Attachment_B-_Amended_Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation.pdf

SECHQ1-15-R-0003

Amendment #000008

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for services associated with serving as Trustee and Custodian to also include Recordkeeping Services to hold assets for eligible SEC employees who are enrolled in a new defined contribution retirement plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (referred to herein as the “Plan” or as the “Supplemental Retirement Plan”). This will be in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items and FAR Part 15 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; Offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a hybrid firm fixed price and time and materials contract to serve as the official Trustee and Custodian to also include Recordkeeping Services for a defined contribution program that will comply with Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (referred to herein as the “Plan” or as the “Supplemental Retirement Plan”) for SEC staff in the Washington, DC Headquarters office and regional offices. The anticipated contract period will be for twenty-four (24) months from date of award, with three (3) one-year option periods to follow the base year. The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel under this contract in accordance with the Statement of Work - Attachment (A), when requested by the contracting officer during the time period and within the aggregate dollar threshold specified herein.

(iii) The solicitation number is SECHQ1-15-R-0003 and issued as a Request for Proposals

(RFP).

(iv) The synopsis/solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-81 (April 2015).

(v) The associated NAICS code is 522110 and the applicable business size standard is

$175 million dollars.

(vi) Offerors shall provide prices for Trustee/Custodian and Record Keeping services for a defined contribution plan 401(a) that will cover nearly all of the SEC’s 4600+ employees, who are located in the Washington, DC headquarters office as well as 11 regional offices throughout the US in accordance with the Pricing Schedule highlighted in Attachment (D).

(vii) Description of requirements for the items to be acquired:

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is searching for a vendor that will hold the assets for eligible SEC employees who are enrolled in a new defined contribution retirement plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (referred to herein as the “Plan” or as the “Supplemental Retirement Plan”). The vendor will act as the Trustee and Custodian for the Plan. The Plan will hold only employer contributions. A copy of the vendor’s prototype 401(a) Plan documents must be included the Offeror’s response to this solicitation.

The Plan’s main objective will be to safeguard the principal and any increases thereto due to interest accumulation. The Plan’s objective will not include maximizing return on the principal. The SEC anticipates that the Plan will direct that all assets be invested in a business savings-type account initially, in a manner that will qualify for “pass-through” FDIC insurance as a retirement plan. The SEC may consider moving some of the assets into CDs or Treasury securities or some other secure vehicle at a later date. If the vendor offers advisory services that are not directly regulated by the SEC, it should discuss those services and any associated fees (under current rate schedules) in its response to this solicitation.

The SEC estimates that the Plan assets will be approximately $14 million by early 2015, with an annual estimated net increase in holdings of approximately $7 million.

The participants will not be allowed to direct investments. The SEC anticipates that participants will have limited rights to make withdrawals beyond the rights afforded by law, and accordingly estimates that the number of withdrawals can be up to 100,000 per year during the contract periods three through five. The initial plan assets will be 100% vested, but new investments may be subject to a vesting period.

Trustee services include:

• serving as the Plan Trustee in accordance with the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;

• keeping the Plan assets in trust (fiduciary responsibility); and

• maintaining auditable records of all Plan assets and submitting to periodic audits as required by law, including as required to enable the SEC to respond to inquiries by, e.g., Congress, the General Accountability Office, the Internal Revenue Service, etc.

Custodian services include:

• receiving plan assets bi-weekly via electronic wire transfers from SEC’s payroll provider (currently the Department of the Interior/National Business Center

(DOI/NBC));

• accepting discretionary payments the SEC may choose to make, whether through the SEC’s payroll provider or directly from the SEC.

• following instructions from the Recordkeeper and the Trustee regarding withdrawals and distributions, and satisfy those instructions in the form of a check, wire transfer, direct rollover, or as otherwise requested.• providing trust reconciliation reports on a monthly basis; and

• separately accounting for any amounts forfeited by non-vested participants.

• notifying the SEC any time a balance approaches $250,000 (or the then-applicable

FDIC insurance limit).

Services to be provided by the Recordkeeper include:

• Receive bi-weekly census data from SEC’s payroll provider, currently the

Department of Interior/National Business Center (DOI/NBC);

• Create and maintain individual participant records containing all pertinent financial data (e.g., account balance, bi-weekly deposits, withdrawals, allocations of interest or other earnings on the omnibus trust account, vested amounts, non-vested amounts);

• Provide a secure electronic means for participants to manage and verify all aspects of their individual account, including the ability to enroll, make withdrawal requests, view bi-weekly deposits, view amounts credited to their account as share of interest or other earnings on the omnibus trust account, view amounts deducted from their account as share of costs, view amounts vested and amounts not vested, view total individual participant balance, view statements, and submit account inquiries. This information must be sufficient to meet the FDIC’s “pass-through” insurance rules for retirement plans;

• Provide call center services with hours that allow participants in any continental U.S. time zone reasonable access to those services, including enrollment support, employee support for inquiries, case management and escalation;

• Provide participants with an account statement at least annually, and provide participants the option to receive any such statement(s) electronically or in hard copy;

• A secure web-based environment; and

• As needed, corrects plan errors and ensure corrections are properly recorded with the IRS and other appropriate governing entities.

The SEC will deposit contributions to the Plan for all eligible employees on a bi-weekly basis. The vendor must have the ability to accept any additional discretionary payments the agency may choose to make, whether through the SEC’s payroll provider or directly from the SEC, and in its response to this solicitation must state the amount of any associated fees (under current rate schedules).

Contributions will be subject to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) maximum elective deferral limits and any other applicable laws and regulations governing retirement plans. The SEC will fund all contributions via electronic wire transfer. The vendor must stipulate any associated fees for acceptance of such wire transfers.

As part of the SEC’s employee benefits offerings and pursuant to the negotiated agreement with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), the SEC will establish a supplemental retirement program in addition to standard federal retirement programs such as the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), or the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) for eligible employees. This supplemental retirement plan will cover nearly all of the SEC’s 4600+ employees, who are located in the Washington, DC headquarters office as well as 11 regional offices throughout the US.

The contractor should be an institution that does not fall under the purview of the SEC’s regulatory authority. The contractor should be fully insured by the appropriate regulator (e.g., FDIC, NCUA). The contractor must be able to offer regional coverage for multiple SEC locations.

(viii) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point.

The anticipated contract’s period of performance will be for two (2) years from date of award, with three (3) one-year options totaling a five (5) year contract if all options are exercised.

Services will be performed electronically in a virtual environment, therefore, the vendor must be able to perform services to all SEC employees, who are located throughout the continental US.

(ix) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition and a statement regarding any addenda to the provision.

(x) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items (Jan 1999), applies to this acquisition as follows:

52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items (Jan 1999)

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government reserves also the right to make no award pursuant to this solicitation.

The Government intends to evaluate proposal(s) and award one (1) contract without further communication, but reserves the right to conduct communications if determined to be necessary. This will be a Trade Off best value procurement. An award will be made to the offeror whose technical proposal and price represent the best value to the Government.

The Government will conduct a two phase technical evaluation process. The first phase of the technical evaluation will commence upon receipt of all proposals received no later than the submission deadline of 11:00 a.m. on May 5, 2015. Upon completion of the first phase, only the most technically qualified proposals will proceed to the second phase of the evaluation process for Presentations. Scripts for Presentations will be issued only to the most technically qualified proposals.

Phase I of the technical evaluation will consist of the review of the technical submission addressing the Technical Capabilities and Management Approach, Corporate Experience, Key Personnel, and Past Performance.

Phase II of the technical evaluation will consist of Presentations. Offerors that are determined to be the most technically qualified based upon the initial technical proposal submission will be invited to conduct Presentations, which will be evaluated as part of the overall proposal.

If selected for Presentations, the Offeror must be prepared to give their presentation within receipt of a 24-48 hour notice from the Government.

The purpose of the Presentation is for the Government to be able to assess the Offeror’s ability to provide the services and deliverables referenced in the SOW.

The Government representatives reserve the right to ask questions during the Presentations. The Contracting Officer (CO) will schedule the Presentation and notify the Offeror of the scheduled date, time and location. The order in which Offerors shall conduct their Presentations will be determined by the CO.

All proposed Key Personnel shall be present for the Presentations. The Government reserves the right to caucus anytime during the Presentation and anticipates the presentation may take 2 to 2 ½ hours.

Questions shall not be construed as communications since Offeror revisions will not be permitted as a result of the presentation unless requested by the CO.

Presentation scenario script will be provided by the Government at the conclusion of the review of the acceptability of the Offeror’s technical proposal.

The Offeror’s submission should demonstrate the firm’s capability to perform the requirements outlined in the solicitation. Offerors shall provide a technical offer that includes the following five (5) factors that will be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical Capability and Management Approach, (2) Corporate Experience, (3) Key Personnel, (4) Past Performance and (5) Oral Presentations.

Technical Capability and Management Approach is more important than Corporate Experience, Key Personnel, and Past Performance. Oral Presentations and Technical Capability and Management Approach are of equal importance.

Corporate Experience is more important than Key Personnel and Past Performance. Key Personnel is more important than Past Performance. When combined, the technical evaluation factors of (1) Technical Capability and Management Approach, (2) Corporate Experience, (3) Key Personnel, (4) Past Performance and (5) Oral Presentations are significantly more important than (6) Price. As the technical offers become more equal, price becomes more important in making the award determination. In the event that two (2) or more offers are determined not to have any substantial technical differences (i.e., are technically equivalent), award may be made to the lower priced offer. It should be noted that award may be made to other than the lowest priced offer if the Government determines that a price premium is warranted due to technical merit. The Government may also award to other than the highest technically rated quotation, if the Government determines that a price premium is not warranted.

VOLUME 1 – TECHNICAL PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Offerors shall not include any price information in the technical proposal. Offerors shall address the following factors:

Technical Capability and Management Approach

The Offeror shall describe in detail its technical capabilities on how it will meet the criteria in the Statement of Work (SOW). The Offeror shall describe in detail its technical and management approach. The Offeror’s technical approach shall clearly describe and address the Offeror’s knowledge, understanding and ability to successfully perform the requirements and obtain the desired outcomes highlighted in the SOW. The Offeror’s management approach should clearly cite discrete examples of successful performance and tangible results similar to the specific tasks contained in the SOW. Statements such as “the Offeror understands” or “the Offeror will comply” and statements that paraphrase the SOW or other contract requirements are inadequate.

If the offeror provides advisory services that are not directly regulated by the SEC, it should discuss those services and any associated fees (under current rate schedules) in its response to this solicitation.

The Offeror shall provide a quality control plan documenting the management and quality control actions used to provide the highest quality service to customers consisting at a minimum for the following areas:

Trustee/Custodian:

• fiduciary and internal control functions, including data transfer methods;

• account access (e.g., internet and account manager/client representative);

• quarterly management reports;

• mandatory ERISA disclosures require by the Department of Labor;

• financial reports and necessary data to complete IRS and DOL reporting requirements; and

• internal controls over the management of the omnibus trust account, processes for accepting biweekly deposits and withdrawals; processes for interfacing with the recordkeeper and information efficient to meet FDIC’s “pass-through” insurance rules for retirement plans (as necessary, if this type of structure is implemented for the Plan).

Recordkeeper:

• account access (e.g., internet and account manager/client representative)

• quarterly management reports;

• hardware platform and software systems used for accounting, recordkeeping and administering retirement accounts;

• a detailed written plan as to how the privacy and security of SEC customer accounts will be handled;

• internal controls over the management of individual accounts, including enrollment processes, withdrawals, bi-weekly deposits, and share of accrued interest and expenses; and

• assess participant experience of call center services by administering automated survey that captures enrollment support, responsiveness to inquiries and ease of assessing the platform.

Corporate Experience

The Offeror is expected to have at least 3 (three) years of Corporate Experience.

Offerors must submit a two-page (maximum) narrative describing the company's corporate experience providing the types of services offered. Your company must have provided these types of services to an entity for the minimum number of years noted above. At a minimum, your narrative must include the following:

(i) Organization’s number of years of corporate experience in providing the services offered.

(ii) Organization’s size, experience in the field, and resources available to enable them to fulfill requirements of the size anticipated under any resultant contract; and

(iii) Brief history of the organization’s activities contributing to the development of expertise and capabilities related to this requirement.

Complete the chart below to identify the number of defined contribution plans you currently administer in the following categories:

Number of Participants # of Plans Total Assets

Less than 500

500-999

1,000-4,999

More than 5,000

Total

Key Personnel

The Offeror’s offer shall include a resume for all key personnel. The Offeror shall address the experience and capabilities of the proposed key personnel assigned to this requirement.

The Offeror shall identify all proposed key personnel’s skill sets, highest degree attained, and licensing or certifications. Resumes are limited to three (3) single pages per person but are not part of the page count limitation. If any of the proposed key personnel are not currently employed by the Offeror then signed letters of commitment must be submitted. The Offeror must demonstrate that key personnel can successfully complete this project.

Key Personnel

Project Manager Trustee Custodial Project Manager Record Keeping Technical Specialist – Client Relationship Specialist

Past Performance

Each Offeror will be evaluated on its past performance on contracts or subcontracts currently ongoing or completed within the last three (3) years for similar products or services. The Government will focus on information that demonstrates quality of performance relative to similar type and complexity of the services under consideration. References other than those identified by the Offeror may be contacted by the Government with the information received used in evaluating the Offeror's past performance. The Government reserves the right to perform customer surveys only for those contracts which are deemed by the Government to be most relevant to this procurement.

(i) Evaluation of past performance will be based on consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances.

(ii) Information may be obtained from the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and from references listed by the Offeror, other customers known to the Government, consumer protection organizations and others who may have useful and relevant information.

(iii) In the case of an Offeror that does not have past contract performance information or with respect to which information on past contract performance is not available, the Offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably on the factor of past performance.

(iv) Past Performance Questionnaire must be submitted along with your proposal in Attachment G. The Government will evaluate relevant past performance of each offeror. The Offeror shall identify a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) current/previous contracts/task orders with the clients (with active plan participants of 1,500 or more)that demonstrate recent and relevant past performance. Recent is defined as within the last two (2) years. Relevant is defined as work similar in complexity and magnitude to the work identified in the SOW. Please include the following information:

a) Project Title.

b) Description of the Project.

c) Contract Type.

d) Contract/Task Order Number.

e) Contract/Task Order Amount.

f) Government Agency/Organization.

g) COTR’s name, address, phone number and email address.

h) Contracting Officer’s name, address, telephone number and email address.

i) Current status (e.g. completed and/or in progress, start and estimated completion dates).

j) Key personnel (please identify those individuals who worked on the relevant project and are also proposed for this effort).

k) A brief narrative of why your firm believes this reference is relevant to the proposed task.

The Offeror must complete the part of the Past Performance Questionnaire that is attached to this Request for Quote (RFP) and provide it to a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) references ( clients of the same relative size and scope as the SEC’s anticipated Plan). The references are expected to submit the Past Performance Questionnaire by email to Ms. Debora Coreas at coreasd@sec.gov no later than the closing date/time of the RFP. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure that the Past Performance Questionnaire is returned to the correct email address no later than the RFP closing date/time.

Page Limitation: The technical submission shall be limited to thirty (30) one-sided pages, excluding the cover letter, resumes, sample documents and letters of commitment for proposed personnel, Fidelity Bond document Questionnaire and Past Performance Questionnaire.

A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful Offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL FACTORS

Technical offers submitted in response to this RFP will be evaluated as follows:

1) Technical Capability and Management Approach - the degree to which the

Offeror effectively demonstrates knowledge, understanding, and technical ability to successfully perform the requirements of the SOW.

2) Corporate Experience – the depth and breadth of Offeror’s corporate experience (including subcontractors) in providing the types of services.

3) Key Personnel - the Offeror’s ability to provide qualified key personnel.

4) Past Performance – the relevance and quality of the Offeror’s recent past performance for similar type of work.

5) Oral Presentations – the ability to effectively and efficiently satisfy the scenarios provided by the Government.

VOLUME 2 - PRICE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION (Non Rated)

Offerors should provide a rate schedule of prices for services and fees associated with Trustee and Custodian services. Offerors should also provide an indicative/proposed schedule of interest rates, effective annual rate and average rate of return earned on Trust accounts with the following year end asset balances:

$10,000,000; $35,000,000; $50,000,000; $75,000,000.

The price offered shall include the following:

a) Completed signed copy of the SF-1449 and all amendments. The Offeror shall indicate the price to be charged for each item in Pricing Schedule rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

b) Fixed Price rates shall be fully burdened and include all costs (direct and indirect), overhead, and profit.

c) Offerors are strongly encouraged to offer discounts off their published rates.

Identify by percentage any discounts or price reductions offered.

d) Proposed other direct costs in support of this requirement that exceed the micro-purchase threshold ($3,000) must be priced on the Offeror’s contract.

e) This is a hybrid contract. Offeror’s proposed pricing for firm fixed priced CLINs must include work to support Section 3.2 a, b, c, d, g, i, j, l, q of the SOW. Labor categories will be evaluated against the Government’s estimated level of effort.

The Government expects to receive price competition through the submission of several price proposals. Offerors shall propose prices that are both realistic and reasonable.

f) The contractor must provide separate documents to highlight the impact on its pricing structure under each of the following scenarios for years 3-5: (1) annual net increase in holdings of approximately $7 million with fewer than 400 withdrawals to process annually; (2) no annual net increase in holdings with 100,000 withdrawals (most in the form of direct rollovers) to process annually;

and (3) no annual net increase in holdings with 4,000 withdrawals (most in the form of direct rollovers) to process annually.

If applicable, Contractor Team Arrangement and/or Subcontractor Arrangement Supporting Documentation. Both teaming and subcontracting are permissible under this RFP. If subcontracting is proposed, all labor and materials proposed must be contained within the prime contractor’s contract. Furthermore, the prime contractor shall disclose to the Government’s Contracting Officer (CO) a copy of the subcontract pricing, terms and conditions, or subcontracting agreement. The Government will evaluate the acceptability of any teaming or subcontracting arrangement as part of its evaluation of price. Failure to provide complete supporting documentation may result in no further consideration of the Offeror’s offer. Subcontractors may submit proprietary data directly to the Contracting Officer or through the prime contractor in a separate, sealed envelope the following information (preferably to be provided on the Offeror submission cover letter, which is not included in the page limitation):

a) Tax Identification Number (TIN)

b) Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS)

c) Contact Name

d) Contact Email address

e) Contact telephone and fax number

f) Complete business mailing address

Price will be evaluated based upon reasonableness and realism.

(x) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (MAR 2015), with its offer, or indicate that representations and certifications are available on-line in the Reps & Certs section of their System for Award Management (SAM) record available at https://www.sam.gov.

(xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (DEC 2014), applies to this acquisition and a statement regarding any addenda to the clause.

(xi) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (APR 2015), applies to this acquisition and a statement regarding which, if any, of the additional FAR clauses cited in the clause are applicable to the acquisition:

https://www.sam.gov/ http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/Far/52_000.htm#P1801_253030 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/Far/52_000.htm#P2001_293769

52.252-2 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 address: http://www.acquisition.gov/far

Clause Title Date FAR Clauses 52.202-1 Definitions Nov 2013 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees May 2014 52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures May 2014 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Pub.

L. 110-252, Title VI, Chapter 1 (41 U.S.C. 251 note)).

Apr 2010

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

Apr 2014

52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel Jan 2011 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier

Subcontract Awards (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

Jul 2013

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. Apr 2014 http://www.acquisition.gov/far

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

52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities Feb 1999

52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246). Mar 2007

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212).

Sep 2010

52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29 U.S.C. 793). Oct 2010

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212).

Sep 2010

52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (E.O. 13496). Dec 2010

52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards

May 2014

52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)

May 2014

52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards -- Price Adjustment

May 2014

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons Feb 2009

52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification (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.)

Aug 2013

52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving.

Aug 2011

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

Jun 2008

52.227-1 Authorization and Consent Dec 2007

52.227-2 Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement

Dec 2007

52.227-3 Patent Indemnity April 1984

52.227-14 Rights in Data—General with Alternate III May 2014

52.227-16 Additional Data Requirements June 1987

52.227-17 Rights In Data-Special Works Dec 2007

52.227-18 Rights in Data--Existing Works Dec 2007

52.232-7 Payments under Time and Materials Aug 2012

52.232-18 Availability of Funds April 1984

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

52.232.40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors Dec 2013

52.233-2 Service of Protest Sep 2006

52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Items Oct 2014

52.246-6 Inspection -- Time-and-Material and Labor-Hour May 2001

52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity (Oct 1995).

(a) This is an indefinite-quantity contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies and services specified in the Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract.

(b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. The Contractor shall furnish to the Government, when and if ordered, the supplies or services specified in the Schedule up to and including the quantity designated in the Schedule as the "maximum." The Government shall order at least the quantity of supplies or services designated in the Schedule as the "minimum."

(c) Except for any limitations on quantities in the Order Limitations clause or in the Schedule, there is no limit on the number of orders that may be issued. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.

(d) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor's and Government's rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract's effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after 3 years of award of contract? Is this correct? The contract can go up to almost 5 years.the expiration of the contract.

MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM QUANTITIES

As referred to in paragraph (b) of FAR Clause 52.216-22, "Indefinite Quantity" of this contract, the contract minimum quantity is establish at $100. The contract maximum quantity is hereby established at the total amount of $10,000,000.00

52.217-5 Evaluation of Options (July 1990)

Except when it is determined in accordance with FAR 17.206(b) not to be in the Government’s best interests, the Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

52.217-8 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 the period of performance of the contract.

52.217-9 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 the period of performance of the contract; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 1 day 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.

52.227-15 Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software (Dec 2007)

(a) This solicitation sets forth the Government’s known delivery requirements for data (as defined in the clause at 52.227-14, Rights in

Data--General). Any resulting contract may also provide the Government the option to order additional data under the Additional Data Requirements clause at 52.227-16, if included in the contract. Any data delivered under the resulting contract will be subject to the Rights in Data--General clause at 52.227-14 included in this contract. Under the latter clause, a Contractor may withhold from delivery data that qualify as limited rights data or restricted computer software, and deliver form, fit, and function data instead. The latter clause also may be used with its Alternates II and/or III to obtain delivery of limited rights data or restricted computer software, marked with limited rights or restricted rights notices, as appropriate. In addition, use of Alternate V with this latter clause provides the Government the right to inspect such data at the Contractor’s facility.

(b) By completing the remainder of this paragraph, the offeror represents that it has reviewed the requirements for the delivery of technical data or computer software and states [offeror check appropriate block]—

[ ] (1) None of the data proposed for fulfilling the data delivery requirements qualifies as limited rights data or restricted computer software; or

[ ] (2) Data proposed for fulfilling the data delivery requirements qualify as limited rights data or restricted computer software and are identified as follows:

(c) Any identification of limited rights data or restricted computer software in the offeror's response is not determinative of the status of the data should a contract be awarded to the offeror.

(xiii) A statement regarding any additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements or warranty requirements) determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. Not applicable.

(xiv) A statement regarding the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating, if applicable: Not applicable.

(xv) The date, time and place offers are due:

Both electronic and hard copies of your Technical and Price proposals are due no later than 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, on May 5, 2015. LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE

ACCEPTED.

Each Offeror is requested to submit one (1) electronic and five (5) hard copies of your firm’s offer. The electronic version shall be submitted via email to Ms. Debora Coreas at coreasd@sec.gov.

The hard copies shall be delivered to the following address:

Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Acquisitions Attn: Debora Coreas, Contract Specialist Room 4161/Mail Stop SP1 - 4010 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 coreasd@sec.gov

(xvi) Questions regarding this Request for Proposals (RFP) must be submitted in writing and sent via email to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Debora Coreas, at coreasd@sec.gov and carbon copy (cc Regina Mumford-Rush at mumford-rushr@sec.gov) no later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 28, 2015. Questions received after that date/time may not be addressed.

Responses to questions will be posted on/or before May 1, 2015.

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