SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Purchase of Superconducting Magnet System
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-04-Q-0648
- Response Due
- 7/2/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/6/2004
- Point of Contact
- Joseph Widdup, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6324, Fax (301) 975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
joseph.widdup@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation seeks quotes for NEW equipment only; the Government will not consider quotes for refurbished equipment. The Solicitation Number is SB1341-04-Q-0648. The solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The requisition document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-23. This solicitation is being conducted on an unrestricted competitive basis. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) (see http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html) code for this solicitation is 334516, and the small business size standard for that NAICS code is 500 or fewer employees. THIS SOLICITATION IS SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER NAICS 334516 ONLY. OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED FROM MANUFACTURERS OR THEIR AUTHORIZED RESELLERS ONLY. NIST intends to conduct an on-line competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by a third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid.com. FedBid.com has developed an on-line, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. Offerors may submit a series of pricing quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. All responsible sources MUST submit the pricing portion of their offer for this solicitation using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer. Offerors that are not currently registered to use FedBid.com Exchange should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID or via email at ClientServices@FedBid.com. NIST is taking this action in an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time quotes for products. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the bidding process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive bidding process. The solicitation pricing on FedBid.com will start on June 16, 2004, and end on July 2, 2004 at 12:00:00 pm Eastern Time. The list of contract line items numbers and items, quantities and units of measure are as follows, for which detailed specifications are included in the reverse auction at FedBid.com for this solicitation: Item No. 0001, Superconducting Magnet System that Meets or Exceeds the Specifications posted in the reverse auction on FedBid.com; Quantity: 1; Unit: Each; Item No. 0002: Contractor Installation of Item No. 0001 at NIST per the Requirements of the Specifications posted in the reverse auction on FedBid.com; Quantity: 1; Unit: Job; Item No. 0003: Contractor Acceptance Testing of Item No. 0001 per the Requirements of the Specifications posted in the reverse auction on FedBid.com; Quantity: 1; Unit: Job; Item No. 0004: User Documentation for Item No. 0001 in Accordance with the Specifications posted in the reverse auction; Quantity: 2; Unit: Each. Delivery for Item Number 0001 MUST be made to the address that will be specified in the purchase order (NIST, Building 301 Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001). The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer confirming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical acceptability of items offered, in terms of whether they meet or exceed the specifications listed in this solicitation; (2) past performance information for the Offeror, and (3) evaluated price. Non-price evaluation factors are equally important and, collectively, are approximately equal in importance to evaluated price. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with their offer, with all applicable sections therein completed by the Offeror. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; the additional FAR clauses cited in that clause that apply to this solicitation include: (5)(i) 52.219-6 Alternate I; (14) 52.222-3; (15) 52.222-19; (16) 52.222-21; (17) 52.222-26; (18) 52.222-35; (19) 52.222-36; (20) 52.222-37; (25) 52.225-13; (26) 52.225-15; (30) 52.232-33. ALL FAR provisions and clauses cited in this solicitation are accessible at http://www.acqnet.gov/far under the button Current FAR in part 52. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING PRICING AT FEDBID.COM FOR THIS SOLICITATION, EACH OFFEROR MUST PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE FOLLOWING DIRECTLY TO JOSEPH.WIDDUP@NIST.GOV (NOT THROUGH FEDBID.COM): (1) Detailed technical literature that shows what is being offered for each of the solicitation item numbers (including specifications that show dimensions, performance characteristics, functions, etc.); (2) At least three past performance references for SIMILAR contracts/orders completed within the past 3 years (or are currently being completed), to include the name of the Customer organization, a named point of contact in that organization that is familiar with the contract/order from a technical or contractual standpoint, their phone number, their email address, and their fax number; (3) Indication of both duration of warranty AND nature of warranty offered for each item number (the Government requires that the standard commercial warranty be offered for items being quoted for this solicitation; extended warranty may offered, and, if offered, it must be priced separately in the quotation); (4) Completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3, which is accessible on the internet in .html format for .pdf format at http://www.arnet.gov/far under the button Current FAR in Part 52 (may be faxed to Joseph Widdup at (301) 975-8884 if they cannot be emailed); (5) Indication of when Item Number 0001 would be delivered to the NIST shipping and receiving dock after receipt of order; (6) List of what items and/or services that NIST would have to provide in addition to those listed in the specifications (if applicable) to the Contractor during installation for the Contractor to complete the installation and/or acceptance testing of Item Number 0001); and (7) List of assumptions made by the Offeror in submitting the quote that relate to Contractor performance after award. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS SOLICITATION MUST BE SENT BY EMAIL ONLY TO JOSEPH.WIDDUP@NIST.GOV, AND MUST BE RECEIVED AT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, JUNE 24. Any amendments to this solicitation will be posted at www.fedbizopps.gov only and will not be released by other means to potential Offerors. NOTE: After award, payment for each item will ONLY be made AFTER the Government receives them and accepts them, and the Contractor thereafter submits a proper invoice to the NIST Accounts Payable Office for those line items. (Advance payment for a given item number will not be made to the Contractor before NIST accepts the applicable line item.) OFFERS, EXCLUDING PRICING (WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED ON FEDBID.COM) MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL ONLY IN .doc, .xls AND/OR .pdf FORMAT(S) TO JOSEPH.WIDDUP@NIST.GOV NO LATER THAN JULY 2, 2004. THE OFFER MUST BE RECEIVED AT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS NO LATER THAN 12:00 PM EASTERN TIME ON THAT DAY. PRICING FOR ALL OFFERED ITEMS MUST BE VALID FOR AT LEAST 60 DAYS. NONE OF THE FILES EMAILED TO JOSEPH.WIDDUP@NIST.GOV SHOULD CONTAIN ANY PRICING INFORMATION. 1352.252-71 SERVICE OF PROTEST (MARCH 2000). An agency protest may be filed with either (1) the Contracting Officer, or (2) at a level above the Contracting Officer, with the agency Protest Decision Authority. See 64 Fed. Reg. 16,651 (April 6, 1999) (Internet site: http://oamweb.osec.doc.gov/conops/reflib/alp1296/htm) for the procedures for filing agency protests at the level above the Contracting Officer (with the Protect Decision Authority). Agency protest filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address: ATTN ALBA SANCHEZ, CONTRACTING OFFICER, NIST, 100 BUREAU DR, MAIL STOP 3571, BLDG 301 ROOM B129, GAITHERSBURG, MD 20899-3571, FAX (301) 975-8884. If protest is filed with either the Protest Decision Authority, or with the General Accounting Office (GAO), a complete copy of protest (including all attachments) shall be served upon both the Contracting Officer and Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing with the Protest Decision Authority or with GAO. Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made, as follows: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL, CONTRACT LAW DIVISION?ROOM 5893, HERBERT C. HOOVER BUILDING, 14TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230, ATTN: MARK LANGSTEIN, ESQ., FAX: (202) 482-5858.
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