SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Centralized Environmental Monitoring System
- Notice Date
- 1/15/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Command, Great Plains Regional Contracting Ofc, Great Plains Regional Contracting Ofc, ATTN: MCAA GP L31 9V, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200
- ZIP Code
- 78234-6200
- Solicitation Number
- W81NTE83308501
- Response Due
- 1/23/2009
- Archive Date
- 3/24/2009
- Point of Contact
- James Metzger, 210-221-5022<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 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. Combined Synopsis/Solicitation W81NTE83308501 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-29. This acquisition is solicited on a 100% Small Business Set-Aside for NAICS 334513, size standard 500 employees. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The requirements of this solicitation are for a Centralized Environmental Monitoring System to provide alarming notification and data logging for designated refrigerators, freezers, and lab equipment for Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston TX 78234. Required delivery is 70 days ARO, FOB Destination. Line item no. 0001: Centralized Environmental Monitoring System in accordance with the sub line items and salient characteristics, 1 each. Sub line item 0001AA: AmegaView Software, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-AmegaView Software-WS or equal; 1 each. Sub line item 0001AB: AmegaView Communications Panel, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-Gateway-WS or equal; 9 each. Sub line item 0001AC: AmegaView Phone Dialer Panel, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-Dialer-WS or equal; 9 each. Sub line item 0001AD: Repeater, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-Repeater 4.9.9 or equal; 25 each. Sub line item 0001AE: Wireless External Temperature Transmitter, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-WS-418-TMP-EXT-10K or equal; 100 each. Sub line item 0001AF: Upgrade of Existing Rees Monitoring Systems, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-Upgrade or equal; 1 each. Sub line item 0001AG: System Installation, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-Amega-Install or equal; 1 each. Sub line item 0001AH: System Calibration and Qualification, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-Amega-Qualification or equal; 1 each. Line item 0002: System Maintenance, Amega Scientific Corp. item no. AS-Misc or equal; 1 year. Salient characteristics: - Centralized environmental monitoring system which provides alarming notification and data logging for designated refrigerators, freezers, and lab equipment to include integration of existing environmental monitoring systems into one centralized system. - Windows based multi-user software for use with a Government furnished SQL database. - Wireless system. - Includeds licensed software, user manual, 1 AS-Gateway and 1 AS-Dialer. - Gateway between server and input/output points and wireless receivers. - LAN connection. - 4 hour battery backup. - Informs users of alarms via voice - Receives transmissions from wireless sensors at either 418 or 900 MHz and relays at 900 MHz extending transmission range of wireless sensors. - Wireless external temperature transmitter with a measuring range of -40 DEG C to +85 DEG C. - Installation and validation of 100 wireless points, upgrade and integration of 114 Rees Scientific hardwired and wireless points, and upgrade and integration of 117 Amega Scientific hardwired points. - Integrate existing BAMC Rees Scientific environmental monitoring systems: DCI Clinical Investigations Hardwired (27 points), Stem Cell Lab Hardwired (23 points), Blood Bank Wireless (41 points), Akeroyd Blood Donor Center Hardwired/ Wireless (23 points) - Integrate existing BAMC Amega Scientific environmental monitoring system at VETCOM Bldg 2630, currently monitoring a total of 117 points. Not to exclude 6 Sensaphone remote monitoring devices throughout the MTF and various refrigerators/ freezers hardwired into the Facility Management building management system. - Include the following six (6) sites in the installation/ integration of the centralized environmental monitoring system: 1. Brooke Army Medical Center 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Bldg. 3600 2. Institute of Surgical Research 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Bldg. 3611 3. Microbiology VETCOM 2472 Scholfield Rd., Bldg. 2630 4. Akeroyd Blood Donor Center 1240 Harney Rd., Bldg. 1240 5. Mcwethy Troop Medical Clinic 1279 Garden Ave., Bldg. 1279 6. Camp Bullis Troop Medical Clinic USA8Z Health Clinic Bldg. MED 1 Camp Bullis, TX 78257 - Capable of being programmed and interrogated by multiple users simultaneously via the BAMC computer network. Client/ server based system with optional Web interface, capable of monitoring via hard wired, wireless, or any combination of wired and wireless monitoring probes. - Capable of operating independent of the PC or Network will perform all of the monitoring, alarming, data collection and off-site notification whether the graphical interface is operable (PC is on or off-line). - Forced comment capabilities that will force the users to add a comment in order to be able to turn On/Off alarms. - Fully compatible with the 2003 server or later. - Capable of using floor plans for identification of input locations at BAMC and outlining clinics. - Provides an audit log that documents all system program changes, input calibrations, and access code changes, in order to show what the conditions were, what they were changed to, and who changed them. - Sensors available in all of the following configurations: RTD Temperature Devices (2, 3, & 4 wire) Thermistor Temperature devices, Thermocouple Temperature Devices (J, K, &T), Ultra Cold Temperature Devices (-85 degree C), Cryogenic Temperature Devices (-200 degree C), DC Analog Inputs, DC Current Inputs, Temperature Only & Temperature Humidity Sensors, Shaker Sensors, and Switch Closures or Equal. - Utilizes existing infrastructures of all 5 environmental systems, including the reuse of wiring, wireless repeaters, and multiple dialers. - Capable of integrating the 4 existing Rees Scientific and 1 Amega Scientific environmental monitoring systems and adding 100 monitoring probes. - Provides inputs capable of 0.1 degree C resolution and continuous digital transmission at each sensor location. - Capable of monitoring of up to 500 wireless and or 1000 hard wired monitoring probes. - System is 21 CFR 11 compliant. - Installation, testing, calibration, and an annual validation of the sensors, hardware components, and software of requested centralized environmental system with supporting documentation. - Unlimited training of users on the operation and maintenance of the system. - 1 year maintenance of existing system with 117 sensors. The following FAR and DFARS provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1 [Instructions to Offerors]; Addendum 52.212-1; Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal applies to this acquisition. Vendors shall comply with FAR provision 52.211-6 if submitting other than the brand name products. Award will be all or none. FAR provisions and clauses can be viewed at Internet address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffar1.htm. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) provisions and clauses can be viewed at Internet address: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html All vendors are cautioned that if selected for award, they must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) program. The CCR can be accessed at Internet address: www.ccr.gov/. Confirmation of CCR registration will be validated prior issuance of an order. Vendors shall include completed copies of FAR 52.212-3 [Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items] and DFARS 252.212-7000 [Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items] with their quote. The closing date and time of this solicitation is 23 January 2009, 4:00 p.m. CST. Submit quotations on company letterhead signed by an authorized company representative by the closing date and time. Quotes may be submitted via mail, fax, or e-mail. (mail: Great Plains Regional Contracting Office, Attn: James Metzger, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive L31-9V, Fort Sam Houston TX 78234-6200; fax: (210) 221-5359, Attn: James Metzger; e-mail: james.metzger@us.army.mil). Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued and telephone, fax, or email requests for the solicitation will not be accepted. Point of contact: James Metzger, telephone: (210) 221-5022; email: james.metzger@us.army.mil The following is incorporated full text for FAR 52.212-2 [Evaluation-Commercial Items]: a. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible contractor whose quote, conforming to the solicitation, is Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA). Award will be on an all or none basis. The following factors will be used to evaluate quotes: Technical acceptability and price. 1. Technical acceptability: If providing an equal item(s), comply with FAR Clause 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal. Explain how your company will meet the salient characteristics of the items as specified in the solicitation. Prospective contractors shall demonstrate that the system offered complies with the technical requirements described in the salient characteristics by submission of a written capability statement with their offer. 2. Price. 3. Evaluation Process: All quotes will be evaluated on overall technical acceptability. The award decision will be based on the lowest priced technically acceptable quote. End Addendum 52.212-1; 52.212-4 [Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items]; Addendum 52.212-4; 52.211-6 [Brand Name or Equal]; 52.212-2 [Evaluation-Commercial Items]; 52.212-3 [Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items]; 52.219-1 [Small Business Program Representations]; 52.237-1 [Site Visit]; 52.237-2 [Protection of Government Buildings; Equipment, and Vegetation]; 252.209-7001 [Disclosure of Ownership or Control by the Government of a Terrorist Country]; 252.212-7000 [Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items] 252.225-7031 [Secondary Arab Boycott of Israel]; 252.232-7010 [Levies on Contract Payments]; 252.243-7001 [Pricing of Contract Modifications]; End Addendum 52.212-4; 52.212-5 [Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items] with sub clauses: 52.219-6 [Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside]; 52.219-28 [Post Award Small Business Program Representation] 52.222-3 [Convict Labor], 52.222-19 [Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies], 52.222-21 [Prohibition of Segregated Facilities], 52.222-26 [Equal Opportunity], 52.222-35 [Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans], 52.222-36 [Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities], 52.222-37 [Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam Era and Other Eligible Veterans], 52.222-50 [Combating Trafficking in Persons], 52.225-3 [Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act], 52.225-13 [Restrictions of Certain Foreign Purchases], 52.232-33 [Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration]; 252.212-7001 [Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items] with sub clauses: 252.225-7001 {Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program], 252.232-7003 [Electronic Submission of Payment Requests], 252.247-7023 [Transportation of Supplies by Sea Alternate III] (end)
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Brooke Army Medical Center 3851 Roger Brooke Dr. Fort Sam Houston TX<br />
- Zip Code: 78234-6200<br />
- Zip Code: 78234-6200<br />
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