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<td colspan="15" rowspan="2"><h1
id="solicitationcontractorder-for-commercial-items">SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER
FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS</h1>
<h2 id="offeror-to-complete-blocks-12-17-23-24-30">Offeror to Complete
Blocks 12, 17, 23, 24, &amp; 30</h2></td>
<td colspan="11">1. Requisition Number</td>
<td colspan="5" rowspan="2">PAGE 1 OF</td>
<td colspan="4" rowspan="2">44</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="11">FEC10-02-4795</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="5">2. Contract No.</td>
<td colspan="5">3. Award/Effective Date</td>
<td colspan="5">4. Order Number</td>
<td colspan="11">5. Solicitation Number</td>
<td colspan="9">6. Solicitation Issue Date</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="5">     </td>
<td colspan="5">     </td>
<td colspan="5">     </td>
<td colspan="11">FE-3-AR-0001</td>
<td colspan="9">Apr 15, 2003</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="3" rowspan="2">7. For Solicitation Information Call:</td>
<td colspan="12">a. Name Aaron H. Ford</td>
<td colspan="11">b. Telephone No <em>(No collect calls)</em></td>
<td colspan="9">8. Offer Due Date/Local Time</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="12">aford@fec.gov</td>
<td colspan="11">202-694-1328</td>
<td colspan="9">May 28, 2003 / 12:00 PM</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="4">9. Issued By</td>
<td colspan="4">Code ADMIN6</td>
<td colspan="8">10. THIS ACQUISITION IS:</td>
<td colspan="12">11. Delivery for FOB Destination unless block is
marked.</td>
<td colspan="7">12. Discount Terms</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="8" rowspan="8"><p>FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION</p>
<p>999 E St. NW, RM 819</p>
<p>Attn: Aaron Ford</p>
<p>WASHINGTON, DC 20463</p></td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="3">X</td>
<td colspan="4">Unrestricted</td>
<td colspan="12"></td>
<td colspan="7">     </td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="3"> </td>
<td colspan="4">Set-Aside     % for</td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td>X</td>
<td colspan="7">See Schedule</td>
<td colspan="7">     </td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="8"></td>
<td colspan="12"></td>
<td colspan="7">     </td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td colspan="5">Small Business</td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td colspan="16" rowspan="2">13a. This contract is a rated order under
DPAS(15 CFR 700)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td colspan="5">Small Disadv. Business</td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td colspan="5">8(A)</td>
<td colspan="19">13b. Rating      </td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="5">SIC:</td>
<td colspan="3"><u>541512</u></td>
<td colspan="19">14. Method of Solicitation</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="5">Size Standard:</td>
<td colspan="3"><u>$21.0</u></td>
<td colspan="8"></td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2">RFQ</td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="4">IFB</td>
<td>X</td>
<td colspan="2">RFP</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="6">15. Deliver To</td>
<td colspan="7">Code PLANMGMT</td>
<td colspan="17">16. Administered By</td>
<td colspan="5">Code      </td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="13"><p>FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION</p>
<p>ROOM 808 ATTN: JOHN O' BRIEN</p>
<p>999 "E" ST., NW</p>
<p>WASHINGTON, DC 20463</p></td>
<td colspan="22"><p>     </p>
<p>     </p>
<p>     </p>
<p>     </p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="4">17a. Contractor/Offeror</td>
<td colspan="9">Code       Fac Code      </td>
<td colspan="10">18a. Payment Will Be Made By</td>
<td colspan="12">Code      </td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="13" rowspan="4"><p>     </p>
<p>     </p>
<p>     </p>
<p>     </p></td>
<td colspan="22" rowspan="5"><p>     </p>
<p>     </p>
<p>     </p>
<p>     </p></td>
</tr>
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</tr>
<tr class="odd">
</tr>
<tr class="even">
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="7">Phone No.      </td>
<td colspan="6">TIN:      </td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="13">17b. Check below if remittance is different and put
such address in offer.</td>
<td colspan="22">18b. Submit invoices to address shown in block 18a
unless box below is checked.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>     </td>
<td colspan="12"></td>
<td>     </td>
<td colspan="21">See Addendum.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><p>19.</p>
<p>ITEM NO.</p></td>
<td colspan="11"><p>20.</p>
<p>SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES</p></td>
<td colspan="5"><p>21.</p>
<p>QUANTITY</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p>22.</p>
<p>UNIT</p></td>
<td colspan="7"><p>23.</p>
<p>UNIT PRICE</p></td>
<td colspan="5"><p>24.</p>
<p>AMOUNT</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="11"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="11">Line Item Number 0001 is Firm Fixed Price</td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">0001</td>
<td colspan="11">Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS)-Based Budget
Preparation and Projection System</td>
<td colspan="5">1</td>
<td colspan="4">EA</td>
<td colspan="7">______________</td>
<td colspan="5">______________</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="4"></td>
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<td></td>
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SECTION B -SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS
[4](#__RefHeading___Toc37661862)

B.1 Payment Office Summary T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\SECTION B Payment Clause.doc
[4](#__RefHeading___Toc37661862)

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT
[5](#__RefHeading___Toc37661864)

C.1 Statement of Work T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\Final SOW.doc
[5](#__RefHeading___Toc37661864)

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING [12](#__RefHeading___Toc37661866)

D.1 General Information T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\SECTION D.doc
[12](#__RefHeading___Toc37661866)

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE [13](#__RefHeading___Toc37661868)

E.1 52.246-2 INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES\--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1996)
[13](#__RefHeading___Toc37661868)

E.2 52.246-4 INSPECTION OF SERVICES\--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1996)
[13](#__RefHeading___Toc37661869)

E.3 General Information T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\SECTION E.doc
[13](#__RefHeading___Toc37661870)

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE [14](#__RefHeading___Toc37661872)

F.1 52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER (AUG 1989)
[14](#__RefHeading___Toc37661872)

F.2 52.247-34 F.O.B. DESTINATION (NOV 1991)
[14](#__RefHeading___Toc37661873)

F.3 Period of Performance T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\New Period of Performance.doc
[14](#__RefHeading___Toc37661874)

F.4 General Information T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\SECTION F.doc
[14](#__RefHeading___Toc37661875)

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA
[15](#__RefHeading___Toc37661877)

G.1 Contracting Officer\'s Rep. T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\COTR Clause.doc
[15](#__RefHeading___Toc37661877)

G.2 General Information T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\SECTION G.doc
[15](#__RefHeading___Toc37661878)

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
[17](#__RefHeading___Toc37661880)

H.1 General Information T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\New Section H.doc
[17](#__RefHeading___Toc37661880)

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661882)

I.1 52.202-1 DEFINITIONS (DEC 2001) [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661882)

I.2 52.203-3 GRATUITIES (APR 1984) [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661883)

I.3 52.203-5 COVENANT AGAINST CONTINGENT FEES (APR 1984)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661884)

I.4 52.203-7 ANTI-KICKBACK PROCEDURES (JUL 1995)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661885)

I.5 52.203-10 PRICE OR FEE ADJUSTMENT FOR ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER ACTIVITY
(JAN 1997) [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661886)

I.6 52.203-12 LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL
TRANSACTIONS (JUN 1997) [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661887)

I.7 52.204-4 PRINTED OR COPIED DOUBLE-SIDED ON RECYCLED PAPER (AUG 2000)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661888)

I.8 52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT\'S INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING
WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (JUL
1995) [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661889)

I.9 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2000)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661890)

I.10 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Feb
2002) [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661891)

I.11 52.215-8 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE\--UNIFORM CONTRACT FORMAT (OCT 1997)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661892)

I.12 52.222-20 WALSH-HEALEY PUBLIC CONTRACTS ACT (DEC 1996)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661893)

I.13 52.223-6 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (MAY 2001)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661894)

I.14 52.223-14 TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING (OCT 1996)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661895)

I.15 52.224-1 PRIVACY ACT NOTIFICATION (APR 1984)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661896)

I.16 52.224-2 PRIVACY ACT (APR 1984) [18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661897)

I.17 52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (JULY 2000)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661898)

I.18 52.227-1 AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT (JUL 1995)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661899)

I.19 52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA\--GENERAL (JUN 1987)
[18](#__RefHeading___Toc37661900)

I.20 52.229-3 FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TAXES (JAN 1991)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661901)

I.21 52.232-1 PAYMENTS (APR 1984) [19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661902)

I.22 52.232-9 LIMITATION ON WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS (APR 1984)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661903)

I.23 52.232-11 EXTRAS (APR 1984) [19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661904)

I.24 52.232-23 ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIMS (JAN 1986)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661905)

I.25 52.232-34 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER\--OTHER THAN CENTRAL
CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (MAY 1999) [19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661906)

I.26 52.233-1 DISPUTES (JUL 2002) [19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661907)

I.27 52.233-3 PROTEST AFTER AWARD (AUG 1996)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661908)

I.28 52.239-1 PRIVACY OR SECURITY SAFEGUARDS (AUG 1996)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661909)

I.29 52.243-1 CHANGES\--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1987)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661910)

I.30 52.243-6 CHANGE ORDER ACCOUNTING (APR 1984)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661911)

I.31 52.248-1 VALUE ENGINEERING (FEB 2000)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661912)

I.32 52.249-1 TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
(FIXED-PRICE) (SHORT FORM) (APR 1984) [19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661913)

I.33 52.249-2 TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
(FIXED-PRICE) (SEP 1996) [19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661914)

I.34 52.249-8 DEFAULT (FIXED-PRICE SUPPLY AND SERVICE) (APR 1984)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661915)

I.35 52.253-1 COMPUTER GENERATED FORMS (JAN 1991)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661916)

I.36 52.212-2 EVALUATION\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)
[19](#__RefHeading___Toc37661917)

I.37 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT
STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (May 2002)
[20](#__RefHeading___Toc37661918)

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS [23](#__RefHeading___Toc37661920)

J.1 General Information T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\New Section J.doc
[23](#__RefHeading___Toc37661920)

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF
OFFERORS [24](#__RefHeading___Toc37661922)

K.1 52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING PAYMENTS TO
INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS (APR 1991)
[24](#__RefHeading___Toc37661922)

K.2 52.223-13 CERTIFICATION OF TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING (OCT
1996) [24](#__RefHeading___Toc37661923)

K.3 52.203-2 CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT PRICE DETERMINATION (APR 1985)
[24](#__RefHeading___Toc37661924)

K.4 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998)
[24](#__RefHeading___Toc37661925)

K.5 52.204-5 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS) (MAY 1999)
[25](#__RefHeading___Toc37661926)

K.6 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, PROPOSED
DEBARMENT, AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (DEC 2001)
[25](#__RefHeading___Toc37661927)

K.7 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS\--COMMERCIAL
ITEMS (July 2002) [26](#__RefHeading___Toc37661928)

K.8 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATIONS (May 2001)
[33](#__RefHeading___Toc37661929)

K.9 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999)
[34](#__RefHeading___Toc37661930)

K.10 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR 1984)
[34](#__RefHeading___Toc37661931)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS
[35](#__RefHeading___Toc37661933)

L.1 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB
1998) [35](#__RefHeading___Toc37661933)

L.2 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER (JUNE 1999)
[35](#__RefHeading___Toc37661934)

L.3 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)
[35](#__RefHeading___Toc37661935)

L.4 52.232-38 SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER INFORMATION WITH
OFFER (MAY 1999) [35](#__RefHeading___Toc37661936)

L.5 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (AUG 1996)
[36](#__RefHeading___Toc37661937)

L.6 52.252-3 ALTERATIONS IN SOLICITATION (APR 1984)
[36](#__RefHeading___Toc37661938)

L.7 52.252-5 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN PROVISIONS (APR 1984)
[36](#__RefHeading___Toc37661939)

L.8 Instructions to Offerors T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\New Section L.doc
[36](#__RefHeading___Toc37661940)

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD
[42](#__RefHeading___Toc37661942)

M.1 Evaluation Factors T:\\docs\\Budget Software Buy\\Budget
Software\\Solicitation Provisions\\New Section M.doc
[42](#__RefHeading___Toc37661942)

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**B.1 Payment Office Summary**

**CONTRACT TYPE SUMMARY FOR PAYMENT OFFICE (FIXED PRICE)**

This entire contract is fixed price.

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**C.1 Statement of Work**

Federal Election Commission

**Budget and Planning Preparation and Projection Programs**

# A. Introduction

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is a 370 Full Time Equivalent
(FTE) independent regulatory agency charged with administering and
enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1975\--the statute
that governs the financing of Federal elections and its amendments. The
FEC has four major statutory responsibilities:

> Provide disclosure of campaign finance information.
>
> Ensure that candidates, political committees, and political parties
> comply with the limitations, prohibitions, and disclosure requirements
> of the FECA.
>
> Administer the certification of public funding for Presidential
> elections and ensure that all related expenditures comply with the
> FECA.
>
> Serve as a clearinghouse for information on election administration.

The FEC opened its doors in 1975 and administered the first publicly
funded presidential election in 1976.

The Office of Planning and Management performs the following five
functions for the FEC: (1) budget formulation, (2) budget management,
(3) monthly budget reporting, including MIS data, (4) developing and
monitoring annual performance plans, and (5) measuring performance in
meeting Commission mission and program goals and objectives.

# 

# B. Project Objective

The Office of Planning and Management is seeking an Oracle-based
commercial off the shelf (COTS)-based system to provide automated
support for the development of the FEC's budget, tracking its annual
goals and objectives, and producing it's strategic planning documents.

# 

# C. Project Background

The FEC has recently converted its payroll and finance/accounting system
from a 1032/COBOL environment to PeopleSoft financials, running on an
Oracle platform. In addition, the FEC payroll is processed by the
National Finance Center (NFC.) Consequently, the Budget office's payroll
projection and budget systems no longer integrate with the new
PeopleSoft systems. The replacement system must incorporate payroll
projection and FTE monitoring and projection capabilities of the current
budget systems.

Currently, personnel cost and FTE projections are calculated based on
data pulled from a file generated by NFC and copied to the FEC on a
bi-weekly basis. The current projection allows calculations for the
remainder of the current year and the next two years. The current year
projection shows actual year to date plus a projection for the remainder
of the FY, by pay periods, by person and office, as well as for the
entire Commission. The projections for the next two years provide costs
by person and by office, as well as for the Commission as a whole. Costs
are projected for salaries and benefits, including FEGLI, FEHB (health
insurance), and CSRS and FERS (including TSP) retirement costs.

Copies of the existing projection programs for FTE and salary and
benefits costs are attached for reference purposes. Also included are
the file formats.

All projections are based on actual staff on board, and are provided for
each person, for each office and for the entire Commission. The
projection provides the flexibility to adjust any combination of
factors, including retirement, within grade increases (WGI), COLAs,
health insurance costs, for planning and for development of what-if
scenarios.

The new system must be able to import FEC furnished data from the
payroll, personnel, and accounting systems. The new system must also
integrate data from the FEC MIS system that also has to be converted
over from a 1032/COBOL environment to the new system. Copies of the file
formats and data elements for the existing systems are provided as
attachments to this solicitation/contract. The data in the new reporting
system must be able to be exported into reporting and other software
packages, such as Microsoft Excel (the FEC uses the Microsoft Office
Suite) The resulting data must be able to be exported into software
packages (i.e. the Microsoft Office suite).

**D. Project Scope**

Mandatory functionality of the proposed COTS software:

-   accurate salary calculations based on actual days and pay periods,
    with within grade step increases (WGIs) calculated and the ability
    to query WGI costs separately;

-   projections of FTE and costs for the rest of the current year and
    the following two years;

-   the ability to calculate and easily change government-share rates of
    health care, retirement, and locality pay costs;

-   data should be transferable to Excel spreadsheets;

-   the ability to generate budget reports by division, by employee, and
    FEC wide;

-   the ability to generate management reports by division and FEC wide;

-   the ability to incorporate non-personnel object class data with
    personnel cost data for budget preparation and presentation
    purposes, i.e. can interface with the FEC PeopleSoft finance and
    accounting system (object class scheme attached);

-   produce FTE reports that feature actual hours and FTE to date
    cumulatively and by division or office;

-   the FTE and personnel data must be usable in a budget preparation
    system that complies with GPRA requirements and OMB A-11;

-   depict staff on board in paid status as of end of each pay period;

-   must run on an Oracle platform and be compatible with PeopleSoft;

-   must be ODBC and OLAP compliant;

-   must provide on-line and live operational support Monday-Friday 7:00
    AM to 5:00 PM Eastern time;

    Additional capabilities for integrating budget tables and strategic
    planning documents include:

-   The ability to create planning and budget documents in a
    standardized format

-   The ability to store all planning and budget documents in a central
    location

-   The ability to link planning and budget documents, so that changing
    one figure on one page changes that figure across all planning and
    budget documents

-   The ability to incorporate MIS data entry and performance data by
    division or office, to integrate MIS reports with the budget system.

## **E. Technical Requirements**

**[Software]{.underline}** -- Software must be Oracle-based and able to
operate in an Oracle version 8i environment. In addition, the system
must interface with the FEC Oracle-based PeopleSoft financial accounting
system, and with the Microsoft Office suite. Product software must be
capable of importing and exporting data from the NFC payroll systems as
well as from FEC personnel files. All programming languages supplied
must be Y2K compliant; to the extent one of the programs is not Y2K
compliant, the offeror must propose a code compatible solution that is
Y2K compliant. File formats and program codes for existing relevant
programs are attachments to this solicitation/contract.

**[Server]{.underline} -** The FEC expects to provide the hardware
necessary for this implementation separately from this statement of
work. In its response to this statement of work, the vendor should
explicitly define all hardware requirements including estimated disk
space necessary to implement the proposed system. The solution the
vendor provides must be compatible with Windows 98, 2000, XP & NT 4.0.
The FEC expects to operate the system on existing server hardware
concurrently with other existing functions. If a dedicated server(s) are
required the vendor should so state. The vendor must state any operating
system version dependencies in its response.

**[Scalability]{.underline} -** The proposed system should be capable of
supporting 10-20 interactive users, including up to 5 super or power
users as administrators of the system, scalable up to 40 users. The
vendor must also provide detailed hardware, software and maintenance
requirements.

**[Network]{.underline} -** The network infrastructure consists of 10MB
Ethernet to the desktop with a 100MB backbone. Network protocols in use
are primarily IPX/SPX for file and print services and the TCP/IP
protocol stack for inter/intranet communication and application/data
services. Network protocols in use are primarily TCP/IP for Windows file
and print services, application/data services and inter/intranet
communication.

## 

## **[Desktop]{.underline}** - Client workstations at the FEC are primarily desktop or laptop workstations ranging from Pentium based workstations operating at 100 MHz up to Pentium III's operating at 700 MHz. Memory ranges from 64 MB to 256 MB. Disk space ranges from 1GB up to 20 GB. The operating systems are mixed Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The FEC expects to migrate to future versions of Microsoft Windows. 

## 

## **[Security]{.underline} -** This project is expected to operate completely behind the FEC firewall. The vendor must indicate the level that the solution they propose is protected from internal attacks and/or note any known potential vulnerability. The vendor must also work with FEC computer security personnel to ensure the proposed solution does not compromise FEC computer security policies and procedures. The solution will have to comply with current FEC security policies for user IDs and passwords and must not compromise or modify the current security structure implemented. 

**F. Project Tasks**

1.  Provide complete turn-key system

2.  Install system

3.  Train up to 15 personnel

4.  Provide system and user documentation

5.  Provide range of coverage for service and maintenance, and costs
    associated with each level of service

6.  Describe future upgrade capabilities if newer versions of product
    are scheduled to be available or are contemplated to be available.

**G. Project Deliverables:**

-   Project Work Plan

-   Contract Administration Plan

-   Configuration Plan -- Hardware, software, and cost estimates
    necessary to implement a web portal that supports integration
    presentation customization to support 20 scalable to 40 users

-   Installation Plan for client and server operations

-   Definition Document -- User interface, application integration,
    metadata dictionary.

-   Change Management and Quality Assurance Plan -- A model concept of
    operations for maintaining content.

-   Acceptance Test Plan-mutually agreed upon by FEC and contractor

-   Training Plan and systems installation, including applications
    software, systems maintenance and users manuals

-   Documentation of System and Software, including users manuals,
    instructions, etc., both paper copies and electronically

-   Post-installation maintenance plan, including user support and
    future upgrade plans

-   Fully functional and operating budget preparation/MIS/FTE system in
    compliance with the terms of the SOW.

**H. Project Deliverable Distribution List:**

For all the project deliverables, with the exception of the fully
functional and operating budget preparation/MIS/FTE system in compliance
with the terms and conditions of the SOW, the Contractor is to provide
two copies of each deliverable. The distribution is as follows:

FEC Contracting Officer\'s Representative\--one copy

FEC Contracting Officer\--one copy

Project Schedule (proposed subject to revisions per Project Work Plan
and the Contract Administration Plan)

-   The delivery of a fully functional budget production system is made
    within one year of date of contract award.

-   New System runs parallel with existing system for the FY 2006 Budget
    Submission and the FY 2005 Management Plan.

-   New System produces FY 2007 Budget Submission, FY 2007 Performance
    Plan, FEC Strategic Plan and produces FY 2006 Management Plan

# 

**I. Project Work Plan:**

Within 15 calendar days after award, the Contractor will submit a
Project Work Plan. The Project Work Plan is the plan for how the
Contractor will manage the project and interact with the Federal
Election Commission\'s Contracting Officer and the Contracting
Officer\'s Representative in managing the project.

# J. Contract Administration Plan

Within 15 calendar days after award, the Contractor will submit a
Contract Administration Plan. This plan is a detailed description of the
responsibilities of the FEC and Contractor, an agreed upon meeting
schedule, performance measurements and bi-weekly progress review
meetings, and a standardized reporting format. Included is a schedule
with due dates for deliverables. The goal of this plan is to keep track
of performance, identify and prevent any potential problems, resolve
problem issues, and to maintain/ensure a smooth operating contract.

# 

# K. Key Personnel and Proposed Project Team

The Contractor shall provide a full-time Project Manager and identify
the total project team in its proposal. In the proposal submitted in
response to this solicitation, the Contractor shall identify those
personnel that it feels are key to the success of the project. These
"key" personnel shall be designated as such in the contract. The
Contractor must notify the FEC Contracting Officer (CO) of proposed
changes to these "key" personnel 30 calendar days prior to their removal
from the contract. Replacement personnel must be equally or better
qualified than those being replaced and must be accepted, in writing, by
the CO.

# 

# L. Place of Performance

# 

# Federal Election Commission, 999 E St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20463. Contractor shall provide in their technical proposal the extent of resources required on FEC site to complete project (office space, equipment, etc.)

# 

# M. Estimated Period of Performance

The period of performance for this contract shall be from the date of
award (DOA) through no later than September 30, 2004. System must run in
parallel with the FY 2007 Budget Submission, and fully produce the FY
2007 FEC Budget Submission and the FY 2006 Management Plan, as well as
the Government Performance and Results Act Documents for FY 2007 Budget
Submission: Multi-year Strategic Plan, and annual Performance Plans and
Performance Reports.

# N. Non-Disclosure Form(s)

Due to the sensitive and confidential nature of the information that the
Contractor may access during the performance of work at the FEC, the
Contractor and all personnel associated with this contract will be
required to sign an Affirmation of Non-Disclosure prior to the
commencement of work. The Affirmation of Non-Disclosure states in part
that the individual signing the form agrees and understands that they
will not disclose any private or privileged information received in the
course of service to the FEC. During development, steps will be taken by
the FEC to mask and disguise employee names, addresses and SSNs in the
payroll systems.

# O. Inspection and Acceptance Criteria

# 

All deliverables will be verified to ensure that each is consistent with
the contract requirements. The Contracting Officer's Representative
(COR) will certify acceptance and notify the Contractor in writing of
the acceptance. Contractor will not assume acceptance of any deliverable
without written notification of acceptance by the COR which shall be
provided within thirty (30) days from date of delivery. At no time,
without written approval of the Contracting Officer, will contractor
exceed the authorized funding. Contractor must notify the Contracting
Officer when 75% of the approved funding has been expended.

**P. Payments**

All payments will be made upon receipt and acceptance by the Government
of deliverables specified in the Contract Administration Plan, with a
final 30% of the contract value retained and to be released solely upon
final acceptance of the full operational system as functional in
conformance with the system requirements.

# 

# Q. Notice to the FEC of Delays

#  

The Contractor shall furnish written notice of any delay or potential
situation that may cause delay in its ability to meet the delivery
and/or performance schedule set forth in this contract. Such notice may
be provided verbally to the COR and Contracting Officer, then
followed-up in writing within 48 hours after the verbal notification.
The notification shall fully describe the cause for delay, the expected
date of delivery and/or performance, and any remedies the Contractor
proposes to mitigate the delay. This notification does not relieve the
Contractor of its obligation to meet the delivery and/or performance
schedule of this contract nor should this notification be construed as a
waiver by the FEC of any delivery schedule or date, or any rights or
remedies provided under this contract.

# 

# R. Authorized FEC Representatives

**Contracting Officer**

**Name: Aaron H. Ford**

**Organization: Federal Election Commission (FEC)**

**Address: 999 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20463**

**Phone Number: (202) 694-1328**

**Email address: aford@fec.gov**

The Contracting Officer has the overall responsibility for the award and
administration of this contract. The Contracting Officer alone, without
delegation, is authorized to take actions on behalf of the FEC to amend,
modify, or deviate from the contract\'s terms, conditions, requirements,
specifications, details, and/or delivery schedules. However, the
Contracting Officer may delegate certain other responsibilities to
authorized representatives.

**Contracting Officer's Technical Representative**

**Name: John O\' Brien**

**Organization: FEC\--Office of Planning and Management**

**Address: 999 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20463**

**Phone Number: (202) 694-1216**

The Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative (COTR), to be
appointed in writing by the Contracting Officer, is designated to
represent the Contracting Officer for all technical matters that arise
under the contract that he is assigned. The specific duties of the COR
are clearly articulated in the letter of appointment he receives from
the Contracting Officer. Some of the responsibilities of the COR
include: (1) determining the adequacy of performance and/or the
timeliness of delivery by the Contractor in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this contract; (2) acting as the Contracting
Officer\'s representative in charge of work at the site; (3) ensuring
compliance with the contract\'s requirements insofar as the work is
concerned; (4) advising the Contracting Officer of any factors that may
cause delays in delivery and/or performance of the work; (5) reviewing
and recommending approval of Contractor invoices and (6) conducting
and/or witnessing the conduct of any inspections and/or tests that may
be required by the contract.

# S. Billing Procedures

# 

The Contractor's key personnel and support staff shall provide a
breakdown by labor rates, expenses and other direct costs, and the
number of hours worked by task (with a brief description) to the
Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) at a minimum every
two weeks for use by the FEC in reconciling and verifying invoices for
the purpose of payment.

# 

# T. Identification Badges

# 

The FEC Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative shall ensure
that all vendor personnel are issued proper building access/contractor
identification badges.

# U. Incidental Services, Travel, and Expenses

# 

The cost of all local (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area) services,
travel, and expenses incurred incident to performance of this contract
shall be borne by the contractor.

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**D.1 General Information**

**Item 0001** - All data shall be prepared for shipment in accordance
with best commercial practice.

**MARKING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DELIVERABLES**

All reports delivered by the Contractor to the Government under this
contract shall prominently show on the cover of the report:

1)  Name and business address of the Contractor

2)  Contract Number

3)  Contract Dollar Amount

4)  Whether the contract was competitively or non-competitively awarded

5)  Sponsor:

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**(Name of the Individual Sponsor)**

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**(Name of the Requiring Activity)**

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**(City and State)**

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**E.1 52.246-2 INSPECTION OF SUPPLIES\--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1996)**

(Reference 46.302)

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**E.2 52.246-4 INSPECTION OF SERVICES\--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1996)**

(Reference 46.304)

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**E.3 General Information**

**Item 0001** - Inspection and acceptance shall be made at the
Government Facility by the cognizant Contract Administration Office.

**[INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE GUIDANCE:]{.underline}**

The Government may accept, conditionally accept, or reject the
deliverable within 30 days after receipt of the item. A notice of
conditional acceptance shall state any corrective action required by the
Contractor. If the deliverable is rejected, the Contractor may be
required, at the option of the Government, to correct any or all of the
deliverable. The Contractor shall at no additional cost to the
Government make any necessary changes, modifications or corrections to
the . The Government shall take action on the corrected deliverable
within the time limit specified above. Government action under this
requirement shall not affect or limit any other rights it may have under
this contract.

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**F.1 52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER (AUG 1989)**

(Reference 42.1305)

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**F.2 52.247-34 F.O.B. DESTINATION (NOV 1991)**

(Reference 47.303-6)

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**F.3 Period of Performance**

The anticipated period of performance for this contract is from date of
award to September 30 2004.

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**F.4 General Information**

**Items 0001 -** As specified in Section C of this
solicitation/contract, the Contractor is required to provide the
following deliverables:

-   Project Work Plan

-   Contract Administration Plan

-   Configuration Plan\--Hardware, software, and cost estimates
    necessary to implement a web portal that supports integration
    presentation customization to support 20 scalable to 40 users

-   Installation Plan for client and server operations

-   Definition Document\--User interface, application integration,
    metadata dictionary

-   Change Management and Quality Assurance Plan\--a model concept of
    operations for maintaining content

-   Acceptance Test Plan\--mutually agreed upon by both the FEC and the
    Contractor

-   Training Plan and systems installation, including applications
    software, systems maintenance, and users manuals

-   Documentation of Systems and Software, including users manuals,
    instructions, etc., both paper and electronic copies

-   Post-installation maintenance plan, including user support and
    future upgrade plans

-   Fully functional and operating budget preparation/MIS/FTE system in
    compliance with the terms of the Statement of Work

All supplies/services hereunder shall be delivered to the Government in
accordance with instructions specified in the clause hereof entitled
\"F.O.B. Destination\" (FAR 52.247-34).

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**G.1 Contracting Officer\'s Rep.**

\(a\) John O\'Brien, Director, Office of Planning and Management, is
hereby designated to act as Contracting Officer\'s Technical
Representative (COTR) under this contract.

\(b\) The Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative is responsible
for (1) Receiving, inspecting, and accepting the supplies or services
provided hereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
contract; (2) Providing direction to the contractor that clarifies the
contract effort, (3) Fills in details or otherwise serves to accomplish
the contractual Scope of Work; (4) Evaluating performance; and (5)
Certifying all invoices/vouchers for acceptance of the supplies or
services furnished for payment prior to the forwarding the original
invoice to the payment office and a confirming copy to the Contracting
Officer.

\(c\) The Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative does not have
the authority to alter the Contractor\'s obligations under the contract,
direct changes that fall within the purview of the General Provisions
clause entitled \"Changes,\" and/or modify any of the expressed terms,
conditions, specifications, or cost of the agreement. If, as a result of
technical discussions, it is desirable to alter/change contractual
obligations or the Scope of Work, the Contracting shall issue such
changes in writing and signed.

**CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION:** This contract will be administered by Mr.
Aaron H. Ford, Contracting Officer, telephone (202) 694-1328, fax (202)
219-3505, e-mail: aford@fec.gov

Written communications shall make reference to the contract number and
shall be mailed to the following address: Federal Election Commission,
999 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20463, ATTN: Mr. Aaron H. Ford,
Contracting Officer

**ADDRESS TO WHICH REMITTANCE SHOULD BE MAILED:** Offeror shall indicate
below the complete mailing address (including the nine digit zip code)
to which remittance should be mailed if such address is other than that
shown in 17(a), Page 1 (SF 1449), they shall enter it below:

\(a\) Payee Name
(Contractor):\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\(b\) Check Remittance
Address:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Any questions or problems regarding payment should be directed to the
Administrative Division: Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street NW,
Washington DC 20463, telephone (202) 694-1240, fax (202) 219-3505

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**G.2 General Information**

I.  **GOVERNMENT POINTS OF CONTACT**

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A.  **Accounting and Appropriation Data**

This information is displayed on Block 25 of the Standard Form 1449.

B.  **Contract Administration Office**

The cognizant contract administration office is as follows:

**Federal Election Commission**

**999 E Street, NW**

**Washington, DC 20463**

This information is displayed on Block 16 on the Standard Form 1449.

**[NOTE: Mr. Aaron Ford will serve as the Administrative Contracting
Officer (ACO) for this procurement.]{.underline}**

C.  **Payment Office Information**

The payment office is displayed on Block 18(a) of the Standard Form
1449.

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**H.1 General Information**

**Date/Time Processing Requirement\--Information Technology**

\(a\) All information technology (IT), whether commercial or
noncommercial, delivered under this contract that will be required to
perform date/time processing involving dates subsequent to December 31,
1999 shall be Year 2000 compliant if properly installed, operated, and
maintained in accordance with the contract specifications and applicable
documentation. If the contract requires that specific deliverables
operate together as a system, this requirement shall apply to those
deliverables as a system.

\(b\) \"Information Technology\" or \"IT,\" as used in this requirement,
means \"information technology\" as that term is defined in Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101, and further including those items
that would otherwise be excluded by paragraph (c) of that definition.
\"Year 2000 compliant\" (as defined at FAR 39.002) means that the IT
accurately processes date/time data (including), but not limited to,
calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the
twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and
leap year calculations, to the extent that other IT, used in combination
with the IT being delivered, properly exchanges date/time data with it.
The \"proper exchange\" of date/time data shall be in accordance with
the interface requirements specification(s) of the contract.

\(c\) For line item deliverables which are commercial items (as defined
in FAR 2.101), and which include commercial IT, the terms and conditions
of the standard commercial warranty covering such commercial IT shall
apply in addition to, and to the extent such terms and conditions are
consistent with, this requirement. Any applicable commercial warranty
shall be incorporated into this contract by attachment.

\(d\) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any other
warranty of this contract, or in the absence of any such warranty(ies),
the remedies available to the Government under this requirement shall
include those provided in the Inspection clause(s) of this contract.
Nothing in this requirement shall be construed to limit any rights or
remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract.

\(e\) Unless specified elsewhere in the contract, the Contractor will
also deliver to the Government a report summarizing any Year 2000
compliance testing that was performed, and the results thereof.

\(f\) The remedies available to the Government for noncompliance with
this requirement shall remain available until 31 January 2001, or one
hundred eighty (180) days after acceptance of the last deliverable IT
item under this contract (including any option exercised hereunder),
whichever is later.

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**I.1 52.202-1 DEFINITIONS (DEC 2001)**

(Reference 2.201)

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**I.2 52.203-3 GRATUITIES (APR 1984)**

(Reference 3.202)

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**I.3 52.203-5 COVENANT AGAINST CONTINGENT FEES (APR 1984)**

(Reference 3.404)

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**I.4 52.203-7 ANTI-KICKBACK PROCEDURES (JUL 1995)**

(Reference 3.502-3)

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**I.5 52.203-10 PRICE OR FEE ADJUSTMENT FOR ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER ACTIVITY
(JAN 1997)**

(Reference 3.104-9)

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**I.6 52.203-12 LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL
TRANSACTIONS (JUN 1997)**

(Reference 3.808)

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**I.7 52.204-4 PRINTED OR COPIED DOUBLE-SIDED ON RECYCLED PAPER (AUG
2000)**

(Reference 4.303)

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**I.8 52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT\'S INTEREST WHEN SUBCONTRACTING
WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT (JUL
1995)**

(Reference 9.409)

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**I.9 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2000)**

(Reference 12.301)

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**I.10 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Feb
2002)**

(Reference 12.301)

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**I.11 52.215-8 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE\--UNIFORM CONTRACT FORMAT (OCT
1997)**

(Reference 15.209)

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**I.12 52.222-20 WALSH-HEALEY PUBLIC CONTRACTS ACT (DEC 1996)**

(Reference 22.610)

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**I.13 52.223-6 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (MAY 2001)**

(Reference 23.505)

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**I.14 52.223-14 TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING (OCT 1996)**

(Reference 23.907)

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**I.15 52.224-1 PRIVACY ACT NOTIFICATION (APR 1984)**

(Reference 24.104)

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**I.16 52.224-2 PRIVACY ACT (APR 1984)**

(Reference 24.104)

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**I.17 52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES (JULY 2000)**

(Reference 25.1103)

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**I.18 52.227-1 AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT (JUL 1995)**

(Reference 27.201-2)

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**I.19 52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA\--GENERAL (JUN 1987)**

(Reference 27.409)

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**I.20 52.229-3 FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TAXES (JAN 1991)**

(Reference 29.401-3)

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**I.21 52.232-1 PAYMENTS (APR 1984)**

(Reference 32.111)

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**I.22 52.232-9 LIMITATION ON WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS (APR 1984)**

(Reference 32.111)

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**I.23 52.232-11 EXTRAS (APR 1984)**

(Reference 32.111)

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**I.24 52.232-23 ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIMS (JAN 1986)**

(Reference 32.806)

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**I.25 52.232-34 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER\--OTHER THAN
CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (MAY 1999)**

(Reference 32.1110)

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**I.26 52.233-1 DISPUTES (JUL 2002)**

(Reference 33.215)

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**I.27 52.233-3 PROTEST AFTER AWARD (AUG 1996)**

(Reference 33.106)

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**I.28 52.239-1 PRIVACY OR SECURITY SAFEGUARDS (AUG 1996)**

(Reference 39.107)

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**I.29 52.243-1 CHANGES\--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1987)**

(Reference 43.205)

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**I.30 52.243-6 CHANGE ORDER ACCOUNTING (APR 1984)**

(Reference 43.205)

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**I.31 52.248-1 VALUE ENGINEERING (FEB 2000)**

(Reference 48.201)

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**I.32 52.249-1 TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
(FIXED-PRICE) (SHORT FORM) (APR 1984)**

(Reference 49.502)

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**I.33 52.249-2 TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
(FIXED-PRICE) (SEP 1996)**

(Reference 49.502)

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**I.34 52.249-8 DEFAULT (FIXED-PRICE SUPPLY AND SERVICE) (APR 1984)**

(Reference 49.504)

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**I.35 52.253-1 COMPUTER GENERATED FORMS (JAN 1991)**

(Reference 53-111)

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**I.36 52.212-2 EVALUATION\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)**

\(a\) The Government will award a contract resulting from this
solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the
solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and
other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to
evaluate offers: Technical, Past Performance, and Price

Technical and past performance, when combined, are more important

\(b\) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by
adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic
requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable
if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options
shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

\(c\) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or
otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for
acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract
without further action by either party. Before the offer\'s specified
expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an
offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless
a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)

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**I.37 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT
STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (May 2002)**

\(a\) The Contractor shall comply with the following FAR clauses, which
are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions
of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial
items:

\(1\) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (E.O. 11755).

\(2\) 52.233-3, Protest after Award (31 U.S.C. 3553).

\(b\) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph
(b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in
this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive
orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items or components:
**X** (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the
Government, with Alternate I (41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (2) 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Small
Business Set-Aside (Jan 1999). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (3) 52.219-4, Notice
of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Jan
1999) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so
indicate in its offer). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (4)(i) 52.219-5, Very Small
Business Set-Aside (Pub. L. 103-403, section 304, Small Business
Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (ii)
Alternate I to 52.219-5. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (iii) Alternate II to
52.219-5. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (5) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small
Business Concerns (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(6) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (7) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (15
U.S.C. 637(a)(14)). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (8)(i) 52.219-23, Notice of
Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns
(Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323) (if the offeror
elects to waive the adjustment, it shall so indicate in its offer).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (ii) Alternate I of 52.219-23. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(9) 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation
Program\--Disadvantaged Status and Reporting (Pub. L. 103-355, section
7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (10) 52.219-26, Small
Disadvantaged Business Participation Program\--Incentive Subcontracting
(Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323). **X** (11)
52.222-21, prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). **X** (12)
52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246). **X** (13) 52.222-35, Equal
Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam
Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212). **X** (14) 52.222-36,
Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29 U.S.C. 793). **X**
(15) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans,
Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (38 U.S.C.
4212). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (16) 52.222-19, Child Labor\--Cooperation
with Authorities and Remedies (E.O. 13126). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (17)(i)
52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for
EPA-Designated Products (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (ii) Alternate I of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C.
6962(i)(2)(C)). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (18) 52.225-1, Buy American
Act\--Supplies (41 U.S.C. 10a - 10d). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (19)(i)
52.225-3, Buy American Act\--North American Free Trade
Agreement\--Israeli Trade Act (41 U.S.C. 10a - 10d, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note,
19 U.S.C. 2112 note). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (ii) Alternate I of 52.225-3.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (iii) Alternate III of 52.225-3.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (20) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (19 U.S.C. 2501,
et. seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note).

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (21) 52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign
Purchases (E.O. 12722, 12724, 13059, 13067, 13121, and 13129).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (22) 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country
End Products (E.O. 12849). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (23) 52.225-16,
Sanctioned European Union Country Services (E.O. 12849).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (24) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds
Transfer\--Central Contractor Registration (31 U.S.C. 3332). **X** (25)
52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer\--Other than Central
Contractor Registration (31 U.S.C. 3332). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (26)
52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (31 U.S.C. 3332). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
(27) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (5 U.S.C. 552a).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (28)(i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned
U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (46 U.S.C. 1241). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (ii)
Alternate I of 52.247-64.

\(c\) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph
(c), applicable to commercial services, which the Contracting Officer
has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to
implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to
acquisitions of commercial items or components: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (1)
52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, As amended (41 U.S.C. 351, et
seq.). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates
for Federal Hires (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (3) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service
Contract Act - Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (29
U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (4)
52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act - Price
Adjustment (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.).
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (5) 52.222-47, SCA Minimum Wages and Fringe
Benefits Applicable to Successor Contract Pursuant to Predecessor
Contractor Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)(41 U.S.C. 351, et
seq.).

\(d\) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall
comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was
awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified
acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2,
Audit and Records\--Negotiation.

\(1\) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized

representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and
right

to examine any of the Contractor\'s directly pertinent records involving

transactions related to this contract.

\(2\) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all

reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for

examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment

under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart

4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this

contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the

records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3

years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating

to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement

of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made

available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally
resolved.

\(3\) As used in this clause, records include books, documents,

accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type

and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create

or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the

ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law.

\(e\) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a),
(b), (c) or (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to
include any FAR clause, other than those listed below (and as may be
required by an addenda to this paragraph to establish the reasonableness
of prices under Part 15), in a subcontract for commercial items or
commercial components\--

\(1\) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246);

\(2\) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veterans,
Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (38 U.S.C.
4212);

\(3\) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (29

U.S.C. 793);

\(4\) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial

Vessels (46 U.S.C. 1241)(flow down not required for subcontracts awarded

beginning May 1, 1996); and

\(5\) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, As Amended (41 U.S.C.

351, et seq.).

(End of clause)

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**J.1 General Information**

The following items (all are in Portable Data File (PDF) format) are
attachments to this solicitation document:

-   **Record Format for PS_FEC_EMP_Master.pdf**

-   **Files Updated Annually.pdf**

-   **FEC Organization File.pdf**

-   **1.BEAR.IDX.pdf**

-   **Dataset BEAR.pdf**

-   **Listing of FEC Object Codes.pdf**

-   **FEC FTE Process.pdf**

-   **FEC MIS process.pdf**

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**K.1 52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING PAYMENTS TO
INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS (APR 1991)**

(Reference 3.808)

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**K.2 52.223-13 CERTIFICATION OF TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE REPORTING (OCT
1996)**

(Reference 23.907)

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**K.3 52.203-2 CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT PRICE DETERMINATION (APR
1985)**

\(a\) The offeror certifies that\--

\(1\) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently,

without, for the purpose of restricting competition, any consultation,

communication, or agreement with any other offeror or competitor
relating

to (i) those prices, (ii) the intention to submit an offer, or (iii) the

methods or factors used to calculate the prices offered;

\(2\) The prices in this offer have not been and will not be knowingly

disclosed by the offeror, directly or indirectly, to any other offeror
or

competitor before bid opening (in the case of a sealed bid solicitation)

or contract award (in the case of a negotiated solicitation) unless

otherwise required by law; and

\(3\) No attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce

any other concern to submit or not to submit an offer for the purpose of

restricting competition.

\(b\) Each signature on the offer is considered to be a certification by
the signatory that the signatory\--

\(1\) Is the person in the offeror\'s organization responsible for

determining the prices being offered in this bid or proposal, and that

the signatory has not participated and will not participate in any
action

contrary to subparagraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this provision; or

(2)(i) Has been authorized, in writing, to act as agent for the

following principals in certifying that those principals have not

participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to

subparagraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this
provision\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\[insert full name of person(s) in the offeror\'s organization
responsible

for determining the prices offered in this bid or proposal, and the

title of his or her position in the offeror\'s organization\];

\(ii\) As an authorized agent, does certify that the principals named

in subdivision (b)(2)(i) of this provision have not participated, and

will not participate, in any action contrary to subparagraphs (a)(1)

through (a)(3) of this provision; and

\(iii\) As an agent, has not personally participated, and will not

participate, in any action contrary to subparagraphs (a)(1) through

(a)(3) of this provision.

\(c\) If the offeror deletes or modifies subparagraph (a)(2) of this
provision, the offeror must furnish with its offer a signed statement
setting forth in detail the circumstances of the disclosure.

(End of provision)

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**K.4 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998)**

\(a\) Definitions.

\"Common parent,\" as used in this provision, means that corporate
entity that owns or controls an affiliated group of corporations that
files its Federal income tax returns on a consolidated basis, and of
which the offeror is a member.

\"Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN),\" as used in this provision,
means the number required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be
used by the offeror in reporting income tax and other returns. The TIN
may be either a Social Security Number or an Employer Identification
Number.

\(b\) All offerors must submit the information required in paragraphs
(d) through (f) of this provision to comply with debt collection
requirements of 31 U.S.C. 7701(c) and 3325(d), reporting requirements of
26 U.S.C. 6041, 6041A, and 6050M, and implementing regulations issued by
the IRS. If the resulting contract is subject to the payment reporting
requirements described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 4.904,
the failure or refusal by the offeror to furnish the information may
result in a 31 percent reduction of payments otherwise due under the
contract.

\(c\) The TIN may be used by the Government to collect and report on any
delinquent amounts arising out of the offeror\'s relationship with the
Government (31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(3)). If the resulting contract is subject
to the payment reporting requirements described in FAR 4.904, the TIN
provided hereunder may be matched with IRS records to verify the
accuracy of the offeror\'s TIN.

\(d\) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

/\_/ TIN:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

/\_/ TIN has been applied for.

/\_/ TIN is not required because:

/\_/ Offeror is a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, or foreign
partnership that does not have income effectively connected with the
conduct of a trade or business in the United States and does not have an
office or place of business or a fiscal paying agent in the United
States;

/\_/ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government;

/\_/ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government.

\(e\) Type of organization.

/\_/ Sole proprietorship;

/\_/ International organization per 26 CFR 1.6049-4;

/\_/ Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

\(f\) Common Parent.

/\_/ Offeror is not owned or controlled by a common parent as defined in
paragraph (a) of this provision.

/\_/ Name and TIN of common parent:

Name\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

TIN\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

(End of provision)

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**K.5 52.204-5 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS) (MAY
1999)**

\(a\) Definition. \"Women-owned business concern,\" as used in this
provision, means a concern which is at least 51 percent owned by one or
more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51
percent of its stock is owned by one or more women; and whose management
and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

\(b\) Representation. \[Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned
business concern and has not represented itself as a small business
concern in paragraph (b)(1) of FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program
Representations, of this solicitation.\] The offeror represents that it
/\_/ is a women-owned business concern.

(End of provision)

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**K.6 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, PROPOSED
DEBARMENT, AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (DEC 2001)**

(a)(1) The Offeror certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief,
that\--

\(i\) The Offeror and/or any of its Principals\--

\(A\) Are / / are not / / presently debarred, suspended, proposed for

debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any

Federal agency;

\(B\) Have / / have not / /, within a three-year period preceding

this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered

against them for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in

connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a

public (Federal, state, or local) contract or subcontract; violation

of Federal or state antitrust statutes relating to the submission of

offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery,

falsification or destruction of records, making false statements,

tax evasion, or receiving stolen property; and

\(C\) Are / / are not / / presently indicted for, or otherwise

criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with,

commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph

(a)(1)(i)(B) of this provision.

\(ii\) The Offeror has / / has not / /, within a three-year period

preceding this offer, had one or more contracts terminated for default

by any Federal agency.

\(2\) \"Principals,\" for the purposes of this certification, means

officers; directors; owners; partners; and, persons having primary

management or supervisory responsibilities within a business entity

(e.g., general manager; plant manager; head of a subsidiary, division,

or business segment, and similar positions). **THIS CERTIFICATION
CONCERNS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE MAKING OF A FALSE, FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT
CERTIFICATION MAY RENDER THE MAKER SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION UNDER SECTION
1001, TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.**

\(b\) The Offeror shall provide immediate written notice to the
Contracting Officer if, at any time prior to contract award, the Offeror
learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become
erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.

\(c\) A certification that any of the items in paragraph (a) of this
provision exists will not necessarily result in withholding of an award
under this solicitation. However, the certification will be considered
in connection with a determination of the Offeror\'s responsibility.
Failure of the Offeror to furnish a certification or provide such
additional information as requested by the Contracting Officer may
render the Offeror nonresponsible.

\(d\) Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require
establishment of a system of records in order to render, in good faith,
the certification required by paragraph (a) of this provision. The
knowledge and information of an Offeror is not required to exceed that
which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course
of business dealings.

\(e\) The certification in paragraph (a) of this provision is a material
representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when making award.
If it is later determined that the Offeror knowingly rendered an
erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the
Government, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract resulting
from this solicitation for default.

(End of provision)

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**K.7 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS\--COMMERCIAL
ITEMS (July 2002)**

\(a\) Definitions. As used in this provision:

\"Emerging small business\" means a small business concern whose size is
no greater than 50 percent of the numerical size standard for the NAICS
code designated.

\"Forced or indentured child labor\" means all work or service\--

\(1\) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of
any

penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer

himself voluntarily; or

\(2\) Performed by any person under the age of 18 pursuant to a contract

the enforcement of which can be accomplished by process or penalties.

\"Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern\"\--

\(1\) Means a small business concern\--

\(i\) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more

service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned

business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by

one or more service-disabled veterans; and

\(ii\) The management and daily business operations of which are

controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of

a veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent

caregiver of such veteran.

\(2\) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C.

101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38

U.S.C. 101(16).

\"Small business concern\" means a concern, including its affiliates,
that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of
operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified
as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size
standards in this solicitation.

\"Veteran-owned small business concern\" means a small business
concern\--

\(1\) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans

(as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly owned

business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one

or more veterans; and

\(2\) The management and daily business operations of which are

controlled by one or more veterans. \"Women-owned business concern\"
means a concern which is at least 51

percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned

business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or

more women; and whose management and daily business operations are

controlled by one or more women. \"Women-owned small business concern\"
means a small business concern\--

\(1\) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in the

case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock

of which is owned by one or more women; and

\(2\) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by

one or more women.

\(b\) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) (26 U.S.C. 6109, 31 U.S.C.
7701). (Not applicable if the offeror is required to provide this
information to a central contractor registration database to be eligible
for award.)

\(1\) All offerors must submit the information required in paragraphs

(b)(3) through (b)(5) of this provision to comply with debt collection

requirements of 31 U.S.C. 7701(c) and 3325(d), reporting requirements of

31 U.S.C. 7701(c) and 3325(d), reporting requirements of 26 U.S.C. 6041,

6041A, and 6050M, and implementing regulations issued by the Internal

Revenue Service (IRS).

\(2\) The TIN may be used by the Government to collect and report on any

delinquent amounts arising out of the offeror\'s relationship with the

Government (31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(3)). If the resulting contract is subject

to the payment reporting requirements described in FAR 4.904, the TIN

provided hereunder may be matched with IRS records to verify the
accuracy

of the offeror\'s TIN.

\(3\) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

/\_/ TIN:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

/\_/ TIN has been applied for.

/\_/ TIN is not required because:

/\_/ Offeror is a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, or

foreign partnership that does not have income effectively connected with

the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and does not
have

an office or place of business or a fiscal paying agent in the United

States;

/\_/ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign

government;

/\_/ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of the Federal

Government.

\(4\) Type of organization.

/\_/ Sole proprietorship;

/\_/ Partnership;

/\_/ Corporate entity (not tax-exempt);

/\_/ Corporate entity (tax-exempt);

/\_/ Government entity (Federal, State, or local);

/\_/ Foreign government;

/\_/ International organization per 26 CFR 1.6049-4;

/\_/ Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\(5\) Common parent.

/\_/ Offeror is not owned or controlled by a common parent;

TIN\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\(c\) Offerors must complete the following representations when the
resulting contract is to be performed inside the United States, its
territories or possessions, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands, or the District of Columbia. Check all that apply.

\(1\) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its

offer that it /\_/ is, /\_/ is not a small business concern.

\(2\) Veteran-owned small business concern. \[Complete only if the

offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph

(c)(1) of this provision.\] The offeror represents as part of its offer

that it \[ \] is, \[ \] is not a veteran-owned small business concern.

\(3\) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. \[Complete

only if the offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business

concern in paragraph (c)(2) of this provision.\] The offeror represents

as part of its offer that it \[ \] is, \[ \] is not a service-disabled

veteran-owned small business concern.

\(4\) Small disadvantaged business concern. \[Complete only if the

offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph

(c)(1) of this provision.\] The offeror represents, for general

statistical purposes, that it /\_/ is, /\_/ is not a small disadvantaged

business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002.

\(5\) Women-owned small business concern. \[Complete only if the offeror

represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of

this provision.\] The offeror represents that it /\_/ is, /\_/ is not a

women-owned small business concern.

Note: Complete paragraphs (c)(6) and (c)(7) only if this solicitation is

expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

\(6\) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern).

\[Complete only if the offeror is a women-owned business concern and did

not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c)(1) of

this provision.\] The offeror represents that it /\_/ is a women-owned

business concern.

\(7\) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an

invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor

surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing

or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more

than 50 percent of the contract price:

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\(8\) Small Business Size for the Small Business Competitiveness

Demonstration Program and for the Targeted Industry Categories under the

Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. \[Complete only if

the offeror has certified itself to be a small business concern under

the size standards for this solicitation.\]

\(i\) (Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as

being set-aside for emerging small businesses in one of the four

designated industry groups (DIGs).) The offeror represents as part of

its offer that it /\_/ is, /\_/ is not an emerging small business.

\(ii\) (Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as

being for one of the targeted industry categories (TICs) or four

designated industry groups (DIGs).) Offeror represents as follows:

\(A\) Offeror\'s number of employees for the past 12 months (check

the Employees column if size standard stated in the solicitation is

expressed in terms of number of employees); or

\(B\) Offeror\'s average annual gross revenue for the last 3 fiscal

years (check the Average Annual Gross Number of Revenues column if

size standard stated in the solicitation is expressed in terms of

annual receipts).

(Check one of the following):

Average Annual

Number of Employees Gross Revenues

\_\_\_\_\_\_50 or fewer \_\_\_\_\_\_ \$1 million or less

\_\_\_\_\_\_51 - 100 \_\_\_\_\_\_ \$1,000,0001 - \$2 million

\_\_\_\_\_\_101 - 250 \_\_\_\_\_\_ \$2,000,001 - \$3.5 million

\_\_\_\_\_\_251 - 500 \_\_\_\_\_\_ \$3,500,001 - \$5 million

\_\_\_\_\_\_501 - 750 \_\_\_\_\_\_ \$5,000,001 - \$10 million

\_\_\_\_\_\_751 - 1,000 \_\_\_\_\_\_ \$10,000,001 - \$17 million

\_\_\_\_\_\_Over 1,000 \_\_\_\_\_\_ Over \$17 million

\(9\) \[Complete only if the solicitation contains the clause at FAR

52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged

Business Concerns, or FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business

Participation Program\--Disadvantaged Status and Reporting, and the

offeror desires a benefit based on its disadvantaged status.\]

\(i\) General. The offeror represents that either\--

\(A\) It /\_/ is, /\_/ is not certified by the Small Business

Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern and

identified, on the date of this representation, as a certified

small disadvantaged business concern in the database maintained by

the Small Business Administration (PRO-Net), and that no material

change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its

certification, and, where the concern is owned by one or more

individuals claiming disadvantaged status, the net worth of each

individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed

\$750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set

forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); or

\(B\) It /\_/ has, /\_/ has not submitted a completed application to

the Small Business Administration or a Private Certifier to be

certified as a small disadvantaged business concern in accordance

with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B, and a decision on that application is

pending, and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and

control has occurred since its application was submitted.

\(ii\) Joint Ventures under the Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small

Disadvantaged Business Concerns. The offeror represents, as part of

its offer, that it is a joint venture that complies with the

requirements in 13 CFR 124.1002(f) and that the representation in

paragraph (c)(9)(i) of this provision is accurate for the small

disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint

venture. \[The offer shall enter the name of the small disadvantaged

business concern that is participating in the joint venture:

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.}

\(10\) \"HUBZone small business concern.\" \[Complete only if the
offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph
(c)(1) of this provision.\] The offeror represents, as part of its
offer, that\--

\(i\) It o is, o is not a HUBZone small business concern listed, on the
date of this representation, on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small
Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration, and
no material change in ownership and control, principal office, or
HUBZone employee percentage has occurred since it was certified by the
Small Business Administration in accordance with 13 CFR part 126; and

\(ii\) It o is, o is not a joint venture that complies with the
requirements of 13 CFR part 126, and the representation in paragraph
(c)(10)(i) of this provision is accurate for the HUBZone small business
concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture. \[\"The
offeror shall enter the name or names of the HUBZone small business
concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture\":
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.\] Each HUBZone small business concern
participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy
of the HUBZone representation.

\(d\) Representations required to implement provisions of Executive
Order 11246\--(1) Previous Contracts and Compliance. The offeror
represents that\--

\(i\) It /\_/ has, /\_/ has not participated in a previous contract or

subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this

solicitation; and

\(ii\) It /\_/ has, /\_/ has not filed all required compliance reports.

\(2\) Affirmative Action Compliance. The offeror represents that\--

\(i\) It /\_/ has developed and has on file, /\_/ has not developed and

does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action

programs required by rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor

(41 CFR Parts 60-1 and 60-2), or

\(ii\) It /\_/ has not previously had contracts subject to the written

affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations

of the Secretary of Labor.

\(e\) Certification Regarding Payments to Influence Federal Transactions
(31 U.S.C. 1352). (Applies only if the contract is expected to exceed
\$100,000.) By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies to the
best of its knowledge and belief that no Federal appropriated funds have
been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to
influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an
officer or employee of Congress or an employee of a Member of Congress
on his or her behalf in connection with the award of any resultant
contract.

\(f\) Buy American Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American
Act\--Supplies, is included in this solicitation.)

\(1\) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed
in

paragraph (f)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product as defined

in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Buy American
Act\--Supplies\"

and that the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have

been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The

offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products

manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end

products.

\(2\) Foreign End Products:

LINE ITEM NO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\[List as necessary\]

\(3\) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the
policies

and procedures of FAR Part 25.

(g)(1) Buy American Act\--North American Free Trade Agreement\--Israeli
Trade Act Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-3, Buy
American Act\--North American Free Trade Agreement\--Israeli Trade Act,
is included in this solicitation.)

\(i\) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed

in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or (g)(1)(iii) of this provision, is a domestic

end product as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Buy

American Act\--North American Free Trade Agreement\--Israeli Trade

Act\" and that the offeror has considered components of unknown origin

to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States.

\(ii\) The offeror certifies that he following supplies are NAFTA

country end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause

of this solicitation entitled \"Buy American Act\--North American Free

Trade Agreement\--Israeli Trade Act\":

NAFTA Country or Israeli End Products:

LINE ITEM NO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\[List as necessary\]

\(iii\) The offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end

products (other than those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this

provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Buy

American Act\--North American Free Trade Agreement\--Israeli Trade

Act.\" The offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end

products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as

domestic end products.

LINE ITEM NO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\[List as necessary\]

\(iv\) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with policies

and procedures of FAR Part 25.

\(2\) Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreements-Israeli

Trade Act Certificate, Alternate I (May 2002). If Alternate I to the

clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the

following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic

provision:

(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are

Canadian end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation

entitled \'\'Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement-

Israeli Trade Act\'\':

Canadian End Products:

Line Item No.

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

(List as necessary)

\(3\) Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreements- Israeli
Trade

Act Certificate, Alternate II (May 2002). If Alternate II to the clause

at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the

following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic

provision:

(g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are

Canadian end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause

of this solicitation entitled \'\'Buy American Act-North American Free

Trade Agreement-Israeli Trade Act\'\':

Canadian or Israeli End Products:

Line Item No.

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Country of Origin

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

(List as necessary)

\(4\) Trade Agreements Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR

52.225-5, Trade Agreements, is included in this solicitation.)

\(i\) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed

in paragraph (g)(4)(ii) of this provision, is a U.S.-made, designated

country, Caribbean Basin country, or NAFTA country end product, as

defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Trade
Agreements.\"

\(ii\) The offeror shall list as other end products those end products

that are not U.S.-made, designated country, Caribbean Basin country, or

NAFTA country end products.

Other End Products:

LINE ITEM NO COUNTRY OR ORIGIN

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\[List as necessary\]

\(iii\) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the

policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. For line items subject to the

Trade Agreements Act, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made,

designated country, Caribbean Basin country, or NAFTA country end

products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act.

The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made,

designated country, Caribbean Basin country, or NAFTA country end

products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no

offers for such products or that the offers for such products are

insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the solicitation.

\(h\) Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension or Ineligibility for
Award (Executive Order 12549). (Applies only if the contract value is
expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.) The offeror
certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that the offeror
and/or any of its principals-

\(1\) \[ \] Are, \[ \] are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed
for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any
Federal agency; and

\(2\) \[ \] Have, \[ \] have not, within a three-year period preceding
this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against
them for: Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with
obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal, state or local
government contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or state
antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or Commission
of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction
of records, making false statements, tax evasion, or receiving stolen
property; and

\(3\) \[ \] Are, \[ \] are not presently indicted for, or otherwise
criminally or civilly charged by a Government entity with, commission of
any of these offenses.

\(i\) Certification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End
Products (Executive Order 13126). \[The Contracting Officer must list in
paragraph (i)(1) any end products being acquired under this solicitation
that are included in the List of Products Requiring Contractor
Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor, unless excluded at
22.1503(b).\]

\(1\) Listed end products.

Listed End Product Listed Countries of Origin
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

\(2\) Certification. \[If the Contracting Officer has identified end

products and countries of origin in paragraph (i)(1) of this provision,

then the offeror must certify to either (i)(2)(i) or (i)(2)(ii) by

checking the appropriate block.\]

/\_/ (i) The offeror will not supply any end product listed in

paragraph (i)(1) of this provision that was mined, produced, or

manufactured in the corresponding country as listed for that product.

/\_/ (ii) The offeror may supply an end product listed in paragraph

(i)(1) of this provision that was mined, produced, or manufactured in
the

corresponding country as listed for that product. The offeror certifies

that it has made a good faith effort to determine whether forced or

indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or manufacture any
such

end product furnished under this contract. On the basis of those

efforts, the offeror certifies that it is not aware of any such use of

child labor.

(End of provision)

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**K.8 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM REPRESENTATIONS (May 2001)**

(a)(1) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code
for this acquisition is **[541512]{.underline}**

\(2\) The small business size standard is **[\$21.0
Million]{.underline}**

\(3\) The small business size standard for a concern which submits an

offer in its own name, other than on a construction or service contract,

but which proposes to furnish a product which it did not itself

manufacture, is 500 employees.

\(b\) Representations. (1) The offeror represents as part of its offer
that it /\_ / is, /\_ / is not a small business concern.

\(2\) \[Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small

business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.\] The offeror

represents, for general statistical purposes, that it /\_ / is, /\_ / is

not, a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR

124.1002.

\(3\) \[Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small

business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.\] The offeror

represents as part of its offer that it /\_ / is, /\_ / is not a

women-owned small business concern.

\(4\) \[Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small

business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.\] The offeror

represents as part of its offer that it \[ \] is, \[ \] is not a

veteran-owned small business concern.

\(5\) \[Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a
veteran-owned

small business concern in paragraph (b)(4) of this provision.\] The

offeror represents as part of its offer that it \[ \] is, \[ \] is not a

service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.

\(c\) Definitions. As used in this provision\--

\"Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern\"\--

\(1\) Means a small business concern\--

\(i\) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more

service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned

business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by

one or more service-disabled veterans; and

\(ii\) The management and daily business operations of which are

controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of

a veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent

caregiver of such veteran.

\(2\) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C.

101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38

U.S.C. 101(16).

\"Small business concern,\" means a concern, including its affiliates,
that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of
operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified
as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and the size
standard in paragraph (a) of this provision.

\"Veteran-owned small business concern\" means a small business
concern\--

\(1\) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in the

case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of

which is owned by one or more women; and

\(2\) The management and daily business operations of which are

controlled by one or more veterans.

\"Women-owned small business concern,\" means a small business
concern\--

\(1\) Which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women or, in the

case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of

which is owned by one or more women; and

\(2\) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by

one or more women.

\(d\) Notice. (1) If this solicitation is for supplies and has been set
aside, in whole or in part, for small business concerns, then the clause
in this solicitation providing notice of the set-aside contains
restrictions on the source of the end items to be furnished.

\(2\) Under 15 U.S.C. 645(d), any person who misrepresents a firm\'s

status as a small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, or women-owned

small business concern in order to obtain a contract to be awarded under

the preference programs established pursuant to section 8(a), 8(d), 9,
or

15 of the Small Business Act or any other provision of Federal law that

specifically references section 8(d) for a definition of program

eligibility, shall\--

\(i\) Be punished by imposition of fine, imprisonment, or both;

\(ii\) Be subject to administrative remedies, including suspension and

debarment; and

\(iii\) Be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under the

authority of the Act.

(End of provision)

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**K.9 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE REPORTS (FEB 1999)**

The offeror represents that\--

\(a\) It /\_/ has, /\_/ has not participated in a previous contract or
subcontract subject either to the Equal Opportunity clause of this
solicitation;

\(b\) It /\_/ has, /\_/ has not, filed all required compliance reports;
and

\(c\) Representations indicating submission of required compliance
reports, signed by proposed subcontractors, will be obtained before
subcontract awards.

(End of provision)

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**K.10 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR 1984)**

The offeror represents that (a) it /\_/ has developed and has on file,
/\_/ has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment,
affirmative action programs required by the rules and regulations of the
Secretary of Labor (41 CFR 60-1 and 60-2), or (b) it /\_/ has not
previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action
programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of
Labor.

(End of provision)

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**L.1 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB
1998)**

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by
reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full
text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text
available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may
include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with
its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those
provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph
identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or
offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed
electronically at this/these address(es): **http://www.arnet.gov**
**http://farsite.hill.af.mil**

(End of provision)

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**L.2 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER (JUNE
1999)**

\(a\) The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on
the cover page of its offer, the annotation \"DUNS\" followed by the
DUNS number that identifies the offeror\'s name and address exactly as
stated in the offer. The DUNS number is a nine-digit number assigned by
Dun and Bradstreet Information Services.

\(b\) If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun
and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. A DUNS number will be provided
immediately by telephone at no charge to the offeror. For information on
obtaining a DUNS number, the offeror, if located within the United
States, should call Dun and Bradstreet at 1-800-333-0505. The offeror
should be prepared to provide the following information:

\(1\) Company name.

\(2\) Company address.

\(3\) Company telephone number.

\(4\) Line of business.

\(5\) Chief executive officer/key manager.

\(6\) Date the company was started.

\(7\) Number of people employed by the company.

\(8\) Company affiliation.

\(c\) Offerors located outside the United States may obtain the location
and phone number of the local Dun and Bradstreet Information Services
office from the Internet Home Page at
http://www.customerservice@dnb.com. If an offeror is unable to locate a
local service center, it may send an e-mail to Dun and Bradstreet at
globalinfo@mail.dnb.com.

(End of provision)

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**L.3 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR 1984)**

The Government contemplates award of a **[Firm Fixed
Price]{.underline}** contract resulting from this solicitation.

(End of provision)

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**L.4 52.232-38 SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER INFORMATION WITH
OFFER (MAY 1999)**

The offeror shall provide, with its offer, the following information
that is required to make payment by electronic funds transfer (EFT)
under any contract that results from this solicitation. This submission
satisfies the requirement to provide EFT information under paragraphs
(b)(1) and (j) of the clause at 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds
Transfer\--Other than Central Contractor Registration.

\(1\) The solicitation number (or other procurement identification

number).

\(2\) The offeror\'s name and remittance address, as stated in the
offer.

\(3\) The signature (manual or electronic, as appropriate), title, and

telephone number of the offeror\'s official authorized to provide this

information.

\(4\) The name, address, and 9-digit Routing Transit Number of the

offeror\'s financial agent.

\(5\) The offeror\'s account number and the type of account (checking,

savings, or lockbox).

\(6\) If applicable, the Fedwire Transfer System telegraphic

abbreviation of the offeror\'s financial agent.

\(7\) If applicable, the offeror shall also provide the name, address,

telegraphic abbreviation, and 9-digit Routing Transit Number of the

correspondent financial institution receiving the wire transfer payment

if the offeror\'s financial agent is not directly on-line to the Fedwire

and, therefore, not the receiver of the wire transfer payment.

(End of provision)

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**L.5 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (AUG 1996)**

\(a\) Protests, as defined in section 33.101 of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any
protests that are filed with the General Accounting Office (GAO), shall
be served on the Contracting Officer (addressed as follows) by obtaining
written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from **[Mr. Aaron H. Ford,
Contracting Officer, Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street NW,
Washington, DC 20463]{.underline}**

\(b\) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated
above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

(End of provision)

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**L.6 52.252-3 ALTERATIONS IN SOLICITATION (APR 1984)**

Portions of this solicitation are altered as follows: **NONE**

(End of provision)

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**L.7 52.252-5 AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS IN PROVISIONS (APR 1984)**

\(a\) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation
(48 CFR Chapter 1) provision with an authorized deviation is indicated
by the addition of \"(DEVIATION)\" after the date of the provision.

\(b\) The use in this solicitation of any Federal Acquisition Regulation
(48 CFR Chapter One provision with an authorized deviation is indicated
by the addition of \"(DEVIATION)\" after the name of the regulation.

(End of provision)

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**L.8 Instructions to Offerors**

I.  **INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS**

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A.  **Proposal Requirements**

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1.  **General.**

Each offeror must (1) submit an offer, (2) submit a technical, past
performance, and a price proposal.

2.  **SOLICITATION RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS:**

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**[NOTE:]{.underline}** **All original and additional copies are paper
copies unless designated with an asterisk.**

Each volume shall be prepared on 8.5\" X 11\" paper and bound separately
in three ring binders (to permit removal of sections with each major
part tabbed. All pages and paragraphs shall be numbered so that its
location is traceable to the appropriate volume and page. A cover letter
is not required but may be included. Each page shall be numbered by
Volume and page number.

3.  **LEGAL OFFER (VOLUME I)**

Submit **[two original and zero copies]{.underline}**. The offer
consists of and must include the following:

\(a\) Standard Form 1449, \"Solicitation/Contract/Order For Commercial
Items,\" with Blocks 17(a), 30(a), 30(b), 30(c) are to completed by the
offeror.

\(b\) Completed Solicitation Document. This item comprises of a filled
out Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.212-3 entitled \"OFFEROR
REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS\--COMMERCIAL ITEMS\" and FAR 52.219-1
entitled \"SMALL BUSINESS REPRESENTATIONS\" and the completion of other
clauses, as applicable. **[NOTE: OFFERORS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE ENTIRE
SOLICITATION DOCUMENT TO GAIN A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CONTRACTUAL/LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS (RFP). OFFERORS ARE REQUIRED, BY FAR 52.204-6, TO PROVIDE A
DUN AND BRADSTREET (DUNS) NUMBER. OFFERORS SHOULD ALSO NOTE FAR
52.232-38 ENTITLED \"SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER INFORMATION
WITH OFFER (MAY 1999) AND THE OTHER ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER CLAUSE
(FAR 52.232-34 ENTITLED PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER\--OTHER
THAN CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION)]{.underline}**

The proper completion and submission to the Government of the above
items will constitute an offer and will indicate the offeror\'s
unconditional assent to the terms and conditions in this Request for
Proposals (RFP) and any attachments hereto. **[Unless this RFP expressly
authorizes alternate offers with respect to the specific terms and
conditions of this RFP, any objection to any of the terms and conditions
will constitute a deficiency (See Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.301)
which will make the offer unacceptable. The Government intends to award
a contract without discussions, as permitted by Federal Acquisition
Regulation 15.306(a). Therefore, offerors are cautioned to consult with
the Contracting Officer before submitting an offer that takes exception
to any term or condition of this RFP. However, the Government reserves
the right to conduct discussion and to permit offerors to revise their
offers.]{.underline}**

4.  **TECHNICAL PROPOSALS (VOLUME II)**

**A. General Information**

Submit **[one original and 4 copies]{.underline}** of the proposal. The
technical proposal shall not include any price proposal information.
Text shall be of at least 12-pitch type size. Attachments and exhibits
may be included to support the text.

5.  **PAST PERFORMANCE PROPOSAL (VOLUME III)**

Submit **[one original and 4 copies]{.underline}** of the proposal. Text
shall be of at least 12-pitch type size. Attachments and exhibits may be
included to support the text. The past performance proposal shall not
include any price proposal information.

6.  **PRICE PROPOSAL (VOLUME IV)**

Submit **[one original and one copy]{.underline}** of the proposal. Text
shall be of at least 12 pitch type.

7.  **PROPOSAL SHIPPING GUIDANCE:**

Offerors shall mark all submittals **\"DO NOT OPEN IN THE MAIL
ROOM\--FORWARD UNOPENED DIRECTLY TO CONTRACTING OFFICER, ROOM 819D\"**
The outside of the package shall clearly indicate the offeror\'s name,
solicitation number, and the contents of the package.

Originals may be shipped in the same boxes as the copies to eliminate
excess shipping costs. However, originals shall be separately wrapped
inside the container, and clearly labeled **\"ORIGINAL PRICE PROPOSAL,\"
\"ORIGINAL PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION,\" \"ORIGINAL TECHNICAL
PROPOSAL\"** as appropriate. The exterior of each box must clearly
indicate its contents.

**[Cost of Preparing Proposal: The cost of preparing and submitting
proposals in response to this solicitation will NOT be allowable as a
direct charge to any Government contract.]{.underline}**

Submit proposals to the following addresses:

**Federal Election Commission**

**ATTN: Mr. Aaron Ford, Contracting Officer**

**999 E Street NW**

**Room 819D**

**Washington, DC 20463**

8.  **ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS**

Proposals and accompanying data submitted in response to this
solicitation will be analyzed and evaluated following the date and time
for receipt specified in the Standard Form 1449 (Block 8). After initial
analysis and evaluation, the Federal Election Commission may wish to
conduct further analysis of the documents and records supporting your
proposal, in which event, the Contracting Officer will communicate a
request.

9.  **SPECIFIC PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS**

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a)  **Volume II, Technical Proposal.**

**[General Requirements.]{.underline}** Volume II shall be separately
bound and organized in sequence conforming to the required proposal
content as described below. Each Technical Factor/Subfactor/Subparagraph
addressed separately and in the order provided to facilitate the
evaluation process.

Offerors shall address the following technical evaluation factors:

1\. Demonstrated ability to understand the scope and objectives as
outlined in the Statement of Work **(Possible 5 points)**

2\. Demonstrated understanding and ability to use project management
principles **(Possible 5 points)**

3\. Demonstrated experience of key personnel in the areas of budget
projection and preparation system, design, execution, and customer
satisfaction. Offerors are required to provide the resumes of all key
personnel. **(Possible 15 points)**

4\. Demonstrated ability to choose, evaluate, or create all
software/hardware necessary to install and operate a budget projection
and preparation program **(Possible 5 points)**

5\. Responsiveness to the Statement of Work (SOW); elegance of solution
and of the system proposed to satisfy FEC requirements as well as
Government Performance and Results Act and Office of Management and
Budget A-11 in an efficient and effective (user friendly) manner
**(Possible 25 points)**

6\. Demonstrated ability to provide and demonstrate system scalability
and security **(Possible 5 points)**

b)  **Volume III, Past Performance Proposal**

This section shall address the offeror\'s performance of contracts
similar to the Federal Election Commission\'s requirement herein.
Provide past performance data (and elaborate, as necessary) for
contracts completed during the past three years (from the date of RFP
closing) that are valued at or above **[\$100,000]{.underline}**, and
also include any contracts currently in progress that are similar in
nature to the requirements of the subject solicitation. General trends
in an offeror\'s performance will also be considered. **[Contract
references should include, at a minimum, contract number and date,
description of the work, dollar value at award, dollar value at the time
of completion, and customer reference.]{.underline}** Information in
this section may be in the nature of additional information which the
Government has readily available, or which the offeror considers
essential to the Government\'s evaluation of Section M factors and
subfactors for Past Performance, or explanatory information of
substandard or poor performance and any resulting corrective actions
taken to both correct the problem and also to prevent further
occurrences. The Government reserves the right to determine the
relevancy of submitted information, and to verify statements and
representations made in an offeror\'s proposal. Information must be in
sufficient detail, including points of contact, to enable the Federal
Election Commission to do an evaluation in accordance with the Past
Performance factor/subfactors in Section M of this Request for
Proposals. **[Summary lists of contracts or incomplete data may not be
considered.]{.underline} (Possible 30 points)**

c)  **Volume IV, Price Proposal**

The price proposal shall be bound separately and shall provide a Firm
Fixed Price (FFP) amount.

**[Notes:]{.underline}** **[(1) Release of Pricing
Information.]{.underline}** All pricing information submitted pursuant
to this clause is for the exclusive use of Government representatives,
and will be treated as business confidential and will not be publicly
disclosed, provided that, where a request for disclosure of such cost
information is submitted to the Government pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 United States Code 522a), the Government will
not disclose the offeror\'s pricing information if public disclosure of
such information would substantially harm the offeror in its competitive
position. In order to help ensure non-disclosure, the title page of the
price proposal and other sheets of proposal data should be marked with
the restrictive legends \"RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS ON PRICING DATA\" and the
price proposal should be enclosed in sealed boxes or envelopes marked
\"DO NOT OPEN IN THE MAIL-ROOM\-\--FORWARD UNOPENED DIRECTLY TO
CONTRACTING OFFICER, ROOM 819D

**[(2) NOTICE: Unrealistically low price estimates, initially or
subsequently, may be the grounds for eliminating a proposal from
competition either on the grounds that the offeror does not understand
the requirement or that he has made an improvident proposal. The burden
of proof of price credibility rests with the offeror. If the Government
determines an offeror\'s estimates to be explicably low, that offeror
may be eliminated from the competition without further
discussion.]{.underline}**

**ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION**

**REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION**

\(a\) Requests for information shall be made to the following individual
indicated below:

Mr. Aaron H. Ford

Procuring Contracting Officer

Federal Election Commission

Telephone: (202) 694-1328

E-mail: aford@fec.gov

\(b\) Offerors are expected to reach a reasonable understanding of the
requirements of the Solicitation by (i) careful examination and study of
the Schedule, the applicable statement of work, specifications and
plans, and (ii) by the application of qualified knowledge and
experience. In the event that such study and examination establishes a
need for correction or clarification, such information should
immediately be brought to the attention of the person referred above in
order that the matter may be resolved, and so that, if necessary,
official dissemination of such information to all offerors may be made a
part of the Solicitation prior to the submission of offers.

\(c\) Submit information requests and questions by no later than **[May
13, 2003]{.underline}** in order to allow sufficient time to prepare and
issue answers.

**BASIS FOR PROPOSALS**

The Price Proposal, Past Performance Proposal, and Technical Proposal
volumes shall be based upon the requirements contained in this RFP
document (including those documents, exhibits, and other attachments to
the RFP identified in Section J of this solicitation). The offeror shall
submit all information required by the RFP.

Documents, exhibits, and other attachments that form a part of this RFP
and will become part of any resultant contract are identified in Section
J of this solicitation. Documents and attachments that form a part of
RFP but will not become a part of any resultant contract should not be
submitted with the offeror\'s proposal. Those documents and attachments
to be excluded from the proposal are:

**Section L**

**Section M**

Offerors are expected to reach a reasonable understanding of the
requirements of this RFP by careful study and by the application of
qualified knowledge and experience. If such a review establishes the
need for correction or clarification, such information should be
immediately brought to the attention of the Contracting Officer so that
the matter can be resolved and so that, if necessary, official
dissemination of such information can be made to all offerors.

**PAST PERFORMANCE DATA**

\(a\) The Government will evaluate past performance as a factor for
award. To allow for the evaluation of the subfactors listed in Section M
of the solicitation, the Federal Election Commission intends to review
past performance ratings on relevant contracts. The Federal Election
Commission may also review other relevant past performance information
from other Government sources. The FEC may also consider information
provided in questionnaires provided by sources identified by the
Offeror. General trends in a contractor\'s performance will also be
considered.

\(b\) Each offeror has the opportunity to provide in its proposal any
information regarding its past performance of contracts similar to the
Federal Election Commission\'s requirement that it would like the FEC to
consider. Provide past performance data for contracts completed during
the last three years that are valued at or above
**[\$100,000]{.underline}** and contracts currently in progress that are
similar in nature to this contract being evaluated. Such information may
be in the nature of additional information which the FEC has readily
available or which the offeror considers essential to the FEC\'s
evaluation of Section M subfactors, or explanatory information of
substandard or poor performance and the corrective actions taken to
prevent a recurrence. The FEC reserves the right to determine the
relevancy of such information, and to verify statements and
representations made in an offeror\'s proposal. Any information provided
must be in sufficient detail with points of contact to enable the FEC to
do an evaluation in accordance with the Past Performance subfactors in
Section M. Summary lists of contracts or incomplete data may not be
considered.

**Pre-Award Survey**

The Government reserves the right to conduct a pre-award survey or to
require other evidence of technical, production, managerial, financial,
and similar abilities to perform prior to the award of a contract.

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**M.1 Evaluation Factors**

I.  **EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD**

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1.  **EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD**

\(a\) The purpose of the proposal evaluation is to assure impartial and
comprehensive examination of competitive proposals submitted in response
to this solicitation and to select a Contractor whose proposal and
evaluated capabilities offer optimum satisfaction of program
requirements. Statements and representations made in the offeror\'s
proposal may be subject to verification during an on-site visit by
Government evaluators.

\(b\) The Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) will arrange for the
debriefing of successful or unsuccessful offerors. After contract award,
offerors may request a debriefing regarding their respective proposals.
All requests for debriefing shall be made in writing to the PCO, as
required by Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.506.

\(c\) Award will be made to the offeror submitting the proposal most
advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

**Evaluation Factors:**

**[Technical:]{.underline}**

1.  Demonstrated ability to understand the scope and objectives as
    outlined in the statement of work **(Possible 5 points)**.

> 2\. Demonstrated understanding and ability to use project
>
> management principles **(Possible 5 points)**.

3.  Demonstrated experience of key personnel in the areas of budget
    projection and preparation system design, execution and customer
    satisfaction Offerors are required to provide resumes of all key
    personnel. **(Possible 15 points)**.

4.  Demonstrated ability to choose, evaluate or create all
    software/hardware necessary to install and operate a budget
    projection and preparation program **(Possible 5 points)**.

5.  Responsiveness to the Statement of Work (SOW); elegance of solution
    and of the system proposed to satisfy FEC requirements as well as
    Government Performance and Results Act and Office of Management and
    Budget A-11 in an efficient and effective (user friendly) manner
    **(Possible 25 points)**.

6.  Demonstrated ability to provide and demonstrate system scalability
    and security **(Possible 5 points)**.

> Total Technical Points: **[60 Points.]{.underline}**
>
> **[NOTE: Technical proposals represent 60% of the total possible
> score. The past performance proposal represents 30% of the total
> possible score. The price proposal represents 10% of the total
> possible score.]{.underline}**

1)  **[Past Performance:]{.underline}** This factor will be evaluated to
    determine the contractor\'s performance risk for the subject
    solicitation. Section L of the solicitation identifies the past
    performance data that will be used for evaluation of this factor. In
    determining the relevancy of the data, the Government will give
    greater consideration to contracts requiring the same or similar
    type and complexity of work required by the solicitation. For
    purposes of this solicitation, the Government considers an
    offeror\'s past performance of the following types of contract/work
    to be most relevant given the type of effort involved in this
    solicitation: **[Design and Development of a Planning/Budget
    Management System]{.underline}**. However, other types of
    contracts/work may be considered as part of the past performance
    evaluation as well, if aspects of the past performance are deemed to
    have some bearing on the expected performance of the subject
    solicitation. Trends showing improving or deteriorating performance
    will also be considered.

> Past Performance will not be rated on a pass/fail basis. Past
> performance will be given a numerical score and be evaluated using the
> following criteria:
>
> Demonstrated past performance in designing and developing budget
> projection and preparation systems,. Offerors are required to provide
> examples (both Government and private sector) of the budget projection
> and preparation systems that you have designed. Offerors are also
> required to provide references from past budget system clients.
> References will be checked. **(Possible 30 points)**
>
> **[NOTE: Technical proposals represent 60% of the total possible
> score. The past performance proposal represents 30% of the total
> possible score. The price proposal represents 10% of the total
> possible score.]{.underline}**

**[PRICE]{.underline}**

Price Proposals will be evaluated to determine whether the proposed
prices are reasonable and whether the proposals reflect an understanding
of the work an ability to perform the contract. \"Total Price\" is
defined as the price proposed for the basic requirement. Price proposals
that are unrealistic, unreasonable, or unbalanced may be rejected. **(10
points)**

> **[NOTE: Technical proposals represent 60% of the total possible
> score. The past performance proposal represents 30% of the total
> possible score. The price proposal represents 10% of the total
> possible score.]{.underline}**

**[DISCUSSIONS:]{.underline}**

The Government intends to evaluate offers and to make award without
discussions. The Government reserves the right, however, to hold
discussions and to request Final Proposal Revisions, should discussions
be determined necessary.

**[COMPETITIVE RANGE:]{.underline}**

If an award is not made on the basis of initial offers, the Contracting
Officer will make the determination as to which offers are in the
\"Competitive Range\". The competitive range shall be determined on the
basis of the technical evaluation, past performance evaluation, and the
proposed price to the Government and shall include only those offerors
that have a reasonable chance of being selected for award. The initial
number of offers considered as being within the competitive range may be
reduced, when, as a result of the written or oral discussions, any such
offer has been determined to no longer have a reasonable chance of being
selected for award. The number of offers within a competitive range may
also be reduced if the Contracting Officer determines that the number of
most highly rated proposals that might otherwise be included within the
competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition
be conducted.

**DEBRIEFING OF UNSUCCESSFUL OFFERORS:**

After contract award, the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) will
provide, upon request, a written debriefing document. Offerors may
obtain a written debriefing regarding the weaknesses found in their
respective proposals and the rationale for the award decision by
submitting a written request (either via fax at (202) 219-3505 or via
electronic mail) to the PCO within the timeframe provided in Federal
Acquisition Regulation 15.506.

**BASIS FOR AWARD:**

The Government intends to award a contract to the offeror submitting a
technically superior proposal that is considered to be the best value to
the Government in terms of past performance and price. In making the
best value determination, the combined Technical/Past Performance
Evaluation Factor is more important than the Evaluated Price factor.