66 -- CARBON PARTICULATE MONITOR

Notice Date

March 14, 2001

Contracting Office

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: OARSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

ZIP Code

27711

Solicitation Number

PM1003

Response Due

March 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Valerie Graves, Contract Specialist, (919)541-3021/Karen Cox, Contracting Officer, (919)541-3114

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contract specialist via (Graves.Valerie@epa.gov)

Description

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 BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is PM1003, and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-23. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334519 with a size standard of 500 employees to qualify as a small business. This procurement is a small business set-aside. A firm fixed price purchase order is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. This procurement is for 1 carbon particulate monitor, 1 collector cartridge and 1 burner. The model and part numbers provided are Rupprecht & Patashchnick. Those models or equal that meet the specifications provided below are required. CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER (CLIN) 1. One 5400 Carbon Particulate Monitor -- 99-004743-0025, with the following specifications: provide continuous, real-time measurement; provide automatic thermal-CO2 analysis technique to oxidize carbon particulate matter collected on an impaction plate; differentiate between organic and elemental carbon; monitor sample air for a period of one or more hours; and provide a PM2.5 cut point. 2. One pair of 5400 Collector Cartridges -- 55-003090 3. One pack of burners -- 59-005984. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation : 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items. Evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of provision 52.212-2 are as follows: (i) TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES CRITERIA; (ii) PAST PERFORMANCE: Provide 3 references (quality of product or service, timeliness of performance, ability to adhere to deadlines, and overall customer satisfaction); and (iii) PRICE. Award will be made to the offeror whose offer is the lowest priced meeting all of the technical requirements. Offerors must satisfactorily meet all of the technical requirements to be considered "technically acceptable". All offerors are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items. The following FAR clause applies to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses which are cited in Clause 52.212-5 are applicable to the acquisition: 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity; 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended. Any applicable wage determination (s) will be made a part of the resultant purchase order. Price and technical information should be submitted in separate proposals. It is requested that the completed Representations and Certifications be included with the price proposal. All technical questions are to be forwarded via email to the Contract Specialist at the following email address: graves.valerie@epa.gov . Offerors should review any other information posted with this Request for Quotation on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Offerors should frequently go to the website and click on this RFQ to check the status of this procurement and to ascertain if any amendments have been issued. The Contract Specialist will also try to notify any offerors who have emailed expressing an interest in the solicitation when and if amendments have been posted to the web site above; however, it is the offeror's responsibility to frequently check the web site for an updated status and amendments. Please submit two copies of the technical proposal and two copies of the price proposal to Valerie E. Graves, Contract Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MD-33, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Courier delivery address is U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Receptionist-Administration Bldg., Lobby, Attn: Valerie E. Graves (MD-33), 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. All offers are due by March 30, 3:30 p.m., EST. No telephonic or faxed requests will be honored. See Note(s) 1

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010316/66SOL004.HTM (W-073 SN50G1L6)