SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Experimental glass ceramic casting, Corning Inc. proprietary manufacturing process.
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 327212
— Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Aberdeen, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Aberdeen, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013
- ZIP Code
- 21005-3013
- Solicitation Number
- W91CRB08T0122
- Response Due
- 8/22/2008
- Archive Date
- 10/21/2008
- Point of Contact
- Anthony Kelly, 410-278-3576<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared under the authority of FAR 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items and in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The combined synopsis/solicitation number is W91CRB08T0122. Requirement is for Experimental glass-ceramic casting trial using Cornings proprietary Macor manufacturing process for a new proprietary experimental composition. Requirement is for 125 cast blocks yielding 50-60 blocks (best effort only), 2.2 inches as cast, 14 inches by 15 inches, edges cast with typical chill wrinkle. Requirement is in support of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program. THIS IS FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type contract on a sole source basis to Corning Inc., PO Box 75122 Charlotte, NC 28275, under the statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Contractors are requested to provide FOB Destination pricing for the quantities indicated as well as a delivery schedule. The ship to destination is Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland, 21005. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. This contract will be awarded on an all or nothing basis. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (j) of 52.212-3 if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) through (i) of this provision and provide it with offers. The clause at 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; 5 2.212-4, 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. Additional FAR clauses cited in this clause are applicable: (7) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; (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 Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, (19) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action For Workers with Disabilities, (20) 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era, (25) 52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (31) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (May 1999). A completed copy of the provision at DFARS 252.212-7000, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, must be provided with offers. The clause at DFARS 252.212-7001 applies to this acquisition. The clause at DFARS 252.225-7012 applies to this acquisition. Additional clauses that apply to this acquisition: 52.246-2, Inspection of Supplies-Fixed Price, 52.246-15 Certificate of Conformance (Apr 1984), 52.204-7 Required Central Contractor Registration, 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration. The full text of the FAR and DFARS references may be accessed electronically at this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Responses to this RFQ must be signed, dated, and received by 22 August 2008 (Friday), no later than 2:00 PM EST at the US Army RDECOM Acquisition Center, AMSRD-ACC-CC (Anthony Kelly), 4118 Susquehanna Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013. ***NOTE: E-mail submissions are acceptable/preferred, however, do not send.zip files, as they will be automatically deleted by our e-mail server. Vendors who are not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award will not be considered. Vendors may register with CCR by calling 1-800-334-3414 or by registering online at www.ccr.gov. For questions concerning this solicitation contact Anthony Kelly, Contract Specialist, phone (410) 278-3576, fax (410) 306-3867, or email anthony.hugh.kelly@us.army.mil
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- Place of Performance
- Address: RDECOM Acquisition Center - Aberdeen ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue Aberdeen Proving Ground MD<br />
- Zip Code: 21005-3013<br />
- Zip Code: 21005-3013<br />
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