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Combined Synopsis-Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Network Contracting Office (NCO) 2 2875 Union Road Suite 3500 Cheektowaga NY 14227

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Janelle Bonafede Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov 716-862-7461 ext. 24570

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

130 W. Kingsbridge Rd.

Bronx NY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

James J. Peters VAMC Anatomic Pathology Laboratory is requiring the brand name purchase of three (3) Leica Microtomes to replace three (3) aged Leica Microtomes that are no longer supporting the desired quality of surgical slides.

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Notice

Description This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items,” as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued.

This solicitation is a request for quotations (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC_2024-03 2-23-2024.

This solicitation is set-aside for: Unrestricted

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.

The FSC/PSC is 6640.

James J. Peters VAMC Anatomic Pathology Laboratory is requiring the brand name purchase of three (3) Leica Microtomes to replace three (3) aged Leica Microtomes that are no longer supporting the desired quality of surgical slides.

All interested companies shall provide quotations and a letter of authorization to distribute (if applicable) for the following: This is a brand name requirement with the following specifications:

Specifications include:

· Personalized coarse feed wheel for improved comfort

· Fast homing

· User adjustable force balance system

· a. Minimizes the risk of injury to the operator or specimen by an unbalanced object head.

· 2-in-1 blade holder system

· a. Blade style flexibility: for use with high- and low-profile blades.

· b. Ease of cleaning: Parts within the blade holder are compatible and calibrated to be interchangeable. Reduced risk of cutting issue caused by mismatched components.

· c. Lower lifetime cost: simply replace damaged parts individually. No need to replace the whole blade holder.

· 40% more microtome top space. 646 cm2 compared to 460 cm2 on the previous system.

· Procurement of equipment inclusive of service plan.

· Equipment repair provided during core business hours. Business hours are defined as Monday-Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm. Equipment repair response time shall be no more than 2 business days.

· Vendor installation of equipment. All Equipment to be delivered/assembled upon receipt to medical center.

· End-user training to be performed on site.

· Minimum of one year manufacturer warranty.

The contractor shall deliver all supplies within thirty (30) days following the contract award unless delayed by unforeseen circumstances.

Place of Performance/Place of Delivery

130 W. Kingsbridge Rd.

Bronx, NY

The full text of FAR provisions or clauses may be accessed electronically at http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.

The following solicitation provisions apply to this acquisition:

1. FAR 52.212-1, “Instructions to Offerors–Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (Sep 2023)

2. FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications– Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (Feb 2024)

Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, “Offerors Representations and Certifications–Commercial Items.” If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required.

The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition:

· FAR 52.212-4, “Contract Terms and Conditions– Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (Nov 2023)

· FAR 52.212-5, “Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services” (Feb 2024)

The following subparagraphs of FAR 52.212-5 are applicable:

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Nov 2021) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Feb 2024) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) (E.O.11246) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jun 2020) (38 U.S.C. 4212) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jun 2020) (29 U.S.C. 793) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Nov 2021) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Jun 2020) (E.O. 13513) 52.225-1, Buy American-Supplies (Oct 2022) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83) 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate (Oct. 2022) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- System for Award Management (Oct 2018) 852.212-71 Gray Market and Counterfeit Items (Feb 2023) 852.219-74 Limitations on Subcontracting-Monitoring and Compliance 52.225-2 Buy 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:

[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.

All quoters, shall submit the following: 1 (one) copy.

All quotations shall be sent to Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov.

Award will be based upon a comparative evaluation of quotes in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR 13. Comparative evaluation is the side by side pairwise comparison of quotes based on factors resulting in a Contracting Officer decision for the quote most favorable to the Government.

52.212-2 EVALUATION

Comparative Evaluation Per FAR 13.106-2 Evaluation of quotations or offers, a comparative evaluation based on price and other factors will be conducted. Please provide such factors as warranty information, availability of expedited delivery, or any other factor differentiating your proposal from others that you believe should be considered and taken into account in comparing with other offers.

Additionally, if you’ re offering items that are not the brand name stated in this RFQ, please explain how your offered product meets or exceeds the capabilities of the brand name so those features can be fully considered and taken into account in comparison to any brand name offers.

Technical and past performance (responsibility check), when combined, are significantly more important than price.

Responsibility Check Prospective offerors are hereby notified that past performance will be evaluated via a “responsibility check” from any or all of the following:

· Federal Data Check (FedDataCheck)

· SAM.gov

· Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS),

· Dun and Bradstreet (D&B)

· Any other sources deemed appropriate to determine the Offeror’s ability to fulfill the requirements in this solicitation.

The following are the decision factors:

Award shall be made to the quoter, whose quotation, offers the best value to the government, considering technical capability, past performance, and price. The government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: (1) technical capability factor meeting or exceeding the requirement, (2) past performance, and (3) price.

The award will be made to the response most advantageous to the Government.

Responses should contain your best terms, conditions.

To facilitate the award process, all quotes must include a statement regarding the terms and conditions herein as follows:

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document without modification, deletion, or addition."

OR

"The terms and conditions in the solicitation are acceptable to be included in the award document with the exception, deletion, or addition of the following:"

Quoters shall list exception(s) and rationale for the exception(s), if any.

Submission shall be received not later than 1300 hours EST 07/02/2024 to Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov.

Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). e-mailed quotes will be accepted.

Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to Janelle Bonafede at Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov.

Point of Contact Janelle Bonafede Contracting Officer Network Contracting Office (NC02), Supply Team 1 Appletree Business Park 2875 Union Road Suite 3500 Cheektowaga, NY 14227 Office: 716-862-7461 ext. 24570 E-mail: Janelle.Bonafede@va.gov

See attached document: P03 FAR 13 Justification Leica Microsystems Inc_Redacted.

Effective Date: 03/15/2023 Revision: 01