Professional Services Category

Provide operating advice and assistance on administrative and management issues. Examples include: strategic and organizational planning, business process improvement, acquisition and grants management support, facilitation, surveys, assessment and improvement of financial management systems, financial reporting and analysis,due diligence in validating an agency's portfolio of assets and related support services, strategic financial planning, financial policy formulation and development,special cost studies, actuarial services, economic and regulatory analysis, benchmarking and program metrics, and business program and project management. Inherently Governmental services as identified in FAR 7.503 or by the ordering agency are prohibited. It is the responsibility of the Contracting Officer placing the order to make this determination. Ordering activities must require prospective contractors to identify potential conflicts of interest and address those, prior to task order award. Personal services as defined in FAR 37.104 are prohibited. Notice Regarding Prohibition of Inherently Governmental Services [PDF - 136 KB]

See associated ordering guides: Acquisition Support Services Ordering Guide [PDF - 251 KB], Acquisition Management Support - Training for Acquisition Personnel [PDF - 212 KB] and Special Ordering Instructions for Acquisition Support Services [PDF - 539 KB].

Sample Documents: SOW Template for Acquisition Support Services [PDF - 306 KB], Sample Nondisclosure Statement [PDF - 100 KB]

FAST-41 Project Support BOA Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial Government for Public Health Emergency Response and Preparedness to include Medical Support Services Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Services include, but are not limited to: Management and oversight of Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) disposal operations, and management, oversight and recycling of universal waste (e.g., batteries, cell phones, cathode ray tubes (CRTs), and compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)). This includes reuse assessments and inventory, destruction, inventory transfer and/or disposal after compliance with GSA Office of Personal Property Management requirements outlined in Federal Management Regulations 101-42, 102-36, and 102-37 (as applicable). Examples of types of material waste services include, but are not limited to: Solid waste, industrial waste, mining waste, and oilfield waste (e.g., drill cuttings); Liquid waste (e.g., wastewater containing less than 1% solids); Medical waste; Pharmaceutical waste; Excess inventory; Surplus inventory; Non-hazardous materials that pose no immediate threat to human health and the environment, excluding household waste (e.g., routine refuse collection and disposal); Hazardous materials and/or those that contain leachable toxic components; Plastics such as acrylic, nylon, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE); Confiscated materials; and Construction debris such as asphalt, drywall and/or metal. NOTE: Services offered under this scope shall NOT include any transportation / disposal of radioactive waste (other than low-level radioactive waste associated with medical waste), asbestos and/or paint abatement, radon mitigation.

See associated ordering guide: Hazardous Waste Disposal Ordering Guide [PDF - 124 KB]

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Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial Government for Public Health Emergency Response and Preparedness to include Medical Support Services Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Remediation services include site preparation, characterization, field investigation, conservation and closures, emergency response cleanup (ERC), underground storage tank/above-ground storage tank (UST/AST) removal, air monitoring, soil vapor extraction, stabilization/solidification, bio-venting, carbon absorption, containment, monitoring and/or reduction of hazardous waste sites, unexploded ordnance removal, and remediation-related laboratory testing (e.g., biological, chemical, physical, pollution and soil testing). Reclamation services include: creating new land from sea or riverbeds, wetland restoration, and restoring areas to a more natural state (e.g., after pollution, desertification, or salinization have made it unusable). NOTE: Services offered under this scope shall not include any remediation/transportation/disposal of radioactive waste, asbestos and/or paint abatement, radon mitigation, or construction and architect-engineer services as set forth in FAR Part 36 (including construction, alteration or repair of buildings, structures, or other real property). This SIN does not include Davis-Bacon work as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 22.4. Ordering agencies must ensure the work being required is not covered by the Davis-Bacon Act.

Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial Government for Public Health Emergency Response and Preparedness to include Medical Support Services Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Services include providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on environmental issues, such as the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances, and hazardous materials; Endangered species, wetland, watershed, and other natural resource management plans; Archeological and/or cultural resource management plans. This includes identifying problems (e.g., inspect buildings for hazardous materials), measure and evaluate risks, and recommend solutions. multi disciplined staff of scientists, engineers, and other technicians with expertise in areas, such as air and water quality, asbestos contamination, remediation, ecological restoration, and environmental law such as Planning and Documentation Services for the development, planning, facilitation, coordination, and documentation of and/or for environmental initiatives (or mandates such as Executive Order 13693 in areas of chemical, radiological, and/or hazardous materials; ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) and sustainable performance measure development; Environmental Assessment (EA) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) preparation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

FAST-41 Project Support BOA Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Perform financial-related audits, performance audits, recovery audits, transportation audits, and contract audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) and non-GAGAS. Perform an independent assessment of an audited entity's financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, financial information, adherence to financial compliance requirements and internal controls, or organization or program performance to identify areas for improvement. Recovery audits: identify recoverable funds resulting from overpayments, duplicate payments and underpayments under the authority of public law and regulation, e.g., Section 354 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 96 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 268; 10 U.S.C. 2461),. Transportation audits: perform administrative reviews and rate examinations on prepayment and post payment transportation bills to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established rates, tariffs, quotations, agreements, tenders or other applicable rate authority. Note: Inherently Governmental services as identified in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 7.503 or by the ordering agency are prohibited under this SIN. It is the responsibility of the Contracting Officer placing the order to make this determination. Ordering activities must require prospective contractors to identify potential conflicts of interest and address those, prior to task order award.

See associated ordering guide: Civilian Contract Audit Services (CCAS) Ordering Guide [PDF - 536 KB].

Services include those that an agency identifies as recurring commercial activities such as billing, payroll processing that includes collecting information on hours worked, pay rates, deductions, and other payroll-related data using that information to generate paychecks, payroll reports, and tax filings. These establishments may use data processing and tabulating techniques as part of providing their services.

Provides financial services related to third party administration of insurance and pension funds, such as claims adjudication and processing and other administrative services to insurance carriers, employee benefit plans, and self-insurance funds. Additionally, medical coding, medical billing, medical claims and appeals, insurance claim processing, managing and distributing claims reimbursements may be performed. Ancillary support services may include providing customer service education and outreach, project and program management, compliance and dispute resolution support, provider outreach, and data reporting support, benefit design, prescription drug formulary, enrollment assistance, consolidated billing, identification of billing mistakes, stop loss coverage, and state and federal billing.

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Data Breach Response and Identity Protection Services (IPS) include an integrated, total solution to provide identity monitoring and notification of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI); identity theft insurance; identity restoration services; and protection (safeguarding) the confidentiality of PII and PHI. Additional requirements specifically for Identity Protection Services are found in the notes section referenced below. NOTE 1: Additional Proposal Instructions related to Identity Protection Services (IPS) are found in IPS Requirements Document 1B. NOTE 2: Any firm offering Identity Protection Services will be required to provide a System Security Plan (SSP) in accordance with the template found in IPS Requirement Document 1C. The firm will also be required to submit a Firm Fixed Price as outlined in IPS Pricing Document 2, unless otherwise defined at the Task Order level (e.g. per product redeemed per the agreed-upon coverage period (month, year, etc.) ) covering ALL services cited in Section I of IPS Requirements Document 1A. If defined otherwise at the Task Order level, it must still be able to be mapped to the awarded Schedule contract pricing. Firms are encouraged to provide separate line item pricing for key services within this total solution SIN that the firm believes could be ordered independently (e.g., credit monitoring, restoration, etc). This will allow the Ordering Agency to obtain only those services needed depending on level of breach. See IPS Pricing Document 2 for pricing tables. NOTE 3: Services provided shall be performed in accordance with applicable Federal laws and policies, including the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, as amended by Public Law 105-318, 112 Statute 3007 (Oct. 30, 1998), and implemented by 18 U.S.C. 1028. Firms are required to adhere to all applicable Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policies including OMB Circular A-130, Managing Federal Information as a Strategic Resource, and any updates to OMB Memorandum M-17-12, Preparing for and Responding to a Breach of Personally Identifiable Information.

See associated ordering guide: IPS Ordering Procedures [PDF - 111 KB]

Services include translating written material, interpreting speech from one language to another, and services to facilitate communication with and by persons who are visually or hearing impaired. Services provided must include communication from a source language to a target language. Examples include interpretation of oral communication to and from English and native Foreign Language including Simultaneous, Consecutive, Escort, Community, Telephonic and Voiceovers; Collecting, translating / interpreting and delivering mission related data; performing data analysis of translated materials; cultural consulting and role-playing; Title III monitoring, transcriptions and intercepts; preparing related reports and assessments; forensic processing; screening / gisting; related project / program management and control for linguist screening and, recruitment; logistical coordination; site supervision and quality control of all related services. Sign Language Services include ASL/English, Manually Coded English, Pidgin Signed English (PSE), Contact Sign; International Sign. Other services include closed captioning, voice-overs, textbook or audio script translation, website (HTML) and online document translation with typesetting services, telephone Services (TDD and TTY), deaf interpreting, tactile, transcription of braille documents and captioning services, cued English transliteration, and Section 508 compliant language services. NOTE: Linguists with security clearances are included in the above mentioned services.

See associated ordering guide: Foreign Language Services [PDF - 233 KB]

Services include the following: Deployment Logistics such as contingency planning, identifying/utilizing regional or global resources, integrating public/private sector resources, inventory/property planning, movement, storage, end-to-end industrial relocation/expansion services, and deploying communications and logistics systems to permit rapid deployment and management of supplies and equipment; Distribution and Transportation Logistics Services such as Planning and designing, implementing, or operating systems or facilities for the movement of supplies, equipment or people by road, air, water, rail, or pipeline.

Federal, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial Government for Public Health Emergency Response and Preparedness to include Medical Support Services Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Service include organizing, promoting, and/or managing events, such as business and trade shows, conventions, conferences, and meetings (whether or not they manage and provide the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place), project management, coordination and implementation of third party participation, collection management of third party payment for participation, liaison support with venue, audiovisual and information technology support, topic and speaker identification, site location research, reservation of facilities, on-site meeting and registration support, editorial services, automation and telecommunications support, design and editing productions; and mailing and other communication with attendees including pre/post meeting mailings/travel support and computer database creation.

See associated ordering guide: No Cost Contracting Guidance [PDF - 256 KB]

Services include: applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design, development, and utilization of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and systems. Services may involve any of the following activities: provision of advice, concept development, requirements analysis, preparation of feasibility studies, preparation of preliminary and final plans and designs, provision of technical services during the construction or installation phase, inspection and evaluation of engineering projects, and related services. NOTE: Services under this SIN cannot include architect-engineer services as defined in the Brooks Act and FAR Part 2, or construction services as defined in FAR Parts 2 and 36.

See associated Ordering Guides: MAS PS Commercial Integrate Services Implementation Guide [DOCX - 19 KB]

Construction Management and Engineering Consulting Services Guide [PDF - 251 KB]

FAST-41 Project Support BOA Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Services include providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on scientific and technical issues (except environmental). Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to ergonomic/human performance analysis, feasibility analysis, logistics planning, requirements determination, policy standards/procedures development, conducting research studies, long-term reliability and maintainability, training, consulting, conduct acceptance, functional and post acceptance testing, testing, integration of the payload for flight Customer Agency, support provided during launch, orbital maneuvering and satellite separation from the spacecraft. Example: The full range of life cycle logistics support for the navigation satellite will be identified and designed in this stage including training, operation and maintenance requirements, and replacement procedures. NOTE: Services under this NAICs can not include architect-engineer services as defined in the Brooks Act and FAR Part 2 or construction services as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 36 and Part 2.

FAST-41 Project Support BOA Ordering Guide and Attachments:

Services include conducting research and experimental development (except nanotechnology and biotechnology research and experimental development) in the physical, engineering and life sciences such as; such as agriculture, electronics, environmental, biology, botany, computers, chemistry, food, fisheries, forests, geology, health, mathematics, medicine, oceanography, pharmacy, physics, veterinary and other allied subjects. Typical tasks include, but are not limited to, analysis of mission, program goals and objectives, program evaluations, analysis of program effectiveness, requirements analysis, organizational performance assessment, special studies and analysis, training, and consulting; requirements analysis, cost/cost performance trade-off analysis,feasibility analysis, developing and completing fire safety evaluation worksheets as they relate to engineering services; operation and maintenance, evaluation of inspection, testing, and maintenance program for fire protection and life safety systems, program/project management, technology transfer/insertion, training and consulting. NOTE: Services under this NAICs can not include architect-engineer services as defined in the Brooks Act and FAR Part 2 or construction services as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 36 and Part 2.

See associated ordering guide: MAS PS Commercial Integrate Services Implementation Guide [DOCX - 19 KB]

Services provided include professional, scientific, and technical services not covered under other SINs. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: appraisal services (except real estate); crisis management; emergency preparedness; emergency management; commodity inspector services; mathematical (both theoretical and applied) and statistical (both theoretical and applied) professional services; performance and impact evaluation services (related to a scientific or technical project); public health planning services; and weather forecasting services.

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Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) and Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Training for Acquisition Workforce Personnel In accordance with OMB Policy Letter 05-01, civilian agencies shall follow the course equivalency determinations accepted by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) to ensure that core training is comparable across the workforce and qualifies for certification. This SIN is intended to include only training courses that have been granted equivalency from DAU. When procuring FAC-C and DAWIA training for the audience identified below, the task order level Contracting Officer shall confirm that the courses being acquired are listed on the following website: Defense Acquisition University Training Audience: Acquisition workforce personnel interested in completing FAC-C or DAWIA training NOTE: Offerors Shall Provide the Following: A copy of the DAU Equivalency issued for each course offered; Resumes of all proposed instructors; A detailed training plan evidencing how instructors are kept up to date and conversant with federal acquisition regulations on a continuous basis; and References: Last 3 customers.

See associated ordering guide: SIN 611TRAINAW Acquisition Workforce Training Ordering Guide [PDF - 245 KB]