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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart... COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, "Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items," as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQ) under “DEPOSITION AND COURT REPORTING SERVICES FOR THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, HONOLULU DISTRICT, OFFICE OF COUNSEL” The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561492, with a small business size standard of $15,000,000. The associated Federal Supply Code (FSC) / Product Service Code (PSC) procurement is R606. COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION: All interested companies that interested in providing court reporting services shall provide quotations for the following: The Contractor shall furnish al labor, management, supplies, equipment and material as required to perform court reporter services for approximately fifteen (15) depositions. The Contractor shall provide electronic copies of deposition transcripts and exhibits. The Contractor shall provide a room or an appropriate facility to accommodate four (4) or more people for the deposition. The Honolulu District Office of Counsel (“OC”) will coordinate the scheduling of the depositions with the Contractor. SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND LICENSE MUST BE BRAND NAME ONLY. Contract Line Item 0001: Appearance Fee Quantity: 25 Unit: Each Unit Price: ______________ Amount: ______________ Contract Line Item 0002: Court Reporting – Electronic Transcripts Quantity: 9,000 Unit: Pages Unit Price: ______________ Amount: ______________ Contract Line Item 0003: Exhibits Quantity: 2,500 Unit: Each Unit Price: ______________ Amount: ______________ Contract Line Item 0004: Video Recording Quantity: 25 Unit: Hours Unit Price: ______________ Amount: ______________ Contract Line Item 0005: Contractor Manpower Reporting Quantity: 1 Unit: Job Unit Price: ______________ Amount: ______________ Contract Line Item 0006: Miscellaneous Court Reporting Quantity: 1 Unit: Job Unit Price: $20,000 Amount: $20,000 Total of Contract Line Items 0001 through 0006 $____________ CLIN Description: CLIN 0001, Appearance. The Contractor shall provide a registered professional reporter for real time verbatim transcription court reporting for an appearance fee for a hearing or deposition. The Government agrees to pay if proceedings are cancelled after 5:00 p.m. of the prior day, and the reporter arrives as previously ordered, or if there is a no-show of the deponent or settlement of the case. The contractor shall furnish necessary management, labor, supervision, material, equipment, transportation and other incidental services. The Contractor shall provide a room or an appropriate facility in which to conduct legal proceeding to accommodate 4 or more people. The facility must include a conference room table, sufficient seating for the proceeding, speaker phone, and appropriate atmosphere and acoustics for a legal proceeding. CLIN 0002, Court Reporting – Electronic Transcripts. The Contractor shall provide a registered professional reporter for real time verbatim transcription court reporting and certified copies of transcripts to be provided to the Government within 10 business days of the close of the proceeding. The Government agrees to pay a higher rate if priority or emergency electronic transcripts are expected on a case by case basis. The price includes all equipment, hardware and software necessary for the verbatim transcription, and a location for the deponent to read and sign the transcript if the deponent requests the opportunity to read and sign not located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District. CLIN 0003, Exhibits. The contractor shall provide a scanned, electronic copy of exhibits used in a deposition within 2 days of a deposition. The contractor shall also provide index page(s) and certification page(s) for each deposition. CLIN 0004, Video Recording. The Contractor shall provide facilities and equipment that would allow depositions and legal proceedings to be transcribed through video recording. An electronic video recording of the proceeding shall be delivered in DVD format along with a certified copy of the transcript as specified by the Government. CLIN 0005, Contractor Manpower Reporting. The contractor shall report ALL contractor labor hours (including subcontractor labor hours) required for performance of services provided under this contract via a secure data collection site. The contractor is required to completely fill in all required data field using the following web address: https://ecmra.mil. Contractors may direct questions to the help desk at https://ecmra.mil to review user manuals and gain an understanding about the data field that will be included in the reporting structure that is hosted at https://ecmra.mil. CLIN 0006, Miscellaneous – Court Reporting. The contractor shall furnish necessary management, labor, supervision, material, equipment, transportation and other incidental services required to perform services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement entitled, “Deposition and Court Reporting Services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Honolulu District, Office of Counsel” dated 25 November 2019. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Honolulu CEPOH-OC Bldg 230 Fort Shafter, HI 96858-5440 Invoices shall be submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District, Honolulu ATTN: CEPOH-OC, Christina Lara / Nathan Sadowski Bldg 230 Fort Shafter, Hawaii 96858-5440 The following provisions and clauses are hereby incorporated: The full text of FAR provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far The full text of DFARS provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at: https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars In accordance with FAR 13.101(b)(2), the following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (JUL 2016) 52.204-17, Ownership or Control of Offeror (JUL 2016) 52.204-20, Predecessor of Offeror (JUL 2016) 52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal (JAN 2017) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items (OCT 2018)(DEVIATION 2018-O0018) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (OCT 2018) Alternate I (OCT 2014) 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) 252.203-7005 Representation Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (NOV 2011) 252.204-7013 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Offerors (MAY 2016) S-4 Cost Breakdown Quoter is required to provide a detailed cost breakdown of his quotation which is to be submitted with his response to this Request for Quotation. Breakdown should cover costs such as labor, materials, overhead and profit. The information will be used in the evaluation process. [End of Statement] S-7 Identification of Partners (Applicable where the offeror has identified itself as a partnership or joint venture.) The full names of all partners are listed below: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ In accordance with FAR 13.101(b)(2), the following contract clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (JAN 2017) 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (JUL 2016) 52.204-23 Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities (JUL 2018) 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations (NOV 2015) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (OCT 2018) 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders –Commercial Items (AUG 2019) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (OCT 2015) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (OCT 2015) 52.219-6, Notice to Total Small Business Set-Aside (DEVIATION 2019-O0003) (JAN 2019) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUL 2014) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (JAN 2019) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (DEC 2015) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Representation (JUL 2013) 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (JUN 2013) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013) 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) 52.243-1 Alt I Changes – Fixed Price (AUG 1987) – Alternate I (APR 1984) 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) 52.252-6 Authorized Deviations in Clauses (APR 1984) 252.201-7000 Contracting Officer’s Representative (DEC 1991) 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials (SEP 2011) 252.203-7002 Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (SEP 2013) 252.204-7008 Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls (OCT 2016) 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information (OCT 2016) 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting (OCT 2016) 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors (MAY 2016) 252.204-7015 Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support (MAY 2016) 252.232-7003 Electronic submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEC 2018) 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications (DEC 1991) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All Quoters shall submit 1 (one) copy of their technical and price quote, along with a rate sheet indicating the price for the following: Appearance Fee; Video Recording; Transcripts for routine requests; Transcripts for priority requests; Transcripts for emergency requests; Exhibits; and Late Cancellation Fee. Quoters agree to be bound by the rates provided for the duration of the contract. Include your company DUNS Number, Cage Code, Company name, Point of Contact and phone number on your quote. Offerors must have and/or maintain an active registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) website. To register in SAM, go to http://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in SAM.gov will make an Offeror ineligible for award. Please do not send SAM representations and certifications. All quotations shall be sent via facsimile to: (808)835-4396 Please reference: W9128A-20-Q-0001 Attn: Colin Waki / Dayna Matsumura Please submit your quote by December 18, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., Hawaii Standard Time. Please reference this combined synopsis/solicitation number on the envelope. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to make no award under this procedure. Only one award will be made from this RFQ. All interested parties must submit quotes on the full quantity identified. Partial quotes will not be accepted. All quotes must be valid until the end of the period of performance. ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SOLICITATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL to: Colin.K.Waki@usace.army.mil and Dayna.N.Matsumura@usace.army.mil The government intends to award a purchase order as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. Award shall be made to the quoter whose quotation offers the lowest-priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) that is deemed responsive and responsible by the Contracting Officer. To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." Submission shall be received not later than the response date listed above. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f).