SF18 IXIA 08-02-2021 4.48pm.pdf

ITEM NUMBER

(a)

AMOUNT

(f)

12. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

d. CALENDAR DAYS

PERCENTAGE

NOTE: Additional provisions and representations are are not attached.

NUMBER

c. 30 CALENDAR DAYS (%) b. 20 CALENDAR DAYS (%) a. 10 CALENDAR DAYS (%)

UNIT PRICE

(e)

UNIT

(d)

QUANTITY

(c)

SUPPLIES/SERVICES

(b)

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

(THIS IS NOT AN ORDER)

THIS RFQ X IS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE

PAGE OF PAGES

1. REQUEST NUMBER

951700-21-Q-0026

2. DATE ISSUED

08/02/2021

3. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER

T009-21-IQ-00044

4. CERT. FOR NAT. DEF.

UNDER BDSA REG. 2

AND/OR DMS REG. 1

RATING

5a. ISSUED BY U.S. Agency for Global Media, Office of Contracts, 330 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20237

6. DELIVER BY (Date)

5b. FOR INFORMATION CALL (NO COLLECT CALLS) 7. DELIVERY

OTHER

FOB DESTINATION (See Schedule) NAME

Samuel Byun

TELEPHONE NUMBER

AREA CODE

NUMBER

920-2318

9. DESTINATION

a. NAME OF CONSIGNEE

8. TO:

a. NAME b. COMPANY b. STREET ADDRESS

c. STREET ADDRESS c. CITY

d. CITY e. STATE f. ZIP CODE d. STATE e. ZIP CODE

10. PLEASE FURNISH QUOTATIONS TO THE

ISSUING OFFICE IN BLOCK 5a ON OR BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS (Date)

08/05/2021 by 10 AM EDT

IMPORTANT: This is a request for information and quotations furnished are not offers. If you are unable to quote, please so indicate on this form and return it to the address in Block 5a. This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or service. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotation must be completed by the quoter.

11. SCHEDULE (Include applicable Federal, State and local taxes)

13. NAME AND ADDRESS OF QUOTER 14. SIGNATURE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO

SIGN QUOTATION

15. DATE OF QUOTATION

a. NAME OF QUOTER

b. STREET ADDRESS 16. SIGNER

a. NAME (Type or print) b. TELEPHONE

c. COUNTY AREA CODE

d. CITY e. STATE f. ZIP CODE c. TITLE (Type or print) NUMBER

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

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STANDARD FORM 18 (REV. 6/1995)

Prescribed by GSA-FAR (48 CFR) 53.215-1(a)

SECTION A – SOLICITATION/ CONTRACT FORM

This is a quote request, under RFQ No. 951700-21-Q-0026, for IXIA products by Keysight for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (hereafter USAGM), total set-aside for Small Business.

PSC Code 7A21 Information Technology Software NAICS 541519 OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES with a business size standard of $30 Million with an exception to the Information Technology Value Added Reseller set at 150 employees.

Points of Contact for this solicitation are:

Contracting Officer, David Wallace;

dwallace@usagm.gov

Contract Specialist, Samuel Byun;

sbyun@usagm.gov

Questions pertaining to this Quote shall be submitted by email to both the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist. No phone calls will be accepted during the solicitation period.

The email Subject Line for questions should include requisition number 951700-21-Q-0026.

Questions must be submitted no later than 10:00 AM EDT on 4 August 2021. All questions and Government responses will be posted via an amendment to the solicitation.

Quotations must be submitted to Samuel Byun at sbyun@usagm.gov by no later than 10 AM EDT on 5 August, 2021.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section A – Solicitation/Contract Form

Section B – Supplies or Services and prices

Section C – Description/Specification

Section F – Deliveries or Performance

Section G – Contract Administration Data

Section I – Contract Clauses

Section L – Instructions, conditions, and notice to bidders

Section M – Evaluation Criteria

SECTION B – SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES

SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/ SPECIFICATION

The list of all the equipment will be provided upon request made before August 4th, 2021 to Samuel Byun, sbyun@usagm.gov .

If there are too many demands for the list of the equipment, the Government will publish it as an amendment to the solicitation on August 5th, 2021.

It will also publish an amendment with a more accurate Period of Performance. The dates on the Line items are still to be determined. The dates mentioned are just for reference purpose.

SECTION F – DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

It is expected that the contractor send the license renewal codes or whatever is needed to the Contracting Officer Representative: Aubrey Saxon at agsaxon@usagm.gov.

For the Period of Performance, please refer to the CLIN table.

SECTION G

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

Contract Administration

(a) This contract will be administered by:

Office of Contracts (CON)

(b) Contracting Officer Representative – COR Aubrey Saxon, Email: agsaxon@usagm.gov / Tel: 202-920-2211

SECTION I – CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR 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 CO will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

mailto:agsaxon@usagm.gov mailto:agsaxon@usagm.gov https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications.

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment.

52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment.

52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation.

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items.

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

52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases.

52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting With Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or

Transactions Relating to Iran ”Representation and Certifications.

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.

52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim.

52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS ( OCT 2018)

52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT

STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JUL 2021)

(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) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L.

113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (Jul 2018) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Aug 2020) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(5) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(6) 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:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

__ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (June 2020), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

_X (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Jun 2020) (41 U.S.C. 3509)).

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

__ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jun 2020) (Pub. L.

109-282) ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

__ (5) [Reserved].

__ (6) 52.204-14, Service Contract Reporting Requirements (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div.

C).

__ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (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. (Jun 2020) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

1952.232-91 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Payment Platform (IPP) (April 2016)

Payment requests for all new awards must be submitted electronically through the U. S.

Department of the Treasury's Invoice Payment Program (IPP).

"Payment request" means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in FAR 32.905(b), "Payment documentation and process" and the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in this contract. The IPP website address is:https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

- Invoice

The Contractor must follow the instructions on the attached Electronic Invoicing Advisory to enroll, access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the contracting officer.

(End of Clause)

SECTION L – INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

Submission of Quote

A. To ensure timely and equitable evaluation of quotes, offerors must follow the instruction contained herein. Offeror quote must be complete, sufficient and respond directly to the requirements of this solicitation. It will be the sole responsibility of the offeror to ensure that its quote is received by the Government at the stated deadline date and time. The offeror’s proposed price must be in U.S. Dollars.

B. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The offeror’s quote may be submitted by email in response to this solicitation. The contents http://www.ipp.gov/ therein must be properly tabbed, organized and legible.

2. Quotes that fail to include required information or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

3. The Price proposal needs to be totally separated from any technical supporting documentation. The Offerors shall submit the quotes in two volumes:

-Volume 1 Technical Offer -Volume 2 Price

The offer shall be prepared to meet the following format requirements:

• 8.5 x 11 inch paper,

• Single-spaced typed lines;

• 1 inch margins;

• 12-point (Times New Roman Font) in the text; In either Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel software and Adobe PDF versions;

• All offer pages must be numbered.

• Maximum page count of five (5) pages.

4. Offerors agree to hold firm the prices in its offer for ninety (90) calendar days from the deadline date specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers.

5. All questions must be submitted in writing to the cognizant Contract Specialist, Mr. Samuel

Byun at sbyun@usagm.gov , Contracting Officer, Mr. David Wallace, a dwallace@usagm.gov no later than 6 August 2021 NLT 10:00 AM EDT. Responses to questions submitted, if/as appropriate, will be responded to via an amendment to the solicitation on August 10, 2021.

6. Quotations must be submitted to Samuel Byun at sbyun@usagm.gov and copying David Wallace at dwallace@usagm.gov by no later than 10 AM EDT August 16, 2021.

SECTION M – EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

In accordance with FAR 13 Procedures, the Government will award a Firm Fixed-Price Purchase Order 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 Quotes will be evaluated using FAR 13.106-2 evaluation of quotations or offers.

The Government intends to evaluate the offer and reserves the right to make no award or award a contract without discussion with the offeror, whose quote will offer the best value: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable “LPTA.”

Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions, if it is later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary.

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Misc links:

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2019-08/SBA%20Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20Aug%2019%2C%202019_Rev.pdf https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2019-08/SBA%20Table%20of%20Size%20Standards_Effective%20Aug%2019%2C%202019_Rev.pdf