated not-to-exceed (NTE) fully-loaded hourly labor rates for a 48-hour normal workweek:

Base Year

d) The labor category description for each labor category identified in Sections B.4(b) and (c) is located in Section H.7.

e) The negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates are in United States currency.

f) The negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates apply only to individuals who have legal status to work in the United States of America (e.g., United States citizens, United States resident aliens, and individuals with permits showing authorization to work in the United States).

g) Fully-loaded hourly labor rates for host-country/local nationals and third-country nationals, if applicable, will be negotiated at the task order level.

h) Each negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate consists of an unloaded hourly labor rate, any labor-related direct costs (e.g., fringe benefits, bonuses), applicable indirect costs, and profit amount. It does not include any other costs.

Any other costs that are part of the Contractor’s established compensation plan and consistent with FAR part 31 shall be allocated as an ODC (other direct cost) (under fixed-price and cost-reimbursement arrangements) or as a Material (under time-and-materials arrangements) at the task order level. Examples of such costs, if applicable, that shall be allocated as an ODC or Material, are post hardship differential pay and danger pay.

i) Any costs included in the negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates shall not be charged elsewhere under this contract.

j) At the task order level, the Government will specify and/or allow the Contractor to propose the labor categories required for a given task order’s performance. Contract-specified categories shall be used when applicable.

k) At the task order level, the Contractor will be given an opportunity to propose fully-loaded hourly labor rates that match or are lower than the respective negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates. The Contractor will be paid only at fully-loaded hourly labor rates that are equal to or are less than the respective negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates.

l) The fully-loaded hourly labor rates awarded as part of an individual task order will apply only to that task order. These rates will be the maximum labor rate.

m) The fully-loaded hourly labor rates awarded as part of an individual task order will also apply to any equitable adjustment resulting from any change to the task order requirement.

n) The following describes the normal workweek for Contractor and subcontractor employees:

1. A normal workweek is based on a seven-day workweek.

2. The negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates apply to a normal workweek of 40 or 48 hours, respectively.

3. A normal workweek of 40 hours is based on performance of eight hours per day multiplied by five days per week.

4. A normal workweek of 48 hours is based on performance of eight hours per day multiplied by six days per week.

5. A normal workweek of 40 hours applies to performance in the continental United States (CONUS). “CONUS” means the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia.

6. A normal workweek of 48 hours applies to performance outside the continental United States (OCONUS).

7. If the normal workweek for an individual task order differs from a 40-hour or 48-hour normal workweek, both parties will negotiate labor rates based on the normal workweek for the individual task order. Such negotiated rates will apply only to that task order, unless additionally negotiated into the contract.

o) The negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates apply only to the labor categories specified in Sections B.4(b) and (c). Any additional labor categories will be specified and their associated labor rates will be negotiated at the task order level. Additional labor categories and associated labor rates awarded for an individual task order will apply only to that task order, unless additionally negotiated into the contract.

p) For labor-hour arrangements and the time portion of time-and-materials arrangements, the Government will pay the awarded fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rate and only for performed labor that meets the labor qualifications specified in the contract and/or individual task order.

q) For labor-hour arrangements and the time portion of time-and-materials arrangements, labor hours for each labor category will be paid at the same awarded fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rate regardless of whether the individual performing the labor works (either as an employee or consultant) for the prime contractor or a subcontractor.

r) For labor-hour arrangements and the time portion of time-and-materials arrangements, the Government will pay the awarded fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates multiplied by the respective actual incurred hours that the Contracting Officer determines allowable, pursuant to FAR 52.232-7 (Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts).

s) For labor-hour arrangements and the time portion of time-and-materials arrangements, the Government will pay the negotiated fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rate minus ___% (to be inserted at contract award) attributable to profit for those hours the Contractor incurs when replacing or correcting services or materials [reference FAR 52.246-6 (Inspection – Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour)].

t) For arrangements when payment is made not based on actual costs incurred (e.g., firm-fixed-price), each awarded fully-loaded hourly labor rate will be fixed for the period of performance to which it applies, regardless of whether the rate applies to a performing prime contractor or subcontractor employee who has legal status to work in the United States of America, who is a third-country national, or who is a local national. The Government will not consider a request for equitable adjustment or claim associated with a desired change to such rate.

u) For direct labor costs under arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements), the Government will pay the actual incurred unloaded hourly labor rates multiplied by the respective actual incurred hours, subject to the Contracting Officer’s allowability determination, pursuant to FAR 31.201-2 (Determining Allowability).

v) Government payment of indirect costs under cost-reimbursement arrangements, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements is described in Sections B.5 and B.6.

B.5 PROVISIONAL BILLING INDIRECT COST RATES

a) This section applies to cost-reimbursement arrangements (i.e., task orders or line items in a task order), materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and any progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements.

b) The following table displays the negotiated provisional billing indirect cost rates:

Indirect Cost Rate Description Negotiated Provisional Billing Indirect Cost Rate

Allocation Base

Contractor Fiscal Year Period

To be inserted at contract award

c) The Contractor may recover, if consistent with FAR subpart 31.2 and the Contractor’s established (or disclosed, if contract is Cost Accounting Standards-covered) cost accounting practices, allowable indirect costs.

d) Only the Contractor's indirect cost rates are identified above.

e) The Contractor shall be reimbursed:

1. only the indirect cost rate descriptions identified in the table unless prior written approval was obtained by the Contractor’s cognizant Federal agency official (CFAO); and

2. at the negotiated provisional billing indirect cost rates until revised billing indirect cost rates or final indirect cost rates have been established by the Contractor’s CFAO.

f) After any additional (other than just a name change) indirect cost rate description has been approved in writing by the Contractor’s CFAO, negotiation of provisional billing indirect cost rates and ceiling indirect cost rates associated with such description will occur after the CFAO has issued his prior written approval of such description.

g) If any revised billing indirect cost rate or final indirect cost rate(s) established by the Contractor’s CFAO exceeds this contract’s respective ceiling indirect cost rate (see Section B.6), the Contractor shall be reimbursed at the contract’s ceiling indirect cost rate.

h) The Contractor shall make no change to its established (or disclosed, if contract is Cost Accounting Standards-covered) method of classifying or allocating indirect costs without the prior written approval of the Contractor’s CFAO.

i) The Contractor’s fiscal year period is the period used by the Contractor for cost accounting purposes.

B.6 CEILING INDIRECT COST RATES

a) This section applies to cost-reimbursement arrangements (i.e., task orders or line items in a task order), materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and any progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements.

b) The following table displays the negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates:

Allocation Base Contractor Fiscal Year Period

To be inserted at contract award

c) The negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates will be compared to the respective established final indirect cost rates, and the Government shall pay the lesser of the negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates and the respective established final indirect cost rates. See Section B.5(g) for the other usage of the negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates.

d) If the Government uses the quick-closeout procedure provided in FAR 52.216-7 (Allowable Cost and Payment), the Government will not pay indirect cost rates that exceed the respective negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates.

B.7 TRAVEL COSTS

a) Travel under this contract is defined as Contractor air and ground transportation, lodging, meals and incidental expenses, and passport/visa costs.

b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Contractor shall be paid its allowable travel costs in accordance with FAR 31.205-46 (Travel Costs).

c) Travel costs are authorized for travel beyond a 50-miles’ radius of the Contractor employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) whenever work is required to be accomplished at a remote work site.

d) Local travel shall be processed as follows:

If the Government requires a Contractor employee to work an entire normal work day at a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) and the radius between the two locations is within 50 miles, travel costs are generally allowable, but only for any difference in costs between the employee’s normal daily commuting expense and commuting expense resulting from the most economical means of transportation available to the employee after considering: any physical or medical needs of the employee; and mission requirements.

4. Payment for time associated with such travel is unallowable.

4. If the Government requires a Contractor employee to work part of a normal work day at a site other than the Contractor employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) and the radius between the two locations is within 50 miles, all travel costs are generally allowable, but only for those costs resulting from the most economical means of transportation available to the employee after considering: any physical or medical needs of the employee; and mission requirements.

For this section, “part of a normal work day” is one in which the employee arrives at the start of his normal work day to his local place of performance (official duty station) and departs at the end of his normal work day from his local place of performance (official duty station). An example is an employee having to attend a meeting at a Department of State site in the middle of the work day.

Payment for time associated with such travel is generally allowable as long as such time is counted as part of the employee’s normal work day.

4. If the Government requires a Contractor employee to work part of a normal work day at a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) and the radius between the two locations is within 50 miles, travel costs are generally allowable, but only for any difference in costs between the employee’s normal daily commuting expense and commuting expense resulting from the most economical means of transportation available to the employee, after considering: any physical or medical needs of the employee; and mission requirements.

For this section, “part of a normal work day” is only one of the following:

a. one in which the employee arrives at the start of his normal work day to his local place of performance (official duty station); or

b. one in which the employee departs at the end of his normal work day from his local place of performance (official duty station).

An example is an employee having to attend an all-morning local meeting and returning afterwards to his local place of performance (official duty station).

Payment for time associated with going from the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) to a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) is generally allowable as long as such time is counted as part of the employee’s normal work day.

, payment for time associated with returning from a site other than the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) to the employee’s local place of performance (official duty station) is generally allowable as long as such time is counted as part of the employee’s normal work day.

e) No travel costs (or associated labor time during travel) shall be allowable for regular commuting or telecommuting beyond (or within) a 50-miles’ radius of the Contractor’s local place of performance (official duty station).

f) Costs when using a privately owned vehicle (POV) for official travel are allowable provided that such costs do not exceed costs that would have resulted from use of other reasonable transportation methods (e.g., taxi, airplane, train). Reasonable associated costs, such as tolls and parking fees, are also generally allowable.

g) When traveling in a POV for official travel, the Contractor shall be paid mileage costs at a rate that does not exceed the POV mileage rate established by the Internal Revenue Service.

h) Costs for car rentals for official travel are allowable pursuant to the following:

1. such rentals are consistent with good business practice;

2. such costs do not exceed costs that would have resulted from use of other reasonable transportation methods (e.g., taxi, airplane, train); and

3. such costs do not exceed the actual cost of renting a compact automobile (maximum of one automobile for four Contractor personnel), unless extenuating circumstances (e.g., excess baggage) require other arrangements and Contracting Officer approval is obtained.

Reasonable associated costs, such as tolls and parking fees, are also generally allowable.

i) The Government will pay the Contractor, under the applicable labor category CLIN(s), for each Contractor employee’s travel time to or from authorized work locations as long as the following are met:

1. Payment of travel time described herein is in accordance with the Contractor’s established travel policy.

2. Travel time begins no earlier than two (2) hours prior to the scheduled departure time and concludes upon arrival to the initial destination point (e.g., airport) at the place of performance.

3. The Government will not pay for a Contractor employee’s time spent in layovers that are for the convenience of the Contractor employee or Contractor.

4. The Government will not pay more than eight (8) hours per day per Contractor employee for travel time.

5. The Government will not pay for a Contractor employee’s travel time that is outside the employee’s regular working hours.

6. The Government will not pay for a Contractor employee more than the number of hours in the employee’s normal workweek. “Number of hours” includes productive time hours, travel time hours, and paid time off hours (e.g., sick, vacation, holiday).

7. “Productive time hours” consist of hours that, other than travel time hours, directly benefit the contract.

8. Exceptions must be authorized in advance and in writing by the Contracting Officer.

j) The following items concern passports and visas:

1. The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all personnel who will be required to travel outside the United States have a current and valid U.S. passport.

2. The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining any visas required for travel to foreign countries under this contract.

3. The Contractor’s costs for obtaining and maintaining passports and/or visas will be generally allowable, but the Contractor shall pro-rate equitably such costs if they will benefit cost objectives (e.g., contracts) other than this cost objective.

4. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for travel expenses when travel is cancelled or modified as a result of the Contractor’s failure to obtain a visa, and where the Government has determined that such failure is due to the action or inaction of the Contractor.

5. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for the use of private visa procurement services provided by a third party.

k) Costs for travel that has been modified or cancelled are not allowable unless such modification or cancellation was caused by the Government or otherwise beyond the control of the Contractor.

l) Pursuant to FAR 47.402, 47.403, and the Fly America Act, the Contractor shall use a U.S.-flag air carrier service unless an exception exists. If such conditions exist under a fixed-price arrangement (i.e., task order or line item in a task order), the Contractor shall submit with its task order proposal a memorandum explaining why it does not intend to use a U.S.-flag air carrier service. Inclusion of such costs in the awarded fixed-price is contingent upon Government acceptance of such explanation.

If such conditions exist under arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements), the Contractor shall submit with its voucher a memorandum explaining why it did not use a U.S.-flag air carrier service. Reimbursement is contingent upon Government acceptance of such explanation.

B.8 POST HARDSHIP DIFFERENTIAL PAY AND DANGER PAY

Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay, which are forms of incentive compensation, will be generally allowable. However, Government payment of such costs is contingent on the Contractor meeting all of the following requirements:

a) Paying Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay is part of the Contractor’s established incentive compensation plan or policy, or employer/employee agreement entered into in good faith before the services are rendered, pursuant to FAR 31.205-6(f)(1)(i) (Bonuses and Incentive Compensation).

b) When paying Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay is part of the Contractor’s established incentive compensation plan or policy, such plan or policy is followed consistently as to imply, in effect, an agreement to make such payment pursuant to FAR 31.205-6(f)(1)(i) (Bonuses and Incentive Compensation).

c) The Contractor's basis for paying Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay is supported, pursuant to FAR 31.205-6(f)(1)(ii) (Bonuses and Incentive Compensation).

d) Payment of such costs is otherwise consistent with FAR subpart 31.2.

e) Payment will be made only for areas identified as Post Hardship Differential Pay areas and/or Danger Pay areas in Section 920 of the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR).

f) Payment will be made only for eligible employees. Eligible employees are employees:

1. whose country of citizenship is not in the task order place of performance; and

2. whose primary residence is in an area not identified in Section 920 of the DSSR, or an area identified in Section 920 of the DSSR with an applicable DSSR percentage that is less than the respective applicable DSSR percentage for the task order place of performance.

g) Payment for a given workweek for an eligible employee will not exceed the dollar amount resulting from multiplying the applicable DSSR percentage by the employee’s basic compensation for the given workweek.

h) The applicable DSSR percentage will be the DSSR percentage effective at the time of task order proposal(s) (or upon task order award if feasible) under fixed-price arrangements (i.e., task orders or line items in a task order).

i) The applicable DSSR percentage will be the DSSR percentage effective at the time of task order performance for arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements).

j) An eligible employee’s basic compensation for a given workweek is the dollar amount attributable to the employee as a result of the employee’s productive hours and paid time off (e.g., sick, vacation, holiday) hours for the given workweek. It is the employee’s base salary/unloaded compensation for the given workweek. However, such compensation must:

1. benefit the task order; and/or

2. be an equitable amount that is necessary to support the overall operation of the business, although a direct relationship to any particular cost objective (e.g., task order) cannot be shown.

k) The number of hours included in an eligible employee’s basic compensation for a given workweek cannot exceed the number of hours for the task order’s normal workweek. A normal workweek is defined in Section B.4(n).

l) Basic compensation included in the fixed-price under fixed-price arrangements will consist of each eligible employee’s negotiated base salary/unloaded compensation for the task order period of performance.

m) Basic compensation will consist of actual incurred base salary/unloaded compensation for arrangements when payment is made based on actual costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements).

n) An eligible employee may receive Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay during paid time off only when the employee takes paid time off in the task order place of performance or in another Post Hardship Differential Pay and Danger Pay area, respectively.

o) When an eligible employee takes paid time off in another Post Hardship Differential Pay and/or Danger Pay area, payment will be based on the applicable DSSR percentage(s) for the task order place of performance.

p) Payment of Post Hardship Differential Pay for an eligible employee will not commence until the eligible employee has served 42 calendar days in the task order place of performance. Payment will commence on the first productive or non-productive day after day 42, and will not be retroactive to days previously served unless paragraph “q” immediately below applies. The 42 calendar days are not required to be consecutive, and “served” consists of productive time, paid time off, and time otherwise spent in the task order place of performance.

q) Once an eligible employee has served 42 calendar days in the task order place of performance, payment of Post Hardship Differential Pay will be retroactive to day 1 served in the task order place of performance if the task order place of performance is in an area identified in Footnote N in the Post Classification and Payment Tables in Section 920 of the DSSR. Currently, Afghanistan and Iraq are the only such areas.

r) Payment of Post Hardship Differential Pay for an eligible employee will conclude when the eligible employee departs the task order place of performance, unless such departure is to another Post Hardship Differential Pay area during paid time off.

s) For Post Hardship Differential Pay, when an eligible employee has not yet served 42 calendar days and returns to the task order place of performance after an absence from the task order place of performance, the number of days served resumes on the day of return. For example, if an eligible employee served 30 calendar days in the task order place of performance and departed the task order place of performance for 14 days, the day of return (day 44) will be considered day 31 of days served.

t) Payment of Danger Pay for an eligible employee will commence on the day of arrival in the task order place of performance and conclude on the day of departure from the task order place of performance, unless such departure is to another Danger Pay area during paid time off.

B.9 DEFENSE BASE ACT (DBA) INSURANCE

a) DBA Insurance costs are unallowable for performance in the United States.

b) DBA Insurance costs are generally allowable for performance outside the United States, but only for covered Contractor and subcontractor employees. The following are covered Contractor and subcontractor employees:

1. United States citizens or residents;

2. Individuals hired in the United States or its possessions, regardless of citizenship; and

3. Local nationals and third country nationals where task order performance takes place in a country where there are no local worker’s compensation laws.

c) In addition, DBA Insurance costs are generally allowable for performance outside the United States, but only when such costs accord with the terms of the Contractor’s DBA Insurance policy, law, and regulation.

d) The Contractor’s DBA Insurance policy shall be with a carrier approved by the United States Department of Labor to provide DBA Insurance, or the Contractor shall be a self-insured employer authorized by the United States Department of Labor to provide DBA Insurance.

B.10 OVERTIME

1. The Contractor agrees to perform this contract, so far as practicable, without using overtime, particularly as a regular employment practice, except when lower overall costs to the Government will result or when it is necessary to meet urgent program needs [reference FAR 22.103-2 (Overtime – Policy)].

1. Overtime is defined as time worked in excess of the number of hours in a normal workweek.

1. “Number of hours” includes productive time hours, travel time hours, and paid time off hours (e.g., sick, vacation, holiday).

1. “Productive time hours” consist of hours that, other than travel time hours, directly benefit the contract.

1. “Travel time hours” consist of hours spent by the employee traveling to or from authorized work locations. See Section B.7(i) for further information.

1. A normal workweek is defined in Section B.4(n).

1. For fixed-price arrangements (i.e., task orders or line items in a task order), the Government will not pay for overtime.

g) The following applies to cost-reimbursement arrangements and the materials portion of time-and-materials arrangements (task orders or line items in a task order):

1. Government payment for overtime must be authorized in advance of any Contractor employee’s performance of overtime and in writing by the Contracting Officer when the Contractor requests an overtime premium cost that exceeds $0.00. Such request shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer and shall address each item under FAR 52.222-2(b) (Payment for Overtime Premiums).

2. Evidence showing the Contracting Officer’s approval shall be sent with each invoice on which overtime containing a premium cost that exceeds $0.00 is being billed.

3. Advance Government authorization for any Contractor employee’s performance of overtime is not required when the overtime premium cost does not exceed $0.00.

4. Unless advance authorization has been granted pursuant to Section B.10(h)(1), any Government payment for Contractor employee overtime will be made at the actual incurred straight-time hourly labor rate that the Contractor pays the Contractor employee and determined allowable by the Contracting Officer, pursuant to FAR 31.201-2 (Determining Allowability).

5. Government payment for overtime must not conflict with any Contractor uncompensated overtime policy or practice. If the Contractor has such a policy or practice, the Government will not compensate the Contractor for overtime costs in accordance with such policy or practice.

h) The following applies to labor-hour arrangements and the time portion of time-and-materials arrangements (task orders or line items in a task order):

1. Government payment for overtime will be made at the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order.

2. When Government payment for overtime is made at the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order, such payment applies only to: a) Contractor employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and who perform overtime in the geographical areas applicable to FLSA; and b) all Contractor employees who perform overtime outside the geographical areas applicable to FLSA.

3. Advance Government authorization for any Contractor employee’s performance of overtime is not required when Government payment is at the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order.

4. Government payment for overtime for Contractor employees not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and who perform overtime in the geographical areas applicable to FLSA will be made at fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates (negotiated in the task order) that match or are less than the following NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates:

NTE Fully-Loaded Hourly Labor Rates for Overtime under 40-hour Normal Workweek

Base Year

See Labor Categories in B.4

5. The premium portion of the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order will be reimbursable only to the extent that the overtime is approved in advance and in writing by the Contracting Officer [reference FAR 52.232-7(a)(8) (Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts)].

The Contractor’s request to the Contracting Officer for overtime approval shall identify the rationale for such request.

Evidence showing the Contracting Officer’s approval shall be sent with each applicable invoice.

6. The following is the premium portion of the negotiated NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates in Section B.10(i)(4):

Premium Portion of NTE Fully-Loaded Hourly Labor Rates for Overtime under 40-hour Normal Workweek

Base Year

See Labor Categories in B.4

7. The premium portion negotiated in Section B.10(i)(6) includes applicable indirect costs and profit.

8. The premium portion of the fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in the task order will be commensurate with the discount, if any, of the NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates negotiated in Section B.4(d). The following is an example:

Section B.4(d) NTE Fully-loaded Rate

(a) Fixed Fully-loaded Rate for Task Order

(b) % Discount

(c) = 1 – (b/a) Section B.9(i)(4) NTE Overtime Fully-loaded Rate

(d) Section B.9(i)(6) NTE Premium Portion of Section B.9(i)(4) NTE Overtime Fully-loaded Rate

(e) Premium Portion of Fixed Fully-loaded Rate for Task Order

(e) – [(c) x (e)]

9. Government payment of overtime will be made only if the Contractor compensates the Contractor employee for the employee’s overtime performance. While Contractor payment does not have to be at the unloaded hourly labor rate (and premium, if applicable) comprising the negotiated fixed fully-loaded hourly labor rate, Contractor payment of total dollars to the employee for the given workweek must reflect an amount that exceeds the compensation paid to the employee for a normal workweek.

B.11 FIXED PROFIT PERCENTAGES

a) This section applies when profit is an applicable element (e.g., under fixed-price, labor-hour, and time portion of time-and-materials arrangements) and when:

a. proposing and negotiating new cost elements (e.g., new labor categories and other direct costs) in the contract or task order; and/or

b. changes (i.e., additions and/or deletions) in negotiated contract or task order pricing occur.

b) Examples of this section’s applicability are when proposing and negotiating:

1. fully-loaded hourly labor rates for labor categories not already identified in the contract or task order;

2. fixed-price task orders;

3. fixed-price line items in a task order; and/or

4. equitable adjustments under fixed-price task orders or line items in a task order.

c) The following are the negotiated fixed profit percentage(s):

Base Year:

Option Year 1:

Option Year 2:

Option Year 3:

Option Year 4:

Six-Month Option to Extend (see FAR 52.217-8):

B.12 FIXED FEE PERCENTAGES

a) This section applies when fee is an applicable element (e.g., under specific cost-reimbursement arrangements) and when:

1. proposing and negotiating cost elements already identified in the contract (e.g., existing labor categories and other direct costs);

2. proposing and negotiating new cost elements (e.g., new labor categories and other direct costs) in a task order; and/or

3. changes (i.e., additions and/or deletions) in negotiated task order pricing occur.

b) Examples of this section’s applicability are when proposing and negotiating:

1. cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders;

2. cost-plus-fixed-fee line items in a task order; and/or

3. equitable adjustments under cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders or line items in a task order.

c) The following are the negotiated fixed fee percentage(s):

Base Year:

Option Year 1:

Option Year 2:

Option Year 3:

Option Year 4:

Six-Month Option to Extend (see FAR 52.217-8):

B.13 FIXED FEE

a) This section applies to cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders or cost-plus-fixed-fee line items in a task order.

b) If, pursuant to FAR 16.306(a) (Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contracts), changes in the work to be performed under the task order or cost-plus-fixed-fee line item(s) occur [pursuant to FAR 52.243-2 (Changes – Cost-Reimbursement)], the Government and Contractor will adjust the negotiated fixed fee by multiplying the applicable negotiated fee percentage [see Section B.11(c)] to the sum of the new estimated direct costs and applicable indirect costs.

In such a case, applicable indirect costs will be calculated by multiplying the negotiated applicable provisional billing indirect cost rates (or established revised billing rates or final indirect cost rates, subject to negotiated ceiling indirect cost rates – see Sections B.5 and B.6) by the new estimated costs whose elements are included in the respective allocation bases identified in Sections B.5 and B.6.

c) The negotiated fixed fee for each performance period will be paid in monthly installments by dividing the negotiated fixed fee for the performance period by the number of months in the performance period, minus the applicable withholding of a fixed fee reserve pursuant to FAR 52.216-8(b) (Fixed Fee).

However, full monthly payment is contingent upon the Contractor meeting the acceptable quality levels, measurable performance standards, or otherwise minimum task order requirements for the invoice period [reference FAR 16.306(d)(1) (Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contracts)].

d) If the Contractor has not met the acceptable quality levels, measurable performance standards, or otherwise minimum task order requirements for the invoice period, the Contractor will receive a pro-rata share of the monthly amount of the negotiated fixed fee for the month’s requirements to which the Contractor has met the acceptable quality levels, measurable performance standards, or otherwise minimum task order requirements for the invoice period.

e) Any withheld fixed fee resulting from the Contractor not meeting the acceptable quality levels, measurable performance standards, or otherwise minimum task order requirements for the invoice period will be released to the Contractor when the Contractor completes the requirement(s). Commencement of such completion is predicated on the Government requiring the Contractor to perform the services again in conformity with task order requirements. FAR 52.246-5 (Inspection of Services – Cost-Reimbursement) provides additional information.

f) The Contracting Officer is the ultimate Government authority in determining whether the Contractor has met the acceptable quality levels, measurable performance standards, or otherwise minimum task order requirements for the invoice period. Prior to making his determination, the Contracting Officer will consider input from the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

g) “Total fixed fee,” as defined in FAR 52.216-8(b) (Fixed Fee), means “the fixed fee cumulative of all performance periods in the task order.”

h) The task order will identify the total fixed fee, and the Contractor will be responsible for subtracting the appropriate amount on each invoice. The appropriate amount is the withheld amount (15% of the total fixed fee or $100,000, whichever is less) divided by the number of months in the task order period of performance, including option periods [reference FAR 52.216-8(b) (Fixed Fee)].

B.14 SELECTED CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBERS (CLINs) AND SUB-CLINs

a) The following CLINs and sub-CLINs shall be used for the following respective descriptions at the task order level:

Direct Labor (Services)

X001

X002

X003

X004

X005

X006

Other Direct Costs (ODCs)/Direct Materials (Supplies)

X100

X200

X300

X400

X401

X402

X403

b) The Contracting Officer will identify any additional CLINs and sub-CLINs at the task order level.

B.15 SELECTED COST/PRICE-RELATED LAWS

a) This contract is not subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. Chapter 67), because the principal purpose of the contract is not to furnish services in the United States through the use of service employees.

b) The Truthful Cost or Pricing Data statute (41 U.S.C. Chapter 35) did not apply for award of this contract. The Government did not require and rely upon certified cost or pricing data, as described in FAR subpart 15.4, for award of the contract because adequate price competition had been obtained. Instead, where applicable, the Government required and relied upon data other than certified cost or pricing data.

However, the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data statute may apply during contract performance when the Government contemplates an action for which an exception to the Contractor providing certified cost or pricing data does not apply (e.g., when negotiating a price estimated to exceed the certified cost or pricing data threshold for a new non-competitive task order, modification of a task order, or modification of the contract based on rate/cost/price information not previously negotiated in the contract or task order).

Pursuant to FAR 15.403-4(a)(1), the “threshold specified in the contract” for requiring the Contractor to provide certified cost or pricing data, when applicable, during contract performance is the threshold identified in the FAR edition effective at the time of the Government requiring the Contractor to provide certified cost or pricing data.

B.16 ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING

c) At the task order level, when payment is made based on actual hours or costs incurred (e.g., cost-reimbursement arrangements, time-and-materials arrangements, and progress payments based on costs under fixed-price arrangements), the Government will not reimburse costs for cost elements for which there were no estimated costs. Any exceptions must be issued by the Contracting Officer.

d) The negotiated prices for each task order include all costs associated with local laws. If a change in a local law(s) or new local law(s) occurs after task order award, the Government will consider a request for equitable adjustment. Any adjustment will be limited to increases or decreases in wages and any other costs identified in the resulting local law(s).

e) While compensation costs and compensation-related taxes that are a liability of the Contractor are generally allowable, income taxes on compensation costs are unallowable when such taxes are a liability of the employee and not the Contractor. When a host country’s law(s) requires the Contractor to pay applicable host entities any income taxes that are the liability of the employee, the Contractor’s costs to administer such payment are generally allowable and shall be allocated directly at the task order level.

f) Where indirect cost rates are negotiated in the contract, such information will be used in each resulting task order, as specified in the contract, according to the Contractor’s fiscal year period.

g) Where labor rates, profit percentages, fee percentages, and overtime premiums are negotiated in the contract, such information will be used in each resulting task order, as specified in the contract, according to the contract’s period of performance.

For example, if the contract’s base period is March 11, 2015 through March 10, 2016, and a task order’s base period is January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, the contract’s base period’s pricing information will be used in the task order from January 1, 2016 through March 10, 2016, and the contract’s option period one pricing information will be used for the remainder of the task order’s base period (from March 11, 2016 through December 31, 2016).

Consistent with the foregoing and for example, the Contractor, for a given task order period, may apply either: 1) the NTE or a discounted NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate from the first contract period that covers the applicable task order period, and the second NTE or a discounted NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate from the next contract period that covers the remaining applicable task order period; or 2) the NTE or a discounted NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rate from either contract period, but such rate shall not exceed both respective contract period’s NTE fully-loaded hourly labor rates.

h) If any task order period of performance exceeds the expiration date of the contract, the Government will pay the rates, prices, and percentages negotiated in the task order for such period. However, the Government will pay during such period any labor rates that have been adjusted in accordance with FAR 52.222-43 [Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards – Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts].

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.4.0 BACKGOUND

The Contractor shall provide training, logistics services and construction support to African countries and regional organizations to enhance their capacity to prevent, manage and resolve their own conflicts. Work to be performed under this IDIQ may include logistics support, construction, military training, maritime security capacity building, equipment procurement, operational deployment for peacekeeping troops, aerial surveillance, counter-terrorism capacity building activities, and conference facilitation.

C.4.0.1 REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide training, logistical support and construction activities that meet all requirements and in accordance with the criteria identified at the contract and task order level. The Contractor shall design, develop and implement training evaluations that measure course effectiveness. The Contractor shall provide logistical support services including equipment, materials, transportation, warehouse services, inventory management services and supply chain management to support new and ongoing training. Logistical support shall also include operations and maintenance (O&M), sustainment and medical support services. The Contractor shall construct temporary and/or permanent facilities to support new and ongoing training including site assessments, designs, civil works and property management. The Contractor shall provide equipment, management, labor, materials, tools and services for construction activities.

This IDIQ contract provides for the issuance of individual task orders. The task orders will define specific work activities and tasks to be performed in the following…