W912PL20T0002-WEATHER FORECASTING SERVICES-RFQ (1).pdf

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W912PL20T0002 01-Apr-2020

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213-452-3243

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02:00 PM 15 Apr 2020

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INFORMATION CALL:

a. NAME

DOMINIC M PEBENITO

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25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

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ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED.

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(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

. YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN

% FOR:SET ASIDE:UNRESTRICTED OR X

SMALL BUSINESSX

17a.CONTRACTOR/ CODE FACILITY

OFFEROR CODE

USACE, LOS ANGELES DISTRICT

CONTRACTING DIVISION

915 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 930

LOS ANGELES CA 90017

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

13b. RATING

CODE15. DELIVER TO CODE 16. ADMINISTERED BY

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12. DISCOUNT TERMS11. DELIVERY FOR FOB DESTINA-

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14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

RFQ IFB RFPX

213-452-4187FAX:

TEL: 213-452-3242 SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

8(A)

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SIZE STANDARD:

$16,500,000

NAICS:

541990

OFFER DATED

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DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

EMAIL:

TEL:

31c. DATE SIGNED

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SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/ SERVICESITEM NO. QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

24.22.21.19.

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB)

ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

EDWOSB

32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

(CONTINUED)

ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED: ______________________________________________________

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN

RECEIVED INSPECTED

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32c. DATE 32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

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32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE 32f . TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

37. CHECK NUMBER

FINALPARTIALCOMPLETE

36. PAYMENT35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

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FINAL

33. SHIP NUMBER

PARTIAL

38. S/R ACCOUNT NUMBER 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER 40. PAID BY

41a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT 41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41c. DATE

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ITEM NO.

Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

STATEMENT OF WORK

SCOPE OF WORK

METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES: MONITORING AND

FORECASTING

1. AREA OF APPLICATION: Los Angeles District (boundaries shown on enclosure 1) including all watersheds, streams, and reservoirs.

2. ITEM: Meteorological services for Los Angeles District: Monitoring and Forecasting.

3. AUTHORIZATION:

3.a. Flood Control Acts of 22 June 1936 and 28 June 1938.

3.b. EM 1110-2-3600 (Sections 6-3 and 8-5), "Management of Water Control Systems," dated 10 October 2017.

3.c. ER 500-1-1 (Chapter 4), "Emergency Operations – Response Operations," dated 30 September 2001.

4. DESCRIPTION OF WORK AND SERVICES REQUIRED: The Contractor shall provide all meteorological monitoring and forecasting services necessary for the Water Control Management function of the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District.

5. SERVICES REQUIRED: The Contractor shall perform the work and services as follows:

5.a. Daily Weather Briefing. By 0800 of every day, the Contractor shall provide a weather briefing to the District. The weather briefing shall be as described in Section 6.

5.b. Monitoring Weather Conditions and Weather Updates. The Contractor shall monitor the weather on a continuous basis for meteorological conditions that may require the operation of flood control projects within the Los Angeles District.

When precipitation rates are expected to exceed 0.1 inch/hour within the Southern California portion of the Los Angeles District, the Contractor shall provide, as a minimum, updated weather briefings by 1300 and 2100 each day. If the 0800 briefing contains precipitation forecasts exceeding 0.1 inch per hour and the forecast has fallen below that amount, the contractor shall provide an updated briefing. The Contractor shall also provide any additional weather briefings required to keep the District informed of changing weather conditions occurring within the entire District. The lack of weather briefing updates by the Contractor will be construed by the District to mean that the Contractor confirms that the previous weather briefing is still valid, and that precipitation rates greater than

0.1 inches per hour are not expected at any of the project areas within Southern California for the next 24 hours. The weather briefings shall be as described in Section 6.

5.c. Long-Range Outlooks. Prior to the beginning of each calendar month, the Contractor shall provide a thirty (30) day outlook of precipitation for all portions of the Los Angeles District. Prior to 15 November of each year, the Contractor shall provide a narrative describing the Contractor’s best estimate of precipitation conditions throughout the Los Angeles District for the upcoming winter.

5.d. Gridded Precipitation Forecasts. The Contractor shall monitor the weather on a continuous basis for meteorological conditions that may require the operation of flood control projects within the Los Angeles District. When precipitation rates are expected to exceed 0.1 inch/hour within the Southern California portion of the Los Angeles District, the Santa Maria River Basin, the Meadow Valley Watershed in Nevada, or those areas of Arizona and New Mexico encompassing the Bill Williams River Basin and the Gila River Basin, the Contractor shall provide gridded precipitation forecasts for any or all of those areas expected to receive such precipitation. The Contractor shall provide gridded precipitation forecasts at the intervals and in the formats described in section 6.b. The Contractor shall continue to provide the gridded precipitation forecasts as detailed in section 6.b until such time as the forecasted precipitation rates for the affected areas fall below 0.1 inch/hour. The lack of digital precipitation forecasts will be construed by the District to mean that the Contractor confirms that precipitation rates greater than 0.1 inch/hour are not expected within the Southern California portion of the Los Angeles District, the Santa Maria River Basin, the Meadow Valley Watershed, or those areas of Arizona and New Mexico encompassing the Bill Williams River Basin and the Gila River Basin for the next 24 hours.

6. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

6.a. Briefing of the District.

6.a.i. Oral and written briefings are required. The contractor shall be available for oral briefings whenever there is an active forecast in which the precipitation rate is expected to equal or exceed 0.1 inches per hour. Therefore oral briefings at late night or early morning hours may be occasionally required to update Reservoir Regulation Section staff. The oral briefing can be either face-to-face or by telephone. At the request and discretion of the Reservoir Regulation Section, the written briefing shall be made available to Reservoir Regulation Section in all, or any combination of the following methods: (1) posting to a publicly accessible web site supporting Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) standards allowing automatic retrieval utilizing standard Java URL class methods, (2) e-mail to a list of addresses supplied by Reservoir Regulation Section, and (3) transfer via telephone facsimile to a facsimile device specified by the Reservoir Regulation Section.

6.a.ii. The written briefing will be in the form of a Significant Weather & Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (SW/QPF). The SW/QPF shall consist of three sections:

1) a quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF), 2) a weather satellite map, and 3) text describing weather conditions, contributing factors, watershed runoff conditions, extended forecast (one-week outlook) and additional remarks.

6.a.ii.(1) In the QPF section (example shown as enclosure 2):

6.a.ii.(1)(a) Forecast and outlook precipitation amounts shall be entered for each drainage basin or area of the Los Angeles District that is significant to reservoir regulation and emergency management. Normally, entries for the eight (8) Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA) and the nine (9) Santa Ana River sub-basins shall be made. A map showing the eight (8) LACDA sub-basins is included as Enclosure 3. A map of the nine (9) Santa Ana sub-basins is included as Enclosure 4. Other basins for which entries shall be made, when pertinent, include drainages in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Diego Counties; Las Vegas and vicinity; the drainage above Alamo Dam; and as many of the eight (8) Salt, Verde, and Gila River drainages above Painted Rock Dam as are necessary to accurately define the Gila River basin precipitation. Drainage boundaries are shown on enclosures 5 through 10.

6.a.ii.(1)(b) The smallest required time increment of forecast periods is 1 hour. As determined by the government, the time interval may vary from 1 to 12 hour intervals. The time interval of the outlook columns shall be 5 days.

SW/QPFs shall be updated as necessary to ensure an accurate forecast based on currently known meteorologic conditions during significant storm and flood events.

Generally between three and four SW/QPFs are needed during a wet 24- hour period.

6.a.ii.(1)(c) A qualitative description of the reliability and potential variability of the forecast will be included as part of each

SW/QPF.

6.a.ii.(1)(d) Precipitation amounts in the forecast and outlook columns shall be entered in tenths of an inch. Any forecast or outlook amount of zero precipitation (when rounded to the nearest tenth of an inch) shall be left blank.

6.a.ii.(1)(e) Snow levels, in thousands of feet above sea level (rounded to the nearest one thousand (1,000) feet), shall be entered for the existing snow line conditions, as well as for any forecast or outlook precipitation. The number 0 shall be used if snow is forecast to fall below 500 feet.

If no precipitation is expected to fall during a particular time interval throughout the region listed, then the snow level entry shall be left blank.

6.a.ii.(1)(f) When the SW/QPF has been prepared for reasons other than the 8:00 am report or forecast of quantitative precipitation (e.g., for locally heavy thunderstorm precipitation, with no significant basin-wide average precipitation) then the tabulated listings in the QPF section may be omitted.

6.a.ii.(1)(g) At the discretion of Reservoir Regulation Section, key words, tags, or flags may be added to electronic versions of the SW/QPF to highlight forecasts when rainfall is expected.

6.a.ii.(2) A weather satellite map pertinent to the current or forecast weather conditions shall be part of each SW/QPF. The cities of Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, plus the District boundaries, shall be indicated on each map. An example of such a satellite map is included in Enclosure

11. The map shall be annotated to show significant weather systems, air masses, fronts, etc., and their intensities and movement (speed and direction).

6.a.iii. The oral briefing will be a description of the written briefing.

6.a.iv. Each SW/QPF shall be transmitted or made available to the Reservoir

Regulation Section as described in Paragraph 6.a.i. in the following forms:

6.a.iv.(1) The descriptive text and precipitation amounts shall be transmitted or made available to the Water Control Data System computer as an ASCII text file. The text file shall be in a fixed format approved by Reservoir Regulation Section. This precipitation forecast may be used directly as input for real-time runoff forecasting models. This shall be required each time a new SW/QPF is issued, and

6.a.iv.(2) The forecasted precipitation amounts and date/time of rainfall excluding descriptive text shall be transmitted or made available to the

Water Control Data System as a second, separate ASCII text file in a simplified fixed format approved by Reservoir Regulation Section.

This precipitation forecast may be used directly as input for real-time runoff forecasting models. This shall be required each time a new SW/QPF is issued, and

6.a.iv.(3) The weather satellite map shall be transmitted or made available to the

Water Control Data System in a standard graphic file format (e.g.

jpeg) approved by Reservoir Regulation Section. If the Reservoir Regulation Section requests it, the weather satellite map shall be transmitted by FAX even if it has been made transmitted or made available by other electronic means.

6.b. Gridded Precipitation Forecasts. The gridded precipitation forecasts will conform to the following listed parameters:

6.b.i. Required areas of coverage:

6.b.i.(1) Southern California:

Latitudinal range: 34.5 N to 33.3667 N Longitudinal range: 118.8333 W to 116.5W

6.b.i.(2) Santa Maria River Basin:

Latitudinal range: 35.0333 N to 34.8667 N Longitudinal range: 120.4667 W to 120.1667 W

6.b.i.(3) Arizona:

Latitudinal range: 36.08333 N to 30.5 N Longitudinal range: 115.25 W to 107.25 W

6.b.i.(4) Nevada (for Meadow Valley Watershed):

Latitudinal range: 38.468 N to 36.565 N Longitudinal range: 114.914 W to 113.933 W

6.b.ii. Format: XMRG, NetCDF, or GRIB

6.b.iii. Resolution: 2.0 Km (is this ok?)

6.b.iv. Update intervals: A new gridded precipitation forecast will be required every 6 hours during conditions as described in section 5.d.

6.b.v. Time-step interval: 1 hour

6.b.vi. Forecast window: Forecast to extend out 5 days (120 hours)

6.b.vii. Files containing these gridded precipitation forecasts shall be made available for download by the District via the Internet in the format described in section 6.b.ii.

7. PERIOD OF SERVICE: The Contractor shall perform the work and services beginning at the award date of this Contract. The contract period shall be for twelve (12) months with up to two

(2) additional 12-month options to be exercised on a yearly basis at the discretion of the government.

8. REVIEWS AND SUBMITTALS: The project shall have one (1) review each year:

8.a. Review Conference: The review conference shall be held via a teleconference or at the Los Angeles District within ninety (90) days of the beginning of service; the exact date and time shall be mutually agreed upon by the Contracting Officer and the Contractor.

At the review time, all work to date by the Contractor shall be reviewed and discussed.

Requirements of the Contractor shall be discussed.

9. ITEMS AND DATA TO BE FURNISHED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS:

9.a. The Corps of Engineers shall make available to the Contractor information from related studies, design memoranda, and other pertinent available data in the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District files which may contribute to the accomplishment of tasks outlined in this Scope are available to be reviewed, as necessary by the Contractor in the Los Angeles District office. Individual items may be checked out, if needed, with the approval of the Contracting Officer; and all such items are to be returned to the Los Angeles District office as soon as possible, and in no case later than termination of services by the Contractor.

10. DEVIATION FROM THE SCOPE:

10.a. The Contractor shall not incorporate into this project any instructions received (in writing or orally) directly from personnel at any of the dam facilities, at the Corps of Engineers Base Yard, or other Corps of Engineers offices, without written approval from the Contracting Officer. The coordination with others of the forecast and other services provided by the Contractor is the responsibility of the Chief, Reservoir Regulation Section, Los Angeles District, Corps of Engineers. All contacts made by the Contractor to the Corps of Engineers shall be with the Contracting Officer or staff of the Reservoir Regulation Section, Los Angeles District.

10.b. The Contractor shall not depart from, or perform beyond, the Scope and criteria on which this Scope is based without the written direction of the Contracting Officer.

11. PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

11.a. The Contractor shall name and assign a responsible meteorologist as Project Manager.

The Project Manager shall maintain a project file to contain all correspondence and criteria pertinent to this project and this Scope.

11.b. Representatives of the Reservoir Regulation Section, Los Angeles District, may visit the Contractor’s office at any time during the contract for the specific purpose of examining the progress of the work and to resolve any questions the Contractor may have concerning the forecasts provided.

11.c. Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (CMRA) Requirement: The CMR business process captures information on funding source, contracting vehicle, organization supported, mission and function performed, and labor hours and costs for contracted efforts. Contractor is required to provide a report for each separate delivery order or task order at the completion of the contract, or Fiscal Year, whichever comes first. Service contracts need to be entered one time per fiscal year. Individual service calls do not require additional reporting. The deadline to enter data is 31 October. If a delivery/ task order has been executed during the fiscal year in question, it should be reported. No labor rates should be reported. The information is reported as an aggregate of all labor dollars and hours charged by delivery / task order. Direct Labor Dollars should include all (un-loaded) labor hours in the contract. The Accounting for Contract Services requirement applies to all purchases and contracts regardless of the dollar value. Previously the rule was that contracts below $25K did not have to be reported.

The contractor will determine to price or not-separately-price the requirement. The CMRA requires estimated direct (un-loaded) labor hours.

The government fiscal year is from 1 October to 30 September. If the contract overlaps two or more fiscal years, data will be entered separately for each year. You may divide the labor hours and labor dollars proportionally based on the length of time spent in each FY. No report of any kind is required at the solicitation phase of the procurement, although a bidder may be asked to price the contract line item pertaining to the report or agree to deliver the report pursuant to the contract. Contract number and contractor identity will be treated as proprietary information when they are associated with the direct labor hours and direct labor dollars. At no time will any data be released to the public with the contractor name and contract number associated with the data.

12. OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

12.a. Subcontractors: The Contractor shall not enter into any subcontracts without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer.

12.b. Responsibility for Field Work: The Contractor shall be responsible for all damages to persons and property that occur as a result of the Contractor’s fault or negligence in connection with field work, and shall save and hold the Corps of Engineers free from all claims and suits arising from such damages.

12.c. Release of Data: All data, reports, and materials relative to this Scope are the property of the Corps of Engineers and will not be released by the Contractor, subcontractors, or employees on temporary duty, without written approval of the Contracting Officer.

RFQ SUBMITTAL

RFQ Submittal Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, all interested Contractors/Vendors are required to submit their quotes via Electronic Means.

1) Via Email: RFQ No. W912PL20T0002 Email: Dominic.M.Pebenito@usace.army.mil

2) Using DOD Secure Access File Exchange (DOD SAFE) (https://safe.aps.mil) To use this Electronic Means, all interested Contractors/Vendors will need to email Mr.

Dominic Pebenito (Dominic.M.Pebenito@usace.army.mil) to acquire the “Request Code” in order to use the “Drop Off” feature.

Should you have any question regarding Quote Submission, please email Mr. Dominic Pebenito.

BIDDER'S INQUIRIES

52.0000-4010 INQUIRIES

Any prospective offeror desiring an explanation or interpretation of the solicitation, drawings, specifications, etc., must request it in writing soon enough to allow a reply to reach all prospective bidders/offerors before submission of their bids/offers. Oral explanations or instructions given before award of a contract are not binding. Any information given to a prospective offeror concerning a solicitation will be furnished promptly to all other prospective offerors as an amendment to the solicitation, if that information is necessary in submitting offers or if lack of it would be prejudicial to other prospective bidders/offerors.

1. All inquiries relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at www.projnet.org/projnet.

A. To submit and review bid inquiry items, bidders will need to be a current registered user or self register into the ProjNet system.

mailto:Dominic.M.Pebenito@usace.army.mil https://safe.aps.mil/ mailto:Dominic.M.Pebenito@usace.army.mil http://www.projnet.org/projnet

To access the Bid Inquiry system, go to the ProjNet web page and click on the “QUICK ADD” menu in the upper right corner of the screen. You will now be prompted for the following:

a. Agency - Select USACE

b. Key - enter the 10-digit Bidder Inquiry Key shown below

c. Email - enter your e-mail address

If this is your first time accessing ProjNet, you will need to fill in extra information (name, phone #, company, etc)

If you are already a registered user, answer your “Secret Question” and then you will be at the Bid Inquiry screen.

For additional guidance, see the attached 1-page pdf file for accessing the Bid Inquiry system.

B. From this page, you may view all bidder inquiries or add inquiry. Please Note: Offerors shall only submit one question per inquiry. All inquiries containing multiple questions may be rejected.

C. Offerors will receive an acknowledgement of their question via email, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed by the technical team.

D. The Solicitation Number is: W912PL20T0002 The Bidder Inquiry Key is: 39KRJX-DQQT2W

2. The Bidder Inquiry System will be unavailable for new inquiries 5 business days prior to bid/proposal submission in order to ensure adequate time allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation if necessary.

3. Offerors are requested to review the specifications in its entirety, review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry.

4. The ProjNet call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800-428-HELP.

(End of Provision)

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 1 Job

BASE YEAR

FFP

VENDOR TO PROVIDE METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING AND

FORECASTING SERVICES FOR THE WATER CONTROL MANAGEMENT

FUNCTION OF THE LOS ANGELES DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS

WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL WORK TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK. POC: VAN CRISOSTOMO

(213)452-3558.

FOB: Destination

NET AMT

0002 1 Job

OPTION OPTION YEAR #1

FFP

VENDOR TO PROVIDE METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING AND

FORECASTING SERVICES FOR THE WATER CONTROL MANAGEMENT

FUNCTION OF THE LOS ANGELES DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS

WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL WORK TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK. POC: VAN CRISOSTOMO

0003 1 Job

OPTION OPTION YEAR #2

FFP

VENDOR TO PROVIDE METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING AND

FORECASTING SERVICES FOR THE WATER CONTROL MANAGEMENT

FUNCTION OF THE LOS ANGELES DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS

WHICH WILL INCLUDE ALL WORK TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK. POC: VAN CRISOSTOMO

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE TERMS

Supplies/services will be inspected/accepted at:

CLIN INSPECT AT INSPECT BY ACCEPT AT ACCEPT BY

0001 N/A N/A N/A Government 0002 N/A N/A N/A Government 0003 N/A N/A N/A Government

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CLIN DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

0001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0002 N/A N/A N/A N/A

0003 N/A N/A N/A N/A

CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.204-2 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS (AUG 1996)

(a) This clause applies to the extent that this contract involves access to information classified "Confidential,"

"Secret," or "Top Secret."

(b) The Contractor shall comply with (1) the Security Agreement (DD Form 441), including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (DOD 5220.22-M); and (2) any revisions to that manual, notice of which has been furnished to the Contractor.

(c) If, subsequent to the date of this contract, the security classification or security requirements under this contract are changed by the Government and if the changes cause an increase or decrease in security costs or otherwise affect any other term or condition of this contract, the contract shall be subject to an equitable adjustment as if the changes were directed under the Changes clause of this contract.

(d) The Contractor agrees to insert terms that conform substantially to the language of this clause, including this paragraph (d) but excluding any reference to the Changes clause of this contract, in all subcontracts under this contract that involve access to classified information.

(End of clause)

52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (OCT 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision--

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity to establish additional System for Award Management records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity.

Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) means that--

(1) The Offeror has entered all mandatory information, including the unique entity identifier and the EFT indicator, if applicable, the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, as well as data required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (see subpart 4.14) into SAM;

(2) The offeror has completed the Core, Assertions, and Representations and Certifications, and Points of Contact sections of the registration in SAM;

(3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fields, to include validation of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The offeror will be required to provide consent for TIN validation to the Government as a part of the SAM registration process; and

(4) The Government has marked the record ``Active''.

Unique entity identifier means a number or other identifier used to identify a specific commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity. See www.sam.gov for the designated entity for establishing unique entity identifiers.

(b)(1) An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation, and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.

(2) The Offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation ``Unique Entity Identifier'' followed by the unique entity identifier that identifies the Offeror's name and address exactly as stated in the offer. The Offeror also shall enter its EFT indicator, if applicable. The unique entity identifier will be used by the Contracting Officer to verify that the Offeror is registered in SAM.

http://www.sam.gov/

(c) If the Offeror does not have a unique entity identifier, it should contact the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishment of the unique entity identifier directly to obtain one. The Offeror should be prepared to provide the following information:

(1) Company legal business name.

(2) Tradestyle, doing business, or other name by which your entity is commonly recognized.

(3) Company physical street address, city, state, and Zip Code.

(4) Company mailing address, city, state and Zip Code (if separate from physical).

(5) Company telephone number.

(6) Date the company was started.

(7) Number of employees at your location.

(8) Chief executive officer/key manager.

(9) Line of business (industry).

(10) Company headquarters name and address (reporting relationship within your entity).

(d) Processing time should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not registered in SAM should consider applying for registration immediately upon receipt of this solicitation. See https://www.sam.gov for information on registration.

52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE (OCT 2018)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) indicator means a four-character suffix to the unique entity identifier. The suffix is assigned at the discretion of the commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity to establish additional System for Award Management (SAM) records for identifying alternative EFT accounts (see subpart 32.11) for the same entity.

Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) means that--

(1) The Contractor has entered all mandatory information, including the unique entity identifier and the EFT indicator (if applicable), the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, as well as data required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (see subpart 4.14), into SAM;

(2) The Contractor has completed the Core, Assertions, Representations and Certifications, and Points of Contact sections of the registration in SAM;

(3) The Government has validated all mandatory data fields, to include validation of the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Contractor will be required to provide consent for TIN validation to the Government as a part of the SAM registration process; and

(4) The Government has marked the record ``Active''.

https://www.sam.gov/

System for Award Management (SAM) means the primary Government repository for prospective Federal awardee and Federal awardee information and the centralized Government system for certain contracting, grants, and other assistance-related processes. It includes—

(1) Data collected from prospective Federal awardees required for the conduct of business with the Government;

(2) Prospective contractor-submitted annual representations and certifications in accordance with FAR subpart 4.12;

and

(3) Identification of those parties excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain types of Federal financial and non-financial assistance and benefits.

Unique entity identifier means a number or other identifier used to identify a specific commercial, nonprofit, or Government entity. See www.sam.gov for the designated entity for establishing unique entity identifiers.

(b) If the solicitation for this contract contained the provision 52.204-7 with its Alternate I, and the Contractor was unable to register prior to award, the Contractor shall be registered in SAM within 30 days after award or before three days prior to submission of the first invoice, whichever occurs first.

(c) The Contractor shall maintain registration in SAM during contract performance and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement. The Contractor is responsible for the currency, accuracy and completeness of the data within SAM, and for any liability resulting from the Government's reliance on inaccurate or incomplete data. To remain registered in SAM after the initial registration, the Contractor is required to review and update on an annual basis, from the date of initial registration or subsequent updates, its information in SAM to ensure it is current, accurate and complete. Updating information in SAM does not alter the terms and conditions of this contract and is not a substitute for a properly executed contractual document.

(d)(1)(i) If a Contractor has legally changed its business name or ``doing business as'' name (whichever is shown on the contract), or has transferred the assets used in performing the contract, but has not completed the necessary requirements regarding novation and change-of-name agreements in subpart 42.12, the Contractor shall provide the responsible Contracting Officer a minimum of one business day's written notification of its intention to--

(A) Change the name in SAM;

(B) Comply with the requirements of subpart 42.12 of the FAR; and

(C) Agree in writing to the timeline and procedures specified by the responsible Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall provide with the notification sufficient documentation to support the legally changed name.

(ii) If the Contractor fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d)(1)(i) of this clause, or fails to perform the agreement at paragraph (d)(1)(i)(C) of this clause, and, in the absence of a properly executed novation or change-of-name agreement, the SAM information that shows the Contractor to be other than the Contractor indicated in the contract will be considered to be incorrect information within the meaning of the ``Suspension of Payment'' paragraph of the electronic funds transfer (EFT) clause of this contract.

(2) The Contractor shall not change the name or address for EFT payments or manual payments, as appropriate, in the SAM record to reflect an assignee for the purpose of assignment of claims (see FAR subpart 32.8, Assignment of Claims). Assignees shall be separately registered in SAM. Information provided to the Contractor's SAM record that indicates payments, including those made by EFT, to an ultimate recipient other than that Contractor will be considered to be incorrect information within the meaning of the ``Suspension of Payment'' paragraph of the EFT clause of this contract.

(3) The Contractor shall ensure that the unique entity identifier is maintained with the entity designated at www.sam.gov for establishment of the unique entity identifier throughout the life of the contract. The Contractor shall communicate any change to the unique entity identifier to the Contracting Officer within 30 days after the change, so an appropriate modification can be issued to update the data on the contract. A change in the unique entity identifier does not necessarily require a novation be accomplished.

(e) Contractors may obtain additional information on registration and annual confirmation requirements at https://www.sam.gov.

52.204-16 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE REPORTING (JUL 2016)

(a) Definition. As used in this provision--

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means—

(1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity;

or

(2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code.

(b) The Offeror shall enter its CAGE code in its offer with its name and address or otherwise include it prominently in its proposal. The CAGE code entered must be for that name and address. Enter ``CAGE'' before the number. The CAGE code is required prior to award.

(c) CAGE codes may be obtained via--

(1) Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. If the Offeror is located in the United States or its outlying areas and does not already have a CAGE code assigned, the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch will assign a CAGE code as a part of the SAM registration process. SAM registrants located outside the United States and its outlying areas shall obtain a NCAGE code prior to registration in SAM (see paragraph (c)(3) of this provision).

(2) The DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch. If registration in SAM is not required for the subject procurement, and the offeror does not otherwise register in SAM, an offeror located in the United States or its outlying areas may request that a CAGE code be assigned by submitting a request at https://cage.dla.mil.

(3) The appropriate country codification bureau. Entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas may obtain an NCAGE code by contacting the Codification Bureau in the foreign entity's country if that country is a member of NATO or a sponsored nation. NCAGE codes may be obtained from the NSPA at https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/AC135Public/scage/CageList.aspx if the foreign entity's country is not a member of NATO or a sponsored nation. Points of contact for codification bureaus, as well as additional information on obtaining NCAGE codes, are available at http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/135/main/links/contacts.htm.

(d) Additional guidance for establishing and maintaining CAGE codes is available at https://cage.dla.mil.

(e) When a CAGE Code is required for the immediate owner and/or the highest-level owner by 52.204-17 or 52.212-3(p), the Offeror shall obtain the respective CAGE Code from that entity to supply the CAGE Code to the Government.

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(f) Do not delay submission of the offer pending receipt of a CAGE code.

52.204-18 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE MAINTENANCE (JUL 2016)

(a) Definition. As used in this clause--

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means--

(1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity;

or

(2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code.

(b) Contractors shall ensure that the CAGE code is maintained throughout the life of the contract. For contractors registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch shall only modify data received from SAM in the CAGE master file if the contractor initiates those changes via update of its SAM registration. Contractors undergoing a novation or change-of-name agreement shall notify the contracting officer in accordance with subpart 42.12. The contractor shall communicate any change to the CAGE code to the contracting officer within 30 days after the change, so that a modification can be issued to update the CAGE code on the contract.

(c) Contractors located in the United States or its outlying areas that are not registered in SAM shall submit written change requests to the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch. Requests for changes shall be provided at https://cage.dla.mil. Change requests to the CAGE master file are accepted from the entity identified by the code.

(d) Contractors located outside the United States and its outlying areas that are not registered in SAM shall contact the appropriate National Codification Bureau (points of contact available at http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/135/main/links/contacts.htm) or NSPA at https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/AC135Public/scage/CageList.aspx to request CAGE changes.

(e) Additional guidance for maintaining CAGE codes is available at https://cage.dla.mil.

(End of Clause)

52.204-21 BASIC SAFEGUARDING OF COVERED CONTRACTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JUN 2016)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

Covered contractor information system means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

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Federal contract information means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public Web sites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

Information means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).

Information system means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information (44 U.S.C. 3502).

Safeguarding means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures.

(1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, or devices (including other information systems).

(ii) Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

(iii) Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

(iv) Control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems.

(v) Identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users, or devices.

(vi) Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

(vii) Sanitize or destroy information system media containing Federal Contract Information before disposal or release for reuse.

(viii) Limit physical access to organizational information systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

(ix) Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity; maintain audit logs of physical access; and control and manage physical access devices.

(x) Monitor, control, and protect organizational communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational information systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of the information systems.

(xi) Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

(xii) Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

(xiii) Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

(xiv) Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

(xv) Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

(2) Other requirements. This clause does not relieve the Contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirements specified by Federal agencies and departments relating to covered contractor information systems generally or other Federal safeguarding requirements for controlled unclassified information (CUI) as established by Executive Order 13556.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract (including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial items, other than commercially available off-the-shelf items), in which the subcontractor may have Federal contract information residing in or transiting through its information system.

52.204-24 REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO

SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (DEC 2019)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation in this provision if the Offeror has represented that it “does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument” in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services--Representation, or in paragraph (v) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision--

Covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Contractors are not prohibited from providing--

(1) A service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(2) Telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for “covered telecommunications equipment or services”.

(d) Representation. The Offeror represents that it [ ] will, [ ] will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation.

(e) Disclosures. If the Offeror has represented in paragraph (d) of this provision that it “will'' provide covered telecommunications equipment or services”, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer-

(1) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment and services offered (include brand; model number, such as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable);

(2) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b) of this provision;

(3) For services, the entity providing the covered telecommunications services (include entity name, unique entity identifier, and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, if known); and

(4) For equipment, the entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known).

(End of provision)

52.204-25 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO

SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT (AUG 2019)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

Covered foreign country means The People's Republic of China.

Covered telecommunications equipment or services means--

(1) Telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities);

(2) For the purpose of public safety, security of Government facilities, physical security surveillance of critical infrastructure, and other national security purposes, video surveillance and telecommunications equipment produced by Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, or Dahua Technology Company (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities);

(3) Telecommunications or video surveillance services provided by such entities or using such equipment; or

(4) Telecommunications or video surveillance equipment or services produced or provided by an entity that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reasonably believes to be an entity owned or controlled by, or otherwise connected to, the…