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140G0323Q0204

DESCRIPTION

The US Geological Survey, Earthquake Science

Center requires a contractor to develop place-based free-choice learning education and training resources for park visitor centers (e.g.

National and State Parks) and other FCLEs that are aligned with the 2021-26 ShakeAlert®

Communication, Education, Outreach & Technical

Engagement (CEO&TE) Strategic Plan.as described in the attached Statement of Work.

RELEVENT INFORMATION

The applicable North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) code is 541618

Other Management Consulting Services, with the associated size standard of $19m.

All questions must be sent directly to thuot@usgs.gov by 08/02/2023 at 1700 PD. Quotes and required documents shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to the

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1700 PD to thuot@usgs.gov. Proposals submitted by hardcopy or any web portal shall not be accepted or considered. Please no phone call. Emails only.

Quotes will be evaluated based on experience and past performance over price. See page 10.

Period of performance and/or delivery dates are estimates only.

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00010 ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System

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140G0323Q0204

Resource Development for Park Visitor Centers, Museums, and other Free-Choice Learning

Environments (FCLEs) in accordance with the

Statement of Work included herein.

Product/Service Code: B542

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS- EDUCATIONAL

Period of Performance: 10/01/2023 to 09/30/2024

NSN 7540-01-152-8067 OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)

STATEMENT OF WORK

ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System Resource Development for Park Visitor Centers, Museums, and other Free-Choice Learning

Environments (FCLEs)

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

A. Introduction (general description of services).

The ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) System is currently operational in California, Oregon, and Washington. While initial Communication Education Outreach (CEO) efforts produced tools and resources for emergency managers and other earthquake education practitioners, as well as various sector thought leaders in Healthcare, Utilities, Transportation and Education, there remain untapped opportunities to expand elements for engagement with other stakeholders, audiences, influencers for maximum messaging uptake to advance preparedness and public safety. Also, many elements of the existing Toolkit were released before the full rollout of ShakeAlert System public alerting in mid-2021 and there is a need to update current documents, guidelines, graphics, and other deliverables.

The overall goal of this project is to develop place-based free-choice learning education and training resources for park visitor centers (e.g. National and State Parks) and other FCLEs that are aligned with the 2021-26 ShakeAlert® Communication, Education, Outreach & Technical Engagement (CEO&TE) Strategic Plan.

The goals of the Free-Choice Learning Environment (FCLE) Resource Development for Park Visitor Centers and Museums are:

• To develop one-page (double-sided) fact sheets in English and Spanish for National and State Parks in California, Oregon, and Washington that describe the geologic processes (e.g. Plate Tectonics) how that park (or other venue) came to be. For example what plate tectonic processes led to the development of the Olympic Mountains in Washington, Crater Lake in Oregon, or Anza Borrego State Park in California? A portion of the back side of the fact sheet (1/2 – 2/3 page) will be devoted to information about the ShakeAlert EEW system including how to receive ShakeAlert-powered alerts and what to do if an end-user receives an alert or feels shaking.

• To develop web content for the ShakeAlert Community Partner Website that will serve as a distribution and promotion point for the resources.

• To develop a facilitator’s guide providing tips and best practices in using the content for engagement at National and State parks which is aligned with current practices in interpretation.

B. Background (summarize past activity; history; mandates; how did we get to this point?;

address unresolved problems from the past).

The ShakeAlert® earthquake early warning system (ShakeAlert EEW system, ShakeAlert system, ShakeAlert, system)1 detects within seconds earthquakes that meet certain thresholds, so alerts can be

1 When referring to “system” vs “System,” lowercase “s” refers to the USGS part of the operation (sensors and processing centers), and uppercase “S” refers to the USGS part and the alert delivery partners (i.e., the entire delivered to people and vital technical infrastructure (e.g. utilities) and industry sectors, potentially seconds before shaking arrives at their location. ShakeAlert-powered alerts encourage people to take a self-protective action, such as Drop, Cover, and Hold On, and trigger automated actions to protect critical systems, equipment, facilities, and infrastructure. Acknowledging the human interface2 of EEW is indispensable. A significant factor in the adoption and ultimate success of the ShakeAlert EEW System is effective communication, education, outreach, and technical engagement. The USGS’s 2018 Revised Technical Implementation Plan for the ShakeAlert System – An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States (2018 Technical Implementation Plan) notes that “EEW alerts are useless if people do not know how to respond to them” and “Extensive communication, education, and outreach (CEO) for both public and institutional users is needed for ShakeAlert to have maximum beneficial impact.”3

Because ShakeAlert Communication, Education, Outreach, and Technical Engagement (CEO&TE) — like the ShakeAlert EEW system itself — is a collaborative effort, the purpose of this project is to align USGS, its Principal Partners, Implementation Partners, and other key stakeholders around the design and overarching framework for ShakeAlert communication, education, and outreach.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic prevented in-person collaboration and planning sessions, CEO&TE planning to produce the 2021-26 ShakeAlert Communication, Education, Outreach and Technical Engagement Strategic Plan was developed with significant stakeholder input and is grounded in strategic planning best practices for Federal agencies and partnership-based programs.4 ShakeAlert CEO&TE envisions a future where EEW is a widely integrated component of preparedness and mitigation culture in the U.S. Through continued, thoughtful stakeholder engagement; a basic management, coordination, and evaluation structure; and the implementation of CEO&TE strategies founded upon social science and evidence-based approaches, this Strategic Plan provides a framework to realize the ShakeAlert CEO&TE vision: Earthquake Early Warning for All.

C. Definitions/Applicable Documents (define terms that have a different meaning to different people, esp. technical ones; list publications, directives, commercial standards affecting the work).

End-User: End-users receive ShakeAlert-powered products or services from LtO Partners. End-users include people who receive these products or services directly (e.g., to their cell phones), as well as organizations that work with an LtO Partner to implement automated “machine-to-machine” actions.

Human Interface: Any mode of interaction that a person has with ShakeAlert-powered products and services based on the utilization of ShakeAlert Messages by licensed ShakeAlert technical partners. The

System). Lower case “s” for the USGS Component is used because the ShakeAlert system is part of the larger Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) and the designation is used to show that the ShakeAlert system is subordinate to ANSS. This distinction is a USGS management decision from October 2019 and has been in use ever since.

2 As per the Technical Implementation Plan and ShakeAlert licensing agreements, human interface refers to any interaction that a person has with ShakeAlert-powered products and services. The interface can be direct such as an alert delivered to a cell phone, indirect on a train that slows down due to an ShakeAlert-powered automated action, or a combination.

3 Given, D.D., Allen, R.M., Baltay, A.S., Bodin, P., Cochran, E.S., Creager, K., de Groot, R.M., Gee, L.S., Hauksson, E., Heaton, T.H., Hellweg, M., Murray, J.R., Thomas, V.I., Toomey, D., and Yelin, T.S., 2018, Revised technical implementation plan for the ShakeAlert system—An earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1155, 42 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181155.

[Supersedes USGS Open-File Report 2014–1097.] 4 For example, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified six leading practices in federal strategic planning: (1) defining the mission and goal; (2) defining strategies that address management challenges and identifying resources needed to achieve goals; (3) ensuring leadership involvement and accountability; (4) involving stakeholders; (5) coordinating with other federal agencies; and (6) developing and using performance measures.

(GAO, Managing for Results: Key Considerations for Implementing Interagency Collaborative Mechanisms, GAO-12- 1022) interface can be direct, such as an alert delivered to a cell phone, indirect such as (on) a train that slows down due to an ShakeAlert-powered automated action, or a combination.

ShakeAlert CEO&TE: ShakeAlert Communication, Education, Outreach, and Technical Engagement

ShakeAlert JCCEO&TE: ShakeAlert Joint Committee for Communication, Education, Outreach, and Technical Engagement

Relevant Reference Documents/References:

ShakeAlert CEO&TE Community Partner Website. Available: ShakeAlert.org

ShakeAlert Twitter. Available: @USGS_ShakeAlert

ShakeAlert Inclusive and Culturally Competent Messaging Guide. Available:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hZTR33iPeodQ24LCrisexOnxPLhrs9xn?usp=sharing

ShakeAlert Trademark Guidelines. Available: https://www.shakealert.org/education-outreach/shakealert-trademark-guidelines/

ShakeAlert Tests, Drills, and Exercises Guide:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Gh_cFC2U3j9YQSCh81KFRGXL_Ubg7KxM?usp=sharing

ShakeAlert System Alerting Thresholds. Available:

https://www.shakealert.org/implementation/shakealert-system-alerting-thresholds/

ShakeAlert Communication, Education, Outreach, and Technical Engagement Strategic Plan 2021-

26. (Available upon request) Revised technical implementation plan for the ShakeAlert system—An earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the United States. Available:

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20181155

ShakeAlert Messaging Toolkit. Available:

https://www.shakealert.org/messaging_toolkit/

What does it mean to be Powered by ShakeAlert? Available: https://www.shakealert.org/education-outreach/what-does-it-mean-to-be-powered-by-shakealert/

Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments, and Seashores by Robert J. Lillie.

II. WORK REQUIREMENTS

A. Technical Requirements.

1. Describe specific work requirements and/or work products:

The project plan is segmented into three primary tasks (not including Project Management). The project period of performance is October 01, 2023 – September 30, 2024.

All proposed work efforts and deliverables will support the ShakeAlert System through coordination, collaboration, and community building, while being inclusive, collaborative, culturally sensitive, and dynamic. These services can be grouped into three overarching service categories that reflect the need for additional public relations, strategic planning, and collateral development.

https://www.shakealert.org/education-outreach/shakealert-trademark-guidelines/ https://www.shakealert.org/education-outreach/shakealert-trademark-guidelines/ https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20181155

2. Criteria for acceptance of Product or Service:

The USGS will be the lead agency for this project and will be responsible for making all final decisions regarding the acceptance of the project deliverables. The USGS Office of Communications and Office of Policy and Analysis will conduct an extensive review of all project outputs to ensure compliance with USGS Communications and Technology Transfer. To ensure broad CEO&TE stakeholder involvement and input, a JCCEO&TE Focus Team (made up of representatives from the three ShakeAlert states and the USGS Management Team) will be established, and members will serve during the entire period of performance. The Focus Team will be in place before the project commences in October 2023.

Project Management Plan Contractor will develop a Project Management Plan (PMP), which incorporates the project goals and deliverable completion dates, along with project communication and risk management strategies. This will be the master document the Contractor uses to plan, coordinate, and manage the project. The PMP will show task elements completed and those left to complete, and will explain successes, challenges, and resolutions. The PMP will be developed in draft and finalized form in consultation with the USGS Project Management Team.

Weekly Project Management Check-In Calls Throughout the project performance period, Contractor will facilitate weekly project management check-ins with the USGS Management team (and USGS designees) to ensure regular communications on project status and next steps, and to discuss the status of deliverables, among other topics.

Monthly Written Project Status Reports Contractor will provide the USGS with monthly written project status reports, which will accompany monthly invoices. Status on project-specific goals, milestones, tasks, and deliverables will be discussed in these written reports. Contractor will also provide a brief, bulleted monthly status report for the JCCEO&TE; the latter will be distributed by the USGS.

Deliverable Review and Feedback Process Each member of the project Focus Team will serve an important role in the review of materials developed as part of task completion. Unless feedback is communicated from team members to the contractor in the conduct of a collaborative meeting, other feedback on deliverables will be communicated from the USGS Project Management Team to Contractor and/or through collaborative documents that reside on a shared drive.

Deliverable Quality Control/Quality Assurance A mutually agreed upon Quality Assurance/Quality Control process throughout the project performance period is indispensable. Most successful projects are those with precisely, clearly, and completely defined scopes, and with agreement and buy-in from project managers, subject-matter experts, advisers, and key stakeholders from the onset. All materials produced will be subject to a robust quality assurance/quality control review for accuracy in content and composition. As deliverables and materials are completed, their quality will be assured through audits against quality requirements and previously defined evaluation criteria.

Project Close-out Meeting and Recommended Next Steps On completion of all tasks, Project Management Team will meet via Zoom with the USGS, the JCCEO&TE Focus Team, and other JCCEO&TE representatives to discuss the project’s progression, outcomes, impressions about stakeholder buy-in, and to recommend next steps. Any materials that require sign-off, return, or archiving will be identified at that time.

B. Deliverables.

1. Characteristics for work product described in II.A.1., identified by name and quantity.

Task A: Fact Sheets for Park Visitor Centers and Museums

a. One page (double-sided) fact sheets in English and Spanish for National and State Parks in California, Oregon, and Washington that describe the geologic processes (e.g. Plate Tectonics) that describes how that park came. For example, what plate tectonic processes lead to the development of the Olympic Mountains in Washington, Crater Lake in Oregon, or Anza Borrego State Park in California. A portion of the back side of the fact sheet (1/2 – 2/3 page) will be devoted to information about the ShakeAlert EEW system including how to receive ShakeAlert-powered alerts and what to do if an end-user receives an alert or feels shaking.

b. Develop and coordinate a review and roll-out/strategy for all resources developed in this task.

c. Coordinate/manage all collateral) through translation/graphics services.

Task B: Develop Web Content ShakeAlert Community Partner Website that will serve as a promotional and distribution point for these resources.

1. Develop an outreach and distribution strategy for the resources (i.e. fact sheets).

2. Coordinate/manage all collateral) through translation/graphics services.

3. Develop and coordinate a review and roll-out/strategy for all resources developed in this task.

Task C: Develop Facilitator’s Guide

a. To develop a facilitator’s guide providing tips and best practices in using the content for engagement at National and State parks which is aligned with current practices in interpretation

b. Coordinate/manage all collateral through translation/graphics services.

c. Develop and coordinate a review and roll-out/strategy for all resources developed in this task.

III. SUPPORTING INFORMATION

A. Place of Performance.

Work will be conducted by contractor from their office and will work with the JCCEO&TE team primarily virtually (via phone, web conference, via email, and/or other online collaborative activities. However, we would like to take advantage of potential in-person gatherings for planning and work groups.

B. Period of Performance: October 01, 2023 – September 30, 2024.

C. Government Furnished Property (GFP): list property and its value.

None

D. Special Considerations.

1. Key personnel qualifications (researchers, instructors, writers, project managers, programmers, etc.)

Candidates must have at least 5 years’ experience developing Earth science content for public engagement.

2. Data Rights, Safety, Environment.

None

3. Security/Privacy issues (ingress to Federal buildings, personnel clearances, computer security).

None

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

The following provisions are incorporated by reference, with fill-ins noted as appropriate:

52.204-7 – System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.212-1 – Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (Mar 2023)

52.212-2 – Evaluation-Commercial Product and Commercial Services (Nov 2021)

(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.

• Experience (minimum 5 years)

• Past performance (include two recent, relevant sources)

• Price

Each offeror must submit sufficient documentation for the USGS to evaluate their experience and past performance. Failure to provide the requested information may result in removal from further consideration.

Technical and past performance are more important factors, when combined, when compared to price.

We will select for award the prospective contractor whose quotation conforming to this solicitation will be most advantageous to the USGS.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Dec 2022)

The Offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically in the System for Award Management https://www.acquisition.gov/far/

(SAM) accessed through https://www.sam.gov. If the Offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically, the Offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (v)) of this provision.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision— "Covered telecommunications equipment or services" has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program.

Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service—

(1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily; or

(2) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

Highest-level owner means the entity that owns or controls an immediate owner of the offeror, or that owns or controls one or more entities that control an immediate owner of the offeror. No entity owns or exercises control of the highest level owner.

Immediate owner means an entity, other than the offeror, that has direct control of the offeror.

Indicators of control include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: ownership or interlocking management, identity of interests among family members, shared facilities and equipment, and the common use of employees.

Inverted domestic corporation, means a foreign incorporated entity that meets the definition of an inverted domestic corporation under 6 U.S.C. 395(b), applied in accordance with the rules and definitions of 6 U.S.C. 395(c).

Manufactured end product means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000- 9999, except—

(1) PSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials;

(2) Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies;

(3) PSG 88, Live Animals;

(4) PSG 89, Subsistence;

(5) PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials;

(6) PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible;

(7) PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products;

(8) PSC 9610, Ores;

(9) PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and

(10) PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials.

Place of manufacture means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture.

Predecessor means an entity that is replaced by a successor and includes any predecessors of the predecessor.

Reasonable inquiry has the meaning provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

Restricted business operations means business operations in Sudan that include power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment, as those terms are defined in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_25 http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section395&num=0&edition=prelim http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section395&num=0&edition=prelim https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_204_25 of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-174). Restricted business operations do not include business operations that the person (as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007) conducting the business can demonstrate—

(1) Are conducted under contract directly and exclusively with the regional government of southern Sudan;

(2) Are conducted pursuant to specific authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury, or are expressly exempted under Federal law from the requirement to be conducted under such authorization;

(3) Consist of providing goods or services to marginalized populations of Sudan;

(4) Consist of providing goods or services to an internationally recognized peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization;

(5) Consist of providing goods or services that are used only to promote health or education; or

(6) Have been voluntarily suspended."Sensitive technology"— Sensitive technology—

(1) Means hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, or any other technology that is to be used specifically—

(i) To restrict the free flow of unbiased information in Iran; or

(ii) To disrupt, monitor, or otherwise restrict speech of the people of Iran; and

(2) Does not include information or informational materials the export of which the President does not have the authority to regulate or prohibit pursuant to section 203(b)(3)of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)).

Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern—

(1) Means a small business concern—

(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and

(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veteransor, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.

(2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).

Small business concern—

(1) Means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and size standards in this solicitation.

(2) Affiliates, as used in this definition, means business concerns, one of whom directly or indirectly controls or has the power to control the others, or a third party or parties control or have the power to control the others. In determining whether affiliation exists, consideration is given to all appropriate factors including common ownership, common management, and contractual relationships. SBA determines affiliation based on the factors set forth at 13 CFR 121.103.

Small disadvantaged business concern, consistent with13 CFR 124.1002, means a small business concern under the size standard applicable to the acquisition, that—

(1) Is at least 51 percent unconditionally and directly owned (as defined at 13 CFR 124.105) by—

(i) One or more socially disadvantaged (as defined at13 CFR 124.103) and economically disadvantaged (as defined at 13 CFR 124.104) individuals who are citizens of the United States; and

(ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR124.104(c)(2);

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(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled (as defined at 13.CFR 124.106) by individuals, who meet the criteria in paragraphs (1)(i) and (ii) of this definition.

Subsidiary means an entity in which more than 50 percent of the entity is owned—

(1) Directly by a parent corporation; or

(2) Through another subsidiary of a parent corporation Successor means an entity that has replaced a predecessor by acquiring the assets and carrying out the affairs of the predecessor under a new name (often through acquisition or merger). The term "successor" does not include new offices/divisions of the same company or a company that only changes its name. The extent of the responsibility of the successor for the liabilities of the predecessor may vary, depending on State law and specific circumstances.

Veteran-owned small business concern means a small business concern—

(1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and

(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.

Women-owned small business (WOSB) concern eligible under the WOSB Program (in accordance with 13 CFR part 127), means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States.

Women-owned small business concern means a small business concern—

(1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and

(2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

(b)

(1) Annual Representations and Certifications. Any changes provided by the Offeror in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision do not automatically change the representations and certifications in SAM

(2) The offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically in SAM accessed through http://www.sam.gov. After reviewing SAM information, the Offeror verifies by submission of this offer that the representations and certifications currently posted electronically at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, have been entered or updated in the last 12 months, are current, accurate, complete, and applicable to this solicitation (including the business size standard(s) applicable to the NAICS code(s) referenced for this solicitation), at the time this offer is submitted and are incorporated in this offer by reference (see FAR 4.1201), except for paragraphs ______________.

[Offeror to identify the applicable paragraphs at (c) through (v) of this provision that the offeror has completed for the purposes of this solicitation only, if any.

These amended representation(s) and/or certification(s) are also incorporated in this offer and are current, accurate, and complete as of the date of this offer.

Any changes provided by the offeror are applicable to this solicitation only, and do not result in an update to the representations and certifications posted electronically on SAM.]

(c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract will be performed in the United States or its outlying areas. Check all that apply.

(1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it □ is, □ is not a small business concern.

(2) Veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it □ is, □ is not a veteran-owned small business concern.

(3) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror http://www.sam.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-52#FAR_52_212_3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-4#FAR_4_1201 represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it □ is, □ is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.

(4) Small disadvantaged business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, that it □ is, □ is not a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR124.1002.

(5) Women-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it □ is, □ is not a women-owned small business concern.

(6) WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a women-owned small business concern in paragraph (c)(5) of this provision.] The offeror represents that-

(i) It □ is, □ is not a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program, has provided all the required documents to the WOSB Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and

(ii) It □ is, □ is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (c)(6)(i) of this provision is accurate for each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name or names of the WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program and other small businesses that are participating in the joint venture: __________.] Each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the WOSB representation.

(7) Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern.

[Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program in (c)(6) of this provision.] The offeror represents that-

(i) It □ is, □ is not an EDWOSB concern, has provided all the required documents to the WOSB Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and

(ii) It □ is, □ is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (c)(7)(i) of this provision is accurate for each EDWOSB concern participating in the joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the name or names of the EDWOSB concern and other small businesses that are participating in the joint venture: __________.] Each EDWOSB concern participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the EDWOSB representation.

Note: Complete paragraphs (c)(8) and (c)(9) only if this solicitation is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

(8) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern). [Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned business concern and did not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it □ is a women-owned business concern.

(9) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price:____________________________________

(10) HUBZone small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that–

(i) It □ is, □ is not a HUBZone small business concern listed, on the date of this representation, on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration, and no material changes in ownership and control, principal office, or HUBZone employee percentage have occurred since it was certified in accordance with 13 CFR Part 126; and

(ii) It □ is, □ is not a HUBZone joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR Part 126, and the representation in paragraph (c)(10)(i) of this provision is accurate for each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture. [The offeror shall enter the names of each of the HUBZone small business concerns participating in the HUBZone joint venture: __________.] Each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the HUBZone representation.

(d) Representations required to implement provisions of Executive Order11246-

(1) Previous contracts and compliance. The offeror represents that-

(i) It □ has, □ has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation; and

(ii) It □ has, □ has not filed all required compliance reports.

(2) Affirmative Action Compliance. The offeror represents that-

(i) It □ has developed and has on file, □ has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action programs required by rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR parts 60-1 and 60-2), or

(ii) It □ has not previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor.

(e) Certification Regarding Payments to Influence Federal Transactions (31 http://uscode.house.gov/ U.S.C. 1352). (Applies only if the contract is expected to exceed $150,000.) By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the award of any resultant contract. If any registrants under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 have made a lobbying contact on behalf of the offeror with respect to this contract, the offeror shall complete and submit, with its offer, OMB Standard Form LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, to provide the name of the registrants. The offeror need not report regularly employed officers or employees of the offeror to whom payments of reasonable compensation were made.

(f) Buy American Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies, is included in this solicitation.)

(1)

(i) The Offeror certifies that each end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (f)(3) of this provision contains a critical component, except those listed in paragraph (f)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product.

(ii) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

(iii) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(iv) The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” “domestic end product,” "end product," "foreign end product," and "United States" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Supplies."

(2) Foreign End Products:

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Line Item No. Country of Origin Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)

[List as necessary]

(3) Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line Item No. ___

[List as necessary]

(4)The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR part 25.

(g) (1) Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-3, Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, is included in this solicitation.)

(i) (A) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or (iii) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (g)(1)(iv) of this provision contains a critical component.

(B) The terms "Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product," "commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," "critical component," "domestic end product," "end product," "foreign end product," "Free Trade Agreement country," "Free Trade Agreement country end product," "Israeli end product," and "United States" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act."

(ii) The Offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act."

Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin

Line Item No. Country of Origin

[List as necessary]

(iii) The Offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act." The Offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

Other Foreign End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)

[List as necessary]

(iv) The Offeror shall list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

Line Item No. ___

[List as necessary]

(v)The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR part 25.

(2) Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate I. If Alternate I to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:

(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act":

Canadian End Products:

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Line Item No.

[List as necessary]

(3) Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate II. If

Alternate II to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:

(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act":

Canadian or Israeli End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin

[List as necessary]

(4) Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate, Alternate III. If

Alternate III to the clause at 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision:

(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Free Trade Agreement country end products (other than Bahrainian, Korean, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end products) or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act":

Free Trade Agreement Country End Products (Other than Bahrainian, Korean, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian End Products) or Israeli End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin

Line Item No. Country of Origin

[List as necessary]

(5) Trade Agreements Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-5, Trade

Agreements, is included in this solicitation.)

(i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph

(g)(5)(ii) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Trade Agreements."

(ii) The offeror shall list as other end products those end products that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products.

Other End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin

[List as necessary]

(iii) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR part 25. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute.