SOLICITATION NOTICE
34 -- Tungsten Shield for 150% Efficiency HPGE Gamma Detector
- Notice Date
- 10/24/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 332999
— All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, RTP Procurement Operations Division, E105-02, RTP Procurement Operations Division (D143-01) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- PR-NC-08-10664
- Response Due
- 11/24/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/24/2008
- Point of Contact
- LANELLE T. SHANDS, Contract Specialist, Phone: 919-541-4278, E-Mail: shands.lanelle@epa.gov<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR 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. The solicitation number is PR-NC-08-10664, and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This requirement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-20. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 332999, which has a small business size standard of 500 employees. A firm, fixed-price contract is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. EPA has a requirement for a shield that is intended to provide an ultra-low radiation background for a high purity germanium detector to be used for general purpose high resolution gamma spectrometry of a wide range of sample types, including water, soil, and air. The selected contractor will install the tungsten powder in the shield assembly either at their place of manufacture, or after delivery to the National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL) in Montgomery, AL, at their option. The quotation must be firm fixed price and include any necessary travel and per diem expenses, if required, as outlined above. EPA will not separately reimburse travel expenses. Both items one and two must be properly packaged for shipment by motor freight. The NAREL cannot accept rail or bulk shipments. Furthermore, the small business must be able to purchase all necessary items, including the tungsten powder up front. Payment will not be made by the Government until all items have been delivered to NAREL. The Specifications for this requirement are posted on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. The Government will make an award to the responsible offeror who proposes the lowest price, technically acceptable offer. All offerors are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offer or Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders--Commercial Items; 52.204-6 Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number; 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration and the following additional FAR clauses which are cited in Clause 52.212-5; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-21, Prohibitions of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26,Equal Opportunity; 52-222-35, Affirmative Actions 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; 52.222-37; 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- Central Contractor Registration. All questions shall be forwarded via email to the Contract Specialist at the following email address: shands.lanelle@epa.gov, no later than November 5, 2008. If you obtain a copy of the RFQ via the Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the RFQ is posted for any amendments. All responsible sources may submit a quotation via e-mail on/or before November 24, 2008 by 12:00 p.m Eastern Standard Time. No telephonic or fax requests will be honored.
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