You and your agency:

• Request support via email or letter to DMEA
• Define tasks (Contractual Engineering Task - CET)
• Provide funding (MIPR or other appropriate document)
• Review proposal; provide technical evaluation
• Manage technical performance of tasks

DMEA:

• Coordinates with you and Northrop Grumman Space Technology
• Finalizes CET; prepares procurement package
• Issues request for proposal (RFP)
• Coordinates overall proposal technical evaluation
• Negotiates and issues Delivery Order
• Provides contractor oversight during task performance
• Provides contract administration service

Material, labor hours and other direct costs, such as travel, are negotiated prior to the issuance of any Delivery Order.

1. Fair Opportunity To Be Considered

If a CPFF, FFP, or T&M Delivery Order is to be issued and the proposal exceeds $500,000, the Contractor is required to certify, IAW 10 U.S.C. 2306a, that any cost or pricing data submitted is current, complete, and accurate. If a CPFF, FFP, or T&M Delivery Order is to be issued and the proposal is less than $500,000, no certification procedures are required.

Since the Contractor’s CPFF and FFP rates have been pre-negotiated and are covered by a certification set forth in the basic contract, no further certification of these rates is required.

Each time a proposal is submitted for work under the ATSP2 contract, the Contractor must certify whether or not it has delivered or is obligated to deliver to the Government under a contract or subcontract, the same or substantially the same technical data requested. If so, the contract or subcontract and place of delivery must be disclosed to the PCO in writing.

The following procedures are for all pricing arrangements:

Each ATSP2 Prime Contractor is provided a fair opportunity to be considered in accordance with FAR 16.504(a)(4)(iv) and 16.505(b)(1). The Contracting Officer has broad discretion in the selection of a Contractor (or Contractors) for each Delivery Order award and uses such criteria as the ability of an awardee to provide the level of quality required based on unique or specialized knowledge in the area under consideration; achievement of socio-economic goals; previous performance under earlier, similar, or related tasking; capacity to handle additional effort; marketing effort; cost; and/or other factors deemed relevant to the award of a Delivery Order. The DMEA Deputy Director is charged with the responsibility to ensure that all awardees are afforded a fair opportunity to be considered for award and has been designated the task order contract ombudsman. Written comments are to be addressed as follows:

ATSP2 Task Order Contract Ombudsman
Deputy Director
Defense Microelectronics Activity
4234 54th Street
McClellan, CA 95692-2100

1. Identification of Government Furnished Property

Government furnished property will be cited on individual Delivery Orders.

1. Organizational Conflict of Interest

The Contractor may gain access to proprietary information of other Companies during contract performance. To prevent conflicting roles that may bias the Contractor’s judgment or objectivity, or to preclude the Contractor from obtaining an unfair competitive advantage in concurrent or future acquisitions, the Contractor is required to:

1. Protect other company’s proprietary information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it is considered proprietary by the other company,
2. Refrain from using the proprietary information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished,
3. Enter Company-to-Company agreements as necessary to comply, and
4. Furnish copies of these agreements to the Contracting Officer for information purposes.

The above restrictions are included in all subcontracts, teaming arrangements, and other agreements calling for performance of work related to this contract, unless excused in writing by the Contracting Officer.

These agreements are not intended to protect information that is available to the Government or to the Contractor from other sources and furnished voluntarily without restriction.

The following descriptions or definitions apply:

1. “Proprietary Information” means all information designated as proprietary in accordance with law and regulation, and held in confidence or disclosed under restriction to prevent uncontrolled distribution. Examples include limited or restricted data, trade secrets, computer software, classified information, and sensitive financial information that may appear in cost and pricing data.
2. “Contractor” means the business entity receiving the award of this contract, its parents, affiliates, divisions, and subsidiaries.

Associate Contractor Agreements may be required on an “as needed” basis.

1. Contract Security Classification Specification, DE Form 254 (IAW FAR 4.04)

Measures required to protect classified information, equipment, and facilities will be cited on individual Delivery Orders via an attached DD Form 254.

1. Year 2000 (Y2K) Compliance

The Contractor warrants that any hardware or firmware (as those terms are generally defined) or a computer database, computer software, computer program(s), or commercial computer software (as those terms are defined in DFARS 252.227-7013 and 252.227-7014), products developed or delivered under this contract shall be able to correctly process date/time and date/time related data into and between the year 1999 and beyond January 1, 2000, including leap year calculations, to the extent that other products, used in combination with the product being acquired, properly exchanges date/time data with it. Processing dates and date related data include, but are not limited to, correctly calculating, comparing, and sequencing the date and date related data and are transparent to the user. Software products, individually and in combination, must successfully transition into the year 2000 with the correct system date, without human intervention, including leap year calculations. Software products, individually and in combination, must also provide correct results when moving forward or backward in time across the year 2000.