Combined Synopsis - Solicitation W56HZV-20-R-L809.pdf

Combined Synopsis and Solicitation

W56HZV-20-R-L809

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I. INTRODUCTION

A. 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; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

The combined synopsis and Request for Quotation (RFQ) number is: W56HZV-20-R-L809

B.

C. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal

Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-02, Effective 23 Dec 2019.

D. Small Business Set-Aside: NO

E. Posting Date: 18 February 2020

F. Response Date: 25 February 2020

G. Contracting Office: Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) 6501 E. Eleven Mile, Detroit Arsenal, MI 48397.

H. The provision at FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors – Commercial, as modified by 52.212-4003 below, applies to this acquisition. The NAICS code applicable to this acquisition is 518210 with a size standard of

$35,000,000. Offeror must be certified under this NAICS code prior to receiving an award. This solicitation will result in only one (1) award.

I. This Combined Synopsis Solicitation contains clauses and provisions requiring a fill-in or representation.

Offeror shall submit a copy of this Combined Synopsis Solicitation with their quote and respond to these clauses and provisions accordingly. A failure to complete these fill-ins may cause your offer to be determined ineligible for award.

J. BASIS FOR AWARD: The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals before the closing date of this solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government intends to negotiate and award contract to: Dun & Bradstreet Government Services, 11710 Plaza America Dr., Suite 900, Reston, VA 20190 (CAGE# 0YCL7).

K. Submission Due Date: All Quotes are due by Wednesday, February 25, 2020 at 1200 hrs (12:00 PM EST).

All responses received within this time frame will be considered by the government. Responses shall be submitted electronically to michelle.l.randall14.civ@mail.mil concerning this acquisition. Offeror must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) prior to receiving an award. Refer to website https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

II. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Written Identification of Potential Organization Conflicts Of Interest.

The term “Organizational Conflicts of Interest” (OCI) is defined in part 2.1 of the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR): see also FAR 9.502 (c). For this solicitation, “OCI” exists when a Contractor would face an actual or potential conflict of interest if it worked on the planned contract, due either to its other business http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/12.htm#P263_45123 mailto:michelle.l.randall14.civ@mail.mil https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ interests or to the nature of the effort to be performed. However, organizational conflicts of interest are more likely to occur in contracts involving:

(1) Management support services;

(2) Consultant or other professional services;

(3) Contractor performance of or assistance in technical evaluations; or

(4) Systems engineering and technical direction work performed by a Contractor that does not have overall contractual responsibility for development or production.

b. The Contracting Officer has reviewed and analyzed the procurement under this solicitation and has not identified any OCI issue, potential or otherwise. However, Offerors are encouraged to make a preliminary disclosure to the Contracting Officer, prior to the due date for receipt of proposals, of any OCI issues the Offeror has identified. Such preliminary disclosure will allow the Contracting Officer more time to assess both the potential OCI and the Offeror’s proposed strategy to negate or mitigate the OCI. This assessment may be crucial, since per FAR 9.504(e) the Contracting Officer may not award the contract to a Contractor with an OCI that cannot be negated or mitigated.

c. If the Contractor demonstrates to the Contracting Officer that there may be a possible conflict of interest arising out of an existing contract, the Contracting Officer shall take the necessary action to delete that requirement from this contract and/or mitigate any conflict of interest that may be present. The Contractor agrees that the

Government or an authorized representative may, up to three years after acceptance of all programmatic documentation to be delivered under this contract, restrict the Contractor’s future participation in any resulting program managed system acquisition action(s).

III. REQUIREMENT

A. The United States Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center in Detroit Arsenal, Michigan has a requirement for Dun and Bradstreet Direct + Subscription.

BASE

ITEM Item Description Qty Period of Performance

0001 Direct + Subscription – Entitled Services

- up to 200 detailed searches of companies using D&B’s Company

Profile with Executives and Linkage

(CMPELK) product

1 01 April 2020 – 31 March 2020

0002 API Consulting, 20 hours 1 01 April 2020 – 31 March 2020

B. This acquisition is unrated under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS).

C. Quotes must be received by ACC-DTA no later than 12:00 PM local Detroit Arsenal, MI time on February

25, 2020. Email offers to michelle.l.randall14.civ@mail.mil. Offeror must be registered in System for Award

Management (SAM) prior to receiving an award. Refer to website https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

Questions are requested via email ONLY and addressed to Michelle Randall, email:

michelle.l.randall14.civ@mail.mil.

D. Delivery and Acceptance: F.O.B. DESTINATION

IV. SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES

Complete text of FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses can be accessed at:

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses

Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS):

https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/part-252-clauses

The following clauses and provisions, by reference from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), apply to this synopsis/solicitation:

52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017)

52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018)

52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Jan 2017)

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders--Commercial Items (Oct 2019)

52.214-34 Submission of Offers in the English Language

52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999)

52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (Jan 2019)

52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information (May 2011)

52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011)

52.229-3 Federal, State and Local Taxes

52.232-1 Payments

52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management

52.233-1 Disputes

52.239-1 Privacy or Security Safeguards (AUG 1996)

52.243-1 ALT II Changes Fixed Priced

52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies – Fixed Price (AUG 1996)

52.247-34 F.O.B. - Destination

252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials SEP 2011

252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights SEP 2013

252.204-7003 Control Of Government Personnel Work Product APR 1992

252.204-7004 Antiterrorism Awareness Training for Contractors. FEB 2019

252.204-7006 Billing Instructions OCT 2005

252.204-7009 LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OR DISCLOSURE OF THIRD-PARTY

CONTRACTOR REPORTED CYBER INCIDENT INFORMATION (Oct 2016)

252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and OCT 2016

Cyber Incident Reporting https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/part-252-clauses http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P945_133786 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P945_133786 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P1223_168115 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm#P2349_329337 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_220.htm#P796_147894 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_220.htm#P1035_182362 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_232.htm#P1104_203312 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffar1.htm http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffar1.htm http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffar1.htm http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_000.htm#P855_45861 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_000.htm#P855_45861

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for MAY 2016

Litigation Support

252.209-7004 Subcontracting with Firms That Are Owned or Controlled by the Government of a Terrorist

Country (MAY 2019)

252.215-7000 Pricing Adjustments (DEC 2012)

252.215-7007 Notice of Intent to Resolicit (JUN 2012)

252.219-7012 Competition for Religious-Related Services (APR 2018)

252.225-7012 Preference For Certain Domestic Commodities DEC 2016

252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information to MAY 2016

Litigation Support Contractors.

252.225-7011 RESTRICTION ON ACQUISITION OF SUPERCOMPUTERS (JUN 2005)

252.239-7000 PROTECTION AGAINST COMPROMISING EMANATIONS (OCT 2019)

252.239-7010 Cloud Computing Services (OCT 2016)

252.243-7001 Pricing Of Contract Modifications DEC 1991

252.246-7000 Material Inspection And Receiving Report MAR 2008

252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea APR 2014

NARRATIVES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT:

LOCAL NARRATIVES

Electronic Contracting

(a) All Army Contracting Command – Warren solicitations will be publicized on the Federal Business

Opportunities website (<https://www.fbo.gov>). Any additional attachments, including Technical

Data Packages (TDPs) when available electronically, will be separate attachments or links embedded in the solicitation.

(b) As of 10 August 2015, unless directed to do otherwise in Section L of this solicitation, vendors are required to submit a quote or proposal via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) system.

Proposals or quotes submitted after this date using any other mechanism, including the Army Single

Face to Industry Bid Response System (ASFI BRS) may be deemed non-responsive.

(c) Requirements for the online FBO bid submission:

1. Vendors must log into the FBO System to be able to submit electronic responses for opportunities.

2. Vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at

<www.sam.gov> (a Federal Government owned and operated free web site) and have a

CAGE Code and CCR Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN).

3. Once logged into the FBO System, vendors will be asked to enter basic information and directed to upload one or more files containing the proposal/quote and any additional information as outlined in the solicitation.

http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_000.htm#P1419_76669 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_000.htm#P1419_76669 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_215.htm#P212_13365 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_215.htm#P2018_145366 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_220.htm#P1182_71839 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_237.htm#P496_28439 http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/dfars/dfars252_237.htm#P707_46373 http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.sam.gov/

4. FBO will send an email to vendor’s registered email address confirming the electronic submission.

5. For additional information on submitting electronic bid responses via the FBO system see the FBO Vendor Guide – Section 4.3.1 “Submitting an

Electronic Response”

(<https://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf>).

Note to offerors:

(d) Please pay close attention to the Issued By block location on the cover page of the solicitation for closing date and time. The closing date and time is based on the local time of the listed location of the Issued By office. In accordance with FAR 15.208(a), offerors are responsible for submitting proposals, and any revisions, and modifications, so as to be received by the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified.

(e) It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure the proposal/quote is received by the date and time specified on the cover page of this solicitation. In accordance with FAR 15.208, if the proposal/quote was not received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure (in this case, received through FBO) by the exact date and time specified on the cover page of this solicitation, it will be determined late. Proposal/quote is defined to mean ALL volumes or parts required in the solicitation are included in the electronic submission.

Note: There is no "expected" or "target" length of time for proposal submission; size and content may be factors, therefore offerors are strongly cautioned when submitting proposals to allow adequate time for submission.

(f) Solicitations may remain posted on the FBO after the solicitation closing date. If the response deadline has passed for the solicitation, vendors will no longer be able to submit electronic responses.

(g) Any award issued as a result of this solicitation will be distributed electronically. In the event of a

FOIA request for a copy of any award issued as a result of this solicitation, or any subsequent modifications to the contract, the contract and modifications will be released, including the awarded unit price. This is the notice required by Executive Order 12600 (June 23, 1987) of the

Government’s intention to release unit prices in response to any request under the Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA), 5 USC 552. Unit price is defined as the contract price per unit or item purchased as it appears in Section B of the contract and is NOT referring to nor does it include Cost or Pricing data/information. If an Offeror objects to such release in the base contract or contract modifications, the Offeror must notify the contracting officer in writing prior to the closing date identified in this solicitation and include the rationale for the objection consistent with the provisions of FOIA. A release determination will be made based on rationale given.

(h) Questions pertaining to this solicitation should be directed to the Contract Specialist identified on the cover page of this solicitation. For technical assistance in doing business with the Government, and doing business electronically, please visit the Procurement Technical Assistance Center

(PTAC) website at <http://www.aptacus.org/> to locate a regional center.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS

Acknowledge all the amendments received from the Government by identifying the amendment number and its issue date in the box below:

Amendment Number: Date:

http://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf http://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf http://www.aptacus.org/

ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND – WARREN (DTA) OMBUDSPERSON

Information regarding the Ombudsperson for this contract is located at the following website:

<http://acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-wrn/CompMgmtOffice.html>

CONTRACTING OFFICER’S AUTHORITY

The Contracting Officer is the only person authorized to approve additions or changes in any of the requirements under any contract, resulting from this solicitation, notwithstanding any provisions contained elsewhere in this contract, the said authority remains solely in the Contracting Officer. In the event that the contractor effects any change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, such change shall be solely at the risk of the contractor. (See General Provision, entitled: “Notification of Changes,” FAR 52.243-7 or paragraph (c) of

FAR 52.212-4).

SECTION 508 CONFORMANCE

(a) Under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), August 7, 1998, federal agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to electronic information that is comparable to the access available to others. Section 508 requires that federal agencies' electronic and information technology (EIT) be accessible to people with disabilities. All EIT products and services purchased under this contract must conform to the Section 508 law by meeting all applicable accessibility standards.

(b) The applicable accessibility standards are indicated in the Statement of Work and/or CLINs.

Only the standards referenced in the Statement of Work and/or CLINs apply to this contract.

(c) A summary of the accessibility standards can be found at

<http://www.section508.gov/summary-section508standards>. However, for compliance under the terms of this contract, the contractor shall ensure that all products and service comply with the applicable accessibility Technical Standards.

ALL OR NONE-COMMERCIAL ITEM ACQUISITION

(a) This provision serves as an addendum that modifies paragraph (h) of FAR

52.212-1, entitled INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Paragraph(h) is modified to say that the proposal or quote must offer to provide the total quantity of the items in this solicitation.

(b) Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. Offers submitted for less than the total quantities of all the items in this solicitation will NOT be considered for award.

INSPECTION & ACCEPTANCE, DESTINATION

Inspection and acceptance of supplies offered under this purchase order shall take place as specified here.

Inspection: DESTINATION

Acceptance: DESTINATION http://acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-wrn/CompMgmtOffice.html http://www.section508.gov/summary-section508standards

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CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD

(a) The Government will award a contract to the offeror that:

(1) submits the lowest evaluated offer if award is based on price only, or the offer that provides the best value to the Government if factors in addition to price are identified elsewhere in this solicitation,

(2) submits a bid or proposal that meets all the material requirements of this solicitation, and

(3) meets all the responsibility criteria at FAR 9.104.

(b) to make sure that an offeror meets the responsibility criteria at FAR 9.104 the Government may:

(1) arrange a visit to the offeror’s plant and perform a preaward survey;

(2) ask the offeror to provide financial, technical, production, or managerial background information.

(c) If the offeror does not provide the Government with the data requested within 7 days from the date the requested is received, or if the offeror refuses to have an onsite visit to the offeror’s facility, the

Government may determine the offeror to be nonresponsible.

(d) If the Government visits the offeror’s facility, please make sure that current certified financial statements and other data relevant to the bid or proposal available for Government personnel to review.

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD

(a)The Government will award a contract to the offeror that:

(1) submits the lowest evaluated offer if award is based on price only, or the offer that provides the best value to the

Government if factors in addition to price are identified elsewhere in this solicitation,

(2) submits a bid or proposal that meets all the material requirements (including technical requirements of the specification, if applicable) of this solicitation, and

(3) meets all the responsibility criteria at FAR 9.104.

(b) To make sure that an offeror meets the responsibility criteria at FAR 9.104 the Government may:

(1) arrange a visit to the offeror’s plant and perform a preaward survey;

(2) ask the offeror to provide financial, technical, production, or managerial background information.

(c) If the offeror does not provide the Government with the data requested within 7 days from the date the requested is received, or if the offeror refuses to have an onsite visit to the offeror’s facility, the Government may determine the offeror to be nonresponsible.

(d) If the Government visits the offeror’s facility, please make sure that current certified financial statements and other data relevant to the bid or proposal available for Government personnel to review.

DFARS 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).

Combo / Invoice

(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in

WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer.

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(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 HQ0490

Issue By DoDAAC W56HZV

Admin DoDAAC W56HZV

Inspect By DoDAAC

Ship To Code

Mark For Code

(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.

(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.

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

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