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Embassy of the United States of America

December 09th, 2016

To: Prospective Quoters

Subject: Solicitation Number SEG30017Q0003 for LES Tax Advisory services

Enclosed is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for LES Tax Advisory services. If you would like to submit a quotation, follow the instructions in Section 3 of the solicitation, complete the required portions of the attached document, and submit it to the address shown on the Standard Form 1449 that follows this letter.

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting an acceptable quotation at the lowest price. We intend to award a contract based on initial quotations, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.

In order for your company to do business with the US Federal Government, you need to register it in https://www.sam.gov and provide us with the registration number (DUNS number).

The Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on December 21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (Cairo time) at the Embassy premises at 8, Kamal El-Din Salah Garden City, Cairo, Egypt.

In order to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference, you are kindly requested to provide the name and Egyptian ID or Passport number of each of your representatives that will attend maximum by December 14, 2016. Please e-mail this information to CairoContracts@state.gov to prepare for your access to the Embassy premises.

If you have any questions before the pre-proposal conference, please direct it to CairoContracts@state.gov maximum by December 14, 2016.

If you have any questions after the pre-proposal conference, please direct it to CairoContracts@state.gov maximum by December 28, 2016.

Your offer must be submitted by e-mail to CairoContracts@state.gov on or before January 09, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.

Sincerely, Richard Johnson

Contracting Officer

Enclosure

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SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

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

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SEG30017Q0003

6. SOLICITATION ISSUE

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7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME Hany Gerguis

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28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN _ __ COPIES

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

SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY ADDITION AL SHEETS

SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. _ _______________ OFFER DATED

_ __________. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION (BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY

ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS

TO ITEMS:

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

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print) 31c. DATE SIGNED

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RECEIVED INSPECTED ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED: _______________________________

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32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1 - The Schedule

SF 1449 cover sheet

Continuation To SF-1449, RFQ Number SEG30017Q0003, Prices, Block 23

Continuation To SF-1449, RFQ Number SEG30017Q0003, Schedule Of Supplies/Services, Block 20 Description/Specifications/Work Statement

Attachment 1 to Description/Specifications/Performance Work Statement, Government Furnished Property

Section 2 - Contract Clauses

Contract Clauses Addendum to Contract Clauses - FAR and DOSAR Clauses not Prescribed in Part 12

Section 3 - Solicitation Provisions

Solicitation Provisions Addendum to Solicitation Provisions - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in

Part 12

Section 4 - Evaluation Factors

Evaluation Factors Addendum to Evaluation Factors - FAR and DOSAR Provisions not Prescribed in

Part 12

Section 5 - Representations and Certifications

Offeror Representations and Certifications Addendum to Offeror Representations and Certifications - FAR and DOSAR

Provisions not Prescribed in Part 12

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SECTION 1 - THE SCHEDULE

CONTINUATION TO SF-1449

RFQ NUMBER SEG30017Q0003

PRICES, BLOCK 23

I. PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

A. The purpose of this firm fixed price contract is to secure Tax Advisory and Assistance services for Locally Employed (LE) staff at the Embassy of the United States of America, in accordance with the work statement.

B. The contract will be for a one-year period from the date of the contract award, with one-option year.

II. PRICING

Base Year:

Line Item 001:

Preparation and submission of a bi-weekly and/or monthly Income Tax Withholding Report on employees’ net earnings for the internal use of the U.S. Embassy, based on salary information provided by the Embassy. This calculation should be performed in a manner that minimizes fluctuations in withholdings due to fluctuating variable pay. The Withholding Report is due to the Embassy within 3 business days after the Embassy provides the salary information to the vendor in Excel format. The report should show the amount of tax due by each employee, per pay period.

The Embassy will provide employment data from four distinct groups: State and USAID (bi-weekly base calculations), NAMRU-3 and AECWA (monthly base calculations). The Embassy has approximately 1,500 LE staff employees as follows: State 1180, AID 150, NAMRU-3, 130 and

AECWA 40.

State and USAID (Bi-weekly only) Number Unit Total of Submissions Price Price

26 $________ $________

NAMRU-3 and AECWA (Monthly only) Number Unit Total

12 $________ $________

A. Subtotal for line item #001 for base year: $_______________________.

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Line item 002:

Deliver detailed bi-weekly and/or monthly tax slips explaining the withheld income tax amount for each active employee in each of the four distinct groups. Tax slips will be bi-weekly for State and USAID employees and monthly for NAMRU-3 and AECWA employees. The Embassy has

26 $________ $_______

12 $________ $_______

B. Subtotal for line item 002 for base year: $________________________.

Line item 003:

Deliver to the tax authority the amounts of tax withheld from employees each month based on checks provided to the vendor by the Embassy. Payment should be made to the Tax Authority on or before the 15th of each month. On a monthly basis, obtain proof of payment from the Egyptian Taxation Authority and provide that proof of payment to the Embassy. The vendor will receive 3 tax checks monthly from the Embassy: one for State and USAID, one from NAMRU-3, and one from AECWA. All monthly tax checks should be delivered to the Egyptian Taxation Authority at the same time.

Number Unit Total

12 $_________ $_______

C. Subtotal for line item 003 for base year (12 Submissions x Unit Price): $__________.

Line Item 004:

Per Article (15) of the Tax law: submit, to the competent tax office, a combined quarterly return for the Embassy (all four tax groups) in January, April, July, and October of each year, using the form developed for such purpose. The returns should be submitted to the tax authority no later than the last day of the months listed above.

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Number Unit Total

4 $_______ $_______

D. Subtotal for line item # 004 for base year (Unit Price of Submissions x 4): $________.

Line Item 005:

Prepare and submit a draft annual tax reconciliation report to the Embassy (all four groups) for review by December 31st for the existing tax year. A final tax reconciliation report with any requested changes should be issued in final to the Embassy by January 15th. If any additional funds are owed by the employees to the tax authorities for the former tax period, one final check (from each group if needed) will be issued to the vendor for payment to the tax authorities by January 31st. The vendor will present the final annual tax reconciliation to the tax authorities by January 31st and seek a clearance from the tax authority that all taxes owed by Embassy employees for the former tax year have been paid. The final issuance of this clearance rests with the tax authorities.

Number Unit Total

1 $ __ $ _____

E. Subtotal for line item #005 for base year (Unit Price of Submission x 1) $________.

Line Item 006:

Calculate final income taxes for retired or resigned employee, at the time the employee departs based on salary information provided by the Embassy. This information should be provided via Excel format. The information is due to the Embassy within 2 business days after the Embassy provides the salary information to the vendor. Approximately 90 employees may depart Embassy service annually.

Price per Number of Total Person Employees Price

F. Subtotal for line item #006 for base year (Price per Person x Number of Employees):

Total Price for Base year (sum of A+ B + C + D + E+ F): $_ ___________________.

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First option year:

Line Item 001:

Preparation and submission of a bi-weekly and/or monthly Income Tax Withholding Report on employees’ net earnings for the internal use of the U.S. Embassy, based on salary information provided by the Embassy. This calculation should be performed in a manner that minimizes fluctuations in withholdings due to fluctuating variable pay. The Withholding Report is due to the Embassy within 3 business days after the Embassy provides the salary information to the vendor in Excel format. The report should show the amount of tax due by each employee, per pay period.

The Embassy will provide employment data from four distinct groups: State and USAID (bi-weekly base calculations), NAMRU-3 and AECWA (monthly base calculations). The Embassy has

A. Subtotal for line item #001 for first option year: $____________________.

Line item 002:

Deliver detailed bi-weekly and/or monthly tax slips explaining the withheld income tax amount for each active employee in each of the four distinct groups. Tax slips will be bi-weekly for State and USAID employees and monthly for NAMRU-3 and AECWA employees. The Embassy has

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B. Subtotal for line item 002 for the first option year: $_______________.

Line item 003:

The vendor will deliver to the tax authority the amounts of tax withheld from employees each month based on checks provided to the vendor by the Embassy. Payment should be made to the Tax Authority on or before the 15th of each month. On a monthly basis, obtain proof of payment from the Egyptian Taxation Authority and provide that proof of payment to the Embassy. The vendor will receive 3 tax checks monthly from the Embassy: one for State and USAID, one from NAMRU-3, and one from AECWA. All monthly tax checks should be delivered to the Egyptian Taxation Authority at the same time.

12 $_________ $________

C. Subtotal for line item 003 for the first option year (12 Submissions x Unit Price):

Line Item 004:

Per Article (15) of the Tax law: submit, to the competent tax office, a combined quarterly return for the Embassy (all four tax groups) in January, April, July, and October of each year, using the form developed for such purpose. The returns should be submitted to the tax authority no later than the last day of the months listed above.

4 $_______ $______

D. Subtotal for line item # 004 for the first option year (Unit Price of Submissions x 4):

Line Item 005:

Prepare and submit a draft annual tax reconciliation report to the Embassy (all four groups) for review by December 31st for the existing tax year. A final tax reconciliation report with any requested changes should be issued in final to the Embassy by January 15th. If any additional funds are owed by the employees to the tax authorities for the former tax period, one final check (from each group if needed) will be issued to the vendor for payment to the tax authorities by January 31st. The vendor will present the final annual tax reconciliation to the tax authorities by

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January 31st and seek a clearance from the tax authority that all taxes owed by Embassy employees for the former tax year have been paid. The final issuance of this clearance rests with the tax authorities.

1 $ __ $ ___

E. Subtotal for line item #005 for the first option y (Unit Price of Submission x 1)

Line Item 006:

Calculate final income taxes for retired or resigned employee, at the time the employee departs based on salary information provided by the Embassy. This information should be provides via Excel format. The information is due to the Embassy within 2 business days after the Embassy provides the salary information to the vendor. Approximately 90 employees may depart Embassy service annually.

Price per Number of Total Person Employees Price

F. Subtotal for line item #006 for the first option year (Price per Person x Number of Employees): $______________

Total Price for first option year (sum of A+ B + C + D + E+ F): $_ ______

Total Price on the contract (Base plus first option year): $_____________________.

III. VALUE ADDED TAX

VALUE ADDED TAX. Value Added Tax (VAT) is not applicable to this contract and shall not be included in the CLIN rates or Invoices because the U.S. Embassy has a tax exemption certificate from the host government.

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CONTINUATION TO SF-1449,

RFQ NUMBER SEG30017Q0003

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES, BLOCK 20

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

1. General. The Embassy of the United States of America in Cairo, Egypt requires tax withholding advisory and assistance services for approximately 1,500 Locally Employed (LE) staff. Egyptian Tax Law No. 91/2005, effective July 1, 2005, subjects salaries of Egyptian employees of Diplomatic missions in Egypt to local income tax, and requires that Diplomatic missions withhold a percentage of local income tax from employee's salary each pay period.

Withheld local taxes in the amounts, required by Egyptian Law, are transferred to the Egyptian Tax Authorities on a recurring basis. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo requires a contractor capable of performing tax withholding calculations for each employee on a bi-weekly and/or monthly basis, and certifying that the calculated tax amounts are accurate and in accordance with all applicable laws. The Embassy has four distinct groups: State and USAID employees are paid bi-weekly (every 14 days) and NAMRU-3 and AECWA employees are paid monthly.

A significant number of employees earn premium pay (overtime), which varies from pay period to pay period. It can also fluctuate from a sizeable premium pay in one pay to no premium pay in the following pay period. Since the application of the withholding mechanism by the Embassy in 2005, exact taxes for income earned by an employee in a given pay period are being withheld on the following pay period due to the Embassy’s payroll systems. Such a method of an after the fact calculation and withholding has created unnecessary fluctuations in employees’ net pay. The same applies to pay days when bonuses or awards are paid which is normally twice a year. The Embassy is looking for a vendor that can provide tax calculations and can suggest a simpler and proactive mechanism to address taxes applicable to variable pay such as premium pay, bonuses, and awards.

The Embassy will provide the vendor with all the necessary payroll information for its employees. The Embassy will draw check payments issued in the name of the Egyptian Tax Authority and give the checks to the vendor for delivery to the Egyptian Government on a monthly basis. The vendor will provide the Embassy with payment receipt confirmations. The contractor is responsible for obtaining an annual clearance letter from the tax authority, by tax year, certifying that all correct due tax payments have been received by the tax authority for all Embassy employees which may include recently departed employees in any given tax year. The vendor must also provide an annual reconciliation, by employee, of taxes that are owed, taxes that were paid, and the net different of taxes that the employee collects if an overpayment occurred, or additional taxes the employee may owe if the employee has not paid enough to the Government of Egypt.

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2. Definitions

AECWA: American Employee Community Welfare Association - one of the four groups receiving tax services.

COR: Contracting Officer's Representative (Senior Financial Management Officer -

S/FMO).

COB: Close of Business, last day worked.

Employee: A Locally Employed (LE) staff member employed by the U.S. Government, under a Direct-Hire Appointment, Personal Services Contract, Personal Services Agreement hired by an instrumentality of the U.S. Government, such as AECWA.

Employer: The United States Government (USG).

FMC: The Financial Management Center (the paying office for all U.S Government agencies) except NAMRU-3 and AECWA.

LES Payroll: Payroll systems operated by the Global Financial Services (GFS) to pay LE System Staff.

GFS Bangkok: The Global Financial Service Center in Bangkok provides U.S. Missions with a comprehensive set of payroll data processing instructions and prescribes forms or formats for payroll data reporting. NAMRU-3 and AECWA prepared their payroll locally in Cairo.

Local Currency: National currency of Egypt - Egyptian pound.

NAMRU-3: Naval Medical Research Unit 3 – one of the four tax groups receiving tax services.

Pay day: A regular day on which wages are paid in the U.S. Embassy Cairo. It is currently every other Wednesday except NAMRU-3, where employees are paid on monthly basis, and AECWA who has a different pay system also paid on a monthly basis.

Pay period: Time period which covers two administrative workweeks for all employees except those hired on another-than-annual basis, for whom a pay period is in accordance with the terms of the appointment. State and USAID employees are paid bi-weekly and NAMRU-3 and AECWA employees are paid monthly.

Payroll: Employer's list of those employees entitled to pay and the amounts due to each employee.

Project Contractor's employee assigned for the purpose to supervise the work on the Manager: work site with authority to act for the contractor.

State: Department of State - one of four groups receiving tax services.

USAID: United States Agency for International Development - one of four groups receiving tax services.

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3. Calculation of Biweekly Income Taxes Withholding.

To complete this task, the Vendor shall:

3.1 Calculate taxes that must be withheld from each employee's salary on a bi-weekly or monthly basis (pay period) based on the current tax law in a manner that reduces fluctuations in withholdings due to variable pay.

3.2 This task shall be completed within 3 business days after the Embassy provides the salary information to the vendor.

The Embassy shall:

3.3 Provide the vendor with an explanation of the salary composition, and the different social security types of contributions made on behalf of Embassy employees.

3.4 Identify special cases of employees, which include: American locally hired employees, Egyptian nationals who are Green Card holders, Third Country Citizens, and employees who are dual nationals of Egypt and United States, and the type of taxes and deductions they are currently subject to under other tax or social security systems.

3.5 Provide a file in MS Excel format with the Comprehensive Payroll Report for tax calculations by period (whether bi-weekly or monthly).

3.6 Provide a spreadsheet in MS Excel format with all relevant changes in employees' status.

The information specified in sections 3.3 and 3.4 shall be provided no later than Thursday following the payday.

4. Group Briefings

The Embassy may require additional educational group briefings, which may include but are not limited to: tax regulations, or clarification of certain issues, changes in income tax withholding;

personal questions of the LES about tax withholding and tax exemption, etc. Such briefings shall be held on U.S. Embassy facilities and shall last no more than 60 minutes. The following Embassy officials shall be authorized to set up the dates and time of group briefings:

- Senior Financial Management Officer (S/FMO)

- Financial Management Officer (D/FMO)

5. Monthly Tax Payments

5.1 The vendor will receive three checks from the Embassy, equal to one month’s taxes for all employees.

5.2 The monthly checks are drawn are behalf of LES of the U.S. Embassy.

5.3 The monthly checks should be normally submitted by the vendor to the Tax authorities on or before the15th day of the month.

5.4 The vendor will submit to Embassy an official receipt from the tax authorities showing proof of payment of such amounts on a monthly basis.

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6. Annual Tax Reconciliation Report

6.1. The vendor shall be fully responsible for preparing and submitting the annual tax reconciliation report to the Embassy and to the tax authority. This reconciliation report is for all Embassy employees. One report should be separated by tax group.

6.2. The Embassy shall provide the contractor with all the data needed for preparing the annual tax reconciliation on MS Excel sheets.

6.3. The vendor shall submit a final annual tax reconciliation to the Embassy by January 15thof the calendar year, following the end of the tax period.

6.4 The vendor shall produce an annual reconciliation for each employee, of the taxes owed (calculated) by employee, the amount of taxes actually withheld by employee, and any difference due to the employee or any additional amount the employee might owe the Government of Egypt.

6.5 The final payment of the annual taxed due shall represent the any amount due or owed by employees per the reconciliation noted in paragraph 6.4. If needed, 3 checks (by group) will be delivered to the vendor to pay the tax authorities by January 31st. Additionally, the vendor will provide the annual reconciliation to the tax authorities and seek a clearance letter from the tax authorities that all taxes have been paid for the former tax period.

7. Calculation of Final Tax Reconciliation for Retired or Resigned Employees

7.1. The vendor shall prepare the final tax reconciliation to determine the exact amount that must be withheld or refunded from for each retired or resigned employee, at the time the employee departs Embassy service.

7.2. The Embassy shall provide the vendor with the actual total tax amount withheld from each employee based on the tax vendor’s year-to-date records, and a breakdown of the employee’s salary for the last pay period and the last workday for each employee.

7.3. This task shall be completed by the vendor within two days after the Embassy provides the salary information to the vendor.

8. Eligibility

8.1. LE employees of the U.S. Government may be: citizens of Egypt, Green Card holders, Third Country citizens, and dual citizens of Egypt and the United States. LE employees may also be American citizens who are locally hired by the Embassy or any of its agencies.

8.2. Term of Eligibility - Each current active employee is eligible for services under this contract award and thereafter during the performance period of this contract. Each new employee will be eligible upon entering on duty with the United States Government. An employee is considered active even if the employee is on annual or sick leave, with or without pay.

8.3. If any of the Embassy employees have tax privileges as recognized by Egyptian law, the vendor shall update the employee's personal information and correct amounts that should be withheld from his/her salary.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP)

This plan provides an effective method to promote satisfactory contractor performance. The QASP provides a method for the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to monitor Contractor performance, advise the Contractor of unsatisfactory performance, and notify the Contracting Officer of continued unsatisfactory performance. The Contractor, not the Government, is responsible for management and quality control to meet the terms of the contract.

The role of the Government is to monitor quality to ensure that contract standards are achieved.

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Performance Objective Scope of Work Paragraphs

Performance Threshold

Services.

Performs all LE Staff Tax advisory services set forth in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) by the specified deadlines.

___ thru ____ All required services per line item are performed on-time and no more than one three substantiated customer complaints are received per month.

1. SURVEILLANCE. The COR will receive and document all complaints from Government personnel regarding the services provided. If appropriate, the COR will send the complaints to the Contractor for corrective action.

2. STANDARD. The performance standard is that the Government receives no more than one (3) customer complaint per month. The COR shall notify the Contracting Officer of the complaints so that the Contracting Officer may take appropriate action to enforce the inspection clause (FAR 52.212.4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (May 2001), if any of the services exceed the standard.

3. PROCEDURES.

(a) If any Government personnel observe unacceptable services, either incomplete work or required services not being performed they should immediately contact the

COR.

(b) The COR will complete appropriate documentation to record the complaint.

(c) If the COR determines the complaint is invalid, the COR will advise the complainant. The COR will retain the annotated copy of the written complaint for his/her files.

(d) If the COR determines the complaint is valid, the COR will inform the Contractor and give the Contractor additional time to correct the defect, if additional time is available. The COR shall determine how much time is reasonable.

(e) The COR shall, as a minimum, orally notify the Contractor of any valid complaints.

(f) If the Contractor disagrees with the complaint after investigation of the site and challenges the validity of the complaint, the Contractor will notify the COR. The COR will review the matter to determine the validity of the complaint.

(g) The COR will consider complaints as resolved unless notified otherwise by the complainant.

(h) Repeat customer complaints are not permitted for any services. If a repeat customer complaint is received for the same deficiency during the service period, the COR will contact the Contracting Officer for appropriate action under the Inspection clause.

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SECTION 2 - CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERICAL ITEMS (MAY

2015), is incorporated by reference (see SF-1449, Block 27A)

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Items (Sept 2016)

CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE

ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (SEPT 2016)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015)

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

(3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004)(Public Laws 108-

77 and 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the

Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

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

__ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C.

3509)).

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

_X_ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2015) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

__ (5) [Reserved].

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

__ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery

Contracts (Jan 2014) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

_X_ (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with

Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

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

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__ (10) [Reserved].

__ (11)(i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15

U.S.C. 657a).

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

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

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

__ (13) [Reserved] __ (14)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011).

__ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011).

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

644).

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

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

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

__ (17)(i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Oct 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)).

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

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

__ (iv) Alternate III (Oct 2015) of 52.219-9.

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

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

__ (20) 52.219-16, Liquidated Damages—Subcon-tracting Plan (Jan 1999) (15 U.S.C.

637(d)(4)(F)(i)).

__ (21) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside

(Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 657 f).

__ (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15

U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

__ (23) 52.219-29, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Economically

Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

__ (24) 52.219-30, Notice of Set-Aside for, or Sole Source Award to, Women-Owned Small

Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program (Dec 2015) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).

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

__ (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2016)

(E.O. 13126).

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

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__ (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O. 11246).

__ (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015)(38 U.S.C. 4212).

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

793).

__ (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

__ (32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations

Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496).

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

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

__ (34) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (OCT 2015). (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.)

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

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

__ (36) 52.223-11, Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (JUN 2016) (E.O. 13693).

__ (37) 52.223-12, Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners (JUN 2016) (E.O. 13693).

__ (38)(i) 52.223-13, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Imaging Equipment (JUN 2014) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2015) of 52.223-13.

__ (39)(i) 52.223-14, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Televisions (JUN 2014) (E.O.s

13423 and 13514).

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

__ (40) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (DEC 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b).

__ (41)(i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT®-Registered Personal Computer Products (OCT 2015) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514).

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

__ (42) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

(AUG 2011) (E.O. 13513).

_X_ (43) 52.223-20, Aerosols (JUN 2016) (E.O. 13693).

__ (44) 52.223-21, Foams (JUN 2016) (E.O. 13693).

__ (45) 52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83).

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__ (46)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, 19 U.S.C. 4001 note, Pub. L. 103-182, 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109- 283, 110-138, 112-41, 112-42, and 112-43.

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

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

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

__ (47) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (FEB 2016) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note).

_X_ (48) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).

__ (49) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

__ (50) 52.226-4, Notice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C.

5150).

__ (51) 52.226-5, Restrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area (Nov 2007) (42 U.S.C. 5150).

_X_ (52) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

_X_ (53) 52.232-30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C.

4505, 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)).

_X_ (54) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

__ (55) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—Other than System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

__ (56) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

__ (57) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

__ (58)(i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb

2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx. 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631).

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

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

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

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

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

206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

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

chapter 67).

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

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

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

__ (8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015).

__ (9) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (May 2014)

(42 U.S.C. 1792).

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

5112(p)(1)).

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

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

(2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved.

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

(e)(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in this

U.S. Embassy Cairo, Egypt Page 21 of 51 paragraph (e)(1) in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause—

(i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C.

3509).

(ii) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $700,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities.

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

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

(v) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O. 11246).

(vi) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

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

793).

(viii) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212)

(ix) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act

(Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (f) of FAR clause 52.222-40.

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

(xi)

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

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

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

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

(xiv) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (OCT 2015) (E.O. 12989).

(xv) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015).

(xvi) 52.225-26, Contractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United

States (Jul 2013) (Section 862, as amended, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; 10 U.S.C. 2302 Note).

(xvii) 52.226-6, Promoting Excess Food Donation to Nonprofit Organizations (May 2014) (42 U.S.C. 1792). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (e) of FAR clause 52.226-6.

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(xviii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Feb 2006) (46 U.S.C. Appx. 1241(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64.

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

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ADDENDUM TO CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR AND DOSAR CLAUSES NOT PRESCRIBED IN PART 12

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:

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ or http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm

These addresses are subject to change. If the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is not available at the locations indicated above, use the Department of State Acquisition Website at http://www.statebuy.state.gov to see the links to the FAR. You may also use an internet “search engine” (for example, Google, Yahoo, Excite) to obtain the latest location of the most current

FAR.

The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses are incorporated by reference:

CLAUSE TITLE AND DATE

52.204-12 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM NUMBER MAINTENANCE

(DEC 2012)

52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE (JULY 2013)

52.225-14 INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN ENGLISH VERSION AND TRANSLATION

OF CONTRACT (FEB 2000)

52.228-4 WORKER’S COMPENSATION AND WAR-HAZARD INSURANCE

OVERSEAS (APR 1984)

52.228-5 INSURANCE - WORK ON A GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION (JAN 1997)

52.229-6 FOREIGN FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS (FEB 2013)

52.232-39 UNENFORCEABILITY OF UNAUTHORIZED OBLIGATIONS (JUNE 2013)

The following FAR clause(s) is/are provided in full text:

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. 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 performance period of the contract.

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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 performance period of the contract or within 30 days after funds for the option year become available, whichever is later.

(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 2 years.

52.232-19 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR (APR 1984)

Funds are not presently available for performance under this contract beyond September 30 of the current calendar year. The Government's obligation for performance of this contract beyond that date is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise for performance under this contract beyond September 30 of the current calendar year, until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for performance and until the Contractor receives notice of availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

The following DOSAR clause(s) is/are provided in full text:

CONTRACTOR IDENTIFICATION (JULY 2008)

Contract performance may require contractor personnel to attend meetings with government personnel and the public, work within government offices, and/or utilize government email.

Contractor personnel must take the following actions to identify themselves as non-federal employees:

1) Use an email signature block that shows name, the office being supported and company affiliation (e.g. “John Smith, Office of Human Resources, ACME Corporation Support Contractor”);

2) Clearly identify themselves and their contractor affiliation in meetings;

3) Identify their contractor affiliation in Departmental e-mail and phone listings whenever contractor personnel are included in those listings; and

4) Contractor personnel may not utilize Department of State logos or indicia on business cards.

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652.232-70 PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND INVOICE SUBMISSION (FIXED-PRICE)

(AUG 1999)

(a) General. The Government shall pay the contractor as full compensation for all work required, performed, and accepted under this contract the firm fixed-price stated in this contract.

(b) Invoice Submission. The contractor shall submit invoices in an original to the office identified in Block 18b of the SF-1449. To constitute a proper invoice, the invoice shall include all the items required by FAR 32.905(e).

(c) Contractor Remittance Address. The Government will make payment to the contractor’s address stated on the cover page of this contract, unless a separate remittance address is shown below:

652.237-72 OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL HOLIDAYS AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE

(APR 2004)

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

New Year’s Day American Sunday Jan 1 Coptic Christmas Egyptian Saturday Jan 7 Martin Luther King’s Birthday American Sunday Jan 15 Revolution/Police Day Egyptian Wednesday Jan 25 President’s Day American Sunday Feb 19 Sham El Nessim Egyptian Monday April 17 Sinai Liberation Day Egyptian Tuesday April 25 Labor Day Egyptian Monday May 1…