Combined_Synopsis-Solicitation_Microsoft_Premier_Support.pdf

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

(II) Solicitation W564KV-16-T-0104 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).

(III) This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses for commercial items in effect through

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-87, effective 16 MAR 2016.

(IV) This acquisition is not reserved for small business concerns. The associated NAICS code for this acquisition is 511210 – Software publishers.

(V) SCHEDULE OF SERVICES:

CLIN 0001 – Microsoft Premier Support Management Account. Please see Attachment 2 for Requirement details.

(VI) The objective of this RFQ is to issue a single firm-fixed-priced (FFP) award to obtain

Microsoft Premier Support Management Account service. This procurement is for a recurring need but option years are not requested.

(VII) FOB Destination point is below:

HQ USEUCOM/ ECJ65

Patch Barracks Kurmaerker Strasse

Building 2358 Room 114 70569 Stuttgart- Vaihingen, Germany

Requested Delivery Date: 14 Aug 2016- 13 Aug 2017

(VIII) The provision FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial in its latest edition applies to this solicitation.

(IX) The provision FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items, does not apply to this solicitation. Award will be made on the basis of price only.

(X) Offerors are to include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3 Alt 1, Offeror

Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items with their offer. This can be completed electronically at https://www.sam.gov.

(XI) The clause FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items in its latest edition applies to this solicitation.

(XII) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, in its latest edition applies to this acquisition. The following additional clauses are cited in this clause:

52.203-3, Gratuities 52.203-6, Restrictions On Subcontractor Sales To The Government 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Aug, 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.212-3 ALT 1, Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items 52.219-4, Notice of price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concern 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26, Equal Employment Opportunity 52.222-29, Notification of Visa Denial 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.225-17, Evaluations of Foreign Currency Offers 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management

The following Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Commercial Clauses apply to this acquisition:

252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials 252.204-7012, Safeguarding of Unclassified Controlled Technical Information 252.204-7015, Disclosure of Information to Litigation Support Contractors 252.223-7008, Prohibition of Hexavalent Chromium 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports 252.232-7008, Assignment of Claims (Overseas) 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments 252.243-7001, Pricing of Contract Modifications 252.243-7002, Request for Equitable Adjustment 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items 252.245-7002, Reporting loss of Government Property 252.245-7004, Reporting, reutilization and disposal

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

252.232-7006 WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (MAY 2013)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-- Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC) is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

Document type means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

Local processing office (LPO) is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall--

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.acquisition.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this Web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web- Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via Web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s).

Invoice as 2 in 1 (Services)

(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer.

WK4E3R

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Routing Data Table* Field Name in WAWF Data to be entered in WAWF Pay Official DoDAAC HQ0672 Issue By DoDAAC W564KV Admin DoDAAC W564KV Inspect By DoDAAC WK4E3R Ship To Code WK4E3R Ship From Code N/A Mark For Code N/A

Service Approver WK4E3R Service Acceptor Accept at Other DoDAAC LPO DoDAAC DCAA Auditor DoDAAC Other DoDAAC

(4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request.

(5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the email address identified below in the “Send Additional Email Notifications” field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.

Frances Foley; frances.foley2.civ@mail.mil

(g) WAWF point of contact. (1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity's WAWF point of contact.

Coralia Kelly; coralia.a.kelly.ln@mail.mil

(2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988.

(End of clause)

CCE 204-4000 U.S. AND HOST NATION HOLIDAYS (March 2005)

US Holidays Work SHALL NOT be performed on U.S. holidays occurring during the normal workweek. When a U.S holiday occurs on a Saturday or a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the preceding Friday or following Monday, respectively.

Host Nation Holidays Work SHALL NOT be performed on local Host Nation* holidays occurring during the normal workweek.

* Local host nation holidays occur in the region/state where contract performance takes place.

The U.S. holidays are:

New Year's Day January 1st M L King Memorial Day 3d Monday in January Presidents' Day 3d Monday in February Memorial Day last Monday in May Independence Day July 4th Labor Day 1st Monday in September Columbus Day 2d Monday in October Veterans' Day November 11th

Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November Christmas Day December 25th

The German national and local holidays are:

New Years Day 01 January Three King's Day (Only in Baden Wurttemberg and Bavaria) 06 January Good Friday varies yearly Easter Monday varies yearly Labor Day 01 May Ascension Day varies yearly Whit Monday varies yearly Corpus Christi (Only in Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Hessen, varies yearly Nordrhein- Westphalia,Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)

(End of local clause)

CCE 225-4000 AUTHORIZATION TO PERFORM SERVICES IN GERMANY (March 2005)

Contractors performing services in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) shall comply with German law. The Contractor shall determine whether performance requires registration with German authorities or authorization to do business in Germany and, if so, shall comply with all requirements. Whether or not registration or authorization to do business is required, the Contractor also shall determine what documents or authorization its employees and any subcontractor employees must possess to work in Germany. The Contractor shall ensure affirmatively that its employees and subcontractor employees possess such documents or authorizations.

Contractor employees who:

(a) are not nationals of Germany or other European Union countries, and

(b) are not members of the force, the civilian component or their dependents, and

(c) do not have assimilated status under Articles 71, 72, or 73 of the Supplementary Agreement to the NATO SOFA shall possess work and residence permits.

By acceptance of and performance under this contract and any task orders or delivery orders issued hereunder, the Contractor affirms that it has complied with the requirements above.

Compliance with this clause and German law is a material contract requirement. Noncompliance by the Contractor or Subcontractor at any tier shall be grounds for issuing a negative past performance evaluation and terminating this contract, task order, or delivery order for default.

(End of local clause)

CCE 233-4002 AMC-LEVEL PROTEST PROGRAM (January 2014)

If you have complaints about this procurement, it is preferable that you first attempt to resolve those concerns with the responsible contracting officer. However, you can also protest to Headquarters, AMC. The HQ, AMC-Level Protest Program is intended to encourage interested parties to seek resolution of their concerns within AMC as an Alternative Dispute Resolution forum, rather than filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office or other external forum. Contract award or performance is suspended during the protest to the same extent, and within the same time periods, as if filed at the GAO. The AMC protest decision goal is to resolve protests within 20 working days from filing. To be timely, protests must be filed within the periods specified in FAR 33.103. Send protests (other than protests to the contracting officer) to:

Protest to HQAMC shall be filed at:

Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel-Deputy Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road Rm: A6SE040.001 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000 Fax: (256) 450-8840 or e-mail: usarmy.redstone.usamc.mbx.protest@mail.mil

Packages sent by FedEx or UPS should be addressed to:

Headquarters U.S. Army Materiel Command Office of Command Counsel-Deputy Command Counsel 4400 Martin Road Rm: A6SE040.001 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

The AMC-level protest procedures are found at:

http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/COMMANDCOUNSEL.asp

If Internet access is not available, contact the contracting officer or HQ, AMC to obtain the AMC-Level Protest Procedures.

(End of Provision)

CCE 239-4000 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY DIRECTIVE (GERMANY) (July 2007)

The Contractor certifies that all electrical and electronic equipment and/or appliances furnished are in compliance with the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC. For radio transmitting and telecommunication devices furnished in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Contractor certifies that all such items have been approved by the Bundesamt fuer Zulassungen.

Any penalties for noncompliance imposed by the Government of the European country where the equipment or appliances are delivered or product liability claims caused by interference generated by furnished appliances or equipment are solely the responsibility of the Contractor.

(XIII) N/A.

(XIV) N/A.

(XV) Terms of the solicitation and specifications remain unchanged unless the solicitation is amended in writing by the Contracting Officer. If an amendment is issued, normal procedures relating to the acknowledgement and receipt of solicitation shall apply. Offers are due to the following address: coralia.a.kelly.ln@mail.mil (alternate:

ryan.m.bunch.civ@mail.mil) by 12:00 Central European Time, 24 June 2016. All responsible sources that submit a response, if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. The subject of the email shall be: “W564KV-16-T-0072– Quote.” No ZIP files will be accepted. The offeror is responsible for ensuring delivery to the identified POC.

List of Attachments:

Attachment 0001 - Clause Addendum Attachment 0002- Requirement details