SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Provide maintenance service on Confocal Microscope SP2 Quadruple Channel
- Notice Date
- 12/12/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Western Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SD-S-14-0006
- Archive Date
- 1/2/2014
- Point of Contact
- Louise L. Snitz, Phone: 510-559-6022
- E-Mail Address
-
louise.snitz@ars.usda.gov
(louise.snitz@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The Solicitation Number AG-32SD-S-14-0006 is issued for a Request for Quote (RFQ).) (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-71. (iv) This is a unrestricted procurement. (v) The USDA, ARS, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, in Parlier, CA, requires service maintenance on their Confocal microscope SP2 quadruple channel, S/N 1421000238. (vi) Evaluation factors, in addition to price, are best value to the Government with regard to the following criteria: response time, guaranteed original equipment manufacturer's engineers and parts, no dollar caps on parts or labor, remote diagnostics, and past performance. (vii) Period and place of performance: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. at USDA, ARS, SJVASC, 9611 S Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA, (viii) Offeror must be actively registered in www.sam.gov and complete & provide the following provision with their quote, in order to be awarded a purchase order: AGAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, shall be provided with your offer. Complete the following provision and provide with your quote: 452.209-70 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING AN UNPAID DELINQUENT TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION (DEVIATION 2012-01) (FEB 2012) (a) Awards made under this solicitation are subject to the provisions contained in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. No. 112-55), Division A, Sections 738 and 739 regarding corporate felony convictions and corporate federal tax delinquencies. To comply with these provisions, all offerors must complete paragraph (1) of this representation, and all corporate offerors also must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of this representation. (b) The Offeror represents that - (1) The Offeror is [ ], is not [ ] (check one) an entity that has filed articles of incorporation in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or the various territories of the United States including American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Note that this includes both for-profit and non-profit organizations.) If the Offeror checked "is" above, the Offeror must complete paragraphs (2) and (3) of the representation. If Offeror checked "is not" above, Offeror may leave the remainder of the representation blank. (2) (i) The Offeror has [ ], has not [ ] (check one) been convicted of a felony criminal violation under Federal or State law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer. (ii) The Offeror has [ ], has not [ ] (check one) had any officer or agent of Offeror convicted of a felony criminal violation for actions taken on behalf of Offeror under Federal or State law in the 24 months preceding the date of offer. (3) The Offeror does [ ], does not [ ] (check one) have any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability. (ix) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Sep 2013), applies to this acquisition. (vii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Nov 2013) applies to this acquisition, with these additional FAR clauses cited in the clause applicable to the acquisition: 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013); 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Aug 2013); 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (May 2012); 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999); 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007); 52.223-18, Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011); 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008); 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management (Jul 2013). The full text of all clauses and provisions are available at www.acqnet.gov and http://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar_x/agarbase/subchaph.html#22871 (viii) Additional applicable clauses are: AGAR 452.209-71, Assurance Regarding Felony Conviction Or Tax Delinquent Status For Corporate Applicants (x) The offers are due December 18, 2013, noon PST to louise.snitz@ars.usda.gov (xi) Contact Louise Snitz 510-559-6022. email address above for information regarding this solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 S Riverbend Ave, Parlier, California, 93648, United States
- Zip Code: 93648
- Zip Code: 93648
- Record
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