RFQ 15F06725Q0000116 FBI Light Bulbs and Drivers Rev3 04222025.pdf

RFQ# 15F06725Q0000116 – REVISION #3

FBI CJIS Light Bulbs and Drivers 04/22/2025 (Original POST: FEB 26, 2025)

FAR 52.225-1 Buy American Act for Supplies – see attached – has been added to this solicitation.

This solicitation is following FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisitions and Far Part 19.5, Small Business. This is a 100% Small Business Set Aside, open market, brand name or equal, simplified acquisition.

The Government intends to make a single award but reserves the right to make multiple awards if in the best interest of the government. This requirement is seeking BUY AMERICAN ACT (BAA) compliant replacement Bulbs or Drivers for the Fixture Described in Column B, Existing Light Fixture – Datasheets attached.

Requirements/Instructions:

1. Bulb type may not be changed. For example, all line items requesting a fluorescent bulb must be procured as a fluorescent bulb and an LED bulb and/or an LED retrofit kit will not be accepted. Failure to provide the bulb type requested may be cause for elimination from the evaluation.

2. Complete Columns E, F, & G with Buy American Act (BAA) (or Trade Agreement Act (TAA) if BAA product is not available) compliant replacement product.

3. UPDATED PRICING TEMPLATE on Tab 1 of Attachment A must be completed. UPDATED instructions are included on Tab 1.

4. Quote must remain valid for 90 days.

5. Include Delivery/Lead Time for each item.

6. Acknowledge split delivery of item #3 and #3a.

7. Acknowledge FOB Destination

8. Acknowledge that all materials, when delivered, MUST be placed on a pallet(s) with a max size of 4’ wide.

9. Quoter shall be registered in SAM.gov

Evaluation:

This is a lowest price, technical acceptable award (LPTA) determination. This evaluation will be conducted as follows:

The lowest price quotation will be evaluated for technical acceptance. If found to be technically acceptable, no further evaluations will be conducted. If the lowest price is found NOT to be technically acceptable, the next lowest price will be evaluated for technical acceptance. This process will continue until the lowest price, technically acceptable quotation is identified, and no further evaluations will be conducted.

In accordance with FAR 15.101-2, lowest price technically acceptable source selection process is appropriate when a best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price. The following evaluation factors apply to this solicitation:

Technical Acceptability – most important factor:

1) Product proposed are Buy American Act compliant. Offer shall complete the Certificate enclosed for each item being proposed. The BAA manufacturer, part number and specifications MUST be provided.

2) Delivery / Lead Time must be included for each item.

3) FOB is Destination – this must be acknowledged.

4) Acknowledgement of the 4’ pallet size restriction must be included.

5) Quoter is registered in SAM.gov

Price - second most important factor:

Price Evaluation:

1) Template must be completed.

2) Price must be complete and fair.

3) Quote must remain valid for 90 days.

Delivery Address: FBI CJIS Division 1000 Custer Hollow Road Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301

The following is the list of “EXISTING FIXTURES” for which the Government is seeking BUY AMERICAN ACT (BAA) compliant replacement Bulbs or Drivers for these Existing Fixtures. The quantity of each item is included on Attachment A, Price Template.

Item # Existing Light Fixture for the required BAA/TAA Compliant Bulb or Driver

1 REMOVED

2 REMOVED

BULB TYPE: T5

Light Fixture: FSM4-PL-1T5-1C-277-DM-G3-L835-WH-MOD 5'LOUVER (FT) Type BTC1 on Datasheet

AND

Light Fixture: TIBZ 428T5L NLWG WDU OSPS L835XP RFD189650

Type A01 on Datasheet

3A

Light Fixture: FSM4-PL-1T5-1C-277-DM-G3-L835-WH-MOD 5'LOUVER (FT) Type BTC1 on Datasheet

AND

Light Fixture: TIBZ 428T5L NLWG WDU OSPS L835XP RFD189650

Type A01 on Datasheet

BULB TYPE: CFL

Light Fixture: Kavanaugh 430 PL13 CC

Type F10A on Datasheet

LED Bulb and Driver

Light Fixture: FEM8 LED 9L IMAFL DPMB

Type A02, A03, and A04 on Datasheet

Light Fixture: H8432-BR-MOD-277-R2 18W LAMPING Type BTC9 on Datasheet

AND

Light Fixture: AF 1/26TRT 6WR PCL MVOLT

Type BTC37 on Datasheet

Lutron LED Retrofit Kit

Light Fixture: AFV 26TRT 4AR 277 DMHL Type BTC40A on Datasheet

Light Fixture: AFVW 26TRT 4AR 277 DMHL Type BTC40B on Datasheet

Existing Ballast: EC3DT4MWKU1S

Questions are due 4/25/2025 at 12:00 noon EST to JLMelzer@fbi.gov.

Quotations are due 4/30/2025 at 10:00 am EST to LSPatterson2@fbi.gov AND JLMelzer@fbi.gov

52.225-1 Buy American-Supplies

Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022)

(a)Definitions. As used in this clause—

Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item—

(1)Means any item of supply (including construction material) that is–

(i)A commercial product (as defined in paragraph (1) of the definition of “commercial product” at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101);

(ii)Sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and

(iii)Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and

(2)Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.

Component means an article, material, or supply incorporated directly into an end product.

Cost of components means—

(1)For components purchased by the Contractor, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the end product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a duty-free entry certificate is issued); or

(2)For components manufactured by the Contractor, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (1) of this definition, plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the end product.

Critical component means a component that is mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States and deemed critical to the U.S. supply chain. The list of critical components is at FAR 25.105 .

Domestic end product means—

(1)For an end product that does not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both-

(i)An unmanufactured end product mined or produced in the United States;

(ii)An end product manufactured in the United States, if-

(A)The cost of its components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 60 percent of the cost of all its components, except that the percentage will be 65 percent for items delivered in calendar years 2024 through 2028 and 75 percent for items delivered starting in calendar year 2029. Components of foreign origin of the same class or kind as those that the agency determines are not mined, produced, or manufactured in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality are treated as domestic. Components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domestic; or

(B)The end product is a COTS item; or

(2)For an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, an end product manufactured in the United States, if the cost of foreign iron and steel constitutes less than 5 percent of the cost of all the components used in the end product. The cost of foreign iron and steel includes but is not limited to the cost of foreign iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the end product and a good faith estimate of the cost of all foreign iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners. Iron or steel components of unknown origin are treated as foreign. If the end product contains multiple components, the cost of all the materials used in such end product is calculated in accordance with the definition of "cost of components".

End product means those articles, materials, and supplies to be acquired under the contract for public use.

Fastener means a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. Examples of fasteners are nuts, bolts, pins, rivets, nails, clips, and screws.

Foreign end product means an end product other than a domestic end product.

Foreign iron and steel means iron or steel products not produced in the United States. Produced in the United States means that all manufacturing processes of the iron or steel must take place in the United States, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, except metallurgical processes involving refinement of steel additives. The origin of the elements of the iron or steel is not relevant to the determination of whether it is domestic or foreign.

Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components excluding COTS fasteners.

Steel means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between 0.02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.

United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.

(b)41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American, provides a preference for domestic end products for supplies acquired for use in the United States. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1907, the domestic content test of the Buy American statute is waived for an end product that is a COTS item (see 12.505(a)(1)), except that for an end product that consists wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the domestic content test is applied only to the iron and steel content of the end product, excluding COTS fasteners.

(c)Offerors may obtain from the Contracting Officer a list of foreign articles that the Contracting Officer will treat as domestic for this contract.

(d)The Contractor shall deliver only domestic end products except to the extent that it specified delivery of foreign end products in the provision of the solicitation entitled "Buy American Certificate." (End of clause)

52.225-2Buy American Certificate.

Buy American Certificate (Oct 2022)

(a)

(1)The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision, is a domestic end product and that each domestic end product listed in paragraph (c) of this provision contains a critical component.

(2)The Offeror shall list as foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. For those foreign end products that do not consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both, the Offeror shall also indicate whether these foreign end products exceed 55 percent domestic content, except for those that are COTS items. If the percentage of the domestic content is unknown, select “no”.

(3)The Offeror shall separately list the line item numbers of domestic end products that contain a critical component (see FAR 25.105).

(4)The terms “commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item,” “critical component,” "domestic end product," "end product," and "foreign end product" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Buy American-Supplies."

(b)Foreign End Products:

Line Item No. Country of Origin Exceeds 55% domestic content (yes/no)

(b)[List as necessary]

(c)Domestic end products containing a critical component:

Line Item No. ___

[List as necessary]

(d)The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of part 25 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (End of provision)