Special Contract Requirements.pdf

Section D - Special Contract Requirements:

D.1. Issuance of Task Order Requirements

The following ordering procedures apply to all task orders issued against this IDIQ. Any services to be procured will be acquired by the Government via task order(s) (TOs).

1. Authority to Place a Task Order. The Third-Party Billing contract will be used for the procurement of services identified within the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

a. When placing orders, contracting officers will follow the policies and procedures in

FAR 16.505.

b. Task orders may be placed at any time during the 60 Month ordering period of the contract.

2. Type of Orders. All task orders placed against the IDIQ will be Firm-Fixed-Price in accordance with FAR 16.202. The Government intends to award task orders on a bilateral basis in accordance with (IAW) the Order of FAR 16.505(a). The Government will consider any task order not rejected in writing within three business days after provided to the contractor for review to have been accepted by the contractor. Additionally, the Government reserves the right to unilaterally award task orders to the successful offeror who submitted a proposal in response to a task order request. The unilaterally awarded task order shall be considered accepted by the contractor unless rejected in writing within three business days after issuance.

3. Unauthorized Work. The contractor shall only commence performance after the task order has been awarded by the Contracting Officer. Additionally, the Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to legally bind the US Government to contract changes after an award is made. All changes made to the contract or task order will be issued in writing and signed by the contracting officer. No action is to be taken on any changes unless a contracting officer notifies the contractor of such changes, in writing.

4. Task Order Funding. Funding will be authorized and obligated at the task order level.

5. The contractor, as an independent contractor and not as an agent or employee of the

Government, shall furnish to the Government all necessary labor, services, and materials required to accomplish the work efforts as specified in the fully executed task order.

6. All tasks to be performed at the task order level shall be within the scope of the PWS and contained within the IDIQ contract. The Government is only liable for work authorized under the terms and conditions stated in the task order.

Task Order Pricing

1. The Price Schedule proposed by the contractor, in response to the IDIQ solicitation, sets forth the maximum price per each CLIN. Offerors are advised that the proposed prices to successfully perform any task order issued hereunder should reflect its most competitive price.

Future Task Orders

1. The Government intends to award future task orders to the offeror whose proposal represents the best overall value to the Government.