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Attachment L.2.11

Appendix J: Task Order Specific Clauses

A. TASK ORDER TYPE

The government anticipates issuing a fixed price, plus award fee task order for Help Desk services against the resulting IDIQ contract.

B. TASK ORDER PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance for this task order consists of an one-year base and two one-year option periods.

C. 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (NOV 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates Secretary of Labor. The options provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 60 days before the contract expires.

D. 52.217-9 option to extend the term of the contract (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days, provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed three years.

E. AWARD FEE – GENERAL

Award fees will be applicable to the Contractor’s performance of all fixed price task orders issued during an evaluation period. The amount of the award fee that the Contractor actually earns will be based on an assessment by the Government of the evaluation factors specified in each individual award fee type task order. The evaluation of the Contractor’s performance on the task orders and the determination of award fees will be accomplished with an Award Fee Plan. The Fee Determination Official (FDO) will unilaterally determine the amount of award fee for performance on the task orders issued during the evaluation period. The Contractor shall be promptly advised in writing of the determination and reasons why the award fee was, was not or partially earned by the TOCO.

E.1 AWARD FEE PLAN

The Government shall unilaterally establish an Award Fee Plan and performance evaluation process for FPAF task orders. Contractor performance shall be evaluated according to the Award Fee Plan. Contractor performance shall be evaluated according to the Award Fee Plan. The Contractor shall be periodically informed of the quality of its performance and areas in which improvements are expected. For application to task orders, this plan shall include the criteria used to evaluate each area of performance and the percentage of award fee (if any) available for each area. A copy of the plan shall be provided to the Contractor fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the start of the evaluation period.

The criteria contained within the Award Fee Plan will be based primarily on the Contractor performance on award-fee task orders related SLOs and the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) standards defined in each task order issued during the evaluation period. Performance evaluation criteria will include (but not limited to) (1) technical (including schedule) requirements, if appropriate; (2) Management requirements; and (3) Cost/Price.

The Contractor shall submit self-evaluations of performance for each period under consideration. These self-evaluations will be considered by the Government’s Award Fee Review Board (AFRB), lead by the Fee Determining Official, in reaching its determination. Detailed information pertaining to the AFRB and FDO will be provided to the Contractor upon award and maintained in the task order file.

The Award Fee Plan is located in Section J, Attachment H.5 of this solicitation.