SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- FULL SPECTRUM SOLAR SIMULATOR
- Notice Date
- 8/24/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- NNA11402806Q-AMD
- Response Due
- 9/8/2011
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2012
- Point of Contact
- Marianne Shelley, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-4179, Fax 650-604-3020, Email marianne.shelley@nasa.gov - Manuel Herrada, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-1192, Fax 650-604-0932, Email Manuel.Herrada-1@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Marianne Shelley
(marianne.shelley@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared inaccordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additionalinformation included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the onlysolicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) for one Full Spectrum SolarSimulator that simulates the solar spectrum from 250-2500 nm. The simulator must be ableto simulate natural solar radiation outside of the earths atmosphere and at the surfaceof the earth. The solar spectrum in the UV range must be 250-400 nm. The area under thebeam must be no less than 8 x 8 inches.Other critical requirements: 1.Must provide 1600 w/m2 intensity2.Must produce a highly collimated and uniform output beam no less than 8 x 8inches.3.Uniformity 5%, Collimation plus/minus 2 degrees4.Air mass filters (AM 0 and AM1) to shape the output spectra5.1600 watt Xenon arc lamp6.Temporal stability of less than 2 degrees STI and less than 5% LTI 7.Light ripple less than1%8.Field replaceable lamps9.Safety interlocks; door panel and thermal protection, fan cooled.10.Highly regulated power supply with power control correction factor.11.Class AAA12.Warranty, minimum one year13.Must also include all of the necessary and compatible power supplies, testinginstruments, interconnecting cables, manuals, and any other relevant hardware andsoftware integration tools needed to make the full spectrum solar simulator a singleturn-key system that will be ready to use 'out of the box' upon receipt.14.Delivery: FOB Destination to NASA Ames Research Center, PO Box 1, Moffett Field,CA 94035-0001.Delivery required 6 weeks after receipt of orderThe provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through Federal AcquisitionCircular (FAC) 2005-53. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code and the small businesssize standard for this procurement are 334516 (Analytical Laboratory InstrumentManufacturing) with a small business size of 500 employees; respectively. The offerorshall state in their offer their size status for this procurement.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.Delivery to NASA Ames Research Center, Building 255, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001 isrequired within 6 weeks ARO. Delivery shall be FOB Destination.Offers for the items(s) described above are due by Thursday, August 8, 2011, no laterthan 1:00 PM Pacific Time, to the contract specialist, Marianne Shelley, emailMarianne.Shelley@nasa.gov, and must include: a firm fixed price for the required item,solicitation number, proposed delivery schedule, discount/payment terms, warrantyduration (if applicable), taxpayer identification number (TIN), identification of anyspecial commercial terms, and be signed by an authorized company representative. Theoffer must also include the email and phone contact information for two previouscustomers who purchased a similar instrument from the offeror within the past two years. Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1 (JUNE 2008), Instructionsto Offerors-Commercial Items, which is incorporated by reference.. Please noteparagraphs (j) and (k) that require all offerors to have a DUNS number and current CCRregistration. Offeror must indicate NAICS 334516 in its CCR registration.If the end product(s) offered is other than domestic end product(s) as defined in theclause entitled 'Buy American Act -- Supplies,' the offeror shall so state and shall listthe country of origin.Offerors shall provide the information required by FAR 52.212-3 (May 2011), OfferorRepresentations and Certifications - Commercial Items with their offer. If the offerorhas already entered their representations and certifications at the OnlineRepresentations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at https://orca.bpn.gov/,offerors are only required to complete paragraph (b) of the provision and return withyour quotation. These representations and certifications will be incorporated byreference in any resultant contract.The following FAR and NFS clauses will also be incorporated into any resultant contract: FAR 52.212-4 (JUNE 2010), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items is applicable. FAR 52.212-5 (MAR 2011), Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes orExecutive Orders-Commercial Items is applicable and the following identified clauses areincorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-TierSubcontract Awards, 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation, 52.222-3 Convict Labor, 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities andRemedies, 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities, 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity,52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities, 52.222-50 CombatingTrafficking in Persons, 52.223-18 Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving,52.225-1 Buy American Act-Supplies, 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- Central Contractor Registration,52.233-3 Protest After Award, 52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim. NFS 1852.223-72 Safety and Health (Short Form), NFS 1852.225-70 Export Licenses, NFS1852.215-84 Ombudsman (Deborah Feng, NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 200-9, MoffettField, CA 94035-0001), NFS 1852.237-73 Release of Sensitive Information. The FAR may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html The NFS may be obtained via the Internet at URL: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm All contractual and technical questions about this solicitation must be in writing(e-mail only) to: Marianne.Shelley@nasa.gov not later than Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 5:00PM Pacific Time. Telephone questions will not be accepted.Selection and award will be made to the offeror whose offer will be most advantageous tothe Government, with consideration given to the following evaluation factors: (1)Technical merit of the proposed Full Spectrum Solar Simulator and the extent that itmeets all of the specifications listed above; (2) Price: An evaluation of thereasonableness of the quoted price for the required item; (3) Schedule: An evaluation ofthe offeror's delivery schedule to NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA; (4) PastPerformance: An evaluation of the offerors past performance obtained from providedreferences.Other critical requirements: The warranty and customer supportfor the Full SpectrumSolar Simulator shall be considered. It is critical that offerors provide adequate detailto allow evaluation of their offer. (SEE FAR 52.212-1(b)). An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note 'B'.Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It isthe offeror's responsibility to monitor the following Internet site for the release ofsolicitation amendments (if any):http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=21. Potential offerorswill be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combinationsynopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any).Information about major upcoming ARC procurement actions is available athttp://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eis/admin/admin.cgi?center=ARC. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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