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00010 Low Level Tritium Analysis Services 500 EA

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Base Year: (11/05/2020 to 11/04/2021) Services, non-personal to provide all plant, labor and materials (unless otherwise provided herein)

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necessary to provide services for Tritium

Analysis in accordance with the Performance Work

Statement (PWS). Quantities are estimated.

Pricing:

1. Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45 day turn-around time

Est Qty (500) Unit Price $ ?

2. Tritium, gas counting method, 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35 day turn-around time

Est Qty (100) Unit Price $ ?

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00020 Low Level Tritium Analysis Services EA

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Funding for orders shall be obligated at the task order level.

Option Year One: (11/05/2021 to 11/04/2022)

Services, non-personal to provide all plant, labor and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary to provide services for Tritium

Analysis in accordance with the attached

Performance Work Statement (PWS) and DOL Wage

Determination.

Pricing:

1. Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45 day turn-around time

Est Qty (500) Unit Price $ ?

2. Tritium, gas counting method, 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35 day turn-around time

Est Qty (100) Unit Price $ ?

(Option Line Item)

11/05/2021

Product/Service Code: B517

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOLOGICAL

Period of Performance: 11/04/2021 to 11/03/2022

00030 Low Level Tritium Analysis Services EA

Funding for orders shall be obligated at the task order level.

Option Year Two: (11/05/2022 to 11/04/2023)

Services, non-personal to provide all plant, labor and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary to provide services for Tritium

Analysis in accordance with the attached

Performance Work Statement (PWS) and DOL Wage

Determination.

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Pricing:

1. Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45 day turn-around time

Est Qty (500) Unit Price $ ?

2. Tritium, gas counting method, 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35 day turn-around time

Est Qty (100) Unit Price $ ?

(Option Line Item)

11/05/2022

Product/Service Code: B517

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOLOGICAL

Period of Performance: 11/04/2022 to 11/03/2023

00040 Low Level Tritium Analysis Services EA

Funding for orders shall be obligated at the task order level.

Option Year Three: (11/05/2023 to 11/04/2024)

Services, non-personal to provide all plant, labor and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary to provide services for Tritium

Analysis in accordance with the attached

Performance Work Statement (PWS) and DOL Wage

Determination.

Pricing:

1. Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45 day turn-around time

Est Qty (500) Unit Price $ ?

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Est Qty (100) Unit Price $ ?

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11/05/2023

Product/Service Code: B517

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOLOGICAL

Period of Performance: 11/04/2023 to 11/03/2024

00050 Low Level Tritium Analysis Services EA

Funding for orders shall be obligated at the task order level.

Option Year Four: (11/05/2024 to 11/04/2025)

Services, non-personal to provide all plant, labor and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary to provide services for Tritium

Analysis in accordance with the attached

Performance Work Statement (PWS) and DOL Wage

Determination.

Pricing:

1. Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45 day turn-around time

Est Qty (500) Unit Price $ ?

2. Tritium, gas counting method, 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35 day turn-around time

Est Qty (100) Unit Price $ ?

(Option Line Item)

11/05/2024

Product/Service Code: B517

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Period of Performance: 11/04/2024 to 11/03/2025

00060 Six Month Extension in the event that FAR EA

52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, is utilized by the Government

Low Level Tritium Analysis Services

Funding for orders shall be obligated at the task order level.

Six-Month Extensio: (11/05/2025 to 05/04/2026)

Services, non-personal to provide all plant, labor and materials (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary to provide services for Tritium

Analysis in accordance with the attached

Performance Work Statement (PWS) and DOL Wage

Determination.

Pricing:

1. Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45 day turn-around time

Est Qty (500) Unit Price $ ?

2. Tritium, gas counting method, 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35 day turn-around time

Est Qty (100) Unit Price $ ?

(Option Line Item)

11/05/2025

Product/Service Code: B517

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOLOGICAL

Period of Performance: 11/04/2025 to 05/03/2026

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Proposal Submission

Performance Work Statement

1. INTRODUCTION

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts various types of scientific projects with other federal, state, and local government agencies throughout the United States. Some of these projects require analytical services for low level tritium analysis of environmental samples. The USGS National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) has a need to provide these laboratory services.

2. SCOPE OF WORK

The Contractor shall provide laboratory services, supplies, and data deliverables for the determination of tritium through the analysis of aqueous environmental samples. Technical evaluation of the analytical services and deliverables will be managed under the USGS National Water Quality Laboratory, Office of Water Quality. SUBCONTRACTING OF ANALYTICAL

WORK SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS CONTRACT.

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

No Government property or services are (expected) to be provided to the Contractor for purposes of contract performance. If the Government determines at any time during the contract performance that property or services should be provided, such property or services shall be provided and documented by issuance of a contract modification.

4. DEFINITIONS

Analytical Services Request form (ASR): The form submitted with each sample that provides information used to log-in and process the sample. Attachment 2 provides an example of the ASR form.

Batch: A group of twenty or fewer samples that are processed, analyzed and reported together.

Bias: The systematic or persistent distortion of a measurement process that causes errors in one direction.

Blank: A sample that is assumed to be essentially free of the radionuclide that is carried through the radiochemical preparation, analysis, and measurement process in the same manner as a routine sample of a given matrix. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008)

Combined Standard Uncertainty: Standard uncertainty of an output estimate which is calculated by combining the standard uncertainties of the input estimates. The combined standard uncertainty is reported at the 68 percent or 1-sigma confidence level. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008)

Contract: A mutually binding legal relationship obligating the seller to furnish the supplies or services and the buyer to pay for them.

Contracting Officer (CO): The Government official responsible for the execution and administration of a contract on behalf of the Government.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): The Governmental official designated by the Contracting Officer and who shall be responsible for the technical oversight and evaluation of the Contractor performance.

Contractor: The Offeror who is awarded this contract.

Contractor’s Project Manager or Contractor Representative: An individual assigned by the Contractor and who shall be the primary point of contact for the COR and shall have authority to act on behalf of the Contractor on contract matters related to the daily operations of the contract.

Critical Defect: Defect in an analytical service or deliverable that likely will cause the analytical results to be unacceptable to meet project-specific or regulatory requirements and may cause samples to be re-collected.

Critical Level: The minimum measured value that indicates a positive (non-zero) amount of tritium is present in the sample within a specified probable error. The critical level is sometimes called the critical value or decision. See “sample-specific critical level”. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008)

Critical Performance Requirements: Performance requirements that are critical analytical services and deliverables.

Government: United States government

Laboratory Control Sample: A QC sample of known composition that is prepared and analyzed in the same manner as a regular sample.

Minimum Detectable Concentration: The smallest (true) radionuclide concentration that gives a specified probability that the value of the measured radionuclide will exceed its critical level concentration.

Offeror: Any laboratory that submits a proposal in response to this Performance Work Statement.

Performance Assessment Plan: A plan that describes how the Contractor’s performance will be evaluated and measured against the performance standards using specific assessment methods and evaluation-rating criteria.

Performance Objective: A group of performance requirements that is associated with a more general type of task or service.

Performance Requirements: Specific services or deliverables that are required by the Government and performed by the Contractor.

Performance Standard: Measurable performance acceptance standard used to determine whether the Contractor has met specific performance requirements.

Precision: The measure of agreement among replicate measurements, under the prescribed similar conditions.

Replicate analyses — the measurements of the variable of interest performed identically on two or more subsamples of the same sample within a short time. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008)

Sample specific critical level (ssLC): Critical level calculated using the parameter values measured during the generation of the sample result. Sample specific critical value is different from the critical level wherein nominal measurement parameters are used in the calculation. Concentrations below ssLC are considered non-detections. (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008

Turn-around-time: The elapsed time between the receipt of the sample at the Contractor’s laboratory to the reporting of results to the USGS.

USGS Project Representative: A USGS employee who is working on a specific USGS project and is directly involved in the field collection of environmental samples that are sent to the Contract laboratory. This person is allowed to consult with the Contractor Representative on technical issues buy has no authority to change the scope of the contract.

5.0 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS

Provided herein are the performance objectives and requirements of the contract. The Contractor will be evaluated for these performance requirements as described in Section C.6 “Performance Assessment Plan” and Attachment 1 – Performance Objectives.

5.1.1 FISMA Requirements

Contractors who have access to DOI information must comply with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) as mandated by the E-Government Act of 2002. FISMA requires each Federal agency to develop, document, and implement a program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets (data) of the agency including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other sources. The Contractor shall comply with the following FISMA Requirements (denoted APPLICABLE):

1. Background Investigation - Not applicable.

2. Non-disclosure Agreement - Contractor employees who have direct access to DOI information or will develop custom applications shall sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to gaining access.

After award, the COR will develop the final agreements, with the assistance of the Solicitor. Copies will be maintained in the contract file. Draft sample agreement is attached. (Attachment 3) Alternatively, if the contractor has a similar corporate non-disclosure agreement form and process for their employees, a single attestation statement from a designated laboratory management official will suffice.

3. Training - Not applicable.

4. Personnel Changes - Not applicable.

5. Contractor Location - Not applicable.

6. Applicable Standards - Not applicable.

7. Asset Valuation - Not applicable.

8. Property Rights - Not applicable.

9. Independent Verification and Validation (IV & V) - Not applicable.

10. Certification & Accreditation - Not applicable.

11. Internet Logon Banner - Not applicable.

12. Incident Reporting - Not applicable.

13. Quality Control. All software, hardware, data files and data deliverables provided by the Contractor shall be free of malicious code.

14. Self-Assessment - Not applicable.

15. Vulnerability Analysis - Not applicable.

16. Logon Banner - Not applicable.

17. Security Controls - Not applicable.

18. Contingency Plan - Not applicable.

5.1.2 General Security:

In order to ensure the identity and integrity of given samples through the processes of collection, shipping, analysis, and disposal, the Contractor shall provide chain-of-custody for samples submitted by the USGS. This chain-of-custody process must be maintained from receipt of samples at the contract lab through analysis and data reporting. The Contractor shall establish a system of security and safeguarding that shall prevent analytical data, which will be Government property, from being released to unauthorized persons. Data are to be reported only to the COR. Upon request, the Contractor shall submit to the Government a Standard Operating Procedure that details the Contractor’s chain-of-custody procedure.

5.1.3 Data integrity procedure

The Contractor shall develop and maintain a documented data integrity procedure that ensures data of known and documented quality are obtained and maintained during any operation, such as analysis, processing, review, transfer, storage, and retrieval. Data integrity procedures ensure the ability to maintain and preserve data or information and recreate or recover data and information should an accident or loss occur. Additionally, Contractor shall train personnel in the data integrity procedure upon hire and annually. Training shall be documented.

5.1.4 Samples – Identification and Processing Order

5.1.4.1 Samples for tritium analysis obtained by the USGS for study shall be shipped by USGS Water Science Centers (WSCs), or other agencies with prior approval, to the Contractor’s laboratory where the analyses are to be performed. Sample delivery will be variable throughout the year and will generally be the highest during the months of April through September.

5.1.4.2 The Contractor will assign an NWQL login identification number to each sample. The NWQL login identification number shall be used on all records pertaining to the sample. This will not prevent the Contractor from assigning its own accession or laboratory number to the samples.

Assignment of NWQL login numbers shall follow this example:

The year 2015, followed by the Julian date that the sample is received at the contractor’s laboratory (e.g., May 1st would be 121), followed by the sequence in which the sample is logged starting with 9601. For example, the first sample received on May 1, 2015 would have a log-in number of 20151219601. The series 9601 to 9699 is reserved exclusively for the use of the Contractor.

The log-in number shall be affixed to the appropriate sample bottle(s) and noted in the upper right-hand corner of the Analytical Services Request (ASR) form.

The Contractor shall compare station identification, date, and time information on the ASR to markings on the sample bottle to ensure that no bottle mix-ups or sample identification problems occur. If any discrepancies are found, the Contractor shall contact the USGS COR or designee to resolve the discrepancy.

Each Monday, the Contractor shall send by electronic mail to the COR, and any designated personnel at the NWQL, a list of all samples received during the previous week as well as scanned copies of the ASRs. This list will include conditions of samples and date of sample receipt. If no samples were received during the previous week, the Contractor shall notify the COR. At the end of the NWQL Water year (usually the 1st Friday in September), the final sample log-in electronic file (scanned ASRs) shall be sent to COR by the end of business on that Friday. The end of water year date shall be supplied to the Contractor no later than a month in advance by the COR.

The Contractor shall notify the COR immediately if analyses not listed in the contract are requested.

All sample results are to be decay corrected to the collection date. The collection date will be provided on the ASR form.

5.1.4.3 Samples submitted to the Contractor’s laboratory shall be analyzed in order of receipt (i.e., first in, first out) unless alternate instructions are received by phone and writing from the COR.

5.1.4.4 The Contractor shall be accountable for all samples delivered to its laboratory.

5.1.5 Residual sample remaining after analysis is to be retained by the Contractor for a period of 90 days following delivery and USGS acceptance of analytical results. Disposal of these samples is to be at Contractor’s expense.

5.2 Performance Objective: Sample Preparation and Analysis

5.2.1 Sample Preparation

Aqueous samples for low level tritium analysis shall be submitted unfiltered with no preservation.

5.2.2 Sample Analysis

5.2.2.1 Samples are to be analyzed using electrolytic enrichment and gas counting to reach minimum detectable concentration of 0.3 pCi/L at the 95% confidence level. Some samples may require the 10 pCi/L MDC. These are to be analyzed by gas counting with no electrolytic enrichment.

5.2.2.2 The analytical methods shall not be changed during the life of the contract without the written approval of the COR and CO. A full description of the proposed changes shall be sent to the COR in writing at least 30 days prior to any proposed change date.

5.2.2.3 Copies of any methods used by the Contractor for USGS samples may, at the request of the Water Science Centers of the USGS, be made available to them by the COR. If the Contractor deems the methods to be proprietary, summaries of the methods will be provided to the WSCs. The Water Science Centers may, if necessary, make reference to these methods in their publications.

Method summaries shall also be made available to the COR.

5.2.2.4 Results shall be reported in pCi/L.

5.3 Performance Objective: Contract Quality Assurance/Quality Control Requirements

5.3.1 Performance Testing Studies

The Contractor shall participate in external performance testing studies. The results of the Contractor’s participation shall be furnished to the COR when received by Contractor. The Contractor shall participate in the International Atomic Energy (IAE) tritium comparison study when available. Any costs associated to attend this study are the responsibility of the contractor.

5.3.2 Internal Quality Control

5.3.2.1 The Contractor shall maintain a quality system for the laboratory. The Contractor shall supply the COR with a copy of its quality assurance and quality control procedures. The Contractor shall not deviate from the stated quality control procedures without approval from the COR and

CO.

5.3.2.2 The Contractor shall obtain and maintain a set of radioisotope standards that are traceable to National Institute Standards and Technology (NIST). These standards are to be used to daily calibrate instrumentation and prepare internal quality control standards.

5.3.2.3 The Contractor shall analyze a blank sample, a laboratory control sample, and a replicate sample with every analytical batch. These QC results are to be reported with the sample results.

Analysis of these QC samples shall be at no cost to the Government.

5.3.2.4 The blank shall be less than the sample specific Critical level (ssLc). The LCS—at the upper end, the result – 2x CSU shall be </= the known value. The recovery shall not be less than 80% at the lower end.

5.3.2.4 The Contractor shall inform the COR verbally immediately upon discovery that any performance requirement is not being met. The Contractor shall follow the verbal notification with a written explanation and corrective action plan within 10 days after discovery.

5.3.3 External Quality Assurance

5.3.3.1 Approximately five percent of samples delivered to the Contractor will be USGS quality assurance samples. These may include blanks, standards (spiked samples) or replicate samples.

5.3.3.2 The results of the analyses of the standards and replicate samples will be used by the COR to judge overall performance by the Contractor in accordance with Section 5.6.

5.3.3.3 The USGS may request rerun analyses on as much as 5 percent of the yearly sample total.

The reruns will be performed at Contractor expense. If the rerun requests exceed 5 percent of the yearly sample load, the Contractor will not be paid for the rerun if the new value is outside of the 1-sigma combined standard uncertainty of the first value. The USGS will pay for the rerun if the rerun value lies within the 1-sigma combined standard uncertainty of the first value.

5.3.3.4 On-site laboratory audits may be conducted at the discretion of the Government. It is anticipated that these audits will be conducted annually. The COR will give advance notice to the Contractor of at least one month prior to the on-site audit. However, advance notice is not required.

5.4 Performance Objective: Reporting of Results, Data Storage and Data Handling

5.4.1 The analytical data shall be reported electronically to the USGS in written tabular form and concurrently in electronic format. The format for the electronic data deliverable (EDD) will be furnished at the time of award.

5.4.2 The written tabular form of analytical results shall be typed, and the values verified for accuracy and signed by the analyst and the verifier or shall be a facsimile copy of such a report.

The report shall show USGS log-in number, contract laboratory identifying number, USGS supplied lab code, date of analysis, analytical result, 1-sigma combined standard uncertainty (with the uncertainty for electrolytic enrichment included.), and the sample specific critical level (ssLc).

The Contractor shall include the proposed report format in the proposal. The Contractor shall refer to Volume III Section 20 and Attachment 20A of the Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual (MARLAP) for equations and explanations of these required data items.

5.4.3 Reports of analytical results shall be communicated by telephone if requested. Reports shall be sent electronically. If the quality of the results are found to be unacceptable, the problem will be communicated by the COR immediately upon recognition and reruns requested.

5.4.4 The Contractor shall properly store and archive appropriate copies of all analytical results and associated QC and raw-data results for USGS analyses for the life of the contract. This information shall be sufficient to allow for re-creation of analytical results if necessary. Prior to completion of the contract, the Contractor shall request from the USGS instructions as to the disposal of these records. Any records requested by the USGS shall be sent at Contractor expense to the address given by the COR. Records not requested by the USGS shall be destroyed by the Contractor upon instructions from USGS after completion of the contract.

5.5 Performance Objective: Deliverables

5.5.1 The Contractor shall complete the requested analyses and required data deliverables specified in Section 5.4 within 45 calendar days (not including contract-specified holidays – refer to Clause GS0919 Legal Holidays) after receipt of samples for Line Item 1 analyses at the Contractor laboratory facility. The Contractor shall complete the requested analyses and required data deliverables specified in Section 5.4 within 35 calendar days (not including contract-specified holidays – refer to Clause GS0919 Legal Holidays”) after receipt of samples for Line Item 2 analyses at the Contractor laboratory facility. The Contractor shall deliver to the COR the required data deliverables within the turn-around-time stated. Data deliverables that are delivered late to the USGS will be documented in the annual performance assessment report (see Subsection 6.4). If the data deliverables for a sample are provided to the USGS 1 to 15 days late, a 15% late delivery payment reduction will be assessed for the batch invoice charges; if 16 to 30 days late, a 20% late payment reduction will be assessed; and if more than 30 days late, a 30% late delivery payment reduction will be assessed. Late delivery payment reductions will be applied to the applicable invoice

Every Monday the contractor will send the COR copies of all ASRs received the previous week. If no samples are received, the contractor will send the COR an email stating this to the COR. Start date for timing of samples will be the Tuesday following the receipt of the ASRs by the COR.

If extenuating circumstances for late delivery are explained by the Contractor in writing to the COR, the late delivery payment reduction may be waived, subject to review and approval by the CO. Prior notification to the COR is required if sample analysis results are expected to miss the turn-around-time stated in Section 5.5.1.

5.5.2 For some USGS projects, preliminary (before final review by Contractor) and final analytical results may be requested to be sent to the COR electronically at no added cost to the Government.

5.5.3 The Contractor shall report the blank, LCS result, and duplicate results with each batch of sample results. A summary of any QA/QC problems encountered, and solutions implemented during batch analysis shall be included with the results.

5.6 Performance Objective: Quality Assurance Acceptance Criteria

5.6.1 A 1-sigma combined standard uncertainty and a sample specific critical level shall be reported for every tritium result. Equations for these meta-data shall be found in MARLAP.

5.6.2 Reporting precision shall be 0.3 pCi/L.

5.6.3 The following QA acceptance criteria shall be used to monitor precision. For replicate samples:

X1 – X2 < 2 * (1 2 + 2

2)1/2, where X1 and X2 are the analyte concentration values for samples 1 and 2, and 1 and 2 are the respective measurement uncertainties of the measured values.

Corrective action shall be implemented by the Contractor when X1 – X2 > 3 *(1 2 + 2

2)1/2

5.7 Performance Objective: Contractor Key Personnel Qualifications and Duties

5.7.1 The Contractor shall provide the following key personnel:

Project Manager/Contractor Representative (or as named) – The Project Manager is the primary Contractor Representative and is a professional and experienced analytical chemist assigned by the Contractor who shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on contract matters that relate to the daily operations of the Contract. The Project Manager shall be the primary point of contact for the COR and if needed, for appropriate USGS project representatives for the technical and functional services specified in the contract. This person shall monitor and keep the USGS informed on the status of the analyses and data deliverables requested for all samples. This person should conduct final review and approval of the data deliverables to ensure compliance with contract requirements and contact the COR if there are any delays or problems with the sample analyses. Upon written notice from the Contracting Officer that the Project Manager/Contractor’s Representative is not satisfactory, to the Government, due to identified deficiencies in contract performance, the Contractor shall promptly (within 5 working days) replace the Representative with a professional who is satisfactory to the Government. If the replacement is initiated by the Contractor, this Representative cannot be replaced without written notification to the COR and CO (Refer to Clause GS1330 Key Personnel).

Analytical Chemist (or as named) – The Contractor shall appoint a professional analytical chemist who shall have direct control over the analyses to be performed and shall be available to handle non-routine analysis problems if encountered and work directly with Contracting Officer or COR in such situations.

The Contractor shall follow the guidance for personnel in Volume I Section E.4.2 of the Multi- Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual (MARLAP)

6.0 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT PLAN

6.1 According to Clause GS1305 Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and provisions specified in this Performance Assessment Plan, the Government shall perform a formal assessment to determine the extent to which the Contractor has met the performance requirements specified under the contract. All the performance requirements contained in the contract will be evaluated and assessed by the Government. The performance requirements identified with bold text in Section C.5 are identified as major performance requirements consisting of the more important or critical analytical services and deliverables specified in the contract.

6.2 The COR will perform the assessment of the Contractor and prepare the formal performance assessment reports and documentation. The CO will be directly involved in all aspects of the performance assessment and will review all formal performance assessment reports. USGS project representatives may provide technical input on the quality, timeliness, and completeness of the analytical results after reviewing the data deliverables provided by the Contractor.

6.3 Performance assessment methods used by the USGS will be standard inspection and evaluation procedures and shall include (1) inspection and evaluation of the quality and timeliness of the data deliverables, (2) periodic review of analytical services performed, and (3) compilation of customer comments received from USGS project representatives using the analytical services, analytical results, and data deliverables.

6.4 An annual CPARS report will be prepared. The annual CPARS report will include: (1) summary of the number of samples that were sent to the Contractor, (2) number of data deliverables that were completed and delivered to the USGS, (3) documentation of the performance standards achieved or not achieved for the major performance requirements, (4) documentation of any non-routine issues or delays that occurred during the three months, and (5) compilation of comments from USGS project representatives about the analytical services and data deliverables.

6.5 An overall annual performance assessment rating will be determined by the COR and CO in the annual CPARS report. Performance assessment ratings will consist of: exceptional, very good, satisfactory, and unsatisfactory. An exceptional performance rating will be assigned when the performance fully exceeds the contractual requirements with few minor problems that were fully resolved, and most of the performance standards were exceeded for the major performance requirements. A satisfactory performance rating will be assigned when most of the performance requirements are met and the performance standards for all the major performance requirements are achieved during the year. In most cases, an unsatisfactory performance rating will be assigned when a majority of the performance requirements are not met and most performance standards for major performance requirements are not achieved.

6.6 The annual CPARS Report will be used by the CO to determine if the contract will be extended to another option year. The CPARS Reports will be made available to other Government departments and agencies seeking past performance and source selection information.

7.0 CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA

7.1 The Contractor recognizes that Contractor employees in performing this contract may have access to data, either provided by the Government or first generated during contract performance, of a sensitive nature which should not be released to the public without U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) approval. Therefore, the Contractor agrees to obtain confidentiality agreements from all its employees working on requirements under this contract. Such agreements shall contain provisions which stipulate that each employee agrees that the employee will not disclose, either in whole or in part, to any entity external to USGS any information or data (as defined in FAR Section 27.401) first generated by the Contractor under this contract, without first obtaining the written permission of the USGS Contracting Officer. Such agreements shall be effective for the life of the contract and for a period of three (3) years after completion of the contract. Copies of these agreements shall be provided to the USGS Contracting Officer and the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

7.2 In order to protect data that has been generated under this contract, the Contractor shall institute the necessary system security controls to eliminate any chance of unauthorized release of data to the public. These system security controls shall be established for all Contractor-owned and operated systems used to provide services under this contract. All information submitted to the USGS by the Contractor must be free of malicious code.

Schedule of Services and Price

The quantities stated in the schedule below are estimated quantities for comparative purposes, and no claims shall be made against the USGS for excess or deficiency therein. Payment at the unit or lump-sum prices agreed upon shall be in full for the completed work and shall cover materials, supplies, transportation, labor, tools, machinery, and all expenditures, incident to satisfactory compliance with the contract unless otherwise specifically provided. Except as limited by the total amount of funds obligated for the contract, the quantities to be furnished under this contract will depend entirely upon the actual quantities required unless otherwise noted.

Items and Prices

The following items are estimated quantities for a base year contract period beginning on the date of contract award through twelve (12) months, with four (4) twelve-month subsequent option year periods

The price per unit shall include all indirect costs as well as all other direct costs associated with each sample. The price shall include consumables, labor and overhead. The rate shall include the initial cost (amortized over ten years) and bi-annual preventative maintenance cost of analytical equipment. Labor costs shall include salaries for technicians and administrators.

Price consideration shall include proper storage and archive copies of analytical results and associated QC and raw data results for the duration period of the contract. All raw data will be returned to the USGS if requested at the end of the contract. This will be accomplished at no direct or increased cost to the government.

Price consideration shall also include analytical data be reported in both written tabular form and electronic format. The price shall also include the cost of a blank, Laboratory Control Sample (LCS) and duplicate to be run with every batch and reported with the sample results. A batch is not to exceed 20 samples.

Base Year – November 4, 2020 through November 3, 2021

Item No.

Description of Item Est.

Qty Unit Unit

Price Amount

1 Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method, 0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45-day turn-around time

500 each $ $

2 Tritium, gas counting method 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35-day turn-around time

100 each $ $

TOTAL LINE ITEMS 1-2

Option Year One – November 4, 2021 through November 3, 2022

Item No.

Description of Item Est.

Qty Unit Unit

Price Amount

1A Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method, 0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45-day turn-around time

500 each $ $

2A Tritium, gas counting method 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35-day turn-around time

100 each $ $

TOTAL LINE ITEMS 1A-2A

Option Year Two – November 4, 2022 through November 3, 2023

Item No.

Description of Item Est.

Qty Unit Unit

Price Amount

1B Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method, 0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45-day turn-around time each $ $

2B Tritium, gas counting method 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35-day turn-around time each $ $

TOTAL LINE ITEMS 1B-2B

Option Year Three – November 4, 2023 through November 3, 2024

Item No.

Description of Item Est.

Qty Unit Unit

Price Amount

1C Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method, 0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45-day turn-around time

500 each $ $

2C Tritium gas counting method 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35-day turn-around time

100 each $ $

TOTAL LINE ITEMS 1C-2C

Option Year Four – November 4, 2024 through November 3, 2025

Item No.

Description of Item Est.

Qty Uni t

Unit Price Amount

1D Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 45-day turn-around time eac h

2D Tritium gas counting method 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35-day turn-around time eac h

6-Month Extension (If Needed) November 4, 2025 through May 3, 2026.

Item No.

Description of Item Est . Uni t

Unit Price

Amount

Qt y

1D Tritium, enrichment and gas counting method,

0.3 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 4 -day turn-around time eac h

2D Tritium gas counting method 10 pCi/L minimum detection concentration, 35-day turn-around time

TOTAL LINE ITEMS 1D-2D

5 eac h

52.204-15 Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016)

(a) Definitions.

First-tier subcontract means a subcontract awarded directly by the Contractor for the purpose of acquiring supplies or services (including construction) for performance of a prime contract. It does not include the Contractor’s supplier agreements with vendors, such as long-term arrangements for materials or supplies that benefit multiple contracts and/or the costs of which are normally applied to a Contractor’s general and administrative expenses or indirect costs.

(b) The Contractor shall report, in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of this clause, annually by October 31, for services performed during the preceding Government fiscal year (October 1-September 30) under this contract for orders that exceed the thresholds established in 4.1703(a)(2).

(c) The Contractor shall report the following information:

(1) Contract number and order number.

(2) The total dollar amount invoiced for services performed during the previous Government fiscal year under the order.

(3) The number of Contractor direct labor hours expended on the services performed during the previous Government fiscal year.

(4) Data reported by subcontractors under paragraph (f) of this clause.

(d) The information required in paragraph (c) of this clause shall be submitted via the internet at www.sam.gov. (See SAM User Guide). If the Contractor fails to submit the report in a timely manner, the Contracting Officer will exercise appropriate contractual remedies. In addition, the Contracting Officer will make the Contractor’s failure to comply with the reporting requirements a part of the Contractor’s performance information under FAR subpart 42.15.

(e) Agencies will review Contractor reported information for reasonableness and consistency with available contract information. In the event the agency believes that revisions to the Contractor reported information are warranted, the agency will notify the Contractor no later than November https://www.acquisition.gov/content/41703-reporting-requirements#i1121357 https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/content/subpart-4215-contractor-performance-information#i1074222

15. By November 30, the Contractor shall revise the report, or document its rationale for the agency.

(f)

(1) The Contractor shall require each first-tier subcontractor providing services under this contract, with subcontract(s) each valued at or above the thresholds set forth in 4.1703(a)(2), to provide the following detailed information to the Contractor in sufficient time to submit the report:

(i) Subcontract number (including subcontractor name and unique entity identifier), and

(ii) The number of first-tier subcontractor direct-labor hours expended on the services performed during the previous Government fiscal year.

(2) The Contractor shall advise the subcontractor that the information will be made available to the public as required by section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010.

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 the following addresses:

FAR Clauses - https://www.acquisition.gov/far/ DOI Clauses - http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfdiara.htm

Clause Title Date

52.202-1 Definitions Nov

52.203-3 Gratuities Apr

52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions

Oct2010

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

Apr

52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Recycled Paper May

52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel Jan 2011

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance Oct 2018

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance Jul 2016

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications

Dec 2014 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/41703-reporting-requirements#i1121357 http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vfdiara.htm

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

Aug 2019

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items Oct 2018

52.227-17 Rights in Data-Special Works Dec 2007

52.229-3 Federal, State, and Local Taxes Feb 2013

52.232-8 Discounts for Prompt Payment Feb 2002

52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations Jun 2013

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors

Dec 2013

52.233-1 Disputes May 2014

52.242-13 Bankruptcy July 1995

52.249-4 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Services) (Short Form)

Apr 1984

52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service) Apr 1984

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. (Aug 2020)

(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.