Solicitation_no._SB1341-15-RQ-0710.pdf

CLASSIFICATION CODE: D – Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication

TITLE: - Synchrophasor Network Testbed Implementation for Wide Area Monitoring and

Measurement of Power Grid

SOLICITATION NUMBER: SB1341-15-RQ-0710

RESPONSE DATE: 8 September 2015, 12:00pm Eastern Time

CONTACT POINTS: Richard Kim, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6219

Keith Bubar, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-8329

DESCRIPTION:

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for Synchrophasor

Network Testbed Implementation for Wide Area Monitoring and Measurement of Power Grid services that will implement a software defined testbed by expanding the existing NIST Emulab network. The contractor shall also develop a high speed software package for state estimation that can be utilized for grid protection and identification at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD.

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL

ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-

STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION

FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY

SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A SEPARATE

WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS SOLICITATION

IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEURES PURSUANT TO

FAR PART 13.

This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-83.

1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010)

Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing, electronically, to

Richard.kim@nist.gov. Questions must be received no later than 07 calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract.

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The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services with a small business size standard of $27.5 million.

This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business.

All offerors shall provide a firm-fixed price quotation for the following:

Line Item 0001: Synchrophasor Network Testbed Implementation for Wide Area

Monitoring and Measurement of Power Grid

The contractor shall provide support for the modeling and evaluation of smart grid networks in accordance with the Performance Work Statement below.

Statement of Work

Synchrophasor Network Testbed Implementation for Wide Area Monitoring and

Measurement of Power Grid

I. BACKGROUND

The Advanced Network Technology Division (ANTD) at the National Institute of Standards and

Technology (NIST) is currently working to develop a wireless network for wide area measurement systems. Much of our efforts have concentrated on expanding the testbed by implementing a hierarchical synchrophasor network that consists of Phasor Measurement Units

(PMU’s) and Phasor Data concentrators (PDC’s). So far, an efficient scheme that can considerably reduce the bandwidth for transmitting aggregated data at each hierarchical

PDC level has been designed. While the main objective of a synchrophasor network is to improve monitoring and dynamic control of the power grid, a new opportunity is emerging: how to leverage these measurements to foster new categories of applications, such as improving the effectiveness of grid monitoring and protection. Therefore, the main objective is to develop a flexible Software Defined Testbed that includes a Distributed Generation (DG) grid system supported by a wireless communication network. This would require expanding the existing

Emulab-based testbed in order to allow faster deployment of novel techniques for state estimation and grid protection.

II. SCOPE OF WORK:

The Contractor shall implement a software defined testbed by expanding the existing NIST

Emulab-based network. A hierarchical structured testbed has been recently developed to access various wireless network configurations under real-world conditions (further information about the testbed can be found in the paper by H. Gharavi and B. Hu, “Scalable Synchrophasors

Communication Network Design and Implementation for Real-time Distributed Generation

Grid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 2539-2550, September 2015:

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7110393&tag=1 ).The contractor shall also develop a high speed software package for state estimation that can be utilized for grid protection and identification.

III. SPECIFIC TASKS

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7110393&tag=1

The Contractor shall be responsible for project oversight, equipment, administration, and technical execution of this contract. The Contractor shall deliver a real-time simulation network testbed through the following specific tasks:-

1. Develop a visualization framework for an interactive real-time display of the measured phase, frequency, voltage, current, and power factor, as well as displaying packet exchanges at the application, network, and physical layers.

2. Develop a NIST-wide software-defined testbed where physical devices such as PMU’s, PDC’s, switches, relays, and other protective devises are connected to the network for real-time operation.

3. Develop the required interface software for PMU (Phasor Measurement Unit) and Phasor

Data Concentrator (PDC) devices.

4. Expand the testbed to evaluate various communication network architectures

5. Develop suitable routing protocols for distributed generation grid systems

6. Develop a suitable transmission line model that includes loads, inverters, and generators.

7. Design and develop the following state estimation techniques:

a. Least square estimation

b. Kalman filtering

8. Test and demonstrate the functionality of the testbed in real-time

IV. DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERABLE DUE DATES

The following deliverables shall be completed during the period of performance. All deliverables are subject to clause 52.227-17, Rights in Data—Special Works

Description Format Due date (no later than)

1 Monthly meetings with the

COR for review of progress.

Progress report. Monthly

2 Implement a visualization frame work for the testbed that can display data exchanges at the application, network, and physical layer

Written hardcopy report and PowerPoint presentation.

September 31, 2016

3 Implement various state estimation techniques, including least square estimation and Kalman filtering and develop suitable power line models to test and assess the performance of the state estimation techniques in the presence of noise, renewable resources, and protective sensor devices.

Written hardcopy report and PowerPoint presentation.

March 15, 2017

4 Final report on the overall system and its performance.

Written hardcopy report and PowerPoint presentation.

April 28, 2017

Standards for Acceptance of Deliverables: The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will provide comments on each deliverable within 14 calendars days from receipt of a given deliverable. The contractor shall make any needed changes to the deliverables within 14 calendar days from receipt of electronic or written comments from the COR.

V. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The performance period is from April 28, 2016 through April 27, 2017. All the tasks specified in Section III shall be accomplished at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Contractor shall work Monday through Friday with the exception of Federal holidays or other official closures. The contractor is required to go through NIST security procedure for badge/ID.

VI. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, DATA AND/OR INFORMATION

All property, data and information provided by the Government in the performance of this requirement remains the property of the Government and shall be surrendered to the government upon completion or termination of this requirement. Likewise all deliverables remain the property of the Government.

Upon award of this requirement, NIST will provide on-site office space, workstation, PC, email and Internet access, telephone, routine office supplies, and access to all facilities needed for the project. The Contractor shall only access low risk general-purpose IT equipment and common network services available to NIST associates.

VII. RISK ASSESSMENT

The HSPD-12 Security Risk Level assigned to this contract is IT service low risk.

VIII. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT SURVELLIANCE MATRIX

Desired Output Required Service Performance Standard

Monitoring

Method

Continuous interaction between the Contractor and the Government during the course of the project.

Meeting between the contractor and COR on a weekly basis.

The Contractor shall demonstrate step-by-step progress in developing the software package

NIST COR

monitoring the contractor productivities on a weekly basis.

Method

The visualization frame work developed for the testbed should be able to display data at the application, network, and physical layers in both transmitting and receiving nodes and with the ability to operate in real-time with up to 20 iterations.

In order to demonstrate the functionality of the testbed, the voltage and current waveforms at the application layer and packet data and control exchanges at the transport, network, MAC (Medium

Access Control) and physical layers should be displayed in real-time.

This should also include displaying phase, frequency, and power factors.

To demonstrate the performance of the network under real word conditions, the testbed should be able to operate in real-time in the presence of a large number of devices, such as PMU’s, PDC’s, relays, and sensors. The visualization design should be capable of displaying data packet communications at all

OSI (Open Systems

Interconnection) layers

NIST COR

will review the written report and determine its acceptability.

There are various state estimation methods that can be used to minimize the synchrophasor measurement errors. The contractor is required to implement two state estimation techniques -namely Lease Square

Estimation and Kalman filtering. Furthermore, in order to assess the performance of each estimator, it is required to develop power line models for both the transmission and distribution grid.

The main requirement will be the soundness of the recursive state estimation techniques and their ability for converge. It is also essential that the state estimator can function properly under noisy conditions. Furthermore, in order to assess the performance of each estimator, it is necessary to develop suitable power line models for both the transmission and distribution grid networks with the capability of placing Phasor

Measurement Units

(PMU’s) at multiple locations along the power line.

The complete design should include i) state estimators that are capable of identifying bad measurement data under dynamic conditions, ii) performance verification under differing scenarios where the measurement devices are placed at different test sites in the network using a suitable power line model, iii) high speed operation, especially when the number of iterations is

20.

NIST COR

will review the written report and determine its acceptability

Method

For an end-to-end test and evaluation it is essential that all necessary interfaces for

PMU’s, PDC’s and protective sensors are implemented and the synchrophasor network can support communications at both ends of the power line.

Verify the operation of the software defined testbed by creating a distributed generation network model that consists of inverters, switches, relays and other protective sensory devices.

The final report should be of high quality that can be submitted for publication at major

IEEE conferences and journals related to mesh sensor networks.

NIST COR

will review the written report and determine its acceptability.

IX. MINIMUM CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS

It is estimated that this work will require a minimum of one contractor key personnel with at least 8 years of experience in wireless network research, software defined testbed implantation for smartgrid applications The tasks and deliverables defined in this PWS require the Contractor key personnel to possess theoretical knowledge and practical experience in wireless communications, wireless ad hoc networks, and in particular, synchrophasor networks with load balancing capability when the network has multiple gateways (e.g. mesh portal nodes). In addition, the contractor key personnel must be proficient in the use of ns2 network modeling and developing codes for the Emulab-based simulation tool in order to build upon the test tool developed during the course of this project.

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES:

The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference. All FAR clauses may be viewed at http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm .

All CAR clauses may be viewed at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=75e8c121d3cea61316aa2b0ec00f2b2a&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title48/48cfr1352_ main_02.tpl.

Provisions

52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items

Offerors shall complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items.

If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=75e8c121d3cea61316aa2b0ec00f2b2a&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title48/48cfr1352_main_02.tpl http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=75e8c121d3cea61316aa2b0ec00f2b2a&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title48/48cfr1352_main_02.tpl http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=75e8c121d3cea61316aa2b0ec00f2b2a&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title48/48cfr1352_main_02.tpl

Clauses

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Items

52.227-17 Rights in Data – Special Works

1352.201-70 Contracting Officer’s Authority

1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws

1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest

1352.239-70 Software License Addendum

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—

Commercial Items (APR 2010)-- including subparagraphs:

52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest when subcontracting with

Contractor’s Debarred, Suspended or proposed for Debarment

52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside

52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation

52.222-3, Convict Labor

52.222-19, Child Labor – Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies

52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity

52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans

52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities

52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans

52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations

Act

52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons

52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while

Driving

52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases;

52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award

Management

INSTRUCTIONS:

System For Award Management

In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, the awardee must be registered in the System for Award

Management (www.sam.gov) prior to award. Refusal to register shall forfeit award.

Due Date for Quotations

Offerors shall submit their quotations so that NIST receives them not later than 12:00 p.m.

Eastern Time on September 8, 2015. FAX and hard-copy quotations shall not be accepted.

E-mail quotations shall be accepted at Richard.kim@nist.gov. Offerors’ quotations shall http://www.sam.gov/ not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is entered into the e-mail address inbox set forth above.

Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Quotation Preparation Instructions

1) Price Quotation: The offeror shall propose a firm-fixed-price for each CLIN. For the purpose of price analysis, the contractor shall include the methodology of how each CLIN total was derived. The Offeror shall propose its firm-fixed price and shall provide sufficient supporting documentation to clearly show how the firm-fixed price proposed for each line item was derived. The proposed firm fixed price shall include the firm fixed price for completion of all of Tasks 1-8 (including all deliverables) in the Statement of Work. Therefore, the supporting documentation provided by the Offeror shall clearly show how the total proposed price was derived. This supporting documentation may include calculations, price lists, product literature, or any other applicable supporting documentation. When possible, Offerors shall include the labor categories and fully burdened hourly labor rates used in calculating the total proposed price for each CLIN as supporting documentation

Price quotations shall remain valid for a period of 30 days from the date quotations are due.

2) Technical Quotation: The technical quotation shall address the following:

The Offeror shall submit a technical quotation that consists of the following distinct sections:

A. Confirmation of Technical Understanding: In this section, the Offeror shall provide a statement confirming that it understands the requirements detailed in the Statement of

Work and that the Offeror will adhere to the schedule and other requirements detailed in the Statement of Work.

B. Key Personnel: The Offeror shall provide a brief description of its proposed staffing plan for this requirement in this section; and the Offeror shall provide the resumes for each of the proposed candidates for the one required Key Personnel positions. The Statement of

Work details that this work requires a minimum of one Key Personnel, and provides minimum training and experience requirements for each Key Personnel position. The

Offeror shall provide the resumes of the Key Personnel candidate(s) in sufficient detail to demonstrate that the proposed candidates meet the minimum requirements detailed in the

Statement of Work.

a. Letters of Commitment: For each Key Personnel candidate proposed, the Offeror shall provide a Letter of Commitment signed by said candidate, confirming their availability and agreement to working on the resultant award for the stated period of performance in the respective Key Personnel position.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions: This is a solicitation for the items as defined herein.

The Government intends to award a Purchase Order as a result of this solicitation that will include the clauses set forth herein. The quotation should include one of the following statements:

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

OR

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

Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s)

QUOTATION EVALUATION:

Evaluation Factors

This requirement will be awarded to the Offeror who presents a technically acceptable offer at the lowest price. The Contracting Officer intends to award without discussions, but reserves the right to enter into discussions if it is in the best interest of the Government.

A quotation will only be considered technically acceptable if:

a. The Offeror follows all instructions given in this solicitation

b. The Offeror proposed a firm-fixed price for each CLIN in the Required CLIN Structure

c. The Offeror has provided the required Confirmation of Technical Understanding

d. The Offeror proposes candidate(s) for the Key Personnel position, and the proposed candidate(s) meets or exceeds the minimum training and experience requirements for the

Key Personnel position, as stated in the Statement of Work. The quotation and the resumes for the proposed candidates must clearly demonstrate that the candidate meets or exceeds each minimum training and experience criteria detailed in the Statement of

Work.

e. The Offeror provides signed Letters of Commitment for each proposed Key Personnel candidate.

52.203-99, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements (DEVIATION 2015-02)

(a) The Contractor shall not require employees or subcontractors seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign or comply with internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The contractor shall notify employees that the prohibitions and restrictions of any internal confidentiality agreements covered by this clause are no longer in effect.

(c) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this clause does not contravene requirements applicable to

Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(d)(1) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and further

Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), use of funds appropriated

(or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act may be prohibited, if the Government determines that the Contractor is not in compliance with the provisions of this clause.

(2) The Government may seek any available remedies in the event the Contractor fails to comply with the provisions of this clause.

(End of clause)

1352.201-72 Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) (APR 2010)

(a) [To Be Determined] is hereby designated as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).

The COR may be changed at any time by the Government without prior notice to the contractor by a unilateral modification to the contract. The COR is located at:

[To Be Determined]

(b) The responsibilities and limitations of the COR are as follows:

(1) The COR is responsible for the technical aspects of the contract and serves as technical liaison with the contractor. The COR is also responsible for the final inspection and acceptance of all deliverables and such other responsibilities as may be specified in the contract.

(2) The COR is not authorized to make any commitments or otherwise obligate the Government or authorize any changes which affect the contract price, terms or conditions. Any contractor request for changes shall be referred to the Contracting Officer directly or through the COR. No such changes shall be made without the express written prior authorization of the Contracting

Officer. The Contracting Officer may designate assistant or alternate COR(s) to act for the COR by naming such assistant/alternate(s) in writing and transmitting a copy of such designation to the contractor.

1352.233-70 AGENCY PROTESTS (APR 2010)

(a) An agency protest may be filed with either: (1) the contracting officer, or (2) at a level above the contracting officer, with the appropriate agency Protest Decision Authority. See 64 Fed. Reg.

16,651 (April 6, 1999)

(b) Agency protests filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address:

NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION

ATTN: KEITH BUBAR, CONTRACTING OFFICER

100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(c) Agency protests filed with the agency Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address: NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION

ATTN: HEAD OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICE (HCO)

100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640

(d) A complete copy of all agency protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon the

Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing a protest with either the Contracting Officer or the Protest Decision Authority.

(e) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows:

U.S. Department of Commerce

Office of the General Counsel

Chief, Contract Law Division

Room 5893

Herbert C. Hoover Building

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20230.

FAX: (202) 482-5858

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1352.233-71 GAO AND COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS PROTESTS (APR 2010)

(a) A protest may be filed with either the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the Court of Federal Claims unless an agency protest has been filed.

(b) A complete copy of all GAO or Court of Federal Claims protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon (i) the Contracting Officer, and (ii) the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel, within one day of filing a protest with either GAO or the Court of

Federal Claims.

(c) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows:

U.S. Department of Commerce

Office of the General Counsel

Chief, Contract Law Division

Room 5893

Herbert C. Hoover Building

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20230.

FAX: (202) 482-5858

1352.239-71 Electronic and information technology (APR 2010)

(a) To be considered eligible for award, offerors must propose electronic and information technology (EIT) that meet the applicable Access Board accessibility standards at 36 CFR 1194 designated below:

1194.21 Software applications and operating systems

1194.22 Web-based intranet and internet information and applications

1194.31 Functional performance criteria

1194.41 Information, documentation and support

(b) The standards do not require the installation of specific accessibility-related software or the attachment of an assistive technology device, but merely require that the EIT be compatible with such software and devices so that it can be made accessible if so required by the agency in the future.

(c) Alternatively, offerors may propose products and services that provide equivalent facilitation.

Such offers will be considered to have met the provisions of the Access Board standards for the feature or components providing equivalent facilitation. If none of the offers that meet all applicable provisions of the standards could be accepted without imposing an undue burden on the agency or component, or if none of the offerors propose products or services that fully meet all of the applicable Access Board's provisions, those offerors whose products or services meet some of the applicable provisions will be considered eligible for award. Awards will not be made to an offeror meeting all or some of the applicable Access Board provisions if award would impose an undue burden upon the agency.

(d) Offerors must submit representation information concerning their products by completing the

VPAT template at http://www.Section508.gov .

1352.246-70 Place of Acceptance (APR 2010)

(a) The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will accept supplies and/or services to be provided under this contract.

(b) The place of acceptance will be:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Dr.

52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements—Representation (DEVIATION 2015-02)

(a) In accordance with section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and

Further Continuing Resolution Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), Government agencies are not permitted to use funds appropriated (or otherwise made available) under that or any other Act for contracts with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this provision does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

(c) Representation. By submission of its offer, the Offeror represents that it does not require employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information.

(End of provision)

Representation by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony

Conviction Under Any Federal Law (Class Deviation) (March 2015)

(1) In accordance with Sections 744 and 745 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), none of the funds made available by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 funding may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that-

(a) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where an awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government, or

(b) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(2) The Offeror represents that, as of the date of this offer -

(a) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a

Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(b) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability.

(End of provision)

Assurance by Corporations Regarding an Unpaid Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony

Conviction Under Any Federal Law (Class Deviation) (March 2015)

(1) In accordance with Sections 744 and 745 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), none of the funds made available by Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 and subsequent appropriations acts may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that –

(a) Was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where an awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the

Government, or

(c) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government.

(2) By accepting this award or order, in writing or by performance, the offeror/contractor assures that –

(a) The offeror/contractor is not a corporation convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(b) The offeror/contractor is not a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability.

CERTIFICATION BY OFFERORS REGARDING FEDERAL INCOME TAX FILING AND

FEDERAL INCOME TAX VIOLATIONS. (Class Deviation) (March 2015)

(a) In accordance with Section 523 of Division B, Consolidated and Further Continuing

Appropriations Act, 2015, (Pub. L. 113-235) none of the funds made available by the Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 unless the prospective contractor certifies in writing to the U.S. Consolidated and Further Continuing that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than

90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.

(b) The offeror’s proposal shall include a signed written certification as follows –

To the best of my knowledge and belief, ---(name of offeror)--- has filed the Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding this certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal

Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.

Firm _____________________________________________

Signature _________________________________________

Name ____________________________________________

Title _____________________________________________

Date of execution __________________________________