MODIFICATION
66 -- Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrum (ICP-OES) System
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCH PO BOX 25046 204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER CO 80225-0046 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- G17PS00185
- Response Due
- 3/21/2017
- Archive Date
- 4/5/2017
- Point of Contact
- Hayes, Lisa
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this amendment is to: 1. Provide Questions and Answers as Attachment 4. 2. Revise Requirements/Technical Specifications in Attachment 2 as follows: 1. Section C-Requirements, Number 14, Page 5 has changed; From: Two (2) power line conditioners shall also be provided by the Contractor under this contract. Power line conditioners shall be compatible with the quoted instrument and supply sufficient power to allow the instrument to meet all other stated requirements contained herein. To: Two (2) power line conditioners shall also be provided by the Contractor under this contract. Power line conditioners shall be compatible with the quoted instrument and supply sufficient power to allow the instrument to meet all other stated requirements contained herein. Power line conditioners shall not include battery backup capabilities. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE UNCHANGED Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrum (ICP-OES) System COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT (I) 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; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (II) This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). Submit written quotes on RFQ Number G17PS00185. This solicitation will utilize the policies contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation evaluation and award prescribed in FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as appropriate for this acquisition. (III) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-95. (IV) The solicitation is not a set-aside. The associated NAICS code is 334516. The small business size standard is 1000 Employees. (V) This combined solicitation/synopsis is for purchase of the following commercial item(s): CLIN NO. 00010 - 2 each - New Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrum (ICP-OES) Systems which includes two (2) new autosamplers, two (2) new chillers, two (2) new power line conditioners, computer based data system and instrument control software, related accessories with a full two-year standard manufacture's per the attached Requirements/Technical Specifications. CLIN NO. 00020 - Extended two year warranty per the attached Requirements/Technical Specifications. CLIN NO. 00030 - Installation Services for the two Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrum (ICP-OES) Systems per the attached Requirements/Technical Specifications. CLIN NO 00040 - On-site training shall be provided by the manufacture at the USGS facility for up to four (4) USGS personnel per the attached Requirements/Technical Specifications. "THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS RFQ SHALL PREVAIL OVER ANY OTHER AGREEMENT (IF ANY)." Offerors shall include a firm-fixed price for all items. Offerors shall provide a D&B DUNS Number with their quote. (VI) Refer to Attachment 2 - Requirements/Technical Specifications for the items description. (VII) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and FOB point. The system shall be delivered FOB Destination within eight (8) weeks after receipt of award. Installation shall be completed within two (2) weeks after delivery of the equipment, and training shall be completed within two (2) weeks after installation has been completed per the attached Requirements/Technical Specifications. Place of delivery is U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL), West 6th Ave. & Kipling St., Denver Federal Center (DFC), Bldg. 95, E3, Denver, CO 80225-0046. (VIII) FAR 52.212-1- Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (JAN 2017), applies to this acquisition. ADDENDUM TO CLAUSE 52.212-1(C) - Period for acceptance of offers - The period for acceptance of offers specified in this paragraph, is hereby changed from 30 days to 180 days. (IX) FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. (OCT 2014), applies to this acquisition. (a) The Government will use a two-step process to evaluate quotations submitted hereunder. The first step will be the technical evaluation of offeror's quotation for Factor's A, B, and C below. The offeror's quotation must provide the technical capabilities of the proposed products along with other information required in Factor's A, B, and C below. In the second step of the evaluation process, offerors will be evaluated on Factor D below. (b) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: NOTE: A FINDING OF UNACCEPTABLE IN ONE TECHNICAL FACTOR AND/OR SUBFACTOR MAY RESULT IN THE ENTIRE QUOTATION BEING DETERMINED UNACCEPTABLE. Factor A: Technical Capability of Proposed Products: Capability of the offeror ¿s proposed products to meet or exceed technical specifications contained herein. The offeror's proposed instrument will be evaluated based on the following 1. Ability to provide routine, production analyses, with efficiency and minimal training of NWQL staff. 2. Efficiency with regard to instrumentation reliability and maintenance. 3. Preference will be given to systems which support high throughput and shorter analysis times. 4. Preference will be given to systems which pose the least risk to The Government with regards to method development time required, ongoing support and maintenance availability from the vendor, and level of complexity and training required for operation of the proposed system. To assist in this evaluation, offerors shall submit the following with their quote: 1. Detailed product literature. 2. Detailed product brochure 3. Detailed product specification sheet 4. The terms and conditions of the offeror ¿s standard manufacturer ¿s warranty and extended warranty provisions for all products proposed. Factor B: Continuing Cost of Operation: Include the anticipated annual price for Argon gas, all consumables and periodically replaced parts for this requirement and the cost of an annual preventive maintenance and repair service contract. Also include number of service contracts successfully completed within the last five years for quoted instrumentation that is used for similar applications (high throughput water analysis). Factor C: Past Performance ¿ Past Performance shall be evaluated in accordance with attached Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) as Attachment 3. Offeror's shall submit completed Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs) for a minimum of three (3) contracts for similar products and services (in terms of contract size, period of performance, as well as, the variety and level of complexity of services performed) during the past three (3) years. Offeror's shall complete Section A of each PPQ and furnish the PPQ to clients. In turn, the client will evaluate the Offeror by completing Section B and the Questionnaire, and submitting the complete PPQ (Sections A, B, and Questionnaire) to the appropriate personnel designated on the form ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE OF THIS SOLICITATION. The Government may consider questionnaires received after the due date of the solicitation but is not obligated to do so. Completed PPQs submitted directly from the Offeror will not be considered for evaluation purposes. The Government intends to confirm receipt of a completed PPQ via email within five (5) business days to the client reference that submitted the PPQ. The Government will not communicate directly with Offerors regarding the status of PPQs being submitted on their behalf. Offerors interested in the status of PPQs submitted on their behalf are to contact their client references directly. Offerors with no record of relevant past performance must submit a signed and dated statement to that effect. In addition, past performance information will be obtained from Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS). Past performance information will be used in the evaluation of all evaluation factors which it impacts. The Government reserves the right to use information obtained from sources inside and outside the offeror ¿s quotation. Factor D: Proficiency Test Sample Results Pre-Award Testing ¿ Offeror ¿s that are determined technically acceptable will be required to perform analyses of proficiency samples to determine performance based on measured precision and accuracy. The samples will be analyzed at the Offeror's expense and the sample set will contain approximately fifteen (15) prepared samples. These samples will represent a range of expected analyte concentrations, matrices, and specific conductance values. The offeror shall analyze such samples on the quoted instrumentation in the exact configuration as quoted with regards to autosampler and sample introduction components. The offeror shall analyze such samples in triplicate and provide data for all analytes listed in table 1 for each replicate analysis. The results of the analysis must be complete and include wavelength used, plasma view type used, background correction type used, internal standard element used and its associated recovery in each sample, calibration curve type used and calibrant levels used, analysis timestamps, corrected intensity data, RSDs, number of replicate readings acquired, dilution factor used, and analyte concentration. The results of these analyses will be evaluated according to the requirements stated above in item 5 and preference will be given to systems displaying highest precision, accuracy, and sensitivity. Results of the analysis will also be used to verify accuracy of information provided by offerors under the first step of the evaluation process. Offeror's shall be required to perform all proficiency analyses and remit the data to the Contracting Officer within fifteen (15) business days of receipt of the samples from the Government. The resulting data from the analysis of the proficiency samples will be transmitted to the Contracting Officer electronically and will be in an Excel spreadsheet format or a "comma-separated values"(.csv) format. Firms not returning the results of the analyses within fifteen (15) business days of receipt of the samples shall be determined to have failed the sample evaluation test. Upon completion of the evaluation, the results of the pre-award testing will be incorporated into the offeror's quotation's technical evaluation. Offerors will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis compared to the prior analytical results for these proficiency samples. Offerors who compare favorably with prior results will receive a "pass" score for the samples analyzed, and will be retained and remain eligible for award. In the event an offeror "fails", it will be rendered ineligible for award. (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussion if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. Quotation Preparation Offerors are cautioned to study the Evaluation Factors listed above. Your quotation package shall address each of these factors since these are the standards against which your quotation will be evaluated. It is the offeror's responsibility to include the appropriate documentation in its quotation package to allow a complete technical/price evaluation. Failure to submit the appropriate documentation may result in the rejection of the offeror's quotation. Please note the requirements for System for Award Management Registration (SAM) and completion of the Representations and Certifications as contained in the clauses section of this RFQ. Basis for Award The award of this requirement shall be made using only the procedures found in FAR part 12 in conjunction with FAR part 13.5. A single award shall be made to the vendor whose quotation, conforming to this RFQ, is determined to be the most advantageous to the Government, cost or price and other non-cost or non-price factors listed above. In determining which quotations offers the greatest value or advantage to the Government, overall technical merit will be considered more important than price or cost. The degree of importance of price or cost as an evaluation factor will increase with the degree of equality in the technical merits of the quotations. Between acceptable quotations with a significant difference in technical merit, a determination will be made as to whether the additional technical merit or benefits reflected by a higher priced quotation warrants payment of the additional price or cost. (X) The offeror shall submit a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (JAN 2017), with its quote. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at https://www.sam.gov If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at SAM, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (q) of this provision. Note to Offerors: Offerors must have an approved or pending registration at https://www.sam.gov/index.html to be eligible for award. The Government reserves the right to award to the next low offer if the lowest offer does not have an active or pending registration by the date and time specified in Block 13 of the solicitation. (XI) The clause at FAR 52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (JAN 2017), applies to this acquisition. (XII) The clause at FAR 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (JAN 2017) applies to this acquisition. The following clauses under subparagraph (b) apply: [X] (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402). [X] (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). [X] (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government ¿s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). [X] (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Nov 2016) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)). [X] (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)). [X] (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)). [X] (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). [X] (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor ¿Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Oct 2016) (E.O. 13126). [X] (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015). [X] (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246). [X] (29) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Oct 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212). [X] (30) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793). [X] (31) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Feb 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212). [X](32) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496). [X] (33) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627). [X] (42) 52.223-15, Energy Efficiency in Energy-Consuming Products (Dec 2007) (42 U.S.C. 8259b). [X] (43) (i) 52.223-16, Acquisition of EPEAT ® -Registered Personal Computer Products (Oct 2015) (E.O.s 13423 and 13514). [X] (44) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513). [X] (47) 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83). [X](50) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O. ¿s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). [X] (56) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer ¿ System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332). (XIII) The following clauses and provisions are also applicable to this acquisition: 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998). This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(s): http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ The clauses are incorporated by reference, and their terms and conditions apply: 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights. (APR 2014) 52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper. (MAY 2011) 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance. (OCT 2016) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance. (JUL 2016) 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications. (DEC 2014) 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations. (NOV 2015) 52.225-8 Duty-Free Entry. (OCT 2010) 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations. (JUN 2013) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. (DEC 2013) 52.247-34 F.o.b. Destination. (NOV 1991) Refer to Attachment 2 for all additional applicable clauses in Full-Text. The provisions are incorporated by reference, and their terms and conditions apply: 52.252-1 - Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998). This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): http://farsite.hill.af.mil/ 52.204-7 System for Award Management. (OCT 2016) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting. (JUL 2016) 52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror. (JUL 2016) 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations-Representation. (NOV 2015) 52.214-34 Submission of Offers in the English Language. (APR 1991) 52.214-35 Submission of Offers in U.S. Currency. (APR 1991) 52.225-25 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications. (OCT 2015) Refer to Attachment 2 for all additional applicable provisions in Full Text. (XIV) Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating do not apply. (XV) Electronic Submission of Offers ¿ Required - Quotations is required to be received no later than 2:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on March 21, 2017. Only electronic quotes will be accepted. Quotations shall be submitted by e-mail to ldhayes@usgs.gov. DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR QUOTE THROUGH FEDCONNECT. (XVI) Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to Lisa D. Hayes at (303) 236-9327 and/or ldhayes@usgs.gov. NOTE: Please see detailed information and all attachments including this Announcement to this Solicitation G17PS00185 at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/
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