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70 -- PROQUEST MEDICAL LIBRARY SOL 7TF-00-0014A DUE 050100 POC Joe Eason, Contracting Officer, Phone (210) 472-5050, Fax (210) 472-5054, Email joe.eason@gsa.gov -- Joe Eason, Contracting Officer, Phone (210) 472-5050, Fax (210) 472-5054, Email joe.eason@gsa.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=7TF-00-00 14A&LocID=2926. E-MAIL: Joe Eason, joe.eason@gsa.gov. The CBD Solicitation 7TF-00-0014 (Project FA570002A) did not include the following information, listed below. Please contact Janelle Feltman at 210-472-5512 for a complete Statement of Work. FAC 97-15 FAR 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (FEB 2000) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision: "Emerging small business" means a small business concern whose size is no greater than 50 percent of the numerical size standard for the standard industrial classification code designated. "Small business concern" means a concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and size standards in this solicitation. "Women-owned small business concern" means a small business concern -- (1) Which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and (2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. "Women-owned business concern" means a concern which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women. (b) Taxpayer identification number (TIN) (26 U.S.C. 6109, 31 U.S.C. 7701). Not applicable if the offeror is required to provide this information to a central contractor registration base to be eligible for award.) (1) All offerors must submit the information required in paragraphs (b)(3) through (b)(5) of this provision to comply with debt collection requirements of 31 U.S.C. 7701 (c) and 3325(d), reporting requirements of 26 U.S.C. 6041, 6041A, and 6050M, and implementing regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). (2) The TINmay be used by the Government to collect and report on any delinquent amounts arising out of the offeror's relationship with the Government (31 U.S.C. 7701 (c) (3)). If the resulting contract is subject to the payment reporting requirements described in FAR 4.904, the TIN provided hereunder may be matched with IRS records to verify the accuracy of the offeror's TIN. (3) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). TIN:_____________________. ______ TIN has been applied for. ______ TIN is not required because: ______ Offeror is a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, or foreign partnership that does not have income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the U.S. and does not have an office or place of business or a fiscal paying agent in the U.S.; ______ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government; ______ Offeror is an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government. (4) Type of organization. ______ Sole proprietorship; ______ Partnership; ______ Corporate entity (not tax-exempt); ______ Corporate entity (tax-exempt); ______ Government entity (Federal, State, or local); ______ Foreign government; ______ International organization per 26 CFR 1.6049-4; ______ Other _____________________________. (5) Common Parent. ______ Offeror is not owned or controlled by a common parent; ______ Name and TIN of common parent: Name_______________________________ TIN________________________________ (c) Offerors must complete the following representations when the resulting contract is to be performed inside the United States, its territories or possessions, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the District of Columbia. Check all that apply. (1) Small business concern. The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ___is, __ is not a small business concern. (2) Small disadvantaged business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c) (1) of this provision.] The offeror represents, for general statisticalpurposes, that it ___is, ___is not a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002. (3) Women-owned small business concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c) (1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it ___ is, ___ is not a women-owned small business concern. Note: Complete paragraphs (c)(4) and (c)(5) only if this solicitation is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (4) Women-owned business concern (other than small business concern). [Complete only if the offeror is a woman-owned business concern and did not represent itself as a small business concern in paragraph (c) (1) of this provision.] The offeror represents that it ___is, ___is not, a women-owned business concern. (5) Tie bid priority for labor surplus area concerns. If this is an invitation for bid, small business offerors may identify the labor surplus areas in which costs to be incurred on account of manufacturing or production (by offeror or first-tier subcontractors) amount to more than 50 percent of the contract price. ______________________________________________________ (6) Small Business Size for the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and for the Targeted Industry Categories under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. [Complete only if the offeror has represented itself to be a small business concern under the size standards for this solicitation.] (i) [Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as being set-aside for emerging small businesses in one of the four designated industry groups (DIGs).] The offeror represents as part of its offer that it ___is, ___is not an emerging small business. (ii) [Complete only for solicitations indicated in an addendum as being for one of the targeted industry categories (TICs) or four designated industry groups (DIGs).] Offeror represents as follows: (A) Offeror's number of employees for the past 12 months (check the Employees column if size standard stated in the solicitation is expressed in terms of number of employees); or (B) Offeror's average annual gross revenue for the last 3 fiscal years (check the Average Annual Gross Number of Revenues column if size standard stated in the solicitation is expressed in terms of annual receipts). (Check one of the following): Average Annual Number of Employees Gross Revenues ___ 50 or fewer ___ $1 million or less ___ 51 -- 100 ___ $1,000,001 -- $2 million ___ 101 -- 250 ___ $2,000,001 -- $3.5 million ___ 251 -- 500 ___ $3,500,001 -- $5 million ___ 501 -- 750 ___ $5,000,001 -- $10 million ___ 751 -- 1,000 ___ $10,000,001 -- $17 million ___ Over 1,000 ___ Over $17 million (7)[Complete only if the solicitation contains the clause at FAR 52.219-23, Notice of Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns, or FAR 52.219-25, Small Disadvantaged Business Participation Program -- Disadvantaged Status and Reporting, and the offeror desires a benefit based on its disadvantaged status.] (i) General. The offeror represents that either -- (A) It ___ is, ___ is not certified by the Small Business Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern and identified, on the date of this representation, as a certified small disadvantaged business concern in the database maintained by the Small Business Administration (PRO-Net), and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its certification, and, where the concern is owned by one or more individuals claiming disadvantaged status, the net worth of each individual upon whom the certification is based does not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); or (B) It ___ has, ___ has not submitted a completed application to the Small Business Administration or a Private Certifier to be certified as a small disadvantaged business concern in accordance with 13 CFR 124, Subpart B, and a decision on that application is pending, and that no material change in disadvantaged ownership and control has occurred since its application was submitted. (ii) Joint Ventures under the Price Evaluation Adjustment for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns. The offeror represents, as part of its offer, that it is a joint venture that complies with the requirements in 13 CFR 124.1002(f) and that the representation in paragraph (c)(7)(i) 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:________________.] (d) Representations required to implement provisions of Executive Order 11246 -- (1) Previous contracts and compliance. The offeror represents that -- (i) It ___has, ___has not participated in a previous contract or subcontract subject to the Equal Opportunity clause of this solicitation, and (ii) It ___has, ___has not, filed all required compliance reports. (2) Affirmative Action Compliance. The offeror represents that -- (i) It ___has developed and has on file, ___has not developed and does not have on file, at each establishment, affirmative action programs required by rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor (41 CFR Subparts 60-1 and 60-2), or (ii) It ___has not previously had contracts subject to the written affirmative action programs requirement of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor. (e) Certification Regarding Payments to Influence Federal Transactions (31 U.S.C. 1352). (Applies only if the contract is expected to exceed $100,000.) By submission of its offer, the offeror certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the award of anyresultant contract. (f) Buy American Act -- Balance of Payments Program Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.225-1, Buy American Act -- Balance of Payments Program -- Supplies, is included in this solicitation.) (1) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (f)(2) of this provision, is a domestic end product as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act -- Balance of Payments Program -- Supplies" and that the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. The offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. (2) Foreign End Products: LINE ITEM NO. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ______________ ____________________ ______________ ____________________ (List as necessary) (3) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. (g) (1) Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program Certificate. (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program, is included in this solicitation.) (i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) or (g)(1)(iii) of this provision, is a domestic end product as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program," and that the offeror has considered components of unknown origin to have been mined, produced, or manufactured outside the United States. (ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are NAFTA country end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act—North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program": NAFTA Country or Israeli End Products: LINE ITEM NO. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ______________ _____________________ ______________ ____________________ (List as necessary) (iii) The offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program." The offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. Other Foreign End Products: LINE ITEM NO. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ______________ _____________________ ______________ ____________________ (List as necessary) (iv) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. (2) Buy American Act -- NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program Certificate, Alternate I (Feb 2000). If Alternate I to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision: (g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program": Canadian End Products: LINE ITEM NO. ___________________________________ __________________________________ (List as necessary) (3) Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program Certificate, Alternate II (Feb 2000). If Alternate II to the clause at FAR 52.225-3 is included in this solicitation, substitute the following paragraph (g)(1)(ii) for paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of the basic provision: (g)(1)(ii) The offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American Act -- North American Free Trade Agreement -- Israeli Trade Act -- Balance of Payments Program": Canadian or Israeli End Products: LINE ITEM NO. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ______________ _____________________ ______________ ____________________ (List as necessary) (4) Trade Agreements Certificate (Applies only if the clause at FAR 52.225-5, Trade Agreements, is included in this solicitation.) (i) The offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (g)(4)(ii) of this provision, is a U.S.-made, designated country, Caribbean Basin country, or NAFTA country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Trade Agreements." (ii) The offeror shall list as other end products those end products that are not U.S.-made, designated country, Caribbean Basin country, or NAFTA country end products. Other End Products: LINE ITEM NO. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ______________ _____________________ ______________ ____________________ (List as necessary) (iii) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of FAR Part 25. For line items subject to the Trade Agreements Act, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made, designated country, Caribbean Basin country, or NAFTA country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American Act or the Balance of Payments Program. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made, designated country, Caribbean Basin country, or NAFTA country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for such products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the solicitation. (h) Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension or Ineligibility for Award (Executive Order 12549). The offeror certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that— (1) The offeror and/or any of its principals ___are, ___are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of contracts by any Federal agency, and (2) ___Have, ___have not, within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal, state or local government contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or state antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, or receiving stolen property; and ___are, ___are not presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a Government entity with, commission of any of these offenses. Posted 04/26/00 (D-SN448783). (0117)

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