N -- PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF HYDROGEN GAS GENERATORS

Notice Date

July 2, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

27711

Solicitation Number

x9A181

Response Due

July 18, 2001

Point of Contact

Matt Ake (919) 541-3112 Chris Baker (919) 541-2501

E-Mail Address

Please contact the contract specialist at the attached (ake.matt@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 X9A181, and the solicitation is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 325120 which has a size standard of 1,000 employees to qualify as a small business. This procurement is set aside for a small business. A state-of-the-art consolidated campus is under construction in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina to house EPA's research operations. Investigators will need a ready supply of high-purity hydrogen gas for their analytical equipment (typically, chromatographs). The Agency must obtain a hydrogen-gas generator in each laboratory that contains such equipment. This contract is for the procurement and set up of 12 compact (approximately 2 cubic feet or smaller) hydrogen generators capable of producing ultrapure (at least 99.99999%) hydrogen at a minimum flow rate of 80 ml/min and a minimum pressure of 60 psi. Vendor must ensure that the units are UL (Underwriters Laboratory) approved and provide documentation certifying that the installed units meet manufacturer's specifications. Pricing must include installation/set up as well as a one-year warranty covering all costs associated with any required preventive maintenance and service calls. Evaluation of quotations will be based on overall lowest cost. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- - Commercial Items. All offerors are to are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.213-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications -- - 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 subcontracting Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activities; 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the 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. It is requested that the completed Representations and Certifications be included with the proposal. All technical questions are to be forwarded via email to the contract specialist at the following email address: ake.matt@ epa.gov. Quoters should review the Statement of Work for complete requirements and additional information posted with this Request for Quotation on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Representations and Certifications can be found on the EPA Website under "Commercial Buy Clauses". Enter this page and click on FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Oct 2000). Interested parties should go to the website and click on the RFQ to check the status of this procurement and to ascertain when and if any amendments have been issued. Please submit two (2) copies of the price proposal to Matt Ake, Contract Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contract Management Division MD-33, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. In addition, please submit three client references capable of commenting on your organization's past performance. Courier delivery address is U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Receptionist-Administration Bldg., Lobby, Attn: Matt Ake (MD-33), 79 Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. All offers are due by 18 July 2001 at 5:00 p.m. Please allow sufficient time for your mailed quotation to arrive in a timely manner. No telephone or faxed requests will be honored.

Web Link

Requests for Quotations -- Procurement and Installation (http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd/)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010705/NSOL003.HTM (W-183 SN50Q606)