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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 18, 2018 FBO #6081
DOCUMENT

66 -- Smoke Machine / Research & Development - Attachment

Notice Date

7/16/2018
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center;109 Bee Street;Charleston SC 29403-5799
 

ZIP Code

29403-5799
 

Solicitation Number

36C24718Q9342
 

Response Due

7/26/2018
 

Archive Date

11/2/2018
 

Point of Contact

Michael Giffon
 

E-Mail Address

9-6682<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

Solicitation Number: 36C24718Q9342 Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Synopsis: This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial services/items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award as prescribed under FAR 13.1, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The solicitation number is 36C24718Q9342 and is issued as a COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION (iii) The provisions and clauses incorporated into this solicitation document are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-52, November 2, 2011. Provisions and clauses incorporated by reference have the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The full text of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations supplement (VAAR) can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.arnet.gov/far (FAR) and http://vaww.appc1.va.gov/oamm/vaar (VAAR) (iv) This solicitation is issued as a total service disabled veteran owned small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516. (v) This requirement consists of the following: ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT ESTIMATED OR STOCK NO. UNIT COST ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Smoking Machines:TE-10B TE-10B Smoking Machine with ability to smoke 1 to 10 cigarettes at a time, using mainstream, sidestream or mixed smoke. 1 EA 2 Smoke Machine Parts:Ltr-pk Nichrome lighters (10pk) 10 EA 3 Smoke Machine Parts:Wh-gsk Wheel gaskets for holding cigarettes (10pk) 10 EA 4 Smoke Machine Parts:PP Puff Pump 2 EA 5 Sampling Equipment:VFB-65 Flowmeter for puff calibration 1 EA 6 Miscellaneous Parts:gasket glue glue for silicone gaskets 1 EA 7 Smoke Machine Parts:T-cont tablet for bucktooth controller 1 EA 8 Exposure Chambers:AEC-6mc 122 liter mouse exposure chamber for 6 mice cages (28x19x16) 2 EA 9 US Hood unit:SHU Powder coated aluminum hood designed to enclose and vent smoke from smoking machine. Hood unit includes, blower, air compressor and cyclone diluter 1 EA 10 Sampling Equipment:TSP-p TSP pump. Timer 1 EA 11 Sampling Equipment:G-1.6 Dry gas meter, 0-26 LPM max flow 1 EA 12 Sampling Equipment:FH-25 Filter Holder 1 EA 13 Sampling Equipment:TSP-F TSP 25 mm Filters, pack (100) 2 EA 14 SERVICE:Smoke Calibration Service:TE-cal Calibration of system >20 Test Points for TSP, CO, #conc, part size and nicotine 1 EA STATEMENT OF WORK Statement of Work Purchase of Smoking Machines:TE-10B Background: The Principal Investigator (PI) has obtained a grant to analyze the effects of some exposure on retinal degeneration in mice. This will help understand mechanisms of retinal degeneration in veterans. Objectives: To perform the experiments outlined in the grant. Project: RPE Cell Bystander Effects Contribute to AMD Pathology Scope: Experiments will be performed over the next four years worth of funding. Statement of required goods: The TE-10b is a microprocessor controlled cigarette smoking machine that produces either side-stream or main-stream smoke (or a combination of the two) from filtered research cigarettes. Regular commercial cigarettes with a diameter of 0.311 (7.9 mm) and length less than 3.2 (81.3 mm) can also be used. Cigarettes are automatically loaded into a wheel, lit, puffed and ejected. One to ten cigarettes can be smoked at a time using the FTC method of puffing for 2 seconds, once a minute at a volume of 35 cm3. Up to 40 cigarettes can be placed into the machine for loading at one time and cigarettes are smoked for 9 minutes each. Ejected cigarettes are extinguished in a water tray. The number of cigarettes, in the one cigarette configuration, needed for one hour of operation is 6.6. Burning three cigarettes at a time would use 20 cigarettes an hour and so on. Smoke is captured in a chimney and transported to a collecting and mixing chamber for use in exposure studies. Smoking systems generally have a smoking machine, some method to mix and dilute the smoke and an exposure unit. In conjunction with a mixing and aging chamber, a range of concentrations with side-stream, main stream or mixed smoke can be produced. The machine s applications include use with animal and cell culture exposure systems, serial animal exposure chambers and nose-only chambers. To maintain a target concentration a dynamic system is required where smoke is produced at a constant rate, mixed and diluted, and metered to the exposure cabinet at a constant rate and then exhausted. TSP levels from.01 milligram per cubic meter to 600 mg/m3 have been generated with TE systems. The whole body system consists of the TE-10 in a hood unit with the mixing chamber. Flow is metered to the exposure chambers and comes back to the fan under the hood and then exits to be exhausted. The number of cigarettes and the flow rate through the chambers determines smoke concentration. Training: The contractor shall provide instruction on use and function of the TE-10 microprocessor-controlled cigarette smoking machine. Initial support to include a calibration for TSP, CO, CO2, Particle number concentration, nicotine and particle size for 1 to 10 cigarettes for each chamber at a given flow rate. Upon installation provide extensive training on the operation of the system. Provide testing of the system to make sure the operators are familiar with all aspects of the smoking system and the system is operating properly. Provide support for the continued operation to ensure the system is operating satisfactorily and consultation if needed to meet the specific exposure requirements of the research. Provide video instruction and operation manuals. Installation: Installation will be performed by the contractor. Security requirement: This is a free-standing piece of equipment not connected to the internet. An escort will be provided for the contractor for installation and instruction of the TE-10 microprocessor-controlled cigarette smoking machine. Point of contact: Baerbel Rohrer, 843-792-5086, rohrer@musc.edu Delivery address: Ship To for equipment receipt and tagging: Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center Warehouse 3130 Pacific Street, North Charleston, SC 29418 Deliver To: Attention Dr. Baerbel Rohrer, Micro & Immunology Department, 173 Ashley Ave, Charleston SC 29425, Room CRI-204D, telephone 843-792-5086 Requested Delivery Date: The period of delivery date shall be within 30 days after contract award. Inspection and Acceptance: The POC for this contract is a government representative who has been delegated specific technical, functional and oversight responsibilities for the inspection of the items upon delivery and installation at the delivery address. Acceptance of the items will be done by the assigned POC upon completion of successful operational testing (vi) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - commercial Items, apply to this solicitation with the following addenda, FAR 52.216-18 Ordering; VAAR 852.236-76 Correspondence; VAAR 852.237-70 Contractor Responsibilities; VAAR 852.270-1 Representatives of Contracting Officers; VAAR 852.273-75 Security Requirements for Unclassified Information Technology Resources (vii) 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items: FAR provision 52.212-2 applies to this solicitation. The Government anticipates awarding a single contract resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced technically acceptable offer that conforms to all solicitation requirements. Award without discussions is contemplated and all offerors are encouraged to submit their best offer with their initial submission. To be considered technically acceptable for award each offeror must provide with their submitted quote/offer: 1. Documentation that confirms the company/employees are manufacturer authorized resellers/ distributors and installers of the quoted items. 2. If you are quoting/offering or equal items, the offeror must submit manufacturer product literature that confirms the item(s) meets all the salient characteristics for the specified items. The salient characteristics for the specified item(s) are contained in the applicable manufacturer s literature. 3. If you are quoting/offering or equal items, the offeror must clearly identify the exact make, model, manufacturer and item description for each line item to be considered. Quotes/offerors that do not provide an adequate description of how the equal product meets the salient characteristics will not be considered for award. This is not applicable to offerors that are quoting EXACT MATCH items. 4. Documentation that confirms the company is registered and is the required socio-economic category in the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https:// www.sam.gov SDVOSB s must be registered in VetBizOpps:   https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ (viii) 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items- Offeror's are to include a COMPLETED COPY OF PROVISION 52.212-3 WITH THE WRITTEN QUOTE, a copy of the provision may be attained from http://www.arnet.gov/far; if not provided, the offer may not be considered for award. (ix) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items: apply to this solicitation with the following addenda; VAAR 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising, VAAR 852.237-76 Electronic Invoice Submission. (x) 52.212-5 Contracts Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items; The following FAR clauses identified at paragraph b of FAR 52.212.5 are considered checked and are applicable to this acquisition: 52.219-4, 52.219-8, 52.219-28, 52.219-3, 52.222-19, 52.222.21, 52.222-26, 52.222.35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.222-39, 52.225-1, 52.232-34, 52.222-41, 52.222-44 (xi) n/a (xii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not Applicable to this acquisition (xiii) n/a (xiv) QUESTIONS: All questions regarding this solicitation need to be electronically submitted to Michael Giffon, NCO 7 Contract Specialist e-mail michael.giffon@va.gov. The solicitation number must be identified on all submitted questions. (xv) Site Visit: N/A (xvi) QUOTES/OFFERS ARE DUE July 26, 2018 at 3:00PM eastern standard time (est). Only electronic offers will be accepted; submit quotation by email to Michael Giffon, NCO 7 Contract Specialist e-mail michael.giffon@va.gov. All offers must include the solicitation number. Quotes/offers received after this date may not be considered for award. (xvii) Contact information Contracting Office Address: Network Contracting Office 7-SAO EAST Department of Veterans Affairs 325 Folly Road, Ste 300 Charleston, SC 29412 SHIP TO ADDRESS: RHJ VAMC Warehouse 313o Pacific Street North Charleston, SC 29401 Attn: Albert German, 843-529-0869 X3504 Albert.german@va.gov Primary Point of Contact: Michael Giffon Michael.giffon@va.gov 843-789-6682
 

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