Solicitation - 140G0120Q0192.pdf

140G0120Q0192

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IMPORTANT: This is a request for information, and quotations furnished are not offers. If you are unable to quote, please so indicate on this form and return it to the address in Block 5a. This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or services. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotations must be completed by the quoter.

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06/29/2020 0040490769

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205 NATIONAL CENTER

12201 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE

RESTON VA 20192

USGS NATIONAL ACQUISITION BRANCH

07/31/2021

USGS Illinois Water Science Center

405 N Goodwin Ave

Urbana

IL 61801

605 594-2937Vicky Williams

07/29/2020 1000 CT

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ATTACHMENT A - Instructions to Offerors, Statement of Work, Provisions and Clauses, is hereby incorporated into this solicitation.

Offerors shall review the solicitation in its entirety and ensure their quotation packages include all information requested.

For questions related to this solicitation, please contact:

Vicky Williams, Contract Specialist

(605) 594-2937 vwilliams@usgs.gov

Period of Performance: 08/01/2020 to 07/31/2022

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140G0120Q0192

00010 Implementation Acoustic Beam Calibration - Phase

2, as described in Statement of Work (SOW).

Work to be performed in base period, 8/1/2020 -

7/31/2021.

Product/Service Code: B529

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SCIENTIFIC DATA

Period of Performance: 08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021

00020 Implementation Acoustic Beam Calibration - Phase

2, as described in Statement of Work (SOW).

Work to be performed in option period, 8/1/2021 -

7/31/2022.

Product/Service Code: B529

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS- SCIENTIFIC DATA

Period of Performance: 08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022

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

INSTRUCTION TO OFFERORS

Offeror is invited to submit a discounted open market firm-fixed priced quotation and technical package for Implementation of Acoustic Beam Calibration – Phase 2 for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project. See Statement of Work (SOW) for details of this requirement.

This solicitation is issued as a 100% set-aside for small business. NAICS is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services and small business size standard is $16.5 million.

Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly Service Contract Act) may be applicable to this acquisition. The Government anticipates that offeror will perform most tasks at their business location. Offerors may request a wage determination from the Contract Specialist pursuant to FAR clause 52.222-49, or look up the wage determination for their business location at https://beta.sam.gov/search?index=wd. The wage determination for the selected awardee’s business location will be incorporated into the purchase order resulting from this solicitation.

Questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist via email at vwilliams@usgs.gov no later than 10:00 AM CT, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Offerors are urged to select one (1) representative from their firm to present all questions. Phone calls and late questions will not be accepted.

Quotations are due by 10:00 AM CT, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Quotations shall be submitted to Contact Specialist Vicky Williams via email at vwilliams@usgs.gov. Faxed or mailed quotations will not be accepted.

Offeror shall submit a thorough quotation package demonstrating how they meet all requirements within the SOW.

Quotation package shall be thorough enough to allow the USGS to perform a proper evaluation.

QUOTE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.

Offerors shall complete the Contractor Information and Pricing tables below and provide the following additional information with your quotation. Failure to submit this information may deem your quotation non-responsive and it may not be considered.

1) Summary price breakdown for work to be completed in Base Period (8/1/2020 – 7/31/2021):

• Estimated number of labor hours

• Hourly rate

• Travel Costs, if applicable (to include number of trips, location(s), transportation, lodging, per diem)

Materials and Supplies

2) Summary price breakdown for work to be completed in Option Period 1 (8/1/2021 – 7/31/2022):

• Estimated number of labor hours

• Hourly rate

• Travel Costs, if applicable (to include number of trips, location(s), transportation, lodging, per diem)

Materials and Supplies 3) Company’s capabilities statement (not to exceed 2 pages)

3) Identify the key employees who will be assigned to perform the work described in the SOW

4) Resume, CV or other documentation of key employees’ qualifications to perform the work described in the SOW

5) At least three (3) but not more than five (5) references for completed or ongoing contracts of similar size and scope performed within the past two (2) years; to include:

• Company/agency name

• Contract number and value

• Brief description of work performed

• Point of Contact (POC) name

• POC phone and email

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BASIS FOR AWARD. The award resulting from this solicitation will be made to the offeror who submits the quotation, conforming to the requirements of this solicitation, that is determined to be the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. The evaluation factors to be considered are:

• Technical o Technical Capability - Offeror’s ability to meet all aspects of the requirements listed in the SOW o Experience – Key employees’ qualifications to perform the work described in the SOW

• Past performance – Offeror’s past performance performing the type of work described in the SOW

• Price

Technical is more important than past performance. Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

Contractor Information Company Name DUNS Number Federal Tax ID Number Business Size / Socio-Economic Group(s) Point of Contact (POC) Name POC Phone POC Email

Pricing Table

ITEM DESCRIPTION QTY UNIT UNIT PRICE EXTENDED PRICE

00010 Base Period – Period of Performance

(POP): 8/1/2020 – 7/31/2021

Implementation of Acoustic Beam Calibration, Phase 2

1 JOB $ $

00020 Option 1 – POP: 8/1/2021 – 7/31/2022

Implementation of Acoustic Beam Calibration, Phase 2

1 JOB $ $

TOTAL $

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STATEMENT OF WORK FOR

Implementation of an Acoustic Beam Calibration – Phase 2

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

A. INTRODUCTION: Acoustic Doppler velocity meters (ADVMs) can be used for monitoring of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) through the development of a site-specific sediment acoustic index rating. This can provide cost-effective time series data that cannot be readily collected by other methods; the data is essential for addressing many environmental, engineering and agricultural concerns.

However, if the ADVM needs to be replaced, the rating for that site may not be able to be used with a new system – even for the same make, model and frequency. Generating a new rating for the replacement instrument is an expensive and time-consuming process.

B. BACKGROUND: As part of the Federal Interagency Sediment Project (FISP), in 2019 the U.S.

Geological Survey (USGS) contracted with OneFish Engineering, LLC to recommend an acoustic beam calibration procedure that will allow a calibrated ADVM to be replaced by another of the same frequency without re-generating the sediment acoustic rating.

Phase 1 of that project was completed in November 2019. It recommended the use of a reference acoustic hydrophone; details of the calibration procedure are described later in this statement of work.

C. PURPOSE AND SCOPE: The purpose of Phase 2 is to assist the USGS in implementing the acoustic beam calibration procedure to accomplish the following:

• It should estimate the offset in measured backscatter between different ADVMs; sources of the offset include the transmit signal intensity and overall receiver sensitivity.

• It should estimate the linearity and slope of the measured backscatter over the dynamic range of the system. This is primarily driven by the intensity scale factor (K) of the ADVM receiver but may be influenced by other factors.

• Ideally the calibration would provide the following, although these are not essential.

o Transmit and receive beam patterns o Near-field response o Offset between measured and absolute backscatter

• The procedure should have an overall accuracy similar to the resolution of ADVM measured backscatter data (0.2-0.6 dB).

II. WORK REQUIREMENTS

A. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.

This phase of the project will include the following technical requirements.

Assist in the specification of a reference acoustic hydrophone

• Design of all required mechanical, electrical, and ADVM data acquisition systems

• Develop data processing software to calculate acoustic beam calibration parameters that can be applied within existing sediment acoustic rating software

• Work with USGS personnel to perform initial calibrations, while providing training and documentation for future ADVM calibrations

The calibration equipment and procedures shall be applicable to SonTek (SL and SL-3G, NorTek/OTT (AquaDopp, Easy-Q, and OTT SLD), Teledyne RD Instruments (Channel Master and Workhorse), and Rowe (River-HQ) side-looking ADVMs that are currently in use by the

USGS.

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The USGS is also interesting in pursuing additions and improvements to the software used to generate sediment acoustic ratings, called the Surrogate Analysis and Index Developer (SAID).

Phase 2 of the project will investigate the scope of these changes and provide a proposal to perform the software development work in the future. See Task 5 below.

B. TASKS AND DELIVERABLES

Phase 2 of this project consists of the following tasks and deliverables.

Task 1: Facility evaluation o Contractor shall travel to the Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) for two (2) days to meet with USGS personnel, discuss the details of the project, and finalize a plan moving forward.

o The contractor and HIF staff will review HIF facilities and collect information required for design of mechanical, electrical, and data acquisition systems.

o A final specification for the reference hydrophone will be agreed upon by the contractor and HIF staff so that the USGS can place an order with the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Reference Division (USRD).

Task 2: Mechanical systems o Contractor shall design a mounting system for the reference hydrophone.

o Contractor shall design mounting systems suitable for all ADVM types listed earlier.

o Contractor shall design transducer damping systems suitable for all ADVM types.

o Contractor shall guide USGS personnel in the selection of these mechanical systems.

USGS will procure the systems.

Task 3: Electrical systems o Contractor shall design an electrical system to sample and measure the signal received by the hydrophone for the ADVM transmit calibration.

o Contractor shall design an electrical system to drive the hydrophone at a known frequency and a range of voltages to perform the ADVM receive calibration.

o Contractor shall guide USGS personnel in the selection of these electrical systems. USGS will procure the systems.

o Contractor shall assemble and perform preliminary tests of the electrical systems at the contractor offices. The USGS will supply one or more ADVMs to assist with this process.

Task 4: ADVM data acquisition o Contractor shall design a data acquisition system to control and collect data from the ADVM during the calibration procedure.

o Contractor shall guide USGS personnel in the selection of this system. USGS will procure the system.

o Contractor shall assemble and perform preliminary tests of the data acquisition system at the contractor offices. The USGS will supply one or more ADVMs to assist with this process.

Task 5: Sediment processing software proposal o Sediment acoustic ratings are commonly developed using a software called SAID. The existing version performs only single frequency calibrations and was written by the USGS in Matlab.

o The USGS is interested in improving the SAID software in two ways.

The software should process both single and dual frequency ratings.

The software should be written on the open source Python software platform, avoiding the need for users to purchase a Matlab license.

o Contractor shall investigate the scope of these software modifications by speaking with the developers of the existing code, current software users, as well as sediment processing

ATTACHMENT A Page 6 of 26 specialists. Contractor shall also review the existing code to better understand its complexity and the degree of effort that would be required.

o Contractor shall write a proposal for the work required to make these changes and improvements to the SAID software.

Task 6: Calibration processing software o Contractor shall develop data processing software for the calibration procedure.

This shall be written in the open source software platform Python; no license shall be required to operate the software.

o The software output shall be calibration parameters in a format suitable for use in the SAID software written by the USGS.

SAID will likely require modifications to apply the beam calibration.

These modifications are not part of this Phase 2 proposal.

Task 7: Initial calibrations o Contractor shall make two separate trips to the HIF to work with USGS personnel on implementation of the beam calibration procedure.

o The first trip shall include five (5) days of work at HIF facilities.

All mechanical systems shall be installed, tested, and modified as needed.

All electrical systems shall be installed, tested, and modified as needed.

The ADVM data acquisition system shall be installed, tested, and modified as needed.

Complete calibration of one ADVM system type shall be performed. This shall include evaluation of beam patterns and the near-field response.

o Between trips, results shall be evaluated in detail by the contractor and the calibration procedures shall be improved / modified by the contractor as needed.

o The second trip shall include five (5) days of work at HIF facilities.

Complete calibration of two ADVM system types shall be performed. This shall include evaluation of beam patterns and the near-field response.

o Contractor shall provide written documentation of the calibration procedure.

USGS personnel should be able to continue future calibrations without contractor personnel present.

Task 8: Ongoing support o Contractor shall provide 40 hours of remote support for ongoing calibrations as needed.

III. SUPPORTING INFORMATION

Desired period of performance (POP) is from August 2020 through July 2022.

(End Statement of Work)

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PROVISIONS

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

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Provisions Title Date

52.204-07 System for Award Management October 2018 52.212-01 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Items October 2018 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain

Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran—Representation and Certifications

August 2018

52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Dec 2019)

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 (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

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(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.

“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 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” 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.

“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); and

(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.

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“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 applicable to the NAICS code 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 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.

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(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) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (f)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin

ATTACHMENT A Page 11 of 26 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#i1053372 to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products,i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of “domestic end product.” The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item” “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:

Line Item No. Country of Origin [List as necessary]

(3) 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) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or (g)(1)(iii) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that for other than COTS items, the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The terms “Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product,” “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “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

[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, i.e., an end product that is not a COTS item and does not meet the component test in paragraph (2) of the definition of “domestic end product.”

Other Foreign End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin

[List as necessary]

(iv) 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

[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. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for such products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the solicitation.

(h) Certification Regarding Responsibility Matters (Executive Order 12689). (Applies only if the contract value is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.) The offeror certifies, to the best of its knowledge and

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(2)□ Have, □ have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal, state or local government contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or state antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;

(3)□ Are, □ are not presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a Government entity with, commission of any of these offenses enumerated in paragraph (h)(2) of this clause; and (4)□ Have, □ have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,500 for which the liability remains unsatisfied.

(i) Taxes are considered delinquent if both of the following criteria apply:

(A) The tax liability is finally determined. The liability is finally determined if it has been assessed. A liability is not finally determined if there is a pending administrative or judicial challenge. In the case of a judicial challenge to the liability, the liability is not finally determined until all judicial appeal rights have been exhausted.

(B) The taxpayer is delinquent in making payment. A taxpayer is delinquent if the taxpayer has failed to pay the tax liability when full payment was due and required. A taxpayer is not delinquent in cases where enforced collection action is precluded.

(ii) Examples.

(A) The taxpayer has received a statutory notice of deficiency, under I.R.C. §6212, which entitles the taxpayer to seek Tax Court review of a proposed tax deficiency. This is not a delinquent tax because it is not a final tax liability.

Should the taxpayer seek Tax Court review, this will not be a final tax liability until the taxpayer has exercised all judicial appeal rights.

(B) The IRS has filed a notice of Federal tax lien with respect to an assessed tax liability, and the taxpayer has been issued a notice under I.R.C. §6320 entitling the taxpayer to request a hearing with the IRS Office of Appeals contesting the lien filing, and to further appeal to the Tax Court if the IRS determines to sustain the lien filing. In the course of the hearing, the taxpayer is entitled to contest the underlying tax liability because the taxpayer has had no prior opportunity to contest the liability. This is not a delinquent tax because it is not a final tax liability.

Should the taxpayer seek tax court review, this will not be a final tax liability until the taxpayer has exercised all judicial appeal rights.

(C) The taxpayer has entered into an installment agreement pursuant to I.R.C. §6159. The taxpayer is making timely payments and is in full compliance with the agreement terms. The taxpayer is not delinquent because the taxpayer is not currently required to make full payment.

(D) The taxpayer has filed for bankruptcy protection. The taxpayer is not delinquent because enforced collection action is stayed under 11 U.S.C. §362 (the Bankruptcy Code).

(i) Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products (Executive Order 13126). [The Contracting Officer must list in paragraph (i)(1) any end products being acquired under this solicitation that are included in the List of Products Requiring Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, unless excluded at 22.1503(b).]

(1) Listed end products.

Listed End Product Listed Countries of Origin

(2) Certification. [If the Contracting Officer has identified end products and countries of origin in paragraph (i)(1) of this provision, then the offeror must certify to either (i)(2)(i) or (i)(2)(ii) by checking the appropriate block.]

(i) The offeror will not supply any end product listed in paragraph (i)(1) of this provision that was mined, produced, or manufactured in the corresponding country as listed for that product.

(ii) The offeror may supply an end product listed in paragraph (i)(1) of this provision that was mined, produced, or manufactured in the corresponding country as listed for that product. The offeror certifies that it has made a good faith effort to determine whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any such end product furnished under this contract. On the basis of those efforts, the offeror certifies that it is not aware of any such use of child labor.

(j) Place of manufacture. (Does not apply unless the solicitation is predominantly for the acquisition of

ATTACHMENT A Page 14 of 26 https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-22-application-labor-laws-government-acquisitions#i1095815 manufactured end products.) For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly- (1)□ In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or (2)□ Outside the United States.

(k) Certificates regarding exemptions from the application of the Service Contract Labor Standards (Certification by the offeror as to its compliance with respect to the contract also constitutes its certification as to compliance by its subcontractor if it subcontracts out the exempt services.) [The contracting officer is to check a box to indicate if paragraph (k)(1) or (k)(2) applies.]

(1) Maintenance, calibration, or repair of certain equipment as described in FAR 22.1003-4(c)(1). The offeror

□ does □ does not certify that–

(i) The items of equipment to be serviced under this contract are used regularly for other than Governmental purposes and are sold or traded by the offeror (or subcontractor in the case of an exempt subcontract) in substantial quantities to the general public in the course of normal business operations;

(ii) The services will be furnished at prices which are, or are based on, established catalog or market prices (see FAR 22.1003-4(c)(2)(ii)) for the maintenance, calibration, or repair of such equipment; and

(iii) The compensation (wage and fringe benefits) plan for all service employees performing work under the contract will be the same as that used for these employees and equivalent employees servicing the same equipment of commercial customers.

(2) Certain services as described in FAR 22.1003-4(d)(1).