SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Scientific Equipment and Services
- Notice Date
- 11/15/2018
- Notice Type
- Combine Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) - Southwest Supply and Acquisition Center (7QS)
- ZIP Code
- 22202
- Solicitation Number
- 7FCB-C4-070066-B
- Point of Contact
- Haley Naegele
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- GSA MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE (MAS) SOLICITATION. The Greater Southwest Acquisition Center, Fort Worth, Texas, is issuing a refreshed solicitation effective November 15, 2018 electronically. IMPORTANT: CURRENT SCHEDULE 066 CONTRACTORS DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) has decided to discontinue the Formatted Product Tool (FPT) and will begin reverting contracts that were awarded through the FPT process or opted into FPT via a modification in the next few months. Schedule 66 Scientific Equipment and Services was one of three schedules originally participating in the pilot. Why is FAS implementing this change? FPT was initially conceived as an enhancement to eOffer/eMod to streamline the data loading and verification processes for vendors and contracting officers by capturing pricing/catalog data in a formatted manner and then transmitting that data downstream into an offer or mod and then, eventually, directly into GSA Advantage!. After the implementation of FPT to 66, FAS determined there was mixed success from a user experience perspective. Vendors participating in FPT indicated to us that the current process is cumbersome and, in some cases, extremely time consuming - especially for vendors with large catalogs. Additionally, vendors experienced frustration in the time required to address catalog data validation as a result of the FPT process. As a result, FPT will be rolled back and vendors will be reverted to the legacy SIP/CORs process for managing and loading catalog data into GSA Advantage!. Vendors will continue to utilize eOffer/eMod for submission of offers and modifications but without the formatted templates from FPT. This change requires a refresh to Schedule 66 as noted above as well as issuance of a mass modification to remove FPT-specific clauses and replace them with the legacy versions where applicable. NOTICE: The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program has recently experienced a tremendous increase in new offers. Due to the large number of new offers currently in process, it could take up to 12 months before your offer is evaluated. GSA's practice is to evaluate offers in the order in which they are received. However, GSA may give priority to processing certain offers when circumstances dictate, such as when a federal agency Contracting Officer specifically requests an expedited offer review in order to meet a pending requirement that will be procured under the MAS program, or when there is a need for GSA to bring strategically critical new products or services to market in order to meet federal customer needs. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES: Please review the solicitation document for clause changes. Please note that all vendors submitting an offer under this Solicitation must be registered in the System For Award Management (SAM) website. The SAM website can be accessed https://www.sam.gov. Interested parties may access the solicitation at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov. This site provides instructions for downloading the solicitation files. Search using Solicitation Number 7FCB-C4-07-0066-B (include the dashes). The solicitation is entitled Schedule 066: Scientific Equipment and Services. The products or groups addressed in this solicitation are as follows: FSC Class 5985 Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment; 6625 Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Equipment; 6635 Physical Properties Testing Equipment Materials and Machine Testing and Analyzing Instruments; 6685 Pressure, Temperature and Humidity Measuring and Controlling Instruments; and, 6695 Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments. FSC Class 3770, Animal Caging, Accessories and Options; 4110 Laboratory and Refrigeration Equipment, Accessories and Options; 6630, Chemical Analysis Instruments; 6635, Physical Properties Testing and Equipment; 6636, Environmental Chambers; 6640, Dilutors, Pipettors and Pipetting Systems, and Laboratory Equipment and Supplies; 6650, Optical Instruments; and, 6670, Scales, Balances, Options and Accessories. FSC Class 6625, Noise Measuring Instruments; 6630 and 6640 Liquid and Gas Analysis Equipment; 6655, Geophysical Instruments; 6655 and 6660, Geophysical and Meteorological Instruments and Data Collection; 6665, Hazard Detection Equipment; and 6675, Surveying Equipment. Special Item Numbers (SIN) 873-1 Mechanical Testing and Analysis Services, SIN 873-2 Chemical Testing and Analysis Services, 873-3 Electrical Testing and Analysis Services, and, 873-4 Geotechnical and Thermal/Fire Testing and Analysis Services. The basic solicitation includes clauses, which are applicable to the solicitation/resultant contract. The basic solicitation has multiple attachments pertaining to various aspects of the solicitation. Offerors must complete and return all exhibits or attachments applicable to the product/services, which they intend to offer. Please read the attachment entitled, Information and Instructions to Offerors, for information and instructions in completing the solicitation and attachments. This is a standing solicitation with no closing date for receipt of offers. This solicitation will remain in effect until it is replaced by another refreshed solicitation. The Federal Supply Schedule period is continuous and will contain contracts with periods that commence on the date of award (DOA) and expire five years (exclusive of any options) from the DOA unless further extended pursuant to any option to extend the term of the contract, or cancelled sooner. This solicitation contains an option clause, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Evergreen), which allows the Government to extend the contract three additional five-year periods, not to exceed a total of twenty years. All contracts will be indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts with a $2,500 guaranteed minimum for the contract period. All contracts to be awarded include Industrial Funding Fee provisions. The Trade Agreements clause applies to this solicitation. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (15-NOV-2018); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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