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FWS SAN DIEGO NWR Complex

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Chula Vista CA 91910 US

CA-FWS SAN DIEGO NWR Complex Endangered Species

Monitoring Services

This request for quote is for endangered bird species monitoring at Tijuana Slough and San

Diego Bay NWRs in San Diego County, CA. Please review the attached instructions and submit your quote by close of business on 09/04/2026 to chelsea_devivo@ios.doi.gov.

Delivery: 09/30/2027

00010 endangered species monitoring

Period of Performance: 10/01/2026 to

09/30/2027

140FS126Q0170

Bird Monitoring Surveys

San Diego, CA

B – Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Solicitation Number: 140FS126Q0170

Solicitation Title: Bird Monitoring Surveys

Posted Date: 08/24/2026 Response Date: 09/04/2026, 5:00 PM NAICS Code: 813312 Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations $19.5 Award Date: The anticipated award date is 09/14/2026. Please do not request award status prior to this date.

Contracting Office: Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Acquisition & Property Management

This requirement is being procured, and an award will be made in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Buyer intends to issue award using a purchase order. Quotes from Sellers unable to accept purchase orders will not be considered for award.

1. This action is being solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside. A Firm-Fixed Price commercial order will be issued.

2. Questions regarding this solicitation should be sent via email only to chelsea_devivo@ios.doi.gov within the first 48 hours of the posting of the solicitation. This will allow time for responses to be obtained and posted as an amendment to the solicitation prior to the closing date and time.

3. Evaluation Factors IAW FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (DEVIATION MAR 2026). These General Evaluation Factors will be applied:

• Technical experience, capacity, and expertise to perform the required tasks within the period of performance and to meet all goals and objectives on schedule. Demonstrated experience performing the same or similar work described the attached SOW.

• Technical approach to performing the required tasks as described in the statement of work addendum within the period of performance. The proposal shall include a narrative explaining how the work will be carried out in terms of the techniques, procedures, and schedule.

• Management Plan: Key Personnel shall be addressed and identified in proposals to be considered responsive. If use of a Subcontractor is part of your response to the solicitation, they should be identified in the response to the solicitation.

• Past performance. The Contract Specialist will review data from various sources and consideration will be given to contractors with no terminations for cause on record.

• Technical Capabilities & Past Performance when combined is approximately equal to price.

Parties responding to this solicitation please submit the following to Chelsea_devivo@ios.doi.gov by the due date:

1. SF 1449: Provide a completed SF 1449 with signature. Provide all signed amendments (SF 30), if issued for this notice.

2. Company Information: Provide your business’s address, phone number, email, and SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier

(UEI). Vendors must be registered and Active for All Awards in SAM.gov to be considered for an award action.

Failure to provide a SAM UEI will cause your response to be excluded from consideration.

3. Technical Capabilities & Approach: Evidence of the technical capabilities and submittal of technical approach of the offeror IAW the attached Statement of Work.

4. Price Quotes: A detailed accounting of offeror pricing.

The Government will evaluate the reasonableness of pricing submissions based on other quotes received and/or previously approved orders.

Offerors are cautioned that a warranted Contracting Officer is the only authorized Government representative to make any contractual changes. No oral statement of any person whomsoever shall, in any manner or degree modify or otherwise affect the terms of this Purchase Order. In the event the Contractor effects any such change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change shall be considered to have been made without authority, and no adjustment shall be made in the Purchase Order price to cover any increase in costs incurred as a result thereof.

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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Monitoring of Endangered California Least Tern (Sternula antillarum browni), Threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosis), and

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) Breeding Productivity at Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Part 1

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personnel services contract to provide Monitoring of Endangered California Least Tern (Sternula antillarum browni), Threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus), and Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) at Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform biological monitoring of the nesting status, behavioral phenology, and productivity of the endangered California least tern, threatened western snowy plover, and the western subspecies of gull-billed tern, a California Species of Special Concern, at Tijuana Slough and San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuges as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) manages critical coastal habitats within the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge that support breeding populations of the federally endangered California least tern (Sternula antillarum browni), the federally threatened western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus), and the gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi), a California Species of Special Concern.

These species have experienced population declines due to habitat loss, human disturbance, predation, and other environmental pressures. The refuges provide important nesting, foraging, and roosting habitat and are among the most significant sites for the conservation and recovery of these species in southern California.

Annual monitoring has been conducted for many years to document population status, nesting activity, reproductive success, habitat use, and threats affecting these species. Monitoring data are used to support Endangered Species Act compliance, refuge management, species recovery efforts, and adaptive conservation planning.

The USFWS requires continued monitoring of California least terns, western snowy plovers, and gull-billed terns to provide current information on population trends and breeding success, evaluate management actions, and ensure the long-term conservation of these sensitive coastal bird populations within the Refuge Complex.

1.3 Objectives: The purpose of this project is to support Refuge management by providing information that contributes to the recovery of two federally listed avian species and by monitoring a species of conservation concern to assess progress toward recovery objectives. The data collected also support the purposes of the respective Refuges by advancing threatened and endangered species recovery and providing habitat for native migratory birds. In addition, this monitoring identifies the locations of nesting birds on the levees within Socal Saltworks, enabling Refuge Managers to coordinate with Socal Saltworks personnel to conduct salt harvesting and water movement operations while minimizing impacts to nesting birds.

1.4 Scope: Biological monitoring of the nesting status, behavioral phenology, and productivity of the endangered California least tern, the threatened western snowy plover and the gull-billed tern at Tijuana Slough and San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuges

Biological monitoring duties will include 1) record the arrival and territorial establishment of nesting pairs;

2) note evidence, dates and locations of initial nesting activity; 3) locate and mark all nesting attempts obtainable in the field, recording via GPS nest locations (for western snowy plover and gull-billed tern) or general field map locations (not GPS locations for each nest, to limit disturbance of the colony) for California least tern, for weekly submittal to refuge manager; 4) provide weekly pair number estimates; 5) provide weekly tally of all active and total nesting attempts; 6) determine and record hatching success estimates; 7) band and record weights and wing cord measurements of chicks; 8) note and notify Refuge Manager of any signs of predation; and 9) make other incidental observations that could be relevant to site management. Submitted weekly reports will be up to two pages maximum. Summary written final report to include all raw data generated in relation to the overall project shall be transmitted to Refuge Manager no later than October 30 of the applicable year.

Throughout the nesting season, the monitor will provide verbal communications to Refuge staff of field observations including numbers of nesting pairs, number of nests observed to date, predation, disturbance and other relevant information as applicable to assist in timely management response to changing field conditions in a given time frame.

Summary written final report to include all raw data generated in relation to the overall project shall be transmitted to Refuge Manager no later than October 30 of the applicable year. The summary report will include the following information as applicable: 1) estimate of highest concurrently active nests to provide a proxy estimate for nesting pairs for each species and Refuge; 2) date of initial nesting establishment and final chick hatching success and estimated fledging dates for each species; 3) nest locations and dates of nest initiation for each species; 4) weekly pair number estimates for each species; 5) total nesting attempts by each species; 6) estimates of hatching success for each species; 7) weights and wing cord measurements of chicks (as obtainable for California least tern, western snowy plover, and gull-billed tern; 8) banding information to include all submittals to the Bird Banding Lab; 9) predation observations both direct and indirect; and 10) incidental observations and recommendations on site management to be applied to future management planning activities as lessons learned.

1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for one (1) Base Year dependent upon specific nesting phenology during a given year field work would occur from approximately February 15 through September 30 and four (4) similar dated option years. The Period of Performance reads as follows:

Base Year Option Year I Option Year II Option Year III Option Year IV

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Quality Control: The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The contractor’s quality control program is the means by which they assure themselves that their work complies with the requirement of the contract.

1.6.2 Quality Assurance: The government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

1.6.3 Recognized Holidays: The contractor has the flexibility to work on Federal holidays.

New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day President’s Day Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day Juneteenth Christmas Day Independence Day

1.6.4 Hours of Operation: Due to the timing of when the migrating birds arrive and start to breed within the area of monitoring the hours of operation for the contractor are variable. The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of sunrise to sunset Sunday thru Saturday.

1.6.5 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed on the San Diego Bay NWR (D St. fill within the Sweetwater Marsh Unit, Socal Saltworks within the South Bay Unit), Tijuana Slough NWR, and Border Field State Park lands (within the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve).

1.6.6 Type of Contract: The government will award a (Type of contract to be determined by CO and the customer).

1.6.7 Security Requirements: Contractor will be given keys to access the units identified within the place of performance. Previous knowledge of the sites and how to maintain security for egress and exit are critical due to the sensitive nature of the areas.

1.6.7.1 Physical Security: Many other partnering organization have locks on these gates to do management in the area. It is critical to lock all gates as the contractor comes on the site and exits the site for security reasons.

1.6.7.2 Key Control: Keys will be issued to access all sites outlined in the place of performance.

1.6.7.3 Lock Combinations: Not Applicable

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: Contractor must currently hold all pertinent State and Federal permits to conduct work including scientific take permits for State and Federally listed species, and be named on a Federal bird banding and auxiliary marking permit in good standing. Potential vendor must apply for and acquire a National Wildlife Refuge Special Use Permit from the San Diego NWR Complex prior to initiating work.

Contracting ornithologist must demonstrate at least 5 years of field season experience as an independent primary population monitor in mixed seabird nesting colonies that host Larid species within San Diego Bay.

1.6.9 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 42.5. The contracting officer, Contracting Officers Representative (COR), and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the contracting officer will apprise the contractor of how the government views the contractor's performance and the contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the government.

1.6.10 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The (COR) will be identified by separate letter. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration. The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract; perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance;

maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract;

issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications; monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property, and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

1.6.11 Key Personnel: The follow personnel are considered key personnel by the government: The contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer. The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available between 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m., Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the government facility is closed for administrative reasons

1.6.12 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed

1.6.13 Contractor Travel: Not Applicable

1.6.14 Other Direct Costs: Not Applicable

1.6.15 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.6.16 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may effect other remedies as they deem necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

1.6.17 PHASE IN /PHASE OUT PERIOD: Not applicable

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.5. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6. KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key Personnel listed in the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9. QUALITY ASSURANCE Surveillance Plan (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.10. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.12. WORK DAY. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.12. WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

AR Army Regulation CCE Contracting Center of Excellence CFR Code of Federal Regulations CONUS Continental United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii) COR Contracting Officer Representative COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf DA Department of the Army DD250 Department of Defense Form 250 (Receiving Report) DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Requirement List DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center DOD Department of Defense FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 KO Contracting Officer OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest OCONUS Outside Continental United States (includes Alaska and Hawaii) ODC Other Direct Costs PIPO Phase In/Phase Out POC Point of Contact PRS Performance Requirements Summary PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance QAP Quality Assurance Program QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan QC Quality Control QCP Quality Control Program TE Technical Exhibit

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1. Services: Not Applicable

3.2 Facilities: Not Applicable

3.3 Utilities: Not Applicable

3.4 Equipment: Not Applicable

3.5 Materials: Not Applicable

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General: The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities and services required to perform work under this contract that are not listed under Section 3 of this PWS.

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: Not Applicable

4.3. Materials: Not Applicable

4.4. Equipment: The Contractor shall furnish all supplies necessary to band identified species under this scope of the contract.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. Specific Tasks:

5.1. Basic Services. The contractor shall provide services to perform biological monitoring of the nesting status, behavioral phenology, and productivity of the endangered California least tern, threatened western snowy plover and the avian species of conservation concern, the western gull-billed tern at Tijuana Slough and San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuges

5.2. Biological Monitoring

Biological monitoring duties will include 1) record the arrival and territorial establishment of nesting pairs;

2) note evidence, dates and locations of initial nesting activity; 3) locate and mark all nesting attempts obtainable in the field, recording via GPS nest locations (for western snowy plover and gull-billed tern) or general field map locations (not GPS locations for each nest, to limit disturbance of the colony) for California least tern, for weekly submittal to refuge manager; 4) provide weekly pair number estimates; 5) provide weekly tally of all active and total nesting attempts; 6) determine and record hatching success estimates; 7) band and record weights and wing cord measurements of chicks; 8) note and notify Refuge Manager of any signs of predation; and 9) make other incidental observations that could be relevant to site management. Submitted weekly reports will be up to two pages maximum. Summary written final report to include all raw data generated in relation to the overall project shall be transmitted to Refuge Manager no later than October 30 of the applicable year.

Throughout the nesting season, the monitor will provide verbal communications to Refuge staff of field observations including numbers of nesting pairs, number of nests observed to date, predation, disturbance and other relevant information as applicable to assist in timely management response to changing field conditions in a given time frame.

5.3 Reporting

Summary written final report to include all raw data generated in relation to the overall project shall be transmitted to Refuge Manager no later than October 30 of the applicable year. The summary report will include the following information as applicable: 1) estimate of highest concurrently active nests to provide a proxy estimate for nesting pairs for each species and Refuge; 2) date of initial nesting establishment and final chick hatching success and estimated fledging dates for each species; 3) nest locations and dates of nest initiation for each species; 4) weekly pair number estimates for each species; 5) total nesting attempts by each species; 6) estimates of hatching success for each species; 7) weights and wing cord measurements of chicks (as obtainable for California least tern, western snowy plover, and gull-billed tern; 8) banding information to include all submittals to the Bird Banding Lab; 9) predation observations both direct and indirect; and 10) incidental observations and recommendations on site management to be applied to future management planning activities as lessons learned.

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

6. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS (CURRENT EDITIONS) Not applicable

6.1. The Contractor must abide by all applicable regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures.

PART 7

ATTACHMENT/TECHNICAL EXHIBIT LISTING

7. Attachment/Technical Exhibit List:

7.1. Attachment 1/Technical Exhibit 1 – Performance Requirements Summary

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary The contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success.

Performance Objective (The Service required—usually a shall statement)

Standard Performance Threshold (This is the maximum error rate. It could possibly be “Zero deviation from standard”)

Method of Surveillance

PRS # 1.

The contractor shall provide biological monitoring of the nesting status, behavioral phenology, and productivity of the endangered California least tern, threatened western snowy plover and the avian species of conservation concern, the western gull-billed tern at Tijuana Slough and San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuges

The contractor provided will: 1) record the arrival and territorial establishment of nesting pairs; 2) note evidence, dates and locations of initial nesting activity; 3) locate and mark all nesting attempts obtainable in the field, recording via GPS nest locations (for western snowy plover and gull-billed tern) or general field map locations (not GPS locations for each nest, to limit disturbance of the colony) for California least tern, for weekly submittal to refuge manager; 4) provide weekly pair number estimates; 5) provide weekly tally of all active and total nesting attempts; 6) determine and record hatching success estimates; 7) band and record weights and wing cord measurements of chicks; 8) note and notify Refuge Manager of any signs of predation and 9) make other incidental observations that could be relevant to site management. Submitted weekly reports will be up to two pages maximum.

Summary written final report to include all raw data generated in relation to the overall project shall be transmitted to Refuge Manager no later than October 30 of the applicable year.

Zero deviation from standard

Weekly submittal to Refuge Manger

52.240-91 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions (DEVIATION MAR 2026) 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION MAY 2026) 52.245-1 Government Property (SEP 2021)

D – Solicitation Provisions 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/far https://www.acquisition.gov/diar https://www.acquisition.gov/rfo (End of provision) 52.203-11 Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (SEP 2024) 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements— Representation (JAN 2017) 52.204-7 System for Award Management (DEVIATION MAR 2026) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION MAR 2026) 52.222-18 Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products (FEB 2021) 52.240-90 Security Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications (DEVIATION MAR 2026)

C – Contract Clauses

DOI ELECTRONIC INVOICING Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements - Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (February 2021) Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (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 the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. 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 [Contracting Officer to edit and include the documentation required under this contract]:

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRBSTL) within 3 - 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or phone (866) 973-3131.

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 with its proposal or quotation.

(End of Local Clause) 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 15 days.

(End of clause) 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 15 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

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

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

(End of clause) 52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (DEVIATION MAR 2026)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Program participation means membership or participation in, or access or admission to: training, mentoring, or leadership development programs; educational opportunities; clubs; associations; or similar opportunities that are sponsored or established by the contractor or subcontractor.

Racially discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities means disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in the recruitment, employment (e.g., hiring, promotions), contracting (e.g., vendor agreements), program participation, or allocation or deployment of an entity's resources.

(b) In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:

(1) The Contractor will not engage in any racially discriminatory DEI activities;

(2) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports, including providing access to books, records, and accounts, as required by the Contracting Officer, for purposes of ascertaining compliance with this clause;

(3) In the event of the Contractor's or a subcontractor's noncompliance with this clause, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part, and the Contractor or subcontractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts;

(4) The Contractor will report any subcontractor's known or reasonably knowable conduct that may violate this clause to the Contracting Officer and take any appropriate remedial actions directed by the Contracting Officer; and

(5) The Contractor will inform the Contracting Officer if a subcontractor sues the Contractor and the suit puts at issue, in any way, the validity of this clause.

(6) The Contractor recognizes that compliance with the requirements of this clause are material to the Government's payment decisions for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729(b)(4).

(c) The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts at any tier, including those for commercial products and commercial services, except those where the place of delivery or performance is outside the United States.

(End of clause) 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/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov/far https://www.acquisition.gov/diar https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul (End of clause) 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with Alternate I (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655).

52.203-11 Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2023) (41 U.S.C. 4712); this clause does not apply to contracts of DoD, NASA, the Coast Guard, or applicable elements of the intelligence community-see FAR 3.900(a).

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)).

52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel. (JAN 2011) 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. (DEVIATION MAR 2026) 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded. (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (DEVIATION MAY 2026) 52.212-4 Terms and Conditions - Commercial Products and Commercial Services. (DEVIATION MAR 2026) 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (DEVIATION JAN 2026) (15 U.S.C. 644).

52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DEVIATION FEB 2026) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)).

52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION JAN 2026) (15 U.S.C. 657s).

52.219-33 Nonmanufacturer Rule (DEVIATION JAN 2026) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)).

52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755).

52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (29 U.S.C. 793).

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

52.222-42 Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (MAY 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (AUG 2018) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

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).

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).

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).

52.222-53 Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services- Requirements (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (Executive Order 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial products or commercial services as prescribed in FAR 22.1803.)

52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2022) (E.O. 13706).

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.)

52.223-23 Sustainable Products (DEVIATION MAY 2026) (E.O. 14057, 7 U.S.C. 8102, 42 U.S.C. 6962, 42 U.S.C. 8259b, and 42 U.S.C. 7671l).

52.224-3 Privacy Training (JAN 2017) (5 U.S.C. 552a).

52.229-12 Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements (FEB 2021).

52.232-29 Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C.4505, 10 U.S.C. 3805).

52.232-30 Installment Payments for Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4505, 10 U.S.C.

3805).

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (OCT 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

52.232-36 Payment by Third Party (MAY 2014) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

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

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)).

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