SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (A4F) apparatus with Accompanying Differential Refractometer (DRI)
- Notice Date
- 4/19/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-12-RQ-0252
- Archive Date
- 5/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Andrea A Parekh, Phone: (301)975-6984, Cheryl Rice, Phone: 3019753696
- E-Mail Address
-
andrea.parekh@nist.gov, cheryl.rice@nist.gov
(andrea.parekh@nist.gov, cheryl.rice@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 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 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) 2005-56. 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010) Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to Andrea Parekh, Contract Specialist, with copy to Cheryl Rice, Contracting Officer. Questions should be received no later than 7 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. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This requirement is unrestricted and all vendors may quote.*** ***The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking to purchase an Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (A4F) apparatus with Accompanying Differential Refractometer (DRI). ****All interested Contractor's shall provide a quote for the following: Line Item 0001: Quantity One (1) Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (A4F) apparatus with Accompanying Differential Refractometer (DRI). The systems must meet or exceed all of the minimum specifications identified herein. All equipment must be new. Used or remanufactured equipment will not be considered for award. The system must meet or exceed the following minimum technical specifications: Asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation (A4F) Unit: 1) The A4F unit must be fully automated, with a software controlled system which can generate detector flow, cross flow and injection flow using a single pump. 2) The unit must operate using standard commercial HPLC lines from commercial vendors. 3) The A4F software must be able to interface with, and collect and process data from, other detectors in a laboratory, for multi-angle light scattering and quasi-elastic light scattering detectors and differential viscometer. 4) The A4F unit must include at a minimum the following safety features; a drip pan, vapor sensor, alarm, automatic shutdown if vapor is sensed due to an internal leak. 5) The unit must be able to accommodate hollow-fiber field-flow fractionation and size-exclusion chromatography modes of separation. Differential Refractometer (DRI): 1) The accompanying DRI must function at the same wavelength as the light scattering detectors (658nm) that will be connected to the A4F unit. 2) The DRI must have the greatest possible dynamic range to prevent on-or-off line measurements from going off-scale. 3) The DRI must be able to decouple from the separation system (A4F Unit), to permit determination of the specific refractive index increment of the analyte solutions. 4) The DRI must be able to measure both the differential and the absolute refractive indices of solvents and solutions. Installation The system shall be installed by the Contractor and meet contract specifications no later than 30 days after receipt of the system at NIST, Gaithersburg. Installation, at a minimum, shall include uncrating/un-packaging of all equipment, set-up and hook-up of the system, demonstration of all specifications, validation, testing and removal of trash. Onsite installation and demonstration shall be done at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD. ***The Contractor shall provide a minimum one (1) year warranty on all components including parts, labor, travel, telephone support, software updates with an option for yearly service agreements. The Contractor shall be responsible for the system during transit. All costs including parts, labor, travel, and other expenses necessary to repair any machine equipment will be borne solely by the contractor at no additional cost to the U.S. Government. *** ***Delivery shall be provided not later than 45 days after receipt of an order. Delivery shall be FOB Destination. FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver all line items to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. *** Award shall be made to the Contractor whose quote offers a firm fixed price and is 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 factor "Meeting or Exceeding the Requirement", 2) Past Performance, and 3) Price. Technical capability and past performance, when combined, shall be approximately equal to price. If Technical Capability and Past Performance, are equivalent, price shall be the determining factor. Technical Capability: 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 requirements. Quotations that do not demonstrate the proposed equipment meets all requirements will not be considered further for award. Quoters shall also include product literature which addresses all specifications & clearly documents that the product offered meets or exceeds the specifications identified herein. Note: If an offeror does not indicate whether its proposed equipment meets a certain technical requirement, NIST will determine that it does not. Stronger Consideration will be given to the vendor that can meet and exceed the following: 1) Differential Refractometer (Specification # 2) - stronger consideration will be given to the vendor that can exceed the dynamic range specified above. Past Performance Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the overall quality of the product & service provided and the Contractor's history of meeting delivery schedules for prior deliverables. Evaluation of Past Performance shall be based on the references provided and/or the quoters recent and relevant procurement history with NIST or its' affiliates. Offerors should provide a list of 3-5 references to whom the same or similar equipment has been provided within the past 3 years. Price: The Government will evaluate price for reasonableness. Past Performance and Price shall not be evaluated on quotes that are determined technically unacceptable in accordance with the Technical Capability Evaluation factor. *** The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html. *** *** The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items. *** *** Offerors must 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. ***The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 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 including subparagraphs: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards; 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations; 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns; 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation; 52.222-3, Convict Labor; 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation With Authorities And Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52-222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act; 52.225-3 Buy American Act - Free Trade Agreements - Israeli Trade Act; 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated. It can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm. *** This is an Open-Market Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for equipment as defined herein. The Government intends to award a Purchase Order as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation that will include the terms and conditions that are set forth herein. In order to facilitate the award process, ALL quotes shall include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows: The offeror shall state "The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition." OR The offeror shall state "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) ***All quoters shall submit the following: 1) An original and one (1) copy of a quotation which addresses all of the above line items; 2) An original and one (1) copy of the technical description and/or product literature; 3) Description of commercial warranty; 4) An original and one (1) copy of the most recent published price list(s), 5) The offeror shall provide past performance information regarding up to three (3) representative relevant contracts/orders within the past 3 years with federal, state or local governments, universities and commercial customers. The information should describe contracts of a similar type and scope as the current requirement. If the offer intends to use another firm for part of this requirement, that firm's past performance information shall also be provided. If the offeror has no relevant past performance it should include a statement to that effect in its proposal. The government reserves the right to consider data obtained from sources other than those described by the offeror in its proposal. For each of the above listed contracts/orders, the offeror shall provide the following information: • Contract Number/PO Number; • Description and relevance to solicitation requirements; • Period of Performance - Indicate by month and year the start and completion (or "ongoing") dates for the contract; • Name and address of the client with current telephone number and email address of a point of contact of the client responsible for this contract. • Contracting Office - If a Government contract (federal or state), identify the Procuring Contracting Officer, Administrative Contracting Officer, and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), and their names and current telephone numbers and email address; • Contract Performance - A brief summary of performance provided; The offeror shall include information regarding any problems encountered on the contracts described above and corrective actions taken to resolve those problems. ***All quotes shall be received not later than 3:00 PM local time, on May 03, 2012, at the National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B125, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640, Attn: Andrea Parekh. Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist (Andrea G. Parekh) @ andrea.parekh@nist.gov. E-mailed quotes are acceptable. Faxed quotes will NOT be accepted. Offerors' quotations shall not be deemed received by the Government until the quotation is entered into the e-mail address inbox set forth above. Because of heightened security, FED-EX, UPS, or similar delivery methods are the preferred method of delivery of quotes. If quotes are hand delivered, delivery shall be made on the actual due date through Gate A, and a 48 hour (excluding weekends and holidays) prior notice shall be provided to Andrea Parekh, Contract Specialist on 301-975-6984.
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