| Program Summary |
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| Title: |
D -- IT Forensics |
| GovCB Opps ID : |
ADP12067233370001244 |
| Document Type: |
Combine Solicitation |
| FSC Code: |
D - Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication Services
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| Set Aside: |
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned |
| Solicitation No.: |
CSB-00140-08-0007-SOL |
| Source: |
http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/BPD/DP/CSB%2D00140%2D08%2D0007%2DSOL/Combine%20Synopsis%5F... |
Place of
Performance: |
Address: 2175 K Street, NW Washington, DC Postal Code: 20037-1809 Country: UNITED STATES
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Posted Date:
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Mar 27, 2008 |
| Last Update: |
Mar 31, 2008 |
| Due Date: |
Apr 02, 2008 |
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| Description |
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General Information
| Document Type: |
Combine Solicitation |
| Solicitation Number: |
CSB-00140-08-0007-SOL |
| Posted Date: |
Mar 27, 2008 |
| Original Response Date: |
Apr 02, 2008 |
| Current Response Date: |
Apr 02, 2008 |
| Original Archive Date: |
Mar 28, 2009 |
| Current Archive Date: |
Mar 28, 2009 |
| Classification Code: |
D -- Information technology services, including telecommunications services |
| Set Aside: |
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned |
| Naics Code: |
541519 -- Other Computer Related Services |
Contracting Office Address
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Division of Procurement, Avery 5F 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV, 26106-5312, UNITED STATES
Description
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written soliciation will not be issued.
Solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-24.
An offeror must be actively registered in CCR as a SDVOSB at the time of award to accept an award. All questions and/or proposals must be emailed to the attention Alan Dotson at PSB1@BPD.TREAS.GOV. The deadline for receiving questions is 12:00 pm et on Monday, March 31, 2008. The deadline for receving proposals is 12:00 pm et on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Late proposals will not be accepted or evaluated.
52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (FEB 2007)
Addendum to 52.212-4
52.217-8 Option to Extend Services. (NOV 1999)
1052.201-70 Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) Designation and Authority. (MAR 2002)
INVOICING PROCEDURE
52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (FEB 2008)
52.219-27, Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (May 2004) (15 U.S.C. 657 f).
52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (June 2007) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).
52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).
52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999).
52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246).
52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 1998) (29 U.S.C. 793).
52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Aug 2007) (Applies to all contracts).
52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Feb 2006) (E.o.s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury).
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332).
PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)
Data Recovery
CSB-2008-03-I-FL (T2 Laboratories)
BACKGROUND:
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is an independent federal agency with the mission of ensuring the safety of workers and the public by preventing or minimizing the effects of chemical incidents at industrial facilities. The CSB is a scientific investigation organization; it is not an enforcement or regulatory body. Established by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the CSB is responsible for determining the probable causes of incidents, issuing safety recommendations, studying chemical safety issues, and evaluating the effectiveness of other government agencies involved with industrial chemical safety. Section 112(r)(6)(G) of the Clean Air Act prohibits the use of any conclusions, findings, or recommendations of the CSB relating to any chemical incident from being admitted as evidence or used in any lawsuit arising out of any matter mentioned in an investigation report. Congress modeled the CSB after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which investigates aircraft and other transportation accidents for the purpose of improving safety. Like the NTSB, the CSB makes public its actions and decisions through investigation reports, safety studies, safety recommendations, special technical publications, and statistical reviews.
On December 19, 2007, a reactive chemical incident including an explosion and subsequent fire occurred at the T2 Laboratories (T2) facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The resulting explosion and fire killed four workers and injured dozens.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this solicitation is to obtain the services of a computer forensics contractor capable of recovering hard drives damaged in a fire and imaging the hard drives for data recovery.
SCOPE:
Work will be performed at the contractor's facility. Except where explicitly noted otherwise herein, the contractor is required to provide all equipment and materials necessary to perform the tasks set forth in this PWS. Protocols developed by the contractor must be consistent with ASTM E860-97, "Standard Practices for Examining and Testing Items That Are or May Become Involved in Litigation."
The hard drives to be recovered are located in five computer CPUs collected from the T2 facility. The CPUs show external signs of fire and water damage. The CPUs appear to be PC-based machines. The CSB believes that there are a total of 5 hard drives to be recovered, but the contents of the drives are unknown.
All information collected or created by the contractor will become part of the CSB case file for the investigation. All written deliverables required by this PWS shall be in MS Word or other MS Office format.
The contractor shall provide deliverables and other documentation related to this contract only to the CSB Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR). The CSB reserves the right to provide copies of deliverables to the other parties to the joint Evidence Collection, Preservation, and Testing Agreement. The contractor shall not provide copies of deliverables or any other documentation related to this order to any other party, unless directed in writing to do so by the COTR.
TASKS:
1. Prepare Detailed Protocol
The contractor shall prepare a detailed written protocol describing how each task set forth in this PWS shall be performed. This detailed protocol is a separate and distinct document from the general protocol described above.
In describing how each task shall be performed, the protocol must address the following specific issues:
The means by which damaged hardware is recovered and repaired, including all generally accepted protocols for such work. Among other matters, the protocol must describe how the contractor will remove the hard drive from its case and evaluate the drive's integrity.
The means by which data from damaged hardware is recovered and copied for future use.
No other tasks described in this PWS will take place until the COTR has inspected the protocol and determined that it meets the requirements of this PWS. The contractor shall promptly correct any deficiencies identified by the COTR and incorporate the corrections into a revised protocol.
The CSB will then circulate the protocol to OSHA and T2 for comment. If necessary, and as directed by the COTR, the contractor will also revise the protocol to address comments made by OSHA and/or T2.
2. Pick-up and Delivery
The computers are located in a portable storage locker located at the incident site in Jacksonville, Florida. The contractor will work with the COTR to arrange a date and time at which access will be granted to the contractor to pick-up the computers. The contractor is responsible for providing for the pick-up, packaging, shipping, and delivery of the computers to the contractor's facility. The contractor must ensure that the computers are packed and shipped in a manner that protects against damage or alteration in transit.
The contractor's facility must provide a secure area in which the computers and hard drives can be stored, with access restricted to those contractor personnel who need to handle them to perform the work required by this contract. While the CPUs and hard drives are in the possession of the contractor, it shall maintain a chain-of-custody log for all items from the time of initial pick-up until the time of their final release, as authorized by the COTR.
3. Recover Hardware
The contractor shall recover, and to the extent possible, repair the hard drive from each computer to the extent necessary to allow data recovery, in accordance with the protocol approved by the COTR. If one or more of the hard drives cannot be repaired sufficiently to allow data recovery, the contractor must prepare and submit to the COTR a statement describing why the hard drive(s) cannot be repaired.
4. Recover Data
The contractor shall recover any and all data from each hard drive in accordance with the protocol approved by the COTR. If data is not recoverable from one or more of the hard drives, the contractor must prepare and submit to the COTR a statement describing why the data could not be recovered.
5. Copy Data
The contractor shall produce three identical copies of all data recovered for each hard drive.
6. Disposition of Hardware
The contractor shall store the original hardware in a secure location until final disposition is determined. The contractor is then responsible for returning/shipping the equipment back to Jacksonville, FL.
DELIVERABLES:
Task 1: Written protocol.
Task 2: Signed chain-of-custody document.
Task 3: All services necessary to perform the recovery in accordance with the approved contractor developed protocol.
Standard report on activities necessary to complete the tasks, in a form and with the contents specified in the written protocol.
Task 4: All services necessary to perform the recovery in accordance with the approved contractor developed protocol.
Standard report on activities necessary to complete the tasks, in a form and with the contents specified in the written protocol.
Task 5: Three identical copies of the recovered data from each drive.
Task 6: Proof of return delivery, such as tracking printout, of the equipment at T2 in Jacksonville, FL.
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
The expected timetable for individual tasks will be as follows (in calendar days):
Task 1: 14 days after award
Task 2: As arranged by the contractor, but no later than 7 days after protocol approval
Tasks 3 & 4: 14 days after delivery of the hardware to the contractor's facility
Tasks 5 & 6: 7 days after completion of tasks 3 and 4
It is anticipated that the contract period of performance shall be April 14, 2008 through May 27, 2008, although the actual period of performance may vary.
PROGRESS REPORTS:
Because all work on this contract is expected to be completed within a short period of time, no formal progress reports are required. The contractor shall promptly report to the COTR any matters requiring immediate CSB attention. It is particularly important that the contractor immediately report to the COTR any issues that might adversely affect its ability to meet any requirement of this contract. The COTR may ask the contractor for informal progress updates at any time.
PAYMENT:
The contractor shall submit an invoice to the CSB for payment. Payment will be authorized upon completion of all tasks described in the contract, receipt of an invoice, and the COTR's determination that all deliverables were received and met the requirements set forth in the contract.
CONTRACT TYPE:
This is a firm fixed price purchase contract for all services described in the contract. Any work performed by the contractor that is outside the scope of this contract and/or in excess of the awarded fixed price shall be at the contractor's sole risk and expense.
CONFIDENTIALITY:
Upon award of the contract and before beginning any work, the contractor and its personnel shall sign a confidentiality agreement with the CSB. The contractor, and any subcontractor, shall not communicate with any interested party in connection with this procurement without prior approval from the COTR.
CONTRACTING OFFICER AUTHORITY:
The Contracting Officer (CO) for this procurement will be an employee of the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), the CSB's delegated procurement office. In no event shall any understanding or agreement between the contractor and any government employee other than the appointed CO on any contract modifications, change orders, letter or verbal direction (other than direction within the scope of the COTR's authority) to the contractor be effective or binding upon the government. All such actions must be formalized by the proper contract modification executed by the appointed CO. The contractor is hereby put on notice in the event a government employee other than the CO directs a change in the work to be performed or increases the scope of work to be performed, it is the contractor's responsibility to make inquiry of the CO before making the deviation.
QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP):
The COTR will summarize and document the Contractor's performance in the three categories listed below (evaluation based on meeting the requirements of this PWS and the contractor submitted Quality Assurance Plan):
Quality of service
Business relations
Timeliness of performance
Surveillance method. Random Evaluation. This method employs a "spot check" style of evaluation and may be adjusted, based on quality trends. The Government retains the right to inspect all requirements of the contract. Unacceptable performance will be recorded and the Contractor shall be required to correct the unacceptable condition within a 24-hour time period. If the Contractor does not correct the unacceptable condition within 24-hours, the COTR will notify the Contracting Officer who will take appropriate administrative action for unacceptable performance. When an observation indicates defective performance, the COTR will require the Contractor to initial the observation. The initialing of the observation does not constitute concurrence with the observation; it only indicates acknowledgement that the Contractor has been made aware of a potentially defective performance.
ADDITIONAL TERMS:
Performance under the order is subject to the following additional terms, which are hereby incorporated into the order:
Public Release of Information
Contractor shall submit any proposed public release of information pertaining to its work for the CSB to the General Counsel of the CSB for approval prior to release. Contractor shall not release any such information without prior written approval from the CSB General Counsel.
Personnel Security Requirement
Contractor, Contractor personnel assigned to perform work for the CSB, and any subcontractor retained by Contractor shall execute a non-disclosure agreement as a condition for granting those individuals/entities access or potential access to trade secret and confidential business information.
Contractor Testimony
Contractor shall immediately report to the General Counsel of the CSB any and all requests for the testimony of Contractor, its personnel, and/or its subcontractors, and any intention to testify as a witness relating to: (a) any work required by and/or performed for the CSB; (b) any information or data produced by Contractor in the course of its work for the CSB; or (c) any information provided by any individual or entity to assist Contractor in performing work for the CSB. All requests for testimony of Contractor, its personnel, and/or its subcontractors that fall within the scope of 40 C.F.R. part 1611 shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of that regulation.
Organizational Conflicts of Interest
a. Contractor, its personnel, and any other person or entity performing work for Contractor on behalf of the CSB, shall execute a certification of non-conflict of interest. Such executed certification constitutes the signatory's acknowledgement that he/she has read and understands the requirements of this clause and agrees to abide by its terms.
b. Contractor and its personnel performing work for the CSB under this order should not be placed in a conflicting role because of current or planned interests (whether financial, contractual, organizational, or otherwise), which relate to the work performed under this order, nor should Contractor obtain an unfair competitive advantage over other parties by virtue of its performance under this order.
c. Contractor warrants that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, there are no relevant facts or circumstances which could give rise to an organizational conflict of interest, as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5, or in the alternative, warrants that it has fully disclosed all such relevant information. Additionally, during the period of performance under this order, Contractor agrees to forego entering into any other contractual arrangements with any firm or organization, the result of which may give rise to a conflict of interest with respect to the work being performed under this order. Contractor shall ensure that all agents, employees, and subcontractors retained for any purpose under this order abide by the provisions of this entire clause. If Contractor has reason to believe, with respect to itself or any of its agents, employees, or subcontractors, that any proposed contractual arrangement with any firm or organization may involve a potential conflict of interest, Contractor shall obtain the written approval of the Contracting Officer and the General Counsel of the CSB before the execution of such contractual arrangement.
d. Contractor further agrees that if, after it commences work for the CSB, it discovers organizational conflicts of interest with respect to this order, it shall make an immediate and full disclosure in writing to the Contracting Officer and the General Counsel of the CSB. It is agreed that this disclosure will include a description of the action that Contractor has taken or proposes to take to avoid or mitigate the conflicts. Contractor shall continue performance until notified by the Contracting Officer of any contrary and/or supplemental action to be taken.
e. It is the specific responsibility of Contractor to ensure that any and all subcontractors, and any subcontractors' employees, are free from conflicts of interest. Contractor warrants that no subcontractors already identified, or any of their subcontractors' employees, have an identifiable conflict of interest. It is further agreed that, in the event a conflict of interest is discovered after award of the subcontract, the same rules for disclosure, and all of the same remedies open to the CSB, described below, remain binding. Contractor further agrees to insert in each subcontract or agreement done in furtherance of this order, provisions which shall conform substantially to the language of this entire clause.
f. During the period of performance under this order, Contractor specifically agrees not to represent, assist, be employed by, or otherwise perform any services or functions for T2 Laboratories, Inc. (T2) or for T2's agents, insurers, or successors in interest (but only to the extent that work for such agents, insurers, or successors in interest would pertain to the December 19, 2007, incident at the T2 facility in Jacksonville, Florida); or for any other entity or individual that is the subject of an official CSB investigation. Contractor also agrees not to represent, assist, be employed by, or otherwise perform any services or functions for T2 or for T2's agents, insurers, or successors in interest (but only to the extent that work for such agents, insurers, or successors in interest would pertain to the December 19, 2007, incident at the T2 facility in Jacksonville, Florida) for a period of 6 months after the end of the period of performance under this order. Additionally, if Contractor performs work for the CSB under this order at the site of an official CSB investigation, Contractor agrees not to solicit work at that site from the entity or individual being investigated for a period of 6 months after the issuance of the final CSB report on that investigation.
g. Notwithstanding the immediately foregoing prohibitions, the Contracting Officer and the General Counsel of the CSB may authorize Contractor to solicit or perform this general type of work if the Contracting Officer and the General Counsel determine that the situation will not pose a potential for bias or unfair competitive advantage, and they approve of the proposed solicitation or work.
h. For breach of any of the above restrictions, or for intentional nondisclosure or misrepresentation of any relevant conflicts of interest required to be disclosed concerning this order, or for such erroneous representations that necessarily imply bad faith, the CSB may terminate the order for default, disqualify Contractor from subsequent contracts, and pursue other remedies permitted by law or this order. Notwithstanding these remedies, however, the CSB may always terminate the order for convenience, in whole or in part, if termination is in the best interests of the government.
Proprietary Rights
Contractor agrees that all property rights, including publication rights, in any information and materials that are newly produced by the Contractor specifically for the CSB under this order shall vest in the government. Information and materials shall include, but not be limited to: progress reports, source data, plans, systems analyses, reports, extracts, test data, and procedures. Contractor shall not publish any of the results of its work for the CSB under this order without the prior written approval of the General Counsel of the CSB.
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY (PRS)
A PRS table will be added to the award for each task listed in the PWS.
Acceptable Quality Level - 95%
Evaluation Method - Random Sampling. See QASP
Incentive/Disincentive - Performance Rating
52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items. (SEP 2006)
You must submit each of the following as part of your proposal package.
a)Pricing firm fixed price to complete all tasks as described in the PWS and PRS
b)Technical Proposal (composed of the following elements and as described below in 52.212-2):
1.Offeror Experience (3 pages maximum)
2.Performance Plan (5 pages maximum)
3.Past Performance (3 references)
c)Representations and Certifications (or statement that they have been completed in ORCA)
52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. (JAN 1999)
Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be the best overall value to the government. The government will consider awarding at a slightly higher price only to receive superior technical quality. The Contracting Officer will use the technical merits of each proposal and the price to determine the successful offeror. As technical merit becomes more equal, price may be the deciding factor. As the price becomes more equal, technical merit may be the deciding factor. The non-price factors as listed below, when combined, are approximately equal to price. The technical evaluation team will determine the technical merits of each proposal and provide a written summary of the evaluation results to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer will determine what trade-off between technical merit and price promises the greatest value to the government.
The non-price portion of the proposal must not exceed 10 pages in total.
Non-Price Evaluation Factors:
Offeror Experience: The offeror shall provide a narrative description of the company qualifications and experience that make the offeror the best candidate to provide the required services to the CSB. 3 page maximum.
Performance Plan: The offeror shall provide a detailed action plan for carrying out the requested services as described in the PWS and PRS. 5 page maximum.
Past Performance: The offeror shall provide 3 recent (within the last 3 years) and relevant (work very similar to that requested here) references that can attest to the capability of the offeror. For each reference, the offeror must include the company name, main point of contact, telephone number for that person, email for that person, dates of performance of the work, and a short synopsis of the work that was done. 2 page maximum
Point of Contact
William Dotson, Contract Specialist, Phone 304-480-7206, Fax 304-480-7204, Email PSB1@bpd.treas.gov - Susie Daugherty, Contracting Officer, Phone (304) 480-7138, Fax (304) 480-7203, Email PSB1@bpd.treas.gov
Place of Performance
| Address: |
2175 K Street, NW
Washington, DC |
| Postal Code: |
20037-1809 |
| Country: |
UNITED STATES |
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