Solicitation_PSC295128_07.20.pdf

RFQ#PSC295128

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The solicitation number is RFQ#PSC295128. The solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ)

(iii) This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through

Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-05.

(iv) The corresponding NAICS code is 541511 and the small business size standard is

$30 million.

(v) List of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure –

CLIN Contract Period Description Quantity

1 Base Period COBOL- IT Developer Studio , 8 Seats C-IT-003. 1

2 Base Period Production Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

3 Base Period DR Hot Spare Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

4 Base Period Development Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, 1-

10 Users C-IT-007.Please see attached statement of need for more details.

1001 Option Period 1 COBOL- IT Developer Studio , 8 Seats C-IT-003. 1

1002 Option Period 1 Production Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

1003 Option Period 1 DR Hot Spare Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

1004 Option Period 1 Development Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, 1-

10 Users C-IT-007.Please see attached statement of need for more details.

2001 Option Period 2 COBOL- IT Developer Studio , 8 Seats C-IT-003. 1

2002 Option Period 2 Production Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

2003 Option Period 2 DR Hot Spare Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

2004 Option Period 2 Development Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, 1-

10 Users C-IT-007.Please see attached statement of need for more details.

3001 Option Period 3 COBOL- IT Developer Studio , 8 Seats C-IT-003. 1

3002 Option Period 3 Production Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

3003 Option Period 3 DR Hot Spare Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

3004 Option Period 3 Development Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, 1-

10 Users C-IT-007.Please see attached statement of need for more details.

4001 Option Period 4 COBOL- IT Developer Studio , 8 Seats C-IT-003. 1

4002 Option Period 4 Production Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

4003 Option Period 4 DR Hot Spare Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, unlimited Users C-IT-007.

4004 Option Period 4 Development Runtimes, VM, 1 Node, 4 Cores, 1-

10 Users C-IT-007.Please see attached statement of need for more details.

(vi) Description of Requirements –

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Program Support Center

(PSC), has a requirement to purchase COBOL IT Software licenses.

(vii) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance.

The government anticipates an award by July 29, 2022.

Period of performance:

Base Year: August 2, 2022-August 1, 2023

OPT YR1: August 2, 2023-August 1, 2024

OPT YR2: August 2, 2024-August 1, 2025

OPT YR3: August 2, 2025-August 1, 2026

OPT YR4: August 2, 2026-August 1, 2027

Delivery location (If any physical delivery is needed):

7700 Wisconsin Ave, Room 9309, Bethesda, MD 20814

(viii) The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(ix) The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

The following factors will be used to evaluate offers:

• Vendor is an authorized distributor for COBOL-IT. A letter of confirmation from

COBOL IT's current owner stating the vendor is the Authorized distributor of

COBOL IT is required.

• The vendor can provide all the required licenses by the required start date.

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).

Award will be made to the low price, technically acceptable offeror.

(x) Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror

Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items, with its offer or acknowledge its registration in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) Online

Representations and Certifications Application.

Offerors should also include a completed copy of the below Representation and

Certification:

CLASS DEVIATION TO IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATIONS PROVISIONS

RELATED TO SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT AND TAX

DELINQUENCIES

Alternate Provision: Contractor Tax Liability or Felony Conviction

The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Pub. L 113-

235, Division E, Sections 744 and 745 prohibits covered agencies from using funds to enter into contracts with corporations that have unpaid federal tax delinquencies or certain felony convictions unless certain conditions are met.

a. The Offeror represents that -

1. It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under a Federal or State law within the preceding 24 months.

2. It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability.

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.

(xii) The clauses at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to

Implement Statutes or Executive Orders – Commercial Items, Alternate II, applies to this acquisition. The Contracting Officer has indicated the following clauses listed in paragraph (b) as applicable and are hereby incorporated by reference: (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); (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2015) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31

U.S.C. 6101 note); (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); (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program

Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)); (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June

2003) (E.O. 11755); (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015); (28)

52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246); (29) 52.222-35, Equal

Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212); (30) 52.222-36, Equal

Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793); (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212); (32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010)

(E.O. 13496); (33) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22

U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627); (34) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification

(Oct 2015). (E. O. 12989). (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803);

42) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving

(Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513); (48) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun

2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets

Control of the Department of the Treasury); (54) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic

Funds Transfer— System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332). The

Contracting Officer has indicated the following clauses listed in paragraph (c) as applicable and are hereby incorporated by reference: (2) 52.222-41, Service Contract

Labor Standards (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.); (3) 52.222-42, Statement of

Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter

67); 4) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards --

Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 2014) (29 U.S.C.206 and

41 U.S.C. chapter 67); (8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658

(Dec 2015) (E.O. 13658).

(xiii) The following additional clauses are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-

99, Prohibition on Contracting With Entities That Require Certain Internal

Confidentiality Agreements (Deviation 2015-02); FAR 52.209-10, Prohibition on

Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations; FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend

Services; FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors; FAR 52.252-6

Authorized Deviations in Clauses; HHSAR 352.222-70, Contractor Cooperation in Equal

Employment Opportunity Investigations. The following additional provisions are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-98, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements - Representation (Deviation

2015-02).

(xiv) DPAS – N/A

(xv) Quotes are due by July 25, 2022, 3:00 PM Eastern, electronically to the Contract

Specialist at Arash.seddique@psc.hhs.gov.

mailto:Arash.seddique@psc.hhs.gov

(xvi) Contact Mr. Arash Seddique, Contract Specialist, at Arash.seddique@psc.hhs.gov regarding the solicitation. Any inquiries must be emailed to the Contract Specialist, with

“Solicitation RFQ#PSC295128– COBOL-IT” in the subject line.