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Contract Clauses for Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 Refresh Number 9 Contract Number: GS-07F-0031W <br />(2) Orders set aside for small business concerns under multiple -award contracts as described in <br />8.405-5 and 16.505(b)(2)(i)(F). <br />(c) General. <br />(1) Offers are solicited only from small business concerns and Federal Prison Industries, Inc. <br />(FPI). Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns or FPI shall be <br />considered nonresponsive and will be rejected. <br />(2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to either a small business concern or <br />FPI. <br />(d) Agreement. <br />A small business concern submitting an offer in its own name shall furnish, in performing the contract, <br />only end items manufactured or produced by small business concerns in the United States or its <br />outlying areas. If this procurement is processed under simplified acquisition procedures and the total <br />amount of this contract does not exceed $25,000, a small business concern may furnish the product of <br />any domestic firm. This paragraph does not apply to construction or service contracts. <br />52.223-18 ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR POLICIES TO BAN <br />TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING (AUG 2011) <br />(a) Definitions. As used in this clause — <br />"Driving" — <br />(1) Means operating a motor vehicle on an active roadway with the motor running, including <br />while temporarily stationary because of traffic, a traffic light, stop sign, or otherwise. <br />(2) Does not include operating a motor vehicle with or without the motor running when one has <br />pulled over to the side of, or off, an active roadway and has halted in a location where one can <br />safely remain stationary. <br />"Text messaging" means reading from or entering data into any handheld or other electronic device, <br />including for the purpose of short message service texting, e-mailing, instant messaging, obtaining <br />navigational information, or engaging in any other form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data <br />communication. The terns does not include glancing at or listening to a navigational device that is <br />secured in a commercially designed holder affixed to the vehicle, provided that the destination and <br />route are programmed into the device either before driving or while stopped in a location off the <br />roadway where it is safe and legal to park. <br />(b) This clause implements Executive Order 13513, Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging <br />while Driving, dated October 1, 2009. <br />(c) The Contractor should — <br />(1) Adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving — <br />(i) Company -owned or -rented vehicles or Government -owned vehicles; or <br />(ii) Privately -owned vehicles when on official Government business or when performing <br />any work for or on behalf of the Government. <br />(2) Conduct initiatives in a manner commensurate with the size of the business, such as — <br />(i) Establishment of new rules and programs or re-evaluation of existing programs to <br />Page:30 of 211 <br />