SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Water Quality Sondes - Schedule of Items
- Notice Date
- 8/12/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Forest Service - R-10 Tongass National Forest
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-0116-S-11-0152
- Point of Contact
- Kim B Toland, Phone: 907-772-5804
- E-Mail Address
-
kimtoland@fs.fed.us
(kimtoland@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Schedule of Items 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. The solicitation number is AG-0116-S-11-0152 and this solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-53. This is a small business set-aside with an associated NAICS code of 334516 and small business size standard of 500 employees. See attached Schedule of Items for contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure. 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) (a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation. (b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by- (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications. (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer. (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. (End of provision) The provision "52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items" applies to this acquisition. The provision "52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items", applies to this acquisition and the specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of that provision, are as follows: 1. Technical Factors: a. Degree of capability to measure pH, SpC, turbidity, water temperature, and pressure for resurgence springs in a karst watershed where young growth thinning will occur. Additionally, we evaluate the sondes ability to collect baseline water quality data for the sub basin and to begin to characterize aquifer response. b. Dependability of the equipment to operate in harsh Alaskan environment. 2. Price. 3. Technical factors when combined are more important than price. All offerors must provide a completed copy of "52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items". The provision can be obtained from this website: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html FAR Clause "52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items" applies to this acquisition and includes the following addenda to this clause incorporated in full or by reference. FAR Clause "52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items" (APR 2010). The following clauses are selected as applicable to the acquisition. __ (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2010) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). __ (6) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Dec 2010) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). __ (7) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (section 740 of Division C of Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Division D of Pub. L. 111-8, and section 745 of Division D of Pub. L. 110-161). __ (11)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (June 2003) (15 U.S.C. 644). __ (21) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Apr 2009) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). __ (24) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). __ (25) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jul 2010) (E.O. 13126). __ (26) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). __ (27) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). __ (29) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793). __ (34) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (DEC 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b). __ (36) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) (E.O. 13513). __ (38)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (June 2009) (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d, 19 U.S.C. 3301 note, 19 U.S.C. 2112 note, 19 U.S.C. 3805 note, Pub. L. 108-77, 108-78, 108-286, 108-302, 109-53, 109-169, 109-283, and 110-138). __ (40) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.'s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). __ (45) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003) (31 U.S.C. 3332). The date, time and place offers are due is August 26, 2011 at 10:00 am Alaska Daylight Savings Time. Quotes may be faxed to 907-772-5894, emailed to kimtoland@fs.fed.us or mailed to US Forest Service Contracting, PO Box 309, Petersburg, AK 99833. Send questions for more information to Kim Toland at email kimtoland@fs.fed.us, (907)772-5804.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA Forest Service, Thorne Bay Ranger District, P.O. Box 19001, Thorne Bay, Alaska, 99919, United States
- Zip Code: 99919
- Zip Code: 99919
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