Synopsis-Solicitation_Package_140R6024Q0062.pdf

Synopsis/Solicitation - 140R6024Q0062 – Bureau of Reclamation –

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products acquisition of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, 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 no other written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number 140R6024Q0062 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-01.

This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 334513 – Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables with an associated small business size standard of 750 employees.

Offerors must be registered in SAM.gov to be considered for award.

52.212-2 EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(1) Technical capability

(2) Delivery Schedule

(3) Price

(b) Technical capability is more significant, in importance, than delivery and price, and delivery is more significant than price.

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

Written, signed Quotes with contact information are due no later than May 29, 2024, at 5:00 PM MDT by email to twarren@usbr.gov. These Quotes shall include the vendors submission of requirements for price schedule, salient characteristics, and delivery schedule. A copy of Clause 52.204-24 with the fill in completed and signed, and any other documentation the vendor determines would add value to the quotation and assist the government in determining a quotation is of the best value to the government.

(a PDF of the full announcement will be attached to this announcement) and any other necessary documentation to the contracting officer listed above. For information or questions regarding this Request for Quotation, please contact the Contracting Specialist, Terra Warren, twarren@usbr.gov.

Questions must be submitted to the Contracting Specialist by May 13th, 2024. Any questions submitted after the deadline will not be answered.

Signed: _______________________________________________ Date:________________

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler(ADCP)

At a minimum, the ADCP shall be made of waterproof materials and be waterproof as a unit and be able to measure current tracking the bottom of the riverbed as well as using Global Positioning System (GPS and be able to measure channels up to 19 feet in depth. The ADCP software shall produce a live bathometric graph of the riverbed and speeds of each section measured, during the data collection process. The data will have storage capability on the computer/measuring device containing the software.

The ADCP should weight 15 lbs or less and have the capability to use a rechargeable battery.

MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS

Water Velocity Profiling Profiling Range: 0.1-6m Velocity Range: +/-5m/s Accuracy: 1% +/-0.002m/s Number of Cells: >29

Bottom Tracking Depth Range: 0.1-7m2 or better Accuracy: 1% +/- 0.002m/s

Transducers Transducer Number: 4 or more, 2.0 MHz or greater Beam Angle: 20°-25°

Communications Radio: Bluetooth Range: ≥100m

Operating Temperature: at least 23° F – 113°F

Delivery: BOR Warehouse 205 Chamberlain Rd Mills, WY 82644

Clauses

CLAUSE

NUMBER CLAUSE TITLE CLAUSE DATE

52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements.

(Jan 2017)

52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE (OCT 2018)

52.204-18

COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE

MAINTENANCE

(AUG 2020)

52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014)

52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(Nov 2021)

52.204-21

BASIC SAFEGUARDING OF COVERED CONTRACTOR

INFORMATION

(JUN 2016)

52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations. (Nov 2015)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

(Nov 2023)

52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors.

(Mar 2023)

52.212-5

CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO

IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS—

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES

(DEC 2023)

52.233-1 Disputes (May 14)

WBR 1452.223-

ENSURING ADEQUATE COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN

FEDERAL BUILDINGS AND FEDERALLY CONTROLLED

FACILITIES -- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

(NOV 2022)

DOI-AAAP-

ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT

REQUIREMENTS-INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP)

(FEB 2021)

Provisions

PROVISION

NUMBER

CLAUSE TITLE CLAUSE DATE

52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entitles that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements – Representation

(Jan 2017)

52.204-7 System for Award Management. (Oct 2018)

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting. (Aug 2020)

52.204-17 Ownership or Control of Offeror. (Aug 2020)

52.204-20 Predecessor of Offeror. (AUG 2020)

52.204-22 Alternative Line Item Proposal. (Jan 2017)

52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services- Representation

(Oct 2020)

52.204-29 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders— Representation and Disclosures

(Dec 2023)

52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations

– Representation (Nov 15)

52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Felony Conviction under any Federal Law (Feb 2016)

52.212-1 Instructions to Offers Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(Sep 2023)

52.212-3

OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES

(NOV 2023)

52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations (Sep 2023)

52.223-22 Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals-Representation.

(Dec 2016)

DIAR 1452.215-71

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PROPOSAL INFORMATION --

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

(APR 1984)

The following Provisions must be completed by and signed by the submitting entity with their quotation package:

52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (NOV 2021)

The Offeror shall not complete the representation at paragraph (d)(1) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services as a part of its offered products or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument" in paragraph (c)(1) in the provision at 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation, or in paragraph (v)(2)(i) of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. The Offeror shall not complete the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision if the Offeror has represented that it "does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services" in paragraph (c)(2) of the provision at 52.204-26, or in paragraph (v)(2)(ii) of the provision at 52.212-3.

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision-

Backhaul, covered telecommunications equipment or services, critical technology, interconnection arrangements, reasonable inquiry, roaming, and substantial or essential component have the meanings provided in the clause 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.

(b) Prohibition. (1) Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2019, from procuring or obtaining, or extending or renewing a contract to procure or obtain, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to-

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(2) Section 889(a)(1)(B) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) prohibits the head of an executive agency on or after August 13, 2020, from entering into a contract or extending or renewing a contract with an entity that uses any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

This prohibition applies to the use of covered telecommunications equipment or services, regardless of whether that use is in performance of work under a Federal contract. Nothing in the prohibition shall be construed to-

(i) Prohibit the head of an executive agency from procuring with an entity to provide a service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Cover telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or cannot permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(c) Procedures. The Offeror shall review the list of excluded parties in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) for entities excluded from receiving federal awards for "covered telecommunications equipment or services."

(d) Representations. The Offeror represents that-

(1) It [ ] will, [ ] will not provide covered telecommunications equipment or services to the Government in the performance of any contract, subcontract or other contractual instrument resulting from this solicitation. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(1) of this section if the Offeror responds "will" in paragraph (d)(1) of this section; and

(2) After conducting a reasonable inquiry, for purposes of this representation, the Offeror represents that-

It [ ] does, [ ] does not use covered telecommunications equipment or services, or use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services. The Offeror shall provide the additional disclosure information required at paragraph (e)(2) of this section if the Offeror responds "does" in paragraph (d)(2) of this section.

(e) Disclosures. (1) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision.

If the Offeror has responded "will" in the representation in paragraph (d)(1) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment-

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services-

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the Product Service Code (PSC) of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.

(2) Disclosure for the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision. If the Offeror has responded "does" in the representation in paragraph (d)(2) of this provision, the Offeror shall provide the following information as part of the offer:

(i) For covered equipment-

(A) The entity that produced the covered telecommunications equipment (include entity name, unique entity identifier, CAGE code, and whether the entity was the OEM or a distributor, if known);

(B) A description of all covered telecommunications equipment offered (include brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); and

(C) Explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications equipment and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.

(ii) For covered services-

(A) If the service is related to item maintenance: A description of all covered telecommunications services offered (include on the item being maintained: Brand; model number, such as OEM number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number; and item description, as applicable); or

(B) If not associated with maintenance, the PSC of the service being provided; and explanation of the proposed use of covered telecommunications services and any factors relevant to determining if such use would be permissible under the prohibition in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision.