Amendment_I.docx

AMENDMENT I

This solicitation is hereby amended to dissolve the small business set aside requirement, update the clauses as necessary and extend the due date for quotations as follows:

THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.5 TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

This acquisition is being competed under full and open competition.

PROVISIONS

Replace 52.225-2 – Buy American Certificate with the following:

52.225-4 -- Buy American -- Free Trade Agreements – Israeli Trade Act Certificate.

Buy American -- Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act Certificate (May 2014)

(a) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The terms “Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product,” “commercially available off-the-shelf item,” “component,” “domestic end product,” “end product,” “foreign end product,” “Free Trade Agreement country,” “Free Trade Agreement country end product,” “Israeli end product,” and “United States” are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act.”

(b) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American--Free Trade Agreements--Israeli Trade Act”:

Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End Products:

[List as necessary]

(c) The offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled “Buy American--Free Trade Agreement--Israeli Trade Act.” The offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of “domestic end product.”

Other Foreign End Products:

[List as necessary]

(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(End of provision)

CLAUSES

The following clause updates are hereby incorporated:

REPLACEMENTS:

52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies is replaced with 52.225-3, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act

REMOVALS:

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

ADDITIONS:

52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest when Subcontracting with Contractor’s Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans 52,222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act

DUE DATE/TIME FOR RESPONSES:

The due date/time for quotes has been extended from January 6, 2017 @ 12 pm EST to January 17, 2017 at 12pm EST.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.