RFP_No._SAQMMA15R0444.pdf

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

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

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

SAQMMA15R0444

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

DATE

07/31/2015

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME

Tracy R. Ford

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (No collect calls) 703-875-5857

c. EMAIL FordTR@state.gov

8. OFFER DUE DATE / LOCAL

TIME

08/31/2015 11:00:00

CODE LMAQM

OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT (A/LM/AQM)

PO BOX 9115, ROSSLYN STATION

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ARLINGTON, VA 22219

9. ISSUED BY UNRESTRICTED OR X SET ASIDE: 100.00 % FOR

X SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB)

ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

EDWOSB

8(A)

NAICS: 541519

SIZE STANDARD:

10. THE ACQUISITION IS

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SCHEDULE

11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINATION

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12. DISCOUNT TERMS

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS

RATED ORDER UNDER DPAS

13b. RATING

RFQ IFB X RFP

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

PAEXDCODE15. DELIVER TO

OFC OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PA/EX)

2201 C Street NW, HST, 2nd floor, Room 2214

RM 2214

WASHINGTON, DC 20431

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17a. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR CODE18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

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

OFFER SEE ADDENDUM

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

CHECKED

19. ITEM NO. 20. SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

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

21. QUANTITY 22. UNIT 23. UNIT PRICE 24. AMOUNT

See Line Items Section

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

See Line Item Detail

26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCES 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, 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

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ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH

OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED.

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. OFFER DATED . YOUR OFFER ON

SOLICITATION (BLOCK 5) INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH

ARE SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (TYPE OR PRINT) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER (TYPE OR PRINT)

Tracy R. Ford 31c. DATE SIGNED

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 02/2012)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

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SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

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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

PARTIAL FINAL

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

CORRECT FOR

COMPLETE PARTIAL FINAL

36. PAYMENT 37. CHECK NUMBER

38. S/R ACCOUNT NUMBER 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER 40. PAID BY

41a. 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. 02/2012) BACK

001 All interested parties shall submit the proposals in accordance with the Statement of Work.

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B-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT

This requirement is intended for fixed-price, Time and Materials/Labor-Hours contract type.

B-2 Schedule B CLINS

Base Year:

CLINs Number Description Price 001 Long Term Support (LTS) of eXist 002 eXist Enterprise Service Level Agreement(SLA) for eXist

(includes 48 hrs) 003 Additional Support & Development Hours (est. 120 hrs)

Base Year Total: ____________________

Option Year 1:

CLINs Number Description Price 001 Long Term Support (LTS) of eXist 002 eXist Enterprise Service Level Agreement(SLA) for eXist

( includes 48 hrs) 003 Additional Support & Development Hours (est. 120 hrs)

Option Year 1 Total:____________________

Option Year 2:

CLINs Number Description Price 001 Long Term Support (LTS) of eXist 002 eXist Enterprise Service Level Agreement(SLA) for eXist

(includes 48 hrs) 003 Additional Support & Development Hours (est. 120 hrs)

Option Year 2 Total:__________________

Option Year 3:

CLINs Number Description Price 001 Long Term Support (LTS) of eXist 002 eXist Enterprise Service Level Agreement(SLA) for eXist

(includes 48 hrs) 003 Additional Support & Development Hours (est. 120 hrs)

Option Year 3 Total:____________________

Option Year 4:

CLINs Number Description Price 001 Long Term Support (LTS) of eXist

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Line Item Summary

Solicitation Number:

SAQMMA15R0444

Contract Number: Title: Enterprise Support for Exist Date of Solicitation:

07/31/2015

Line Item No. Description Quantity Unit Unit Price Total Cost

002 eXist Enterprise Service Level Agreement(SLA) for eXist (includes 48 hrs.)

003 Additional Support & Development Hours (est. 120 hrs)

Option Year 4 Total:____________________

Grand Total :______________

C - 1 STATEMENT OF WORK

TITLE: ENTERPRISE SUPPORT FOR EXIST

BACKGROUND

Office of the Historian (PA/HO) is responsible, under law, for publishing the Foreign Relations of the United States series. PA/HO produces short-and long-term policy-supportive historical studies for use by Department principals, the White House, and other exec-utive offices and agencies. For the public, PA/HO conducts outreach, produces educational videos and teaching guides, organizes con-ferences, and responds to numerous inquiries on diplomatic history questions. Much of this material is encoded in XML and resides on the PA/HO public-facing website, history.state.gov, which since launching in 2009 has been built on a free, open source software package, called “eXist.” eXist excels in the storage and querying of XML data, and has enabled PA/HO to contribute to all key Ad-ministration IT initiatives since 2009 on behalf of the Department, including the Open Government Directive, the Cloud First Initiat-ive, and the Digital Government Strategy. Because eXist plays such a critical role in PA/HO’s internal and public-facing digital initiat-ives, PA/HO requires enterprise level support and development services for this software and its applications.

SCOPE

This Performance Work Statement governs a general contract between PA/HO and a contractor who: has deep experience and expert-ise in eXist and related technologies; provides Enterprise Service Level support for eXist; delivers stable, quality-assured versions of eXist (known as “Long Term Support” versions); responds timely and effectively to support requests from PA/HO staff regarding sta-bility and performance of eXist; advises PA/HO in maintaining a stable hosting architecture and secure server environment for PA/ HO’s eXist applications; and develops software and solutions to improve PA/HO’s website or content management system and, as needed, enhancing core functions of eXist.

The contractor must be expert in all aspects of eXist, from the core software to applications built on eXist and the server environment in which eXist is deployed. The contractor must be capable of providing the highest level of support for eXist. Specifically, the con-tractor must be able to: diagnose and fix problems in eXist source code; add significant features to the eXist core, such as support for new versions or facilities of the XQuery standard; deliver a repaired or enhanced version of eXist to the main eXist repository, the PA/ HO repository, and the production server; and develop full stack applications for PA/HO based on best practices for eXist and web ap-plication development. The contractor must be expert in designing server architectures for successfully hosting eXist servers. The con-tractor must be available to respond to emergency requests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. A demonstrable history of contributing to the eXist project, of assisting other users of eXist in government and/or publishing industries, of engineering high qual-ity, stable, and secure solutions for customers, and of timeliness and attention to detail of communications and deliveries, are of the ut-most importance.

PA/HO will provide:

Access to PA/HO version control repository Access to PA/HO public servers and administrative credentials for support tasks specifically requested by PA/HO, including but not limited to: investigating stability problems, applying security patches and upgrading software components, migrating data and applications, and other administrative tasks to keep the servers running smoothly.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The contractor shall perform services at their location of business.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The agreement that will be established for one 12-month period, to commence on September 1, 2015 and conclude August 31, 2016.

Upon successful completion of the base year, the agreement may be renewed for up to 4 option years. If the contractor is not fulfilling the requirements of the Performance Work Statement successfully, PA/HO reserves the right terminate the agreement at any time.

PA/HO reserves the right to return incomplete and incorrect deliveries within two weeks of receiving them. The contractor shall sub-mit invoices at the close of each discreet project—unless the project covers multiple months, during which period the contractor should submit invoices on a monthly basis.

DELIVERABLES

The contractor shall provide the following:

1. Regularly updated Long Term Support editions of eXist;

2. Immediate availability (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year) for emergency requests; immediate acknowledgement of routine support requests, with a comprehensive plan for addressing the request within 1 business day; and

3. Tested, documented, effectively implemented solutions, whether they in applications for PA/HO’s direct use or core features for the eXist project. Source code and documentation should be committed to PA/HO’s version control repositories or to public project repositories.

PLACE OF DELIVERY

All deliverables shall be delivered to the Office of the Historian, Attn: Joseph Wicentowski, PA/HO, SA-4D, Room 311, 2300 E St.

NW, Washington, D.C. 20520. Electronic deliveries shall be made to the online version control repository provided by PA/HO.

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

Contracting Officer: Tracy R. Ford

Contract Administrator: Tracy R. Ford Telephone Number: (571) 354-0144 Fax Number: (703) 875-4427

First Class Mailing: U.S. Department of State Office of Acquisition P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station Arlington, Virginia 22219

Courier or Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of State Office of Acquisition Management 1701 N. Fort Myer Drive Arlington, Virginia 22209

Contracting Officer's Representative (COR): (To be determine) Telephone Number: (To be determine)

THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONRACT ADMINISTRATION

Contracting Officer: The Contracting Officer (CO) has the overall responsibility for the administration of the contract. The CO is only person authorized to take action on behalf of the Government to amend, modify, or deviate from the contract terms, conditions, requirements, specifications, details and/or delivery schedules. However, the CO may delegate certain other responsibilities to his/her authorized representative.

Contracting Officer’s Representative: The Contracting Officer’s Representative and subsequent Building Managers shall be desig-nated in writing at the time of award. Building Managers shall have Government authority in directing all service activities for the Contract. The COR is to assist the CO in his/her responsibilities when he/she is unable to be directly in touch with the contract work.

The responsibilities of the Government include, but are not limited to, determining the adequacy of performance by the Contractor in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract; acting as the Government’s representative in charge of work at the site; en-suring compliance with contract requirements on so far as the work is concerned; and advising the CO of any factors which may cause delay in performance of the work.

KEY PERSONNEL

a) The Contractor shall assign the following key personnel to this contract:

LABOR CATEGORY NAME

Program Manager (Inserted by the Contractor) Sr. Systems Application Developer (Inserted by the Contractor)

b) The Contractor agrees that a partial basis for award of this requirement is the list of key personnel proposed. Accordingly, the Con-tractor agrees to assign to this requirement those key persons whose resumes were submitted with the proposal necessary to fulfill the requirements of the requirement. No substitution shall be made without prior notification to and concurrence of the Contracting Of-ficer. During the first ninety days of performance, the Contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel unless the substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment.

c) All proposed substitutes must meet or exceed the qualifications of the persons to be replaced. The Contracting Officer shall be noti-fied in writing of any proposed substitution at least forty-five (45) days, or ninety days if a security clearance is to be obtained, in ad-vance of the proposed substitution. Such notification shall include:

i. an explanation of the circumstances necessitating the substitution;

ii. a complete resume of the proposed substitute; and

iii. any other information requested by the Contracting Officer to enable him to judge whether or not the Contractor is maintaining the same high quality of personnel that provided the partial basis for award.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

This requirement consists of a one-year base period plus four one-year periods, which may be execised at the sole discretion of the Government. The base period and option periods are defined as follows:

Base Year: 9/1/15 - 8/31/16 Option Year 1: 9/1/16 - 8/31/17 Option Year 2: 9/1/17 - 8/31/18 Option Year 3: 9/1/18 - 8/31/19 Option Year 4: 9/1/19 - 8/31/20

ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST - GENERAL

(a) The Contractor warrants that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, there are no relevant facts or circumstances which would give rise to an organizational conflict of interest, as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5, or that the Contractor has disclosed all such relevant information.

(b) The Contractor agrees that if an actual or potential organizational conflict of interest is discovered after award, the Contractor shall make a full disclosure in writing to the Contracting Officer. This disclosure shall include a description of actions which the Con-tractor has taken or proposes to take to avoid or mitigate the actual or potential conflict.

(c) If the Contractor was aware of a potential organizational conflict of interest prior to award or discovered an actual or potential conflict after award and did not disclose or misrepresented relevant information to the Contracting Officer, the Government may ter-minate the contract for default.

(d) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts.

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

Contractor personnel performing on this contract/task order must have a favorably adjudicated National Crimin-al History Check (Fingerprint (FP) Check) and national agency check conducted by the Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), prior to contract performance.

Contact DS/IS/IND at (571) 354-3021 prior to assignment to the contract, and provide the required contractor employee (Applicant) information used to establish a link to the eQIP web site for access. Once the link is es-tablished, the applicant must complete the SF-85 online via e-QIP and submit the form electronically. The Ap-plicant must also submit two (2) completed FD-258 fingerprint cards and proof of citizenship. These forms and a request letter on company letterhead must be forwarded to the Industrial Security Division (DS/IS/IND), Bur-eau of Diplomatic Security, 1801 North Lynn Street, SA-20, 13th Floor, Rosslyn, VA 22209-2008. Send all re-leases and fingerprint cards to DS/IS/IND via FedEx, UPS, or other commercial delivery carriers. The use of the U.S. Postal Service could delay delivery by weeks.

DS/SI/PSS will conduct the required investigation for contract performance, and if the investigation is adjudic-ated favorably, the individual will be approved for contract performance. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security will conduct a personal interview if necessary. The applicant must resubmit every three (3) years for continued contract performance.

The Facility Security Officer (FSO) or company security representative must notify DS/IS/IND when an em-ployee terminates or resigns from the contract. The FSO must report any adverse information pertaining to con-tractors working on the contract or having access to the Department of State information, or information sys-tems.

Contractor employees with a current personnel security clearance issued by the Defense Security Service (DSS) are authorized assignment to the contract and are not required to submit for the Non-Sensitive position investig-ation. However, the FSO must forward a Visitor Authorization Request (VAR) to the Department of State, DS/ IS/IND, via email: DS_IND_contractorVARS@state.gov.

NOTE: This investigation for eligibility to perform in a Non-sensitive position is not valid for the receipt of a Department Per-sonal ID Card (Building Pass), or for logical access to the Department OpenNet. Address any questions or concerns to DS/ IS/IND at 571-345-3021.

SAFEGUARDING OF INFORMATION

The Contractor and its employees shall exercise the utmost discretion in regard to all matters relating to their duties and functions.

They shall not communicate to any person any information known to them by reason of their performance of services under the con-tract which has not been made public, except in the necessary performance of their duties or upon written authorization of the Con-tracting Officer. All documents and records (including photographs) generated during the performance of work under the contract shall be for the sole use of and become the exclusive property of the U.S. Government. Furthermore, no article, book, pamphlet, re-cording, broadcast, speech, television appearance, film or photograph concerning any aspect of work performed under the contract shall be published or disseminated through any media without the prior written authorization of the Contracting Officer. These obliga-tions do not cease upon the expiration or termination of the contract. The Contractor shall include the substance of this provision in all contracts of employment and in all subcontracts hereunder.

PROPOSAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Offerors shall submit their proposals in two physically separate volumes as follows:

Technical Proposal

This volume shall provide all information necessary to explain the quality, depth, breadth, and relevance of the Offeror’s corporate ex-perience, the experience of the individuals proposed for use under the contract, as such experience relates to the requirements de-scribed in the Statement of Work, and the Offeror’s past performance. Do not submit any cost or pricing information in this volume.

In the section related to Corporate Experience and Capability, include a discussion of five current or prior contracts and how they are relevant to the requirements of the Statement of Work, including successful examples of rapid response where time was of the es-sence. Also include a discussion of the current systems in place to meet the security requirements described in the Terms and Condi-tions, including maintaining a secure telephone and fax capability.

As part of the discussion of Personnel Qualifications and Experience, provide current resumes for all persons proposed for other than administrative use under the resulting conttract. Discuss how the various candidates will be used in contract performance, and how their qualifications and experience will enhance the quality of services provided. Please note the special requirements in the Terms and Conditions that relate to Key Personnel. If the Job Titles of persons proposed as Key Personnel differ from those in the Key Personnel clause, demonstrate how those persons possess the requisite skills and experience.

In the section related to Past Performance provide customer references and points of contact for each of the contracts described in the section discussing your Corporate Experience and Capability.

Cost/Price Proposal

The Offeror shall their prices according to the CLINs outlined in Schedule B for the base year period including all option years.

BASIS OF AWARD

The Government will use the cost-technical tradeoff source selection process, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.101-1 (Tradeoff Process). Award will be made to the offeror:

1. which is deemed responsible;

2. whose proposal conforms to the solicitation’s requirements; and

3. whose proposal is determined to provide the best value to the Government.

The proposal offering the best value is the one that is most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Such an offer may not necessarily be the one offering the lowest price or receiving the highest non-price rating. For this solicitation, all technical evaluation factors other than price, when combined, are significantly more important than price. Award will not be automat-ically determined by numerical calculation or formula relationship between the non-price factors and price. As non-price factors, when combined, become more equal, the evaluated price rises in importance and may become the determining factor.

Combined Technical/Risk Rating. The combined technical/risk rating includes consideration of risk in conjunction with the strengths, weaknesses, and deficiencies in determining technical ratings. Combined technical/risk evaluations shall utilize the com-bined technical/risk ratings listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Combined Technical/Risk Ratings Color Rating Description Purple Superior Proposal meets all solicitation requirements, demonstrates a good understanding of the requirements and has features that offer some advantage to the Government. Ad-vantages/strengths generally outweigh any disadvantages/weaknesses. Good probabil-ity of success with very low degree of risk of unsuccessful performance.

Green Acceptable Proposal meets basic solicitation require-ments and demonstrates an adequate under-standing of the requirements but does not offer significant advantages to the Govern-ment over basic RFP requirements. Disad-vantages/weaknesses are not significant, un-less significant advantages are proposed that outweigh significant disadvantages. Where there were areas of concern, clarifications

Table 1. Combined Technical/Risk Ratings Color Rating Description given by offeror, were acceptable. Reason-able probability of success with low degree of risk of unsuccessful performance.

Yellow Marginal Proposal does not clearly meet all require-ments, not does it demonstrate an adequate approach and understanding of the require-ments. The proposal has one or more weak-nesses which may require correction. Some areas of concern may not have been fully addressed by offeror, leaving some ambigu-ities. Risk of unsuccessful performance is moderate.

Red Unacceptable Proposal does not meet requirements and contains one or more significant deficien-cies. Risk of unsuccessful performance is high. Proposal is unawardable without be-ing rewritten.

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicit-ation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use the following factors to evaluate offers:

Evaluation Factors

The contractor is advised that paramount consideration shall be given to the evaluation of technical proposals rather than cost/price.

Proposals will be evaluated on a best value/tradeoff basis, with the following factors:

1. Prior experience and past performance: Documented experience of the offeror’s successful creation and maintenance of enter-prise applications for publishing XML data with eXist, successful maintenance and improvement of performance and stability of full-stack applications using eXist, and successful enhancements to core features of the eXist code base. Reference checks demonstrate that within the two years immediately prior to the date of the offeror’s proposal, the offeror’s work has fully met the satisfaction of all customers.

2. Qualifications of key personnel: The qualifications—including relevant prior experience, special training and education—of all proposed key personnel.

3. Management approach: The extent the offeror’s proposal presents an efficient and realistic approach to improving PA/HO’s eX-ist applications, including its ability to effectively and efficiently manage the proposed contract.

4. Cost/Price.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

All proposals shall be delivery by 8/31/2015, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time at following address:

First Class Mailing: U.S. Department of State Office of Acquisition P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station (5th Floor, C-15) Arlington, Virginia 22219 Attn: Tracy R. Fordor

Courier or Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of State Office of Acquisition Management 1701 N. Fort Myer Drive

5th Floor, C-15 Arlington, Virginia 22209 Attn: Tracy R. Ford

QUESTIONS

All questions regarding this requirement must be submitted in writting only to Tracy Ford at e-mail address fordtr@state.gov by 8/14/2015, by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Telephone calls are not accepted.

01INV DEPARTMENT OF STATE INVOICE INSTRUCTIONS

Invoice submission is only via the Office of Claims’ Commercial Claims Operations fax server, toll-free num-ber: 866-483-3436, or DOSPayments@state.gov, unless otherwise indicated. Each invoice must be transmitted separately.

To constitute a proper invoice, the invoice must include the following information and/or attached documenta-tion:

(1) Name and Address of the Contractor

(2) Dun and Bradstreet Universal Number System (DUNS)

(3) Date of invoice

(4) Unique Vendor Invoice Number - Our Financial System cannot accept the following characters: @ (at symbol), ~ (Tilde), & (Ampersand), ' (Apostrophe), " (Quotation) and spaces. Please do not include any of these characters as part of your invoice number.

(5) Remittance Contact Information

(6) Shipping Terms, Ship to Address

(7) Payment Terms

(8) Total Quantity of Items

(9) Total Invoice Amount

(10) Requisition Number, Contract Number and Order/Award Number, with modification number if applicable.

(11) Order line item number and information (see below instructions)

The name and DUNS of the contractor on the invoice must match the information indicated on the order/award for proper payment.

IMPORTANT: For proper payment, the invoice must detail products and/or services delivered on a line item basis in direct accordance with the corresponding order/award/contract. Each line item must con-tain the following information:

(1) Description of the services rendered for each line item

(2) Line Item Quantity

(3) Line Item Unit Price

(4) Total Line Item Invoicing Amount

(5) Delivery Date

(6) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN)

(7) Order/Award Line Item Number if invoicing against a task or delivery order or Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

Please note that many task or delivery orders against Department of State or GSA contracts or blanket purchase agreements may have a separate and unique line item number in addition to the umbrella Con-tract Line Item Number (CLIN). The order line item number as well as the umbrella award CLIN must be referenced at each invoice line item level in such cases.

All payment to domestic claims will be disbursed by electronic funds transfer EFT. Vendors who are re-gistered in the System for Award Management (SAM) should verify and re-confirm their financial in-formation in the database prior to invoicing. Vendors who wish to request a waiver of SAM or payment by check must submit their justification to their assigned contracting officer for consideration at least 30 days prior to billing. For vendors who are granted an EFT exception, the payment address on the invoice must match the remittance address in the vendor record cited in the award.

Additional correspondence should be addressed to:

Name:

U.S. Department of State Global Financial Services Attn: Office of Claims (RM/GFS/F/C) Charleston Financial Service Center

Mailing Address:

Post Office Box 150008 Charleston, SC 29415-5008 Telephone Numbers:

Director’s Secretary Voice 843-202-3761 Fax 843-746-0749 Official Office Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

To request Payment Status on a Past Due Invoice contact:

Office of Claims Customer Service Email: commercialclaims@state.gov Phone: 877-704-9473 Toll Free

Person to Contact: Supervisor, Vendor Claims Email: GFS-ChiefVC@state.gov (End of clause)

H-024 NONPAYMENT FOR UNAUTHORIZED WORK

No payments will be made for any unauthorized supplies or services, or for any unauthorized changes to the work specified herein. This includes any services performed by the Contractor of his own volition or at the re-quest of an individual other than a duly appointed Contracting Officer. Only a duly appointed Contracting Of-ficer is authorized to change the specifications, terms, and/or conditions of this contract.

(end of clause)

Clause Title

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (May 2015)

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (May 2015)

(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 ac-quisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Dec 2014)

(2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(3) 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 in-dicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

X (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

__ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509)).

X (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (June 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5). (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act of 2009.)

X (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013) (Pub. L.

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

__ (5) [Reserved].

__ (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Jan 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div.

C).

__ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Jan 2014) (Pub.

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

X (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspen-ded, or Proposed for Debarment. (Aug 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

__ (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

__ (10) [Reserved].

__(11)(i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-3.

__(12)(i) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2011) of 52.219-4.

__ (13) [Reserved]

X (14)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011).

__ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011).

__ (15)(i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7.

__ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7.

__ (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

__ (17)(i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9.

__ (iii) Alternate II (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9.

__ (iv) Alternate III (Oct 2014) of 52.219-9.

__ (18) 52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (Nov 2011)(15 U.S.C. 644(r)).

__ (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)).

__ (20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages--Subcon-tracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

__ (21) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657 f).

X (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

__ (23) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) Concerns (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

__ (24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Concerns Eligible Under the WOSB Program (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

__ (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).

X (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (E.O. 13126).

__ (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

__ (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246).

X (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014)(38 U.S.C. 4212).

X (30) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

X (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

__ (32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O.

13496).

X (33)(i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

__ (34) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2013). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.)

__ (35)(i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA--Designated Items (May 2008) (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items.)

__ (ii) Alternate I (May 2008) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). (Not applicable to the acquisition of com-mercially available off-the-shelf items.)

__ (36)(i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Imaging Equipment (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-13.

__ (37)(i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Televisions (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-14.

__ (38) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

__ (39)(i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Personal Computer Products (Jun 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jun 2014) of 52.223-16.

X (40) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O.

13513).

__ (41) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

__ (42)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43.

__ (ii) Alternate I (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

__ (iii) Alternate II (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

__ (iv) Alternate III (May 2014) of 52.225-3.

__ (43) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Nov 2013) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note).

__ (44) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

__ (45) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

__ (46) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

__ (47) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C.

5150).

__ (48) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

__ (49) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C.

2307(f)).

X (50) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

__ (51) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Other than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

__ (52) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

X (53) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

__ (54)(i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C.

Appx. 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Apr 2003) of 52.247-64.

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement pro-visions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

__ (1) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014)(E.O. 13495).

__ (2) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

__ (3) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C.

chapter 67).

__ (4) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

__ (5) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards--Price Adjustment (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

__ (6) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Main-tenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

__ (7) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services--Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

__ (8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2014)(E.O. 13658).

__ (9) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792).

__ (10) 52.237-11, Accepting and Dispensing of $1 Coin (Sept 2008) (31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(1)).

(d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this para-graph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records--Negotiation.

(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor's directly pertinent records involving transac-tions related to this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract.

If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the dis-putes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

(3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

(e)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause, the Con-tractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause--

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) (41 U.S.C. 3509).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcon-tracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must in-clude 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

(iii) 52.222-17, Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers (May 2014) (E.O. 13495). Flow down required in ac-cordance with paragraph (l) of FAR clause 52.222-17.

(iv) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015)

(v) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246).

(vi) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

(vii) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).

(viii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212)

(ix) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O.

13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

(x) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xi)X(A) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O 13627).

__(B) Alternate I (Mar 2015) of 52.222-50 (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O 13627).

(xii) 52.222-51, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Mainten-ance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xiii) 52.222-53, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services-Requirements (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

(xiv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Aug 2013).

(xv) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2014) (Executive Order 13658).

(xvi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xvii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792).

Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

(xviii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx.

1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

(2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations.

(End of clause)

652.237-72 OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL HOLIDAYS AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE (FEB 2015)

(a) The Department of State observes the following days as holidays:

New Year’s Day Martin Luther King’s Birthday Washington’s Birthday

Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

Any other day designated by Federal law, Executive Order, or Presidential Proclamation.

(b) When New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day or Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, the follow-ing Monday is observed; if it falls on Saturday the preceding Friday is observed. Observance of such days by Government personnel shall not be cause for additional period of performance or entitlement to compensation except as set forth in the contract. If the contractor’s personnel work on a holiday, no form of holiday or other premium compensation will be reimbursed either as a direct or indirect cost, unless authorized pursuant to an overtime clause elsewhere in this contract.

(c) When the Department of State grants administrative leave to its Government employees, assigned contractor personnel in Government facilities shall also be dismissed. However, the contractor agrees to continue to provide sufficient personnel to perform round-the-clock requirements of critical tasks already in operation or scheduled, and shall be guided by the instructions issued by the contracting officer or his/her duly authorized representative.

(d) For fixed-price contracts, if services are not required or provided because the building is closed due to in-clement weather, unanticipated holidays declared by the President, failure of Congress to appropriate funds, or similar reasons, deductions will be computed as follows:

(1) The deduction rate in dollars per day will be equal to the per month contract price divided by 21 days per month.

(2) The deduction rate in dollars per day will be multiplied by the number of days services are not required or provided.

If services are provided for portions of days, appropriate adjustment will be made by the contracting officer to ensure that the contractor is compensated for services provided.

(e) If administrative leave is granted to contractor personnel as a result of conditions stipulated in any “Excusable Delays” clause of this contract, it will be without loss to the contractor. The cost of salaries and wages to the contractor for the period of any such excused absence shall be a reimbursable item of direct cost hereunder for employees whose regular time is normally charged, and a reimbursable item of indirect cost for employees whose time is normally charged indirectly in accordance with the contractors accounting policy.

(End of clause)

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (Mar 2015)

The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual repres-entations and certification electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website accessed through http://www.acquisition.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifica-tions electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (p) of this provision.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision--

"Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern" means a small business con-cern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

"Forced or indentured child labor" means all work or service--

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accom-plished by process or penalties.

"Highest-level owner" means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

"Immediate owner" means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror. Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employ-ees.

"Inverted domestic corporation", means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted do-mestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C.

395(c).

Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except--

(1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

"Place of manufacture" means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or…