58 -- GENERATION II NODAL SATELLITE MULTIPLEXERS

Notice Date

February 7, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, NAWCAD Contracts Competency Division, Villa Road, Bldg. 8110, St. Inigoes, Maryland 20684-0010

ZIP Code

20684-0010

Solicitation Number

N00421-00-R-0170

Response Due

February 21, 2001

Point of Contact

Jason Lev, 301-862-8899

E-Mail Address

Jason Lev, Contract Specialist (levjj@navair.navy.mil)

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subparts 12.6 and 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number N00421-01-R-0170 is issued as a request for proposal (RFP). The Government intends to initiate a procurement of fourteen (14) Generation II Nodal Satellite Multiplexers (NSM) for the Special Communications Requirements Branch (SCRB) at St. Inigoes to update existing Tactical Satellite Signal Processors (TSSPs) in support of the Joint Communications Support Element's (JCSE) Multiplexer Timing Communications Package (MTCP) Project. The Government shall solicit and negotiate the proposed contract on a sole source basis with Vertex RSI, 1915 Harrison Road, Longview, TX 75604, under the authority of FAR Part 6.302-1. The item needed to meet the MTCP requirements consists of Quantity: 14 each, Item: Nodal Satellite Multiplexer P/N: 402FTS2000-01. The Government shall return an equal number of existing Vertex RSI Generation I Satellite Mulitplexer's in its possession for credit. Vertex RSI has been selected as the sole source contractor to provide upgraded NSM's for the following reasons: 1) The Vertex RSI Generation II NSM Multiplexer is the only one certified by the Joint Interoperability Test Center to be compatible with existing equipment in the TSSP and is therefore form, fit, and function compatible with the mounts and the rest of the MTCP systems. 2) Vertex will credit the Government for the return of the generation I NSM's cutting the upgrade costs by approximately 66%. All deliverables shall be FOB Destination to Receiving Officer, NAWCAD, Bldg 8115, Villa Road, St. Inigoes, MD 20684-0010; M/F: John Haas. Inspection and acceptance shall also be made at destination. The contractor shall extend to the Government full coverage of any standard commercial warranty normally offered in a similar commercial sale. Acceptance of the warranty does not waive the Government's rights under the Inspection clause, nor does it limit the Government's rights with regard to the other terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of a conflict the terms and conditions of the contract shall take precedence over the warranty. The warranty period shall begin upon final acceptance of the applicable deliverable listed in the schedule. FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAR 2000), PAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMMERCIAL ITEMS (MAY 1999) and DFAR 252.204-7004 REQUIRED CENTERAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (mar 2000) are incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. The Government will evaluate the proposal for fairness and reasonableness in accordance with simplified procedures prior to making award. The offeror shall provide back-up information that verifies the price offered. This could consist of a copy of the current catalog, price list, and/or invoices from previous sales of the identical item(s). The offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 2001) Alternatate I (OCT 2000) with its proposal. The following addendum is added: YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE (OCT 1998) (a) The Contractor shall ensure that all information technology, which will be required to perform date/time processing involving dates subsequent to December 31, 1999, shall: (1) be Year 2000 compliant or (2) if the Contracting Officer approves in writing, the identified information technology will be upgraded to be Year 2000 compliant prior to the earlier of: (i) the earliest date on which the information technology may be required to perform date/time processing involving dates later than December 31, 1999 or (ii) December 31, 1999; and (3) Describe existing information that will be used with the information technology to be acquired and identify whether the existing information is Year 2000 compliant. (b) "Year 2000 compliant" means, with respect to information technology, that the information technology accurately processes date/time data (including but not limited to, calculating, comparing and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and lap year calculations, used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges date/time data with it. FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (AUG 2000) applies to this acquisition. (a) The Contractor agrees to comply with the following FAR clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items: (1) 52.222-3, Convict Labor and (2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award. (b) The Contractor agrees to comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) which the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items or components: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government Alternate I; (2) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; (3) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities: (4) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (5) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era Veterans; (6) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (7) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (8) 52.225-13 -Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, (9) 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products, and (10) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. (c) No clauses are applicable in this section. (d) The Contractor agrees to comply with the provisions of this paragraph. (e) Notwithstanding the requirements of the clauses in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this clause, the Contractor is not required to include any FAR clause, other than those listed below (and as may be required by an addenda to this paragraph to establish the reasonableness of prices under Part 15), in a subcontract for commercial items or commercial components-(1) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (2) 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; (3) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; and (4) 52.247-64, Preference for Privately Owned U.S.-Flagged Commercial Vessels (flow down not required for subcontracts awarded beginning May 1, 1996). **End of clause** Offeror shall include a completed copy of the provision at DFAR 252.212-7000, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS -- COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 1995) with its proposal. DFARS 252.212-7001 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS APPLICABLE TO DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS (DEC 2000) is incorporated by reference. (a) The Contractor agrees to comply with the following list of DFARS clauses, which are included in this solicitation by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive Orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items or components: (1) 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities; (2) 252.225-7014, Preference of Domestic Specialty Metals; (3) 252.225-3, Buy American Act North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act Balance of Payments Program; (4) 252.243-7002, Request for Equitable Adjustment; (5) 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea; and (6) 252.247-7024 Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. (b) In addition to the clauses listed in paragraph (e) of the Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items clause of this solicitation (FAR 52.212-5), the Contractor shall include the terms of the following clause, if applicable, in subcontracts for commercial items or commercial components, awarded at any tier under this contract: (1) 252.225-7014, Preference for Domestic Specialty Metals, Alternate I; (2) 252.247-7023 Transportation of Supplies by Sea; and (3) Notification of Transportation of Supplies by Sea. The provision at 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration applies to this solicitation. The proposal along with completed representations and certifications is due by 21 Feb 2001 to Mr. Jason Lev, Contract Specialist 2.5.1.2.2.6, E-mail levjj@navair.navy.mil, Phone (301) 862-8899, FAX (301) 862-8670. Award is anticipated to be made on 22 Feb 2001 with a resulting expected delivery date of 22 Jun 2001. **END OF SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION #N00421-01-R-0170

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