Crane Division, Code 1165, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522-5001

59 -- SAPPHIRE OSCILLATOR SOL N00164-99-R-0124 DUE 072799 POC Flo Martin, Code 1165ZF, telephone 812-854-3689, Rick Colvin, Contracting Officer WEB: click here to download the solicitation and specifications, http://www.crane.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: click here for point of contact, martin_f@crane.navy.mil. 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. Proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number N00164-99-R-0124 is issued as a Request for Proposal. Solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-12 and Defense Acquisition Circular 91-13. The Standard Industrial Code is 3679. This requirement is for Line Item 0001: 1 EA, Sapphire Loaded Cavity Oscillator, with optional rack mount telescopic slide kit, Poseidon Scientific Instruments part number SLCO.10240-ACS or equal in accordance with salient characteristics as listed below: CLIN 0002 Data In accordance with DD form 1423. To download a copy of the CDRL's and DID's go to http://www.crane.navy.mil/supply. NOTE: If providing other than the Brand Name item the offeror must provide the Manufacture's name, Brand, and Model or part number along with a technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements of this announcement. Salient Characteristics. The Oscillator shall consist of: Sapphire loaded cavity resonator Standard microwave components Microstrip circuitry Low noise audio frequency electronics Frequency of operation shall be 10.240 GHz Frequency accuracy shall be < 2 ppm Output power shall be >+10dBm Discrete spurious out put shall be < -40log(fm) dBc @ fm < 2 kHz <-130 dBc @ 2kHz < fm < 100 kHz External frequency control shall be +/- 20 ppm @ +/- 10 volts max input Phase noise performance shall be @100 Hz -104 dBc/Hz @1 kHz -138 dBc/Hz @10 kHz -154 dBc/Hz @100 kHz -160 dBc/Hz Power supply shall be 110/220 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 200 Watts max Operational Environment shall be 0 C to +40 C Storage requirements shall be -25 C to +71 C Mechanical dimensions shall be 10" height max, 19" rack mountable chassis. Shall include rack mount kit. SPECIAL NOTICE The Director, Defense Procurement has revised DFARS to require contractors to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) as a condition for receipt of contract award effective 1 June 1998. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. For further details regarding the requirements of CCR, offerors are advised to review the requirements of DFAR 252.204-7004 contained herein. EXPEDITING CONTRACT CLOSEOUT (NAVSEA)(DEC 1995)(a) As part of the negotiated fixed price or total estimated amount of this contract, both the Government and the Contractor have agreed to waive any entitlement that otherwise might accrue to either party in any residual dollar amount of $500 or less at the time of final contract closeout. The term "residual dollar amount" shall include all money that would otherwise be owed toeither part at the end of the contract except that, amounts connected in any way with taxation, allegations of fraud and/or antitrust violations shall be excluded. For purposes of determining residual dollar amounts, offsets of money owed by one party against money that would otherwise be paid by that party might be considered to the extent permitted by law. (b) This agreement to waive entitlement to residual dollar amounts has been considered by both parties. It is agreed that the administrative costs for either party associated with collecting such small dollar amounts could exceed the amount to be recovered. This is anticipated to be a firm fixed price contract. The shipping terms will be F.O.B. Destination, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 300 Highway 361, Crane IN 47522-5001 with inspection at origin and final acceptance/inspection at Destination. Delivery will be within 9 months after contract award. Provisions 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, this clause is tailored by omitting (h), 52.212-4Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, this clause is tailored by omitting (o); add the following clause (t) Past Performance: The Government will evaluate the performance of the contractor awarded the contract resulting from this solicitation, in accordance with FAR 42.15. The following performance rating factors will be utilized: Quality, Cost Control, Timeliness of Performance, Business Relations, and Customer Satisfaction, 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (incorporating FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government Alt 1 (41U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402), FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns. (15 U.S.C. 637 (d)(2)and (3), FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (U.S.C. 637(a)(14), FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246), FAR 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C.4212), 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C.793), 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212)) DFARS 252.212-7001 Contract Terms & Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, 252.225-7001 Buy American Act-Balance of Payments Program, 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities, 252.225-7014 ALT I Preference for Domestic Specialty Metals, 252.227-7015 Technical Data Commercial Items (10U.S. C. 2320), 252.227-7037 Validation Of Restrictive Markings On Technical Data, 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea (10U.S.C. 2631), 252.225-7008 Supplies To Be Accorded Duty-Free Entry, 252.243-7002 Requests For Equitable Adjustment, FAR 52.203-03 Gratuities and FAR 52.225-11, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases. Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense Use, FAR 52.211-14. This shall be a DO rated order, FAR 52.242-15 Stop work Order, FAR 52.243-1 Changes Fixed Price, DFARS 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration, 252.225-7000 Buy American Balance Of Payments Program Certificate, 252.211-7003 Brand Name Or Equal. Offerors responding to this announcement must provide the information contained in 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items with the deletion of the following this clause is tailored: (b)(5). FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items has been tailored as follows: delete paragraph (b) (a) 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 factor considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Past Performance and Price. These factors are listed in relative order of importance. Price is significantly less important than Past Performance. Must include a completed copy of provision FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items deleting (f)and (g) as not applicable and provision DFAR 252.212-7000 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. PAST PERFORMANCE During the source selection process, the Government will assess the offeror's past performance in the evaluation for contract award. Accordingly, each offeror is required to submit a list of up to five of its most recent contracts for the same or similar items. It is preferred that these contracts be with U.S. government customers, but contracts with other commercial concerns are also acceptable. Offerors are authorized to provide information relative to any problems encountered on the identified contracts and any corrective actions taken by the offeror. The Source Selection Authority (SSA)/Contracting Officer will evaluate the offeror's past performance; based upon the information furnished by the offeror, or other information obtained by the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or securing any information not identified in the offer. The SSA/Contracting Officer may, however, utilize all available information, including information not provided by the offeror, in the past performance evaluation. If available, the offeror should submit for evaluation evidence of relevant past performance on the part of the offeror's key/principal employees, as either a prime- or sub-contractor. Past performance is assessed by the SSA/Contracting Officer and is assigned a narrative rating in the evaluation. Each offeror will be given an adjectival rating on past performance: highly favorable, favorable, unfavorable, or highly unfavorable. Offerors who do not have same or similar past performance information reasonably available to the Contracting Officer will be rated neither favorably nor unfavorably. The Government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest priced offer as set forth elsewhere in the solicitation. In addition, the Government may accept other than the lowest priced offer if doing so would result in greater value to the Government in terms of technical performance, quality, reliability, life cycle cost, or lower overall program risk. As a part of the past performance evaluation, the Government will assess the offeror's previous compliance with the requirements of FAR 52.219-8 and 52.219-9 as applicable. The offeror should also provide its Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, Contractor Establishment code (DUNS Number) and Tax Identification Number. STANDARD COMMERCIAL WARRANTY The contractor shall extend to the Government the full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale, provided such warranty is available at no additional cost to the Government. Acceptance of the standard commercial warranty does not waive the Government's rights under the "Inspection" clause nor does it limit the Government's rights with regard to the other terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of a conflict, the terms and conditions of the contract shall take precedence over the standard commercial warranty.The standard commercial warranty period shall begin upon final acceptance of the applicable material and/or services listed in the Schedule. The contractor shall provide a copy of its standard commercial warranty (if applicable) with its offer. The warranty covers a period of months. (Offeror is to insert number.) YEAR 2000 WARRANTY -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SEP 1998) (a) The Contractor warrants that all information technology (IT) (as defined at FAR 2.101), whether commercial or noncommercial, delivered under this contract that will be required to perform date/time processing involving dates subsequent to December 31, 1999, shall be Year 2000 compliant if properly installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the contract specifications and applicable documentation. If the contract requires that specific deliverables operate together as a system, this warranty shall apply to those deliverables as a system. (b) "Year 2000 compliant" (as defined at FAR 39.002) means that the IT accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other IT, used in combination with the IT being delivered, properly exchanges date/time data with it. The "proper exchange" of date/time data shall be in accordance with the interface requirements specification(s) of the contract. (c) For line item deliverables which are commercial items (as defined at FAR 2.101), and which include commercial IT, the terms and conditions of the standard commercial warranty covering such commercial IT shall apply in addition to, and to the extent such terms and conditions are consistent with, this warranty. Any applicable commercial warranty shall be incorporated into this contract by attachment. (d) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in other warranty requirement(s) of this contract, or in the absence of any such warranty requirement(s), the remedies available to the Government under this warranty shall include those provided in the Inspection clause(s) of this contract. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights or remedies the Government may otherwise have under this contract. (e) Unless specified elsewhere in the contract, the Contractor will also deliver to the Government a report summarizing any Year 2000 compliance testing that was performed, and the results thereof. (f) This warranty shall expire on 31 January 2001, or one hundred eighty (180) days after acceptance of the last deliverable IT item under this contract (including any option exercised hereunder), whichever is later. See Note For DD Form 1423 Glossary. If a change occurs in this requirement, only those offerors that respond to this announcement within the required time frame will be provided any changes/amendments and considered for future discussions and/or award. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered by the agency. Theofferors written proposal and the above-required information must be received at this office on or before July 27, 1999 at 2:00PM EST. Send proposals to: Bldg 64 Bid Room Depository (ATTN: Flo Martin, Code 1165ZF) NAVSURFWARCENDIV, 300 Highway 361, Crane IN 47522-5001. POC: E-Mail address is martin_f@crane.navy.mil. Posted 07/13/99 (W-SN353288). (0194)

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