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This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. \n* The deadline for all questions is 1:00pm MDT, Friday 09/18/2026\nAll questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.\n** Quotes are to be provided to shanta.harrison@va.gov no later than 10:00am MDT, Monday 09/21/2026\nQuotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make the award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.\nThis is a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C25926Q0874. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. \nThis solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) FAC 2026-01 03/13/2026\nThe North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339114 with a business size standard of 750 Employees This solicitation is 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB.)\n\nList of Line Items;\nPLEASE SEE ATTACHED PRICING SPREADSHEET.  Offerors shall provide one fully completed copy of the attached Price Schedule Spreadsheet. Proposed prices will be evaluated for realism and reasonableness.\nNote: Spreadsheet is a guide for desired formatting; it does not contain pre-set formulas.\nDescription of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired: \n\nSCOPE OF WORK AND GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASE\n\nBackground\nThe Dental Service is a vital service within the Oklahoma City VAMC to provide dentistry for our veterans. With the opening of the Norman, OK Dental Clinic the dental clinic will need these instruments in order to provide services.  \n\nProject Scope\nThe Oklahoma City VA Dental Service is requesting to purchase instruments and items needed to provide dental services at the Norman, OK Dental Clinic.\n\nSpecifications\nThe Norman, OK VAMC equipment specifications are designed to outline all the Oklahoma City VAMC Dental Service and Biomedical Engineering requirements.  The  specifications are provided below:\n\n#1 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\n \n#5 HD CS Mirror SS, 1 EA\n \n#23/QW Expro\n \nDressing Pliers, Utility Pick-UP\n \nSyringe Anesthetic Aspir A Style 1.8ml\n \n#18 DE Excavator, Satin Steel\n \n#2T Tanner DE Amalgam Plugger\n#1/2 DE Plugger-Non Serrated\n#1/2 Hollenback DE Carver\n \n#4/5 DE Cleoid-Discoid Carver #7 HDL\n \n#3/6 DE Cleid-Discoid Carver R8 HDL\n \nInterproximal DE Carver\n \n#2 Woodson DE Plastic Filling Inst\n \n#24 Cement Spatula\n \nCF(R) II Amalgam Carrier DE Regular/Large\n \nAmalgam Well\n \n#9/10 Back-Action DE Plugger\n \n#17 Iris Scissors, Straight\n \nCrown & Gold Scissors, Curved\n \nCrown & Band Contouring Pliers\n \n#1 Mirrow Handle W/MM Calibrations\n \n#DG16 DE Endodontic Explorer\n \n#1 Endo Dressing Pliers (Locking)\n \nRubber Dam Forceps\n \nRubber Dam Frame , Adult\n \nRubber Dam Punch\n \nIMS Parts Box- Large\n \n#GP1 SE Root Canal Spreader\n \n#8-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#9 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#9-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#10 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#10-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#11 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#11-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#12 SE Rooth Canal Plugger (P)\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #7, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #8A, Satin Steel\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #209, Satin Steel\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #1A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #2A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #13A, Satin Stell\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #14A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #W14A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #W8A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #9, Satin Steel\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #9S, Satin Steel\n \nMini Three Jaw Plyiers\n \n#7 DE Wax Spatula \n \nPeriotome, Anterior\n \nIwanson Spring Caliper Metal\n \nChristenson Crown Remover, Straight\n \nChristenson Crown Remover, 90\n \nUniversal Crown Remover\n \n#7 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\n \nCopeland Aspirator Handle\n \n#4 Copeland Aspirator Tip\n \nRetractor U of Minnesota\n \nWeider Cheek and Tongue Retractor-Large\n \n#23 Seldin Periosteal Retractor\n \n9 Molt Periosteal Elevator\n \n#10 Miller Surgical Curette Satin Steel\n \n1X Miller-Colburn Bone File\n \n#301 Apexo Elevator\n \n#34S Seldin Str. Elevator\n \n#31 Cryer Elevator (Large)\n \n#32 Cryer Elevator (Large)\n \n\n \nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.5 in Straight\n \nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.25 in Curved\n \nDE Bakey Perma Sharp Needle Holder\n \n#9 Dean Scissors\n \n#18 Iris Scissors, Curved\n \n30 Std Blumenthal Rongeurs\n \nFriedman Rongeurs-Mini\n \n#2 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\n \n#3 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\n \nHeidbrink Root Tip Pick\n \nLuxating Elevator 3mm, Straight\n \n#41 Adson Plain Tissue Pliers\n \nCushing Perma Sharp 7 Tissue Pliers\n \nGerald 1x2 Perma Sharp 7\" Tissue Pliers\n \nApical Forceps 1\n \nApical Forceps  X74N\n \n#150AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated \n \nApical Forceps 150\n \n#23 Forceps\n \n#151AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated\n \nApical Forceps 151\n \n#88L Nevius Forceps\n \n#88R Nevius Forceps\n \n#53L Forceps\n \n#53R Forceps \n \nSteiglitz Root Forceps-45 Deg\n \n5 Inst. Sig Cassette Lavndr\n \nSig Ser Green Space Saver 7 Cassette\n \nImplacare Scaler- Satin Steel Handle\n \n#23 Expro Colorvue Handle\n \n#11/12 ODU After Five Explorer, satin Steel\n \nH6/H7 DE Scaler, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#1/2 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#11/12 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#13/14 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#5/6 Barnhart Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#4 Nevi Scaler Posterior DE, EE2 #9\n \n\n\nE190 Elevator \n\nE191 Elevator\n\nLuxating Elevator 5mm Straight EL5S\n\n#77 Elevator (serated) \n\n#77R Elevator (serated) \n\nFMD3 MD3 mead forcep serrated\n\nFAFX74N AF74N  European style mandibular anterior forcep\n\nS20456 satin steel posterior sickle scaler\n\n\nDelivery Location:\nNorman, OK VAMC\n3860 Journey Parkway\nNorman, OK 73072\n\n*Buy American   Vendors are strongly encouraged to include quotes with (all) products manufactured within the U.S. whenever possible although quotes with non-domestic products will not be excluded from the solicitation. \nVendors are required to complete the FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate below and include with their quote in order to verify the Country of Origin (COO) of products included in their quote. \n\n*FOB shall be destination \n*Freight shall be added to the price of CLIN 0001 and not be its own line item \n*Specification sheets proving the offered product meets all testing specifications and salient characteristics shall be included with the quote \n*Quotes shall annotate the expected date of delivery to the specified location \n*Quotes shall be accompanied by an authorization letter consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c). \n*Failure to meet the salient characteristics below will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n*Failure to provide the required documents or information (information documents, quote with accurate costs, delivery lead time, Buy American certificate, clause VAAR 852.219-76, and/or authorized distributor letter) by the quote deadline will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n\n\n\n52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition\n\nAny award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.\n\nState if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.\n\nIf the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be verified and visible in the SBA Small Business Certification (SBS):  https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.\n\nOfferors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.\n\nAll proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked.  If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.\n\nAll information shall be confined to the appropriate file.  The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation.  Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL\n\nSubmission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) - Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) ; and (III) Price; (V) Buy American Certificate; and (VI) Letter of Authorized Distributor (VAAR 852.212-71 (c), as applicable.\n\nVolume I - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\nThe offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the  equal  products, including  equal  products of the brand name manufacturer submitted, meets or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation.  The product(s) quoted must be identified by brand name, if any, and make or model number.\n\nVolume II - Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) \nThe offeror shall complete the provision VAAR 852-219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nOfferor must list any/all subcontractors (and their size standard IAW NAICS 339114 if they will be utilized for this requirement AND what they will be performing. How is your firm going to comply with Limitations on Subcontracting requirements? If no subcontractors will be used, please state  No Subcontractors will be used for this requirement  in the response.\n\nVolume III   Price\nPrice - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule.\n\nVolume V   Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate (where applicable)\nThe offeror shall complete and submit the included 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate/52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate.\n\nVolume VI   Letter of Authorized Distributor\nIf the offeror is not an OEM, then the offeror shall submit a verifying authorization letter or other documents from the OEM consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c). Verifying letter must be from the OEM.\n       (End of Addendum to 52.212-1)\n\n52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:\n\nThe Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror responsible whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.\n\nThe following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: \n\nFactor 1.  Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\n\nFactor 2.  Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting- Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) \n\nFactor 3.  Price\n\nFactor 4.  Delivery Lead TimeUse sparingly - Only use if delivery is of such importance the partner is willing to pay additional price.  If used, update Factor #. Otherwise - delete\n\n\nFactor 5.  Submission of Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate\n\nFactor 6.  Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter\n\nEvaluation Approach. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use comparative analysis. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: \n\nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation. \n \nFactor 2.  Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) : The Government will evaluate the responses an offeror makes to Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)  for completeness. If an offeror fails to complete Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)  their quote will be determined ineligible for award.\n\nFactor 3.   Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line item prices, including all options (when options are included.) The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price.\n\nFactor 4.  Submission of completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate: The Government will evaluate the information provided in the completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate for compliance with FAR Part 25.  Priority may be given to products made in the US.\n\nFactor 5.    Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter: Vendor eligibility will be determined   in addition to other evaluation factors above   by the submission of a proper OEM letter (see VAAR 852.212-71(c)) from the manufacturer of the products included in the quote.\n\n**The Government may consider an award to other than the lowest priced quoter/offeror if it s in the best interest of the Government.**\n\nIf offeror does not provide all volumes as outlined in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions, the offer may be considered nonresponsive. \n\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)\n52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items   applies to this acquisition Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence IAW 52.212-4(r). By submitting a quote, the offeror understands that quotes will not be referenced in 1449 and clauses incorporated in the solicitation will dictate the contract. All offerors shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under the contract IAW RFO 52.212-4(q). The Government reserves the right to deny requests for clause changes that are not included in this solicitation should the request be inconsistent with the RFO or VAAR.\n\n\nThe following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-6 with Alt I\nRestrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government\nStatute\nX\n52.203-13\nContractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct\nStatute\nX\n52.203-17\nContractor Employee Whistleblower Rights\nStatute\nX\n52.203-19\nProhibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements\nStatute\nX\n52.204-9\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nOther\nX\n52.204-13\nSystem for Award Management Maintenance\nStatute\n\n52.204-91\nContractor identification\nOther\nX\n52.209-6\nProtecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment\nStatute\nX\n52.209-9\nUpdates of Publicly Available Information Regarding 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Potential Hydrofluorocarbons\nStatute\n\n52.223-12\nMaintenance\nStatute\n\n52.223-20\nAerosols\nStatute\n\n52.223-21\nFoams\nStatute\nX\n52.223-23\nSustainable Products and Services\nStatute\n\n52.224-3\nPrivacy Training\nStatute\n\n52.224-3 with Alt I\nPrivacy Training, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-1\nBuy American-Supplies\nStatute\n\n52.225-1 with Alt I\nBuy American-Supplies, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-3\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt II\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt III\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt IV\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.225-5\nTrade Agreements\nStatute\n\n52.225-19\nContractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States\nOther\n\n52.225-26\nContractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States\nStatute\n\n52.226-4\nNotice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.226-5\nRestrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area\nStatute\nX\n52.226-8\nEncouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving\nEO\n\n52.229-12\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements\nStatute\n\n52.232-29\nTerms for Financing of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.232-30\nInstallment Payments of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\nX\n52.232-33\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-34\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-36\nPayment by Third Party\nStatute\nX\n52.232-40\nProviding Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors\nStatute\n\n52.232-90\nFast Payment Procedure\nStatute\nX\n52.233-3\nProtest After Award\nStatute\nX\n52.233-4\nApplicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim\nStatute\nX\n52.240-91\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions\nStatute\n\n52.240-91 with Alt I\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.240-92\nSecurity Requirements\nOther\n\n52.240-92 with Alt II\nSecurity Requirements with Alternate II\nOther\n\n52.240-93\n Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems\n \nX\n52.244-6\nSubcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.247-64\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt I\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt II\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\nAdditional contract requirements or terms and conditions: \n52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting\n(a) This clause does not apply to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside.\n(b) Definition. Similarly situated entity, as used in this clause, means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that \n(1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to its socioeconomic status); and\n(2) Is considered small for the size standard under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract.\n(c) Applicability. This clause applies only to \n(1) Contracts that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(3) Contracts that have been awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, and 19.15;\n(4) Orders expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and that are \n(i) Set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii);\n(5) Orders, regardless of dollar value, that are \n(i) Set aside in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to concerns that qualify for the programs described in subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and\n(6) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference.\n(d) Independent contractors. An independent contractor shall be considered a subcontractor.\n(e) Limitations on subcontracting. By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Contractor agrees that in performance of a contract assigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for \n(1) Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract;\n(2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both supplies and services, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the supply portion of the contract;\n(3) General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded; or\n(4) Construction by special trade contractors, it will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 75 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.\n(f) The Contractor shall comply with the limitations on subcontracting as follows:\n(1) For contracts, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(1), (2), (3) and (6) of this clause \n  By the end of the base term of the contract and then by the end of each subsequent option period; or\nX By the end of the performance period for each order issued under the contract.\n(2) For orders, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(4) and (5) of this clause, by the end of the performance period for the order.\n(g) A joint venture agrees that, in the performance of the contract, the applicable percentage specified in paragraph (e) of this clause will be performed by the aggregate of the joint venture participants.\n(1) In a joint venture comprised of a small business protégé and its mentor approved by the Small Business Administration, the small business protégé shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the small business protégé in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(2) In an 8(a) joint venture, the 8(a) participant(s) shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the 8(a) participants in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(End of clause)\n52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors \nAddressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (Deviation DATE)\n\nDefinitions. As used in this clause \n\nProgram participation means membership or participation in, or access or admission to: training, mentoring, or leadership development programs; educational opportunities; clubs; associations; or similar opportunities that are sponsored or established by the contractor or subcontractor.\n\nRacially discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities means disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in the recruitment, employment (e.g., hiring, promotions), contracting (e.g., vendor agreements), program participation, or allocation or deployment of an entity's resources.\n\n(b) In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:\n\nThe Contractor will not engage in any racially discriminatory DEI activities;\n\n(2) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports, including providing access to books, records, and accounts, as required by the Contracting Officer, for purposes of ascertaining compliance with this clause;\n\n(3) In the event of the Contractor's or a subcontractor's noncompliance with this clause, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part, and the Contractor or subcontractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts;\n\n(4) The Contractor will report any subcontractor's known or reasonably knowable conduct that may violate this clause to the Contracting Officer and take any appropriate remedial actions directed by the Contracting Officer; and\n\n(5) The Contractor will inform the Contracting Officer if a subcontractor sues the Contractor and the suit puts at issue, in any way, the validity of this clause.\n\n(6) The Contractor recognizes that compliance with the requirements of this clause are material to the Government's payment decisions for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729(b)(4).\n\n(c) The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts at any tier, including those for commercial products and commercial services, except those where the place of delivery or performance is outside the United States.\n(End of clause)\n\n52.225-1 Buy American   Supplies (OCT 2022)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause \n\n  Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is \nA commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of   commercial product   at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101;\n\nSold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and\n\n      (iii) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and\nDoes not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.\n\n  Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.\n  Cost of components means \nFor components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or\n\nFor components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the end product.\n\n  Critical component means a component that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States and deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105.\nDomestic end product means \nFor an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both \n\nAn unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States;\n\nAn end product manufactured in the United States, if \n\nThe cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its components, except that the percentage will be 65 percent for items delivered in calendar years 2024 through 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic; or\n\nThe end product is a COTS item; or\n\n    (2) For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of foreign iron and steel constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product. The cost of foreign iron and steel includes but is not limited to the cost of foreign iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all foreign iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the definition of   cost of components  .\nEnd product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\nFastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws.\nForeign end product means an end product other than a domestic end product.\nForeign iron and steel means iron or steel products not produced in the United States. Produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives. The origin of the elements of the iron or steel is not relevant to the determination of whether it is domestic or foreign.\nPredominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.\nSteel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.\nUnited States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n(b) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the United States. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test of the Buy American statute is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see 12.505(a)(1)), except that for an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the domestic content test is applied only to the iron and steel content of the end product, excluding COTS fasteners.\n(c) Offerors may obtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that the Contracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract.\n(d) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products except to the extent that it specified delivery of foreign end products in the provision of the solicitation entitled \"Buy American Certificate.\"\nAlternate I (OCT 2022). As prescribed in 25.1101(a)(1)(ii) substitute the following sentence for the first sentence of paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of the definition of   domestic end product   in paragraph (a): (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. \n(End of Clause)\n52.225-2 Buy American Certificate (OCT 2022)\n(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.\n\n(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select   no  .\n(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).\n(4) The terms   commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,     critical component,     domestic end product,     end product,   and   foreign end product   are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled   Buy American Supplies. \n Foreign End Products:\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\nExceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[List as necessary]\n  (c)  Domestic end products containing a critical component:\nLine item No.\n\n\n\n[List as necessary]\n\n  (d)  The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.\n(End of Provision)\n 52.225-5 Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) \n(a) Definitions. As used in this clause.\n   \"Caribbean Basin country end product\" \nMeans an article that \n\n       (i)(A) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or\n (B) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed; and\n       (ii) Is not excluded from duty-free treatment for Caribbean countries under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b).\n           (A) For this reason, the following articles are not Caribbean Basin country end products:\n              (1) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight containers;\n              (2) Petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum;\n(3) Watches and watch parts (including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material that is the product of any country to which the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) column 2 rates of duty apply (i.e., Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam); and\n(4) Certain of the following: textiles and apparel articles; footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; or handloomed, handmade, and folklore articles;\n(B) Access to the HTSUS to determine duty-free status of articles of these types is available at https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm. In particular, see the following:\n              (1) General Note 3(c), Products Eligible for Special Tariff treatment.\n(2) General Note 17, Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act of 2000.\n(3) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Articles Exported and Returned, Advanced or Improved Abroad, U.S. Note 7(b).\n(4) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter XX, Goods Eligible for Special Tariff Benefits under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; and\n(2) Refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\"Designated country\" means any of the following countries:\nA World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as \"the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) ), Ukraine, or United Kingdom);\n\nA Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);\n\nA least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or\n\nA Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).\n\n\"Designated country end product\" means a WTO GPA country end product, an FTA country end product, a least developed country end product, or a Caribbean Basin country end product.\n   \"End product\" means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\n   \"Free Trade Agreement country end product\" means an article that \nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in an FTA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n   \"Least developed country end product\" means an article that \nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least developed country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a least developed country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n   \"United States\" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n\"U.S.-made end product\" means an article that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States or that is substantially transformed in the United States into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed.\n   \"WTO GPA country end product\" means an article that \nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n(b) Delivery of end products. The Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA and FTAs apply to this acquisition. Unless otherwise specified, these trade agreements apply to all items in the Schedule. The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only U.S.-made or designated country end products except to the extent that, in its offer, it specified delivery of other end products in the provision entitled \"Trade Agreements Certificate.\"\n(End of Clause)\n52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate (FEB 2021)\nThe offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Trade Agreements.\"\n\nThe offeror shall list as other end products those supplies that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products.\n\n\nOther End Products\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[List as necessary]\nThe Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for those products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of this solicitation.\n(End of Provision)\n852.204-70 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\n  The Contractor shall comply with current Department of Veterans Affairs policy for personal identity verification of all employees performing under this contract when physical access to VA facilities, and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems is required.\n\nThe Contractor shall insert this clause in all subcontracts when the subcontractor s employees will require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems.\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.204-72 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause   \n\nVA Information system is the same as information system and means, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 5727, a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information whether automated or manual.\n\nVA sensitive information means all VA data, on any storage media or in any form or format, which requires protection due to the risk of harm that could result from inadvertent or deliberate disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the information and includes sensitive personal information. The term includes information where improper use or disclosure could adversely affect the ability of VA to accomplish its mission, proprietary information, records about individuals requiring protection under various confidentiality provisions such as the Privacy Act and the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and information that can be withheld under the Freedom of Information Act. Examples of VA sensitive information include the following: individually-identifiable medical, benefits, and personnel information; financial, budgetary, research, quality assurance, confidential commercial, critical infrastructure, investigatory, and law enforcement information; information that is confidential and privileged in litigation such as information protected by the deliberative process privilege, attorney work-product privilege, and the attorney client privilege; and other information which, if released, could result in violation of law or harm or unfairness to any individual or group, or could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of Federal programs.\n\nGeneral. Contractor personnel assigned to work for or on behalf of VA must undergo a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level designation associated with the work to be performed at the level indicated in the contract. The Contractor and subcontractors shall comply with VA Directive/Handbook 0710, Personnel Security and Suitability Program, which can be accessed at: https://vaww.va.gov/vapubs/index.cfm\n\nRisk and Sensitivity Levels. The following table identifies the risk and sensitivity levels that apply to any personnel providing services under this contract.\n\n*VA Administrations, organizations and staff offices will use the OPM Position Designation Tool.\n\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 1/Low Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions- Tier 2/Mod Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 4/High Risk\nN/a \n\n\nSecurity clearances are granted to individuals with a specific requirement for access to classified material (for example, Confidential, Secret and Top Secret). Contractor personnel that are required to obtain a security clearance will be subject to a Tier 3 or Tier 5 investigation. The following sensitivity designations have been assigned for the identified Tier 3 and Tier 5 required by this contract: \n\nTier 3: Not Applicable \n\nTier 5: Not Applicable\n\nFitness. The results from a background investigation are used to determine if an individual s fitness is sufficient for that individual to perform work for or on behalf of VA in the position identified in this contract. Contractor fitness determinations are made in accordance with 5 CFR Part 731.202.\n\nFitness requirements for employment are separate and distinct from job qualifications. If a Contractor or subcontractor employee is found to be unsuitable or unfit to provide services under this contract, the Contractor shall immediately remove the employee from working on this contract and take those necessary steps that restrict the employee s logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information.\n\nThe Contractor shall advise the employee that they are not permitted to access any VA controlled building or real property in relation to this contract.\n\nThe removal of an unfit Contractor or subcontractor employee does not alleviate the Contractor from satisfying the requirements of this contract. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs associated with the recruitment/replacement of an employee or subcontractor employee who is found to be unfit.\n\nIdentification Cards. The Government will provide a Personal Identification Verification (PIV) card or other identification card, as necessary, to fit Contractor personnel who require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information. Contractor and subcontractor personnel shall prominently display their PIV/identification card on their persons while working at a VA facility and shall present their PIV/identification card for inspection upon request by a VA official. The Contractor must surrender the employee or subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card in accordance with the requirements set forth in Directive/Handbook 0735 when any of the following events occur:\n\nWhen no longer needed for contract performance.\nUpon completion of the Contractor/subcontractor employee s employment.\nUpon contract completion or termination.\n\nLost/stolen. Immediately upon detection, the Contractor shall report a lost or stolen PIV/identification card to the Government authorities as identified in Directive/Handbook 0735. Within 48 hours of reporting the lost/stolen PIV/identification card, the Contractor shall submit to the Program Manager an incident report that describes the relevant facts and circumstances regarding the loss/theft. If the loss/theft was reported by the Contractor to the local police, the Contractor shall further submit a copy of the final police report to the Program Manager within 48 hours of the report being made available by the local police department. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs that result from lost/stolen PIV/identification card(s).\n\nRegular Reporting. The Contractor shall submit a status report to PIV Sponsor within 5 working days after the end of each calendar quarter and as requested by the Government in order to initiate contract closeout procedures. The report must provide the status of each contractor/subcontractor employee who is required to have a PIV/identification card during the performance of the contract. The report shall identify the Contractor and the contract number, and list the following status for each contractor/subcontractor employee who holds a PIV/identification card under this contract:\n\nContractor/subcontractor employee name.\nName of VA facility where Contractor/subcontractor employee works, if applicable.\nDate background check submitted for Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nDate PIV/identification card issued to Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nContractor/subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card number, as applicable.\nDate Contractor/subcontractor employee no longer has need for PIV/identification card.\nDate Contractor notified VA that PIV/identification card is no longer required.\nDate Contractor returned PIV/identification card was returned to VA.\n\n\nFlow down of clause. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause in subcontracts, third-party agreements, and BAA s, in which subcontractors, third-party servicers/employees, and business associates will perform functions where they will have physical access to a VA facility or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information system containing such data or information.\n\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.252-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items:\nVAAR Clauses are incorporated by reference as follows:\nVAAR 852.203-70\nCommercial Advertising (MAY 2018) \nVAAR 852.232-72\nElectronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) \nVAAR 852.246-71\nRejected Goods (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.222-71\nCompliance with Executive Order 13899. (DEVIATION)  (APR 2025) \n VAAR Provisions are incorporated as follows:\nVAAR 852.233-70\nProtest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (OCT 2018) \nVAAR 852.233-71\nAlternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.204-70\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nVAAR 852.204-72\nPersonnel Vetting and Credentialing (MAR 2026)\n\nRFO 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference \nThe following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer.  Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at RFO 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.\nhttp://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html \nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/vaar\nThe following RFO provisions are to be incorporated by reference: \nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-11\nCertification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions\nStatute\nX\n52.203-18\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.204-7\nSystem for Award Management Registration\nStatute\n\n52.204-7 with Alt I\nSystem for Award Management Registration, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.204-90\nOfferor Identification\nStatute\n\n52.207-6\nSolicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.209-12\nCertification Regarding Tax Matters\nStatute\n\n52.219-2\nEqual Low Bids\nStatute\n\n52.222-18\nCertification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products\nE.O.\n\n52.222-48\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-52\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Certain Services-Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-56\nCertification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan\nStatute\nX\n52.222-90\nAddressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors\nE.O.\n\n52.223-4\nRecovered Material Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-2\nBuy American Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-4\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-6\nTrade Agreements-Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-20\nProhibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan-Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-25\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications\nStatute\n\n52.226-3\nDisaster or Emergency Area Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.229-3\nFederal, State, and Local Taxes\nStatute\n\n52.229-11\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements Notice and Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.240-90\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications\nStatute\n\nThe Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.\nDate and Time offers are due to shanta.harrison@va.gov by 10:00am MDT, Monday 09/21/2026  \n\nName and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:\n\nShanta Harrison\nShanta.Harrison@va.gov","text":"*= Required Field\nCombined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice\n\nRequest for Quote (RFQ) #: Hufreidy Dental Equipment\nThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation.\n* The deadline for all questions is 1:00pm MDT, Friday 09/18/2026\nAll questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.\n** Quotes are to be provided to shanta.harrison@va.gov no later than 10:00am MDT, Monday 09/21/2026\nQuotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make the award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.\nThis is a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C25926Q0874. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation.\nThis solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) FAC 2026-01 03/13/2026\nThe North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339114 with a business size standard of 750 Employees This solicitation is 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB.)\n\nList of Line Items;\nPLEASE SEE ATTACHED PRICING SPREADSHEET. Offerors shall provide one fully completed copy of the attached Price Schedule Spreadsheet. Proposed prices will be evaluated for realism and reasonableness.\nNote: Spreadsheet is a guide for desired formatting; it does not contain pre-set formulas.\nDescription of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired:\n\nSCOPE OF WORK AND GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASE\n\nBackground\nThe Dental Service is a vital service within the Oklahoma City VAMC to provide dentistry for our veterans. With the opening of the Norman, OK Dental Clinic the dental clinic will need these instruments in order to provide services.\n\nProject Scope\nThe Oklahoma City VA Dental Service is requesting to purchase instruments and items needed to provide dental services at the Norman, OK Dental Clinic.\n\nSpecifications\nThe Norman, OK VAMC equipment specifications are designed to outline all the Oklahoma City VAMC Dental Service and Biomedical Engineering requirements. The specifications are provided below:\n\n#1 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\nÂ\n#5 HD CS Mirror SS, 1 EA\nÂ\n#23/QW Expro\nÂ\nDressing Pliers, Utility Pick-UP\nÂ\nSyringe Anesthetic Aspir A Style 1.8ml\nÂ\n#18 DE Excavator, Satin Steel\nÂ\n#2T Tanner DE Amalgam Plugger\n#1/2 DE Plugger-Non Serrated\n#1/2 Hollenback DE Carver\nÂ\n#4/5 DE Cleoid-Discoid Carver #7 HDL\nÂ\n#3/6 DE Cleid-Discoid Carver R8 HDL\nÂ\nInterproximal DE Carver\nÂ\n#2 Woodson DE Plastic Filling Inst\nÂ\n#24 Cement Spatula\nÂ\nCF(R) II Amalgam Carrier DE Regular/Large\nÂ\nAmalgam Well\nÂ\n#9/10 Back-Action DE Plugger\nÂ\n#17 Iris Scissors, Straight\nÂ\nCrown & Gold Scissors, Curved\nÂ\nCrown & Band Contouring Pliers\nÂ\n#1 Mirrow Handle W/MM Calibrations\nÂ\n#DG16 DE Endodontic Explorer\nÂ\n#1 Endo Dressing Pliers (Locking)\nÂ\nRubber Dam Forceps\nÂ\nRubber Dam Frame , Adult\nÂ\nRubber Dam Punch\nÂ\nIMS Parts Box- Large\nÂ\n#GP1 SE Root Canal Spreader\nÂ\n#8-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#9 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#9-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#10 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#10-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#11 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#11-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#12 SE Rooth Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #7, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #8A, Satin Steel\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #209, Satin Steel\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #1A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #2A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #13A, Satin Stell\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #14A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #W14A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #W8A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #9, Satin Steel\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #9S, Satin Steel\nÂ\nMini Three Jaw Plyiers\nÂ\n#7 DE Wax Spatula\nÂ\nPeriotome, Anterior\nÂ\nIwanson Spring Caliper Metal\nÂ\nChristenson Crown Remover, Straight\nÂ\nChristenson Crown Remover, 90\nÂ\nUniversal Crown Remover\nÂ\n#7 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\nÂ\nCopeland Aspirator Handle\nÂ\n#4 Copeland Aspirator Tip\nÂ\nRetractor U of Minnesota\nÂ\nWeider Cheek and Tongue Retractor-Large\nÂ\n#23 Seldin Periosteal Retractor\nÂ\n9 Molt Periosteal Elevator\nÂ\n#10 Miller Surgical Curette Satin Steel\nÂ\n1X Miller-Colburn Bone File\nÂ\n#301 Apexo Elevator\nÂ\n#34S Seldin Str. Elevator\nÂ\n#31 Cryer Elevator (Large)\nÂ\n#32 Cryer Elevator (Large)\nÂ\n\nÂ\nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.5 in Straight\nÂ\nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.25 in Curved\nÂ\nDE Bakey Perma Sharp Needle Holder\nÂ\n#9 Dean Scissors\nÂ\n#18 Iris Scissors, Curved\nÂ\n30 Std Blumenthal Rongeurs\nÂ\nFriedman Rongeurs-Mini\nÂ\n#2 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\nÂ\n#3 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\nÂ\nHeidbrink Root Tip Pick\nÂ\nLuxating Elevator 3mm, Straight\nÂ\n#41 Adson Plain Tissue Pliers\nÂ\nCushing Perma Sharp 7 Tissue Pliers\nÂ\nGerald 1x2 Perma Sharp 7\" Tissue Pliers\nÂ\nApical Forceps 1\nÂ\nApical Forceps X74N\nÂ\n#150AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated\nÂ\nApical Forceps 150\nÂ\n#23 Forceps\nÂ\n#151AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated\nÂ\nApical Forceps 151\nÂ\n#88L Nevius Forceps\nÂ\n#88R Nevius Forceps\nÂ\n#53L Forceps\nÂ\n#53R Forceps\nÂ\nSteiglitz Root Forceps-45 Deg\nÂ\n5 Inst. Sig Cassette Lavndr\nÂ\nSig Ser Green Space Saver 7 Cassette\nÂ\nImplacare Scaler- Satin Steel Handle\nÂ\n#23 Expro Colorvue Handle\nÂ\n#11/12 ODU After Five Explorer, satin Steel\nÂ\nH6/H7 DE Scaler, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#1/2 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#11/12 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#13/14 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#5/6 Barnhart Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#4 Nevi Scaler Posterior DE, EE2 #9\nÂ\n\nE190 Elevator\n\nE191 Elevator\n\nLuxating Elevator 5mm Straight EL5S\n\n#77 Elevator (serated)\n\n#77R Elevator (serated)\n\nFMD3 MD3 mead forcep serrated\n\nFAFX74N AF74N European style mandibular anterior forcep\n\nS20456 satin steel posterior sickle scaler\n\nDelivery Location:\nNorman, OK VAMC\n3860 Journey Parkway\nNorman, OK 73072\n\n*Buy American Vendors are strongly encouraged to include quotes with (all) products manufactured within the U.S. whenever possible although quotes with non-domestic products will not be excluded from the solicitation.\nVendors are required to complete the FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate below and include with their quote in order to verify the Country of Origin (COO) of products included in their quote.\n\n*FOB shall be destination\n*Freight shall be added to the price of CLIN 0001 and not be its own line item\n*Specification sheets proving the offered product meets all testing specifications and salient characteristics shall be included with the quote\n*Quotes shall annotate the expected date of delivery to the specified location\n*Quotes shall be accompanied by an authorization letter consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c).\n*Failure to meet the salient characteristics below will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n*Failure to provide the required documents or information (information documents, quote with accurate costs, delivery lead time, Buy American certificate, clause VAAR 852.219-76, and/or authorized distributor letter) by the quote deadline will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n\n52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition\n\nAny award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.\n\nState if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.\n\nIf the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be verified and visible in the SBA Small Business Certification (SBS): https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.\n\nOfferors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.\n\nAll proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.\n\nAll information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL\n\nSubmission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) - Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) ; and (III) Price; (V) Buy American Certificate; and (VI) Letter of Authorized Distributor (VAAR 852.212-71 (c), as applicable.\n\nVolume I - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\nThe offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the equal products, including equal products of the brand name manufacturer submitted, meets or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The product(s) quoted must be identified by brand name, if any, and make or model number.\n\nVolume II - Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)\nThe offeror shall complete the provision VAAR 852-219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nOfferor must list any/all subcontractors (and their size standard IAW NAICS 339114 if they will be utilized for this requirement AND what they will be performing. How is your firm going to comply with Limitations on Subcontracting requirements? If no subcontractors will be used, please state No Subcontractors will be used for this requirement in the response.\n\nVolume III Price\nPrice - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule.\n\nVolume V Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate (where applicable)\nThe offeror shall complete and submit the included 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate/52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate.\n\nVolume VI Letter of Authorized Distributor\nIf the offeror is not an OEM, then the offeror shall submit a verifying authorization letter or other documents from the OEM consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c). Verifying letter must be from the OEM.\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)\n\n52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:\n\nThe Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror responsible whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.\n\nThe following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations:\n\nFactor 1. Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\n\nFactor 2. Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting- Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)\n\nFactor 3. Price\n\nFactor 4. Delivery Lead TimeUse sparingly - Only use if delivery is of such importance the partner is willing to pay additional price. If used, update Factor #. Otherwise - delete\n\nFactor 5. Submission of Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate\n\nFactor 6. Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter\n\nEvaluation Approach. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use comparative analysis. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers:\n\nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation.\n\nFactor 2. Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) : The Government will evaluate the responses an offeror makes to Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) for completeness. If an offeror fails to complete Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) their quote will be determined ineligible for award.\n\nFactor 3. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line item prices, including all options (when options are included.) The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price.\n\nFactor 4. Submission of completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate: The Government will evaluate the information provided in the completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate for compliance with FAR Part 25. Priority may be given to products made in the US.\n\nFactor 5. Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter: Vendor eligibility will be determined in addition to other evaluation factors above by the submission of a proper OEM letter (see VAAR 852.212-71(c)) from the manufacturer of the products included in the quote.\n\n**The Government may consider an award to other than the lowest priced quoter/offeror if it s in the best interest of the Government.**\n\nIf offeror does not provide all volumes as outlined in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions, the offer may be considered nonresponsive.\n\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)\n52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence IAW 52.212-4(r). By submitting a quote, the offeror understands that quotes will not be referenced in 1449 and clauses incorporated in the solicitation will dictate the contract. All offerors shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under the contract IAW RFO 52.212-4(q). The Government reserves the right to deny requests for clause changes that are not included in this solicitation should the request be inconsistent with the RFO or VAAR.\n\nThe following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-6 with Alt I\nRestrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government\nStatute\nX\n52.203-13\nContractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct\nStatute\nX\n52.203-17\nContractor Employee Whistleblower Rights\nStatute\nX\n52.203-19\nProhibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements\nStatute\nX\n52.204-9\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nOther\nX\n52.204-13\nSystem for Award Management Maintenance\nStatute\n\n52.204-91\nContractor identification\nOther\nX\n52.209-6\nProtecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment\nStatute\nX\n52.209-9\nUpdates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters\nStatute\nX\n52.209-10\nProhibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations\nStatute\n\n52.219-4\nNotice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns\nStatute\nX\n52.219-6\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.219-6 with Alt I\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.219-8\nUtilization of Small Business Concerns\nStatute\n\n52.219-9\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt I\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt II\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt III\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt IV\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.219-14\nLimitations on Subcontracting\nStatute\n\n52.219-16\nLiquidated Damages Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-33\nNonmanufacturer Rule\nStatute\nX\n52.222-3\nConvict Labor\nEO\nX\n52.222-19\nChild Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies\nEO\nX\n52.222-35\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans\nStatute\n\n52.222-35 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-36\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities\nStatute\n\n52.222-36 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-37\nEmployment Reports on Veterans\nStatute\nX\n52.222-40\nNotification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act\nEO\nX\n52.222-41\nService Contract Labor Standards\nStatute\nX\n52.222-42\nStatement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires\nEmployee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits\n_____________ __________________________\n_____________ __________________________\nStatute\nX\n52.222-43\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.222-44\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment\nStatute\nX\n52.222-50\nCombating Trafficking in Persons\nStatute\n\n52.222-50 with Alt I\nCombating Trafficking in Persons, with its Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.222-51\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Requirements\nOther\n\n52.222-53\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services Requirements\nOther\nX\n52.222-54\nEmployment Eligibility Verification\nEO\nX\n52.222-62\nPaid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706\nEO\n\n52.223-9\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items\nStatute\n\n52.223-9 with Alt I\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.223-11\nOzone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons\nStatute\n\n52.223-12\nMaintenance\nStatute\n\n52.223-20\nAerosols\nStatute\n\n52.223-21\nFoams\nStatute\nX\n52.223-23\nSustainable Products and Services\nStatute\n\n52.224-3\nPrivacy Training\nStatute\n\n52.224-3 with Alt I\nPrivacy Training, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-1\nBuy American-Supplies\nStatute\n\n52.225-1 with Alt I\nBuy American-Supplies, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-3\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt II\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt III\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt IV\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.225-5\nTrade Agreements\nStatute\n\n52.225-19\nContractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States\nOther\n\n52.225-26\nContractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States\nStatute\n\n52.226-4\nNotice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.226-5\nRestrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area\nStatute\nX\n52.226-8\nEncouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving\nEO\n\n52.229-12\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements\nStatute\n\n52.232-29\nTerms for Financing of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.232-30\nInstallment Payments of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\nX\n52.232-33\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-34\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-36\nPayment by Third Party\nStatute\nX\n52.232-40\nProviding Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors\nStatute\n\n52.232-90\nFast Payment Procedure\nStatute\nX\n52.233-3\nProtest After Award\nStatute\nX\n52.233-4\nApplicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim\nStatute\nX\n52.240-91\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions\nStatute\n\n52.240-91 with Alt I\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.240-92\nSecurity Requirements\nOther\n\n52.240-92 with Alt II\nSecurity Requirements with Alternate II\nOther\n\n52.240-93\n Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems\nÂ\nX\n52.244-6\nSubcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.247-64\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt I\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt II\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\nAdditional contract requirements or terms and conditions:\n52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting\n(a) This clause does not apply to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside.\n(b) Definition. Similarly situated entity, as used in this clause, means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that\n(1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to its socioeconomic status); and\n(2) Is considered small for the size standard under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract.\n(c) Applicability. This clause applies only to\n(1) Contracts that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(3) Contracts that have been awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, and 19.15;\n(4) Orders expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and that are\n(i) Set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii);\n(5) Orders, regardless of dollar value, that are\n(i) Set aside in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to concerns that qualify for the programs described in subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and\n(6) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference.\n(d) Independent contractors. An independent contractor shall be considered a subcontractor.\n(e) Limitations on subcontracting. By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Contractor agrees that in performance of a contract assigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for\n(1) Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract;\n(2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both supplies and services, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the supply portion of the contract;\n(3) General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded; or\n(4) Construction by special trade contractors, it will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 75 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.\n(f) The Contractor shall comply with the limitations on subcontracting as follows:\n(1) For contracts, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(1), (2), (3) and (6) of this clause\n By the end of the base term of the contract and then by the end of each subsequent option period; or\nX By the end of the performance period for each order issued under the contract.\n(2) For orders, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(4) and (5) of this clause, by the end of the performance period for the order.\n(g) A joint venture agrees that, in the performance of the contract, the applicable percentage specified in paragraph (e) of this clause will be performed by the aggregate of the joint venture participants.\n(1) In a joint venture comprised of a small business protégé and its mentor approved by the Small Business Administration, the small business protégé shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the small business protégé in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(2) In an 8(a) joint venture, the 8(a) participant(s) shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the 8(a) participants in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(End of clause)\n52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors\nAddressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (Deviation DATE)\n\nDefinitions. As used in this clause\n\nProgram participation means membership or participation in, or access or admission to: training, mentoring, or leadership development programs; educational opportunities; clubs; associations; or similar opportunities that are sponsored or established by the contractor or subcontractor.\n\nRacially discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities means disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in the recruitment, employment (e.g., hiring, promotions), contracting (e.g., vendor agreements), program participation, or allocation or deployment of an entity's resources.\n\n(b) In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:\n\nThe Contractor will not engage in any racially discriminatory DEI activities;\n\n(2) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports, including providing access to books, records, and accounts, as required by the Contracting Officer, for purposes of ascertaining compliance with this clause;\n\n(3) In the event of the Contractor's or a subcontractor's noncompliance with this clause, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part, and the Contractor or subcontractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts;\n\n(4) The Contractor will report any subcontractor's known or reasonably knowable conduct that may violate this clause to the Contracting Officer and take any appropriate remedial actions directed by the Contracting Officer; and\n\n(5) The Contractor will inform the Contracting Officer if a subcontractor sues the Contractor and the suit puts at issue, in any way, the validity of this clause.\n\n(6) The Contractor recognizes that compliance with the requirements of this clause are material to the Government's payment decisions for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729(b)(4).\n\n(c) The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts at any tier, including those for commercial products and commercial services, except those where the place of delivery or performance is outside the United States.\n(End of clause)\n\n52.225-1 Buy American Supplies (OCT 2022)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause\n\nCommercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is\nA commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of commercial product at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101;\n\nSold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and\n\n(iii) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and\nDoes not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.\n\nComponent means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.\nCost of components means\nFor components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or\n\nFor components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the end product.\n\nCritical component means a component that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States and deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105.\nDomestic end product means\nFor an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both\n\nAn unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States;\n\nAn end product manufactured in the United States, if\n\nThe cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its components, except that the percentage will be 65 percent for items delivered in calendar years 2024 through 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic; or\n\nThe end product is a COTS item; or\n\n(2) For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of foreign iron and steel constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product. The cost of foreign iron and steel includes but is not limited to the cost of foreign iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all foreign iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the definition of cost of components .\nEnd product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\nFastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws.\nForeign end product means an end product other than a domestic end product.\nForeign iron and steel means iron or steel products not produced in the United States. Produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives. The origin of the elements of the iron or steel is not relevant to the determination of whether it is domestic or foreign.\nPredominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.\nSteel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.\nUnited States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n(b) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the United States. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test of the Buy American statute is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see 12.505(a)(1)), except that for an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the domestic content test is applied only to the iron and steel content of the end product, excluding COTS fasteners.\n(c) Offerors may obtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that the Contracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract.\n(d) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products except to the extent that it specified delivery of foreign end products in the provision of the solicitation entitled \"Buy American Certificate.\"\nAlternate I (OCT 2022). As prescribed in 25.1101(a)(1)(ii) substitute the following sentence for the first sentence of paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of the definition of domestic end product in paragraph (a): (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components.\n(End of Clause)\n52.225-2 Buy American Certificate (OCT 2022)\n(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.\n\n(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select no .\n(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).\n(4) The terms commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, critical component, domestic end product, end product, and foreign end product are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled Buy American Supplies.\nForeign End Products:\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\nExceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)\n\n[List as necessary]\n(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:\nLine item No.\n\n[List as necessary]\n\n(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.\n(End of Provision)\n52.225-5 Trade Agreements (NOV 2023)\n(a) Definitions. As used in this clause.\n\"Caribbean Basin country end product\"\nMeans an article that\n\n(i)(A) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or\n(B) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed; and\n(ii) Is not excluded from duty-free treatment for Caribbean countries under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b).\n(A) For this reason, the following articles are not Caribbean Basin country end products:\n(1) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight containers;\n(2) Petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum;\n(3) Watches and watch parts (including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material that is the product of any country to which the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) column 2 rates of duty apply (i.e., Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam); and\n(4) Certain of the following: textiles and apparel articles; footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; or handloomed, handmade, and folklore articles;\n(B) Access to the HTSUS to determine duty-free status of articles of these types is available at https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm. In particular, see the following:\n(1) General Note 3(c), Products Eligible for Special Tariff treatment.\n(2) General Note 17, Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act of 2000.\n(3) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Articles Exported and Returned, Advanced or Improved Abroad, U.S. Note 7(b).\n(4) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter XX, Goods Eligible for Special Tariff Benefits under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; and\n(2) Refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\"Designated country\" means any of the following countries:\nA World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as \"the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) ), Ukraine, or United Kingdom);\n\nA Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);\n\nA least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or\n\nA Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).\n\n\"Designated country end product\" means a WTO GPA country end product, an FTA country end product, a least developed country end product, or a Caribbean Basin country end product.\n\"End product\" means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\n\"Free Trade Agreement country end product\" means an article that\nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in an FTA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n\"Least developed country end product\" means an article that\nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least developed country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a least developed country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n\"United States\" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n\"U.S.-made end product\" means an article that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States or that is substantially transformed in the United States into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed.\n\"WTO GPA country end product\" means an article that\nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n(b) Delivery of end products. The Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA and FTAs apply to this acquisition. Unless otherwise specified, these trade agreements apply to all items in the Schedule. The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only U.S.-made or designated country end products except to the extent that, in its offer, it specified delivery of other end products in the provision entitled \"Trade Agreements Certificate.\"\n(End of Clause)\n52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate (FEB 2021)\nThe offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Trade Agreements.\"\n\nThe offeror shall list as other end products those supplies that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products.\n\nOther End Products\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\n\n[List as necessary]\nThe Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for those products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of this solicitation.\n(End of Provision)\n852.204-70 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nThe Contractor shall comply with current Department of Veterans Affairs policy for personal identity verification of all employees performing under this contract when physical access to VA facilities, and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems is required.\n\nThe Contractor shall insert this clause in all subcontracts when the subcontractor s employees will require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems.\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.204-72 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause\n\nVA Information system is the same as information system and means, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 5727, a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information whether automated or manual.\n\nVA sensitive information means all VA data, on any storage media or in any form or format, which requires protection due to the risk of harm that could result from inadvertent or deliberate disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the information and includes sensitive personal information. The term includes information where improper use or disclosure could adversely affect the ability of VA to accomplish its mission, proprietary information, records about individuals requiring protection under various confidentiality provisions such as the Privacy Act and the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and information that can be withheld under the Freedom of Information Act. Examples of VA sensitive information include the following: individually-identifiable medical, benefits, and personnel information; financial, budgetary, research, quality assurance, confidential commercial, critical infrastructure, investigatory, and law enforcement information; information that is confidential and privileged in litigation such as information protected by the deliberative process privilege, attorney work-product privilege, and the attorney client privilege; and other information which, if released, could result in violation of law or harm or unfairness to any individual or group, or could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of Federal programs.\n\nGeneral. Contractor personnel assigned to work for or on behalf of VA must undergo a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level designation associated with the work to be performed at the level indicated in the contract. The Contractor and subcontractors shall comply with VA Directive/Handbook 0710, Personnel Security and Suitability Program, which can be accessed at: https://vaww.va.gov/vapubs/index.cfm\n\nRisk and Sensitivity Levels. The following table identifies the risk and sensitivity levels that apply to any personnel providing services under this contract.\n\n*VA Administrations, organizations and staff offices will use the OPM Position Designation Tool.\n\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 1/Low Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions- Tier 2/Mod Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 4/High Risk\nN/a\n\nSecurity clearances are granted to individuals with a specific requirement for access to classified material (for example, Confidential, Secret and Top Secret). Contractor personnel that are required to obtain a security clearance will be subject to a Tier 3 or Tier 5 investigation. The following sensitivity designations have been assigned for the identified Tier 3 and Tier 5 required by this contract:\n\nTier 3: Not Applicable\n\nTier 5: Not Applicable\n\nFitness. The results from a background investigation are used to determine if an individual s fitness is sufficient for that individual to perform work for or on behalf of VA in the position identified in this contract. Contractor fitness determinations are made in accordance with 5 CFR Part 731.202.\n\nFitness requirements for employment are separate and distinct from job qualifications. If a Contractor or subcontractor employee is found to be unsuitable or unfit to provide services under this contract, the Contractor shall immediately remove the employee from working on this contract and take those necessary steps that restrict the employee s logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information.\n\nThe Contractor shall advise the employee that they are not permitted to access any VA controlled building or real property in relation to this contract.\n\nThe removal of an unfit Contractor or subcontractor employee does not alleviate the Contractor from satisfying the requirements of this contract. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs associated with the recruitment/replacement of an employee or subcontractor employee who is found to be unfit.\n\nIdentification Cards. The Government will provide a Personal Identification Verification (PIV) card or other identification card, as necessary, to fit Contractor personnel who require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information. Contractor and subcontractor personnel shall prominently display their PIV/identification card on their persons while working at a VA facility and shall present their PIV/identification card for inspection upon request by a VA official. The Contractor must surrender the employee or subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card in accordance with the requirements set forth in Directive/Handbook 0735 when any of the following events occur:\n\nWhen no longer needed for contract performance.\nUpon completion of the Contractor/subcontractor employee s employment.\nUpon contract completion or termination.\n\nLost/stolen. Immediately upon detection, the Contractor shall report a lost or stolen PIV/identification card to the Government authorities as identified in Directive/Handbook 0735. Within 48 hours of reporting the lost/stolen PIV/identification card, the Contractor shall submit to the Program Manager an incident report that describes the relevant facts and circumstances regarding the loss/theft. If the loss/theft was reported by the Contractor to the local police, the Contractor shall further submit a copy of the final police report to the Program Manager within 48 hours of the report being made available by the local police department. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs that result from lost/stolen PIV/identification card(s).\n\nRegular Reporting. The Contractor shall submit a status report to PIV Sponsor within 5 working days after the end of each calendar quarter and as requested by the Government in order to initiate contract closeout procedures. The report must provide the status of each contractor/subcontractor employee who is required to have a PIV/identification card during the performance of the contract. The report shall identify the Contractor and the contract number, and list the following status for each contractor/subcontractor employee who holds a PIV/identification card under this contract:\n\nContractor/subcontractor employee name.\nName of VA facility where Contractor/subcontractor employee works, if applicable.\nDate background check submitted for Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nDate PIV/identification card issued to Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nContractor/subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card number, as applicable.\nDate Contractor/subcontractor employee no longer has need for PIV/identification card.\nDate Contractor notified VA that PIV/identification card is no longer required.\nDate Contractor returned PIV/identification card was returned to VA.\n\nFlow down of clause. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause in subcontracts, third-party agreements, and BAA s, in which subcontractors, third-party servicers/employees, and business associates will perform functions where they will have physical access to a VA facility or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information system containing such data or information.\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.252-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items:\nVAAR Clauses are incorporated by reference as follows:\nVAAR 852.203-70\nCommercial Advertising (MAY 2018)\nVAAR 852.232-72\nElectronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018)\nVAAR 852.246-71\nRejected Goods (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.222-71\nCompliance with Executive Order 13899. (DEVIATION) (APR 2025)\nVAAR Provisions are incorporated as follows:\nVAAR 852.233-70\nProtest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.233-71\nAlternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.204-70\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nVAAR 852.204-72\nPersonnel Vetting and Credentialing (MAR 2026)\n\nRFO 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference\nThe following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at RFO 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.\nhttp://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html\nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/vaar\nThe following RFO provisions are to be incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-11\nCertification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions\nStatute\nX\n52.203-18\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.204-7\nSystem for Award Management Registration\nStatute\n\n52.204-7 with Alt I\nSystem for Award Management Registration, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.204-90\nOfferor Identification\nStatute\n\n52.207-6\nSolicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.209-12\nCertification Regarding Tax Matters\nStatute\n\n52.219-2\nEqual Low Bids\nStatute\n\n52.222-18\nCertification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products\nE.O.\n\n52.222-48\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-52\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Certain Services-Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-56\nCertification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan\nStatute\nX\n52.222-90\nAddressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors\nE.O.\n\n52.223-4\nRecovered Material Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-2\nBuy American Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-4\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-6\nTrade Agreements-Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-20\nProhibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan-Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-25\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications\nStatute\n\n52.226-3\nDisaster or Emergency Area Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.229-3\nFederal, State, and Local Taxes\nStatute\n\n52.229-11\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements Notice and Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.240-90\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications\nStatute\n\nThe Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.\nDate and Time offers are due to shanta.harrison@va.gov by 10:00am MDT, Monday 09/21/2026\n\nName and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:\n\nShanta Harrison\nShanta.Harrison@va.gov","origin":"detail"},"notice_type":{"code":"k","label":"Combined Synopsis/Solicitation"},"schema_version":1,"solicitation_number":"36C25926Q0874","place_of_performance":{"zip":"73072","city":{"code":"52500","name":"Norman"},"state":{"code":"OK","name":"Oklahoma"},"street":"US Dept. of Veterans Affairs Norman, OK VAMC","country":{"code":"USA","name":"UNITED STATES"},"street2":"3860 Journey Parkway"},"product_service_code":"6520"}],"due_at":"2026-09-21T16:00:00Z","due_date":"2026-09-21","closes_at":"2026-09-21T16:00:00Z","awardable":true,"dept_key":"d-036","dept_name":"VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF","sub_key":"s-3600","sub_name":"VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF","office_key":"o-36C259","office_name":"NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 19 (36C259)","state":"OK","county":"40027","county_name":"Cleveland County","city":"4052500","city_name":"Norman","country":"USA","winner_key":null,"amount":null,"linked_awards":0,"cancelled":false,"archived":false,"updated_at":"2026-09-18T04:00:44.545196Z","principal_notice_id":"5b9aab5aff2342f0baefe23e8d490e5a","description":{"text":"*= Required Field\nCombined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice\n\nRequest for Quote (RFQ) #: Hufreidy Dental Equipment\nThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation.\n* The deadline for all questions is 1:00pm MDT, Friday 09/18/2026\nAll questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.\n** Quotes are to be provided to shanta.harrison@va.gov no later than 10:00am MDT, Monday 09/21/2026\nQuotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make the award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.\nThis is a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C25926Q0874. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation.\nThis solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) FAC 2026-01 03/13/2026\nThe North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339114 with a business size standard of 750 Employees This solicitation is 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB.)\n\nList of Line Items;\nPLEASE SEE ATTACHED PRICING SPREADSHEET. Offerors shall provide one fully completed copy of the attached Price Schedule Spreadsheet. Proposed prices will be evaluated for realism and reasonableness.\nNote: Spreadsheet is a guide for desired formatting; it does not contain pre-set formulas.\nDescription of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired:\n\nSCOPE OF WORK AND GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASE\n\nBackground\nThe Dental Service is a vital service within the Oklahoma City VAMC to provide dentistry for our veterans. With the opening of the Norman, OK Dental Clinic the dental clinic will need these instruments in order to provide services.\n\nProject Scope\nThe Oklahoma City VA Dental Service is requesting to purchase instruments and items needed to provide dental services at the Norman, OK Dental Clinic.\n\nSpecifications\nThe Norman, OK VAMC equipment specifications are designed to outline all the Oklahoma City VAMC Dental Service and Biomedical Engineering requirements. The specifications are provided below:\n\n#1 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\nÂ\n#5 HD CS Mirror SS, 1 EA\nÂ\n#23/QW Expro\nÂ\nDressing Pliers, Utility Pick-UP\nÂ\nSyringe Anesthetic Aspir A Style 1.8ml\nÂ\n#18 DE Excavator, Satin Steel\nÂ\n#2T Tanner DE Amalgam Plugger\n#1/2 DE Plugger-Non Serrated\n#1/2 Hollenback DE Carver\nÂ\n#4/5 DE Cleoid-Discoid Carver #7 HDL\nÂ\n#3/6 DE Cleid-Discoid Carver R8 HDL\nÂ\nInterproximal DE Carver\nÂ\n#2 Woodson DE Plastic Filling Inst\nÂ\n#24 Cement Spatula\nÂ\nCF(R) II Amalgam Carrier DE Regular/Large\nÂ\nAmalgam Well\nÂ\n#9/10 Back-Action DE Plugger\nÂ\n#17 Iris Scissors, Straight\nÂ\nCrown & Gold Scissors, Curved\nÂ\nCrown & Band Contouring Pliers\nÂ\n#1 Mirrow Handle W/MM Calibrations\nÂ\n#DG16 DE Endodontic Explorer\nÂ\n#1 Endo Dressing Pliers (Locking)\nÂ\nRubber Dam Forceps\nÂ\nRubber Dam Frame , Adult\nÂ\nRubber Dam Punch\nÂ\nIMS Parts Box- Large\nÂ\n#GP1 SE Root Canal Spreader\nÂ\n#8-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#9 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#9-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#10 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#10-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#11 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#11-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\n#12 SE Rooth Canal Plugger (P)\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #7, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #8A, Satin Steel\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #209, Satin Steel\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #1A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #2A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #13A, Satin Stell\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #14A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #W14A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #W8A, Black Line\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #9, Satin Steel\nÂ\nRubber Dam Clamp #9S, Satin Steel\nÂ\nMini Three Jaw Plyiers\nÂ\n#7 DE Wax Spatula\nÂ\nPeriotome, Anterior\nÂ\nIwanson Spring Caliper Metal\nÂ\nChristenson Crown Remover, Straight\nÂ\nChristenson Crown Remover, 90\nÂ\nUniversal Crown Remover\nÂ\n#7 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\nÂ\nCopeland Aspirator Handle\nÂ\n#4 Copeland Aspirator Tip\nÂ\nRetractor U of Minnesota\nÂ\nWeider Cheek and Tongue Retractor-Large\nÂ\n#23 Seldin Periosteal Retractor\nÂ\n9 Molt Periosteal Elevator\nÂ\n#10 Miller Surgical Curette Satin Steel\nÂ\n1X Miller-Colburn Bone File\nÂ\n#301 Apexo Elevator\nÂ\n#34S Seldin Str. Elevator\nÂ\n#31 Cryer Elevator (Large)\nÂ\n#32 Cryer Elevator (Large)\nÂ\n\nÂ\nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.5 in Straight\nÂ\nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.25 in Curved\nÂ\nDE Bakey Perma Sharp Needle Holder\nÂ\n#9 Dean Scissors\nÂ\n#18 Iris Scissors, Curved\nÂ\n30 Std Blumenthal Rongeurs\nÂ\nFriedman Rongeurs-Mini\nÂ\n#2 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\nÂ\n#3 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\nÂ\nHeidbrink Root Tip Pick\nÂ\nLuxating Elevator 3mm, Straight\nÂ\n#41 Adson Plain Tissue Pliers\nÂ\nCushing Perma Sharp 7 Tissue Pliers\nÂ\nGerald 1x2 Perma Sharp 7\" Tissue Pliers\nÂ\nApical Forceps 1\nÂ\nApical Forceps X74N\nÂ\n#150AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated\nÂ\nApical Forceps 150\nÂ\n#23 Forceps\nÂ\n#151AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated\nÂ\nApical Forceps 151\nÂ\n#88L Nevius Forceps\nÂ\n#88R Nevius Forceps\nÂ\n#53L Forceps\nÂ\n#53R Forceps\nÂ\nSteiglitz Root Forceps-45 Deg\nÂ\n5 Inst. Sig Cassette Lavndr\nÂ\nSig Ser Green Space Saver 7 Cassette\nÂ\nImplacare Scaler- Satin Steel Handle\nÂ\n#23 Expro Colorvue Handle\nÂ\n#11/12 ODU After Five Explorer, satin Steel\nÂ\nH6/H7 DE Scaler, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#1/2 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#11/12 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#13/14 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#5/6 Barnhart Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\nÂ\n#4 Nevi Scaler Posterior DE, EE2 #9\nÂ\n\nE190 Elevator\n\nE191 Elevator\n\nLuxating Elevator 5mm Straight EL5S\n\n#77 Elevator (serated)\n\n#77R Elevator (serated)\n\nFMD3 MD3 mead forcep serrated\n\nFAFX74N AF74N European style mandibular anterior forcep\n\nS20456 satin steel posterior sickle scaler\n\nDelivery Location:\nNorman, OK VAMC\n3860 Journey Parkway\nNorman, OK 73072\n\n*Buy American Vendors are strongly encouraged to include quotes with (all) products manufactured within the U.S. whenever possible although quotes with non-domestic products will not be excluded from the solicitation.\nVendors are required to complete the FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate below and include with their quote in order to verify the Country of Origin (COO) of products included in their quote.\n\n*FOB shall be destination\n*Freight shall be added to the price of CLIN 0001 and not be its own line item\n*Specification sheets proving the offered product meets all testing specifications and salient characteristics shall be included with the quote\n*Quotes shall annotate the expected date of delivery to the specified location\n*Quotes shall be accompanied by an authorization letter consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c).\n*Failure to meet the salient characteristics below will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n*Failure to provide the required documents or information (information documents, quote with accurate costs, delivery lead time, Buy American certificate, clause VAAR 852.219-76, and/or authorized distributor letter) by the quote deadline will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n\n52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition\n\nAny award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.\n\nState if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.\n\nIf the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be verified and visible in the SBA Small Business Certification (SBS): https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.\n\nOfferors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.\n\nAll proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.\n\nAll information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL\n\nSubmission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) - Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) ; and (III) Price; (V) Buy American Certificate; and (VI) Letter of Authorized Distributor (VAAR 852.212-71 (c), as applicable.\n\nVolume I - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\nThe offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the equal products, including equal products of the brand name manufacturer submitted, meets or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The product(s) quoted must be identified by brand name, if any, and make or model number.\n\nVolume II - Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)\nThe offeror shall complete the provision VAAR 852-219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nOfferor must list any/all subcontractors (and their size standard IAW NAICS 339114 if they will be utilized for this requirement AND what they will be performing. How is your firm going to comply with Limitations on Subcontracting requirements? If no subcontractors will be used, please state No Subcontractors will be used for this requirement in the response.\n\nVolume III Price\nPrice - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule.\n\nVolume V Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate (where applicable)\nThe offeror shall complete and submit the included 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate/52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate.\n\nVolume VI Letter of Authorized Distributor\nIf the offeror is not an OEM, then the offeror shall submit a verifying authorization letter or other documents from the OEM consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c). Verifying letter must be from the OEM.\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)\n\n52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:\n\nThe Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror responsible whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.\n\nThe following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations:\n\nFactor 1. Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\n\nFactor 2. Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting- Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)\n\nFactor 3. Price\n\nFactor 4. Delivery Lead TimeUse sparingly - Only use if delivery is of such importance the partner is willing to pay additional price. If used, update Factor #. Otherwise - delete\n\nFactor 5. Submission of Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate\n\nFactor 6. Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter\n\nEvaluation Approach. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use comparative analysis. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers:\n\nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation.\n\nFactor 2. Completion of Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) : The Government will evaluate the responses an offeror makes to Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) for completeness. If an offeror fails to complete Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) their quote will be determined ineligible for award.\n\nFactor 3. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line item prices, including all options (when options are included.) The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price.\n\nFactor 4. Submission of completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate: The Government will evaluate the information provided in the completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate for compliance with FAR Part 25. Priority may be given to products made in the US.\n\nFactor 5. Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter: Vendor eligibility will be determined in addition to other evaluation factors above by the submission of a proper OEM letter (see VAAR 852.212-71(c)) from the manufacturer of the products included in the quote.\n\n**The Government may consider an award to other than the lowest priced quoter/offeror if it s in the best interest of the Government.**\n\nIf offeror does not provide all volumes as outlined in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions, the offer may be considered nonresponsive.\n\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)\n52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence IAW 52.212-4(r). By submitting a quote, the offeror understands that quotes will not be referenced in 1449 and clauses incorporated in the solicitation will dictate the contract. All offerors shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under the contract IAW RFO 52.212-4(q). The Government reserves the right to deny requests for clause changes that are not included in this solicitation should the request be inconsistent with the RFO or VAAR.\n\nThe following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-6 with Alt I\nRestrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government\nStatute\nX\n52.203-13\nContractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct\nStatute\nX\n52.203-17\nContractor Employee Whistleblower Rights\nStatute\nX\n52.203-19\nProhibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements\nStatute\nX\n52.204-9\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nOther\nX\n52.204-13\nSystem for Award Management Maintenance\nStatute\n\n52.204-91\nContractor identification\nOther\nX\n52.209-6\nProtecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment\nStatute\nX\n52.209-9\nUpdates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters\nStatute\nX\n52.209-10\nProhibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations\nStatute\n\n52.219-4\nNotice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns\nStatute\nX\n52.219-6\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.219-6 with Alt I\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.219-8\nUtilization of Small Business Concerns\nStatute\n\n52.219-9\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt I\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt II\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt III\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt IV\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.219-14\nLimitations on Subcontracting\nStatute\n\n52.219-16\nLiquidated Damages Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-33\nNonmanufacturer Rule\nStatute\nX\n52.222-3\nConvict Labor\nEO\nX\n52.222-19\nChild Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies\nEO\nX\n52.222-35\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans\nStatute\n\n52.222-35 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-36\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities\nStatute\n\n52.222-36 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-37\nEmployment Reports on Veterans\nStatute\nX\n52.222-40\nNotification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act\nEO\nX\n52.222-41\nService Contract Labor Standards\nStatute\nX\n52.222-42\nStatement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires\nEmployee Class Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits\n_____________ __________________________\n_____________ __________________________\nStatute\nX\n52.222-43\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.222-44\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment\nStatute\nX\n52.222-50\nCombating Trafficking in Persons\nStatute\n\n52.222-50 with Alt I\nCombating Trafficking in Persons, with its Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.222-51\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Requirements\nOther\n\n52.222-53\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services Requirements\nOther\nX\n52.222-54\nEmployment Eligibility Verification\nEO\nX\n52.222-62\nPaid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706\nEO\n\n52.223-9\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items\nStatute\n\n52.223-9 with Alt I\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.223-11\nOzone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons\nStatute\n\n52.223-12\nMaintenance\nStatute\n\n52.223-20\nAerosols\nStatute\n\n52.223-21\nFoams\nStatute\nX\n52.223-23\nSustainable Products and Services\nStatute\n\n52.224-3\nPrivacy Training\nStatute\n\n52.224-3 with Alt I\nPrivacy Training, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-1\nBuy American-Supplies\nStatute\n\n52.225-1 with Alt I\nBuy American-Supplies, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-3\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt II\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt III\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt IV\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.225-5\nTrade Agreements\nStatute\n\n52.225-19\nContractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States\nOther\n\n52.225-26\nContractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States\nStatute\n\n52.226-4\nNotice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.226-5\nRestrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area\nStatute\nX\n52.226-8\nEncouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving\nEO\n\n52.229-12\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements\nStatute\n\n52.232-29\nTerms for Financing of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.232-30\nInstallment Payments of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\nX\n52.232-33\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-34\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-36\nPayment by Third Party\nStatute\nX\n52.232-40\nProviding Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors\nStatute\n\n52.232-90\nFast Payment Procedure\nStatute\nX\n52.233-3\nProtest After Award\nStatute\nX\n52.233-4\nApplicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim\nStatute\nX\n52.240-91\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions\nStatute\n\n52.240-91 with Alt I\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.240-92\nSecurity Requirements\nOther\n\n52.240-92 with Alt II\nSecurity Requirements with Alternate II\nOther\n\n52.240-93\n Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems\nÂ\nX\n52.244-6\nSubcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.247-64\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt I\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt II\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\nAdditional contract requirements or terms and conditions:\n52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting\n(a) This clause does not apply to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside.\n(b) Definition. Similarly situated entity, as used in this clause, means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that\n(1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to its socioeconomic status); and\n(2) Is considered small for the size standard under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract.\n(c) Applicability. This clause applies only to\n(1) Contracts that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(3) Contracts that have been awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, and 19.15;\n(4) Orders expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and that are\n(i) Set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii);\n(5) Orders, regardless of dollar value, that are\n(i) Set aside in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to concerns that qualify for the programs described in subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and\n(6) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference.\n(d) Independent contractors. An independent contractor shall be considered a subcontractor.\n(e) Limitations on subcontracting. By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Contractor agrees that in performance of a contract assigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for\n(1) Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract;\n(2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both supplies and services, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the supply portion of the contract;\n(3) General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded; or\n(4) Construction by special trade contractors, it will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 75 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.\n(f) The Contractor shall comply with the limitations on subcontracting as follows:\n(1) For contracts, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(1), (2), (3) and (6) of this clause\n By the end of the base term of the contract and then by the end of each subsequent option period; or\nX By the end of the performance period for each order issued under the contract.\n(2) For orders, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(4) and (5) of this clause, by the end of the performance period for the order.\n(g) A joint venture agrees that, in the performance of the contract, the applicable percentage specified in paragraph (e) of this clause will be performed by the aggregate of the joint venture participants.\n(1) In a joint venture comprised of a small business protégé and its mentor approved by the Small Business Administration, the small business protégé shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the small business protégé in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(2) In an 8(a) joint venture, the 8(a) participant(s) shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the 8(a) participants in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(End of clause)\n52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors\nAddressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (Deviation DATE)\n\nDefinitions. As used in this clause\n\nProgram participation means membership or participation in, or access or admission to: training, mentoring, or leadership development programs; educational opportunities; clubs; associations; or similar opportunities that are sponsored or established by the contractor or subcontractor.\n\nRacially discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities means disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in the recruitment, employment (e.g., hiring, promotions), contracting (e.g., vendor agreements), program participation, or allocation or deployment of an entity's resources.\n\n(b) In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:\n\nThe Contractor will not engage in any racially discriminatory DEI activities;\n\n(2) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports, including providing access to books, records, and accounts, as required by the Contracting Officer, for purposes of ascertaining compliance with this clause;\n\n(3) In the event of the Contractor's or a subcontractor's noncompliance with this clause, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part, and the Contractor or subcontractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts;\n\n(4) The Contractor will report any subcontractor's known or reasonably knowable conduct that may violate this clause to the Contracting Officer and take any appropriate remedial actions directed by the Contracting Officer; and\n\n(5) The Contractor will inform the Contracting Officer if a subcontractor sues the Contractor and the suit puts at issue, in any way, the validity of this clause.\n\n(6) The Contractor recognizes that compliance with the requirements of this clause are material to the Government's payment decisions for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729(b)(4).\n\n(c) The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts at any tier, including those for commercial products and commercial services, except those where the place of delivery or performance is outside the United States.\n(End of clause)\n\n52.225-1 Buy American Supplies (OCT 2022)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause\n\nCommercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is\nA commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of commercial product at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101;\n\nSold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and\n\n(iii) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and\nDoes not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.\n\nComponent means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.\nCost of components means\nFor components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or\n\nFor components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the end product.\n\nCritical component means a component that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States and deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105.\nDomestic end product means\nFor an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both\n\nAn unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States;\n\nAn end product manufactured in the United States, if\n\nThe cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its components, except that the percentage will be 65 percent for items delivered in calendar years 2024 through 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic; or\n\nThe end product is a COTS item; or\n\n(2) For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of foreign iron and steel constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product. The cost of foreign iron and steel includes but is not limited to the cost of foreign iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all foreign iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the definition of cost of components .\nEnd product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\nFastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws.\nForeign end product means an end product other than a domestic end product.\nForeign iron and steel means iron or steel products not produced in the United States. Produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives. The origin of the elements of the iron or steel is not relevant to the determination of whether it is domestic or foreign.\nPredominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.\nSteel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.\nUnited States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n(b) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the United States. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test of the Buy American statute is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see 12.505(a)(1)), except that for an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the domestic content test is applied only to the iron and steel content of the end product, excluding COTS fasteners.\n(c) Offerors may obtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that the Contracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract.\n(d) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products except to the extent that it specified delivery of foreign end products in the provision of the solicitation entitled \"Buy American Certificate.\"\nAlternate I (OCT 2022). As prescribed in 25.1101(a)(1)(ii) substitute the following sentence for the first sentence of paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of the definition of domestic end product in paragraph (a): (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components.\n(End of Clause)\n52.225-2 Buy American Certificate (OCT 2022)\n(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.\n\n(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select no .\n(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).\n(4) The terms commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item, critical component, domestic end product, end product, and foreign end product are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled Buy American Supplies.\nForeign End Products:\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\nExceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)\n\n[List as necessary]\n(c) Domestic end products containing a critical component:\nLine item No.\n\n[List as necessary]\n\n(d) The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.\n(End of Provision)\n52.225-5 Trade Agreements (NOV 2023)\n(a) Definitions. As used in this clause.\n\"Caribbean Basin country end product\"\nMeans an article that\n\n(i)(A) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or\n(B) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed; and\n(ii) Is not excluded from duty-free treatment for Caribbean countries under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b).\n(A) For this reason, the following articles are not Caribbean Basin country end products:\n(1) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight containers;\n(2) Petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum;\n(3) Watches and watch parts (including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material that is the product of any country to which the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) column 2 rates of duty apply (i.e., Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam); and\n(4) Certain of the following: textiles and apparel articles; footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; or handloomed, handmade, and folklore articles;\n(B) Access to the HTSUS to determine duty-free status of articles of these types is available at https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm. In particular, see the following:\n(1) General Note 3(c), Products Eligible for Special Tariff treatment.\n(2) General Note 17, Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act of 2000.\n(3) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Articles Exported and Returned, Advanced or Improved Abroad, U.S. Note 7(b).\n(4) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter XX, Goods Eligible for Special Tariff Benefits under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; and\n(2) Refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\"Designated country\" means any of the following countries:\nA World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as \"the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) ), Ukraine, or United Kingdom);\n\nA Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);\n\nA least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or\n\nA Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).\n\n\"Designated country end product\" means a WTO GPA country end product, an FTA country end product, a least developed country end product, or a Caribbean Basin country end product.\n\"End product\" means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\n\"Free Trade Agreement country end product\" means an article that\nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in an FTA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n\"Least developed country end product\" means an article that\nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least developed country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a least developed country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n\"United States\" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n\"U.S.-made end product\" means an article that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States or that is substantially transformed in the United States into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed.\n\"WTO GPA country end product\" means an article that\nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n(b) Delivery of end products. The Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA and FTAs apply to this acquisition. Unless otherwise specified, these trade agreements apply to all items in the Schedule. The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only U.S.-made or designated country end products except to the extent that, in its offer, it specified delivery of other end products in the provision entitled \"Trade Agreements Certificate.\"\n(End of Clause)\n52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate (FEB 2021)\nThe offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Trade Agreements.\"\n\nThe offeror shall list as other end products those supplies that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products.\n\nOther End Products\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\n\n[List as necessary]\nThe Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for those products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of this solicitation.\n(End of Provision)\n852.204-70 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nThe Contractor shall comply with current Department of Veterans Affairs policy for personal identity verification of all employees performing under this contract when physical access to VA facilities, and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems is required.\n\nThe Contractor shall insert this clause in all subcontracts when the subcontractor s employees will require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems.\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.204-72 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause\n\nVA Information system is the same as information system and means, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 5727, a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information whether automated or manual.\n\nVA sensitive information means all VA data, on any storage media or in any form or format, which requires protection due to the risk of harm that could result from inadvertent or deliberate disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the information and includes sensitive personal information. The term includes information where improper use or disclosure could adversely affect the ability of VA to accomplish its mission, proprietary information, records about individuals requiring protection under various confidentiality provisions such as the Privacy Act and the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and information that can be withheld under the Freedom of Information Act. Examples of VA sensitive information include the following: individually-identifiable medical, benefits, and personnel information; financial, budgetary, research, quality assurance, confidential commercial, critical infrastructure, investigatory, and law enforcement information; information that is confidential and privileged in litigation such as information protected by the deliberative process privilege, attorney work-product privilege, and the attorney client privilege; and other information which, if released, could result in violation of law or harm or unfairness to any individual or group, or could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of Federal programs.\n\nGeneral. Contractor personnel assigned to work for or on behalf of VA must undergo a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level designation associated with the work to be performed at the level indicated in the contract. The Contractor and subcontractors shall comply with VA Directive/Handbook 0710, Personnel Security and Suitability Program, which can be accessed at: https://vaww.va.gov/vapubs/index.cfm\n\nRisk and Sensitivity Levels. The following table identifies the risk and sensitivity levels that apply to any personnel providing services under this contract.\n\n*VA Administrations, organizations and staff offices will use the OPM Position Designation Tool.\n\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 1/Low Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions- Tier 2/Mod Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 4/High Risk\nN/a\n\nSecurity clearances are granted to individuals with a specific requirement for access to classified material (for example, Confidential, Secret and Top Secret). Contractor personnel that are required to obtain a security clearance will be subject to a Tier 3 or Tier 5 investigation. The following sensitivity designations have been assigned for the identified Tier 3 and Tier 5 required by this contract:\n\nTier 3: Not Applicable\n\nTier 5: Not Applicable\n\nFitness. The results from a background investigation are used to determine if an individual s fitness is sufficient for that individual to perform work for or on behalf of VA in the position identified in this contract. Contractor fitness determinations are made in accordance with 5 CFR Part 731.202.\n\nFitness requirements for employment are separate and distinct from job qualifications. If a Contractor or subcontractor employee is found to be unsuitable or unfit to provide services under this contract, the Contractor shall immediately remove the employee from working on this contract and take those necessary steps that restrict the employee s logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information.\n\nThe Contractor shall advise the employee that they are not permitted to access any VA controlled building or real property in relation to this contract.\n\nThe removal of an unfit Contractor or subcontractor employee does not alleviate the Contractor from satisfying the requirements of this contract. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs associated with the recruitment/replacement of an employee or subcontractor employee who is found to be unfit.\n\nIdentification Cards. The Government will provide a Personal Identification Verification (PIV) card or other identification card, as necessary, to fit Contractor personnel who require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information. Contractor and subcontractor personnel shall prominently display their PIV/identification card on their persons while working at a VA facility and shall present their PIV/identification card for inspection upon request by a VA official. The Contractor must surrender the employee or subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card in accordance with the requirements set forth in Directive/Handbook 0735 when any of the following events occur:\n\nWhen no longer needed for contract performance.\nUpon completion of the Contractor/subcontractor employee s employment.\nUpon contract completion or termination.\n\nLost/stolen. Immediately upon detection, the Contractor shall report a lost or stolen PIV/identification card to the Government authorities as identified in Directive/Handbook 0735. Within 48 hours of reporting the lost/stolen PIV/identification card, the Contractor shall submit to the Program Manager an incident report that describes the relevant facts and circumstances regarding the loss/theft. If the loss/theft was reported by the Contractor to the local police, the Contractor shall further submit a copy of the final police report to the Program Manager within 48 hours of the report being made available by the local police department. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs that result from lost/stolen PIV/identification card(s).\n\nRegular Reporting. The Contractor shall submit a status report to PIV Sponsor within 5 working days after the end of each calendar quarter and as requested by the Government in order to initiate contract closeout procedures. The report must provide the status of each contractor/subcontractor employee who is required to have a PIV/identification card during the performance of the contract. The report shall identify the Contractor and the contract number, and list the following status for each contractor/subcontractor employee who holds a PIV/identification card under this contract:\n\nContractor/subcontractor employee name.\nName of VA facility where Contractor/subcontractor employee works, if applicable.\nDate background check submitted for Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nDate PIV/identification card issued to Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nContractor/subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card number, as applicable.\nDate Contractor/subcontractor employee no longer has need for PIV/identification card.\nDate Contractor notified VA that PIV/identification card is no longer required.\nDate Contractor returned PIV/identification card was returned to VA.\n\nFlow down of clause. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause in subcontracts, third-party agreements, and BAA s, in which subcontractors, third-party servicers/employees, and business associates will perform functions where they will have physical access to a VA facility or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information system containing such data or information.\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.252-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items:\nVAAR Clauses are incorporated by reference as follows:\nVAAR 852.203-70\nCommercial Advertising (MAY 2018)\nVAAR 852.232-72\nElectronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018)\nVAAR 852.246-71\nRejected Goods (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.222-71\nCompliance with Executive Order 13899. (DEVIATION) (APR 2025)\nVAAR Provisions are incorporated as follows:\nVAAR 852.233-70\nProtest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.233-71\nAlternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.204-70\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nVAAR 852.204-72\nPersonnel Vetting and Credentialing (MAR 2026)\n\nRFO 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference\nThe following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at RFO 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer.\nhttp://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html\nhttps://www.acquisition.gov/vaar\nThe following RFO provisions are to be incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-11\nCertification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions\nStatute\nX\n52.203-18\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.204-7\nSystem for Award Management Registration\nStatute\n\n52.204-7 with Alt I\nSystem for Award Management Registration, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.204-90\nOfferor Identification\nStatute\n\n52.207-6\nSolicitation of Offers from Small Business Concerns and Small Business Teaming Arrangements or Joint Ventures (Multiple-Award Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.209-12\nCertification Regarding Tax Matters\nStatute\n\n52.219-2\nEqual Low Bids\nStatute\n\n52.222-18\nCertification Regarding Knowledge of Child Labor for Listed End Products\nE.O.\n\n52.222-48\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-52\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards for Certain Services-Certification\nOther\n\n52.222-56\nCertification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan\nStatute\nX\n52.222-90\nAddressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors\nE.O.\n\n52.223-4\nRecovered Material Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-2\nBuy American Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-4\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-6\nTrade Agreements-Certificate\nStatute\n\n52.225-20\nProhibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan-Certification\nStatute\n\n52.225-25\nProhibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications\nStatute\n\n52.226-3\nDisaster or Emergency Area Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.229-3\nFederal, State, and Local Taxes\nStatute\n\n52.229-11\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements Notice and Representation\nStatute\nX\n52.240-90\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions Representations and Certifications\nStatute\n\nThe Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply.\nDate and Time offers are due to shanta.harrison@va.gov by 10:00am MDT, Monday 09/21/2026\n\nName and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation:\n\nShanta Harrison\nShanta.Harrison@va.gov","html":"*= Required Field\nCombined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice\n\n\nRequest for Quote (RFQ) #: Hufreidy Dental Equipment\nThis is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. \n* The deadline for all questions is 1:00pm MDT, Friday 09/18/2026\nAll questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation.\n** Quotes are to be provided to shanta.harrison@va.gov no later than 10:00am MDT, Monday 09/21/2026\nQuotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make the award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award.\nThis is a Request for Quote (RFQ), and the solicitation number is 36C25926Q0874. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. \nThis solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) FAC 2026-01 03/13/2026\nThe North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 339114 with a business size standard of 750 Employees This solicitation is 100% set-aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB.)\n\nList of Line Items;\nPLEASE SEE ATTACHED PRICING SPREADSHEET.  Offerors shall provide one fully completed copy of the attached Price Schedule Spreadsheet. Proposed prices will be evaluated for realism and reasonableness.\nNote: Spreadsheet is a guide for desired formatting; it does not contain pre-set formulas.\nDescription of Requirements for the items/Services to be acquired: \n\nSCOPE OF WORK AND GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASE\n\nBackground\nThe Dental Service is a vital service within the Oklahoma City VAMC to provide dentistry for our veterans. With the opening of the Norman, OK Dental Clinic the dental clinic will need these instruments in order to provide services.  \n\nProject Scope\nThe Oklahoma City VA Dental Service is requesting to purchase instruments and items needed to provide dental services at the Norman, OK Dental Clinic.\n\nSpecifications\nThe Norman, OK VAMC equipment specifications are designed to outline all the Oklahoma City VAMC Dental Service and Biomedical Engineering requirements.  The  specifications are provided below:\n\n#1 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\n \n#5 HD CS Mirror SS, 1 EA\n \n#23/QW Expro\n \nDressing Pliers, Utility Pick-UP\n \nSyringe Anesthetic Aspir A Style 1.8ml\n \n#18 DE Excavator, Satin Steel\n \n#2T Tanner DE Amalgam Plugger\n#1/2 DE Plugger-Non Serrated\n#1/2 Hollenback DE Carver\n \n#4/5 DE Cleoid-Discoid Carver #7 HDL\n \n#3/6 DE Cleid-Discoid Carver R8 HDL\n \nInterproximal DE Carver\n \n#2 Woodson DE Plastic Filling Inst\n \n#24 Cement Spatula\n \nCF(R) II Amalgam Carrier DE Regular/Large\n \nAmalgam Well\n \n#9/10 Back-Action DE Plugger\n \n#17 Iris Scissors, Straight\n \nCrown & Gold Scissors, Curved\n \nCrown & Band Contouring Pliers\n \n#1 Mirrow Handle W/MM Calibrations\n \n#DG16 DE Endodontic Explorer\n \n#1 Endo Dressing Pliers (Locking)\n \nRubber Dam Forceps\n \nRubber Dam Frame , Adult\n \nRubber Dam Punch\n \nIMS Parts Box- Large\n \n#GP1 SE Root Canal Spreader\n \n#8-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#9 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#9-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#10 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#10-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#11 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#11-1/2 SE Root Canal Plugger (P)\n \n#12 SE Rooth Canal Plugger (P)\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #7, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #8A, Satin Steel\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #209, Satin Steel\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #1A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #2A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #13A, Satin Stell\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #14A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #W14A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #W8A, Black Line\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #9, Satin Steel\n \nRubber Dam Clamp #9S, Satin Steel\n \nMini Three Jaw Plyiers\n \n#7 DE Wax Spatula \n \nPeriotome, Anterior\n \nIwanson Spring Caliper Metal\n \nChristenson Crown Remover, Straight\n \nChristenson Crown Remover, 90\n \nUniversal Crown Remover\n \n#7 Cone Socket Mirror Handle\n \nCopeland Aspirator Handle\n \n#4 Copeland Aspirator Tip\n \nRetractor U of Minnesota\n \nWeider Cheek and Tongue Retractor-Large\n \n#23 Seldin Periosteal Retractor\n \n9 Molt Periosteal Elevator\n \n#10 Miller Surgical Curette Satin Steel\n \n1X Miller-Colburn Bone File\n \n#301 Apexo Elevator\n \n#34S Seldin Str. Elevator\n \n#31 Cryer Elevator (Large)\n \n#32 Cryer Elevator (Large)\n \n\n \nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.5 in Straight\n \nKelly-Rankin Hemostat 6.25 in Curved\n \nDE Bakey Perma Sharp Needle Holder\n \n#9 Dean Scissors\n \n#18 Iris Scissors, Curved\n \n30 Std Blumenthal Rongeurs\n \nFriedman Rongeurs-Mini\n \n#2 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\n \n#3 Heidbrink Root Tip Pick\n \nHeidbrink Root Tip Pick\n \nLuxating Elevator 3mm, Straight\n \n#41 Adson Plain Tissue Pliers\n \nCushing Perma Sharp 7 Tissue Pliers\n \nGerald 1x2 Perma Sharp 7\" Tissue Pliers\n \nApical Forceps 1\n \nApical Forceps  X74N\n \n#150AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated \n \nApical Forceps 150\n \n#23 Forceps\n \n#151AS Split Beak Forceps, Serrated\n \nApical Forceps 151\n \n#88L Nevius Forceps\n \n#88R Nevius Forceps\n \n#53L Forceps\n \n#53R Forceps \n \nSteiglitz Root Forceps-45 Deg\n \n5 Inst. Sig Cassette Lavndr\n \nSig Ser Green Space Saver 7 Cassette\n \nImplacare Scaler- Satin Steel Handle\n \n#23 Expro Colorvue Handle\n \n#11/12 ODU After Five Explorer, satin Steel\n \nH6/H7 DE Scaler, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#1/2 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#11/12 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#13/14 Gracey Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#5/6 Barnhart Curette, EE2 #9 Handle\n \n#4 Nevi Scaler Posterior DE, EE2 #9\n \n\n\nE190 Elevator \n\nE191 Elevator\n\nLuxating Elevator 5mm Straight EL5S\n\n#77 Elevator (serated) \n\n#77R Elevator (serated) \n\nFMD3 MD3 mead forcep serrated\n\nFAFX74N AF74N  European style mandibular anterior forcep\n\nS20456 satin steel posterior sickle scaler\n\n\nDelivery Location:\nNorman, OK VAMC\n3860 Journey Parkway\nNorman, OK 73072\n\n*Buy American   Vendors are strongly encouraged to include quotes with (all) products manufactured within the U.S. whenever possible although quotes with non-domestic products will not be excluded from the solicitation. \nVendors are required to complete the FAR 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate below and include with their quote in order to verify the Country of Origin (COO) of products included in their quote. \n\n*FOB shall be destination \n*Freight shall be added to the price of CLIN 0001 and not be its own line item \n*Specification sheets proving the offered product meets all testing specifications and salient characteristics shall be included with the quote \n*Quotes shall annotate the expected date of delivery to the specified location \n*Quotes shall be accompanied by an authorization letter consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c). \n*Failure to meet the salient characteristics below will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n*Failure to provide the required documents or information (information documents, quote with accurate costs, delivery lead time, Buy American certificate, clause VAAR 852.219-76, and/or authorized distributor letter) by the quote deadline will result in the offeror s quote not being considered for award.\n\n\n\n52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition\n\nAny award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis.\n\nState if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract.\n\nIf the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSBs/VOSBs, their socioeconomic status must be verified and visible in the SBA Small Business Certification (SBS):  https://search.certifications.sba.gov/ at the time of quote submission AND award, or will be considered non-responsive, and will NOT be considered for award.\n\nOfferors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations.\n\nAll proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked.  If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below.\n\nAll information shall be confined to the appropriate file.  The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation.  Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL\n\nSubmission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (II) - Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) ; and (III) Price; (V) Buy American Certificate; and (VI) Letter of Authorized Distributor (VAAR 852.212-71 (c), as applicable.\n\nVolume I - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\nThe offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the  equal  products, including  equal  products of the brand name manufacturer submitted, meets or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation.  The product(s) quoted must be identified by brand name, if any, and make or model number.\n\nVolume II - Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) \nThe offeror shall complete the provision VAAR 852-219-75 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction.\n\nOfferor must list any/all subcontractors (and their size standard IAW NAICS 339114 if they will be utilized for this requirement AND what they will be performing. How is your firm going to comply with Limitations on Subcontracting requirements? If no subcontractors will be used, please state  No Subcontractors will be used for this requirement  in the response.\n\nVolume III   Price\nPrice - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule.\n\nVolume V   Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate (where applicable)\nThe offeror shall complete and submit the included 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate/52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate.\n\nVolume VI   Letter of Authorized Distributor\nIf the offeror is not an OEM, then the offeror shall submit a verifying authorization letter or other documents from the OEM consistent with the requirements of VAAR 852.212-71(c). Verifying letter must be from the OEM.\n       (End of Addendum to 52.212-1)\n\n52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition.\n\nADDENDUM to RFO 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS:\n\nThe Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offeror responsible whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors.\n\nThe following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: \n\nFactor 1.  Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement\n\nFactor 2.  Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting- Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) \n\nFactor 3.  Price\n\nFactor 4.  Delivery Lead TimeUse sparingly - Only use if delivery is of such importance the partner is willing to pay additional price.  If used, update Factor #. Otherwise - delete\n\n\nFactor 5.  Submission of Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate\n\nFactor 6.  Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter\n\nEvaluation Approach. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The Government will use comparative analysis. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: \n\nFactor I. Technical capability or quality offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation. \n \nFactor 2.  Completion of  Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION) : The Government will evaluate the responses an offeror makes to Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)  for completeness. If an offeror fails to complete Attachment - VAAR Clause 852.219-76 VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting-Certificate of Compliance for Supplies and Products (DEVIATION)  their quote will be determined ineligible for award.\n\nFactor 3.   Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line item prices, including all options (when options are included.) The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price.\n\nFactor 4.  Submission of completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate: The Government will evaluate the information provided in the completed Buy American/Trade Agreements Certificate for compliance with FAR Part 25.  Priority may be given to products made in the US.\n\nFactor 5.    Submission of Authorized Distributor Letter: Vendor eligibility will be determined   in addition to other evaluation factors above   by the submission of a proper OEM letter (see VAAR 852.212-71(c)) from the manufacturer of the products included in the quote.\n\n**The Government may consider an award to other than the lowest priced quoter/offeror if it s in the best interest of the Government.**\n\nIf offeror does not provide all volumes as outlined in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions, the offer may be considered nonresponsive. \n\n(End of Addendum to 52.212-2)\n52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items   applies to this acquisition Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence IAW 52.212-4(r). By submitting a quote, the offeror understands that quotes will not be referenced in 1449 and clauses incorporated in the solicitation will dictate the contract. All offerors shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under the contract IAW RFO 52.212-4(q). The Government reserves the right to deny requests for clause changes that are not included in this solicitation should the request be inconsistent with the RFO or VAAR.\n\n\nThe following RFO clauses are incorporated by reference:\nApplicable (X)\nNumber\nTitle\nSource\nX\n52.203-6 with Alt I\nRestrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government\nStatute\nX\n52.203-13\nContractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct\nStatute\nX\n52.203-17\nContractor Employee Whistleblower Rights\nStatute\nX\n52.203-19\nProhibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements\nStatute\nX\n52.204-9\nPersonal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel\nOther\nX\n52.204-13\nSystem for Award Management Maintenance\nStatute\n\n52.204-91\nContractor identification\nOther\nX\n52.209-6\nProtecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment\nStatute\nX\n52.209-9\nUpdates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters\nStatute\nX\n52.209-10\nProhibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations\nStatute\n\n52.219-4\nNotice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns\nStatute\nX\n52.219-6\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.219-6 with Alt I\nNotice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.219-8\nUtilization of Small Business Concerns\nStatute\n\n52.219-9\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt I\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt II\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt III\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.219-9 with Alt IV\nSmall Business Subcontracting Plan, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.219-14\nLimitations on Subcontracting\nStatute\n\n52.219-16\nLiquidated Damages Subcontracting Plan\nStatute\n\n52.219-33\nNonmanufacturer Rule\nStatute\nX\n52.222-3\nConvict Labor\nEO\nX\n52.222-19\nChild Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies\nEO\nX\n52.222-35\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans\nStatute\n\n52.222-35 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Veterans, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-36\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities\nStatute\n\n52.222-36 with Alt I\nEqual Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities, with Alternate I\nStatute\nX\n52.222-37\nEmployment Reports on Veterans\nStatute\nX\n52.222-40\nNotification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act\nEO\nX\n52.222-41\nService Contract Labor Standards\nStatute\nX\n52.222-42\nStatement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires\nEmployee Class               Monetary Wage-Fringe Benefits\n_____________               __________________________\n_____________               __________________________\nStatute\nX\n52.222-43\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)\nStatute\n\n52.222-44\nFair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment\nStatute\nX\n52.222-50\nCombating Trafficking in Persons\nStatute\n\n52.222-50 with Alt I\nCombating Trafficking in Persons, with its Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.222-51\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment Requirements\nOther\n\n52.222-53\nExemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Certain Services Requirements\nOther\nX\n52.222-54\nEmployment Eligibility Verification\nEO\nX\n52.222-62\nPaid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706\nEO\n\n\n\n\n\n52.223-9\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items\nStatute\n\n52.223-9 with Alt I\nEstimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.223-11\nOzone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons\nStatute\n\n52.223-12\nMaintenance\nStatute\n\n52.223-20\nAerosols\nStatute\n\n52.223-21\nFoams\nStatute\nX\n52.223-23\nSustainable Products and Services\nStatute\n\n52.224-3\nPrivacy Training\nStatute\n\n52.224-3 with Alt I\nPrivacy Training, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-1\nBuy American-Supplies\nStatute\n\n52.225-1 with Alt I\nBuy American-Supplies, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.225-3\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt II\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt III\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate III\nStatute\n\n52.225-3 with Alt IV\nBuy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act, with Alternate IV\nStatute\n\n52.225-5\nTrade Agreements\nStatute\n\n52.225-19\nContractor Personnel in a Designated Operational Area or Supporting a Diplomatic or Consular Mission outside the United States\nOther\n\n52.225-26\nContractors Performing Private Security Functions Outside the United States\nStatute\n\n52.226-4\nNotice of Disaster or Emergency Area Set-Aside\nStatute\n\n52.226-5\nRestrictions on Subcontracting Outside Disaster or Emergency Area\nStatute\nX\n52.226-8\nEncouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving\nEO\n\n52.229-12\nTax on Certain Foreign Procurements\nStatute\n\n52.232-29\nTerms for Financing of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.232-30\nInstallment Payments of Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\nX\n52.232-33\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-34\nPayment by Electronic Funds Transfer Other than System for Award Management\nStatute\n\n52.232-36\nPayment by Third Party\nStatute\nX\n52.232-40\nProviding Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors\nStatute\n\n52.232-90\nFast Payment Procedure\nStatute\nX\n52.233-3\nProtest After Award\nStatute\nX\n52.233-4\nApplicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim\nStatute\nX\n52.240-91\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions\nStatute\n\n52.240-91 with Alt I\nSecurity Prohibitions and Exclusions, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.240-92\nSecurity Requirements\nOther\n\n52.240-92 with Alt II\nSecurity Requirements with Alternate II\nOther\n\n52.240-93\n Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems\n \nX\n52.244-6\nSubcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services\nStatute\n\n52.247-64\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt I\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate I\nStatute\n\n52.247-64 with Alt II\nPreference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flag Commercial Vessels, with Alternate II\nStatute\n\nAdditional contract requirements or terms and conditions: \n52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting\n(a) This clause does not apply to the unrestricted portion of a partial set-aside.\n(b) Definition. Similarly situated entity, as used in this clause, means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that \n(1) Has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award (e.g., for a small business set-aside contract, any small business concern, without regard to its socioeconomic status); and\n(2) Is considered small for the size standard under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract.\n(c) Applicability. This clause applies only to \n(1) Contracts that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set aside for any of the small business concerns identified in 19.000(a)(3);\n(3) Contracts that have been awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, and 19.15;\n(4) Orders expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and that are \n(i) Set aside for small business concerns under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to small business concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii);\n(5) Orders, regardless of dollar value, that are \n(i) Set aside in accordance with subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F); or\n(ii) Issued directly to concerns that qualify for the programs described in subparts 19.8, 19.13, 19.14, or 19.15 under multiple-award contracts, as described in 19.504(c)(1)(ii); and\n(6) Contracts using the HUBZone price evaluation preference to award to a HUBZone small business concern unless the concern waived the evaluation preference.\n(d) Independent contractors. An independent contractor shall be considered a subcontractor.\n(e) Limitations on subcontracting. By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Contractor agrees that in performance of a contract assigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for \n(1) Services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract;\n(2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies), it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both supplies and services, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the supply portion of the contract;\n(3) General construction, it will not pay more than 85 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 85 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded; or\n(4) Construction by special trade contractors, it will not pay more than 75 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance, excluding the cost of materials, to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 75 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded.\n(f) The Contractor shall comply with the limitations on subcontracting as follows:\n(1) For contracts, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(1), (2), (3) and (6) of this clause \n  By the end of the base term of the contract and then by the end of each subsequent option period; or\nX By the end of the performance period for each order issued under the contract.\n(2) For orders, in accordance with paragraphs (c)(4) and (5) of this clause, by the end of the performance period for the order.\n(g) A joint venture agrees that, in the performance of the contract, the applicable percentage specified in paragraph (e) of this clause will be performed by the aggregate of the joint venture participants.\n(1) In a joint venture comprised of a small business protégé and its mentor approved by the Small Business Administration, the small business protégé shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the small business protégé in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(2) In an 8(a) joint venture, the 8(a) participant(s) shall perform at least 40 percent of the work performed by the joint venture. Work performed by the 8(a) participants in the joint venture must be more than administrative functions.\n(End of clause)\n52.222-90 Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors \nAddressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (Deviation DATE)\n\nDefinitions. As used in this clause \n\nProgram participation means membership or participation in, or access or admission to: training, mentoring, or leadership development programs; educational opportunities; clubs; associations; or similar opportunities that are sponsored or established by the contractor or subcontractor.\n\nRacially discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities means disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in the recruitment, employment (e.g., hiring, promotions), contracting (e.g., vendor agreements), program participation, or allocation or deployment of an entity's resources.\n\n(b) In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:\n\nThe Contractor will not engage in any racially discriminatory DEI activities;\n\n(2) The Contractor will furnish all information and reports, including providing access to books, records, and accounts, as required by the Contracting Officer, for purposes of ascertaining compliance with this clause;\n\n(3) In the event of the Contractor's or a subcontractor's noncompliance with this clause, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part, and the Contractor or subcontractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts;\n\n(4) The Contractor will report any subcontractor's known or reasonably knowable conduct that may violate this clause to the Contracting Officer and take any appropriate remedial actions directed by the Contracting Officer; and\n\n(5) The Contractor will inform the Contracting Officer if a subcontractor sues the Contractor and the suit puts at issue, in any way, the validity of this clause.\n\n(6) The Contractor recognizes that compliance with the requirements of this clause are material to the Government's payment decisions for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729(b)(4).\n\n(c) The Contractor must include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts at any tier, including those for commercial products and commercial services, except those where the place of delivery or performance is outside the United States.\n(End of clause)\n\n52.225-1 Buy American   Supplies (OCT 2022)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause \n\n  Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item (1) Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is \nA commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of   commercial product   at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101;\n\nSold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and\n\n      (iii) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and\nDoes not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.\n\n  Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.\n  Cost of components means \nFor components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or\n\nFor components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the end product.\n\n  Critical component means a component that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States and deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105.\nDomestic end product means \nFor an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both \n\nAn unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States;\n\nAn end product manufactured in the United States, if \n\nThe cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its components, except that the percentage will be 65 percent for items delivered in calendar years 2024 through 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic; or\n\nThe end product is a COTS item; or\n\n    (2) For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of foreign iron and steel constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product. The cost of foreign iron and steel includes but is not limited to the cost of foreign iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all foreign iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the definition of   cost of components  .\nEnd product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\nFastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws.\nForeign end product means an end product other than a domestic end product.\nForeign iron and steel means iron or steel products not produced in the United States. Produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives. The origin of the elements of the iron or steel is not relevant to the determination of whether it is domestic or foreign.\nPredominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.\nSteel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.\nUnited States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n(b) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the United States. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test of the Buy American statute is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see 12.505(a)(1)), except that for an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the domestic content test is applied only to the iron and steel content of the end product, excluding COTS fasteners.\n(c) Offerors may obtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that the Contracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract.\n(d) The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products except to the extent that it specified delivery of foreign end products in the provision of the solicitation entitled \"Buy American Certificate.\"\nAlternate I (OCT 2022). As prescribed in 25.1101(a)(1)(ii) substitute the following sentence for the first sentence of paragraph (1)(ii)(A) of the definition of   domestic end product   in paragraph (a): (A) The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. \n(End of Clause)\n52.225-2 Buy American Certificate (OCT 2022)\n(1) The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.\n\n(2) The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select   no  .\n(3) The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).\n(4) The terms   commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,     critical component,     domestic end product,     end product,   and   foreign end product   are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled   Buy American Supplies. \n Foreign End Products:\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\nExceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[List as necessary]\n  (c)  Domestic end products containing a critical component:\nLine item No.\n\n\n\n[List as necessary]\n\n  (d)  The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.\n(End of Provision)\n 52.225-5 Trade Agreements (NOV 2023) \n(a) Definitions. As used in this clause.\n   \"Caribbean Basin country end product\" \nMeans an article that \n\n       (i)(A) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Caribbean Basin country; or\n (B) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a Caribbean Basin country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed; and\n       (ii) Is not excluded from duty-free treatment for Caribbean countries under 19 U.S.C. 2703(b).\n           (A) For this reason, the following articles are not Caribbean Basin country end products:\n              (1) Tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner in airtight containers;\n              (2) Petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum;\n(3) Watches and watch parts (including cases, bracelets, and straps) of whatever type including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz digital, or quartz analog, if such watches or watch parts contain any material that is the product of any country to which the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) column 2 rates of duty apply (i.e., Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam); and\n(4) Certain of the following: textiles and apparel articles; footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; or handloomed, handmade, and folklore articles;\n(B) Access to the HTSUS to determine duty-free status of articles of these types is available at https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm. In particular, see the following:\n              (1) General Note 3(c), Products Eligible for Special Tariff treatment.\n(2) General Note 17, Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act of 2000.\n(3) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter II, Articles Exported and Returned, Advanced or Improved Abroad, U.S. Note 7(b).\n(4) Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter XX, Goods Eligible for Special Tariff Benefits under the United States Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; and\n(2) Refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the acquisition, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\"Designated country\" means any of the following countries:\nA World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) country (Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (known in the World Trade Organization as \"the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) ), Ukraine, or United Kingdom);\n\nA Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country (Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea (Republic of), Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, or Singapore);\n\nA least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or\n\nA Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, or Trinidad and Tobago).\n\n\"Designated country end product\" means a WTO GPA country end product, an FTA country end product, a least developed country end product, or a Caribbean Basin country end product.\n   \"End product\" means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.\n   \"Free Trade Agreement country end product\" means an article that \nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in an FTA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n   \"Least developed country end product\" means an article that \nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a least developed country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a least developed country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product, includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n   \"United States\" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.\n\"U.S.-made end product\" means an article that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States or that is substantially transformed in the United States into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed.\n   \"WTO GPA country end product\" means an article that \nIs wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of a WTO GPA country; or\n\nIn the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in a WTO GPA country into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services, (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.\n\n(b) Delivery of end products. The Contracting Officer has determined that the WTO GPA and FTAs apply to this acquisition. Unless otherwise specified, these trade agreements apply to all items in the Schedule. The Contractor shall deliver under this contract only U.S.-made or designated country end products except to the extent that, in its offer, it specified delivery of other end products in the provision entitled \"Trade Agreements Certificate.\"\n(End of Clause)\n52.225-6 Trade Agreements Certificate (FEB 2021)\nThe offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a U.S.-made or designated country end product, as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled \"Trade Agreements.\"\n\nThe offeror shall list as other end products those supplies that are not U.S.-made or designated country end products.\n\n\nOther End Products\nLine item No.\nCountry of origin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[List as necessary]\nThe Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of Part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. For line items covered by the WTO GPA, the Government will evaluate offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products without regard to the restrictions of the Buy American statute. The Government will consider for award only offers of U.S.-made or designated country end products unless the Contracting Officer determines that there are no offers for such products or that the offers for those products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of this solicitation.\n(End of Provision)\n852.204-70 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\n  The Contractor shall comply with current Department of Veterans Affairs policy for personal identity verification of all employees performing under this contract when physical access to VA facilities, and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems is required.\n\nThe Contractor shall insert this clause in all subcontracts when the subcontractor s employees will require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA information and VA information systems.\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.204-72 Personnel Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (MAR 2026)\nDefinitions. As used in this clause   \n\nVA Information system is the same as information system and means, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 5727, a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information whether automated or manual.\n\nVA sensitive information means all VA data, on any storage media or in any form or format, which requires protection due to the risk of harm that could result from inadvertent or deliberate disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the information and includes sensitive personal information. The term includes information where improper use or disclosure could adversely affect the ability of VA to accomplish its mission, proprietary information, records about individuals requiring protection under various confidentiality provisions such as the Privacy Act and the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and information that can be withheld under the Freedom of Information Act. Examples of VA sensitive information include the following: individually-identifiable medical, benefits, and personnel information; financial, budgetary, research, quality assurance, confidential commercial, critical infrastructure, investigatory, and law enforcement information; information that is confidential and privileged in litigation such as information protected by the deliberative process privilege, attorney work-product privilege, and the attorney client privilege; and other information which, if released, could result in violation of law or harm or unfairness to any individual or group, or could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of Federal programs.\n\nGeneral. Contractor personnel assigned to work for or on behalf of VA must undergo a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level designation associated with the work to be performed at the level indicated in the contract. The Contractor and subcontractors shall comply with VA Directive/Handbook 0710, Personnel Security and Suitability Program, which can be accessed at: https://vaww.va.gov/vapubs/index.cfm\n\nRisk and Sensitivity Levels. The following table identifies the risk and sensitivity levels that apply to any personnel providing services under this contract.\n\n*VA Administrations, organizations and staff offices will use the OPM Position Designation Tool.\n\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 1/Low Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions- Tier 2/Mod Risk\nN/a\nPositions/Tasks Designated as Non-Sensitive Positions - Tier 4/High Risk\nN/a \n\n\nSecurity clearances are granted to individuals with a specific requirement for access to classified material (for example, Confidential, Secret and Top Secret). Contractor personnel that are required to obtain a security clearance will be subject to a Tier 3 or Tier 5 investigation. The following sensitivity designations have been assigned for the identified Tier 3 and Tier 5 required by this contract: \n\nTier 3: Not Applicable \n\nTier 5: Not Applicable\n\nFitness. The results from a background investigation are used to determine if an individual s fitness is sufficient for that individual to perform work for or on behalf of VA in the position identified in this contract. Contractor fitness determinations are made in accordance with 5 CFR Part 731.202.\n\nFitness requirements for employment are separate and distinct from job qualifications. If a Contractor or subcontractor employee is found to be unsuitable or unfit to provide services under this contract, the Contractor shall immediately remove the employee from working on this contract and take those necessary steps that restrict the employee s logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information.\n\nThe Contractor shall advise the employee that they are not permitted to access any VA controlled building or real property in relation to this contract.\n\nThe removal of an unfit Contractor or subcontractor employee does not alleviate the Contractor from satisfying the requirements of this contract. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs associated with the recruitment/replacement of an employee or subcontractor employee who is found to be unfit.\n\nIdentification Cards. The Government will provide a Personal Identification Verification (PIV) card or other identification card, as necessary, to fit Contractor personnel who require physical access to VA facilities and/or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information systems containing such data or information. Contractor and subcontractor personnel shall prominently display their PIV/identification card on their persons while working at a VA facility and shall present their PIV/identification card for inspection upon request by a VA official. The Contractor must surrender the employee or subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card in accordance with the requirements set forth in Directive/Handbook 0735 when any of the following events occur:\n\nWhen no longer needed for contract performance.\nUpon completion of the Contractor/subcontractor employee s employment.\nUpon contract completion or termination.\n\nLost/stolen. Immediately upon detection, the Contractor shall report a lost or stolen PIV/identification card to the Government authorities as identified in Directive/Handbook 0735. Within 48 hours of reporting the lost/stolen PIV/identification card, the Contractor shall submit to the Program Manager an incident report that describes the relevant facts and circumstances regarding the loss/theft. If the loss/theft was reported by the Contractor to the local police, the Contractor shall further submit a copy of the final police report to the Program Manager within 48 hours of the report being made available by the local police department. The Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any costs that result from lost/stolen PIV/identification card(s).\n\nRegular Reporting. The Contractor shall submit a status report to PIV Sponsor within 5 working days after the end of each calendar quarter and as requested by the Government in order to initiate contract closeout procedures. The report must provide the status of each contractor/subcontractor employee who is required to have a PIV/identification card during the performance of the contract. The report shall identify the Contractor and the contract number, and list the following status for each contractor/subcontractor employee who holds a PIV/identification card under this contract:\n\nContractor/subcontractor employee name.\nName of VA facility where Contractor/subcontractor employee works, if applicable.\nDate background check submitted for Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nDate PIV/identification card issued to Contractor/subcontractor employee.\nContractor/subcontractor employee s PIV/identification card number, as applicable.\nDate Contractor/subcontractor employee no longer has need for PIV/identification card.\nDate Contractor notified VA that PIV/identification card is no longer required.\nDate Contractor returned PIV/identification card was returned to VA.\n\n\nFlow down of clause. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause in subcontracts, third-party agreements, and BAA s, in which subcontractors, third-party servicers/employees, and business associates will perform functions where they will have physical access to a VA facility or logical access to VA data, information, VA sensitive information, or information technology or VA information system containing such data or information.\n\n\n(End of clause)\n\n852.252-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items:\nVAAR Clauses are incorporated by reference as follows:\nVAAR 852.203-70\nCommercial Advertising (MAY 2018) \nVAAR 852.232-72\nElectronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) \nVAAR 852.246-71\nRejected Goods (OCT 2018)\nVAAR 852.222-71\nCompliance with Executive Order 13899. 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