SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Personal Airborne PM Monitors
- Notice Date
- 12/4/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-07-00043
- Response Due
- 12/20/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/20/2007
- Description
- NAICS Code: 334519 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. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is RFQ-RT-07-00043 and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-14. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 334519 and the business size standard is 500 employees. Full and open competition procedures will be utilized. A firm, fixed price purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. This procurement is for the acquisition of nine (9) personal airborne particulate monitors (monitor). The critical specifications for the monitor are: it must provide real-time continuous monitoring of particulate matter (PM) mass concentrations (expressed in micrograms per cubic meter) of particles in the size range of 0.1 - 10 micrometers; it must be portable, battery operated, and lightweight (0.5 kg or less); it must have sufficient sensitivity to measure ambient levels of PM with a resolution of 1 microgram per cubic meter; and, it must be capable of logging large numbers of data points (10,000 or more) collected at shot time intervals (1 sec. - 1 min., at a minimum), which can be retrieved via an RS-232 interface with a computer. The monitor must be third-party, i.e. UL, listed. The monitor shall be delivered f.o.b. Destination to Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, 27703. The Government intends to award a single order to the lowest price quote that meets all Government specifications. Quotations must include sufficient material (such as narrative technical specifications, photos, brochures, etc.) to permit the government to determine that the proposed monitor will meet the EPA's critical specifications. Any specific variances from the specifications shall be addressed by the vendor with respect to how the vendor=s proposal provides alternative equivalence. The Government reserves the right to require additional pricing information, if necessary, to determine that the proposed price is reasonable. The following FAR provisions shall apply to this solicitation: 52 212 1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items. All offerors are to include, with their offer, a completed copy of provision 52.212 3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The following FAR clause applies to this acquisition: 52.212 4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses which are cited in Clause 52.212 5 are applicable to the acquisition: 52.222-3 Convict Labor; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222 26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222 35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222 36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222 37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.2225 1, Buy American Act--Balance of Payments Program-Supplies; and, 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. Commercial Buy clauses for this RFQ are available on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Click on the REQUEST FOR QUOTATION section and click on the solicitation. Near the top of the page COMMERCIAL BUY CLAUSES AND FORMS sections are provided for your convenience. All offers are due by December 20, 2006, 3:00 p.m. EDT, by fax to: (919) 541-4273 or e-mail to: Mattison.Barbara@epa.gov. No telephone calls or faxed requests for the Request for Quotation will be honored.
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