Number: 5338578
Country: United States
Source: Federal Business Opportunities
This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for one Electron Backscatter Diffraction detector. Please see attached Statement of Work for further details.
The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through FAC 2005-96.
The NAICS Code and the small business size standard for this procurement are 334516 and 1000 respectively. The offeror shall state in their offer their size status for this procurement.
All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.
Delivery to NASA, Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Texas 77058 is required within twelve weeks ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination.
Offers for the items described above are due by 4:30 pm Central Standard Time on November 23, 2017 to [email protected] and must include solicitation number, FOB destination to this Center, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of any special commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Offerors are encouraged to use the Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items form found at URL: http://server-mpo.arc.nasa.gov/Services/NEFS/NEFSHome.tml
Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 (JAN 2017), Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, which is incorporated by reference. If the end product offered is other than domestic end product as defined in the clause entitled "Buy American Act -- Supplies," the offeror shall so state and shall list the country of origin.
FAR 52.212-4 (JAN 2017), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items is applicable. FAR 52.212-5 (NOV 2017), Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items is applicable.
The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html
The NFS may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm
All contractual and technical questions must be emailed to [email protected] not later than November 16, 2017. Telephone questions will not be accepted.
Selection and award will be in accordance with FAR 52.212-2 (OCT 2014) with the following evaluation factors: Technical acceptability and past performance, when combined, will be more important than price in selection for award. Technical acceptability will be determined by review of information submitted by the offeror which must provide a description in sufficient detail to show that the product offered meets the Government"s requirement.
Offerors must include completed copies of the provision at 52.212-3 (NOV 2017), Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items with their offer. The provision may be obtained via the internet at URL: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/reghtml/regs/far2afmcfars/fardfars/far/52_000.htm. These representations and certifications will be incorporated by reference in any resultant contract. NASA Clause 1852.215-84 (NOV 2011), Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.
Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combination synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). It is the Offeror"s responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any).
The purpose of this amendment is to clarify that this combined synopsis/RFQ is not a small business set-aside, but a full and open competition. This modification also adds the clauses listed below.
Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: 52.204-7
The following clauses are incorporated by reference: 52.204-10, 52.203-6, 52.219-28, 52.219-8, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-50, 52.223-18, 52.225-1, 52.225-13, and 52.232-33.
The due date for receipt of offers is not being extended.
Companies shall provide the information stated in the synopsis/RFQ posted on FedBizOpps.gov on November 9, 2017. Documents related to this procurement are available over the Internet. These documents reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server which may be accessed using a WWW browser application.
