RFP-DCS 99-45

Table of Contents

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT

FORM

SF 33 SOLICITATION, OFFER AND

AWARD

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1. This contract is a rated order under DPAS(15 CFR 700) RATING: N/A

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2. CONTRACT NO. |3. SOLICITATION NO. RFP-DCS 99-45

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4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION [ ] SEALED BID (IFB) [X] NEGOTIATED (RFP)

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5. DATE ISSUED |6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

10/1/1999 | PAR 99-840/omw

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7. ISSUED BY N CODE

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA/OGCM

Division of Acquisition and Assistance

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-4203

Washington, DC 20210

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8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

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NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations, "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder"

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SOLICITATION

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9. Sealed offers in original and (See L.11) copies for furnishing the

supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified

in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in Room S-4203,

until 2:00 p.m. local time on 11/05/1999________.

CAUTION-LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L,

Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms

and conditions contained in this solicitation.

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10. FOR INFORMATION CALL: A. NAME Ollye M. Williams

B. TELEPHONE NO. (Include Area Code)(NO COLLECT CALLS) (202) 219-8698 x163

C. EMAIL ADDRESS Owilliams@doleta.gov

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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

A SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

C DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

D PACKAGING AND MARKING

E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE See Attached Table of Contents

F DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

G CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

H SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I CONTRACT CLAUSES

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

K REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS

L INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

M EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

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STANDARD FORM 33 (REV.9-97) Prescribed by GSA FAR(48 CFR) 53.214(c)

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

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OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

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NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provision at

52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

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12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is

accepted within 120 calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period

is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified

above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price

set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time

specified in the schedule.

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13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT (See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

10 CALENDAR DAYS 20 CALENDAR DAYS 30 CALENDAR DAYS ___ CALENDAR

DAYS

______ % ______ % ______ % ______ %

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14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS (The offeror acknowledges receipt of

amend-

ments to the SOLICITATION for offerors & related documents numbered and dated

AMENDMENT NO. DATE AMENDMENT NO. DATE

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15A. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR

Code: Facility Code:

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15B. TELEPHONE NO. (Include Area Code)

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15C. CHECK IF REMITTANCE ADDRESS IS DIIFERENT IN SCHEDULE

[ ] DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE - ENTER SUCH

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16. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER (Type or Print )

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17. SIGNATURE |18. OFFER DATE

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STANDARD FORM 33 (REV.9-97) Prescribed by GSA FAR(48 CFR) 53.214(c)

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

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AWARD (To be completed by Government)

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19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED

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20. AMOUNT

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21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

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22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

[ ] 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) [ ] 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( )

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23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM:

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

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24. ADMINISTERED BY CODE

(If other than Item 7)

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25. PAYMENT WILL MADE BY CODE

(If other than Item 7)

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26. NAME OF CONTRACTING |27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |28.AWARD

DATE

OFFICER (Type or Print) |(Signature of Contract Officer)|

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KEITH A. BOND| |

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IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form or on Standard Form 26,

or by other authorized official written notice.

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STANDARD FORM 33 (REV.9-97) Prescribed by GSA FAR(48 CFR) 53.214(c)

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

SF 33 SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK . . . . . . . . C-1

C.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

C.2 Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

C.3 Description of Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

C.4 Post-Separation Volunteer Transitional Support. . . . . . . . . C-7

C.5 Post Center Survey Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11

C.6 Post Center Survey Operation Procedures:. . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

C.7 Post Center Survey Operation Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

C.8 Transportation Verification Assistance/Oversight. . . . . . . . C-14

C.9 Administration and Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

[For this Solicitation, there are NO clauses in this Section] . . . . D-1

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . . . E-1

52.246-9 INSPECTION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT APR 1984. . E-1
(SHORT FORM)

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . . . F-1

52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER AUG 1989. . F-1

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

F.3 LEVEL OF EFFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

F.4 REPORTS/DELIVERABLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

G.1 IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . G-1
(GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE)

G.2 INVOICE REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

G.3 METHOD OF PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-3

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.1 BUDGET LINE ITEM FLEXIBILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.2 FRINGE BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.3 VACATIONS, SICK-LEAVE HOLIDAYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

H.4 TRAVEL AND PER DIEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-2

H.5 USE OF AND PAYMENT TO CONSULTANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-3

H.6 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-3

H.7 ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING SERVICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-3

H.8 PRINTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-4

H.9 KEY PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-4

H.10 CONTRACT NUMBER IDENTIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.11 SUBMISSION OF CORRESPONDENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.12 OTHER CONTRACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.13 LAWS APPLICABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.14 DISPOSITION OF MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-5

H.15 NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. . . . . . H-6

H.16 FEDERAL REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-6

H.17 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . H-6

H.18 ELIMINATION OF SEXIST LANGUAGE AND ART WORK . . . . . . . . . . H-7

H.19 HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION ORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-8

H.20 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (FAR-Subpart 28.3) . . . . . . . . . . . H-8

H.21 DATA COLLECTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR . . . . . . . . . . H-9

H.22 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-9

H.23 RESTRICTION ON USE OF DOL FUNDS FOR LOBBYING. . . . . . . . . . H-10

H.24 PUBLICATION OF MATERIALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-10

H.25 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT - SERVICE . . . . . . H-10
(FAR 17.208(g))

H.26 INDIRECT COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-11

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE . . . I-1

52.202-1 DEFINITIONS OCT 1995. . I-1

52.203-3 GRATUITIES APR 1984. . I-1

52.203-5 COVENANT AGAINST CONTINGENT FEES APR 1984. . I-1

52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS ON SUBCONTRACTOR SALES TO THE GOVERNMENT JUL 1995. . I-1

52.203-7 ANTI-KICKBACK PROCEDURES JUL 1995. . I-1

52.203-8 CANCELLATION, RESCISSION, AND RECOVERY JAN 1997. . I-1
OF FUNDS FOR ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER ACTIVITY

52.203-10 PRICE OR FEE ADJUSTMENT FOR ILLEGAL OR JAN 1997. . I-1
IMPROPER ACTIVITY

52.203-12 LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE JUN 1997. . I-1
CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS

52.204-4 PRINTING/COPYING DOUBLE-SIDED ON RECYCLED PAPER JUN 1996. . I-1

52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST JUL 1995. . I-1
WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH CONTRACTORS DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED FOR DEBARMENT

52.215-2 AUDIT AND RECORDS--NEGOTIATION JUN 1999. . I-1

52.215-8 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE--UNIFORM CONTRACT OCT 1997. . I-1
FORMAT

52.216-7 ALLOWABLE COST AND PAYMENT APR 1998. . I-1

52.216-8 FIXED-FEE MAR 1997. . I-1

52.219-4 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE JAN 1999. . I-1
FOR HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (JAN 1999)

52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL, SMALL JUN

1999. . I-1

DISADVANTAGED, AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL

BUSINESS CONCERNS

52.219-9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

JAN 1999. . I-1

ALTERNATE II (JAN 1999)

52.219-16 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES-SMALL BUSINESS

JAN 1999. . I-2

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

52.219-25 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

JAN 1999. . I-2

PARTICIPATION PROGRAM--DISADVANTAGED

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STATUS AND REPORTING

52.222-1 NOTICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF LABOR

FEB 1997. . I-2

DISPUTES

52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR AUG 1996. . I-2

52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FEB 1999. .

I-2

52.222-35 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR DISABLED

VETERANS APR 1998. . I-2

AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA

52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH

JUN 1998. . I-2

DISABILITIES

52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON DISABLED

VETERANS JAN 1999. . I-2

AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA

52.223-2 CLEAN AIR AND WATER APR 1984. .

I-2

52.223-6 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE JAN 1997. .

I-2

52.225-11 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN

AUG 1998. . I-2

PURCHASES

52.227-1 AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT JUL

1995. . I-2

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

52.227-2 NOTICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING PATENT

AUG 1996. . I-2

AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

52.227-11 PATENT RIGHTS -- RETENTION BY THE JUN

1997. . I-2

CONTRACTOR (SHORT FORM)

52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA--GENERAL JUN 1987.

. I-2

52.228-7 INSURANCE--LIABILITY TO THIRD PERSONS

MAR 1996. . I-2

52.230-2 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS APR

1998. . I-2

52.230-6 ADMINISTRATION OF COST ACCOUNTING

APR 1996. . I-2

STANDARDS

52.232-17 INTEREST JUN 1996. . I-2

52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS APR 1984. .

I-2

52.232-22 LIMITATION OF FUNDS APR 1984. .

I-2

52.232-23 ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIMS JAN 1986. .

I-2

52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS--CENTRAL

MAY 1999. . I-2

CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION

52.233-1 DISPUTES MAR 1994. . I-2

ALTERNATE I (DEC 1991)

52.233-3 PROTEST AFTER AWARD AUG 1996. .

I-2

ALTERNATE I (JUN 1985)

52.242-1 NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISALLOW COSTS

APR 1984. . I-2

52.242-3 PENALTIES FOR UNALLOWABLE COSTS

OCT 1995. . I-2

52.242-4 CERTIFICATION OF FINAL INDIRECT COSTS

JAN 1997. . I-2

52.242-13 BANKRUPTCY JUL 1995. . I-2

52.243-2 CHANGES--COST REIMBURSEMENT AUG

1987. . I-2

ALTERNATE V (APR 1984)

52.244-2 SUBCONTRACTS AUG 1998. . I-2

ALTERNATE II (AUG 1998)

52.244-5 COMPETITION IN SUBCONTRACTING DEC

1996. . I-2

52.246-23 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FEB 1997. .

I-2

52.246-25 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY--SERVICES FEB

1997. . I-2

52.249-6 TERMINATION (COST-REIMBURSEMENT)

SEP 1996. . I-2

52.249-14 EXCUSABLE DELAYS APR 1984. .

I-2

52.253-1 COMPUTER GENERATED FORMS JAN

1991. . I-3

I.2 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (AUG 1989) . . . .

. . . . I-3

I.3 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE

CONTRACT . . . . . . I-3

(MAR 1989)

I.4 52.219-23 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION ADJUSTMENT

FOR SMALL. . . I-3

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DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS (OCT 1998)

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1998)

I.5 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO PROPOSAL DATA (TECHNICAL)

(JUN 1987). . . I-5

I.6 52.232-25 PROMPT PAYMENT (JUN 1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I-6

I.7 52.243-7 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES (APR 1984) . . . . . . .

. . I-11

I.8 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

(FEB 1998) . . . . I-14

I.9 52.219-23 Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for . . . . . . I-14

I.10 52.219-24 Small Disadvantaged Business Participation. . . . . .

I-16

I.11 52.219-25 Small Disadvantaged Business Participation. . . . . .

I-17

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER

ATTACHMENTS . . . . . . J-1

SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-1

J.1 CONTRACT PRICING PROPOSAL COVER SHEET, SF 1411,

(9 PAGES). . . J-1

J.2 COST AND PRICE ANALYSIS, ETA 8555, (8 PAGES). . . . .

. . . J-1

J.3 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CAPABILITY, ETA 8554, (2

PAGES) . . . . J-1

J.4 COST CONTRACTOR'S INVOICE, ETA 3100-1 (1 PAGE) . . .

. . . . . J-1

J.5 COST CONTRACTOR'S DETAILED STATEMENT OF. . . . . .

. . . . . . J-1

J.6 PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (2

PAGES). . . . . . J-1

J.7 CLIENT AUTHORIZATION INFORMATION (3 pages) . . . . . .

. . . . J-1

J.8 VETS-100 - FEDERAL CONTRACTOR VETERANS

EMPLOYMENT. . . . . . . J-1

J.9 TABLE 3 - ANNUAL NUMBER OF TERMINATING MALE

STUDENTS BY. . . . J-1

J.10 TABLE 4 - CURRENT CENTERS WITH CONTRACT

SUPPORT STAFF. . . . . J-1

J.11 ORAL PRESENTATION QUESTIONNAIRE (2 PAGES). . . . .

. . . . . . J-1

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . K-1

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND . . . . .

. . . . . . . K-1

OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

K.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED . . . . . . K-1

BY REFERENCE

52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE REGARDING

APR 1991. . K-1

PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL

TRANSACTIONS

52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED FACILITIES

FEB 1999. . K-1

(FEB 1999)

K.2 52.204-3 TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (OCT 1998) . . . . . .

. . . K-1

K.3 52.204-5 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS (OTHER THAN

SMALL BUSINESS). . . K-3

K.4 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT,

SUSPENSION,. . . . K-3

PROPOSED DEBARMENT, AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

(MAR 1996)

K.5 52.215-6 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (OCT 1997) . . . . . . . . .

. . K-4

K.6 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

REPRESENTATIONS. . . . . . . . K-5

(MAY 1999)

K.7 52.222-22 PREVIOUS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE

REPORTS. . . . . . K-6

(FEB 1999)

K.8 52.222-25 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE (APR

1984). . . . . . K-7

K.9 52.223-1 CLEAN AIR AND WATER CERTIFICATION

(APR 1984) . . . . K-7

K.10 52.227-15 STATEMENT OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND

. . . . . . . . K-7

RESTRICTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE (MAY 1999)

K.11 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES

AND . . . . . . . . K-8

CERTIFICATION (APR 1998)

K.12 SIGNATURE BLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K-12

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SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO

OFFERORS. . . . . . L-1

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED . . . . . . L-1

BY REFERENCE

52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS--COMPETITIVE

OCT 1997. . L-1

ACQUISITION

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1997)

52.215-16 FACILITIES CAPITAL COST OF MONEY

OCT 1997. . L-1

52.219-24 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

JAN 1999. . L-1

PARTICIPATION PROGRAM--TARGETS

52.222-24 PREAWARD ON-SITE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

FEB 1999. . L-1

COMPLIANCE EVALUATION

L.2 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM

(DUNS) NUMBER . . . . L-1

(JUN 1999)

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

L-2

L.4 52.219-22 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS STATUS

(OCT 1998) . . . L-2

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1998)

L.5 52.227-6 ROYALTY INFORMATION (APR 1984) . . . . . . . . .

. . L-3

L.6 52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (AUG 1996). . . . . . . . . . . .

L-4

L.7 52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED

BY . . . . . . . L-5

REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

L.8 PAST PERFORMANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L-5

L.9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . L-6

L.10 ORAL PRESENTATION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

L-7

L.11 SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L-10

L.12 REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION (RFC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

L-13

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . M-1

M.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED . . . . . . M-1

BY REFERENCE

52.217-3 EVALUATION EXCLUSIVE OF OPTIONS

APR 1984. . M-1

M.2 BASIS FOR AWARD (BEST VALUE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

M-1

M.3 EVALUATION CRITERIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M-2

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RFP DCS-99-45 Section B

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND

PRICE/COSTS

SERVICES ORDERED

Title: "JOB CORPS COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES"

The purpose of this project is to provide educational and

occupational skills training and support services at one hundred

nineteen (119) campuses across the country, including Alaska, Hawaii

and Puerto Rico. The unique combination of services provided in Job

Corps is intended to better prepare youth to obtain and hold gainful

employment, pursue further education or training, or satisfy

entrance requirements for careers in the Armed Forces.

The period of performance under this contract shall be twelve months

(12) calendar months from the date of execution plus four (4) 1-year

options at the discretion of the government.

Standard Industrial Classification Code has been determined to be

8744, with a $5 million size standard.

The government contemplates the award of a cost reimbursement plus

fixed-fee type contract under this solicitation.

This solicitation is let under Full and Open Competition.

Solicitation No: is RFP-DCS-99-45

OFFERORS PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DOL/ETA SEEKS TO PLACE A FAIR

PORTION OF ITS CONTRACT DOLLARS WITH SMALL, SMALL DISADVANTAGED,

AND

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AS DEFINED IN FAR 52.219-8.

FOR

THIS PROCUREMENT THE CONTRACTING OFFICER HAS MADE AN ASSESSMENT

THAT

20% OF THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE OF THE CONTRACT BE SUBCONTRACTED

SMALL, SMALL DISADVANTAGED AND WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESSES.

THE RECEIPT OF PROPOSAL DATE IS NOVEMBER 5, 1999 AT 2:00 PM LOCAL

TIME. NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT EXTEND THE RECEIPT OF

PROPOSAL

DATE BEYOND NOVEMBER 5, 1999. REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATIONS MUST BE

RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM LOCAL TIME OCTOBER 15, 1999.

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SECTION C -

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 Background

Job Corps is a national, residential training and employment program

administered by the Department of Labor to address the multiple

barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged youth throughout the

United States. Job Corps was originally established by the Economic

Opportunity Act of 1964; current authorization for the program is

Title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). WIA became

effective August 1998 and will be implemented between July 1, 1999

and July 1, 2000 focusing on long term outcomes of students

[reference WIA, Section 159 (1)(E)].

Job Corps provides educational and occupational skills training and

support services at 119 campuses across the country, including

Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The unique combination of services

provided in Job Corps is intended to better prepare youth to obtain

and hold gainful employment, pursue further education or training,

or satisfy entrance requirements for careers in the Armed Forces.

The program is designed to assist young people, 16-24, who need and

can benefit from the multi-faceted approach provided by Job Corps

centers to prepare young adults to find and hold long-term

employment. Job Corps provides a comprehensive mix of services to

address barriers to employment, including: basic education;

occupational exploration; vocational training; social skills

training; health care; School-to-Work, work-based activities;

counseling and related services; recreation and post-program

placement support. The typical youth served by Job Corps is an

18-year-old high school dropout who reads at a seventh-grade level,

comes from a poor family, belongs to a minority group, and has never

been employed, or has been unemployed for many weeks. The aim of the

program is to help youth become responsible adults, prepare for and

obtain suitable employment, return to school or further training, or

satisfy Armed Forces entry requirements, thus breaking the cycle of

poverty by improving life-long earning prospects .

It is the residential aspect of Job Corps that distinguishes it from

other employment and training programs and enables Job Corps to

provide a comprehensive array of services in one setting 24 hours a

day, seven days a week. Approximately 90 percent of students are

residential; the remainder commute from home to centers daily to

attend classes. Enrollment in Job Corps is voluntary and programs

are open-entry, open-exit and self- paced to allow students to

progress at their own speed. Youth are enrolled from all areas of

the country, and the majority are assigned to Job Corps centers in

their home states. During the last year, the Office of Job Corps has

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increased its emphasis on reaching out to the community, employers,

and other employment, training and education programs.

As a national program that is 100 percent federally funded, Job

Corps is subject to Congressional scrutiny and oversight. There is

clear evidence of Congressional intent that Job Corps work more

closely with State workforce systems, of which communities and

employers are the main focus for Job Corps. The program has a

responsibility to be a major component of these systems,

particularly as they relate to serving at-risk youth.

Moreover, Job Corps will be focusing on five related RESPECT

principles for quality performance. These RESPECT principles

underscore the need for Job Corps to strengthen its connections to

the community at large, and the business community in

particular--thus providing the learning and living environment that

students need to benefit from this program. The contractor is

expected to understand the five Job Corps RESPECT principles, which

are the departure point for achieving quality performance, and to

know how each relates to the objective and tasks to be completed for

this project. The RESPECT principles are:

Student Retention

Student retention--the length of time a student remains in Job Corps

has been of concern. The early dropout rate at 30, 60 and 90 days

has been and remains high. For Program Year 1997, 31.3 percent of

students left within the first 90 days. The result of this high

turnover is that early leavers receive little or no training to

enable them to obtain employment or further training, yet they may

remain eligible for Job Corps placement services. Those who are able

to obtain jobs often perform poorly. Their association with Job

Corps can have a negative effect on the program's image with

employers, and can harm the prospects for placing other students.

On the other hand, the longer students remain in the program, the

better their outcomes. More students obtain GEDs, become vocational

completers, achieve higher reading and math gains and get placed in

job training matches at higher wages. Therefore, student retention

is a critical element in a student's success and is an area in which

the contractor can play a highly effective role through contact with

students while they are enrolled and during the critical

transitional phase after the student leaves Job Corps.

Employer Involvement

Employer awareness of, and sustained involvement in Job Corps is

essential to achieving overall program quality that leads to

long-term, well-paying job opportunities for students. In past

years, Job Corps' relationship with employers, especially at the

center level, focused almost exclusively on developing jobs and

encouraging representation on the center's Community

Relations/Advisory Council. Recent initiatives with employers, many

resulting from School-to-Work implementation efforts, are increasing

the involvement with a greater variety of employers. Ultimately, it

is employers, both public and private, that either accept (hire) or

reject our students. Therefore, it is this most important customer

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that Job Corps needs to reach with the information that Job Corps

can provide employees who will enhance their productivity and,

ultimately, profits. The work of this contract directly affects the

Job Corps-employer relationship through helping students remain in

the program to completion, helping students make successful

transitions to home and the work world, following up on students

after placement, and making connections with employers in the

community to tell them what Job Corps can do for them.

School-to-Work Principles

Job Corps is committed to becoming a comprehensive system that

institutes School-to-Work principles as part of its centers'

operation, particularly training and employer partnerships. Such a

system will transform each center's operation and atmosphere by:

significantly changing center staff roles, responsibilities and

schedules; reconfiguring center course offerings and training

resources; and adjusting classroom layouts and many other center

components to accommodate school-based and work-based learning. Job

Corps now has over 60 of its centers actively pursing the changes

needed to reconfigure current training delivery operations, working

to transform themselves into new systems based upon STW principles.

The retention activities that keep a student focused on training and

remaining in the program are related to participation in

school-to-work.

Placement Quality

Having reached a significant level in terms of efficiency and volume

in placing students, the Job Corps system needs to do more to

prepare students for, and help them obtain, long-term employment

paying high wages in occupations for which they were trained. Over

the last 5 years, Job Corps has dramatically improved its success in

placing students, in terms of both percentage placed and absolute

numbers. In Program Year 1997, 80 percent of the students leaving

Job Corps were placed in jobs, school or the military--compared to

64 percent in PY 1993. The annual number of placements achieved

increased by more than 15,000 over that period. While this level of

success is notable, concerns remain regarding the length of time

students stay in a job/school, the wages earned by students, and the

degree to which job placements relate to the training received.

These are primary factors to examine when considering quality

placement. The activities of this project directly address quality

placement through helping students decide to stay in the program to

completion and to work out their problems on the job rather than

quit. The contractor will help the students develop the skills and

job readiness to achieve quality placements by providing help with a

successful transition after Job Corps, and by following up for a

period after placement to assess customer satisfaction.

Community Connections (Expanded Community Ties)

For much of Job Corps' history, the general public has viewed Job

Corps centers as temporary homes for at-risk youth, and in response

to this perception, centers often viewed community outreach as a

necessary means of maintaining friendly relations with neighboring

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communities. As years passed, centers moved beyond this defensive

posture and began to recognize that communities could be an enormous

resource to students through enhanced services, educational support,

employment, and post-employment support services. Centers also

began to realize the importance of their own involvement in

improving the communities in which they are located.

Centers reach out to local community leaders by establishing

Community Relations Councils (Industry Councils when WIA is fully

implemented). However, an effective community relations program

extends beyond the organization and operation of a council.

Establishing a solid local foundation with the community affects the

climate of a Job Corps center and the program as a whole. How

students are perceived--and received--in a community can vary

dramatically depending on the degree of Job Corps involvement in the

community. Without community support, students cannot experience

the full benefits that Job Corps has to offer, and Job Corps as a

whole cannot broaden its base and evolve as a program. The

activities of this contract, in both the pre-separation and

post-separation phases, will influence community relations.

For both Employer Involvement and Expanded Community Ties, the new

Workforce Investment Act has additional implications. The Act

requires that each center establish a Business Community Liaison and

an Industry Council which includes employer membership from both the

local community surrounding the center and communities to which

students will be returning following training. The contractor will

be expected to work with both the Business Community Liaisons and

the Industry Councils in providing support to students and former

students. The contractor will also be expected to work with local

one-stop centers to assist former students find jobs and identify

other community resources to support them.

The very nature of the Job Corps program brings with it many

problems that are inherent when youth are located outside their home

environment. Students can become homesick or desire to return home

due to problems encountered in a new residential setting. Some

students are able to cope; others impulsively elect to leave centers

rather than deal with what is bothering them. Still others are

simply unable to cope with the problems encountered. Additional

problems are often encountered by students when they leave the Job

Corps program. They may lack information on resources available to

them in the center community as well as the community to which they

return or relocate, or they may be in need of support services to

enable them to successfully make the transition from Job Corps to

work. Effective long term follow up services will enable the

contractor to address employer and transitional issues of the

student.

Almost since Job Corps' inception, placement-related support

services have been provided to students. Under the current contact,

a salaried FTE working half-time is located on 56 Job Corps centers

to assist with the development of life skills and to counsel

students who want to leave the program early. Contractor staff

assess what a student's needs will be upon leaving Job Corps and

connect the student with a volunteer to assist that student in

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making the transition to the community from Job Corps. Their

specific roles and duties vary from center to center, as well as

region to region, according to local need. The contractor will be

expected to continue these functions.

In addition to those staff, a network of volunteers provides

transitional services to former students returning home or

relocating to another community. This involves helping students

with housing, transportation to work, health services, budget

planning, community resources, arranging for child care and other

needs generated in the process of making the transition from Job

Corps to the community and work.

The contractor will also be responsible for delivering a Post Center

Survey Operation that will be expected to attempt to contact the

full universe of placed students in order to obtain statistically

valid information on initial placement and 13th week placement

verification. In order to maintain the integrity of the survey and

obtain statistically valid information, the contractor must achieve

a 70% contact rate of the full universe of placed students. Towards

this effort, the contractor must ensure that staff, located at a

central office, are trained and focused in contacting techniques and

survey administration. In addition, the Post Center Survey will

gather customer satisfaction information for program improvement.

The contractor should be aware that this task may be modified,

reduced, or eliminated during the first contract year as policies

are developed for full implementation of WIA. The government will

provide a 90 day notification period prior to any changes for this

specific task.

Further tasks the contract will focus on are requirements for

transportation verification and establishing standardized oversight

procedures. These activities relate to DOL-paid tickets for student

inter-city travel. The contractor shall furnish staff in each Job

Corps Regional Office at the levels indicated in Table 1.

Other related duties specified in this contract will also include

the oversight of the Harpers Ferry Memorial Scholarship Fund Award.

This scholarship was established in 1996 to commemorate the memory

of eight Harpers Ferry Job Corps students who perished in the

MARC/AMTRAK train collision. A scholarship in the amount of $1,000

to help defray the costs of academic and/or vocational training is

presented to an eligible Job Corps student annually. Funds for this

scholarship are donated to a special bank account which will be

administered by the contractor.

TABLE 1. Number of Transportation Verifiers in Job Corps Regional

Offices

Region Transportation Verifier Planned OBS (data as of PY 1997)

1(1) Half-time 2,375

2(1) Half-time 3,146

3(1) Full-time 7,708

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4(1) Half-time 6,083

5(1) Half-time 3,492

6(1) Half-time 6,354

7/8(1) Half -time 4,983

9(1) Half-time 4,614

10(1) Half-time 2,985

C.2 Objectives

The Job Corps experience is that follow-up and support services

enabling students to readjust to their home environments must be an

integral part of the Job Corps program. Upon returning home, or in

some cases, relocating to a new community, students need support

services to make a successful transition to the actual world of

work. To provide these support services and extended follow up, the

contractor will furnish the necessary material, equipment, services

and personnel to provide the following support services to Job

Corps:

Pre-separation support and counseling services in 56 centers to Job

Corps students and center staff to help prepare students to complete

the program and make the transition from center life to a life of

employment and responsibility for their lives; Post-separation

transitional support services to all male Job Corps students, during

both the placement and post-placement periods, to help them make a

successful transition from Job Corps to home and the work force;

Post Center Survey Operation whose primary goal is to attempt

contact of the full universe of placed students, however ensuring a

70% contact rate for the purpose of:

(1) Obtaining statistically valid information on initial placement

verification, obtaining statistically valid information on 13th week

placement verification, and obtaining customer satisfaction

information.

(2) Transportation verification assistance/oversight requirements to

ensure travel vouchers for students meet specific requirements.

(3) Administration of the Harpers Ferry Scholarship Fund Award to

ensure the integrity of the selection process and funding account.

C.3 Description of Project

Pre-Separation Transitional Support Services:

At centers designated in this contract, the contractor shall provide

a transitional support services program designed to ensure that

students separating from the program are prepared with the knowledge

and skills needed to make a successful transition from Job Corps to

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home and the work force.

The contractor will provide a plan to ensure that all Transitional

Services Specialist (TSS) tasks listed below are completed on 56 Job

Corps centers. (See Table 4 (Attachment J.10)for list of Job Corps

centers for which contractor will provide services. On occasion, as

new centers open, they may be added to the list.)

The plan will describe how the following tasks will be accomplished

by the Transitional Services Specialist who shall:

(1) Inform new students about transitional support services

available throughout, and following, enrollment.

(2) Throughout enrollment, actively counsel and encourage students

to complete the Job Corps program.

(3) Assist each student in assessing and documenting his/her

potential transitional support needs.

(4) Counsel and assist each student in developing a plan to meet

transitional needs once he/she separates from Job Corps. The plan

shall identify potential needs, strategies and possible resources to

meet those needs.

(5) Prior to, or concurrent with, a student's separation, provide a

copy of the transitional support needs assessment and plan to the

Support Services Contractor who is designated to provide services to

returning males/females as appropriate.

(6) Advise each student that a support service volunteer in his/her

home community will be in contact following separation to offer

assistance with transitional needs.

In cooperation with the Center Director at each center where

assigned, develop a center-specific agreement which outlines the

role and responsibilities of the Transitional Services Specialist,

which shall include the tasks listed above and may include:

(1) Training students in social skills to enhance employability.

(2) Training staff on issues relevant to youth development.

(3) Organizing or coordinating career fairs.

(4) Other functions designed to promote program completion and

development of employability skills.

(5) Working with Industry Councils to discuss student transition

issues.

C.4 Post-Separation Volunteer Transitional Support

Activities:

Through a nationwide network of volunteers in both urban and rural

areas, the contractor shall provide transitional support services

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which will enable all separating male students to make a successful

transition from center life to the community and the work force.

Additionally, using its broad volunteer field network, the

contractor shall promote community connections to encourage

applicant referral and to enhance employer and community knowledge

and support of the Job Corps program.

(1) The contractor shall select and train volunteers in each

community who:

Show understanding of, and a commitment to, the mission of Job

Corps; Demonstrate the ability to interact effectively with young

adults, employers and community members and leaders; Are

knowledgeable of workforce and community issues and community

resources. Through the network of trained community volunteers, the

contractor shall provide the following services to separating male

students: (See Table 3 for the estimated Annual Number of Separating

male Students, by Region). The returning student contact to active

volunteer ratio should be no greater than a 15:1 ratio on a national

basis; Contact students at time of separation, to identify and offer

assistance with transitional needs; Provide direct assistance with,

or referral to, community resources to meet identified transitional

support needs (Commonly Needed Transitional Support Services are

described in Table 2); Continue monthly contact for a 12 month

period following separation, (or until student declines further

help) to determine status and provide needed support services; and

Maintain documentation of dates and methods of each contact (or

attempt), assistance provided, and results.

Through its volunteer network, the contractor shall promote referral

of interested youth for Job Corps enrollment. Volunteers shall:

(1) Elicit referrals to determine interest, and/or forward referrals

to the appropriate local Job Corps Admissions Counselor for initial

contact.

(2) Promote community connections to enhance community knowledge and

support of the Job Corps program. In their home communities,

volunteers shall:

a) Act as goodwill ambassadors for Job Corps to promote awareness

and engender support for the mission of Job Corps among the public,

employers and community leaders.

2) Identify, establish and maintain linkages with organizations

which can provide support resources which will enable returning

former students to transition successfully to the community and work

force.

The contractor will assist youth, through transitional support

services, in adjusting to community life. The support services may

include, but are not limited to, providing training in and/or

assistance with the following:

TABLE 2. COMMONLY NEEDED TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES

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DESCRIPTION

1. Housing Assistance

Providing information or assistance in finding housing and signing a

lease; the obligation of tenant and landlord; arranging for

emergency, short-term housing or shelter.

2. Transportation Assistance

Providing assistance with public transportation, insofar as bus

scheduling and routing from residence to place of employment or

other transportation needs are concerned. This includes the

formation of or entering into existing car pools, and providing bus

tokens or bus passes, or information on buying a car.

3. Post-Separation Center

Assisting in recovery of personal belongings, class rings, GED

certificates, completion certificates, etc.

4. Child Care

Assisting with finding affordable, safe child care services where

needed.

5. Health Services

Finding and making referrals for health services--clinics,

hospitals, health centers, private practitioners for medical, dental

or mental health problems.

6. Social Services

Providing assistance in obtaining SSI, general assistance, food

stamps, or other referrals to counseling on personal adjustment

problems, family planning, marriage counseling, etc.

7. Legal Services

Providing information and referrals on workers' rights, legal rights

and legal assistance; help with claims, worker's compensation, etc.

8. Emergency Services

Providing methods for securing subsistence sponsorship of students

through existing community agencies (e.g.; referrals to

food/clothing bank), or student loans or grants.

9. Advice

Providing general counsel or advice to former Job Corps students;

encouraging them to pursue worthy goals, etc.

10. Citizenship Information

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Providing assistance in acquiring driver's license, ID cards, birth

certificates, insurance, etc.; information on purchasing or consumer

laws; local, state and federal taxes and other laws; assistance or

referral in filing income tax returns and Selective Service and

voter registration procedures.

11. Other Training Opportunities

Providing information about eligibility criteria and current

openings with programs appropriate for particular Job Corps student

and the availability of such training programs.

12. Other Educational Opportunities Providing assistance in

returning, enrolling in high school, basic education, vocational

schools, college, etc.

13. Job Corps Alumni Associations

Assisting students to locate a National Job Corps Alumni Association

local chapter and/or members.

14. Other Community Services

Providing advice on recreational facilities youth clubs, and

location of various churches.

15. Readjustment Allowance

Providing assistance in location and tracking eligible readjustment

allowance checks that have not been properly received by terminating

Job Corps students.

16. Job Assistance

Providing advice on local employment opportunities; pinpoint local

employment opportunities through use of local resources (e.g., job

bank, employment agencies, one-stop centers, etc.) Assist with

additional information on filling out job applications, resume

preparation, employment skills, employment tools, uniforms, shoes,

etc. While these tasks are normally the function of Job Corps

centers and placement contractors, some students have not received

this assistance, often because they have left the center before

receiving the information or help. The volunteer should, where

possible, refer the students to a Job Corps placer for placement

services.

17. Job Placement

Providing direct assistance which results in the Job Corps student's

employment (i.e.,advisor or TSS contacts a potential employer and

arranges for the student to be interviewed, resulting in the student

being hired).

As in #16, these tasks are normally the function of Job Corps

centers and placement contractors. However, some students have not

received this assistance, often because they have left the center

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before receiving the information or help. The volunteer should,

where possible, refer the student to a Job Corps placer for

placement services.

18. Budget Planning

Providing information and advice on budget for rent, clothes,

entertainment, etc.; good shopping practices; cost of credit; help

or advice about banking practices, setting up personal checking or

savings accounts, etc.

An estimate of the number of male students who will be returning to

the regions, together with an estimate of those to be served by the

contractor, is provided in the table below. It is intended as a

guide for planning; the numbers provided are approximate. The

contractor shall be prepared to provide placement support and

post-placement services for those students whose names are provided

by the center or Job Corps Data Center, regardless of their location

within the region. The returning student contact to active

volunteer ratio should be no greater than a 15:1 ratio on a national

basis.

See Attachment J.9 - TABLE 3 : Annual Number of Terminating Male

Students by Region For Program Year 1997

The contractor will offer support services to the males separating

from Job Corps centers. The table above shows the number by region

of males separating from the program in Program year 1997 (July 1,

1997-June 30, 1998), the last full programs year for which data are

available

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C.5 Post Center Survey Operation

The contractor will provide a plan focusing on conducting a Post

Center Survey Operation in which a survey instrument has been

designed to provide required data on student outcomes. The overall

objective of the survey and interview approach is to collect

information in a consistent, non-biased way while achieving at least

a 70 percent response rate from a full universe of placed students

contacted. The results of the survey are then automatically

transmitted electronically to the Job Corps Data Center located in

San Marcus, Texas for further analysis. However, it should be noted

that the continuation of this specific task may be modified,

reduced, or eliminated as policies are developed for full

implementation of WIA during the first contract year. The

government will provide a 90 day notification period to the

contractor prior to any modifications to this specific task.

The survey for the Post Center Operation is designed to:

(1) Collect information from students or employers on the validity

of initial job placements.

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(2) Obtain information on student employment/school experiences 13

weeks after the initial placement.

(3) Collect information on overall customer satisfaction with the

Job Corps experience.

(4) Conduct outreach to ask former students to refer friends to Job

Corps.

Post Center Survey questions address a number of issues pertaining

to verification of the initial placement and 13th week placement of

the student including the following:

(1) Whether the student attended the school/training or worked for

the employer listed as the initial placement,

(2) The number of hours worked during the 7-day period,

(3) The date the student reported for work,

(4) Whether the student enrolled/attended the school listed in the

placement record,

(5) Whether the student was enrolled in the same or a different type

of training than what was listed on the placement record,

(6) Whether the student enrolled/attended on the date reported,

(7) Whether the student attended the school/training program for the

required duration, and

(8) The status of the student at the 13th week after the initial

placement.

The contractor will observe the following guidelines which provide a

standardized framework to follow in implementing the Post Center

Survey Operation:

1. The contractor will provide at least ten full-time equivalent

(FTE) surveyors plus one coordinator to be based at one central

location.

2. The contractor will select and train staff who:

-Have shown an understanding of, and a commitment to, the mission of

Job Corps.

-Have demonstrated effective interpersonal and verbal communication

skills.

-Have demonstrated competence in conducting surveys, including

locating respondents and probing for answers.

3. The contractor will ensure staffing schedules reflect coverage

for holidays, weekends, vacation/sick schedules and peak hours in

which students would mostly likely be at home (i.e., early morning,

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late afternoon, and evening).

4. The Post Center Survey Operation will be guided by the

definitions which are in accordance with the Job Corps Policy and

Requirements Handbook, Chapter 7, and will follow uniform procedures

communicated by the National Office to the contractor.

5. The Surveyors will be both trained and supervised by the

contractor.

C.6 Post Center Survey Operation Procedures:

The contractor should follow specified established procedures in

order to document survey results pertaining to verifications of

placement. In some instances results from the student survey may

result in a placement which is questionable due to lack of

information or due to conflicting information obtained from the

student. The guidelines set forth are as follows:

(1) The Job Corps Data Center populates the follow up database for

100% of placed students.

(2) Surveyor attempts telephone contact at the 13th week of the

student's placement.

(3) If contact is made, the surveyor completes the survey based on

information from the Job Corps database. This information is used

to verify the initial placement and 13th week placement.

(4) If, at any point during these questions, the students' answers

are different from the database information, the placement becomes

questionable and is referred to the Job Corps Regional Office for

further verification.

(5) If the Regional Office determines the questionable placement to

be either valid, invalid, or unverifiable, the contractor will enter

the findings into the system.

(6) In collecting customer satisfaction documentation, surveyors

must query the students in order to obtain useful information

regarding post placement services for program improvement.

(7) Surveyors should also encourage students to provide referrals to

the program

C.7 Post Center Survey Operation Assessment

To ensure that quality services are provided and accurate placement

verification data is collected, the contractor shall submit, within

30 days after the award of the contract, a plan to be approved by

the GAR which will include the following:

(1) Staff quotas in order to meet targeted employer placement

verification requirements and customer satisfaction inquires,

(2) A quality control system to ensure accuracy and integrity of

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surveys,

(3) A staff incentive system for quality performance, and

(4) A reporting system to include survey operation results

C.8 Transportation Verification

Assistance/Oversight

The contractor shall be required to provide a plan in order to

perform the following tasks:

To satisfy the DOL requirement for transportation verification

assistance/oversight and other related duties, the contractor shall

furnish staff in the Job Corps Regional Offices at the levels

indicated in Attachment 2. These activities relate to DOL-paid

tickets for inter-city student travel. They do not relate to tickets

that students furnish at their own expense, nor to intra-city

students travel via local bus, subway, ferry service or the like.

Staffing:

Contractor staffing levels in order to perform transportation

verification assistance/oversight functions shall be in accordance

with the following requirements:

a. In all regions except Regions III and VII/VIII, (See Table 1) the

staffing requirement for this function is for a single, half-time

position to be referred to as a Transportation Verifier.

b. The Transportation Verifier shall be located within the

contractor's Regional Offices, or if that is impractical, shall be

in close proximity to the Regional Office.

c. The transportation verifier shall be both trained and supervised

by the contractor. In addition, the Job Corps Regional Office shall

provide appropriate follow up training and shall monitor the work

process to ensure conformity with the established verification

procedures.

d. Transportation Verifiers may be assigned periodically at the

Regional Offices' discretion to assist with other functions

dependent on workload fluctuations.

Tasks:

The contractor shall furnish the necessary paid personnel, to

perform the following tasks in the Job Corps Regional Offices,

except that the Regional Offices will furnish the contractor with

postage and oversight delivery services for the transmittal of

tickets, receipts and reports.

1. Develop a system to track unused Job Corps student transportation

tickets purchased via Government Travel System (GTS) corporate

credit accounts. The system shall provide tracking from the point a

ticket is identified as not being used until the point which a

credit for refund of the unused ticket is obtained. The system

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shall be developed and made fully operational in each region within

four weeks after the effective date of the implementing contract.

2. Operate the system in each region to track unused Job Corps

student transportation tickets that are purchased via GTS accounts,

including the regional accounts that are used by the Job Corps

center travel agency and accounts that are used by individual Job

Corps centers. Contractor activities shall include the following

tasks and information collection functions:

a. Identity unused tickets issued for new student input. From

various information sources (e.g., SPAMIS, annotated JC-19 travel

authorizations), identify and initiate tracking of unused

transportation tickets issued for new students input.

b. Track organizational accountability for each unused ticket until

credit is obtained. Operating within the procedures and using the

document established, track the whereabouts (e.g., screener, center,

regional office, travel agency) of each unused ticket until credit

has been obtained. In some regions, this may involve receiving and

processing unused tickets from screening agencies and Job Corps

centers for transmittal to the Job Cops travel agency.

c. Review monthly GTS credit card billing statements to identify

unused, refunded tickets for which vendor credit has been obtained.

It is generally expected that, for air and rail tickets, a credit

will appear in the appropriate GTS account within no more than three

monthly billing cycles from the date that the ticket was received.

For bus tickets, it is expected that the credit would appear by no

later than two monthly billing cycles.

d. Based on regional procedures, make follow up contact with

accountable person or organizations concerning delinquencies in

handling or processing of unused tickets; provide reports of such

delinquencies to appropriate Regional Officials.

3. Verify that tickets purchased by the central travel agency were

ordered by the Regional Office, screening agencies, or Job Corps

centers. This involves the review of the monthly GTS billing

generated by the central travel agency and performing a spot check

of 10 tickets on each billing. A sample ticket is considered valid

if documentation is obtained that it was purchased based on an order

from the Regional Office, a screening agency or a Job Corps center.

Any instance of a non-verifiable ticket is to be referred to

appropriate Regional Office officials for follow-up action.

4. Assist Regional Offices where applicable in obtaining

verification of tickets ordered by Job Corps centers via center

specific GTS accounts, (E.g., faxing copies of month GTS billing to

the appropriate Job Corps centers for a determination that the

changes are proper and to identify any unused tickets for which a

credit should be expected on a later billing).

5. Assist Regional Office where applicable in tracking the use of

Regional GTR's and obtaining verification of tickets ordered by Job

Corps centers via Regional GTR's. In regions that elect to use

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Regional GTR's this would include maintenance of logs and

documentation to track distribution and use of GTR's by centers and

screening agencies. This function might also include assistance to

the Regional Office in appropriate purchases made by centers and

screening agencies.

6. Provide Job Corps Regional Offices and the National Office with

a monthly report indicating, by region, the number and dollar value

of unused tickets identified during the month, the number and value

of tickets for which credit was obtained during the month, and the

number and dollar value of unused tickets for which credit is still

pending at the close of the month. (See c). Transportation

Verifiers are expected to handle all routine communication and

contact with screening agencies, Job Corps centers and the central

travel agency unless otherwise directed by the Regional Office. If

the Transportation Verifier is having difficulty in obtaining

resolution of an issue with any of these parties, the matter is to

be referred to the appropriate Regional Office official.

7. Maintain archival data (electronic) on "resolved" tickets from

the time of resolution until the end of the third program year

following the program year in which resolution occurred.

Transportation Verification Assessment

To ensure quality services and accurate transportation verification

data is collected, the contractor shall submit, within 30 days after

the award of the contract, a plan to be approved by the GAR which

will include the following:

a. A quality control system to ensure accuracy,

b. A staff incentive system for quality performance, and

c. Standardized guidelines and procedures for transportation

verification to be utilized nationwide.

C.9 Administration and Management

The contractor will provide direction, management and administrative

support to all functions and tasks of this contract and shall

furnish the necessary material, equipment and supplies. The

contractor will establish systems that ensure:

Effective program organization and management

The contractor will establish systems which ensure achievement of

program goals and maintenance of quality performance.

Program integrity and accountability

The contractor will establish procedures for monitoring and tracking

operations and outcomes, including a plan for formal review of TSS

offices on centers, contract regional offices, and the volunteer

program. It will show how the contractor will measure performance

on goals, hold all TSSs accountable, and conduct measurement of, and

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accountability for, volunteer goals.

Design a series of forms for gathering required internal reporting

data (e/g/. Counselor and volunteer personal assistance reports,

volunteer recruiting brochures as well as a model quarterly 3-8 page

newsletter, which delineates the contractors activities in support

of the Job Corps program. The newsletter will be distributed

throughout the Job Corps program, national and regional offices and

to the contractor's aid and voluntary staff).

Maintain an 800 number to ensure that volunteers, paid staff, and

present and former Job Corps students have access to the

contractor's regional office and national offices.

Develop and implement an ongoing annual awards and recognition

program to acknowledge significant volunteer contribution in each

region and nationally.

Provide training for regional staff in the recruiting and training

of volunteers.

Comply with all required reports/deliverables identified in section

F, Deliverables and Performance.

Staff professionalism and development

The contractor will recruit, hire, and retain qualified staff, in

accordance with the requirement below and will be expected to manage

the contract through a structure that includes a regional office in

each of the Job Corps regions and national office. The contractor

will develop and implement policies which promote a working

environment of equal opportunity which is free of race, gender or

ethnic bias. To carry out the requirements of the contract, the

contractor shall have:

a. a nationally controlled structure

b. staff with a thorough knowledge of Job Corps procedures and

operations and an ability to promote the Job Corps program in a

positive, knowledgeable manner to the community and employers,

experience with WIA in general and Job Corps specifically,

c. knowledge of, and sensitivity to, the needs of disadvantaged

young men and women,

d. an existing, stable, dependable, visible, accountable force of

trained volunteer workers nationwide, in all states, and in both

rural and urban areas,

e. an existing, comprehensive national network of service providers

who are available nationally, in all states, both rural and urban,

on a 24-hour basis, every day, with capability for immediate direct

service delivery and immediate response to requests for emergency

help in any area of the country,

f. service providers who have a history of experience in

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pre-employment counseling skills, specifically those related to

assisting young men to become independent, and

g. active communications and strong relationships with other

organizations providing services to youth in general and male youth

in particular.

h. an organizational system for the recruitment of staff and/or

volunteers to provide the support services as described in this

solicitation. The system shall provide contingency plans in the

event staff are not available in a particular are to serve returning

students

The contractor shall also:

a. provide supervision, training and evaluation to all regional

office staff;

b. coordinate with the National Office and provide statistical data

on task accomplishments as required;

c. recruit, train and support volunteers to assist placement and

post placement support activities;

d. establish linkages with regional social service agencies to

assist in providing placement and post placement support to

regional Job Corps terminees;

e. identify and provide appropriate recognition to volunteers and

other who have made significant contributions to assist Job Corps

terminees; and comply with all applicable reports as specified in

Section F, Deliverables and Performance.

Community support and partnership

The contractor will develop a plan for carrying out the community

outreach and support part of this contract that will promote

positive public awareness about the Job Corps program and referrals

of youth to Job Corps.

See Attachment J.10 - Table 4: Current Centers with Contract

Support Staff Center Location Number of Students (Females/Males)

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SECTION D - PACKAGING AND

MARKING

[For this Solicitation, there are NO clauses in this

Section]

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SECTION E - INSPECTION AND

ACCEPTANCE

E.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are

hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and

Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in Section I of this contract. See FAR

52.252-2 for an internet address (if specified) for electronic

access to the full text of a clause.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.246-9 INSPECTION OF RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT APR 1984

(SHORT FORM)

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SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR

PERFORMANCE

F.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are

hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and

Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in Section I of this contract. See FAR

52.252-2 for an internet address (if specified) for electronic

access to the full text of a clause.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.242-15 STOP-WORK ORDER AUG

1989

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

F.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance under this contract shall be twelve months

(12) calendar months from the date of contract execution plus four

(4) 1-year options at the discretion of the government.

F.3 LEVEL OF EFFORT

The level of effort for this contract shall be between 41 and 43

professional person years. The level of effort for each option

period shall be equal to base year plus inflation. The inflationary

rate will be determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

F.4 REPORTS/DELIVERABLES

The contractor shall submit to the Government Authorized

Representative (GAR) designated in the contract the following

reports.

Quartely reports (one copy) summarizing qualitatively the

performance and for the quarter on pre-and post-separation service,

national statistical information and narrative on the post center

survey operation, and transportation verification information. This

report is due to the GAR no later than 30 days after the end of each

quarter. The format for the report must be approved by the GAR

during the first month after the effective date of the contract.

Among other information, reports will address quartely progress on

tasks specified in the Statement of Work, plans for the resolution

of any problems which may arise, and if necessary an updated

workplan for the remainder of the contract.

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Six-month summary reports are to be submitted to the GAR twenty (20)

days after the first six months (6) of the contract and each six

months (6)thereafter showing total progress on all tasks during the

previous six months (6). An annual report will be provided twelve

months (12) after contract execution. The reports will also include

a discussion of creative, innovative counseling techniques

demonstrating work that goes beyond traditional emphases, and

lessons learned from replication of successful initiatives.

Contractors Operating Plan (COP)

The contractor will be required to develop an operating plan which

will clearly define how the scope of work will be accomplished.

This plan should include such items as the flow of documents, e.g.,

regarding notice of separation: the methods and procedures for

assignment of the TSS to assist the former students: procedures

designed for contracting the former students and follow up; methods

for transportation verification; the methods of ensuring survey

reliability; staff communications, training etc. In order to

provide maximum support services to the former student at the

lowest price possible, the maximum use of volunteers is encouraged

to provide the services, as well as to assist the TSS on center

which training and other activities where feasible. The operating

plan should show the number and type of paid staff and the number of

active volunteers, if any, who are available and how other

volunteers will be recruited, selected and trained. The plan should

also address ongoing training techniques used to ensure the post

center survey operation integrity and oversight management of the

transportation verifiers. In addition, the plan will address

management oversight and how the contractor can ensure volunteer

maximum performance, from all staff, including volunteers. The COP

shall be submitted to the GAR for review and approval within twenty

(20) calendar days of the effective date of the contract.

Communications Responsibilities:

The contractor, both on a national and regional level, must develop

and maintain close coordination of contract activities with Job

Corps Regional Offices.

The contractor must develop and maintain close coordination of post

center survey operations with the Job Corps National Office. The

contractor will develop and maintain ongoing communication with

other support services, one-stop centers and resource agencies

operating in their locale, as well as other support contractors.

The contractor shall make every effort to coordinate with

appropriate youth-service agencies available in the area(s) being

served to enhance referral and explore all placement possibilities.

The contractor will provide a plan for communication with each of

the above-referenced entitles, and will include a plan for regular

field visits by the contractor's national director to assess

performance of contractor regional personnel and regional contract

activities.

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SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

DATA

G.1 IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY OF THE

CONTRACTING OFFICER'S

REPRESENTATIVE (GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED

REPRESENTATIVE)

(A) The authorized representative of the Contracting Officer is To

Be Determined whose authority to act on behalf of the Contracting

Officer is limited to the extent set forth in (B) below. Under no

circumstances is the Government Authorized Representative (GAR)

authorized to sign any contractual documents or approve any

alteration to the contract involving a change in the scope, price,

terms or conditions of the contract or order.

(B) The Government Authorized Representative is authorized to:

(1) Monitor and inspect Contractor's performance to ensure

compliance of the scope of work.

(2) Make determinations relative to satisfactory or

unsatisfactory performance, including acceptance of all work

performed and/or all products produced under the terms of the

contract.

(3) Review and approve invoices.

(4) Review and approve Contractor's project staff as may be

called for on the contract.

(5) Recommend program changes to the Contracting Officer as a

result of monitoring or as may be requested by the Contractor.

(6) Review, coordinate changes or corrections, if any, and

accept all reports (including any final reports) required under the

contract.

G.2 INVOICE REQUIREMENTS

Contractor will prepare and submit proper invoices (as defined in C

below) in accordance with the criteria outlined below. (Also, see

Clause 52.232-8 "Discount for Prompt Payment", contained in Section

I of the contract.):

A. (1) If the contract is a cost-reimbursement type contract,

the contractor will submit three (3) ink- signed copies of the

invoice, Cost Contractor's Invoice, (ETA 3100-1), together with a

detailed report of expenditures, Cost Contractor's Detailed

Statement of Costs (ETA 3-2), to the Government Authorized

Representative (GAR), U.S. Department of Labor, not more frequently

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than monthly, unless otherwise so authorized in the contract.

(2) If the contract is a fixed-price type contract, the

contractor may submit SF-1034, Public Voucher, or the equivalent

thereto; i.e., contractor's own invoice, in lieu of the forms

described in A(l) above.

(3) Invoices should be submitted to the individual listed

below:

To Be Determined

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5637

Washington, D.C. 20210

B. The Detailed Report of Expenditures (ETA 3-2) submitted with the

Invoice (ETA 3100-1) must include the same budget line items or cost

categories as appears in the contract, including any modifications

thereto.

C. To constitute a proper invoice, the invoice, must include the

following information and/or attached documentation:

(1) Name and address of the Contractor;

(2) Invoice date;

(3) Contract number or other authorization for supplies

delivered or services performed (including order number and contract

line item number).

(4) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and

extended price of supplies delivered or services performed.

(5) Shipping and payment terms (e.g., shipment number and date

of shipment, prompt payment discount terms. Bill of lading number

and weight of shipment will be shown for shipments on Government

bills of lading.

(6) Name and address of Contractor official to whom payment is

to be sent (must be the same as that in the contract or in a proper

notice of assignment).

(7) Name (where practicable), title, telephone number and

mailing address of person to be notified in event of a defective

invoice.

(8) Any other information or documentation required by other

requirements of the contract.

In addition to the above, invoices should be numbered consecutively.

All final invoices shall be clearly marked Final Invoice.

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G.3 METHOD OF PAYMENT

A. Payments under this contract will be made either by check or

electronic funds transfer (through the Treasury Fedline

Communications System (FEDLINE) or the Automated Clearing House

(ACH)), at the option of the Government. After award, but no later

than 14 days before an invoice or contract financing request is

submitted, the Contractor shall designate a financial institution

for receipt of electronic funds transfer payments. The contractor

shall submit this designation to the Contracting Officer or other

Government official as directed.

B. For payments through FEDLINE, the Contractor shall provide the

following information:

(1) Name, address, and telegraphic abbreviation of the

financial institution receiving payment.

(2) The American Bankers Association 9-digit identifying number

of the financing institution receiving payment if the institution

has access to the Federal Reserve Communications System.

(3) Payee's account number at the financial institution where

funds are to be transferred.

(4) If the financial institution does not have access to the

Federal Reserve Communications System, provide the name, address,

and telegraphic abbreviation of the correspondent financial

institution through which the financial institution receiving

payment obtains electronic funds transfer messages. Provide the

telegraphic abbreviation and American Bankers Association

identifying number for the correspondent institution.

C. For payments through ACH, the Contractor shall provide the

following information:

(1) Routing transit number of the financial institution

receiving payment (same as American Bankers Association identifying

number used for FEDLINE).

(2) Number of account to which funds are to be deposited.

(3) Type of depositor account ("C" for checking, "S" for

savings).

(4) If the Contractor is a new enrollee to the ACH system, a

"Payment Information Form," SF 3881, must be completed before

payment can be processed.

D. In the event the Contractor, during the performance of this

contract, elects to designate a different financial institution for

the receipt of any payment made using electronic funds transfer

procedures, notification of such change and the required information

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specified above must be received by the appropriate Government

official 30 days prior to the date such change is to become

effective.

E. The documents furnishing the information required in paragraphs

B and C above must be dated and contain the signature, title, and

telephone number of the Contractor official authorized to provide

it, as well as the Contractor's name and contract number.

F. Contractor failure to properly designate a financial institution

or to provide appropriate payee bank account information may delay

payments of amounts otherwise properly due.

G. The Contractor shall forward the information required above to:

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA

Division of Accounting, Room C-5319

200 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20210

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SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT

REQUIREMENTS

H.1 BUDGET LINE ITEM FLEXIBILITY

Flexibility of Direct Costs will be allowed within the Prime

Contract Budget, provided no single line item of cost shall be

increased or decreased in excess of 20 percent and provided further

that the total estimated cost of the Contract is not exceeded. This

flexibility of cost does not apply to the wages, salaries and fringe

benefits line items (including proposed changes by the Contractor in

the mixture, number of hours, wages, and/or bonus or personnel paid

under the contract) wherein no increase is permitted without the

prior review and approval by the Contracting Officer.

In contracts with OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES provisions, this

clause is applicable to each yearly negotiated budget line item

amounts, and not the accumulated budget line item totals.

H.2 FRINGE BENEFITS

Social Security, Workmen's Compensation, Unemployment Compensation

and any other fringe benefits are a normal practice of the

Contractor at the time of final negotiations for this contract and

are available to all employees. Fringe benefits from an immediate

previous employer which may be continued while employed under this

contract are an allowable cost. In no event will duplicate fringe

benefits be allowable to an individual under this contract.

H.3 VACATIONS, SICK-LEAVE HOLIDAYS

The Contractor may grant leave in accordance with its established

written policy, provided that policy is accepted by the Contracting

Officer or, in the absence of an established policy, leave may be

granted as follows:

Vacation: Maximum 2 weeks (10 working days)

Sick Leave: Maximum 2 weeks (10 working days)

Holiday: Maximum of paid holidays

Leave shall be accrued at the rate of 5/6 of 1 day per month for

each month employed. If the term of this contract is for more than

or less than 1 year, the above leave shall be adjusted accordingly.

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H.4 TRAVEL AND PER DIEM

Travel policies as set forth in the Travel Regulations referred to

below are required of the Contractor and consultants hereunder.

Where the Contractor has a more restrictive travel policy than the

Federal Travel Regulations, the more restrictive requirements shall

apply.

It is the responsibility of the Contractor to authorize only such

per diem allowances as justified by the circumstances affecting the

travel. Care should be exercised to prevent fixing per diem rates

in excess of those required to meet the necessary authorized

subsistence expenses. To this end, consideration should be given to

factors which reduce the expenses of the employee such as: known

arrangements at temporary duty locations where lodging and meals may

be obtained without cost or at prices advantageous to the traveler;

established cost experience in the localities where lodging and

meals are required; situations where special rates for

accommodations have been made available for a particular meeting or

conference; the extent to which the traveler is familiar with

establishments providing lodging and meals at a lower cost in

certain localities, particularly, where repeated travel is involved;

and the use of methods of travel where sleeping accommodations are

provided as part of the transportation expenses.

All travel shall be at tourist, coach, or less than first class

unless itinerary or unavailability dictate otherwise. All temporary

duty and local area automobile travel shall be allowed as prescribed

by the applicable Travel Regulations.

Copies of applicable Travel Regulations can be obtained as follows

at a fee:

a. Federal Travel Regulations, prescribed by the General

Services Administration, for travel in the conterminous 48 United

States: Available on a subscription basis from the Superintendent

of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

20402, Stock No. 022-001-81003-7.

b. Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2, DoD Civilian Personnel,

Appendix A, prescribed by the Department of Defense, for travel in

Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and territories and

possessions of the United States: Available on a subscription basis

from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 908-010-00000-1.

c. Standardized Regulations, (Government Civilians, Foreign

Areas), Section 925, "Maximum Travel Per Diem Allowances for Foreign

Areas," prescribed by the Department of State, for travel in areas

not covered in 1 and 2 above: Available on a subscription basis from

the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,

Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 744-008-00000-0.

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H.5 USE OF AND PAYMENT TO

CONSULTANTS

(a) Consultant(s) hired to perform under this contract may be

compensated at a rate for time actually worked (e.g., amount per

day, per week, per month, etc.), or at a fixed price for performance

of a specific task, or at nominal compensation in accordance with

Contractor's policies. However, for the use and payment to

consultant(s) prior written approval must be obtained from the

Contracting Officer.

(b) The amount or rate of payment will be determined on a

case-by- case basis, taking into account (among any other relevant

factors) the relative importance of the duties to be performed, the

stature of the individual in his specialized field, comparable pay

for positions under the Classification Act or other Federal pay

systems, rates paid by private employers and rates previously paid

other experts or consultants for similar work.

on the results on all consultations charged to the contract. This

report must include, as a minimum: (1) the consultant's name, dates,

hours and amounts charged to the contract; (2) the names of the

contractor's staff to whom the services are provided; and (3) the

results of the subject matter of the consultation.

H.6 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COST

Unemployment insurance costs shall be paid by the contractor as

they are incurred.

However, in the event billings for Unemployment Insurance costs

are received by the contractor after the expiration date of this

contract and the billings cover the period that this contract was

effective, the Government agrees to reimburse the contractor at the

same rate that would have been applicable had the cost been paid as

they were incurred.

H.7 ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING

SERVICES

(a) Accounting

The contractor may procure and utilize such accounting services as

are required to establish and maintain an accounting system which

reflect accurate, current and complete financial transactions and

which meet the standards of the Comptroller General of the United

States and the Department of Labor.

(b) Auditing

The contractor shall audit or have audited subcontractor financial

records as may be required to determine, at a minimum, the fiscal

integrity of financial transactions and compliance with laws,

regulations and administrative requirements.

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The U.S. Department of Labor shall be responsible for scheduling

all audits of the prime contractor's books, documents, papers and

records. The Department will use its own audit resources or shall

use certified or public accountants under contract or auditors from

another Federal agency.

Cost of Accounting Services and Audit of subcontractors as

described herein are allowable cost under this contract. Costs for

audits for which the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible are

unallowable.

H.8 PRINTING

Unless otherwise specified in this contract, the contractor shall

not engage in, nor subcontract for, any printing (as that term is

defined in Title 1 of the Government Printing and Binding

Regulations in effect on the effective date of this contract) in

connection with the performance of work under this contract:

provided, however, that performance of a requirement under this

contract involving the reproduction of less than 5,000 production

units of any one page or less than 25,000 production units in the

aggregate of multiple pages, will not be deemed to be printing. A

production unit is defined as one sheet, size 8 by 11 inches, one

side only, one color.

H.9 KEY PERSONNEL

The personnel specified below or in attachment to this contract

are considered to be essential to the work being performed

hereunder. Prior to diverting any of the specified individuals to

other programs, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer

reasonably in advance and shall submit justification (including

proposed substitutions) in sufficient detail to permit evaluation

of the impact on the program. No diversion shall be made by the

Contractor without the written consent of the Contracting Officer;

Provided, that the Contracting Officer may ratify in writing such

diversion and such ratification shall constitute the consent of the

Contracting Officer required by this clause. The below list or

attachment to this contract may be amended from time to time during

the course of the contract to either add or delete personnel, as

appropriate.

For the purpose of this contract, the key personnel positions are

identified below as:

(not specified)

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H.10 CONTRACT NUMBER IDENTIFICATION

The Contractor agrees to utilize the number of this contract on

all correspondence, communications, reports, vouchers and such other

data concerning this contract or delivered hereunder.

H.11 SUBMISSION OF CORRESPONDENCE

All correspondence relating to contractual aspects shall be

directed to the Division of Acquisition and Assistance, Attention:

Division Chief.

H.12 OTHER CONTRACTORS

The Government may undertake or award other contracts for the

same, essentially similar, or related work, and the Contractor shall

fully cooperate with such other contractors and Government

employees. The Contractor shall not commit or permit any act which

will interfere with the performance of work by any other contractor

or by Government employees.

The foregoing paragraph shall be included in the contracts of all

Contractors with whom this Contractor will be required to cooperate.

The Government shall equitably enforce this clause as to all

contractors, to prevent the imposition of unreasonable burdens on

any contractor.

H.13 LAWS APPLICABLE

The contractor will perform its duties in accordance with the

applicable Act, and the regulations, procedures and standards

promulgated thereunder. The Contractor will comply with all

applicable Federal and State and Local laws, rules, and regulations

which deal with or relate to the employment of persons who perform

work or are trained under contract.

This contract in no way relieves the Contractor of responsibility

for compliance with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act,

as amended.

H.14 DISPOSITION OF MATERIAL

Upon termination or completion of all work under this contract,

the Contractor shall prepare for shipment, deliver F0B destination,

or dispose of all materials received from the Government and all

residual materials produced in connection with the performance of

this contract as may be directed by Contracting Officer, or as

specified in other provisions of this contract. All materials

produced or required to be delivered under this contract become and

remain the property of the Government.

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H.15 NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

(a) No person shall on the ground of race, religion, color,

handicap, national origin, sex, age, political affiliation, or

beliefs be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits

of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity

funded or otherwise financially assisted, in whole or in part with

funds made available hereunder. (b) In addition, this contract and

any subcontract hereunder is subjected to Title VI of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252) and the Regulations issued

thereunder and found at 29 CFR 31. The Contractor agrees that any

service, financial aid, or other benefit to be provided by it under

this contract shall be furnished without discrimination because of

race, color, sex, or national origin; and that his employment

practices shall be subject to the same restrictions to ensure

nondiscriminatory treatment of beneficiaries of assistance under the

Act.

H.16 FEDERAL REPORTS

In the event that it subsequently becomes a contractual

requirement to collect or record information calling for answers to

identical questions from 10 or more persons other than Federal

employees, or for information from Federal employees which is to be

used for statistical compilations of general public interest, the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 and 5 CRF 1320 shall apply to this

contract. No plan, questionnaire, interview guide or similar device

for collecting formation (whether repetitive or single-time) may be

used without first obtaining clearance from the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB).

The contractor shall obtain the required OMB clearance through the

Project Officer before expending any funds or making public

contracts for the collection of data. The authority to expend funds

and to proceed with the collection of data shall be issued in

writing by the Contracting Officer.

H.17 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMATION

The Contractor agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any

information regarding applicants, project participants or their

immediate families which may be obtained through application forms,

interviews, test reports from public agencies or counselors, or any

other source. Without the permission of the applicant or

participant, such information shall be divulged only as necessary

for purposes related to the performance or evaluation of the

contract and to persons having responsibilities under the contract,

including those furnishing services to the projects under

subcontracts.

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H.18 ELIMINATION OF SEXIST LANGUAGE AND ART

WORK

All written materials issued by the Contractor or grantee shall

conform to the following guidelines for eliminating sexist language

and art work:

(a) Avoid the use of sex reference in job titles. Titles

should conform to the Census Bureau's occupational classification

system and the most recently published edition of the Dictionary of

Occupational Titles.

-- Longshore workers instead of longshoremen.

(b) Avoid the use of male and female gender word forms.

-- Aviator to include men and women pilots, not aviatrix.

whole.

-- Human beings or people instead of mankind.

(d) Avoid the use of masculine and feminine pronouns or

adjectives in referring to a hypothetical person or people in

general. Change sentences such as: The average American worker

spends 2 years of his life in the workforce.

-- By rewording to eliminate unnecessary gender pronouns

and adjectives. (The average American worker spends 20 years in the

workforce.)

-- By recasting into the plural. (Most Americans spend 20

years of their lives in the workforce.)

-- By replacing the masculine or feminine pronoun or

adjective with "one", "you", "he or she", "her or him", or his or

her". (An average American spends 20 years of his or her life in

the workforce.)

(e) Refer to both men and women in such generic terms as

economist, doctor, or lawyer. Identify sex through the use of

pronouns.

-- The lawyer made her final summation.

(f) Avoid the use of stereotyped terms or expressions such as

"man-sized" job.

-- Employee-years and employee-hours (or staff-hours)

instead of man-years and man-hours.

(g) The use of art work in publications should conform to the

following guidelines:

(i) Strive to use racially and sexually balanced designs.

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(ii) Depict both men and women in art work on general

subject matters.

(iii) Show men and women in a variety of roles in

photographs, illustrations, and drawings.

-- Show women and men as managers and skilled laborers.

H.19 HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION ORDERS

The Contractor shall comply with the Hazardous Occupation Orders

issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and set forth at 20

CFR 570.50 et seq. with respect to the employment of youths under 18

years of age and the Child Labor Standards of 29 CFR 570.31 et seq.

with respect to the employment of youths aged 14 and 15.

H.20 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS (FAR-Subpart

28.3)

In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 48 CFR,

Clause 52.228-7 entitled, "Insurance-Liability to Third Persons" the

following kinds and amounts of insurance must be procured and

maintained in force during the lifetime of the above numbered

contract.

A. Worker's Compensation - In the amounts required by State law

or the United States Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation

Act (33 U.S.C. 901).

B. Occupational Diseases Insurance - As required by applicable

law. In any area where all occupational diseases are not

compensable under applicable law, insurance for occupational

diseases shall be secured under the employer liability section of

your insurance policy, minimum per accident $100,000.

C. Employer Liability - This insurance is to cover any

liability imposed upon an employer, by law, for damages on account

of personal injuries, including death resulting therefrom, sustained

by his employees by reason of accident.

D. General Liability Insurance (Bodily Injury) - This insurance

protects the insured against claims arising from bodily injury or

death to third parties occurring on it business premises or through

its operations except those arising from motor vehicles away from

the premises, those covered by any Worker's Compensation law, and

other exclusions stated in the policy. The required coverage for

bodily injury shall be $200,000 per person and $500,000 per

occurrence.

E. Automobile Liability - The required coverage is $200,000 per

person and $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $20,000 per

occurrence for property damage.

F. The policies evidencing such insurance as required under

this contract shall contain the following endorsement:

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"No cancellation, termination, or modification of this policy

shall take effect prior to the expiration of 35 days after written

notice of the cancellation, termination or modification together

with suitable identification of the policy and name insured has been

sent by registered letter to the Government representative at the

address stated below:

Name of Contracting Officer: Keith A. Bond

Address: USDOL/ETA/DASET/OGCM/DAA

200 Constitution Ave., N.W.

Room S-4203

Washington, D.C. 20210

The types and minimum limits reflected above for vehicle insurance

shall apply to any vehicle operated or used in connection with

performance of official business under this contract. In the event

a privately-owned vehicle is used, the Government's share of

insurance premiums, including any additional coverage required to

conform with the above limits, shall be prorated in accordance with

the vehicle's actual use while conducting business under the terms

of this contract.

H.21 DATA COLLECTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR

The Contractor shall be responsible for informing any grantee that

they have been requested to collect information for the Department

of Labor. The collection of such data shall be the responsibility

of the Contractor solely. The Contractor may request assistance

from ETA grantees in locating the data. However, the actual data

gathering must be done by the Contractor.

H.22 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

The composition, workmanship, printing or reproduction and

substantive content of all reports, evaluations, charts, tables,

graphs, and other data to be furnished under this contract shall

strictly conform to the generally accepted quality standards of the

Contractor's profession and shall be suitable for dissemination and

use without revision, to DOL, other Government agencies and the

general public.

Reports shall include a complete disclosure of all data relevant

to the work performed, the techniques developed, the investigations

made, and shall be relevant to the materials studies and methods and

processes employed.

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H.23 RESTRICTION ON USE OF DOL FUNDS FOR

LOBBYING

In accordance with the cost principles incorporated in the Federal

Acquisition Regulations (FAR) at 31.205-22, lobbying costs (direct

or indirect) are unallowable under this agreement. The exclusion of

lobbying costs using Department of Labor funds is not intended to

penalize, discourage, or prevent lobbying activities by utilizing

non-Federal funds.

H.24 PUBLICATION OF MATERIALS

The Contractor shall receive permission from the Contracting

Officer prior to publishing any works performed under this contract.

Further, the Contractor shall acknowledge the support of the

Department of Labor whenever publicizing any work performed under

this contract. To implement the foregoing, the Contractor shall

include in any publication resulting from work performed under this

contract, an acknowledgement substantially the same as follows:

"This project has been funded, either wholly or in part, with

Federal funds from the Department of Labor, Employment and Training

Administration under Contract Number the contents of this

publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the

Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial

products, or organizations imply endorsement of same by the U.S.

Government."

H.25 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF THE

CONTRACT - SERVICE

(FAR 17.208(g))

1. The Government may extend the terms of this contract by

written notice to the Contractor at least 60 calendar days before

the contract expires. This notice does not commit the Government to

an extension.

2. If the Government exercises this option, the extended

contract shall be considered to include this option provision.

3. The initial period of this contract may be extended by one

year, at estimated costs and indirect costs as follows:

Option

Year Estimated Cost Indirect Cost Total Estimated Cost

1 $.00 $.00 $.00

2 $.00 $.00 $.00

3 $.00 $.00 $.00

4 $.00 $.00 $.00

The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any

options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years.

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4. Estimated costs, including any indirect costs, for the options

years shall be determined at the time of contract execution. Any

anticipated deviations from total preestimated option year costs

must be presented to the Contracting Officer in writing, with an

explanation and justification of the anticipated deviation(s), 10

calendar days after receipt of notice by the contractor of the

Government 's intention to exercise the option to extend the term of

the contract. No deviations from the total pre-established option

years estimated costs shall be permitted without the written consent

of the Contracting Officer. Deviations which would increase the

total pre-established option year estimated costs by more than 10

percent shall not be permitted under any circumstances.

H.26 INDIRECT COSTS

In order to avoid major audit problems, disallowed costs, and to

receive timely reimbursement of indirect costs, contractors/grantees

should take those necessary steps to comply with this clause as well

as the critical timeframes for submission of indirect cost

proposals.

You are governed by one of the categories of cost principles listed

below. Please comply with your cost principles as appropriate to

your organization. (1) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subparts

31 and 42 apply to private-for-profit contractors. (2) OMB Circular

A-87 applies to state and local governments and Federally-recognized

Indian Tribes. States receiving JTPA formula-allocated funds can

elect to waive A-87 coverage. (3) OMB Circulars A-21, A-88 and FAR

42.705-3 apply to educational institutions. (4) OMB Circular A-122

applies to nonprofit institutions excluding those addressed in the

preceding as well as hospitals.

The total amount of contract/grant funds will not be increased to

reimburse organizations for higher indirect cost rates than those

rates identified in this clause. Also, the contractor/grantee must

obtain approval from the Contract/Grant Officer to transfer funds

from other budget line items to the indirect cost budget line items

to accommodate higher indirect cost rates.

The foregoing does not relieve the contractor/grantee of any other

administrative cost limitations regarding the contract/grant.

Billing rates are only temporary for the 90 days period from the

effective date of your contract/grant. Failure to submit an

acceptable indirect cost proposal to your cognizant agency for

provisional rates within the aforementioned 90-day period means

that you shall not receive any further reimbursement of your

indirect billing rates until the provisional rate proposal is

received. Also, action may be taken to recoup all indirect costs

already paid to you.

A private-for-profit contractor is to submit an acceptable indirect

cost proposal for final rates to its cognizant agency within 90 days

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after the end of its fiscal year. All other contractors/grantees

must submit their final rate proposals within 6 months after the end

of their fiscal year.

Block 1 or 2 is completed below as appropriate for affected new

contracts/grants or modifications.

BLOCK 1

Rate category: (check one) Your rates and bases are:

Billing Overhead

Provisional Base:

Final (And, if applicable)

See Attached Agreement General and Admin.

Other (Explain) Base:

Effective from to or if multi-year, please explain here:

BLOCK 2

(For special indirect cost ceilings)

Special percent ceiling is % for (usually overhead) and if

applicable, % for General and Administrative. Base:

Special dollar ceiling is $ for (usually overhead) and if

applicable, $ for General and Administrative. Base:

Effective from to or if multi-year, please explain here:

If applicable for ceilings, please describe here any situation

whereby the bases in Block 2 above differ from the bases in Block 1

above. Also, the maximum reimbursement for indirect costs under

this contract/grant will be based on the lower of the negotiated

rates or ceilings.

If the Department of Labor (DOL) is your cognizant agency, proposals

for indirect cost rates and supporting data and documentation should

be sent to the DCD Negotiator in the appropriate DOL Regional Office

or if applicable, to the DCD National Office whose address and phone

number is listed below. In addition, if you do not know your

cognizant Federal agency, please call the phone number listed below:

Director, Division of Cost Determination (DCD)

U.S. Department of Labor, OASAM

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S-1506

Washington, D.C. 20210

Tel. (202) 219-8391

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PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

SECTION I - CONTRACT

CLAUSES

I.1 NOTICE LISTING CONTRACT CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following contract clauses pertinent to this section are

hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number, Title, and

Date) in accordance with the clause at FAR "52.252-2 CLAUSES

INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in Section I of this contract. See FAR

52.252-2 for an internet address (if specified) for electronic

access to the full text of a clause.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.202-1 DEFINITIONS OCT

1995

52.203-3 GRATUITIES APR

1984

52.203-5 COVENANT AGAINST CONTINGENT FEES

APR 1984

52.203-6 RESTRICTIONS ON SUBCONTRACTOR

SALES TO JUL 1995

THE GOVERNMENT

52.203-7 ANTI-KICKBACK PROCEDURES

JUL 1995

52.203-8 CANCELLATION, RESCISSION, AND

RECOVERY JAN 1997

OF FUNDS FOR ILLEGAL OR

IMPROPER

ACTIVITY

52.203-10 PRICE OR FEE ADJUSTMENT FOR

ILLEGAL OR JAN 1997

IMPROPER ACTIVITY

52.203-12 LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO

INFLUENCE JUN 1997

CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS

52.204-4 PRINTING/COPYING DOUBLE-SIDED ON

JUN 1996

RECYCLED PAPER

52.209-6 PROTECTING THE GOVERNMENT'S

INTEREST JUL 1995

WHEN SUBCONTRACTING WITH

CONTRACTORS

DEBARRED, SUSPENDED, OR PROPOSED

FOR

DEBARMENT

52.215-2 AUDIT AND RECORDS--NEGOTIATION

JUN 1999

52.215-8 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE--UNIFORM

CONTRACT OCT 1997

FORMAT

52.216-7 ALLOWABLE COST AND PAYMENT

APR 1998

52.216-8 FIXED-FEE MAR

1997

52.219-4 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION

PREFERENCE JAN 1999

FOR HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS

CONCERNS

(JAN 1999)

52.219-8 UTILIZATION OF SMALL, SMALL

JUN 1999

DISADVANTAGED, AND WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL

BUSINESS CONCERNS

52.219-9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING

PLAN JAN 1999

ALTERNATE II (JAN 1999)

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52.219-16 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES-SMALL

BUSINESS JAN 1999

SUBCONTRACTING PLAN

52.219-25 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

JAN 1999

PARTICIPATION

PROGRAM--DISADVANTAGED

STATUS AND REPORTING

52.222-1 NOTICE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF

LABOR FEB 1997

DISPUTES

52.222-3 CONVICT LABOR AUG

1996

52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FEB

1999

52.222-35 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR DISABLED

VETERANS APR 1998

AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM

ERA

52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS

WITH JUN 1998

DISABILITIES

52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON DISABLED

VETERANS JAN 1999

AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM

ERA

52.223-2 CLEAN AIR AND WATER APR

1984

52.223-6 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE

JAN 1997

52.225-11 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN

AUG 1998

PURCHASES

52.227-1 AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT

JUL 1995

ALTERNATE I (APR 1984)

52.227-2 NOTICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING

PATENT AUG 1996

AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

52.227-11 PATENT RIGHTS -- RETENTION BY THE

JUN 1997

CONTRACTOR (SHORT FORM)

52.227-14 RIGHTS IN DATA--GENERAL

JUN 1987

52.228-7 INSURANCE--LIABILITY TO THIRD

PERSONS MAR 1996

52.230-2 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

APR 1998

52.230-6 ADMINISTRATION OF COST

ACCOUNTING APR 1996

STANDARDS

52.232-17 INTEREST JUN

1996

52.232-18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS APR

1984

52.232-22 LIMITATION OF FUNDS APR

1984

52.232-23 ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIMS JAN

1986

52.232-33 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC

FUNDS--CENTRAL MAY 1999

CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION

52.233-1 DISPUTES MAR

1994

ALTERNATE I (DEC 1991)

52.233-3 PROTEST AFTER AWARD

AUG 1996

ALTERNATE I (JUN 1985)

52.242-1 NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISALLOW COSTS

APR 1984

52.242-3 PENALTIES FOR UNALLOWABLE COSTS

OCT 1995

52.242-4 CERTIFICATION OF FINAL INDIRECT

COSTS JAN 1997

52.242-13 BANKRUPTCY JUL

1995

52.243-2 CHANGES--COST REIMBURSEMENT

AUG 1987

ALTERNATE V (APR 1984)

52.244-2 SUBCONTRACTS AUG

1998

ALTERNATE II (AUG 1998)

52.244-5 COMPETITION IN SUBCONTRACTING

DEC 1996

52.246-23 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FEB

1997

52.246-25 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY--SERVICES

FEB 1997

52.249-6 TERMINATION (COST-REIMBURSEMENT)

SEP 1996

52.249-14 EXCUSABLE DELAYS APR

1984

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52.253-1 COMPUTER GENERATED FORMS

JAN 1991

I.2 52.217-8 OPTION TO EXTEND SERVICES (AUG

1989)

The Government may require continued performance of any services

within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These

rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing

labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option

provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension

of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting

Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor

within the period specified in the Schedule.

I.3 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE

CONTRACT

(MAR 1989)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written

notice to the Contractor within 60 provided, that the Government

shall give the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent

to extend at least 60 days before the contract expires. The

preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract

shall be considered to include this option provision.

any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5.

I.4 52.219-23 NOTICE OF PRICE EVALUATION

ADJUSTMENT FOR SMALL

DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS (OCT

1998)

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1998)

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

Small disadvantaged business concern means an offeror that

represents, as part of its offer, that it is a small business under

the size standard applicable to this acquisition; and either--

(1) It has received certification by the Small Business

Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern consistent

with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B; and

(i) No material change in disadvantaged ownership and control

has occurred since its certification;

(ii) Where the concern is owned by one or more disadvantaged

individuals, 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);

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and

(iii) It is listed, on the date of its representation, on the

Small Business Administration;

(2) It has 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. In this case, in order

to receive the benefit of a price evaluation adjustment, an offeror

must receive certification as a small disadvantaged business concern

by the Small Business Administration prior to contract award; or

(3) Is a joint venture as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002(f).

Historically black college or university means an institution

determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of

34 CFR 608.2. For the Department of Defense (DoD), the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Coast Guard,

the term also includes any nonprofit research institution that was

an integral part of such a college or university before November 14,

1986.

Minority institution means an institution of higher education

meeting the requirements of Section 1046(3) of the Higher Education

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)) which, for purposes of this

clause, includes a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education

as defined in Section 316(b)(1) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(1)).

United States means the United States, its territories and

possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Trust

Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the District of Columbia.

(b) Evaluation adjustment. (1) Offers will be evaluated by adding

a factor of 10 percent to the price of all offers, except--

(i) Offers from small disadvantaged business concerns that

have not waived the adjustment;

(ii) For DOD, NASA, and Coast Guard acquisitions, otherwise

successful offers from historically black colleges or universities

or minority institutions;

(iii) Otherwise successful offers of eligible products under

the Trade Agreements Act when the dollar threshold for application

of the Act is equaled or exceeded (see section 25.402 of the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR));

(iv) Otherwise successful offers where application of the

factor would be inconsistent with a Memorandum of Understanding or

other international agreement with a foreign government; and

(v) For DOD acquisitions, otherwise successful offers of

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qualifying country end products (see sections 225.000-70 and

252.225-7001 of the Defense FAR Supplement).

(2) The factor shall be applied on a line item basis or to any

group of items on which award may be made. Other evaluation factors

described in the solicitation shall be applied before application of

the factor. The factor may not be applied if using the adjustment

would cause the contract award to be made at a price that exceeds

the fair market price by more than the factor in paragraph (b)(1) of

this clause.

business concern may elect to waive the adjustment, in which case

the factor will be added to its offer for evaluation purposes. The

agreements in paragraph (d) of this clause do not apply to offers

that waive the adjustment.

[ ] Offeror elects to waive the adjustment.

(d) Agreements. (1) A small disadvantaged business concern, that

did not waive the adjustment, agrees that in performance of the

contract, in the case of a contract for --

(i) Services, except construction, at least 50 percent of the

cost of personnel for contract performance will be spent for

employees of the concern;

(ii) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer

of such supplies), at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing,

excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by the concern;

(iii) General construction, at least 15 percent of the cost of

the contract, excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by

employees of the concern; or

(iv) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25

percent of the cost of the contract, excluding the cost of

materials, will be performed by employees of the concern.

(2) A small disadvantaged business concern submitting an offer

in its own name agrees to furnish in performing this contract only

end items manufactured or produced by small business concerns in the

United States. This paragraph does not apply in connection with

construction or service contracts.

I.5 52.227-23 RIGHTS TO PROPOSAL DATA

(TECHNICAL) (JUN 1987)

Except for data contained on pages , it is agreed that as a

condition of award of this contract, and notwithstanding the

conditions of any notice appearing thereon, the Government shall

have unlimited rights (as defined in the "Rights in Data--General"

clause contained in this contract) in and to the technical data

contained in the proposal dated upon which this contract is based.

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I.6 52.232-25 PROMPT PAYMENT (JUN 1997)

Notwithstanding any other payment clause in this contract, the

Government will make invoice payments and contract financing

payments under the terms and conditions specified in this clause.

Payment shall be considered as being made on the day a check is

dated or the date of an electronic funds transfer. Definitions of

pertinent terms are set forth in section 32.902 of the Federal

Acquisition Regulation. All days referred to in this clause are

calendar days, unless otherwise specified. (However, see

subparagraph (a)(4) of this clause concerning payments due on

Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.)

(a) Invoice payments (1) Due Date. (i) Except as indicated in

subparagraph (a)(2) and paragraph (c) of this clause, the due date

for making invoice payments by the designated payment office shall

be the later of the following two events:

(A) The 30th day after the designated billing office has

received a proper invoice from the Contractor (except as provided in

subdivision (a)(1)(ii) of this clause).

(B) The 30th day after Government acceptance of supplies

delivered or services performed by the Contractor. On a final

invoice where the payment amount is subject to contract settlement

actions, acceptance shall be deemed to have occurred on the

effective date of the contract settlement.

(ii) If the designated billing office fails to annotate the

invoice with the actual date of receipt at the time of receipt, the

invoice payment due date shall be the 30th day after the date of the

Contractor's invoice; provided a proper invoice is received and

there is no disagreement over quantity, quality, or Contractor

compliance with contract requirements.

(2) Certain food products and other payments. (i) Due dates on

Contractor invoices for meat, meat food products, or fish;

perishable agricultural commodities; and dairy products, edible fats

or oils, and food products prepared from edible fats or oils are--

(A) For meat or meat food products, as defined in section

2(a)(3) of the Packers and Stockyard Act of 1921 (7 U.S.C. 182(3)),

and as further defined in Pub. L. 98-181, including any edible fresh

or frozen poultry meat, any perishable poultry meat food product,

fresh eggs, and any perishable egg product, as close as possible to,

but not later than, the 7th day after product delivery.

(B) For fresh or frozen fish, as defined in section 204(3)

of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4003(3)),

as close as possible to, but not later than, the 7th day after

product delivery.

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section 1(4) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930

(7 U.S.C. 499a(4)), as close as possible to, but not later than, the

10th day after product delivery, unless another date is specified in

the contract.

(D) For dairy products, as defined in section 111(e) of the

Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4502(e)),

edible fats or oils, and food products prepared from edible fats or

oils, as close as possible to, but not later than, the 10th day

after the date on which a proper invoice has been received. Liquid

milk, cheese, certain processed cheese products, butter, yogurt, ice

cream, mayonnaise, salad dressings, and other similar products, fall

within this classification. Nothing in the Act limits this

classification to refrigerated products. When questions arise

regarding the proper classification of a specific product,

prevailing industry practices will be followed in specifying a

contract payment due date. The burden of proof that a classification

of a specific product is, in fact, prevailing industry practice is

upon the Contractor making the representation.

(ii) If the contract does not require submission of an invoice

for payment (e.g., periodic lease payments), the due date will be as

specified in the contract.

(3) Contractor's invoice. The Contractor shall prepare and

submit invoices to the designated billing office specified in the

contract. A proper invoice must include the items listed in

paragraph (a)(3)(i) through (a)(3)(viii) of this clause. If the

invoice does not comply with these requirements, it shall be

returned within 7 days after the date the designated billing office

received the invoice (3 days for meat, meat food products, or fish;

5 days for perishable agricultural commodities, edible fats or oils,

and food products prepared from edible fats or oils), with a

statement of the reasons why it is not a proper invoice. Untimely

notification will be taken into account in computing any interest

penalty owed the Contractor in the manner described in subparagraph

(a)(5) of this clause.

(i) Name and address of the Contractor.

(ii) Invoice date. (The Contractor is encouraged to date

invoices as close as possible to the date of the mailing or

transmission.)

(iii) Contract number or other authorization for supplies

delivered or services performed (including order number and contract

line item number).

(iv) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price, and

extended price of supplies delivered or services performed.

(v) Shipping and payment terms (e.g., shipment number and date

of shipment, prompt payment discount terms). Bill of lading number

and weight of shipment will be shown for shipments on Government

bills of lading.

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(vi) Name and address of Contractor official to whom payment

is to be sent (must be the same as that in the contract or in a

proper notice of assignment).

(vii) Name (where practicable), title, phone number, and

mailing address of person to be notified in the event of a defective

invoice.

(viii) Any other information or documentation required by the

contract (such as evidence of shipment).

(ix) While not required, the Contractor is strongly encouraged

to assign an identification number to each invoice.

(4) Interest penalty. An interest penalty shall be paid

automatically by the designated payment office, without request from

the Contractor, if payment is not made by the due date and the

conditions listed in paragraphs (a)(4)(i) through (a)(4)(iii) of

this clause are met, if applicable. However, when the due date falls

on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday when Federal Government

offices are closed and Government business is not expected to be

conducted, payment may be made on the following business day without

incurring a late payment interest penalty.

(i) A proper invoice was received by the designated billing

office.

(ii) A receiving report or other Government documentation

authorizing payment was processed, and there was no disagreement

over quantity, quality, or Contractor compliance with any contract

term or condition.

(iii) In the case of a final invoice for any balance of funds

due the Contractor for supplies delivered or services performed, the

amount was not subject to further contract settlement actions

between the Government and the Contractor.

(5) Computing penalty amount. The interest penalty shall be at

the rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury under section

12 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 611) that is in

effect on the day after the due date, except where the interest

penalty is prescribed by other governmental authority (e.g.,

tariffs). This rate is referred to as the "Renegotiation Board

Interest Rate," and it is published in the Federal Register

semiannually on or about January 1 and July 1. The interest penalty

shall accrue daily on the invoice principal payment amount approved

by the Government until the payment date of such approved principal

amount; and will be compounded in 30-day increments inclusive from

the first day after the due date through the payment date. That is,

interest accrued at the end of any 30-day period will be added to

the approved invoice principal payment amount and will be subject to

interest penalties if not paid in the succeeding 30-day period. If

the designated billing office failed to notify the Contractor of a

defective invoice within the periods prescribed in subparagraph

(a)(3) of this clause, the due date on the corrected invoice will be

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adjusted by subtracting from such date the number of days taken

beyond the prescribed notification of defects period. Any interest

penalty owed the Contractor will be based on this adjusted due date.

Adjustments will be made by the designated payment office for errors

in calculating interest penalties.

(i) For the sole purpose of computing an interest penalty that

might be due the Contractor, Government acceptance shall be deemed

to have occurred constructively on the 7th (unless otherwise

specified in this contract) after the Contractor delivered the

supplies or performed the services in accordance with the terms and

conditions of the contract, unless there is a disagreement over

quantity, quality, or Contractor compliance with a contract

provision. In the event that actual acceptance occurs within the

constructive acceptance period, the determination of an interest

penalty shall be based on the actual date of acceptance. The

constructive acceptance requirement does not, however, compel

Government officials to accept supplies or services, perform

contract administration functions, or make payment prior to

fulfilling their responsibilities.

(ii) The following periods of time will not be included in the

determination of an interest penalty:

(A) The period taken to notify the Contractor of defects in

invoices submitted to the Government, but this may not exceed 7 days

(3 days for meat, meat food products, or fish; 5 days for perishable

agricultural commodities, dairy products, edible fats or oils, and

food products prepared from edible fats or oils).

(B) The period between the defects notice and resubmission

of the corrected invoice by the Contractor.

information, in accordance with the EFT clause of this contract.

(iii) Interest penalties will not continue to accrue after the

filing of a claim for such penalties under the clause at 52.233-1,

Disputes, or for more than 1 year. Interest penalties of less than

$1 need not be paid.

(iv) Interest penalties are not required on payment delays due

to disagreement between the Government and the Contractor over the

payment amount or other issues involving contract compliance or on

amounts temporarily withheld or retained in accordance with the

terms of the contract. Claims involving disputes, and any interest

that may be payable, will be resolved in accordance with the clause

at 52.233-1, Disputes.

(6) Prompt payment discounts. An interest penalty also shall be

paid automatically by the designated payment office, without request

from the Contractor, if a discount for prompt payment is taken

improperly. The interest penalty will be calculated as described in

subparagraph (a)(5) of this clause on the amount of discount taken

for the period beginning with the first day after the end of the

discount period through the date when the Contractor is paid.

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(7) Additional interest penalty. (i) a penalty amount,

calculated in accordance with paragraph (a)(7)(iii) of this clause,

shall be paid in addition to the interest penalty amount if the

Contractor--

(A) Is owed an interest penalty of $1 or more;

(B) Is not paid the interest penalty within 10 days after

the date the invoice amount is paid; and

for additional penalty payment, in accordance with paragraph

(a)(7)(ii) of this clause, postmarked not later than 40 days after

the invoice amount is paid.

(ii)(A) Contractors shall support written demands for

additional penalty payments with the following data. No additional

data shall be required. Contractors shall--

(1) Specifically assert that late payment interest is due

under a specific invoice, and request payment of all overdue late

payment interest penalty and such additional penalty as may be

required;

(2) Attach a copy of the invoice on which the unpaid late

payment interest was due; and

(3) State that payment of the principal has been received,

including the date of receipt.

(B) Demands must be postmarked on or before the 40th day

after payment was made, except that--

(1) If the postmark is illegible or nonexistent, the

demand must have been received and annotated with the date of

receipt by the designated payment office on or before the 40th day

after payment was made; or

(2) If the postmark is illegible or nonexistent and the

designated payment office fails to make the required annotation, the

demand's validity will be determined by the date the Contractor has

placed on the demand; provided such date is no later than the 40th

day after payment was made.

(iii)(A) The additional penalty shall be equal to 100 percent of

any original late payment interest penalty, except--

(1) The additional penalty shall not exceed $5,000;

(2) The additional penalty shall never be less than $25; and

(3) No additional penalty is owed if the amount of the

underlying interest penalty is less than $1.

(B) If the interest penalty ceases to accrue in accordance

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with the limits stated in paragraph (a)(5)(iii) of this clause, the

amount of the additional penalty shall be calculated on the amount

of interest penalty that would have accrued in the absence of these

limits, subject to the overall limits on the additional penalty

specified in paragraph (a)(7)(iii)(A) of this clause.

penalties, the test shall be the interest penalty due on each

separate payment made for each separate contract. The maximum and

minimum additional penalty shall not be based upon individual

invoices unless the invoices are paid separately. Where payments are

consolidated for disbursing purposes, the maximum and minimum

additional penalty determination shall be made separately for each

contract therein.

(D) The additional penalty does not apply to payments

regulated by other Government regulations (e.g., payments under

utility contracts subject to tariffs and regulation).

(b) Contract financing payments--(1) Due dates for recurring

financing payments. If this contract provides for contract

financing, requests for payment shall be submitted to the designated

billing office as specified in this contract or as directed by the

Contracting Officer. Contract financing payments shall be made on

the 30th day after receipt of a proper contract financing request by

the designated billing office. In the event that an audit or other

review of a specific financing request is required to ensure

compliance with the terms and conditions of the contract, the

designated payment office is not compelled to make payment by the

due date specified.

(2) Due dates for other contract financing. For advance

payments, loans, or other arrangements that do not involve recurring

submissions of contract financing requests, payment shall be made in

accordance with the corresponding contract terms or as directed by

the Contracting Officer.

(3) Interest penalty not applicable. Contract financing payments

shall not be assessed an interest penalty for payment delays.

the clause at 52.213-1, Fast Payment Procedure, payments will be

made within 15 days after the date of receipt of the invoice.

I.7 52.243-7 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES (APR

1984)

(a) Definitions. "Contracting Officer," as used in this clause,

does not include any representative of the Contracting Officer.

"Specificially Authorized Representative (SAR)," as used in this

clause, means any person the Contracting Officer has so designated

by written notice (a copy of which shall be provided to the

Contractor) which shall refer to this subparagraph and shall be

issued to the designated representative before the SAR exercises

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such authority.

(b) Notice. The primary purpose of this clause is to obtain

prompt reporting of Government conduct that the Contractor considers

to constitute a change to this contract. Except for changes

identified as such in writing and signed by the Contracting Officer,

the Contractor shall notify the Administrative Contracting Officer

in writing promptly, within 15 calendar days from the date that the

Contractor identifies any Government conduct (including actions,

inactions, and written or oral communications) that the Contractor

regards as a change to the contract terms and conditions. On the

basis of the most accurate information available to the Contractor,

the notice shall state--

(1) The date, nature, and circumstances of the conduct regarded

as a change;

(2) The name, function, and activity of each Government

individual and Contractor official or employee involved in or

knowledgeable about such conduct;

(3) The identification of any documents and the substance of any

oral communication involved in such conduct;

(4) In the instance of alleged acceleration of scheduled

performance or delivery, the basis upon which it arose;

(5) The particular elements of contract performance for which

the Contractor may seek an equitable adjustment under this clause,

including--

(i) What contract line items have been or may be affected by

the alleged change;

(ii) What labor or materials or both have been or may be

added, deleted, or wasted by the alleged change;

(iii) To the extent practicable, what delay and disruption in

the manner and sequence of performance and effect on continued

performance have been or may be caused by the alleged change;

(iv) What adjustments to contract price, delivery schedule,

and other provisions affected by the alleged change are estimated;

and

(6) The Contractor's estimate of the time by which the

Government must respond to the Contractor's notice to minimize cost,

delay or disruption of performance.

required by (b) above, the Contractor shall diligently continue

performance of this contract to the maximum extent possible in

accordance with its terms and conditions as construed by the

Contractor, unless the notice reports a direction of the Contracting

Officer or a communication from a SAR of the Contracting Officer, in

either of which events the Contractor shall continue performance;

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provided, however, that if the Contractor regards the direction or

communication as a change as described in (b) above, notice shall be

given in the manner provided. All directions, communications,

interpretations, orders and similar actions of the SAR shall be

reduced to writing promptly and copies furnished to the Contractor

and to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer shall

promptly countermand any action which exceeds the authority of the

SAR.

(d) Government response. The Contracting Officer shall promptly,

within 15 calendar days after receipt of notice, respond to the

notice in writing. In responding, the Contracting Officer shall

either--

(1) Confirm that the conduct of which the Contractor gave notice

constitutes a change and when necessary direct the mode of further

performance;

(2) Countermand any communication regarded as a change;

(3) Deny that the conduct of which the Contractor gave notice

constitutes a change and when necessary direct the mode of further

performance; or

(4) In the event the Contractor's notice information is

inadequate to make a decision under (1), (2), or (3) above, advise

the Contractor what additional information is required, and

establish the date by which it should be furnished and the date

thereafter by which the Government will respond.

(e) Equitable adjustments. (1) If the Contracting Officer

confirms that Government conduct effected a change as alleged by the

Contractor, and the conduct causes an increase or decrease in the

Contractor's cost of, or the time required for, performance of any

part of the work under this contract, whether changed or not changed

by such conduct, an equitable adjustment shall be made--

(i) In the contract price or delivery schedule or both; and

(ii) In such other provisions of the contract as may be

affected.

(2) The contract shall be modified in writing accordingly. In

the case of drawings, designs or specifications which are defective

and for which the Government is responsible, the equitable

adjustment shall include the cost and time extension for delay

reasonably incurred by the Contractor in attempting to comply with

the defective drawings, designs or specifications before the

Contractor identified, or reasonably should have identified, such

defect. When the cost of property made obsolete or excess as a

result of a change confirmed by the Contracting Officer under this

clause is included in the equitable adjustment, the Contracting

Officer shall have the right to prescribe the manner of disposition

of the property. The equitable adjustment shall not include

increased costs or time extensions for delay resulting from the

Contractor's failure to provide notice or to continue performance as

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provided, respectively, in (b) and (c) above.

I.8 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY

REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses 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. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed

electronically at this/these address(es):

www.gsa.gov

I.9 52.219-23 Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment

for

Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (Oct 1998).

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause.

Small disadvantaged business concern means an offeror that

represents, as part of its offer, that it is a small business under

the size standard applicable to this acquisition; and either.

(1) It has received certification by the Small Business

Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern consistent

with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B; and

(i) No material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has

occurred since its certification;

(ii) Where the concern is owned by one or more disadvantaged

individuals, 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);

and

(iii) It is listed, on the date of its representation, on the

Small Business Administration;

(2) It has 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. In this case, in

order to receive the benefit of a price evaluation adjustment, an

offeror must receive certification as a small disadvantaged business

concern by the Small Business Administration prior to contract

award; or

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(3) Is a joint venture as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002(f).

Historically black college or university means an institution

determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of

34 CFR 608.2. For the Department of Defense (DoD), the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Coast Guard,

the term also includes any nonprofit research institution that was

an integral part of such a college or university before November 14,

1986.

Minority institution means an institution of higher education

meeting the requirements of Section 1046(3) of the Higher Education

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)) which, for purposes of this

clause, includes a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education

as defined in Section 316(b)(1) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(1)).

United States means the United States, its territories and

possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Trust

Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the District of Columbia.

(b) Evaluation adjustment. (1) Offers will be evaluated by adding a

factor of 10% [percentage to be inserted by the contracting officer]

percent to the price of all offers, except.

(i) Offers from small disadvantaged business concerns that have not

waived the adjustment;

(ii) For DOD, NASA, and Coast Guard acquisitions, otherwise

successful offers from historically black colleges or universities

or minority institutions;

(iii) Otherwise successful offers of eligible products under the

Trade Agreements Act when the dollar threshold for application of

the Act is equaled or exceeded (see section 25.402 of the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR));

(iv) Otherwise successful offers where application of the factor

would be inconsistent with a Memorandum of Understanding or other

international agreement with a foreign government; and

(v) For DOD acquisitions, otherwise successful offers of qualifying

country end products (see sections 225.000-70 and 252.225-7001 of

the Defense FAR Supplement).

(2) The factor shall be applied on a line item basis or to any group

of items on which award may be made. Other evaluation factors

described in the solicitation shall be applied before application of

the factor. The factor may not be applied if using the adjustment

would cause the contract award to be made at a price that exceeds

the fair market price by more than the factor in paragraph (b)(1) of

this clause.

business concern may elect to waive the adjustment, in which case

the factor will be added to its offer for evaluation purposes. The

agreements in paragraph (d) of this clause do not apply to offers

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that waive the adjustment.

___Offeror elects to waive the adjustment.

(d) Agreements. (1) A small disadvantaged business concern, that

did not waive the adjustment, agrees that in performance of the

contract, in the case of a contract for.

(i) Services, except construction, at least 50 percent of the cost

of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of

the concern;

(ii) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such

supplies), at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing,

excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by the concern;

(iii) General construction, at least 15 percent of the cost of the

contract, excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by

employees of the concern; or

(iv) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25 percent

of the cost of the contract, excluding the cost of materials, will

be performed by employees of the concern.

(2) A small disadvantaged business concern submitting an offer in

its own name agrees to furnish in performing this contract only end

items manufactured or produced by small disadvantaged business

concerns in the United States. This paragraph does not apply in

connection with construction or service contracts.

(End of clause)

I.10 52.219-24 Small Disadvantaged Business

Participation

Program. Targets (Jan 1999)

(a) This solicitation contains a source selection factor or

subfactor related to the participation of small disadvantaged

business (SDB) concerns in the contract. Credit under that

evaluation factor or subfactor is not available to an SDB concern

that qualifies for a price evaluation adjustment under the clause at

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

Disadvantaged Business Concerns, unless the SDB concern specifically

waives the price evaluation adjustment.

(b) In order to receive credit under the source selection factor or

subfactor, the offeror must provide, with its offer, targets,

expressed as dollars and percentages of total contract value, for

SDB participation in any of the Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) Major Groups as determined by the Department of Commerce. The

targets may provide for participation by a prime contractor, joint

venture partner, teaming arrangement member, or subcontractor;

however, the targets for subcontractors must be listed separately.

(End of provision)

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I.11 52.219-25 Small Disadvantaged Business

Participation

Program. Disadvantaged Status and Reporting (Jan 1999).

(a) Disadvantaged status for joint venture partners, team members,

and subcontractors. This clause addresses disadvantaged status for

joint venture partners, teaming arrangement members, and

subcontractors and is applicable if this contract contains small

disadvantaged business (SDB) participation targets. The Contractor

shall obtain representations of small disadvantaged status from

joint venture partners, teaming arrangement members, and

subcontractors through use of a provision substantially the same as

paragraph (b)(1)(i) of the provision at FAR 52.219-22, Small

Disadvantaged Business Status. The Contractor shall confirm that a

joint venture partner, team member, or subcontractor representing

itself as a small disadvantaged business concern is included in the

SBA's on-line list of SDBs at http://www.sba.gov or by contacting

the SBA's Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Certification and

Eligibility.

(b) Reporting requirement. If this contract contains SDB

participation targets, the Contractor shall report on the

participation of SDB concerns at contract completion, or as

otherwise provided in this contract. Reporting may be on Optional

Form 312, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Report, or in

the Contractor's own format providing the same information. This

report is required for each contract containing SDB participation

targets. If this contract contains an individual Small, Small

Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan,

reports may be submitted with the final Subcontracting Report for

Individual Contracts (Standard Form 294) at the completion of the

contract.

(End of clause)

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PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND

OTHER ATTACHMENTS

SECTION J - LIST OF

ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT NO.

NUMBER TITLE DATE PAGES

J.1 CONTRACT PRICING PROPOSAL COVER SHEET,

SF 1411, (9 PAGES)

J.2 COST AND PRICE ANALYSIS, ETA 8555, (8

PAGES)

J.3 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CAPABILITY, ETA

8554, (2 PAGES)

J.4 COST CONTRACTOR'S INVOICE, ETA 3100-1 (1

PAGE)

J.5 COST CONTRACTOR'S DETAILED STATEMENT

COST, ETA 3-2 (1 PAGE)

J.6 PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

QUESTIONNAIRE (2 PAGES)

J.7 CLIENT AUTHORIZATION INFORMATION (3

pages)

J.8 VETS-100 - FEDERAL CONTRACTOR VETERANS

EMPLOYMENT

REPORT, OMB 1293-0005 (2 PAGES)

J.9 TABLE 3 - ANNUAL NUMBER OF TERMINATING

MALE STUDENTS BY

REGION FOR PROGRAM YEAR 1997 (1 PAGE)

J.10 TABLE 4 - CURRENT CENTERS WITH CONTRACT

SUPPORT STAFF

LOCATION NUMBER OF STUDENTS (FEMALES/MALES) (3PAGES)

J.11 ORAL PRESENTATION QUESTIONNAIRE (2

PAGES)

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PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND

INSTRUCTIONS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS,

CERTIFICATIONS AND

OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS

K.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED

BY REFERENCE

The following solicitation provisions pertinent to this

section are hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number,

Title, and Date) in accordance with the FAR provision at FAR

"52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in

Section L of this solicitation. See FAR 52.252-1 for an internet

address (if specified) for electronic access to the full text of a

provision.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.203-11 CERTIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE

REGARDING APR 1991

PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN

FEDERAL

TRANSACTIONS

52.222-21 PROHIBITION OF SEGREGATED

FACILITIES FEB 1999

(FEB 1999)

K.2 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.

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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;

[ ] 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--------------------------------------------------------

(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---------------------------------------------------------------

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TIN----------------------------------------------------------------

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K.3 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 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 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, [ ] is not a women-owned business

concern.

K.4 52.209-5 CERTIFICATION REGARDING

DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION,

PROPOSED DEBARMENT, AND OTHER

RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

(MAR 1996)

(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 3-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

otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity

with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision

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

(ii) The Offeror has [ ] has not [ ], within a 3-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.

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.

K.5 52.215-6 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (OCT

1997)

(a) The offeror or respondent, in the performance of any contract

resulting from this solicitation, [ ] intends, [ ] does not

intend [check applicable block] to use one or more plants or

facilities located at a different address from the address of the

offeror or respondent as indicated in this proposal or response to

request for information.

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(b) If the offeror or respondent checks "intends" in paragraph (a)

of this provision, it shall insert in the following spaces the

required information:

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Place of performance (street | Name and address of owner and

(street address, city, state, | operator of the plant or facility

county, code) | if other than offeror or respondent

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___________________________________|__________________________________

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K.6 52.219-1 SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

REPRESENTATIONS

(MAY 1999)

(a)(1) The standard industrial classification (SIC) code for this

acquisition is 8744.

(2) The small business size standard is $5 million [average

annual receipts for 3 preceding fiscal yrs].

(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.

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"Small business concern", as used in this provision, 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.

"Women-owned small business concern", as used in this provision,

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, 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.

K.7 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 to the Equal Opportunity clause of this

solicitation; the clause originally contained in Section 310 of

Executive Order No. 10925, or the clause contained in Section 201 of

Executive Order No. 11114;

(b) It [ ] has, [ ] has not filed all required compliance reports;

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and

reports, signed by proposed subcontractors, will be obtained before

subcontract awards.

K.8 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.

K.9 52.223-1 CLEAN AIR AND WATER

CERTIFICATION (APR 1984)

The Offeror certifies that--

(a) Any facility to be used in the performance of this proposed

contract is [ ], is not [ ] listed on the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) List of Violating Facilities;

(b) The Offeror will immediately notify the Contracting Officer,

before award, of the receipt of any communication from the

Administrator, or a designee, of the EPA, indicating that any

facility that the Offeror proposes to use for the performance of the

contract is under consideration to be listed on the (EPA) List of

Violating Facilities; and

same as this certification, including this paragraph (c), in every

nonexempt subcontract.

K.10 52.227-15 STATEMENT OF LIMITED RIGHTS

DATA AND

RESTRICTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE (MAY

1999)

(a) This solicitation sets forth the work to be performed if a

contract award results, and the Government's known delivery

requirements for data (as defined in FAR 27.401). Any resulting

contract may also provide the Government the option to order

additional data under the Additional Data Requirements clause at

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52.227-16 of the FAR, if included in the contract. Any data

delivered under the resulting contract will be subject to the Rights

in Data--General clause at 52.227-14 that is to be included in this

contract. Under the latter clause, a Contractor may withhold from

delivery data that qualify as limited rights data or restricted

computer software, and deliver form, fit, and function data in lieu

thereof. The latter clause also may be used with its Alternates II

and/or III to obtain delivery of limited rights data or restricted

computer software, marked with limited rights or restricted rights

notices, as appropriate. In addition, use of Alternate V with this

latter clause provides the Government the right to inspect such data

at the Contractor's facility.

(b) As an aid in determining the Government's need to include

Alternate II or Alternate III in the clause at 52.227-14, Rights in

Data--General, the offeror shall complete paragraph (c) of this

provision to either state that none of the data qualify as limited

rights data or restricted computer software, or identify, to the

extent feasible, which of the data qualifies as limited rights data

or restricted computer software. Any identification of limited

rights data or restricted computer software in the offeror's

response is not determinative of the status of such data should a

contract be awarded to the offeror.

data or software and states [offeror check appropriate block]--

[ ] None of the data proposed for fulfilling such requirements

qualifies as limited rights data or restricted computer software.

[ ] Data proposed for fulfilling such requirements qualify as

limited rights data or restricted computer software and are

identified as follows:

___________________________________________________________________

___

___________________________________________________________________

___

___________________________________________________________________

___

Note: "Limited rights data" and "Restricted computer software"

are defined in the contract clause entitled "Rights in

Data--General."

K.11 52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

NOTICES AND

CERTIFICATION (APR 1998)

NOTE:

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This notice does not apply to small businesses or

foreign governments.

This notice is in three parts, identified by Roman

numerals I through III.

If the offeror is an educational institution, Part II does

not apply unless the contemplated contract will be subject

to full or modified CAS coverage pursuant to 48 CFR

9903.201-2(c)(5) or 9903.201-2(c)(6), respectively.

Offerors shall examine each part and provide the requested

information in order to determine Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)

requirements applicable to any resultant contract.

I. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT-COST ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND

CERTIFICATION

(a) Any contract in excess of $500,000 resulting from this

solicitation will be subject to the requirements of the Cost

Accounting Standards Board (48 CFR Chapter 99), except for those

contracts which are exempt as specified in 48 CFR 9903.201-1.

(b) Any offeror submitting a proposal which, if accepted, will

result in a contract subject to the requirements of 48 CFR, Chapter

99 must, as a condition of contracting, submit a Disclosure

Statement as required by 48 CFR 9903.202. When required, the

Disclosure Statement must be submitted as a part of the offeror's

proposal under this solicitation unless the offeror has already

submitted a Disclosure Statement disclosing the practices used in

connection with the pricing of this proposal. If an applicable

Disclosure Statement has already been submitted, the offeror may

satisfy the requirement for submission by providing the information

requested in paragraph (c) of Part I of this provision.

CAUTION: In the absence of specific regulations or agreement, a

practice disclosed in a Disclosure Statement shall not, by virtue of

such disclosure, be deemed to be a proper, approved, or agreed-to

practice for pricing proposals or accumulating and reporting

contract performance cost data.

[ ] (1) Certificate of Concurrent Submission of Disclosure

Statement. The offeror hereby certifies that, as a part of the

offer, copies of the Disclosure Statement have been submitted as

follows: (i) original and one copy to the cognizant Administrative

Contracting Officer (ACO) or cognizant Federal agency official

authorized to act in that capacity (Federal official), as

applicable, and (ii) one copy to the cognizant Federal auditor.

(Disclosure must be on Form No. CASB DS-1 or CASB DS-2, as

applicable. Forms may be obtained from the cognizant ACO or Federal

official and/or from the loose-leaf version of the Federal

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Acquisition Regulation.)

Date of Disclosure Statement:

Name and Address of Cognizant ACO or

Federal Official Where Filed:

________________________________________

The offeror further certifies that the practices used in

estimating costs in pricing this proposal are consistent with the

cost accounting practices disclosed in the Disclosure Statement.

[ ] (2) Certificate of Previously Submitted Disclosure

Statement. The offeror hereby certifies that the required Disclosure

Statement was filed as follows:

Date of Disclosure Statement:

Name and Address of Cognizant ACO or Federal Official Where Filed:

The offeror further certifies that the practices used in

estimating costs in pricing this proposal are consistent with the

cost accounting practices disclosed in the applicable Disclosure

Statement.

[ ] (3) Certificate of Monetary Exemption. The offeror hereby

certifies that the offeror, together with all divisions,

subsidiaries, and affiliates under common control, did not receive

net awards of negotiated prime contracts and subcontracts subject to

CAS totaling more than $25 million (of which at least one award

exceeded $1 million) in the cost accounting period immediately

preceding the period in which this proposal was submitted. The

offeror further certifies that if such status changes before an

award resulting from this proposal, the offeror will advise the

Contracting Officer immediately.

[ ] (4) Certificate of Interim Exemption. The offeror hereby

certifies that (i) the offeror first exceeded the monetary exemption

for disclosure, as defined in (3) of this subsection, in the cost

accounting period immediately preceding the period in which this

offer was submitted and (ii) in accordance with 48 CFR 9903.202-1,

the offeror is not yet required to submit a Disclosure Statement.

The offeror further certifies that if an award resulting from this

proposal has not been made within 90 days after the end of that

period, the offeror will immediately submit a revised certificate to

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the Contracting Officer, in the form specified under subparagraphs

(c)(1) or (c)(2) of Part I of this provision, as appropriate, to

verify submission of a completed Disclosure Statement.

CAUTION: Offerors currently required to disclose because they were

awarded a CAS-covered prime contract or subcontract of $10 million

or more in the current cost accounting period may not claim this

exemption (4). Further, the exemption applies only in connection

with proposals submitted before expiration of the 90 day period

following the cost accounting period in which the monetary exemption

was exceeded.

II. COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ELIGIBILITY FOR MODIFIED CONTRACT

COVERAGE

If the offeror is eligible to use the modified provisions of 48

CFR subpart 9903.201-2(b) and elects to do so, the offeror shall

indicate by checking the box below. Checking the box below shall

mean that the resultant contract is subject to the Disclosure and

Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices clause in lieu of the Cost

Accounting Standards clause.

[ ] The offeror hereby claims an exemption from the Cost

Accounting Standards clause under the provisions of 48 CFR subpart

9903.201-2(b) and certifies that the offeror is eligible for use of

the Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices clause

because during the cost accounting period immediately preceding the

period in which this proposal was submitted, the offeror received

less than $25 million in awards of CAS-covered prime contracts and

subcontracts, or the offeror did not receive a single CAS-covered

award exceeding $1 million. The offeror further certifies that if

such status changes before an award resulting from this proposal,

the offeror will advise the Contracting Officer immediately.

CAUTION: An offeror may not claim the above eligibility for modified

contract coverage if this proposal is expected to result in the

award of a CAS-covered contract of $25 million or more or if, during

its current cost accounting period, the offeror has been awarded a

single CAS-covered prime contract or subcontract of $25 million or

more.

III. ADDITIONAL COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO EXISTING

CONTRACTS

The offeror shall indicate below whether award of the contemplated

contract would, in accordance with subparagraph (a)(3) of the Cost

Accounting Standards clause, require a change in established cost

accounting practices affecting existing contracts and subcontracts.

[ ] YES [ ] NO

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K.12 SIGNATURE BLOCK

I, the undersigned, do hereby attest that all representations and

certifications made in this Section K are true.

Also, I, the undersigned, am aware of the penalties prescribed in

18 U.S. Code 1001 for making false statements in offers; and I am

legally authorized to bind the company or organization represented.

__________________________________________ _____________

(Signature) (Date)

__________________________________________

(Typed or Printed Name)

__________________________________________

(Title)

__________________________________________

(Solicitation Number)

__________________________________________

(Name of Company/Organization Represented)

__________________________________________

(Address, including Zip Code)

_______________________________________

(Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND

NOTICES TO OFFERORS

L.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED

BY REFERENCE

The following solicitation provisions pertinent to this

section are hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number,

Title, and Date) in accordance with the FAR provision at FAR

"52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in

Section L of this solicitation. See FAR 52.252-1 for an internet

address (if specified) for electronic access to the full text of a

provision.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.215-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO

OFFERORS--COMPETITIVE OCT 1997

ACQUISITION

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1997)

52.215-16 FACILITIES CAPITAL COST OF MONEY

OCT 1997

52.219-24 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

JAN 1999

PARTICIPATION

PROGRAM--TARGETS

52.222-24 PREAWARD ON-SITE EQUAL

OPPORTUNITY FEB 1999

COMPLIANCE EVALUATION

L.2 52.204-6 DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING

SYSTEM (DUNS) NUMBER

(JUN 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.

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(5) Chief executive officer/key manager.

(6) Date the company was started.

(7) Number of people employed by the company.

(8) Company affiliation.

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.

L.3 52.216-1 TYPE OF CONTRACT (APR

1984)

The Government contemplates award of a Cost Plus Fixed Fee

contract resulting from this solicitation.

L.4 52.219-22 SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

STATUS (OCT 1998)

ALTERNATE I (OCT 1998)

(a) General. This provision is used to assess an offeror's small

disadvantaged business status for the purpose of obtaining a benefit

on this solicitation. Status as a small business and status as a

small disadvantaged business for general statistical purposes is

covered by the provision at FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program

Representation.

(b) Representations.

(1) General. The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that

it is a small business under the size standard applicable to this

acquisition; and either--

[ ] (i) It has received certification by the Small Business

Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern consistent

with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B; and

(A) No material change in disadvantaged ownership and control

has occurred since its certification;

(B) Where the concern is owned by one or more disadvantaged

individuals, 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);

and

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Small Business Administration; or

[ ] (ii) It has 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.

(2) [ ] For Joint Ventures. The offeror represents, as part of

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

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

paragraph (b)(1) of this provision is accurate for the small

disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint

venture. [The offeror shall enter the name of the small

disadvantaged business concern that is participating in the joint

venture: ____________________________________________________.]

(3) Address. The offeror represents that its address [ ]_is, [ ]

is not in a region for which a small disadvantaged business

procurement mechanism is authorized and its address has not changed

since its certification as a small disadvantaged business concern or

submission of its application for certification. The list of

authorized small disadvantaged business procurement mechanisms and

regions is posted at http://www.arnet.gov/References/

sdbadjustments.htm. The offeror shall use the list in effect on the

date of this solicitation. "Address," as used in this provision,

means the address of the offeror as listed on the Small Business

Administrations register of small disadvantaged business concerns or

the address on the completed application that the concern has

submitted to the Small Business Administration or a Private

Certifier in accordance with 13 CFR part 124, subpart B. For joint

ventures, "address" refers to the address of the small disadvantaged

business concern that is participating in the joint venture.

of the disadvantaged status of a concern for the purposes of

securing a contract or subcontract shall:

(1) Be punished by imposition of a fine, imprisonment, or both;

(2) Be subject to administrative remedies, including suspension

and debarment; and

(3) Be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under

the authority of the Small Business Act.

L.5 52.227-6 ROYALTY INFORMATION (APR

1984)

(a) Cost or charges for royalties. When the response to this

solicitation contains costs or charges for royalties totaling more

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than $250, the following information shall be included in the

response relating to each separate item of royalty or license fee:

(1) Name and address of licensor.

(2) Date of license agreement.

(3) Patent numbers, patent application serial numbers,

or other basis on which the royalty is payable.

(4) Brief description, including any part or model

numbers of each contract item or component on which

the royalty is payable.

(5) Percentage or dollar rate of royalty per unit.

(6) Unit price of contract item.

(7) Number of units.

(8) Total dollar amount of royalties.

(b) Copies of current licenses. In addition, if specifically

requested by the Contracting Officer before execution of the

contract, the offeror shall furnish a copy of the current license

agreement and an identification of applicable claims of specific

patents.

L.6 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:

Keith A. Bond

Hand-Carried Address:

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA/OGCM

Division of Contract Services

200 Constitution Avenue N. W. Rm S-4203

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-4203

Washington, DC 20210

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Mailing Address:

U.S. Department of Labor, ETA/OGCM

Division of Acquisition and Assistance

200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room S-4203

Washington, DC 20210

(b) The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated

above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

L.7 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):

www.gsa.gov

L.8 PAST PERFORMANCE

Offerors shall submit the following information as part of their

proposal for both the offeror and proposed major subcontractors:

A. A list of all "relevant" contracts and subcontracts completed

during the past three (3) years and all contracts and subcontracts

currently in process. The reference should be on project/work

similar in nature. Contracts listed may include those entered into

by the Federal Government, agencies of state and local governments

and commercial customers. Offerors that are newly formed entities

without prior contracts should list contracts and subcontracts as

required above for all key personnel. Include the following

information for each contract and subcontract:

1. Name of contracting activity 2. contract number 3. Contract type

4. total contract value 5. contract work 6. contracting officer and

telephone 7. program manager and telephone 8. administrative

contracting officer, if different from #6 and telephone number 9.

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list of major subcontractors

B. The offeror may provide information on problems encountered on

the contract and subcontracts identified in A above and corrective

actions taken to resolve those problems. Offerors should not provide

general information of their performance on the identified

contracts. General performance information will be obtained from

the references.

C. The offeror may describe any quality of awards or certifications

that indicate the offeror possess a high quality process for

developing and producing the product or service required. Identify

what segment of the company (one division or the entire company)

that received the award or certification. Describe when the award or

certification was bestowed. If the award or certification is over

three years old, present evidence that the qualifications still

apply.

D. Each offeror will be evaluated on his/her performance under

existing and prior contracts for similar products or services.

Performance information will be used for both responsibility

determinations and as an evaluation factor against which offerors'

relative rankings will be compared to assure best value to the

Government. The Government will focus on information that

demonstrates quality of performance relative to the size and

complexity of the procurement under consideration. The contractor's

reference questionnaire form identified in Section J.8 will be used

to collect this information. References other than those identified

by the offeror may be contacted by the Government with the

information received used in the evaluation of the offerors's past

performance. The Government also reserves the right to decide not

to contact all of the reference provided by the offeror. Names of

individuals providing reference information about an offeror's past

performance shall not be disclosed.

L.9 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING

PLAN

Offerors shall submit their proposal's subcontracting plan in

accordance with FAR 52.219-9 (Alternate II) Small Business

Subcontracting Plan. This plan is a requirement evaluated under

evaluation factor M.2(E).

Offerors are advised that DOL seeks to place a fair portion of its

contract dollars with small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned

small business concerns as defined by FAR 52.219-8. For this

procurement the Contracting Officer has made an assessment that 20%

of the total dollar value of the contract be subcontracted to small,

small disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses.

DOL encourages all offerors to propose goals to meet or exceed our

stated goals for the maximum extent practicable. Offerors shall

make an independent assessment of opportunities for small, HUBZone

small, small disadvantaged, women-owned small business concerns to

participate in this procurement and propose goals based on the total

contract value. Offerors should also discuss proposed methods for

achieving the goals. Offerors should discuss the types and amount

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of work, in terms of total dollars, that will be performed by these

entities.

Offerors will include the name of the individual employed by the

offeror who will administer the offeror's subcontracting program,

and a description of the duties of the individual and a description

of the efforts the offeror will make to assure the SDB concerns have

an equitable opportunity to compete for subcontracts.

L.10 ORAL PRESENTATION SECTION

After the receipt of offers (proposals) by the Government, every

eligible offeror must make an oral presentation to the Government's

evaluation panel and participate in a question and answer session.

The sole purpose of the oral presentation and question and answer

session is to test an offeror's understanding of the work that the

Government will require under the prospective contract.

The oral presentation and the question and answer session are not

part of the offer and are not themselves offers. The oral

presentation and the question and answer session will not constitute

discussions, as defined by FAR 15.301 and 15.306 (d), and will not

obligate the Government to determine a competitive range, conduct

discussions, or solicit to entertain revised or best and final

offerors.

Statements made by the offeror during the oral presentation or the

question and answer session will not become a part of any contract

resulting from this RFP, unless the Government and the offeror agree

to make it part of an offer during discussions. If the Government

decides to conduct discussions the Government will not solicit or

entertain revisions to the oral presentations or to the answers

given during the question and answer session.

1. Schedule for presentation. Oral presentations will commence

approximately three weeks after the receipt of proposals. The

Contracting Officer will notify offerors of the scheduled date and

time of their presentation within two weeks of the receipt of

offerors. The order in which offerors will make presentations will

be determined by drawing lots by the Contracting Officer. Once

notified of their scheduled presentation date and time, offerors

shall complete their presentations on the scheduled date and time.

Requests from offerors to reschedule their presentations will be

entertained only in emergency situations. The Government reserves

the right to reschedule an offeror's oral presentation at the

discretion of the Contracting Officer.

2. Form of presentation. Offerors will make their oral

presentations in person, at the Department of Labor/ETA, 200

Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. to the Technical Evaluation

Panel, Contracting Officer, and other representatives of Government.

Submission of videotapes or other forms of media containing the

presentation for evaluation are not authorized.

3. Time allowed for presentation. Offerors shall receive

transparencies one half hour prior to the presentation to caucus and

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prepare for the actual presentation. Oral presentations, excluding

the question and answer session, will be limited to 90 minutes. The

Contracting Officer will strictly enforce this time limit. Following

the oral presentation there will be a recess of 1 hour. After the

recess there will be a one hour question and answer session.

4. Offeror's presentation team. A maximum of five contractor

personnel (prime and subcontractor) may participate. These

individuals/presenters will attend the oral presentation and the

question and answer session and shall answer questions directed to

them. The presentation shall be made by one or more of the

personnel whom the offeror will employ to manage or supervise

contract performance on a full time basis. The Project Manager who

will have full time operational responsibility for contract

performance shall be present and shall, at a minimum, answer

questions directed to him/her during the question and answer

session.

Offerors may not use company senior or general managers or

consultants to make any part of the oral presentation. In addition

to the maximum of five individuals who will participate, the offeror

may send two non-participating representatives to observe. Hence a

total of seven contractor personnel will be permitted to attend

(only five may participate) the presentation. No other officers,.

employees, consultants, agents, or other representatives of the

offeror may attend.

5. Content of presentation. The presentation shall not encompass

price or cost and fee. During the 90 minute oral presentation, the

offeror's presenters must demonstrate the offeror's understanding of

the work that will be required under the prospective contract by

addressing the following topics, in the following order, in

accordance with the following instructions:

Introduction. The offeror should provide some information about

itself as a firm, briefly describing its organization, history,

products and services. (10 minutes)

Work Breakdown. Present an analysis of the statement of work.

Subdivide statement of work tasks [identify selected tasks] into

their constituent activities. Briefly describe each activity and its

inputs and outputs. Briefly describe interrelationships and

interdependencies among the activities. (20 minutes)

Contract Work Schedule. Present a Gantt chart that illustrates the

contract work schedule by [week, month, quarter, or year]. Show the

starting date and ending date of each activity identified in the

work breakdown analysis. Describe the interrelationships and

interdependencies among the tasks. (10 minutes)

Contract Resource Allocations. Describe the types of professional,

administrative, clerical and other labor that will be required to

perform the contract work. Briefly describe each classification of

professional and blue collar labor, including position title(s) and

grades, journeyman level qualification requirements, typical

journeyman level duties and responsibilities, and estimated average

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salary or wage (including the value of fringe benefits). Describe

the total number of hours of each of these professional and blue

collar labor classifications that will be allocated to each of the

activities identified in the work breakdown analysis from start to

finish. Also identify the types and hours of administrative and

clerical labor that will be required for each activity. (10 minutes)

Performance Risk Analysis. Identify contingent events that could, if

they were to occur, endanger satisfactory performance. Focus on

critical events that are realistically likely to occur and that

would pose serious problems. (Do not try to identify every event

that could cause some minor difficulty.) Briefly describe the nature

of each such event, each work activity with which it is associated,

the estimated likelihood of its occurrence, its likely effect on

performance if it were to occur, its likely causes, and plans to

prevent its occurrence and to respond in the event that it does

occur. (20 minutes)

Responsibility Assignments. Identify the components of the offeror's

organization that will have primary and support responsibility for

the performance of each of the activities identified in the work

breakdown analysis. Include affiliates, subsidiaries, and

subcontractors. Also, identify the individual managers of each such

organization. Briefly describe the qualifications of each such

organizational component and person, including education and

training and especially their experience doing such work. (10

minutes)

Conclusion. The offeror should summarize the main points of its

presentation and state why the Government should select the offeror

for contract award. (10 minutes)

An offeror may address any other topic, as well, within the 90

minute limit. The Contracting Officer will strictly enforce the 90

minute time limit.

6. Clarification of oral presentation points. After completion of

the oral presentation, the Government may request clarification of

any points addressed which are unclear and may ask for elaboration

by the offeror on any point which was not supported. Any such

interchange between the offeror and the Government will be for

clarification only, and will not constitute discussions within the

meaning of FAR 15.610. The time required for clarification will not

be counted against the offeror's presentation time limit.

7. Government Personnel.

Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist

Federal Staff to assist in the administration of the

presentations.

The Technical Evaluation Panel consisting of (3) individuals with

expertise in employment and training programs administered by the

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Department of Labor/ETA.

8. Documentation. The Government will provide blank flip chart paper

for the offeror to use during the presentation caucus time period.

An overhead slide projector will be provided by the Government for

offeror use during the presentation. At the close of the

presentation, the offeror shall provide the Technical Evaluation

with a listing of the names, firms, and position titles of all

presenters, along with all flip charts and/or overhead slides used

during the presentation. The Government will not accept for

evaluation any additional documentation which may or may not have

been referenced during the presentation.

Each offeror shall use black and white overhead transparencies

(slides) to document key points of its presentation. The Government

will provide one overhead projector, one flip-chart pad, and marker

pens for the offeror's use during the oral presentation. The

offeror may not use or submit any other media documents. "The

offeror shall submit its set of overhead transparencies and five (5)

paper copies to the Government in a sealed package with its offer"

(see L.8). Failure to submit the overhead transparencies and paper

copies by the date established for receipt of offers will cause the

offer to be rejected as non-responsive.

Immediately before the presentation, the Contracting Officer will

give the transparencies to the offeror for its use during the

presentation. The overhead transparencies must be 8.5 by 11 inches.

The legibility and clarity of the transparencies is the

responsibility of the offeror. The transparencies submitted will be

considered the offeror's technical proposal. If there is a

discrepancy between any of the transparencies and what is verbally

stated during the presentation, the information that appears on the

transparency will take precedence over what the presenters say.

There is no limit to the number of overhead transparencies that an

offeror may use during its presentation. However, when evaluating

the offeror's presentation, the Government will consider only the

information on the transparencies that were actually projected

during the presentation. The production and use of an excessive

number of slides may be detrimental to an offeror's interests. No

audio or video recordings of the presentations will be performed or

permitted.

Offerors should mark slides in accordance with FAR 52.215-1 (e),

Restrictions on Disclosure and Use of Data, as appropriate.

L.11 SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL

(A) - General Instructions:

Each offeror must submit an offer (proposal) and other written

information and make an oral presentation in strict accordance with

these instructions. When evaluating an offeror the Government will

consider how well the offeror complied with the letter and spirit of

these instructions. The Government will consider any failure on the

part of an offeror to comply with both the letter and spirit of

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these instructions to be an indication of the type of conduct it can

expect during contract performance. Therefore, the Government

encourages offerors to contact the Contracting Officer by telephone,

facsimile transmission, e-mail, or mail in order to request an

explanation of any part of these instructions.

Your proposal must be submitted in three (3) separate and distinct

parts as outlined below, consisting of the number of stated copies

and accompanied by the required supportive materials to insure that

the proposal will be considered responsible to the Request for

Proposals.

Part 1 - Original and two (2) signed copies of completed Standard

Form 33, Solicitation, Offer and Award, Original and two (2) signed

copies of Section K, the Representations, Certifications and other

Statements of Offerors and all attachments thereto except those

items required in Part 2 and 3 will be submitted as outlined in

their respective parts. Legible copies are acceptable. (All copies

shall be ink- signed.)

Part 2 - In accordance with Section L.7, the offeror shall submit,

as part of their offer the following:

A. A set of overhead transparencies and five (5) paper copies in a

sealed package. These transparencies shall be considered in effect,

the offerors technical proposal and shall form the basis of the

offeror's Oral Presentation. Both the transparencies and the Oral

Presentation will be used to evaluate the offeror's Technical

Approach. (See Section M.3(A)

B. Offerors shall submit an original and three copies of the

"Resumes of Key Personnel" (See Section M.3(B);

C. Offerors shall submit three copies of relevant past performance

information (See Section L.6 and M.3(C).

D. Offerors shall submit an original and three copies of the

Contractor's Experience with Related Work (See Section M.3(D);

The Technical Proposal shall not make reference to cost or price

data so that an independent technical evaluation may be made on the

basis of technical merit alone. Failure to comply with this

requirement will result in a determination of nonresponsiveness.

Proposals specifying less than one hundred twenty (120) days

Government Acceptance may be considered not acceptable. Any

exceptions taken by a proposer to any provisions of this Request for

Proposals or any condition placed upon a proposal may result in a

finding of not acceptable. Only one proposal may be submitted by

each respondent.

Part 3 - A detailed Business Management Proposal as further outlined

in the below instructions and consisting of:

(a) Three (3) copies of Exhibit A - Cost and Price Analysis, ETA

8555 (Mar. 1981)

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(b) One (1) copy of Exhibit B - Statement of Financial Capability,

ETA 8554 (Mar. 1981)

statement certifying that the offeror has an established accounting

system with internal controls adequate to safeguard their assets,

insure that funds are accounted for by cost categories, check the

accuracy and reliability of the accounting data, promote operating

efficiency and permit compliance with Government requirements and

accounting procedures with respect to Cost Reimbursement types of

contracts. The statement shall be executed by a certified public

accountant (CPA), licensed public accountant, a bona-fide accounting

or audit organization such as Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)

or an entity of equivalent status acceptable to the Government."

Failure to include the above stated supportive materials with your

proposal will be a basis for determination of not being acceptable.

NOTE: Part 1, 2, and 3 should be sealed in separate envelopes and

included in one master package. The RFP number and related Part

numbers outlined above, if applicable, must be shown in the upper

left hand corner of each of the envelopes as well as the master

package.

The Government warns offerors that taking exception to any term or

condition of the RFP (including submitting of any alternative

proposal that requires a relaxation of a requirement, will make an

offer unacceptable, and the offeror ineligible for award, unless the

RFP expressly authorizes such an exception with regard to that

specific term or condition. The Government will consider any

exception to a term or condition of the RFP that is not expressly

authorized by the RFP to be a deficiency, as defined in FAR 15.

An offeror may eliminate a deficiency in its offer only through

discussions, as defined in FAR 15 and prescribed in FAR 15.

However, the Government intends to award a contract without

discussions, as authorized by FAR 15. Therefore, any offeror

planning to take exception to a term or condition of the RFP should

consult with the Contracting Officer prior to submitting and offer,

unless the RFP expressly authorizes such an exception.

Not withstanding its plan to award without discussions, the

Government reserves the right to conduct discussions with offers in

a competitive range, if necessary, and to permit such offerors to

revise their proposals. The government also reserves the right to

change any terms and conditions of their RFP by amendment at any

time prior to contract award and to allow offerors to revise their

offers accordingly, as authorized by FAR 15.

The offeror shall complete and submit all certifications included in

or attached to this Request for Proposal.

The Cost Analysis (Exhibit J.2) and Financial Capability Forms

(Exhibit J.3) support information shall be augmented as follows:

Offerors are required to submit cost proposals fully supported by

cost and pricing data adequate to establish the reasonableness of

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the proposed costs.

1. Most current published annual balance sheet and profit or loss

statement.

2. The offeror shall furnish a total cost breakdown utilizing the

enclosed cost and price analysis form.

(a) Include the backup data to support the type of labor and

estimated numbers of hours within each category.

(b) Include a breakdown of the amount estimated for travel including

destination, duration, purpose and cost (per diem and

transportation).

and subcontracting (if applicable) including description of

materials to be procured, basis for proposed subcontract, type of

subcontract and amounts proposed.

3. List the names and addresses of any subcontractor* the offeror

intends to use in the performance of a resulting contract. Include

the following information about the subcontract(s).

(a) How subcontractor was selected?

(b) Has the subcontractor submitted a cost proposal?

contract period?

(d) What is the total cost of (each) subcontract?

(e) What services (skills) will the subcontract provide?

(f) What experience do they have in this technical area?

*Also provide the above information for consultants you intend to

use in the performance of a resulting contract.

L.12 REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION (RFC)

All requests for RFP clarification are due by 5:00 PM Local Time

October 15, 1999.

Only electronic submission of requests will be accepted. They shall

be submitted to Ms. Ollye M. Williams at

HTTP://www.OWilliams@DOLETA.GOV.

Should any RFC be received after the date stated above, the

Government reserves the right not to provide and answer. If,

however, in the Government's opinion, the RFC cites an issue of

significant importance, the government may provide written responses

to all offerors.

The Government will not provide any information concerning requests

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for clarifications in response to telephone calls from Offerors.

All requests will be answered electronically and provided to all

Offerors at the DOLETA internet site (HTTP://WWW.DOLETA.GOV).

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SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR

AWARD

M.1 NOTICE LISTING SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

INCORPORATED

BY REFERENCE

The following solicitation provisions pertinent to this

section are hereby incorporated by reference (by Citation Number,

Title, and Date) in accordance with the FAR provision at FAR

"52.252-1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE" in

Section L of this solicitation. See FAR 52.252-1 for an internet

address (if specified) for electronic access to the full text of a

provision.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

52.217-3 EVALUATION EXCLUSIVE OF OPTIONS

APR 1984

M.2 BASIS FOR AWARD (BEST VALUE)

The Government intends to evaluate proposals and make award without

discussions with offerors. However, the Government reserves the

right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting

Officer to be necessary. Therefore, each offer should contain the

best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint.

Offerors will be evaluated by a two-step methodology. The first

step will involve the evaluation of the offeror's Individual Staff

Experience, Past Performance, Offeror's Experience with Related

Work, and Small Disadvantaged Participation Program (evaluation

factors B, C, D and E). Based on these evaluations a Competitive

Range (FAR 15) consisting of the most highly rated proposals will be

established.

The second step will involve evaluation of an ORAL PRESENTATION

presented by each of the offerors within the Competitive Range.

Evaluation of oral presentations will consist of the offeror's

Technical Approach (evaluation factor A).

A cost realism analysis shall be performed for all offerors included

in the "competitive range". Contract award will be based on the

combined evaluations of the Technical Approach (Oral Presentation),

Individual Staff Experience, Past Performance, Offerors Experience

With Related Work, Small Disadvantaged Participation Program and

Cost. The contract resulting from this solicitation will be awarded

to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the

solicitation, is determined to provide the "best value" to the

Government, which may not necessarily be the proposals offering the

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lowest cost nor receiving the highest technical score. It should be

noted that cost is not a numerically weighted factor. Although

non-cost factors are significantly more important than cost, cost is

an important factor and should be considered when preparing

responsive offers (proposals). The importance of cost as an

evaluation factor will increase with the degree of equality of the

proposals in relation to the remaining evaluation factors. When the

offerors within the competitive range are considered essentially

equal in terms of technical, past performance and other no-cost

factors (if any), or when cost is so significantly high as to

diminish the value of the technical superiority to the Government,

cost may become the determining factor for award. In summary,

cost/no-cost trade offs will be made, and the extent to which one

may be sacrificed for the other if governed only by the tests of

rationality and consistency with the established factors.

Prospective contractors are advised that the selection of a

contractor(s) for contract award is to be made, after a careful

evaluation of the offers (proposals) received, by a panel of

specialists chosen by DOL/ETA. Each panelist will evaluate the

proposals for technical acceptability using a range of scores

assigned to each factor. The factors are represented in the order

of emphasis that they will receive (i.e., Factor A has the greatest

weight, Factor B the second greatest weight, etc.). The scores will

then be averaged to select a contractor for award on the basis of

their proposal being the most advantageous to the Government, price

and other factors considered.

M.3 EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation factors are described below:

A. TECHNICAL APPROACH (30 points)

The Government will evaluate each offeror's technical approach on

the basis of its oral presentation and the responses it gives during

the question and answer session that will follow the oral

presentation. In making this evaluation, the government will

consider an offeror's: (1) knowledge of the content of the work in

terms of constituent activities, their inputs and outputs, and their

interrelationships and interdependencies; (2) recognition of the

appropriate sequence and realistic duration of the work activities;

(3) knowledge of the appropriate types of resources required to

perform the work activities; (4) familiarity with the difficulties ,

uncertainties, and risks associated with the work; and knowledge of

the personnel and subcontractor qualifications necessary to the

performance of the work.

B. INDIVIDUAL STAFF EXPERIENCE (25 points)

This section of the proposal should include sufficient information

for judging the quality and competence of staff proposed to be

assigned to the project to assure that they meet the required

qualifications. Successful performance of the proposed work depends

heavily on the qualifications of the individuals committed to this

project, and the adequacy of the time commitment for each individual

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in relation to the specific tasks that they will perform.

Accordingly, the Government, in its evaluation of the contractor's

proposal, will place considerable emphasis on the contractor's

commitment of personnel qualified for the work involved in

accomplishing the assigned tasks. The following information must be

furnished:

1.The proposed Project Manager;

2.The proposed project organization;

3.The time commitment of all key personnel assigned to the project

(the number of hours per month that each individual will devote to

the project over its life);

4.The full-time equivalent for each professional person assigned to

the project;

5.A resume for each professional person to be assigned to the

project. At a minimum, each resume shall include:

(a) The individual's current employment status and previous work

experience, including position title, dates in position, duties

performed, and employing organization. Duties must be clearly

defined in terms of the role performed, i.e., management, team

leader, consultant. Also, indicate whether each individual is

currently employed by the contractor, and (if so) for how long.

(b) A statement of the work that the individual has completed or

which is currently underway for work that is relevant to the

proposed work.

(d) The position to which the individual would be assigned for the

project and the type of work that they would perform in that

capacity.

This section should contain sufficient information for judging the

quality and competence of the staff proposed to be assigned to the

project. This should include staffing charts listing names,

qualifications, and experience of key staff (including outside

consultants), staff time/time loading charts showing the amount of

time each TSS, Surveyor and Transportation Verifier staff person

will devote to each task and sub-task, and an indication of how

staff will be allocated to perform all necessary field work during

the project. A resume should be included for each key person to be

assigned to the project.

C. CONTRACTOR'S PAST PERFORMANCE (25 Points)

This criterion shall represent 25% of the total score of the

proposal. Award may be made from the initial offers without

discussions. However, if discussions are held offerors will be

provided the opportunity to address unfavorable reports of past

performance, if the offeror has not had a previous opportunity to

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review the rating. Past Performance shall include evaluating

offerors with no relevant performance history, and shall provide

offerors an opportunity to identify past or current contracts

(Federal, State, and local government and private) for efforts

similar to the Government requirement.

Offerors shall provide information on problems encountered on the

identified contracts and the offeror's corrective actions. The

Government shall consider this information, as well as information

obtained from any other sources, when evaluating the offeror's past

performance. The Contracting Officer shall determine the relevance

of similar past performance information. Offers shall submit past

performance information regarding predecessor companies, key

personnel who have relevant experience, or subcontractors that will

perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such

information is relevant to the instant acquisition. Offerors

without relevant past performance history or for whom information on

past performance is not available, the offeror may not be evaluated

favorably or unfavorably on past performance. In this instance the

offeror would receive a neutral score.

D. CONTRACTOR'S EXPERIENCE WITH RELATED WORK (15 points)

This section of the proposal shall identify and describe the

previous experience and effectiveness of the contractor in similar

or related work to demonstrate the contractor's current capacity to

provide the services offered; the contractor's management plan for

the project; and the strength of the contractor's support for this

project.

Contractors shall discuss the relationship of their firm's previous

experience to the work proposed under this contract. The following

information shall be included:

1. The identity of the principal clients served in performing

similar or related work; the general nature and scope of that work;

and the results achieved. The contractor shall include a

representative synopsis listing previous projects relevant to this

RFP. Each project synopsis shall include:

(a) The organization for whom the work was done;

(b) A contact person in that organization with their current phone

number;

(d) The time frame and professional effort involved in the project;

(e) The Project Manager and other key personnel assigned to the

project; and

(f) A brief summary of the work performed by the contractor on the

project; significant accomplishments; and any problems encountered,

corrective actions taken, and the outcome.

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E. SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS (SDB) PARTICIPATION PROGRAM -

TARGETS - (5 points)

This evaluation criteria will be used to evaluate the extent of

participation of SDB concerns in performance of contracts in the

targeted Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Major Groups as

determined by the Department of Commerce (DOC) and to the extent

authorized by law. Only SDB concerns in the targeted SIC Major

Groups will be evaluated.

The extent of participation of SDB Participation Program-Targets, as

determined by the DOC, will be evaluated for targeted SIC Major

Groups for each contract year in terms of the proposed annual

contract value, including target cost and target fee, as adjusted by

DOL for probable cost; the extent of participation for the SDB

concerns in terms of the total proposed contract value of the

acquisition for all five years, including target cost and target

fee, as adjusted by DOL for probable cost; the extent to which SDB

concerns are specifically identified; the extent of commitment to

use the SDB concerns. The effectiveness of the proposed approach to

integration of the types of work into the overall requirement will

be evaluated. SDB concerns that choose the FAR 19.11 price

evaluation adjustment shall receive a zero score for this evaluation

factor. Targeted SIC Major Groups' participation can be achieved by

an SDB prime contractor or subcontractor(s).

COST REALISM

Cost Realism will be performed as part of the proposal evaluation

process. The purpose of this evaluation shall be (a) to verify the

offeror's understanding of the requirement; (b) to assess the degree

to which the cost/price proposal reflects the approaches and/or risk

assessments made in the technical proposal as well as the risk that

the offeror will provide the services for the offered prices/cost;

and (c) assess the degree to which the cost reflected in the

cost/price proposal accurately represents the work effort included

in the technical offer (proposal). Please be advised that an

offeror's proposed price that is materially below the Government's

estimate could indicate a lack of understanding of the requirement.

Such a proposed price could also indicate a significant risk that

the offeror may have difficulty in performing the requirement,

adversely, impacting contract performance.

DETERMINING BEST OVERALL VALUE

In order to determine which offeror represents the best overall

value, the Contracting Officer will make a series of paired

comparisons among only those offerors that submitted acceptable

offers (proposals). If, in any paired comparison, the offeror with

the higher expected value also has the lower price, then the

Contracting Officer will consider that offeror to represent the

better overall value. If the offeror with the higher expected value

has the higher price, then the Contracting Officer will decide

whether the difference in expected value is worth the difference in

price. If the Contracting Officer decides that it is, then they

will consider the offeror with the higher expected value and the

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higher price to represent the better overall value. If not, then the

Contracting Officer will consider the offeror(s) with the lower

expected value and the lower price to represent the better value.

The Contracting Officer will continue to make paired comparisons in

this way until they have identified the best overall value.

Pursuant to FAR Subpart 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors -

Competitive Acquisition, the Contracting Officer reserves the right

to award without discussion to the source(s) whose offer is the most

advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

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