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SECTION 3
TEAM PARTNER URL ADDRESSES
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BPA
| ITSP support to be provided under this Blanket
Purchase Agreement (BPA) includes a broad range of system-oriented
technical services. Examples of A&As, which
the ITSP OCI clause will apply to, include Development
Planning Analyses, Integration Engineering and Support,
Acquisition Engineering, Specialty Engineering (System
Safety, Human Factors, Aeronautical, Reliability and Maintainability,
Electromagnetic Compatability, Quality Assurance &
Test and Evaluation, Computer Resources/Software Engineering
Support Communications, Reverse Engineering, Simulation
& Modeling), Manufacutring Engineering, Civil Engineering/Architecture,
Environmental Engineering, Facility Acquisition Engineering,
Integrated Logistics Support, Configuraiton and Data Managment,
Engineering Data Management, Financial Management, and
Training Development. Support may also include the
preparaion of technical analyses and reports as well as
inputs to acquisition documentation for systems being
acquired by Program Offices. The primary products
of the ITSP contractor's A&AS efforts will be analyses,
technical reports, or other data deliverables. |
1. Geographic Scope of Contract:
The geographic scope of contract of this contract is the
48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii,
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It also covers services
to be provided in all other OCONUS locations.
2. Ordering Address and Payment Information:
Please forward all orders and payments to the designated
individuals at the address shown below:
| Orders |
Payments |
420 Bedford
St., Suite 155
Lexington, MA 02420
(781) 674-0074
Attn: David I. Davoren, Jr.
Vice President |
Abacus Technology Corporation
420 Bedford St., Site 155
Lexington, MA 02420
Attn: Barbara Goodman
Finance Manager
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Government Commercial Credit Cards will be acceptable for
payment. In addition, bank account information for wire transfer
payments will be shown on the invoice.
Below are the telephone number(s) that can be used by ordering
agencies to obtain technical and/or ordering assistance.
Abacus Technology
Corporation
ATTN: Alice Solomon
420 Bedford St. Suite 155
Lexington, Ma 02420
Telephone: 781-674-0074
Facsimile: 781-674-0051
Email: Solomona@abacustech.com
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3. RESERVED.
4. Statistical Data for Government Ordering Office Completion
of Standard Form 279:
Block 9: G. Order/Modification Under Federal Schedule
Block 16: Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS): 12-650-5833
Contractor Establishment Code (CEC): 12751593A
Block 30: Type of Contractor - C. Large Business
Block 31: Woman-Owned Small Business - No
Block 34: RESERVED
Block 36: Contractor's Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN):
52-1328215
4a. CAGE Code: OFVN8
5. FOB Destination
- It is expected that all Information Technology Professional
Services and Training described herein will be performed
at an Abacus Technology facility. These services may also
be provided on the Governments Ordering site as required
by the Statement of Work.
6. Commercial Delivery Schedule (Multiple Award Schedules)
(a) TIME OF DELIVERY.
- Abacus Technology shall deliver to destination within
the number of calendar days after receipt of order (ARO),
as set forth below.
| ITEMS OR GROUPS OF ITEMS |
DELIVERY TIME |
| (SIN or Nomenclature)
132-50
132-51
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(DAYS ARO)
30 days
30 days
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(b) EXPEDITED DELIVERY TIMES.
- Abacus Technology will expedite service delivery, and
that of related products, as set forth below.
| ITEMS
OR GROUPS OF ITEMS |
EXPEDITED
DELIVERY TIME |
| (SIN or Nomenclature)
132-50
132-51
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(HOURS/DAYS ARO)
As negotiated in task order
As negotiated in task order
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(c) OVERNIGHT AND 2-DAY DELIVERY TIMES.
- Abacus Technology will attempt to accommodate overnight/2-day
delivery times for services and related products as set
forth below.
| ITEMS
OR GROUPS OF ITEMS |
EXPEDITED
DELIVERY TIME |
| (SIN or Nomenclature)
132-50
132-51
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DELIVERY TIME
As negotiated in task order
As negotiated in task order
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(d) URGENT REQUIREMENTS
- When the Federal Supply Schedule contract delivery period
does not meet the bona fide urgent delivery requirements
of an ordering agency, agencies are encouraged, if time
permits, to contact Abacus Technology for the purpose of
obtaining accelerated delivery. Abacus Technology shall
reply to the inquiry within 3 workdays after receipt. (Telephonic
replies shall be confirmed by the contractor in writing.)
If Abacus Technology offers an accelerated delivery time
acceptable to the ordering agency, any order(s) placed pursuant
to the agreed upon accelerated delivery time frame shall
be delivered within this shorter delivery time and in accordance
with all other terms and conditions of the contract.
7. Discounts:
- a. Prompt Payment: None
- b. Quantity: Discounts are available for training courses
as specified in the Training Courses Price
- List.
- c. Dollar Volume: None
- d. Government Educational Institutions: Receive the same
discounts as other government
- organizations.
- e. Discount for use of Government Commercial Credit Card:
None
- f. Other: None
8. Production Points and Statement Concerning Foreign Produced
Items:
- Abacus Technology Corporation
- 420 Bedford St Suite 155
- Lexington, Ma 02420
Foreign produced items are not included as part of this schedule.
9. Statement Concerning Availability of Export Packing: Not
Applicable
10. Small Requirements: The minimum dollar value of orders
to be issued is 40 hours or 1 week of work.
11a. Maximum Order: (All dollar amounts are exclusive of
any discount for prompt payment.)
(a) Special Item 132-50 - Training
The maximum dollar value per order will be $25,000 for all
Training.
(b) Special Item 132-51 - Information Technology Professional
Services
The maximum dollar value per order will be $500,000 for all
Information Technology Services.
11b. Orders That Exceed the Maximum Order (I-FSS-125)(AUG
1995)
(a) In accordance with FAR 8.404 there may be circumstances
where an ordering activity finds it advantageous to request
a price reduction such as where a quantity of an individual
order clearly indicates the potential for obtaining a reduced
price.
To assist the customer agencies to determine when they should
seek a price decrease a level called a maximum order has been
established under the contract. When an agency order exceeds
this amount it is recommended that the ordering activity contact
the contractor for a reduced price.
(b) Abacus Technology may:
- (1) offer a new lower price for this requirement (the
Price Reduction clause is not applicable to orders placed
over the Maximum Order in FAR 52.216-19.)
- (2) offer the lowest price available under the contract;
or
- (3) decline the order, orders must be returned in accordance
with FAR 52.216-19.
(c) A delivery order for quantities that exceed the maximum
order may be placed with the contractor selected in accordance
with Far 8.404. The order will be placed under the current
contract.
(d) Sales for orders that exceeds the Maximum Order shall
be reported in accordance with GSAR 552.238-72.
12. Federal Information Technology/Telecommunication Standards
Requirements: Federal departments and agencies acquiring products
from this Schedule must comply with the provisions of the
Federal Standards Program, as appropriate (reference: NIST
Federal Standards Index). Inquiries to determine whether or
not specific products listed herein comply with Federal Information
Processing Standards (FIPS) or Federal Telecommunication Standards
(FED-STDS), which are cited by ordering offices, shall be
responded to promptly by the Contractor.
12.1 Federal Information Processing Standards Publications
(FIPS Pubs): Information Technology products under this Schedule
that do not conform to Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) should not be acquired unless a waiver has been granted
in accordance with the applicable "FIPS Publication."
Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS
PUBS) are issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), pursuant to
National Security Act. Information concerning their availability
and applicability should be obtained from the National Technical
Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield,
Virginia 22161. FIPS PUBS include voluntary standards when
these are adopted for Federal use. Individual orders for FIPS
PUBS should be referred to the NTIS Sales Office, and orders
for subscription service should be referred to the NTIS Subscription
Officer, both at the above address, or telephone number (703)
487-4650.
12.2 Federal Telecommunication Standards (Fed-STDS): Telecommunication
products under this Schedule that do not conform to Federal
Telecommunication Standards (FED-STDS) should not be acquired
unless a waiver has been granted in accordance with the applicable
"FED-STD." Federal Telecommunication Standards are
issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST), pursuant to National Security
Act. Ordering information and information concerning the availability
of FED-STDS should be obtained from the GSA, Federal Supply
Service, Specification Section, 470 East LEnfant Plaza,
Suite 8100, SW, Washington, DC 20407, telephone number (202)619-8925.
Please include a self-addressed mailing label when requesting
information by mail. Information concerning their applicability
can be obtained by writing or calling the U.S. Department
of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone number 301/975-2833.
13. Security Requirements. In the event security requirements
are necessary, the ordering activities may incorporate, in
their delivery order(s), a security clause in accordance with
current laws, regulations, and individual agency policy; however,
the burden of administering the security requirements shall
be with the ordering agency. If any costs are incurred as
a result of the inclusion of security requirements, such costs
will be negotiated with the Schedule Contractor on an open
market basis, outside the scope of the contract.
14. Contract Administration For Ordering Offices: Any ordering
office, with respect to any one or more delivery orders placed
by it under this contract, may exercise the same rights of
termination as might the GSA Contracting Officer under provisions
of FAR 52.249-1, 52.249-2, and 52.249-8.
15. GSA Advantage!
The GSA Advantage! is an on-line, interactive electronic
information and ordering system that provides on-line access
to vendors' schedule prices with ordering information. GSA
Advantage! Will allow the user to:
Perform various searches across all contracts including,
but not limited to:
(1) Manufacturer;
(2) Manufacturer's Part Number; and
(3) Product category(ies).
Agencies can browse GSA Advantage! by accessing the Internet
World Wide Web utilizing a browser (ex.: NetScape). The Internet
address is http://www.gsa.gov.
16. Use of FSS ITS Schedule Contracts. In accordance with
FAR 8.404:
a. Ordering activities can place orders of $2,500 or less
with any GSA Federal Supply Schedule contractor. GSA has already
determined the prices of items under these contracts to be
fair and reasonable.
b. To reasonably ensure that a selection represents the best
value and meets the agency's needs at the lowest overall cost,
before placing an order of more than $2,500, an ordering activity
should--
(1) Consider reasonably available information about products
offered under Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts; this
standard is met if the ordering activity does the following:
- (i) Considers products and prices contained in any GSA
MAS automated information system (e.g., GSA Advantage!);
or
- (ii) If automated information is not available, reviews
at least three (3) pricelists.
(2) In selecting the best value item at the lowest overall
cost (the price of the item plus administrative costs), the
ordering activity may consider such factors as--
- (i) Special features of one item not provided by comparable
items which are required in effective program performance;
- (ii) Trade-in considerations;
- (iii) Probable life of the item selected as compared with
that of a comparable item;
- (iv) Warranty conditions; and
- (v) Maintenance availability.
(3) Give preference to the items of small business concerns
when two or more items at the same delivered price will meet
an ordering activity's needs.
c. MAS contractors will not be required to pass on to all
schedule users a price reduction extended only to an individual
agency for a specific order. There may be circumstances where
an ordering activity finds it advantageous to request a price
reduction, such as where the ordering activity finds that
a schedule product is available elsewhere at a lower price,
or where the quantity of an individual order clearly indicates
the potential for obtaining a reduced price.
d. Ordering activities should document orders of $2,500 or
less by identifying the contractor the item was purchased
from, the item purchased, and the amount paid. For orders
over $2,500, MAS ordering files should be documented in accordance
with internal agency practices. Agencies are encouraged to
keep documentation to a minimum.
17. Contractor Commitments, Warranties And Representations
a. For the purpose of this contract, commitments, warranties
and representations include, in addition to those agreed to
for the entire schedule contract:
(1) Time of delivery/installation quotations for individual
orders;
(2) Technical representations and/or warranties of products
concerning performance, total system performance and/or configuration,
physical, design and/or functional characteristics and capabilities
of a product/equipment/ service/software package submitted
in response to requirements which result in orders under this
schedule contract.
(3) Any representations and/or warranties concerning the
products made in any literature, description, drawings and/or
specifications furnished by the contractor.
b. The above is not intended to enlarge the scope of this
schedule contract for individual orders. Terms and conditions
of any orders are limited strictly to those specified in the
schedule contract and pricelist and agreed to by GSA.
18. Overseas Activities
The terms and conditions of this contract shall apply to
all orders for installation, maintenance and repair of equipment
in areas listed in the pricelist outside the 48 contiguous
states and the District of Columbia, except as indicated below:
Not Applicable.
Terms and ConditionsApplicable
to Purchase of Training Related to General Purpose Information
Technology Equipment and Software(Special Item 132-50)
1. SCOPE
a. Abacus Technology shall provide training normally available
to commercial customers, which is necessary to permit Government
users to make full, efficient use of general purpose commercial
IT products. Training is restricted to training courses for
those products within the scope of this solicitation.
b. Abacus Technology shall provide training at the Abacus
facility and/or at the Government's location, as agreed to
by Abacus Technology and the Government.
2. ORDER
A written order, EDI (GSA Advantage! and FACNET) and credit
card orders shall be the basis for the purchase of training
in accordance with the terms of this contract. The written
order shall include the student's name, course title, course
date and time, and contracted dollar amount of the course.
Written orders, EDI orders, credit card orders or, in the
case of BPAs or BOAs, telephone orders are permissible.
3. TIME OF DELIVERY
Abacus Technology shall conduct training on the date (time,
day, month, and year) agreed to by Abacus Technology and the
Government.
4. CANCELLATION AND RESCHEDULING
a. The Government will notify Abacus Technology at least
seventy-two (72) hours before the scheduled training date,
if a student will be unable to attend. Abacus Technology will
then permit the Government to either cancel the order or reschedule
the training at no additional charge. In the event the training
class is rescheduled, the Government will modify its original
training order to specify the time and date of the rescheduled
training class.
b. In the event the Government fails to cancel or reschedule
a training course within the time frame specified in paragraph
a, above, the Government will be liable for the contracted
dollar amount of the training course. Abacus Technology agrees
to permit the Government to reschedule a student who fails
to attend a training class within ninety (90) days from the
original course date, at no additional charge.
c. The Government reserves the right to substitute one student
for another up to the first day of class.
d. In the event Abacus Technology is unable to conduct training
on the date agreed to by Abacus Technology and the Government,
Abacus Technology must notify the Government at least seventy-two
(72) hours before the scheduled training date.
5. FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT
Abacus Technology agrees to provide each student with unlimited
telephone support for the period of one (1) year from the
completion of the training class. During this period, the
student may contact Abacus Technology's instructors for refresher
assistance and answers to related course curriculum questions.
6. PRICE FOR TRAINING
The price that the Government will be charged will be the
Government purchase price in effect at the time of order placement,
or the Government price in effect at the time the training
course is conducted, whichever is less.
7. INVOICES AND PAYMENT
Invoices for training shall be submitted by the Contractor
after Government completion of the training course. Charges
for training must be paid in arrears 31 U.S.C. 3324). PROMPT
PAYMENT DISCOUNT, IF APPLICABLE, SHALL BE SHOWN ON THE INVOICE.
8. FORMAT AND CONTENT OF TRAINING
a. Abacus Technology shall provide written materials (i.e.,
manuals, handbooks, texts, etc.) normally provided with course
offerings. Such documentation will become the property of
the student upon completion of the training class.
b. For hands-on training courses, there must be a one-to-one
assignment of computer workstations to students.
c. Abacus Technology shall provide each student with a Certificate
of Training at the completion of each training course.
d. Training format and content information is presented in
the next section of this pricelist. All training is provided
at an Abacus Technology facility unless otherwise agreed to
with the ordering agency. Any required long distance travel
as well as related subsistence and lodging will be billed
and reimbursed in accordance with Federal or Joint Travel
Regulations and Federal Government per diem rates. All local
travel will be charged at the prevailing Federal Government
approved mileage rate - plus parking or at the cost of public
transportation. The training schedule is also negotiable with
the ordering agency to accommodate staff/trainer availability
and service requirements.
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