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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 08, 2005 FBO #1382
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- BPA for Interpreter services for the hearing impaired employees of USDA, Farm Service Agency, 6501 Beacon Dr., Kansas City, MO.

Notice Date

9/6/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541930 — Translation and Interpretation Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, USDA, FSA, KCAO, ASD-CAB, C/O RMA, P. O. BOX 419205, Kansas City, MO, 64141-6205
 

ZIP Code

64141-6205
 

Solicitation Number

KCAO-05-08
 

Response Due

9/14/2005
 

Archive Date

9/28/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

Item No. 0001 Interpreter Services (Level 5) for Hearing Impaired Employees of the USDA/FSA, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, MO. Quantity 1000 Hours estimated, Unit Price $______ Total amount_________ NOTICE TO OFFERORS 1. The solicitation is 100% set-aside for small business under NAICS 541930 with a size standard of $5M. 2. Offeror must complete ?Offeror Representations and Certifications? in the ORCA website. 3. Offerors must register in CCR prior to responding to this request for proposal. Register at www.ccr.gov 4. Hours are estimated and work will be as required in the statement of work. 5. Quotes due by 2:00 p.m. on September 14, 2005 at USDA/FSA/ASD/CAB, Mail Stop 8388, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, MO. Quotes to be submitted on SF1449. Point of Contact is Charlene.Yaple@kcc.usda.gov at 816-926-2617. SECTION C United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Interpreter Services for the Hearing Impaired Statement of Work Introduction The USDA, Farm Service Agency, seeks the services of an interpreter for hearing impaired employees on a defined schedule and on an as needed basis for the 2006 fiscal year. The overall objective is to meet the organization?s needs for scheduled staff meetings, supervisor/employee conferences, formal classroom training sessions, on-the-job training, All Employee meetings, and Office wide events (such as special emphasis, diversity, and CFC events). Government Furnished Space, Property and Facilities: The Government will make the following available for the contractor's use: A dedicated phone line, desk top computer and an office cubicle space, which includes a desk, two chairs, file cabinet, will be furnished for the days interpreting services are required. Scope The services required by this statement of work include: Collaborative effort to schedule interpreter services between the contractor, the Point of Contact, and non-issuing office personnel. Services will be provided to 5 or more USDA-FSA hearing impaired employees. Contractor to have credit card account set-up for electronic payment of services. Services The interpreter services shall be scheduled at the USDA Beacon Facility, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, 64133, as follows: Tuesdays and Thursdays are contracted 8 hour work days at the Beacon Facility. Flexibility required by the contracted interpreter to work on other days of the week on an as needed basis within 48 hours notice. Interpreter will be available to instruct workshops on beginning and intermediate sign language on a bi-annual basis. Interpreter may sub-contract other interpreters when two are needed for sessions lasting more than one hour. Experience The Interpreter should have the following credentials: Interpreter should have experience instructing beginning and intermediate level sign language courses for hearing employees. References should be provided with dates of classes instructed. Demonstrated the ability to relate to and communicate effectively both in sign-language and orally with people from different backgrounds. Must have a Level 5 Certification. Security issues For work performed at the Kansas City Office, the Contractor must contact the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) to obtain building passes. Employees will receive an identification badge allowing them routine access to USDA facilities. The Contractor shall ensure that badges and keys issued to Contractor personnel are safeguarded at all times, not loaned to other employees, and returned to the FSA Security Officer upon completion of work under the contract. Identification badges must be worn and visible at all times while on USDA premises. DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE Contractor shall perform work in accordance with the requirements in Statement of Work. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA INVOICING INSTRUCTIONS The Contractor shall render invoices (original + 1 copy) to the address below for review. USDA-FSA/HRD 6501 Beacon Dr. Kansas City, MO 64131 Invoices shall provide the following information at a minimum: a. Contract/purchase order no. AND requisition no. b. Date services were provided c. Description of services provided and d. Contractor's full and complete name and remittance address e. Any Prompt Payment Discount f. Contractor?s taxpayer identification number, DUNS number and CAGE code. g. A discrete invoice number for future reference. Government Instructions: The invoice will be date stamped upon receipt in the contracting office. This date will be used as the invoice received date for the purposes of computing Prompt Payment Act interest, if any. The Contracting Officer will, within ten (10) days after receipt of the invoice, certify it and forward to the Disbursing Officer for payment. CONTRACTOR PAYMENT ADDRESS. All contract payments will be sent to the Contractor by Electronic Funds Transfer. CONTRACT CLAUSES FAR 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): http://www.arnet.gov/far/ http://www.acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/index.html http://www.abm.rda.hq.navy.mil/html http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ (End of clause) CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items (Feb 2002) FAR 52.219-6 Notice Of Total Small Business Set-aside (Jul 1996) FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Sep 2002) FAR 52.232-23 Assignment of Claims (Jan 1986) CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT 52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. (Jul 2005) (a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553). (2) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Pub. L. 108-77, 108-78). (b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: [Contracting Officer shall check as appropriate.] ___ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Jul 1995), with Alternate I (Oct 1995)(41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402). ___ (2) 52.219-3, Notice of Total HUBZone Set-Aside (Jan 1999)(15 U.S.C. 657a). ___ (3) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Jul 2005) (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its offer)(15 U.S.C. 657a). ___ (4) (i) 52.219-5, Very Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003)(Pub. L. 103-403, section 304, Small Business Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Mar 1999) of 52.219-5. ___ (iii) Alternate II (June 2003) of 52.219-5. ___ (5) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-6. ___ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-6. ___ (6) (i) 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003)(15 U.S.C. 644). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 1995) of 52.219-7. ___ (iii) Alternate II (Mar 2004) of 52.219-7. ___ (7) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)). ___ (8) (i) 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Jul 2005)(15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(4)). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9. ___ (iii) Alternate II (Oct 2001) of 52.219-9. ___ (9) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Dec 1996)(15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)). ___ (10) (i) 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (Jul 2005)(Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323) (if the offeror elects to waive the adjustment, it shall so indicate in its offer). ___ (ii) Alternate I (June 2003) of 52.219-23. ___ (11) 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program?Disadvantaged Status and Reporting (Oct 1999)(Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323). ___ (12) 52.219-26, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program?Incentive Subcontracting (Oct 2000)(Pub. L. 103-355, section 7102, and 10 U.S.C. 2323). ___ (13) 52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (May 2004). ___ (14) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003)(E.O. 11755). ___ (15) 52.222-19, Child Labor?Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (June 2004) (E.O. 13126). ___ (16) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). ___ (17) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2002)(E.O. 11246). ___ (18) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001)(38 U.S.C. 4212). ___ (19) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998)(29 U.S.C. 793). ___ (20) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001)(38 U.S.C. 4212). ___ (21) 52.222-39, Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees (Dec 2004) (E.O. 13201). ___ (22) (i) 52.223-9, Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Products (Aug 2000)(42 U.S.C. 6962(c)(3)(A)(ii)). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Aug 2000) of 52.223-9 (42 U.S.C. 6962(i)(2)(C)). ___ (23) 52.225-1, Buy American Act--Supplies (June 2003)(41 U.S.C. 10a-10d). ___ (24) (i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act ?Free Trade Agreements ? Israeli Trade Act (Jan 2005)(41 U.S.C. 10a-10d, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, Pub. L. 108-77, 108-78, 108-286). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Jan 2004) of 52.225-3. ___ (iii) Alternate II (Jan 2004) of 52.225-3. ___ (25) 52.225-5, Trade Agreements (Jan 2005)(19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note). ___ (26) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Mar 2005) (E.o.s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). ___ (27) 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products (Feb 2000)(E.O. 12849). ___ (28) 52.225-16, Sanctioned European Union Country Services (Feb 2000)(E.O. 12849). ___ (29) 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Items (Feb 2002)(41 U.S.C. 255(f), 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)). ___ (30) 52.232.30, Installment Payments for Commercial Items (Oct 1995)(41 U.S.C. 255(f), 10 U.S.C. 2307(f)). _X__ (31) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer?Central Contractor Registration (Oct. 2003)(31 U.S.C. 3332). ___ (32) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer?Other Than Central Contractor Registration (May 1999)(31 U.S.C. 3332). ___ (33) 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (May 1999)(31 U.S.C. 3332). ___ (34) 52.239-1, Privacy or Security Safeguards (Aug 1996)(5 U.S.C. 552a). ___ (35) (i) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels (Apr 2003)(46 U.S.C. 1241 and 10 U.S.C. 2631). ___ (ii) Alternate I (Apr 2003) of 52.247-64. ________________________________________________ (c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: ___ (1) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended (Jul 2005)(41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). ___ (2) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 1989)(29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). ___ (3) 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) (May 1989)(29 U.S.C.206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). ___ (4) 52.222-44, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act -- Price Adjustment (Feb 2002)(29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). ___ (5) 52.222-47, SCA Minimum Wages and Fringe Benefits Applicable to Successor Contract Pursuant to Predecessor Contractor Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) (May 1989)(41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.). ________________________________________________ (d) Comptroller General Examination of Record. The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph (d) if this contract was awarded using other than sealed bid, is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, and does not contain the clause at 52.215-2, Audit and Records -- Negotiation. (1) The Comptroller General of the United States, or an authorized representative of the Comptroller General, shall have access to and right to examine any of the Contractor?s directly pertinent records involving transactions related to this contract. (2) The Contractor shall make available at its offices at all reasonable times the records, materials, and other evidence for examination, audit, or reproduction, until 3 years after final payment under this contract or for any shorter period specified in FAR Subpart 4.7, Contractor Records Retention, of the other clauses of this contract. If this contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the work terminated shall be made available for 3 years after any resulting final termination settlement. Records relating to appeals under the disputes clause or to litigation or the settlement of claims arising under or relating to this contract shall be made available until such appeals, litigation, or claims are finally resolved. (3) As used in this clause, records include books, documents, accounting procedures and practices, and other data, regardless of type and regardless of form. This does not require the Contractor to create or maintain any record that the Contractor does not maintain in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to a provision of law. (e) (1) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to flow down any FAR clause, other than those in paragraphs (i) through (vii) of this paragraph in a subcontract for commercial items. Unless otherwise indicated below, the extent of the flow down shall be as required by the clause-- (i) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004)(15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)), in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities. If the subcontract (except subcontracts to small business concerns) exceeds $500,000 ($1,000,000 for construction of any public facility), the subcontractor must include 52.219-8 in lower tier subcontracts that offer subcontracting opportunities. (ii) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2002)(E.O. 11246). (iii) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans (Dec 2001)(38 U.S.C. 4212). (iv) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (June 1998)(29 U.S.C. 793). (v) 52.222-39, Notification of Employee rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees (Dec 2004) (E.O. 13201). (vi) 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended (Jul 2005), flow down required for all subcontracts subject to the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 351, et seq.) (vii) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately-Owned U.S. Flag Commercial Vessels (Apr 2003)(46 U.S.C. Appx 1241 and 10 U.S.C. 2631). Flow down required in accordance with paragraph (d) of FAR clause 52.247-64, (2) While not required, the contractor may include in its subcontracts for commercial items a minimal number of additional clauses necessary to satisfy its contractual obligations. (End of Clause) END OF SECTION
 

Place of Performance

Address: 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, MO

Zip Code: 64133

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00886849-W 20050908/050906211621 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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