Enterprise Infrastructure...

Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions

Volume 5—Subcontracting Volume

SFA# 52021671/NSP# 80162 RFP No.: QTA0015THA3003

ii March 31, 2017November 4, 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 1

Subcontracting Narrative and Plan .............................................................................. 1 Subcontracting Plan and Subcontracting Participation ......................................... 1 Subcontractor Selection Strategy ......................................................................... 5

Appendix A. Subcontracting Plan ................................................................. A-1

Appendix B. Mentor-Protégé Agreement ...................................................... B-1

Appendix C. Mentor-Protégé Program Plan ................................................. C-1




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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

NS2020 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) is the latest in a series of

groundbreaking contracts that keeps the General Services Administration (GSA) at the

forefront of shaping the telecommunication’s landscape for the Federal Government.

Providing affordable access to the latest industry capabilities and products and

transforming the current operational environment with such initiatives as Category

Management will streamline the means by which agencies are able to acquire all of

their goods and services. GSA has crafted a contract framework that will allow

CenturyLink to deliver a service architecture that will yield ongoing savings to the

government and taxpayers well beyond the EIS program life.

Platform CenturyLinkTM, shown in Figure ES-1, represents the evolution of

CenturyLink’s service offerings and is designed to ensure GSA and the agencies benefit

from continuous product and service

innovation. All CenturyLink services are

layered in a fully converged architecture

with integrated access, cybersecurity,

diagnostic monitoring, and managed

network services, as shown in

Figure ES-2, that will enable smooth

migration from legacy services to Platform

CenturyLink to CenturyLink’s future

programmable services backbone (PSB)

that will offer network function virtualization

(NFV) pods and software-defined

networking (SDN).

Figure ES-1. Platform CenturyLink






Figure ES-2. CenturyLink’s Technical Architecture

Supporting our product offerings is CenturyLink’s Federal Business Unit, a dedicated

organization of more than 600 people that is singularly accountable to and responsible

for the Federal Government’s needs. Direct support to the EIS contract is provided by

our EIS Program Management Office (PMO), which is discussed in the Management

Response, Section 1.1.

Platform CenturyLink includes:

Service Related Equipment (SRE)—CenturyLink’s interface to the customer;

delivering secure application access and data transport.

Network Access—multiple access types enable customizable solutions.






Network Services—advanced communication services that allow agencies to

transform the business of government.

Cloud Services—full application and infrastructure virtualization allows

agencies to support their missions with mobile, cost effective, and secure

resources.

Application Marketplace—movement of services to the application layer

requires a robust marketplace capability to rapidly add services. The EIS web

interface will provide access for agencies to manage their services and add new

services using click-button provisioning.

EIS Automation—CenturyLink’s future PSB will provide for NFV pods to be built

directly into the network and data centers; a core component of CenturyLink’s

NFV and SDN strategy.

Our Vision for EIS is in line with GSA Goals

Service Continuity and Security—Our performance under the GSA Networx, GSA

Regional, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contracts provides a foundation

for EIS service continuity. We have

demonstrated strong thought

leadership in the implementation of

industry-leading cybersecurity

capabilities such as Managed

Trusted Internet Protocol Service

(MTIPS) and the DHS EINSTEIN 3

Accelerated (E3A) services.

CenturyLink’s CEO Glen Post is a

member of the President’s National

Security Telecommunications

Advisory Committee (NSTAC)

(see Figure ES-3).

Acquisition and Operations Efficiency—Ongoing evolution of CenturyLink’s

management methods and program approach is driven and demonstrated by a

Figure ES-3. CEO, Glen Post, (4th from the left

of President Barack Obama and DHS

Secretary Jeh Johnson). May 6, 2015

President's NSTAC meeting.






continuous improvement cycle. We leverage lessons learned from our Federal

Government contract experience as well as industry best practices to improve business

processes, without sacrificing our highly individualized service supporting EIS

customers’ unique requirements.

The consolidation of more than 80 local service agreements into EIS further

simplifies acquisition across the portfolio and establishes that technology is global.

Local oversight is a key contributor to technology adoption, but the initiative needed to

achieve economies of scale in a global technology environment cannot be discounted.

Flexibility and Agility—Our PMO is highly adaptable and fully accountable, with

proven processes for serving federal agencies and a culture that rewards customer and

mission-centric behaviors. CenturyLink is a full service provider with an integrated

service platform that allows for flexibility and agility.

Support Systems—CenturyLink’s support systems will combine a simplified EIS

user web interface with navigation links to functional areas. A publicly available web

page will provide information on CenturyLink’s offerings including program support

contacts. Authorized EIS users will be given access to additional information during the

fair opportunity process and throughout the contract’s performance period.

Transition—CenturyLink affirms its commitment to work with GSA in transition

planning and implementing Networx lessons learned and risk mitigation strategies to

reduce agencies’ EIS transition risk.

CenturyLink’s technology offerings enable

agencies to enhance and transform services

in conjunction with transitioning to EIS. We

will work with incumbent contractors and

ordering agencies to minimize program

delays.

CenturyLink’s Commitment: A Continued Successful Partnership

One measure of a successful partnership is that both parties benefit from the

relationship. CenturyLink has successfully encouraged expansion of the GSA Networx

“CenturyLink has been a terrific partner

with the Department of Homeland Security

in providing reliable and secure networks

and to bring Cybersecurity to the private

sector.”

Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson

at CenturyLink’s HQ on 5/16/14


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value of Industry Day networking opportunities and engages several small businesses

from these events to support EIS product and service offerings.

CenturyLink is also a long standing member of various trade associations that

support small business growth, such as the National Minority Supplier Development

Council (NMSDC), Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), U.S.

Women’s Chamber of Commerce (USWCC), and the American Council for Technology-

Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC). CenturyLink’s Subcontract Analyst for Strategic

Sourcing and Small Business Programs is an active participant in ACT-IAC’s Small

Business Alliance. This position also has the responsibility of ensuring that all internal

business units scrutinize contract proposals for small business teaming opportunities to

increase our subcontracting spend.

CenturyLink’s strategy for achieving our subcontracting goals include:

Ongoing on-ramping of small businesses to augment TO requirements for the

duration of performance for EIS

Increasing outreach activities to gain greater exposure to vendors with

competencies that align with EIS functional areas in underutilized business

classifications (e.g., SDVOSB, women-owned small business (WOSB) and

HUBZone)

Establishing internal small business set aside opportunities for subcontractors in

response to EIS TOs

Expanding teaming opportunities with small businesses through agency-level

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business and local Procurement Technical

Assistance Centers (PTACs), state Small Business and Supplier Diversity

offices, faith-based organizations, and trade associations to ensure a high

composition of small business subcontractors and boost small business spend

Incorporating CenturyLink’s protégé under the GSA Mentor-Protégé Program into

areas to help develop and expand contracting opportunities for them in

compliance with the objectives of our mentor- protégé agreement.






CenturyLink is proud to participate in the GSA Mentor-Protégé program and

complies with GSA’s incentive for prime contractors per GSAM (GSAR) 519.7004 9 (c )

(1). CenturyLink’s Mentor-Protege Agreement and Program Plan have been

incorporated as Appendix B and Appendix C, respectively, at the end of this document.

SUBCONTRACTOR SELECTION STRATEGY

As part of our strategy to meet the small business subcontracting goals, CenturyLink

has assembled a diverse team that can effectively respond to TO requests in a timely

manner.

The CenturyLink team includes Federal

service providers that align with EIS functional

areas and are recruited on the basis of their core

capabilities, past performance, financial stability,

and geographic coverage. Our subcontractors

not only complement CenturyLink’s suite of

telecommunications service offerings, but they

also have recent DoD and civilian agency experience in successfully performing work

for the Federal Government similar to that required by the EIS Request for Proposal

(RFP). The CenturyLink EIS team is ready to perform throughout the entire U.S.

(CONUS and OCONUS), as well as at international sites. Our combined CenturyLink

and subcontractor experience will ultimately benefit GSA’s EIS program with clear

approaches to current and existing challenges.

(1) Demonstrate that its subcontracting plan represents a creative and innovative

program for involving small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, women-

owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran owned small business

concerns in performing the contract.

CenturyLink will use our “We talk, We listen, We innovate” business development,

marketing and innovation model throughout the EIS acquisition lifecycle to facilitate our

market research, agency market research, product development, and small business

participation. This approach includes a series of two-day events that provide information

CenturyLink Has Assembled an Optimal

Subcontracting Team for EIS

Subcontractor core competencies align with

CenturyLink coverage to meet EIS

subcontracting goals

Recent and relevant federal experience

Team structure that maximizes small

business participation






sharing opportunities between regional customers who interact with CenturyLink’s

futurists and technologists and other innovators in the emerging business community,

including CenturyLink agency customers. These events, which take place in

Denver, CO, Washington, D.C. and Monroe, LA, will enable accessible user

participation across geographically dispersed locations.

Session One We Talk about CenturyLink’s emerging capabilities and technologies in a Technical

Advisory Briefing for key customers

Session Two We Listen to key customer’s in a user’s forum describe their evolving challenges

and business needs

Session Three We Innovate to provide an award to the selected micro-business of startup capital

and opportunities to participate with CenturyLink and its government customers in

pilots of new and emerging capabilities. Similar to the ACT-IAC Igniting

Innovation awards that CenturyLink sponsors but in this case targeted specifically

at small business.




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(3) Demonstrate through its plan that it understands the small business

subcontracting program’s objectives and GSA’s expectations, and it is committed

to taking those actions necessary to meet these goals or objectives.

CenturyLink’s subcontracting plan aligns with GSA Small Business Program

objectives to support small business growth, as we offer small businesses an

opportunity to gain invaluable past performance experience and demonstrate their

competencies through subcontracting and eventual prime contracting work. This

operational model creates a solid value proposition that is beneficial to GSA and

provides a cost effective solution for goods and services through our small business

subcontractors. CenturyLink’s demonstrates its small business utilization efforts through

extensive planning efforts in the procurements of goods and services in our

subcontracting plan.

CenturyLink is confident that we can meet the subcontracting target goals for this

EIS solicitation due to increased outreach activities that expand our vendor portfolio,

enhanced opportunities under our mentor-protégé program, innovative programs such

as our “We Talk, Listen and Innovate” program, and other small business utilization

strategies.




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D. CenturyLink identifies potential subcontractors using the following source

lists and organizations:

CenturyLink has a wide breadth of sources available to identify potential

subcontractors for solicitation purposes:

a. Primary: Existing CenturyLink source lists, existing CenturyLink Corporate

source lists, Small Business Administration, Small, Small Disadvantaged,

Women-Owned, Veteran Owned, and Service Disabled Veteran Owned

business trade associations as well as suppliers that utilize the

aforementioned business concerns themselves.

b. Secondary: National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and

their regional affiliates, Women's Business Enterprise National Council

(WBENC), Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the Association

for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM), the American

Council for Technology (ACT) - Industry Advisory Council (IAC), the Armed

Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), The

Professional Services Council (PSC), System for Award Management

(SAM.gov), Dynamic Small Business Search, Ethnic Business Chambers of

Commerce, Procurement Conferences, Trade Shows, Veteran’s

Organizations, CenturyLink Employee's Ethnic Organizations and direct

inquires from small business concerns through the small, minority and women

owned business website.

Once a potential subcontracting source has been identified, an in-depth analysis of

its product and/or service capabilities, past performance, financial stability and

references is conducted. Once this analysis is complete, the source is entered into the

CenturyLink database. When a need is identified, the most qualified vendors are

selected for Request for Quote/Request for Proposal (RFQ/RFP submission.

CenturyLink analyzes all bids then selects the most qualified vendor.

CenturyLink supports many of the trade fairs, ethnic business chambers of

commerce and associations throughout the country. There is CenturyLink

representation on the NMSDC board and its regional affiliates. CenturyLink






representatives attend many of the local trade fairs including those of the SBA, MBDA,

and ethnic business chambers. At these functions, the representatives are available to

identify potential small business resources and to answer any questions. Human

resources are not the only resources provided by CenturyLink. The company funds

these organizations through its support and sponsorship of various trade fairs,

conferences, and expositions each year.

CenturyLink has also sponsored networking sessions for its strategic suppliers and

potential small business subcontractors to meet one another for the purpose of forming

alliances to meet our needs.

E. Indirect costs HAVE BEEN (or) X HAVE NOT BEEN included in the

dollar and percentage subcontracting goals stated above.

IV. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR:

Name: Debra Crafter

Title/Position: Subcontracts Analyst III—Federal

Address: 2900 Towerview Road, Suite 140, Herndon, VA 20171

Telephone: (703) 387-9019

Fax: (703) 464-7506

Email Address: [email protected]

(1)Duties: Assist SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB and WOSB concerns by

arranging solicitations, time for the preparation of bids, quantities, specifications, and

delivery schedules so as to facilitate the participation by such concerns. Where the

Contractor’s lists of potential SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB and WOSB

subcontractors are excessively long, reasonable effort shall be made to give all such

small business concerns an opportunity to compete over a period of time.

In order to effectively implement this plan to the extent consistent with efficient contract

performance, CenturyLink will perform the following functions:






(1) Assist small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-

owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and

women-owned small business concerns by arranging solicitations, time for the

preparation of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules so as to facilitate

the participation by such concerns. Where CenturyLink’s lists of potential small

business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small

business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned

small business subcontractors are excessively long, it will make reasonable effort shall

be made to give all such small business concerns an opportunity to compete over a

period of time.

(2) Provide adequate and timely consideration of the potentialities of small business

SB, veteran-owned small businessVOSB, service-disabled veteran-owned small

business SDVOSB, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged businessSDB, and

women-owned small business WOSBconcerns in all "“make-or-buy"” decisions.

(3) Counsel and discuss subcontracting opportunities with representatives of small

businessSB, veteran-owned small businessVOSB, service-disabled veteran-owned

small businessSDVOSB, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged businessSDB,

and women-owned small business firmsWOSB.

(4) Confirm that a subcontractor representing itself as a HUBZone small business

concern is identified as a certified by SBA as a HUBZone small business concern by

accessing the SAM database or by contacting SBA.in accordance with FAR 52.219-8

(d)(2).

(5) Provide notice to subcontractors concerning penalties and remedies for

misrepresentations of business status as small, veteran-owned small business,

HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, or women-owned small business for the purpose

of obtaining a subcontract that is to be included as part or all of a goal contained in its

subcontracting plan.

(6) For all competitive subcontracts over the simplified acquisition threshold in which

a small business concern received a small business preference, upon determination of






the successful subcontract offeror, prior to award of the subcontract, it will inform each

unsuccessful small business subcontract offeror in writing of the name and location of

the apparent successful offeror and if the successful subcontract offeror is a small

business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small

business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned

small business concern.

(7) Assign each subcontract the NAICS code and corresponding size standard that

best describes the principal purpose of the subcontract.

(8) 6.Develop and promote company/division policy statements that demonstrate the

company’s/division’s support for awarding contracts and subcontracts to SB, VOSB,

SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB and WOSB concerns.

(9) 7.Develop and maintain bidders’ lists of SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB

and WOSB concerns from all possible sources.

(10) 8.Ensure periodic rotation of potential subcontractors on bidders’ lists.

(11) 9.Ensure that SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB and WOSB concerns are

included on the bidders’ list for every subcontract solicitation for products and services

they are capable of providing.

(12) 10.Ensure that subcontract procurement “packages” are designed to permit the

maximum possible participation of SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB and WOSB

concerns.

(13) 11.Review subcontract solicitations to remove statements, clauses, etc., which

might tend to restrict or prohibit SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB and WOSB

concerns.

(14) 12.Ensure that the subcontract bid proposal review board documents its

reasons for not selecting any low bids submitted by SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone,

SDB and WOSB concerns.

(15) 13.Oversee the establishment and maintenance of contract and subcontract

award records.






(16) 14. Attend or arrange for the attendance of company counselors at Business

Opportunity Workshops, Minority Business Enterprise Seminars, Trade Fairs, etc.

(17) 15. Directly or indirectly counsel SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB and

WOSB concerns on subcontracting opportunities and how to prepare bids to the

company.

(18) 16. Conduct or arrange training for purchasing personnel regarding the intent

and impact of Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act on purchasing procedures.

(19) 17. Develop and maintain an incentive program for buyers that support the

subcontracting program.

(20) 18. Monitor the company’s performance and make any adjustments necessary

to achieve the subcontract plan goals.

(21) 19. Prepare and submit timely reports.

(22) 20.Coordinate the company’s activities during compliance reviews by Federal

agencies.

V. EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY:

CenturyLink will make every effort to ensure that all small business concerns have

an equitable opportunity to compete for subcontracts. These efforts may include one or

more of the following activities:

A. Outreach efforts to obtain sources:

X Contacting minority and small business trade associations.

_X_ Contacting business development organizations.

_X_ Requesting sources from SAM and Dynamic Small Business Search.

_X_ Attending small and minority business trade fairs and procurement conferences.

B. Internal efforts to guide and encourage purchasing personnel:

_X_ Presenting workshops, seminars and training programs.






_X_ Establishing, maintaining and using small, HUBZone small, small

disadvantaged, women-owned small, veteran-owned small, and service-disabled

veteran-owned small business source lists, guides, and other data for soliciting

subcontracts.

_X_ Monitoring activities to evaluate compliance with the subcontracting plan.

VI. ASSURANCES OF CLAUSE INCLUSION AND FLOW DOWN:

CenturyLink agrees to include the FAR Clause 52.219-8, “Utilization of Small

Business Concerns” in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities,

and will require all subcontractors (except small business concerns) that receive

subcontracts in excess of $700650,000 ($1,500,000 for construction of any public

facility) with further subcontracting possibilities to adopt a subcontracting plan that

complies with the requirements of the clause at FAR 52.219-9 (November 2016)OCT

2014), Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

VII. REPORTING AND COOPERATION:

CenturyLink agrees to:

(10)(i) Cooperate in any studies or surveys as may be required;

(ii) Submit periodic reports so that the government can determine the extent of

compliance by the offeror with the subcontracting plan;

(iii) After November 30, 2017, include subcontracting data for each order when

reporting subcontracting achievements for indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity

(iv) Submit the Individual Subcontract Report (ISR), and/or the Summary

Subcontract Report (SSR) in accordance with paragraph (1) of FAR 52.219-9 (d) using

the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) (http://www.esrs.gov), following

the instructions in the eSRS.; The reports shall provide information on subcontract

awards to small business concerns (including ANCs and Indian tribes that are not small

businesses), veteran-owned small business concerns, service-disabled veteran-owned

small business concerns, HUBZone small business concerns, small disadvantaged

business concerns (including ANCs and Indian tribes that have not been certified by

SBA as small disadvantaged businesses), women-owned small business concerns, and






for NASA only, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions.

Reporting shall be in accordance with FAR 52.219-9, or as provided in agency

regulations;

(iv) Ensure that its subcontractors with subcontracting plans agree to submit the ISR

and/or the SSR using the eSRS;

(vi) Provide its prime contract number and its DUNS number and the e-mail address

of the CenturyLink official responsible for acknowledging receipt of or rejecting the

ISRsreports, to all first-tier subcontractors with subcontracting plans so they can enter

this information into the eSRS when submitting their ISRsreports; and

(vii) Require that each subcontractor with a subcontracting plan provide the prime

contract number, and its own DUNS number, and the e-mail address of the

subcontractor’s government or CenturyLink official responsible for acknowledging

receipt of or rejecting the ISRsreports, to its subcontractors with subcontracting plans.

Reports are to be submitted within 30 days after the close of each calendar period

as indicated in the following chart:

Calendar

Period

Report

Due

Date

Due Submit Reports to eSRS with email address for:

10/01–03/31 ISR 04/30 Contracting OfficerTimothy

Horan/[email protected]

04/01–09/30 ISR 10/30 Timothy Horan/[email protected]

Officer/SBTA

10/01–09/30 SSR 10/30 Timothy Horan/[email protected]

Officer/SBTA

VIII. RECORDKEEPING:

CenturyLink will maintain records concerning procedures that have been adopted to

comply with the requirements and goals in the plan, including establishing source lists;

and a description of efforts to locate SB (including ANCs and Indian tribes), VOSB,

SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB (including ANCs and Indian tribes), and WOSB concerns






and award subcontracts to them. The records shall include at least the following (on a

plant-wide or company-wide basis, unless otherwise indicated):

1. Source lists (e.g., SAM), guides, and other data that identify SB (including ANCs

and Indian tribes), VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB (including ANCs and Indian

tribes), and WOSB concerns.

2. Organizations contacted in an attempt to locate sources that are SB (including

ANCs and Indian tribes), VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB (including ANCs and

Indian tribes), and WOSB concerns.

3. Records on each subcontract solicitation resulting in an award of more than

$150,000, indicating:

(A) Whether small business concerns were solicited and, if not, why not;

(B) Whether veteran-owned small business concerns were solicited and, if not,

why not;

(C) Whether service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns were

solicited and, if not, why not;

(D) Whether HUBZone small business concerns were solicited and, if not, why

not;

(E) Whether small disadvantaged business concerns were solicited and, if not,

why not;

(F) Whether women-owned small business concerns were solicited and, if not,

why not; and

(G) If applicable, the reason award was not made to a small business concern.

4. Records of any outreach efforts to contact:

(A) Trade associations;

(B) Business development organizations;

(C) Conferences and trade fairs to locate small, HUBZone small, small

disadvantaged, service-disabled veteran-owned, and women-owned small

business sources; and

(D) Veterans service organizations.






5. Records of internal guidance and encouragement provided to buyers through:

(A) Workshops, seminars, training, etc.; and

(B) Monitoring performance to evaluate compliance with the program's

requirements.

6. On a contract-by-contract basis, records to support award data submitted by the

offeror to the government, including the name, address, and business size of

each subcontractor.

IX. STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS (Found at FAR 19.702)

Any contractor receiving a contract for more than the simplified acquisition

threshold must agree in the contract that SB (including ANCs and Indian tribes),

VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB (including ANCs and Indian tribes), and

WOSB concerns will have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate

in contract performance consistent with its efficient performance.

It is further the policy of the United States that its prime contractors establish

procedures to ensure the timely payment of amounts due pursuant to the terms

of their subcontracts with SB (including ANCs and Indian tribes), VOSB,

SDVOSB, HUBZone, SDB (including ANCs and Indian tribes), and WOSB

concerns.

See 19.702(a)(1) for requirements that are imposed in negotiated acquisitions,

and (a)(2) for requirements that are imposed in sealed bidding acquisitions.

As stated in 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(8), any contractor or subcontractor failing to

comply in good faith with the requirements of the subcontracting plan is in

material breach of its contract. Further, 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(F) directs that a

contractor’s failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements

of the subcontracting plan shall result in the imposition of liquidated damages (see

19.702(c) and 19.705-7).






X. DESCRIPTION OF GOOD FAITH EFFORT (Also refer to 13 CFR 125.3(d),

Determination of Good Faith Effort)

CenturyLink will take the following steps to demonstrate compliance with a good

faith effort in achieving small business subcontracting goals:

(a) Assure it will make a good faith effort to acquire articles, equipment, supplies,

services, or materials, or obtain the performance of construction work from the small

business concerns that CenturyLink used in preparing the bid or proposal, in the same

or greater scope, amount, and quality used in preparing and submitting the bid or

proposal. Responding to a request for a quote does not constitute use in preparing a bid

or proposal.

(b). Assure that it will provide the Contracting Officer with a written explanation if

CenturyLink fails to acquire articles, equipment, supplies, services or materials or obtain

the performance of construction work as described in FAR 52.219-9(d)(12). This written

explanation will be submitted to the Contracting Officer within 30 days of contract

completion.

(c ) Assure that it will not prohibit a subcontractor from discussing with the

Contracting Officer any material matter pertaining to payment to or utilization of a

subcontractor.

(d)(a) Counsel small businesses on subcontracting opportunities that may exist, as

well as developing possible mentor protégé relationships through participation in federal

programs.

(e)(b) Maintain liaison with CenturyLink Procurement and Contracting personnel on

SB, HZSB, SDB, SDVOB, VOSB, and WOSB concerns.

(f)(c ) Monitor compliance with the 'Utilization of Small Business Concerns' clause.

(g)(d) Administer the Company's Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

(h)(e) Disseminate information regarding the Company's plan and Program to

CenturyLink Contracting agents.






SIGNATURE REQUIRED:

This subcontracting plan was SUBMITTED by:

Signature: Debra Crafter

Typed Name: Debra Crafter

Company Title: Subcontracts Analyst III—Federal

Date Signed: March 31, 2017October 7, 2016

Government Contracting Officer APPROVAL:

Signature:

Printed Name:

Agency:

Date Signed:




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