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FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

ACTION CODE: <COMBINED>

CLASSIFICATION CODE: T – PHOTO/MAP/PRINT/PUBLICATION

SUBJECT: DIGITAL MEDIA SUPPORT SERVICES

SOLICITATION NO.: SB1341-17-RQ-0148

RESPONSE DATE: 28 Feb 2017 CONTACT POINTS: Randy Schroyer, Contract Specialist; 301/975-6314 (T)

Andrea Parekh, Contracting Officer; 301/975-6984 (T)

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS AND SERVICES 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. FAR PART 13 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES ARE UTILIZED IN THIS PROCUREMENT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES.

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) 2005-95.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541430 with a small business size standard of $7.5M. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for economically-disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB).

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Public Affairs Office Office (PAO), has a requirement to acquire digital media support services in accordance with (IAW) the Statement of Work (SoW) included as an attachment to this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation.

BASE PERIOD = 6 MONTHS

CLIN 0001: The Contractor shall provide digital media support services IAW the SoW.

BASE PERIOD CEILING: $55,000.00

OPTION PERIOD 1 = 6 MONTHS

CLIN 0002: The Contractor shall provide digital media support services IAW the SoW.

OPTION PERIOD 1 CEILING: $55,000.00

OPTION PERIOD 2 = 6 MONTHS

CLIN 0003: The Contractor shall provide digital media support services IAW the SoW.

OPTION PERIOD 2 CEILING: $55,000.00

OPTION PERIOD 3 = 6 MONTHS

CLIN 0004: The Contractor shall provide digital media support services IAW the SoW.

OPTION PERIOD 3 CEILING: $55,000.00

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Upon receipt and acceptance of a proper invoice, the Contractor shall be paid monthly in arrears based on video products completed and half- and full-day services rendered in accordance with Net-30 day payment terms.

***This is an Open-Market Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial digital media support services as defined in the SoW. The Government intends to award a Purchase Order as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein. In order to facilitate the award process, ALL quotations shall include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

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

OR

The Offeror shall state “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).

Offerors that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

***Please note that this procurement is not being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If an Offeror submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price. However, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant Purchase Order, not the terms and conditions of the Offeror’s FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation.

***QUOTATION PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS***

***All offerors shall submit the following:

Each quotation shall consist of three (3) separate electronic files: (a) Technical Quotation (Vol. I); (b) Past Performance/References (Vol. II) and (c) Business/Pricing Quotation (Vol. III). Incomplete quotations may be considered non-compliant and removed from further consideration.

Quotations shall be clearly and concisely written as well as being neat, indexed (cross-indexed as appropriate) and logically assembled. All pages of each part shall be appropriately numbered and identified with the name of the offeror, the date, and the solicitation number. A one-page transmittal letter signed by an individual authorized to commit the organization shall be transmitted with the quotation to the Government. Each quotation shall be on 8.5” x 11” paper, in a commercially standard font, not smaller than 12-point font. Each page in the quotation shall be separately numbered. The quotation shall be limited to fifteen (15) single-sided, single-spaced pages (excluding the letter of transmittal, cover letter, key personnel resumes and past-performance information).

Overall Arrangement of Documents

Technical Quotation addressing all technical sub-factors (Volume I) - No pricing information shall be included in the technical quotation

Past Performance/References (Volume II)

Business/Pricing Quotation (Volume III)

VOLUME I: TECHNICAL

NIST will evaluate quotations, based on the information submitted in support of the following sub-factors:

Technical Sub-Factor 1 Corporate Experience The offeror shall describe the collective experience of the organization with providing competent, timely, and cost-effective digital media support services and the ability to recruit adequately qualified talent.

Technical Sub-Factor 2 Key Personnel

The offeror shall demonstrate by a resume that its proposed key personnel has the qualifications defined in the SoW.

TO ESTABLISH THE MERITS OF THE KEY PERSONNEL, THE OFFEROR SHALL PROVIDE AN ONLINE DEMO REEL OF THE PROPOSED CANDIDATE. THE DEMO REEL SHALL MINIMALLY CONSIST OF THREE PIECES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE CANDIDATE’S PROFICIENCY AND CREATIVITY WITH DIGITAL MEDIA AND VIDEO EDITING.

VOLUME II: PAST PERFORMANCE/REFERENCES

The offeror shall provide three (3) examples of past performance conducted within the last three (3) years of contracts for digital media support services with federal, state or local governments and/or commercial customers. If the offeror has no relevant past performance it should include a statement to that effect in its quotation. The government reserves the right to consider past performance data obtained from sources other than those provided by the offeror in its quotation.

The description of each reference described in this section shall not exceed a half page. For each of the contracts, the offeror shall provide the following information:

· Contract number

· Client’s name and address and point of contact, including telephone number and e-mail address

· Dollar value

· Period of performance

· Narrative describing the requirement and its relevance to the current requirement

· Name of contracting officer or point of contact, telephone number and e-mail address

VOLUME III: BUSINESS/PRICE QUOTATION

1. Price – firm fixed price video products and firm fixed hourly half- and full-day rates to conduct the tasks defined in the SoW.

All costs for preparation of video products and half- and full-day rates shall be included in the Contractor’s pricing/rates for CLINs 0001-0004 shown in each pricing table for each year of the not-to-exceed (NTE) purchase order.

CLIN 0001

BASE PERIOD

VIDEO TYPE

SERVICES

CLIN 0002

OPTION PERIOD 1

CLIN 0003

OPTION PERIOD 2

CLIN 0004

OPTION PERIOD 3

The Offeror is encouraged to discount its rates. If a rate discount is offered, identify the percentage of rate discount and/or rate reduction offered.

EVALUATION

The Government will award a not-to-exceed (NTE) purchase order with a ceiling of $55,000.00 for the 6-mo. base period and a ceiling of $55,000.00 per period for any exercised and funded option period. The NTE purchase order resulting from this solicitation will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein and be awarded to the responsible offeror whose quotation is the most highly rated, and conforming to the solicitation, results in the best value to the Government, non-price and price factors considered. NIST reserves the right to make award to other than the lowest-priced offeror if it determines that to do so would result in the best value to the Government.

The Government intends to make a single award and reserves the right to make no award as a result of this solicitation.

The Government intends to evaluate quotations and award the NTE purchase order without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial quotation should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any and or all quotations if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest priced quotation; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in quotations received.

Non-price factors are listed in descending order of importance. Technical is more important than Past Performance. Technical sub-factors are of equal importance. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are approximately equal in importance to price.

Sub-Factors 1-2 will be rated in accordance with the following definitions:

(HS) Highly Satisfactory: quotation exceeds requirements in a way that benefits the Government or meets requirements and contains enhancing features, which benefit the Government.

(S) Satisfactory: Quotation meets the minimum requirements. Any weaknesses are minor and will have little or no impact on performance.

(U) Unsatisfactory: Quotation does not comply substantially with requirements.

Adjectival ratings will be individually assigned for all Sub-Factors 1-2.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Technical

Technical Sub-Factor 1 Corporate Experience The Government will evaluate the offeror’s corporate experience to determine the extent to which the offeror’s general background and experience demonstrate its ability to provide talent to perform digital media support services.

Technical Sub-Factor 2 Key Personnel The Government will evaluate the quality of the online demo reel(s), and to determine the extent to which the resume(s) submitted for the proposed key personnel demonstrate compliance to the minimum qualifications defined in the SoW, may conduct audio interviews.

Past Performance/References will be rated in accordance with the following definitions:

(VR) Very Relevant: present/past performance effort involved essentially the same scope and magnitude of effort and complexities as this solicitation requires.

(R) Relevant: present/past performance effort involved a similar scope and magnitude of effort and complexities as this solicitation requires.

(SR) Somewhat Relevant: present/past performance effort involved some of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities as this solicitation requires.

(NR) Not Relevant: present/past performance effort involved little or none of the scope and magnitude of effort and complexities as this solicitation requires.

Adjectival ratings will be individually assigned for Past Performance/References.

Past Performance:

The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s past performance information to determine its relevance to the current requirement and the extent to which it demonstrates that the Offeror has successfully completed relevant contracts in the past three (3) years. In assessing the Offeror’s past performance, NIST may evaluate the quality, timeliness, and ability to control cost and schedule of past work. Offerors with no relevant past performance will not be rated favorably or unfavorably. Past performance will be evaluated by contacting appropriate references, including NIST references, if applicable.

PRICE:

The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s proposed video product prices and half- and full-day rates for digital media support services to determine whether the proposed prices/rates are realistic, complete, and reasonable in relation to the solicitation requirements.

Pricing will not be evaluated for quotations that are determined technically unacceptable under the Corporate Experience and Key Personnel evaluation factors.

***APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES***

The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/far/index.html

The following FAR provisions apply to this acquisition:

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (APR 2014);

52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2016);

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (JUL 2016);

52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror (JUL 2016);

52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror (JUL 2016)

Predecessor of Offeror (JUL 2016)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision–

“Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code” means–

(1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States and its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity, or

(2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that DLA Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as an NCAGE code.

“Predecessor” means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor.

“Successor” means an entity that has replaced a predecessor by acquiring the assets and carrying out the affairs of the predecessor under a new name (often through acquisition or merger). The term “successor” does not include new offices/divisions of the same company or a company that only changes its name. The extent of the responsibility of the successor for the liabilities of the predecessor may vary, depending on State law and specific circumstances.

(b) The Offeror represents that it □ is or □ is not a successor to a predecessor that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years.

(c) If the Offeror has indicated “is” in paragraph (b) of this provision, enter the following information for all predecessors that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years (if more than one predecessor, list in reverse chronological order):

Predecessor CAGE code: ________ (or mark “Unknown”)

Predecessor legal name: _________________________

(Do not use a “doing business as” name)

(End of provision)

52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal (JAN 2017);

52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations – Representation (NOV 2015);

52.209-5 Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters (OCT 2015);

52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction Under any Federal Law (FEB 2016) Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016)

(a) As required by sections 744 and 745 of Division E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235), and similar provisions, if contained in subsequent appropriations acts, the Government will not enter into a contract with any corporation that—

(1) 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 an agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; or

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

(b) The Offeror represents that—

(1) 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; and

(2) It is □ is not □ a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal law within the preceding 24 months.

(End of provision) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (JAN 2017);

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Items (OCT 2014);

52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items (JAN 2017);

52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (JUL 1990);

52.222-22 Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (FEB 1999);

The offeror represents that—

It □ has, □ has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation;

It □ has, □ has not filed all required compliance reports; and

Representations indicating submission of required compliance reports, signed by proposed subcontractors, will be obtained before subcontract awards.

(End of provision) 52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance (APR 1984);

52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Sanctioned Activities Relating to Iran – Representation and Certifications (OCT 2015);

In accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, quoters must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at www.SAM.gov. If paragraph (j) of the provision applies, a written submission is required.

52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference

Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://acquisition.gov/far/index.html

All interested offerors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov and must complete annual representations on-line in SAM 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.

The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition:

52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements—Representation (DEVIATION 2015-02)

Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements—Representation (FEB 2015)

(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.

52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (OCT 2010);

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (APR 2014);

52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Recycled Paper (May 2011);

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2016);

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2016);

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (DEC 2014);

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (JAN 2017);

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services.

Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 15 days of contract expiration.

52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract.

Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 1 day; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 10 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years.

52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information (MAY 2011);

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (JUN 2013);

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013);

52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (APR 1984)

52.245-1 Government Property (JAN 2017);

52.245-9 Use and Charges (APR 2012);

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference;

Clauses Incorporated By Reference (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://acquisition.gov/far/index.html

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders (JAN 2017) — Commercial Items including subparagraphs:

52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (SEP 2006);

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (OCT 2016);

52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements (OCT 2016);

52.209-6 Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015);

52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (NOV 2016);

52.219-13 Notice of Set-Aside of Orders (NOV 2011);

52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (JUL 2013);

52.219-29 Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) Concerns (DEC 2015);

52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUN 2003);

52.222-19 Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Oct 2016);

52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015);

52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016);

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (OCT 2015);

52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014);

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016);

52.222-41 Service Contract Act of 1965 (MAY 2014);

52.222-50 Combatting Trafficking in Persons (MAR 2015);

52.223-18 Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011);

52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008); and 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (JUL 2013) The following Department of Commerce (CAR) provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition. The CAR can be accessed online at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=6b3121d28d772a0296241b81d731dbf1&mc=true&node=pt48.5.1352&rgn=div5

PROVISIONS:

1352.215-72 Inquiries (Apr 2010)

Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to the Contract Specialist within three (3) days of the posting. All responses to the 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.

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 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 Div.

Attn: Andrea Parekh, Contracting Officer

100 Bureau Dr., M/S 1640

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(c) Agency protests filed with the agency Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address: NIST/Acquisition Management Div.

Attn: Head of the Contracting Office (HCO)

100 Bureau Dr., M/S 1640

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

(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, NW

Washington, DC 20230

FAX: 202/482-5858

CLAUSES:

1352.201-70 Contracting Officer’s Authority;

1352.201-72 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR);

1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws;

1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest;

1352.216-77 Ceiling Price;

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

1352.237-71 Security Processing Requirements – Low Risk Contracts;

1352.237-75 Key Personnel;

1352.239-72 Security Requirements for Information Technology Resources;

1352.246-70 Place of Acceptance;

1352.270-70 Period of Performance;

NIST LOCAL CLAUSE - BILLING INSTRUCTIONS:

(a) NIST prefers electronic Invoice/Voucher submissions and they should be emailed to invoice@nist.gov

(b) Each Invoice or Voucher submitted shall include the following: (1) Contract Number. (2) Contractor Name and Address. (3) Date of Invoice. (4) Invoice Number. (5) Amount of Invoice and Cumulative Amount Invoiced to-date. (6) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN). (7) Description, Quantity, Unit of Measure, Unit Price, and Extended Price of Supplies/Services Delivered. (8) Prompt Payment Discount Terms, if Offered. (9) Any other information or documentation required by the contract.

(c) In the event electronic submissions are not used, The Contractor shall submit an original invoice or voucher in accordance with the payment provisions of this contract to:

NIST: Accounts Payable Office

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1621

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1621

NIST LOCAL CLAUSE – U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE DETERMINATION

In accordance with the provisions of FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determination listed below is applicable to performance under the resultant purchase order.

Wage Determination No.: 2015-2103 R4 Date: 30 Dec 2016 And other appropriate clauses as needed

Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated. It can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm ***Offerors shall e-mail their quotation to randy.schroyer@nist.gov so that it is received by the response date/time for this solicitation. It is the responsibility of the offeror to confirm NIST’s receipt of its quotation. Each quotation shall include sufficient data to allow the Government to determine the amount, realism and consistency of the quoted fixed price. An e-mail quotation will be considered received when it is received in the electronic in-box of randy.schroyer@nist.gov not later than the date and time identified herein.

This RFQ does not commit the Government to pay any costs for the preparation and submission of a quotation.

The Contracting Officer is the only individual who can legally commit and obligate the Government to the expenditure of public funds in connection with this proposed acquisition.

Any questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing via e-mail to randy.schroyer@nist.gov no later than 11:00AM EST 22 Feb 2017. The Government will only respond to written questions. Questions submitted after this date and time may not be addressed by the Government prior to the quotation submission deadline.

***The due date and time for receipt of quotations is 28 Feb 2017 no later than 5:00PM EST.

Only information received on or before the due date and time for receipt of quotations will be considered for award. Any quotation, or part thereof, received after the due date and time for receipt of quotations, will be deemed late and not considered for award.

Because of heightened security, electronic delivery methods are the preferred method of delivery of quotations. If quotations are hand delivered, delivery shall be made on the actual due date through Gate A, and a 48 hour (excluding weekends and holidays) prior notice shall be provided to Randy Schroyer, Contract Specialist, on 301/975-6314.