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This request for quote is hereby issued open market small business set aside.

Note that this call order will be awarded as a labor hour not-to-exceed time and materials purchase order.

The anticipated award date is: 09/22/2020. If after your review you determine changes needed in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) or have assumptions, please also provide those details with your quote. The period of performance will run from:

Base: 09/22/2020-09/21/2021 Option 1: 09/22/2021-09/21/2022 Option 2: 09/22/2022-09/21/2023

Please feel free to contact myself Contracting Specialist at Jaime_Mijares@nps.gov with any questions. Evaluations will begin upon receipt or upon closing of the RFQ date, if competed.

Please also provide your firm’s DUNS # with your quote so we may search for your firm in Central Contractor Registration (CCR.gov).

You are encouraged to offer any discounts from pricing that are available. This award will be a not-to-exceed labor hour award.

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Performance Work Statement (PWS) Heritage Education and

Heritage Travel Phase Two

Cultural Resources Branch 08/04/2020

Part 1

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personnel services contract to provide Phase Two of Heritage Education and Heritage Travel technical and development services to update and create new online Heritage Education and Heritage Travel materials in both Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) and the Discover Our Shared Heritage travel itineraries as well as related online materials. The contractor will also perform research and skillful writing to update and create new content for TwHP including new lessons and professional development for educators and will perform research and skillful writing to update and create new content pertaining to Discover Our Shared Heritage. The contractor will also perform outreach about new and related products through NPS communication tools.

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 Phase Two of Heritage Education and Heritage Travel 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

The National Park Service (NPS) administers Heritage Education and Heritage Travel materials in the Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan series and related materials (www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces/index.htm), Discover Our Shared Heritage travel itineraries and related materials (www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagetravel/discover-our-shared-heritage.htm) and in related sites such as Telling All Americans’ Stories (www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/index.htm) and Cultural Resources Youth Summits (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/culturalresourcesyouthsummits/index.htm). TwHP is a series of lesson plans and place-based learning resources. TwHP uses historic places in National Parks and in the NPS's National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other classroom subjects and to encourage students’ further study and commitment to stewardship of historic places. NPS launched TwHP in 1991, in consultation with a wide range of educators. Over 160 traditional lesson plans are online. In recognition of teachers’ limited classroom time, TwHP lesson plans moved to a “Lightening Lesson” format in 2015 and has continued to develop additional materials, including much shorter lessons, for educators. TwHP lesson plans are based on properties listed in the NRHP. The NRHP program has been updating its online presence and digitizing its documentation, making it accessible through the National Archives rather than NPS. While this increases accessibility to these documents, it also necessitates updates to links in the lesson plans. The Teaching with Historic Places program fills a nearly unique niche within the field of education, which is showing increasing interest in place-based and virtual place-focused learning, especially as the capacity for field trips decreases.

The Discover Our Shared Heritage travel itinerary series, launched in 1996, guides visitors to historic destinations around the country, showcasing historic places in National Parks and in the http://www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagetravel/discover-our-shared-heritage.htm http://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagetravel/discover-our-shared-heritage.htm http://www.nps.gov/subjects/tellingallamericansstories/index.htm https://www.nps.gov/subjects/culturalresourcesyouthsummits/index.htm

NPS's National Register of Historic Places. There are over 60 itineraries, each highlighting a different region or theme in American history. Newer itineraries in CMS are linked above the map on www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagetravel/discover-our-shared-heritage.htm. Older itineraries coded in html are listed below the maps. For an example of an updated travel itinerary in CMS see Travel Where Women Made History (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelwomenshistory).

Both TwHP and the travel itineraries were transitioned from print products and coded in html until 2015 when NPS.gov more fully transitioned to the current CommonSpot content management system (CMS). NPS received professional assessment on the usability and relevance of TwHP and the travel itineraries and recommendations for improvements to each to meet current and anticipated needs. One finding is that the most popular pages are those pertaining to underrepresented history; for example, the TwHP “Civil Rights and Racial Healing Feature” is one of the most frequently visited sections of the site.

The lesson plans and a selection of travel itineraries have been converted from html to CMS;

however, the remainder of the TwHP subject site and the associated Cultural Resources Youth Summit subject site requires updating of content and structure, including updating links, converting some hard-coded CMS to shared content, and applying appropriate tagging.

Simplification of the TwHP subject site will improve its organization for ease of use and user navigation.

NPS is expanding the variety of its heritage travel products, particularly through the creation of articles such as “The places of Bayard Rustin (https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-places-of-bayard-rustin.htm) and “trip ideas” comprised of various “things to do,” exemplified by Trip Ideas in the Women’s History travel itinerary (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelwomenshistory/trip-ideas.htm). The Discover Our Shared Heritage travel content is ideal for dual purposing as promoting traditional travel and virtual travel and exploration.

For both TwHP and the heritage travel content, NPS will continue to highlight underrepresented histories. Not only does including more diverse perspectives present a more accurate account of the past, it also directly supports the agency’s commitment to telling all Americans’ stories and will ensure that NPS will have a more robust offering of digital content, a critical factor as the agency seeks to engage and educate the American public about important anniversaries such as the 250th anniversary of American Independence.

1.3 Objectives

The project objective is to achieve phase two to further update the content and format of Heritage Education and Heritage Travel materials. The project will accomplish the following objectives:

Improve structure and function of TwHP subject site and related sites Outreach to engage teachers and the general public through social media and other NPS communication channels http://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritagetravel/discover-our-shared-heritage.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-places-of-bayard-rustin.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-places-of-bayard-rustin.htm https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelwomenshistory/trip-ideas.htm

Produce research-based heritage education articles on the power of place pertaining to TwHP and heritage travel to engage educators and public humanities practitioners Produce heritage education products to connect students and travelers with historic sites that embody under-represented stories of national history and elucidate the national history that gives local sites their national relevance

1.4. Scope

We expect the contractor to update and create new online Heritage Education and Heritage Travel materials in both TwHP and the Discover Our Shared Heritage travel itineraries as well as related online materials. The contractor will perform research and skillful writing to update and create new content for TwHP including new lessons and professional development for educators and will perform research and skillful writing to update and create new content pertaining to Discover Our Shared Heritage. The contractor will also perform outreach about new and related products through NPS communication channels.

1.5 General Information

1.5.1 Quality Control: The contractor shall develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The contractor’s quality control program is the means by which they assure themselves that their work complies with the requirement of the contract. The Quality Control Plan (QCP) shall be delivered within 45 days after the contract and is not considered as an evaluation factor.

Any revised QCPs shall be delivered to the Contracting Officer (CO) and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) within 5 working days when changes are made thereafter. After acceptance of the QCP the contractor shall receive the CO’s acceptance in writing of any proposed change to the QC system.

1.5.2 Quality Assurance: The government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). 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). In accordance with FAR subpart 37.604 - Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans, the Government requires the offerors to submit a proposed QASP for the Government’s consideration in development of the Government’s plan.

1.5.3 Recognized Holidays: Government personnel observe the days listed below as holidays.

Contractor employees shall not have access to the Government premises on these days:

New Year’s Day January 1 Martin Luther King’s Birthday 3rd Monday in January Presidents Day 3rd Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May

Independence Day July 4 Labor Day 1st Monday in September Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October Veterans Day November 11 Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November Christmas Day December 25

1.5.4 Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the core business hours of 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), Monday through 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.

Modification to duty hours may be required to accommodate unique circumstances.

1.5.5 Place of Performance: Work will routinely be performed at National Park Service offices at MIB in Washington, DC and for limited times at the contractor's place of business or on-site at research repositories including other National Park Service locations. MIB is located at: 1849 C Street, NW; Washington, DC 20240.

1.5.6 Type of Contract: The government will award a firm fixed price labor hour contract.

1.5.7 Security Requirements: Before starting work under this contract, a National Agency Check (NAC) will be conducted to verify the identity of the individual applying for clearance. Upon successful completion of the NAC process, an identification card will be issued and access granted. Simultaneously, a NAC with Inquiries (NACI) will be initiated to determine the individual’s suitability for the position. If the NACI adjudication is favorable, nothing more needs to be done. If the adjudication is unfavorable, the credentials will be revoked. In the event of a disagreement between the Contractor and the Government concerning the suitability of an individual to perform work under this contract, DOI shall have the right of final determination.

The contractor employees must maintain the level of security required for the life of the contract.

This requirement must be incorporated into any subcontracts that require subcontractor personnel to have routine and regular unsupervised access to a federally controlled facility for more than 180 calendar days or unsupervised access to a federally controlled Level 3 or 4 information systems.

Performance of work under this contract requires contractor personnel to have a Federal government-issued personal identification card before being allowed unsupervised access to a DOI facility and/or information system. The COR will be the sponsoring official, and will make the arrangements for personal identity verification and card issuance.

Before the start of contract performance, the Contractor will identify all contractor and subcontractor personnel who will require physical and/or logical access for performance of work under this contract. The Contractor must make their personnel available at the place and time specified by the COR in order to initiate screening and background investigations. The following forms, or their equivalent, may be used to initiate the credentialing process:

• OPM Standard Form 85 or 85P

• OF 306

• Fingerprint card (local procedures may require the fingerprinting to be done at a police station; in this case, any charges are to be borne by the contractor.)

• Release to Obtain Credit Information

• PIV card application (web-based)

Contractor employees are required to give, and to authorize others to give, full, frank, and truthful answers to relevant and material questions needed to reach a suitability determination.

Refusal or failure to furnish or authorize provision of information may constitute grounds for denial or revocation of credentials. Government personnel may contact the contractor personnel being screened or investigated in person, by telephone or in writing, and the Contractor agrees to make them available for such contact.

Alternatively, if an individual has already been credentialed by another agency through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and that credential has not yet expired, further investigation may not be necessary. Provide the COR with documentation that supports the individual’s status.

During performance of the contract, the Contractor will keep the COR apprised of changes in personnel to ensure that performance is not delayed by compliance with credentialing processes.

Cards that have been lost, damaged, or stolen must be reported to the COR and Issuing Office within 24 hours. Replacement will be at the contractor’s expense. If reissuance of expired credentials is needed, it will be coordinated through the COR.

At the end of contract performance, or when a contractor employee is no longer working under this contract, the Contractor will ensure that all identification cards are returned to the COR.

All Contractor personnel assigned and billed to this contract shall be subject to the Personnel Security Requirements, Personnel Qualification Requirements, and Conflict of Interest/Procurement Integrity Requirements.

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

1.5.9 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 CO, 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.

1.5.10 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.

1.5.11 Key Personnel: The follow personnel are considered key personnel by the government:

Contract Manager: The Contractor must provide a contract manager who must be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person, and an alternate or alternates, who must act for the contractor when the manager is absent, must be designated in writing to the Contractor Officer. The Contractor Manager or alternate must have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The Contract manager or alternate must be available during normal duty hours to discuss reporting issues. The Contractor Manager and alternate or alternates must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently.

The Contract Manager must be available for scheduled RRB meetings.

The contractor must track and report hours performed on contract tasks in a NPS-designated system.

1.5.12 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings 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.

1.5.13. Interface with Other Contractors: Support environment will require the ability to successfully interact with other contractors and NPS staff. Requirements will include: meetings, interviews, and collecting and managing project information.

1.5.14 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government.

These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.5.15 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 affect 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.

4. Tasks The following tasks are required to achieve phase two to further update the content and format of Heritage Education and Heritage Travel materials.

A. Meet with the program manager of the Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education (CROIE) to review objectives and tasks and propose an outcome-based process.

1. Report weekly or as needed and routinely develop and refine work in response to NPS review and respond to comments to the satisfaction of NPS.

B. Research and write long articles for TwHP and Heritage Travel

2. Perform research on place-based and place-focused pedagogy and write content for the professional development section of the TwHP subject site. This content, including images, should also be suitable for a fully referenced chapter in a book about learning American history through historic places for an audience of educators, public historians or other public humanities scholars, and interested members of the public. Such a chapter may include criteria for effective materials to teach place-based history in educational settings and to encourage inquiry-based learning at historic sites, such as those featured in Discover Our Shared Heritage travel itineraries. Ensure that content is accurate, supported by research citations, written at an appropriate reading level, meets NPS standards, and is in appropriate formats, and that images have appropriate permissions for use.

3. Perform research on virtual travel and tourism trends influenced by such travel inhibitors as pandemic restrictions and write content for the travel itinerary website. This content, including images, should also be suitable for a fully referenced chapter in a book about learning American history through historic places for an audience of educators, public historians or other public humanities scholars, and interested members of the public. Such a chapter may include criteria for effective methods to encourage inquiry-based learning at historic sites, such as those featured in Discover Our Shared Heritage travel itineraries. Ensure that content is accurate, supported by research citations, written at an appropriate reading level, meets NPS standards, and is in appropriate formats, and that images have appropriate permissions for use.

C. Improve function and usability of TwHP and related sites.

4. Research public use of the TwHP subject site contents and heritage travel assets through analyzing web statistics upon request, but no more frequently than monthly, and maintain a summary describing use and trends.

5. In consultation with CROIE program manager and taking into account specific recommendations, simplify and improve the function of the TwHP subject site and the findability of its content, including checking and updating links in the Cultural Resources Youth Summits subject site and between it and the TwHP subject site.

6. Update the links to NRHP documentation (formerly NPS, currently NARA) as needed for each online lesson plan.

7. As needed to maintain findability, ensure that lesson plans are available through CMS shared content and the Teacher Portal at https://www.nps.gov/teachers/index.htm.

D. Create and publish new lessons online.

8. Create 10-25 new short lessons with activities. To help integrate NPS heritage education presentation, topics will link thematically to the new heritage travel assets and will feature underrepresented histories, connecting educators and students to historic sites that embody national themes. Ensure that all products meet NPS standards for historical accuracy and current scholarship; include appropriate illustrations with proper use permissions; are written at appropriate reading levels for a general audience; and are in appropriate format.

9. Update the TwHP subject site and related subject sites as new material is available to reflect updated locations of new content and related materials.

10. Create appropriate social media posts or other materials suitable for NPS communications to engage teachers with TwHP content.

E. Create and publish new heritage travel assets online.

11, Create 10-25 new heritage travel assets such using such formats as place pages, people pages, articles, “trip ideas,” “things to do,” and other current formats available in CMS (see examples of trip ideas and thematic articles in the background material). To help integrate NPS heritage education presentation, topics will link thematically to the new lessons and will feature underrepresented histories, connecting audiences to historic sites that embody national themes. Ensure that all products meet NPS standards for historical accuracy and current scholarship; include appropriate illustrations with proper use permissions; are written at appropriate reading levels for a general audience; and are in appropriate format.

https://www.nps.gov/teachers/index.htm

12. Update the Discover Our Shared Heritage subject site and related subject sites as new material is available to reflect updated locations of all itineraries, new content, leverage shared content in CMS, and related materials.

13. Create appropriate social media posts or other materials suitable for NPS communications to engage the public with Discover Our Shared Heritage content.

F. Develop and finalize public-facing pages in the NPS CMS.

G. Maintain and, as necessary, create internal spreadsheets and documents to track and manage the work.

14. Keep track of CMS tags (such as with a spreadsheet) to appropriately tag shared content and share across NPS.gov.

H. Adhere to NPS standards and rules for accessibility and good web practice. Practices include but are not limited to ensuring, as needed, that all materials must be compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and be in appropriate and current format for the NPS.gov website, and adding alternative text that fully describes figures and images that can’t be read by a screen reader.

I. Secure public domain images or images with permission for use as needed.

J. Use the CMS tagging system to organize and list numerous digital components in logical ways.

K. Work both independently and collaboratively with NPS staff and partners to accomplish objectives.

1.5 Government-Furnished Property

Government will provide a workstation and access to required software and systems.

Government will provide clear guidelines for the completion of products, including specifying content that requires development or revision; provide information and materials needed that may be unique to NPS; provide timely review, comments, and requests for revisions to the contractor, and approve final products; and coordinate introductions between the contractor and internal partners that may advise, inform, or review the content under development.

6.0 Security

The contractor must be able to pass a security background investigation and comply with all requirements to work in a federal facility with federal equipment, tools, materials, and supplies.

The contractor shall perform their work and ensure their conduct in the office is consistently in accordance with the NPS core values of respect, integrity, tradition, excellence, and shared stewardship.

7.0 Place of Performance

Work will routinely be performed at National Park Service offices in Washington, DC and for limited times at the contractor's place of business or on-site at research repositories including other National Park Service locations.

8.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance will be up to 15 months from date of award.

9.0 Deliverables

Contractor must deliver to the National Park Service as detailed in the task list:

Outline and bibliography, draft, and final illustrated research-based TwHP report that encourages teaching place-based history in educational settings (508-compliant MS Word and NPS CMS format) Outline and bibliography, draft, and final illustrated research-based Heritage Travel report that encourages inquiry-based learning at historic sites (508-compliant MS Word and NPS CMS format) Summary of web statistics for TwHP and heritage travel assets (508-compliant MS Word and/or MS Excel or other easily readable format) Revised and updated TwHP subject site, appropriately interlinked with related sites including Cultural Resources Youth Summit subject site and the NPS teacher portal.

(NPS CMS format and internal tracking via 508-compliant MS Word and/or MS Excel or other easily readable format) Updated links on TwHP shared content lessons to NRHP documentation (NPS CMS format).

10-25 new short TwHP lessons with activities (508-compliant MS Word or other easily readable format for review and comment and NPS CMS final) 10-25 new heritage travel CMS assets (508-compliant MS Word or other easily readable format for review and comment and NPS CMS final) 20-50 social media posts or other communication content (format TBD by NPS communication needs) Internal tracking documents (508-compliant MS Word and/or MS Excel or other easily readable format)

Cost Sheet

Period of Performance

Labor Category Estimated Not-to-exceed Hours

Hourly Rate Total

Base Period Historian 1920 Option 1 Historian 1920 Option 2 Historian 1920

Total

52.212-1 FAR Clause Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (JUN 2020) applies to this solicitation and is incorporated by reference.

Addendum 1.0: Submission Instructions Specific to this Solicitation

1. Respondents to this solicitation shall submit proposals to the following address no later than the date and time specified in this solicitation. The local time referenced in Block 8 of the SF1449 is the Mountain Time (MT) Zone.

Electronic Commerce (E-mail):

Jaime Mijares, Contracting Officer

Jaime_Mijares@nps.gov

The proposal size is limited to 20 MB or less. Offerors are encouraged to review the timeliness submission requirements for electronic commerce in FAR 52.212-1(f).

Respondents shall submit a proposal that fully addresses all evaluation factors described in FAR Clause 52.212-2. The proposal shall be organized and submitted as follows:

VOLUME I

Non-Price Factors

Factor 1: Technical Approach

a. Expert knowledge of American history, public history, and place-based history or historic preservation. Additional points are provided for proven expertise in conveying historical information to the public through digital formats.

b. Expert knowledge of Content Management System (CMS) for designing and building public-facing websites. Additional points are provided for experience in implementing CMS for public history projects.

c. Expert knowledge of teaching. Additional points are provided for knowledge and experience at any level of conveying American history in an educational setting.

d. Ability to communicate in writing and verbally, and the basis for that ability.

Please address and provide samples of work products that effectively communicate public history for the general public.

Factor 2: Past Performance

The offeror shall complete the Past Performance Questionnaire included in the attachments for up to two (2) substantially efforts performed by the prime contractor with in the last (5) five years which are proposed to be similar scope, magnitude of effort, and complexities.

VOLUME II

mailto:Jaime_Mijares@nps.gov

Acknowledgement of all amendments using one of the methods set forth in Block 11 of the SF 30 or as otherwise stated in the amendment if an SF30 is not used

Price

Technical and past performance, when combined, are equal to price.

OPTIONS: The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the base period. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

A completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (OCT 2018)

Submitted offers must be valid for a minimum of 90 days from the provided response date

Page Limitations

The Volume I submission, inclusive of cover letters, pictures and charts, shall not exceed 25 pages. Title pages, dividers and table of contents shall not be counted in the 25 page limitation.

Any information provided beyond this limit will not be evaluated.

There is no page limitation for the Volume II submission.

Page size shall be 8.5 x 11 inches. Fonts shall be readable and a minimum size of 10 point font is recommended for use.

Addendum 2.0: Additional Provisions Incorporated by Reference

52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items.

As prescribed in 12.301(c), the Contracting Officer may insert a provision substantially as follows:

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:

The government will award a task order resulting from this quote to the responsible offeror whose quote conforms to the request will be most advantageous to the Government, technical, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers and are in descending order:

(1) TECHNICAL (in descending order of importance):

https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-12-acquisition-commercial-items#i1113145

a. Expert knowledge of American history, public history, and place-based history or historic preservation. Additional points are provided for proven expertise in conveying historical information to the public through digital formats.

b. Expert knowledge of Content Management System (CMS) for designing and building public-facing websites. Additional points are provided for experience in implementing CMS for public history projects.

c. Expert knowledge of teaching. Additional points are provided for knowledge and experience at any level of conveying American history in an educational setting.

d. Ability to communicate in writing and verbally, and the basis for that ability.

Please address and provide samples of work products that effectively communicate public history for the general public.

(2) PAST PERFORMANCE – Please provide 2 past performance references (see Past Performance Questionnaire in solicitation package).

(3) PRICE

Technical and past performance, when combined, are equal to price per FAR 15.304.

OPTIONS: The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the base period. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(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.

(End of provision)

Contract Clauses

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

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

- 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees (May 2014)

- 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014)

- 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (Jun 2020)

- 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions (OCT 2018)

- 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity

- Authorities and delegations (Sept 2011)

- Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements – Invoicing and Processing Platform

(IPP) (April 2013)

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (JUN 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. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

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

(3) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(4) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(5) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

__ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402).

__ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Oct 2015) (41 U.S.C. 3509)).

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

__ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

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(5) [Reserved].

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

__ (7) 52.204-15, Service Contract Reporting Requirements for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Div. C).

__ (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

__ (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Oct 2018) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

(10) [Reserved].

__ (11) (i) 52.219-3, Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole-Source Award (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C.657a).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011) of 52.219-3.

__ (12) (i) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer) (15 U.S.C. 657a).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2011) of 52.219-4.

__ (13) [Reserved]

_X_ (14) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C.644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Nov 2011).

__ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2011).

__ (15) (i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644).

__ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7.

__ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7.

_X_ (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2018) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)).

__ (17) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Aug 2018) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4))

__ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2017) of 52.219-9.

__ (iii) Alternate II (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

__ (iv) Alternate III (Nov 2016) of 52.219-9.

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