SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Low-emissivity-vacuum-enclosure
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334413
— Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB688000-14-03358
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2014
- Point of Contact
- T. Marks, Phone: 303-497-7763
- E-Mail Address
-
tpm1@nist.gov
(tpm1@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66- Laboratory Equipment and Supplies TITLE: - Low-emissivity-vacuum-enclosure SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB688000- 14-03358 RESPONSE DATE: September 3, 2014 CONTACT POINTS: Tiffany Marks, Contract Specialist, (303) 497-7763 Jo-Lynn Davis, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6337 DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a Low-emissivity-vacuum-enclosure to be used in the Optical Frequency Measurements Group at NIST, Boulder, CO. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-76 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010) Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to tpm1@nist.gov. Questions should be received no later than 5 calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. (End of Provision) The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334413 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. In accordance with the non-manufacturer rule, the contractor shall be a small business under the applicable size standard and shall provide either its own product or that of another domestic small business manufacturing or processing concern. See FAR 19.102(f) for additional information. All offerors shall provide a quotation for the following line items: Line Item 0001: eighteen (18) Custom Polished Plates - Low Emissivity Polished Aluminum Plates Line Item 0002: one (1) UHV Aluminum Box Chamber STATEMENT OF WORK: BACKGROUND: The Optical Frequency Measurements Group conducts cutting-edge research focused on generating stable optical frequencies and developing tools for measuring optical frequencies precisely. We are currently constructing an ultra-phase-stable laser system operating at 1156nm, an important part of our research and development of optical atomic clocks and ultra-low noise microwave generation. PURPOSE: The ultra-phase-stable laser system we are constructing is composed by a laser and a reference cavity. The latter has to be placed in a vacuum environment to minimize pressure-induced fluctuations in the optical path of the laser beam. The purpose of this purchase is the realization of the vacuum enclosure surrounding the cavity, according to our technical drawings. Additionally this cavity has to provide an effective thermal insulation, which in vacuum is realized by employing several layers of material with low-emissivity surface. For this purpose, according to our drawings, the so called low-emissivity-vacuum-enclosure is a combination of a low emissivity layers integrated with a vacuum chamber. Aluminum is chosen as material because of its vacuum compliance, achievable low-emissivity when high-polished and high thermal conductivity ensuring a uniform thermal environment for the cavity. DELIVERABLES: According to the drawings attached the parts requested are: n.1 vacuum chamber n.2 side walls n.18 low-emissivity layers Material: aluminum TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: We require the aluminum parts to be treated with vacuum-grade citric acid to remove machining oil and polishing rouge residues. The assembly <vacuum-enclosure and side-walls> has to be helium leak tested and certified at 10^-9 Torr liters/s. The low -emissivity polished surfaces are required to have a RMS roughness lower than 8 micro-inches. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS: In order to provide the needed thermally insulated environment inside the chamber it is important to have a low-emissivity finishing of the surfaces, with a final RMS roughness lower than 8 micro-inches. At the same time residues of the polishing rouge used for low-emissivity finishing have to be removed to ensure Ultra-High-Vacuum compliance. Therefore a vacuum-grade bath of all the parts is required at the end of the machining and polishing process. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY OR INFORMATION: Diode laser at 1156 nm, ULE spacer, active vibration isolation system and acoustic enclosure. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE: All the low-emissivity surfaces will be visually inspected. We will not accept inhomogeneity, defects and scratches in the low-emissivity and sealing surfaces. The total assembly will be tested with Viton sealing. We will not accept a final pressure higher than 10-8 Torr. Delivery The schedule for delivery is within 10 weeks after the receipt of the award. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference. All FAR clauses may be viewed at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. Provisions 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items Offerors shall complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. Clauses 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (APR 2010)--ALTERNATE II (APR 2010)-Commercial Items including subparagraphs: 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First Tier Subcontract Awards 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest when subcontracting with Contractor's Debarred, Suspended or proposed for Debarment 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; 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving 52.225-3, Buy American Act - Free Trade Agreements 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. 52.247-34 F.O.B. Destination 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority 1352.209-73 Compliance With The Laws 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest 1352.246-70 Place of Acceptance INSTRUCTIONS: Central Contractor Registration In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, the awardee must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov) prior to award. Refusal to register shall forfeit award. Due Date for Quotations Offerors shall submit their quotations so that NIST receives them not later than 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. FAX quotations shall not be accepted. E-mail quotations shall be accepted at tpm1@nist.gov. Offerors' quotations shall not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is entered into the e-mail address inbox set forth above. Acceptance of Terms and Conditions: This is an open-market solicitation for equipment as defined herein. The Government intends to award a Purchase Order as a result of this solicitation that will include the clauses set forth herein. The quotation should include one of the following statements: "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following: Offeror shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s) Note: This procurement is not being conducted under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program or another Government-Wide Area Contract (GWAC). If an offeror submits a quotation based upon an FSS or GWAC contract, the Government will accept the quoted price. However, the terms and conditions stated herein will be included in any resultant Purchase Order, not the terms and conditions of the offeror's FSS or GWAC contract, and the statement required above shall be included in the quotation. QUOTATION EVALUATION: Evaluation Factors Award shall be made to the offeror whose quotation offers the best value to the Government price and other factors considered. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following evaluation criteria: 1) Technical Capability 2) Experience, 3) Past Performance, and 4) Price. All non-price factors, when combined, are more important than OR approximately equally important to price. Technical Capability: No prototypes, demonstration models, used or refurbished instruments will be considered. Evaluation of technical capability shall be based on the information provided in the quotation. NIST will evaluate whether the offeror has demonstrated that its proposed equipment meets or exceeds all minimum requirements. Quotations that do not demonstrate the proposed equipment meets all requirements will not be considered further for award. If an offeror does not indicate whether its proposed equipment meets a certain minimum requirement, NIST will determine that it does not. NIST will give preference to offerors who demonstrate that their proposed equipment exceeds NIST's requirements. Experience: NIST will evaluate the extent of the offeror's experience providing similar equipment. NIST will give preference to offerors who demonstrate they have experience delivering the same equipment they are proposing for the current requirement. Past Performance: The Government will evaluate the Offeror's past performance information and, if appropriate, its proposed subcontractors' past performance to determine its relevance to the current requirement and the extent to which it demonstrates that the offeror has successfully completed relevant contracts in the past five years. In assessing the offeror's past performance information, NIST will evaluate, as appropriate, successful performance of contract requirements, quality and timeliness of delivery of goods and services, cost management, communications between contracting parties, proactive management and customer satisfaction.. Evaluation of this factor will be based on information contained in the technical portion of the quotation and information provided by references. The Government will evaluate past performance information by contacting appropriate references, including NIST references, if applicable. The Government may also consider other available information in evaluating the Offeror's past performance. The Government will assign a neutral rating if the offeror has no relevant past performance information. Price: The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness. Past Performance, Experience, and Price shall not be evaluated on quotes that are determined technically unacceptable under the Technical Capability Evaluation factor. Non-Governmental Acquisition Support The Government may utilize non-Governmental acquisition support for processing of quotations submitted in response to this solicitation. These individual(s) will have access to the quotation information and will be assisting the Contracting Officer in the procurement process by performing services including, but not limited to, preparing the quotations for submission to the technical evaluators, performing past performance checks, and preparing award documents. The non-Governmental acquisition support will not conduct technical evaluations of any quotation and will not be involved in the final decision as to the awardee under this procurement. 1352.233-70 AGENCY PROTESTS (APR 2010) (a) An agency protest may be filed with either: (1) the contracting officer, or (2) at a level above the contracting officer, with the appropriate agency Protest Decision Authority. See 64 Fed. Reg. 16,651 (April 6, 1999) (b) Agency protests filed with the Contracting Officer shall be sent to the following address: NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION ATTN: JO-LYNN DAVIS, CONTRACTING OFFICER 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (c) Agency protests filed with the agency Protest Decision Authority shall be sent to the following address: NIST/ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION ATTN: HEAD OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICE (HCO) 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (d) A complete copy of all agency protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel within one day of filing a protest with either the Contracting Officer or the Protest Decision Authority. (e) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows: U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230. FAX: (202) 482-5858 1352.233-71 GAO AND COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS PROTESTS (APR 2010) (a) A protest may be filed with either the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or the Court of Federal Claims unless an agency protest has been filed. (b) A complete copy of all GAO or Court of Federal Claims protests, including all attachments, shall be served upon (i) the Contracting Officer, and (ii) the Contract Law Division of the Office of the General Counsel, within one day of filing a protest with either GAO or the Court of Federal Claims. (c) Service upon the Contract Law Division shall be made as follows: U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel Chief, Contract Law Division Room 5893 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230. FAX: (202) 482-5858 (End of clause)
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- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology, DOC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
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