Number: 9522925
Country: United States
Source: Federal Business Opportunities
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6- Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a separate written solicitation document will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued under the authority of FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
This solicitation is a Request for Quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99, effective 6/19/2018.
The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 with a small business size standard of 1000 Employees. This acquisition will be a Total Small Business Set-Aside.
The Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), owns and maintains an extensive suite of electron microscopy tools for the characterization of materials at high spatial resolution. One class of these instruments is the transmission electron microscope (TEM), which can analyze the structure and chemistry of materials at the atomic-scale. An inherent limitation of these instruments is that the chamber where the specimen is located, must be kept under ultrahigh vacuum conditions to achieve the required spatial resolution. These conditions require that the specimen be completely dehydrated. However, analyst would prefer to observe the specimen in a liquid environment. As critical consumables are no longer supported, the group is requesting an upgrade.
The period of performance for the line item shall be in accordance with the following:
Line Item 0001: Delivery of One (1) Liquid Cell Holder, meeting all the specifications in accordance with the Statement of Work, inclusive of F.O.B Destination, Shipping, and Warranty.
Delivery The Liquid Cell Holder must be delivered within 30 days of the date of award. The items shall be shipped F.O.B Destination to:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Building 301, Room B129 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
FOB DESTINATION MEANS: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery.
EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR AWARD
The Government intends to award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quotation, conforming to the solicitation, is the lowest priced, technically acceptable quotation.
Technically acceptable means that the Contractor provides a Liquid Cell Holder, meeting the requirements specified in the Statement of Work, and the requirements of the Line Item. If a Contractor does not indicate how its proposed holder meets a certain minimum requirement, NIST will determine that it does not.
Price will be evaluated to determine that the total price is consistent with the technical portion of the quotation and is a fair and reasonable overall price to the Government.
REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS All Contractors shall submit the following: 1. For the purpose of evaluation of Technical Acceptability: Documentation including system requirements that confirms the contractor has demonstrated the ability to deliver the requirements of the Liquid Cell Holder, specified in the statement of work. Contractors shall include a copy of the quoted system"s manufacturers specifications.
2. Contractors shall provide a Firm-Fixed price quotation for the Liquid Cell Holder, to completer the requirements of the Statement of Work. Pricing shall be as follows:
CLIN 0001, Firm-Fixed Price (BASE LINE ITEM): Delivery of the Electron Microscope Liquid Cell Holder, meeting all specifications in accordance with the statement of work document inclusive of F.O.B Destination Shipping and Warranty. $__________________total firm-fixed price.
3. A complete version of all required solicitation provisions (see attached provisions/clauses document - required submissions highlighted in blue). 4. If the contractor objects to any of the terms and conditions contained in this solicitation, the contractor shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:" [Contractor shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s)].
It is the sole responsibility of the contractor to identify in their quote any exceptions to the terms and conditions of the solicitation. If the contractor does not include such a statement, the submission of a quotation in response to this solicitation will be regarded as the Contractor"s acceptance of the Government"s terms and conditions for inclusion into the resultant purchase order.
5. Quoters shall provide an active DUNS # for the System for Award Management (SAM) registration. Quoters must have an active registration at www.SAM.Gov to be considered for award.
Please note that this procurement IS NOT being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If a contractor submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price. However, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant Purchase Order, not the terms and conditions of the contractor"s FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation;
DUE DATE FOR QUOTATIONS E-mail quotations are required. All quotations must be submitted via e-mail to Tish Walker, Contract Specialist at [email protected] Submission must be received not later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 6, 2018. A quotation shall be considered received when it is received in the electronic inbox of Tish Walker, not later than the date and time identified herein.
All questions regarding this notice must be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday June 29, 2018. Questions submitted after this date may not be addressed by the Government prior to the quotation submission deadline.
PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The clauses and provisions applicable to this solicitation can be found under Applicable Clauses & Provisions. The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at https://farsite.hill.af.mil or www.acquisition.gov/far. The full text of a CAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at https://farsite.hill.af.mil or http://www.osec.doc.gov/oam/acquistion_management/policy/.
ATTACHMENTS: The following attachments apply to this solicitation: 1. The Statement of Work - Amended 2. Applicable Clauses & Provisions - Amended
