SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- PURCHASE OF ION MILLING AND POLISHING SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 5/14/2004
- 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-0533
- Response Due
- 5/28/2004
- Archive Date
- 5/29/2004
- Point of Contact
- Joseph Widdup, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6324, Fax (301) 975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
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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; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation Number is SB1341-04-Q-0533. 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 a competitive, 100% small business set-aside basis. The NAICS code for this solicitation is 334516, and the small business size standard for that NAICS code is 500 or fewer employees. The contract line item number, its description, quantity and unit of issue is: Item No. 0001, Ion Milling and Polishing System (Ion Mill), Quantity: 1, Unit: Each. THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR ITEM NUMBER 0001 MAY BE OBTAINED BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO REQUEST THEM TO JOSEPH.WIDDUP@NIST.GOV NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2004. THE SPECIFICATIONS WILL THEN BE EMAILED TO THE SPECIFIED EMAIL ADDRESS IN MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT. Item number 0001 MUST be priced on an F.O.B. Destination basis. Delivery for Item Number 0001 will be required to 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 FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors?Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. PRICING FOR ITEM 0001 MUST BE VALID FOR AT LEAST 45 DAYS. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clause at FAR 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 clause 52.212-5 that apply to this solicitation include: (5)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; (14) 52.222-3, Convict Labor; (15) 52.222-19, Child Labor?Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; (16) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (17) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (18) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (19) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (20) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (25) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; (26) Sanctioned European Union Country End Products; (27) 52.225-16, Sanctioned European Union Country Services; (30); (29) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer?Central Contractor Registration. FAR provisions and clauses cited in this solicitation are accessible at http://www.acqnet.gov/far under the button Current FAR in Part 52. AT A MINIMUM, EACH OFFEROR SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING WITH THEIR QUOTE: (1) Detailed technical literature that shows what is being offered for Item Number 0001 (including specifications that show dimensions, performance characteristics, functions, etc.); (2) F.O.B. Destination-based Firm-Fixed-Price for Item Number 0001; (3) At least three, but preferably 5, past performance references for SIMILAR contracts/orders completed within the past 3 years (or which 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; (4) Both duration of warranty AND nature of warranty offered for Item Number 0001 (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); (5) DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING HOW WARRANTY SERVICE WOULD BE PROVIDED, IF NECESSARY, BY THE CONTRACTOR AFTER AWARD, INCLUDING, AT A MINIMUM, RESPONSES TO THE FOLLOWING (A) THROUGH (D): (a) whether the item would have to be shipped by NIST to the Contractor or whether the Contractor would perform on-site (at NIST) warranty service; (b) If the item would have to be shipped to the contractor, the location(s) (city, state, country, etc.) to where it would have to be shipped for warranty service; (c) If the item would have to be shipped to the Contractor, who would pay for the shipping costs (NIST or the Contractor); and (d) Current availability and location(s) of spare/replacement parts for Item Number 0001; (5) A completed copy of FAR provision 52.212-3, with all which is accessible on the internet in .html format for .pdf format at http://www.acqnet.gov/far under the button Current FAR in Part 52; (6) Indication of maximum number of days, after receipt of order, that Item Number 0001 would be delivered to the NIST shipping and receiving dock; (7) List of what items and/or services that NIST would have to provide the Contractor during installation for the Contractor to complete the installation of Item Number 0001 (applies only if the Offeror would be required to install Item Number 0001); and (8) List of assumptions made by the Offeror in submitting the quote that relate to Contractor performance after award. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation?Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (1) Technical acceptability of item offered, in terms of whether it meets or exceeds the minimum specifications for this solicitation; (2) Availability of spare/replacement parts; (3) Ease of obtaining timely warranty service for Item Number 0001; (4) past performance information for the Offeror, and (5) evaluated price. Non-price evaluation factors are equally important, and non-price evaluation factors, collectively, are significantly more important than evaluated price. 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 MAY 21, 2004. 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: PAYMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 0001 WILL ONLY BE MADE AFTER THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVES THE ENTIRE ITEM AND THEREAFTER ACCEPTS ITL THE CONTRACTOR MAY THEN BUBMIT A PROPER INVOICE FOR PAYMENT OF THE ITEM TO THE NIST ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OFFICE. (ADVANCE PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE TO THE CONTRACTOR BEFORE NIST ACCEPTS THE EQUIPMENT.) OFFERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL ONLY IN .doc, .xls AND/OR .pdf FORMAT(S) TO joseph.widdup@nist.gov NO LATER THAN MAY 28, 2004. The pricing portion of the offer must be submitted separate from the rest of the offer, and must be submitted in .xls format. OFFER MUST BE RECEIVED AT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS NO LATER THAN 12:00 PM EASTERN TIME ON THAT DAY. 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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