SOLICITATION NOTICE
61 -- NOAA's OMAO Wire Requirement - Combined Solicitation
- Notice Date
- 1/29/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 332618
— Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC2 - 11th floor /OFA61, 1325 East West Highway, 11th Floor, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- NMAN7200-15-00836
- Archive Date
- 2/28/2015
- Point of Contact
- STACY P. HILL, Phone: 757-441-3839
- E-Mail Address
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STACY.P.HILL@NOAA.GOV
(STACY.P.HILL@NOAA.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Combined Synopsis Solicitation 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; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) number is NMAN7200-15-00836. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-79. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. The Federal Supply Code for this is 2090 and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 332618 OTHER FABRICATED WIRE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING with a Size Standard 500 employees. The Ronald Brown uses electromechanical cable to lower various scientific instruments over the side of their oceangoing research vessels. The cables support the instruments and provide the means for electrical signals to pass between the instruments and the vessel. It is typically called "CTD wire". An electromechanical cable is required to lower various scientific instruments over the side of an oceangoing research vessel. The cable shall be capable of safely lowering an instrument to 8,000 m water depth in the dynamic environment caused by ship and wave motion, and lowering/raising speeds of 52 m/min. Multiple conductors are required for the real time transmission of electrical data and control signals and for redundancy. The cable shall be capable of being stored under tension for five years on single drum winches to multiple layers. Resistance to crushing is required. It is expected that payloads will frequently produce loading of the cable (both static + dynamic) approaching 50% of rated breaking strength (RBS). The U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations’ ship Ronald Brown has a requirement for the following supply: Line Item 0001: 10,000 METERS OF.322 EM WIRE Unit Price____________ Total Price________________ Line Item 0002: SHIPPING: Total Price __________________ *** Estimated Delivery Time __________________*** Deliver to: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Shipping & Receiving 266 Woods Hole Road Woods Hole, MA 02543 Deb Snurkowski 508-289-2412 Atlantic Marine Center Electromechanical Cable Salient Features Introduction: The Atlantic Marine Center uses electromechanical cable to lower various scientific instruments over the side of their oceangoing research vessels. The cables support the instruments and provide the means for electrical signals to pass between the instruments and the vessel. It is typically called "CTD wire". The following specifications describe in general terms the significant characteristics the cable design must have. No priority is implied by the order given. General: An electromechanical cable, Rochester Corporation, part number A301592 or equivalent. Characteristics: 1) Finished Diameter: - The finished diameter shall be 8.1788 mm (0.322") at a loading of 15% of RBS. The diameter shall be uniform over the length of the cable with tolerances of (0.0508 mm (0.002") and +0.076 mm (0.003")). 2) Working Diameter: - The change in cable diameter due to a change in cable loading shall not exceed 2% of the finish diameter. At a loading of 50% RBS the cable diameter shall not be less than 8.03 mm (0.316)". 3) Rotation: - The finished cable should not rotate about its axis more than 49 degrees per meter at 40% of RBS. It is recognized that this requirement may not be met given the specified outer armor wire size and minimum sheave diameter. 4) Rated Breaking Strength: - > 4500 Kg (10000 lbs) with one end free to rotate. 5) Flexure Tolerance: - Withstand > 50,000 flexure cycles over sheaves 40 times wire O.D. at 35- 40% of RBS without failure of individual wires or degradation of electrical performance. Degradation in strength shall not exceed 5% of RBS. 6) Tension Cycling: - Withstand > 50,000 cycles in tension from 10% to 40% of RBS at an 8 sec. period without failure of individual wires or degradation of electrical performance. Degradation in strength shall not exceed 5% of RBS. 7) Sheave Size: - The cable shall be capable of operation with sheaves of tread diameter 38 cm (15"). 8) Cable Length: - The cable shall be of an unbroken length of 10,010 m without splices. One length of 10,000 meters shall be delivered and 10 meters shall be used by manufacturer for the test required in the Reports section of this specification. 9) Armor Wires: - The armor wires shall be galvanized and have the following characteristics: Tensile Strength: > Extra Improved Plow Steel Ductility: > of XIPS Armor: both inner and outer armor wires to have a diameter > 0.813 mm (0.032") SGXXIPS 10) Belt: - The conductor package shall be jacketed with 0.381 mm (0.015") HD Polyethylene to protect the conductors from armor abrasion. 11) Marker Tape- The cable will have a marker tape denoting the cable length in 1 meter increments. 12) Electrical: - The cable shall be constructed with 3 stranded copper wire conductors sized #19 AWG 19/0.203 mm (0.008") bare copper with 0.406 mm (0.016") wall polypropylene is preferred, each of which shall have the following electrical characteristics: Conductor Resistance: < 32.8 ohms/1000 m. (10 ohms/1000 ft.) Armor Resistance: < 7.9 ohms/1000 m.(3 ohms/1000 ft.) Capacitance: 115 pf/m. (40 pf/ft.) at a frequency of 1 kHz. Voltage Rating: > 1000 VDC Insulation Material: Copolymers of Polypropylene,Polyethylene or Ethylene Propylene Insulation Resistance:> 3,000 Gigaohms/1000 m. (10,000 Megohms/1000 Ft.) Color Coding: One each conductor wires of Red, White and Black 13) Yield Strength: - Construction shall be such that the conductors shall not yield at a cable loading equal to 70% of RBS. 14) Lubrication: - The cable shall be lubricated with Dynagard Blue or equivalent for abrasion and corrosion protection at the armor closing process during manufacture. The lubricant shall be of a low viscosity, water displacing type that does not extrude in use. Reports: The cable shall be delivered with a report demonstrating the cable's ability to meet the above specifications. The reports shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Electrical characteristics. 2. Length, weight, RBS both fixed end and one end free, other mechanical characteristics. The following provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation and any resulting purchase order: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (JUN 2008) FAR 52.212-3 - Offeror Representations and Certification—Commercial Items (OCT 2014) – NOTE: Offerors may include paragraph (b) through (k) with quote OR enter electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov and submit paragraph (l) with quote. FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (JUN 2010), with addenda: FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (JAN 2014) (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards, (JUL 2013) (6) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest when Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment, (AUG 2013) (8) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporation (Aug 2013) (12) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside, (NOV 2011) (17) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, (NOV 2011) (23) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation, (JUL 2013) (26) 52.222-3, Convict Labor, (JUN 2003) (27) 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JAN 2014) (28) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, (FEB 1999) (29) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, (MAR 2007) (30) 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUL 2014) (31) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, (JUL 2014) (32) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans, (JUL 2014) (38) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) (39) 52.225-1, Buy American Act—Supplies (Feb 2009) (42) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, (JUN 2008) (47) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management, (JUL 2013) CAR 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer's Authority (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws (APR 2010) CAR 1352.209-74 Organizational Conflict of Interest (APR 2010) CAR 1352.213-70 Evaluation utilizing simplified acquisition procedures. (MAR 2010) CAR 1352.233-70 Agency Protests (APR 2010) No Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating is assigned. The resulting purchase order will be on a firm-fixed price basis. In order to comply with the debt collection improvement act of 1966, ALL CONTRACTORS must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered for an award of a federal contract. Should the vendor not already represent itself as a small business under NAICS code 314994 within SAM, it shall provide with its quote the appropriate representation of FAR 52.219-1. For information regarding registration in SAM contact the SAM website at www.sam.gov. Additionally, each offeror must obtain, and PROVIDE WITH THE QUOTE, their nine-digit Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) number. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Offers must be submitted in writing to the Eastern Region Acquisition Division, 200 Granby Street, Room 815, Norfolk, Virginia 23510 by 11:00 A.M EST, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Offers maybe faxed to 757-664-3656 or electronically to stacy.p.hill@noaa.gov. Contractors are encouraged to register with the FedBizOpps Vendor Notification Service. Potential offerors may direct all inquiries pertaining to the solicitation in writing to Stacy Hill at stacy.p.hill@noaa.gov or faxed to 757-664-3656. Telephonic requests will not be honored. Awards will be made to the lowest price responsive and responsible vendor.
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- Address: Deliver to:, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, United States
- Zip Code: 02543
- Zip Code: 02543
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