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In accordance with the terms of FAR 12.603:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Law Enforcement needs to Award a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to a contractor to provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform a cooperative and coordinated response protocol for the placement, care and welfare of live wildlife confiscated

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from illegal trade.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The solicitation number for this requirement is

140FS323Q0014 and this is a Request For Quote

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-07 thru

August 10, 2022

The associated NAICS code is 813312, Size

Standard $17.M

The Performance Work Statement is entitled USFWS

OLE LIVE ANIMAL CONFISCATIONS FRAMEWORK

Period of Performance: December 5, 2022 through

December 4, 2024

The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to

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Offerors Commercial, applies to this acquisition and a statement regarding any addenda to the provision.

The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial

Items, is applicable.

Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with its offer, or submit a printout to their Online Reps and Certs.

The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and

Conditions Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and

Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

Responses are Due November 28, 2022

QUOTES MUST BE E-MAILED to Contract Officer, Tonia_ellen@fws.gov

Delivery: 12/04/2024

Period of Performance: 12/05/2022 to 12/04/2024

00010 Tasks

Provide a comprehensive implementation strategy including an outline of functions and policies and procedures for operations per U.S. region

(e.g. Southern California, Northeast, and

Southwest) strategy

Launch operational confiscations frameworks

Establish a comprehensive list of qualified organizations and facilities that can provide immediate triage needs and long-term housing and care

Provide options for public outreach.

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Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements -

Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) (April 2013)

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.

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

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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 website:

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

52.204-7 System for Award Management. (OCT 2018)

52.204-13 System for Award Management

Maintenance. (OCT 2018)

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and

Certifications-Commercial Items. (FEB 2021)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -

Commercial Items. (OCT 2018)

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial

Items. (JUL 2021)

52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification. (MAY

2012)

52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Biobased

Products Under Service and Construction

Contracts. (SEP 2013)

52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with

Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or

Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and

Certifications. (JUN 2020)

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small

Business Subcontractors. (DEC 2013)

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment. (OCT 2020)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation at paragraph (d)(1) of this provision if the

Offeror has represented that it "does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument" in paragraph (c)(1) in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications

Equipment or Services-Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and

Certifications-Commercial Items. The Offeror shall not complete the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services" in

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paragraph (c)(2) of the provision at 52.204-26, or in paragraph (v)(2)(ii) of the provision at

52.212-3.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision-

Backhaul, covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, interconnection arrangements, reasonable inquiry, roaming, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. (1) Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the

John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after

August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to-

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(2) Section 889(a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2020, from entering into a contract or extending or renewing a contract with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

This prohibition applies to the use of covered telecommunications equipment or services, regardless of whether that use is in performance

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of work under a Federal contract. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to-

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award

Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services."

(d) Representations. The Offeror represents that-

(1) It [ ] will, [ ] will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the

Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(1) of this section if the Offeror responds "will" in paragraph (d)(1) of this section; and

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry, for purposes of this representation, the Offeror represents that-

It [ ] does, [ ] does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services.

The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph

(e)(2) of this section if the Offeror responds

"does" in paragraph (d)(2) of this section.

(e) Disclosures. (1) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "will" in the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment-

(A) The entity that produced the covered

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telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number;

and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph

(b)(1) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services-

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the

Product Service Code (PSC) of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph

(b)(1) of this provision.

(2) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision. If the

Offeror has responded "does" in the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment-

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number;

and item description, as applicable); and any factors relevant to determining if such use

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would be permissible under the

52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or

Services-Representation. (OCT 2020)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision, "covered telecommunications equipment or services" and "reasonable inquiry" have the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance

Services or Equipment.

(b) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award

Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services".

(c) Representations. (1) The Offeror represents that it [ ] does, [ ] does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the

Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument.

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

The Contractor shall use reasonable care to avoid damaging existing buildings, equipment, and vegetation on the Government installation. If the

Contractor's failure to use reasonable care causes damage to any of this property, the

Contractor shall replace or repair the damage at no expense to the Government as the Contracting

Officer directs. If the Contractor fails or refuses to make such repair or replacement, the

Contractor shall be liable for the cost, which may be deducted from the contract price.

52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the

Government, price and other factors considered.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: best value to include technical experience, past performance, and price.

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required

To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -

Commercial Items. (JUL 2021)

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(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:

52.252-5 Authorized Deviations in Provisions.

(NOV 2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation of any Federal

Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of (DEVIATION) after the date of the provision.

(b) The use in this solicitation of any [insert regulation name] (48 CFR chapter [ ]) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of (DEVIATION) after the name of the regulation.

52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses. (NOV

2020)

(a) The use in this solicitation or contract of any Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 CFR

Chapter 1) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of (DEVIATION) after the date of the clause.

(b) The use in this solicitation or contract of any [insert regulation name] (48 CFR [ ]) clause with an authorized deviation is indicated by the addition of (DEVIATION) after the name of the regulation.

DOI Green Acquisition

The USFWS is committed to promoting the natural environment and protecting the health and well-being of people. In the performance of work under this contract, the Contractor shall exert its best efforts to provide services in a manner that will promote the natural environment and protect health and well-being. Green purchasing or environmentally preferable contracting includes the initiatives described below:

Alternative Fuels and Vehicles are described at http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/

Biobased Products are described at http://www.biopreferred.gov/

Energy efficient products are described at

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http://energystar.gov/products for Energy Star products and at http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/procurement for

FEMP designated products.

Environmentally Preferable Computers are described at http://www.epeat.net

Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP) are described at http://www.epa.gov/snap/overview-snap The

Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines promote the use of recovered and recycled products at https://www.epa.gov/smm/comprehensive-procurement-guideline-cpg-program

Water efficient products and services are described at https://www.epa.gov/watersense.

Responses are Due November 28, 2022

QUOTES MUST BE E-MAILED to Contract Officer, Tonia_ellen@fws.gov

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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

USFWS OLE LIVE ANIMAL CONFISCATIONS FRAMEWORK

Part 1

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personnel services contract to establish a framework to provide law enforcement with a cooperative and coordinated response protocol for the placement, care and welfare of live wildlife confiscated from illegal trade. The project will also render an up to date and vetted database of facilities available to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Law Enforcement (OLE).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 a cooperative and coordinated response protocol for the placement, care and welfare of live wildlife confiscated from illegal trade as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background: Wildlife trafficking continues to be a primary threat to the survival of thousands of species, and the USFWS, along with additional federal and state agencies, are on the front lines addressing these illegal activities. Successful wildlife law enforcement often involves the detention, seizure/confiscation, and subsequent holding of a diverse array of live wild animals and plants (wildlife), notably at U.S. ports of entry or exit, which comes with a unique set of challenges.

Over a recent five-year period (2015—2019), the USFWS had 834 cases of live wildlife that was refused clearance, which included 48,793 individual live specimens that required care and placement. This number averages to 14 new cases per month and 27 live specimens per day.

Due to the increasing number of confiscations, and the complexities involved in caring for the live wildlife that are the victims of illegal trade, it is important to have an effective and coordinated system for ensuring the care and welfare of confiscated live wildlife. The current system requires significant efforts on the part of wildlife law enforcement officers to care for and place live confiscated wildlife, distracting from the mission of stopping illegal wildlife trade.

1.3 Objectives:

• Provide a cooperative and coordinated response to the care and welfare of all confiscated wildlife—including all taxa of animals and plants—detected upon import, export, and interstate transport.

• Compile a network of organizations that can provide immediate triage needs and long-term housing and care, for faster placement, increased efficiency of triage and transportation, better veterinary care, and improved wellbeing of wildlife.

1.4 Scope: The contractor shall

• Develop, operationalize, maintain and expand a network of organizations that can provide immediate triage needs and long-term housing and care for confiscated wildlife.

• Act as the single point of contact when assistance is needed.

• Provide reports on a periodic basis, as deemed appropriate by the Service.

1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for two years.

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 he assures himself that his 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 is not expected to work on federal holidays. Reference Office Personnel Management (OPM) Holiday calendar for exact holiday days.

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 National Independence Day Christmas Day Independence Day

1.6.4 Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business, Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. For other than firm fixed price contracts, the contractor will not be reimbursed when the government facility is closed for the above reasons. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

1.6.5 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at a contractor facility.

1.6.6 Type of Contract: The government will award a Firm Fixed Price contract.

1.6.7 Security Requirements: An official background investigation is required as conducted by the United States Government and any authorized affiliates. All contractor employees performing work under this contract order will be required to complete and pass a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) as mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12).

1.6.7.1 Physical Security: The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use.

1.6.7.2 Key Control. Not applicable

1.6.7.3 Lock Combinations. Not applicable

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: Not applicable

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 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.

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: Contractor may be required to travel CONUS and within the NCR during the performance of this contract to attend meetings, conferences, and training. The contractor may be required to travel to off-site training locations and to ship training aids to these locations in support of this PWS.

Contractor will be authorized travel expenses consistent with the substantive provisions of the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and the limitation of funds specified in this contract. Travel will be approved by Contracting Officer via prior written notice.

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. Information, documents, and materials cannot be shared or provided to third parties 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 he or she deems 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 OLE Office of Law Enforcement 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 USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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: The Contractor shall furnish all materials necessary to meet the requirements under this

PWS.

4.4. Equipment: The Contractor shall furnish all equipment necessary to meet the requirements under this

PWS.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. Specific Tasks:

5.1. Basic Services.

The contractor shall establish a list of qualified organizations and facilities that can provide immediate triage needs and long-term housing and care, and a centralized point(s) of contact.

• Develop a comprehensive list and appropriate facility contact of all possible organizations that could participate.

• Define criteria for inclusion in the network and develop a list of all possible organizations that could participate. Organizations shall have all required federal permits, follow industry standards in animal care and welfare, and preferably be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

• Perform outreach to facilities with available space that are not currently network partners.

Develop the processes and policies to operationalize the regional and national network.

• Clarify the process and workflow of a confiscation placement.

• Develop a data management system for the network to be created and managed by Species360.

• Outline preferred operations and infrastructure for the network, using existing models as examples (e.g. PARC, Plant Rescue Center, etc.).

• Build and manage network communications infrastructure (i.e. google drive and AZA network).

• Develop communications materials in support of the network goals (e.g. fact sheet, news story database)

• Develop case study templates and recruit organizations to submit confiscation stories and costs.

Identify sustainable funding that is equitably distributed across the regional and national network.

• Identify national legislative opportunities to improve management of confiscations and increase funding for efforts.

• Draft legislative package and build political and public support.

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

6. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS (CURRENT EDITIONS)

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